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Name: Bailey
Birthday: 9/22/1985
Gender: Female
Interests: well, mostly i enjoy painting when i get the chance (if you ever want a mural done, let me know!), running, photography, movies,taekwon do, talking to friends, and most importantly learning how to constantly live my life in worship of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Expertise: see above, since i don't do anything i'm not good at. ha! well, i wish i were good at them all, but i'm working on it.
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
8/31/2004
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| I've been avoiding posting on here because I don't like the new formatting, but seeing as I have nothing to do and I"m stuck sitting at work for another 2.5 hours, I figure I can update you all on my life. Bullet style.
- Spring break can't come fast enough. This week is ridiculous and I have way too much to do. Thankfully I don't have much in the way of midterms though.
- I do have a million and one things to get done for my senior show, which is rapidly approaching. 19 days... After that I am just coasting through the rest of the semester as that is the only thing I care about at all school wise.
- I'm looking for a job and an apartment down here as I'm planning to stay here after graduation. I found a nice apartment, well several actually, in this old house built in 1905 and owned by one of the science profs at Milligan. I'm hoping they're still available in May.
-Working at the Grill sucks. I really need a new job; one that I'll at least enjoy. I get bored after I've been at a job for too long, and that's how I feel here. It doesn't help that all of the card machines are broken and I've been having people steal from me quite a bit.
- I'm tired of being a student. I've reached that point where I feel like I'm just being held back and not able to really live. Instead I'm just going from day to day, trying to make it through each class, just waiting until I'm free and can actually get a job and do something worthwhile. That's not to say that academics aren't worthwhile, just that I want to do something that makes a difference and I don't feel that I can do that right now. I just have to bide my time. Maybe I'm crazy, but I just feel stuck.
-I'll post a better update soonish.
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| At least, that's what I thought Matt was saying when we drove past the pet store earlier today. Turns out he was actually talking about snakes, not steak, which makes a lot more sense. I did always wonder though why there was a pet store nestled between two restaurants... I'm just saying.
Maybe that's just from my brain being slightly addled more than usual. Matt and I went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert last night at Conseco and it was definitely the coolest thing I've ever heard/ seen ever. You know it's a good concert when you nearly go blind, deaf and mute in the process. I'd never been to a TSO concert before, but Matt really loves them, so I bought us tickets for Christmas. Mass giddiness ensued.
Speaking of giddiness, Matt Shedd and Kylie got married on Saturday and I swear I have never seen a happier groom in my life. He wore a big cheesy grin from the minute he walked in, which only increased (though I'm not sure how) as the ceremony and reception ensued. It was by far the most beautiful wedding I've ever been to in my life. They got married in the old chapel at St. Joseph's College, which looks more like a cathedral than just a chapel, with large columns, frescoes, and a large pipe organ. Everything was of course, Christmassy, and so was the reception, which included Santa for the kids and a sleigh to put the gifts in as well as nearly 30 artificial Christmas trees lighted and scattered throughout the ballroom. Absolutely gorgeous. The whole thing definitely gave me some good ideas for mine...
I'm definitely a lot less stressed about next year than I was this time last month or so. Not that anything is definitely decided, but I have a much more defined time frame for some things and more ideas about school. I may still pursue a second bachelor's degree, but I might instead just take some post-baccalaureate classes in Art History for grad school the following year so that I can still be in school, but also work a lot more. Also, that would free up some time to take some international business courses, which would come in very handy. I still don't have all the details worked out, but that's ok. I don't have to work that far in advance. It will all come together when I need it to.
Ok, now to sleep. Matt and I have a long drive back to TN tomorrow. As Landon says, I'm on tour this break, so if you want to hang out, let me know and I'll figure something out for when I'll be home next, which will be just before New Years.
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| You know, there used to be a time when I wrote on this regularly, or even semi-regularly for that matter. Back in those days I was more reflective about my life, which wasn't a bad thing, but now I just don't take the time to write things down as much. But here is one such time for your reading pleasure.
Studio photography class is the devil, I'm convinced. I don't think any class has ever incited that much rage in me, and I don't mean just annoyance at the class or even frustration or anger. I do mean rage. Ask my roommates. Every time I come back from that class I throw my backpack and need a hug and at least 15 minutes to yell and rant and cool off before resuming life as normal. I hate that I hate the class since photography is after all, my major, but I can't help it. Nothing infuriates me more than a professor who thinks all of his students are incompetent and need a 30 minute lecture crammed into a 3 hour class, with most of the information being wrong to begin with. Bah.
So, Mrs. Anthony told me that I have to at least show up for studio, even if I don't learn anything. She told me to bring homework or a book or something, anything to keep me awake and not angry. So today I wrote her a letter, a nice long letter, which included a list of why I like her better than my other professor. It was a much better use of my time.
