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Another
I’m going to change the design of my site again. The one I have now isn’t working for me anymore. I know it has only been a month, but by the time I’m finished with the new one it will be two months more. Something more graphical is in the works.
Is it really this cold in Houston?
I wanted to check the hurricane in Houston, and this is what I found on the Houston Chronicle weather page:
Reading, writing, and sculpting
My first class of the semester was a British Literature class; it was preempted by a fire alarm. It seems like an alright class. I do get to read Beowulf again. The textbook has a different translation than the one I have — night and day different. I did want to read the poem again for fun.
Today was Modern Art History, Sculpture, and Design Seminar. The Modern Art class will be a lot different than the one I took last semester, but then there is also an essay we have to write. Then the test during the third week of class. It may be a bit much; however, the Design Seminar class has an eight page paper that will be due. So it’s a battle of which one will stress me more. The Design Seminar class meets once a week at night; this class is already winning The sculpture class will be my “cool” class of the semester though. I just hope I can do all the work I am imagining.
So basically I have three “history” classes and a studio class. Three of them being reading and writing intensive, and the other being a learning experience. I am now glad I didn’t continue with taking a science course.
Reorganized
I finally got around to upload the reorganized design of my site. I thined elements down and simplified almost everything. It looks a bit too simple; so in the days to come I’ll make more changes. I didn’t have time today to update the work page.
Fasting Experience - Day III
I almost fainted twice on this day — it is over.
Fasting Experience - Day II
Day two was a lot better than the first. My headache was gone and I didn’t crave as much. Although, by the end of the day that wasn’t the case. I just drank lime water all day.
Fasting Experience - Day I
I have no meaningful reason or explanation for the fast, but all I can say now is that I am doing it for the experience. If I ever have a starvation episode I’ll know what it is like. I have not eaten a few times in my early years, but I eat more than I use these days, and this could be the reason for my early struggle.
Day I
Today I had a headache most of the day; so far it has been a terrible experience. I lived on six cups of water. Throughout the day I felt exceptionally tired, and was able to take a twenty minute nap. It was a nap on a bed! I have not lied down on a bed this whole time on my break. I’ve had to tell myself “I am not hungry; I am full” to get sleep. Now it’s on to day two. I could eat a whole lasagna right now.
Summer Days
My summer break has been going by well; it’s almost over though. I’ll be starting summer courses in July. So far I’ve been in between Houston and San Marcos.
The fist two weeks I was at home relaxing; reading, watching, and backing-up computer files. So it felt like a very sluggish month. I got to finish reading Larklight, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. They were a great read; maybe fantastic movies in the future.
Then from June 6-9 I went to Chicago with my mom, dad, and sister. We drove rather than flying since it was a spur of the moment choice to have a trip. Well it took around 19 hours which got very tiring and a bit uncomfortable. I did get to start listening to my Twilight audio book, but never got to finish it. Well when we got there we ordered a Chicago style pizza that was just as good as I imagined. The next day we went downtown to roam around.
I wanted to just go to the Museum of Contemporary Art. The Jeff Koons exhibit was and is showing. Most of Koons work was a bit eccentric, but amazing to see. I enjoyed the collection a little bit more, because I got to see some of Alexander Calder’s mobiles and a Magdalena Abakanowicz piece. Calder and Abakanowicz were two artists I studied last semester.
Then my dad and I went to a Border’s while my mom and sister went around shopping. Later on we went to a “hypermarket” called Meijer. It felt like a mixture of all the other stores we have here in Texas. It was cool: I found a few houndstooth things, and bought a box of Jujubes. I really liked Chicago; I’ll have to go back one day and actually see more of the town. It wasn’t a very got weekend to go since there was a bit of bad weather. We left the next morning.
My third semester is complete
Today was my last final for the semester. The classes were great, and the projects that were assigned were fun to work on. I’ll be posting them here within the coming weeks.
I’ll be moving into my new place tomorrow.