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I've got a shit-ton of catching up to do in terms of turning in assignments for regrading in 3D Modeling & Animation II. I know where I want to go with my project, but I haven't been able to lavish as much attention on it as I'd like to thanks to my other classes.

Writing and drawing have always been extremely important to me; I've been trying to do well in Creative Writing and Character & Object Design as a result. But Creative Writing has put my other classes on the back burner. Maybe it's because I've been tying Brainsick into my assignments: I get my homework done while adding more depth to my characters' histories. Win-win situation... if only for that class.

This upcoming Monday, I have to be at the school for only ten minutes for my Creative Writing conference. This is wonderful (not in terms of having to drive all the way TO the school for those ten minutes) because I don't have to worry about writing anything this week and can focus on my Maya crap, my characters, and completing my midterm Anatomy & Movement project.

Monday will be fun: Aurora, Grace and I are going to hang out at the mall (WHAT?!) for lunch and to browse various quirky stores. We all ate at The Roxy again last night and had a blast in Za's class (I got stared at for laughing hysterically... several times... over this kickass little drawing that Aurora made - it's a mashup of some of our characters) beforehand.

(New inside joke:

Rant: "WANT SOME EGGS?!")

To save myself an extra trip to town, I am going to leave early Monday morning (7:00 or so, to be safe?) and get the Buick through DEQ so I can go to the DMV and purchase new license plates and all that jazz. I still really wish I could have transferred the plates I'd purchased for the Voyager; new plates for the Buick and getting the car licensed in Oregon will be another $100 or so. Ah well. Better than getting pulled over, no? My current plates expire this month (or by the end of this month, anyway).

After my car business is taken care of, I'll attend my conference (I kind of look forward to hearing Julia's reaction to my short story's final draft, even though I didn't get to where I'd wanted with it), and then hanging out with my friends.

KAT! <3

I apologize for not having called you back yet. I've gotten your three past messages, though, and they really made me happy. I'll try calling you sometime Monday! We'll have a lot to discuss, I know it. :) Thank you for your condolences on Grandma Jo; the same goes to Karena and Ellie. <333

I am going to tackle my Character & Object Design assignment tonight, get it as out of the way as I can while producing good work. I can do it! I plan on turning in previous assignments for regrading in this class, too.

"Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall! Tear down the wall...!"

*EPIC EXPLOSION*

Heh, "The Trial" is classic. That goddamn judge is so terrifying....

Aurora keeps sending me hilarious drawings by e-mail; I never know what I'm going to get next! (I can guess, anyway....)

The "post-Election Day shame" bit refers to something I regret: I was not registered to vote prior to the 4th. I am still not registered.

I am very happy for Obama's victory and would have voted for him, no questions asked. I'd have read through everything thoroughly, of course, but I knew I would have voted for him anyway had I been registered. I found it beautifully elegant and admirable that Obama and McCain had such gracious words for each other at the end of this long campaign.

I could not vote for Obama. I could not vote against Prop 8 (America sure loves its bigotry). I know better now. I will register before Obama's term ends. May it be a damn good term.

Having seen the uproar following Obama's win, it gives me chills knowing how significant his win is. It's truly, truly awe-inspiring.
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...And this will probably be my last post for a while.

Character & Object Design is going to make Thursday The Best Day of the Week. Laryssa, Grace, Aurora, Jacob, David, and Lily are all in the class, and it's a large class: twenty-two students total. That it is an afternoon class is good, too, because we're not nodding off and everyone's energy level is relatively high, and we're all rather enthusiastic, it seems. TONS of laughter today, and it's just week one!

There is going to be an assignment every week for Character & Object Design, and I want to do well. I'd like to try for another A in one of Za's classes. :)

After class, Aurora suggested going out for art supplies and dinner. Grace, Jacob and I (and another student, whose name I've forgotten) stopped by Utrecht briefly. After saying goodbye to Jacob, us girls went to Baja Fresh. I got a grilled mahi mahi fish taco, and also enjoyed some of Aurora's leftover nachos. Stopped by Fred Meyer at Gateway for face wash, then drove home under a brooding, very rainy sky. Got home shortly past 7:00.

3D Modeling & Animation II, take two, will also keep me very busy. Thankfully, I've got a head start this time as Hades Laboratories is basically fully modeled already. Just needs some more outer details, and now I can really spruce up the hill that the facility sits atop. The trees will probably all be paint effects, but I'll be sure to ask questions frequently, whenever I have a question or need help. That's one of my academic weaknesses, not asking questions or asking for help.

HURRAY FOR HAVING MAYA AT HOME.

I still need to critique my peers' short stories for Creative Writing. Going to redraw my Anatomy & Movement assignments (anterior views of the torso and pelvis, posterior view of the torso).

Reread the first chapter of Watchmen in Powell's this morning before heading to class.

One more thing:

Bibliophilia is EXPENSIVE. I've bought a shit-ton of books from Powell's since starting college at AIPD... and not long ago, I learned how much I've spent on pleasure reading: $271.82. SWEET JESUS. After I buy Watchmen on Saturday while hanging out with Michael, NO MORE BOOKS FOR JILLIAN FOR A LONG TIME. No more hobby reads, anyway.

I buy more books than I have time to read. [/dolt]

That said, I picked up a slightly damaged copy of V for Vendetta today. Its price sticker was down to Amazon's price, so I just grabbed it. Augh! (But yay for V!)

Take care, my friends! <3 I'll probably take notes in a journal for anything interesting that happens in my absence and save it all for a future post. I think I might put my dA gallery into storage again....

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