Weekly Accomplishments

-I made good progress on my henna project for class. I will post about the completed piece sometime next week.
-I finished a new website design for my work. We'll see if they like it!
-I got a good start on my sound installation for my 3D class.
-I finished up my intervention projects for Markings, Methods and Materials
-I gave my blog a makeover and set up a new posting schedule!

This weekend I will be alternating between writing a paper, studying for a final, painting Easter eggs, watching the Doctor Who Series 6 premier, and having Easter at my grandparents house. I hope you have a lovely weekend!

A Thursday Wish

Here in Rochester we're slowly but surely moving into spring, and I'd love this Anorak jacket for the chillier days:

Photo from Spotted Moth

Putting in on my wishlist. 

Interventions

Here are my seven interventions:

 Paper Planes

I put these little paper airplanes all through the tunnels and in Gleason. They actually fly in a straight line instead of nose-diving like every other paper airplane I've made. 

Notes of Hope

 I placed a bunch of little strips of paper with hopeful words written on them throughout Gleason library. 

New Owner

 

 I found this book that abandoned in Sue B. my freshman year after everyone went home for the summer. It was probably for a class, but it's full of interesting essays and stories. I decided it would be perfect to pass on to a new reader (or to someone who might be takeng that class next year). 

Saving the World

 

 I made this poster and hung it in the BME building. Someday those students will be doing their part to save the world, and I'd like to think we all do a little of that each day by creating great things.

 Lost Love Note

 I left an imagined love note on a table in the library. Maybe it will encourage someone to stop waiting and embrace life. 

Little Stars

I folded all these tiny paper stars and put them in several different places in Rush Rhees.

I hung up flyers on campus with tiny coupons good for one day of living life to the fullest.

Bits of my Life

I bought a dress for casual wear for the first time. I even wore it in public!

These are little stars I made and left on a library bench for an intervention for one of my classes. 

I had my first henna house-call. I drove out to henrietta and did this design and the adoption symbol for a really wonderful customer. 

Rory has taken to hanging out in our apartment via Skype. He sits on top of the couch while we hang out and watch Doctor Who. 

I'm working on an art project for one of my classes involving henna. I haven't decided whether or not to share it with the internet yet, but it's coming out really well. 

Spring is a little late, I think, but I don't mind. The air has been crisp and fresh, lots of windy rainstorms which I love, and nice cloudy days. It's 45 degrees right now, but Wednesday calls for a high of 62 with thunderstorms. Can't beat that!

Random things about me

I have my own Henna Body Art Business.

I am a black belt

I hate creamed corn more than any other food on the planet.

Once I had alopecia areata, but my hair grew back.

My eyes are pretty awesome colors because of something called central heterochromia

One of my best friends lives across the pond.

I sing. Pretty well, if I do say so myself.

I would be a cat lady if I were single. I may be one now...

I love musical theater, and found some of my closest friends through it.

I love rainy days more than sunny ones.

Bits of my Life

Options

There are so many things I've wanted to be in my life. I used to be dead set on being an astronaut. I wanted to be the first person to set foot on Mars. That middle school phase past and then I decided I wanted to be an environmental scientist. I really had no idea what that entailed. I thought maybe it had something to do with animals and nature. I entered the U of R as and EVS major. However, before I even took one class, I decided that based on the course descriptions of the required classes this was definitely not the major for me. I switch to Brain and Cognitive Sciences. I had always just known I would go into some sort of science. I thought the brain was awesome and I hadn't had an opportunity to learn much about it, so this seemed perfect. Then I switch to Neuroscience. I was dead set on getting my Ph.D. and becoming a famous researcher, cracking the secrets to what makes music so enjoyable. I hated the courses. I knew that wasn't a passion. My passion wasn't even science related. I had shoved it aside for years, considering it was just a "hobby."My passion was in the arts, and creative endeavors. When I switched to a Studio Arts major, I felt liberated.

While this semester's courses aren't exactly inspiring, I know I'm in the right field. The problem now is that there are too many options, and I don't have any more passion for one option over the other.

I could be a painter, have my own studio, maybe even open a little gallery.

I could take up photography. I love photos. I love the way they capture the world. I could take portraits, wedding photos, or whatever else photographers do.

I want to try sewing. I could make my own clothes. I could sew bags and pillows or maybe try to make a quilt.

I've always thought of opening my own coffee shop somewhere. It would be peaceful and well decorated, and maybe I'd have a little gallery inside, or a shop where local artisans could sell their goods.

I could also always continue Phoenix Henna and get a little more serious with it.

Maybe I could take more pottery lessons and get good enough to make a living off of that.

Or maybe I could do administrative work at an art co-op or museum or try any combination of the above.

I don't know which ones I would love more, and I don't know if any of these paths would even make a living.

I have no idea how to choose, and being the type of person who always has a plan, I hate that I have no clear path for what is going to happen after May 2012.