Annoying Academia

Hey friends and family!

I know it's been what might seem like an eternity to you since I last updated. I have, as my painting professor put it "chained myself to an easel" but replace easel with a laptop. My face has been glued to this screen for the past week. Zach came over tonight as I was working and said "You're not going to stop looking at that logo are you?" as he tried to get me to take a break.

Yeah, it's gotten that intense. Over the past year I had become more lack in my design work but I was in for a rude awakening during my Design I class last Thursday. My professor, as they say, "ate me, chewed me up, spit me out, and stuck me in his hair". Honestly I have no idea what that means but it doesn't sound pleasant which equals my sentiments toward this class.

I have exactly 7 days in which to design a business card, letter head, envelope, and folder. Now to you that may not sound like something strenuous but please trust me when I say that it will take over 30 hours to complete what I mentioned above. Yeah, gotta love design...

On top of that I have an art history exam on Thursday. She kindly, if you choose such a word, sent us a study guide which is more vague than Bush's strategy in Iraq. (Sorry I just couldn't resist and please don't e-mail me with political commentary because my time is limited). I haven't the foggiest idea how to study for the exam.

I do believe the highlight of my week was receiving my exam grade in Biology. My professor decides to call out each person (all 400+) of us to come get their test. During this time everyone was allowed to, in his words, "Do whatever you want". As I sat working on sketches I listened in on my fellow classmates. There was a circle of girls chatting away in front of me when I heard the following deceleration: "Ohhh my goooood! I was so !@$% wasted from going out on the night before that I was too !@#$ hung over to study for the !@#$ test. Ooooh yay! I got a !@#$ 92.5!"

I. Kid. You. Not. I had studied for four days and through the weekend only to make below the class average. Awesome.

Regardless of how annoying academia can be, I realize that I only have to hang on for a year and 93 days until I get that glorious golden ticket....er, diploma. I mean, who's counting? Haa.

Hopefully this week will be smoother than the last!

As always, thanks for stopping by.