Speaking of good uses of time, Ashley and I were extremely productive Sunday night. Instead of doing homework, we watched That 70s Show and baked brownies and batches of blueberry and apple cinnamon muffins all night. This was after Matt and Kylie had baked cinnamon rolls and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies the day before. My Matt and I also baked a tasty pumpkin pie cake which we all ate today. Yes, we enjoy our kitchen too much. And yes, we still have more stuff to bake, once we manage to make it through all of this. Needless to say, we're all well fed in my apartment.
I just registered for my last semester of college this week and I'm elated. I will have an easy course load and more hours at work, so everything is working well in that regard. I only have 15 credit hours and 3 of them are my senior show, for which I am having my show opening on March 16th, palm Sunday. All of you, consider yourselves invited, if for no other reason than to eat the good food that I plan to make, which if you read the preceding paragraph you would know will be fabulous. Also, there should be some cool artwork. At least I think so.
Ok, so the only other thing on my mind at the moment is "what the heck am I gonna do next year?" Wondering the same thing? Good. Here's my plan as of now. Step 1: Find an apartment/ job for the summer Step 2: Graduate. Step 3: Earn a second bachelor's degree at ETSU in Art History by spring 2009. Step 4: Go to grad school and move overseas. Sound feasible? Probably. Sound like there are a lot of details that should be in there but aren't, regarding school, family, friends, boyfriend, etc? Yeah, I think so too, but like I told my Dad, I'm sure that a lot more things will be answered the closer I get to graduation, so the temporary confusion of now isn't a huge problem. It will be a problem if I don't go do my homework and graduate though, so I should probably stop using selective hearing and do my homework.
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| -So, my senior year is going to be very stressful as I learned in the past few weeks. I have a lot more work than before, but most of it shouldn't be too bad as long as I manage my time well. -Studio Photography is a rediculously boring class. It's a 3 hour class that actually meets for 6 hours a week with 2 additional required hours of actual studio time. For those 6 lecture hours my prof lectures on how to set up lights and very basic camera knowledge and I just want to yell at him "This is a freakin 4000 level course! If we don't know how to take a picture by now, we're in the wrong major. Move on already!" -Actually taking pictures in the studio is kinda fun though, especially since at least one of my models loves the camera, maybe too much. -I am toying with the option of staying in TN for a year after I graduate instead of going to London right away. Matt realized that he could graduate earlier than he was anticipating if he stays at Milligan and I realized that I could get a second BA from East Tennessee State in Art History in one year. So I may do that instead and wait on grad school until Matt and I can find a school onverseas that offers both a Masters in Art History and German, which I've come to find are really not that many. We did find some good ones in Scotland though... -My birthday is next weekend and I'll be 22. Not sure how I feel about that yet, although I am ready to be over the stigma of being 21. It gets old after a while, especially when a 9 year old at my camps this summer asked me how old I was and after I told him he responded with "Drink booze lady!" -Being 21 has lead me to think that the Europeans have it right with regards to alcohol. There's not a set drinking age like we have, and pretty much if you're older than about 14 or so you can drink, but since it's so widely accepted there most people don't feel the need to abuse it and get wasted as soon as they turn 21 like most people here do, which is absurd. In Europe you can have it when you're young so you grow up without feeling like alcohol is this taboo subject that people exploit when they get the chance. It's much more socially accepted and therefore not as big of a problem. But that's just my opinion. And disclaimer, I have not been one of those people who feels the need to exploit my legality, I've just observed it from enough people. -Ths upside of my birthday though is that Matt, Ashley and I will be coming back to Indy for the weekend to hang out with the familia. I'm definitely looking forward to that. -Pues, homework calls... | | |
| Good news: The jobs and internship are going well. Bad news: I'm a tad sleep deprived as a result. Good news: 12 days until Matt gets home. Bad news: Still 12 days until Matt gets home. Good news: I've decided that I like little kids. They listen and they give me the perfect excuse to be bossy. Bad news: Sometimes I feel like all I do is yell at them (all 30 plus of them) to stop doing something, but eventually I get what I want. Good news: I scored my first run in softball on Monday. Bad news: The game was cut short because the other team got hurt. Good news: I get to see Landon compete at taekwon do national next month. Bad news: It's in Florida. Darn... Good news: I get additional opportunities to worship in the evenings since we have CIY here all summer. Bad news: High schoolers ain't too bright. Something about playing ultimate frisbee in the street... Good news: Even though Matt is gone, I still have company, albeit in the form of his parents. At least the like me. His mom told me to call her Marie, and that if I call her Mrs. Roberts, she'll disown me. Can you disown someone who isn't family? Bad news: I gave her my cell phone number, and she is making liberal use of it, just checking up on me every day or so... (it's actually kinda funny) Good news: I have been getting more involved in my church and I volunteered to help paint some murals for VBS. Bad news: I have 5 murals and only a few weeks to do them. I will update more soon, but I figured this would tide y'all over for now. | | |
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