Entertain Yourself

There isn't really any reason for me to be inside right now, because its the last day of January and it is a whopping 65 degrees outside already. Could old man winter be setting us up for a disappointing Groundhog Day? Probably so..
Godfrey is also one of those strange people that is obsessed with the arms length self photograph which I think I will never understand why people like to do. If you have a giant megapixel camera, why do you want hold it right in front of your face? Oh well.. here is one of his photos cropped and tweaked to make a little more abnormal. Ok, a lot abnormal.

Tea!

Gosh, it is pretty much February already. How time flies when its too cold to do anything but sit inside and think about how cold it is outside. Of course when I sit and think about how cold it is I usually have a piping hot cup of tea handy to ward off any of those accompanied chilling feelings. So not much has been going on otherwise. Go to class listen to lectures, paint, graphic design something. This semester is quite different from all of the others I've had; homework is pretty much non existent but I am constantly having to read something almost every day.
I am happy to have completed my first project in Graphic Design 3, a newsletter. We were allowed to create the newsletter about anything we wanted so I of course chose Tea! Pardon the strange picture that is a screen shot of the pdf so some of the text is a little weird looking. It took quite a long time to make the entire thing; the text itself obviously took the least amount of time. It is nice to spend hours working on something you actually enjoy. Wish I could say the same for some of my other classes, yes, I'm talking about Painting oh those endless still lifes are boring.

Have a Nice Day!

It is always nice to have a break from the frigid wind driven below zero temperatures. The last two days in fact have been quite reasonable!
For a change we decided to drive to McPherson to see a movie, since it is actually a much shorter drive time although a little less populated and exciting than Hutch.
Movie of Choice? Gran Torino!
A truly fantastic, funny, sad, and real movie. I hate to spoil it for folks so I'll just say it was one great flick.
The photo is compliments of Godfrey who now lives with me in the Duplex thanks to the not so great office politics of the college. We operate on completely different time schedules so by the time he is eating breakfast its almost lunchtime for me. I was sitting at the table watching him eat and making faces.

The Facts

Here they are be excited!

1. Now in year 1.5 of College at Sterling College, of Sterling, KS.
   
2. Classes this semester: Sociology, Graphic Design 3, Color & Design, Painting 1, E-Commerce, Phys Ed.
3. I will be working for the College Paper this Semester: The Stir.
4. I have "Retired" from organized soccer.
5. Man is it cold and windy out here!

Things I already miss from home!

1. Family & Friends
2. My Bed
3. The Dogs
   
4. A Movie Theatre much less than 30 miles away
5. Wii Raving Rabids TV, and Yoga
6. The better food selection

Kansas City from the Liberty Memorial

I Resolve

Yea right, can you see me using carpet cleaner?

It is 2009 and I have made No Resolutions! Why? Well because normally I would have already forgotten what they were so.. wait maybe I did make some hmm.

More blogging for 2009! Above is a little memento from the New Year's Eve lock-in. That is Donna giving the thumbs up that she is ready to flatten her opponent Sumo Style!

Ho Hum

Well.. soccer is over. It's cold and blah outside, that pretty much sums up what is going on. Our soccer season wasn't great and wasn't awful. There were a lot of broken bones, stitches, staples, and injuries in general between both teams. Since I had to play in every single game I didn't bother to take my camera anywhere.
We went to the Nelson Art Gallery in KC this week, unfortunately we spent 10 hours on a bus and only 2 in the gallery. We did get to watch a really wacky movie on the way back home that spoofed old sci-fi movies.
Here is a Painting(?) from my Drawing II Class.. it is Brush & India Ink. My first attempt other than some drapery which turned out horrible.

Meet the Neighbors.

So when I came home from afternoon practice yesterday the neighbor's dog was outside tied to the clothes line pole again. It started yapping away as soon as I stepped out of the car so I decided to go check her out. It's a tiny little Blue Heeler - Pit bull mix with a Ton of energy! After some initial sniffing I was good to go for petting and playing with the mini dog. I went in after a couple of minutes to wash up, remove the ice bag from my leg, and scarf some dinner. I went back out afterwards with my mini soccer ball since the dog was still out there and obviously bored and yapping at everything. We played for a bit then the neighbors came out a bit bewildered looking. Apparently their dog doesn't usually get along with other people so they were quite surprised I was playing with it.
Long story short - we sat on the back porch for awhile taking turns playing fetch and chatting. They are nice folks and her name is Katie also. They are newlyweds (two weeks) and are both from here in Lyons. We eventually wore the dog out and I was tired of swatting those blasted mosquitoes so we parted ways.