Back to school…

But before we get to that…Went to the ER last night after picking up the Critters. The swelling wasn’t going away all on its own. If fact, it was moving down further, I could feel it in my neck. O.o Yeah…Not a fun thing. So now I’ve got a prescription to deal with the allergic reaction. Plus I’m taking, Alegra (I think that’s what it is) to help deal with the swelling too. I’m still quite puffy under the eyes…But I think most of the rest of it has gone down. My eyelids aren’t as puffy as there were, thankfully.

Okay…School…

I have homework already. *falls over* [& my eyes are focusing the greatest…I can see the bubbles on the tops of my cheeks, and it distracts me. Blah.]

Anyway…We have a warm-up exercise due in Creative Writing Wednesday. We are suppose to show how we write. O.o Not sure that makes much sense…Kind of like writing a narrative that shows our process towards writing creatively. Does that make anymore sense? *laughs*
Anyway…What I have currently, reminds me A LOT of Raven’s homework thoughts entries. Books, notebooks, writing supplies scattered all over the bed…Though I’m not sure I’ve gotten to mentioning of the bed or not…Have to toss ‘me’ in there somewhere along the lines. I don’t know.
He wants us to type it up in 14 font, as he has intentions of sticking them up on the walls of the classroom…So other people who use the classroom may be tempted to read them. O.o

Aside from that…Our first actual writing assignment is due next Monday.

I’ve got 40 minutes to kill between Creative Writing & Photography. I spent 20 minutes of that on the phone with James! [Todd didn’t bloody well answer the phone when I tried calling him…Not that I’m surprised, didn’t really expect him to.]

Oh yeah…Reese called me about the time I got to the college…Asking me what class I had from 3:10-5:10 on Tuesdays & Thursdays…As she only had 10 credits so far, and needed 12. Then she called at around 1 (when class was getting ready to start) to find out what books she needed for Eastern Religions. *headdesk* I answered the phone “What?” when she called the second time…Managed to get laughs from three or four of the people in my class. *laughs*

Okay…Back to photography for a minute.
We got to play in the dark room for a little bit, it was fun. *laughs*
The paper we will be using is light sensitive…So we had to keep it in the dark room. We got to play with 5×7 sheets. We took a sheet to a work station, took various objects, laid them over the paper, then flashed a flashlight at them really quickly. I’ve got a paper somewhere that tells what these are called, but I’m too lazy to dig for it at the moment. Anyway…My first one didn’t work too well…The flashlight was too close to the paper when it was exposed. My second one turned out much better, then I did a third one which wasn’t too bad either.
Then we took one of them, put a fresh sheet of paper down, flipped our picture over it (it was acting as a negative) then flashed a light over it, creating a new image. Mine turned out really well. J *grins* At mid-term we are suppose to have 10 images for our portfolio…The teacher told me I could very well already have one for it! J So I’m starting out goods thus far.
Only thing I’m not looking forward to…The cold air that exists outside. We will be using ISO 125 film…Which means needing good day light for proper exposure.

So far, I’ve got familiar faces in all my classes.
Creative Writing there are 4 others from my first Creative Writing class last semester…Plus one of the girls from my 2-D design class & one of the girls from Phi Theta Kappa.

In photography there is one girl from my Drawing II & Life Drawing Classes from last semester, and one of the new people from my Creative Writing class.

Tomorrow I should have friendly faces in my classes as well. As James should be in my 3-D design class. & I’ve managed to make myself owe him a ton of hugs already. O.o I’m not sure how I managed that one, aside it was my attempt to get off the phone without hurting his feelings, even if they were mock hurt feelings.

Then, of course, from the sounds of it, Reese will be invading my Eastern Religions class. [It still baffles me that a Christian would be taking an Eastern Religions class. *shrugs* Then again, she hardly seems Christian most of the time.]

I’ve read & attempted to fill out the paper correctly for Photography. We are going to have weekly reading assignments & questions to answer. Plus we have weekly photo assignments. We get a 24 or 25 exposure film to use up. We have to develop it (after she shows us how, which I think is next week), and have the negatives ready for Wednesdays I think. Then we’ll have to make prints from some of the negatives.

Like I said…Mid-term is 10 prints mounted for the portfolio…Final is 21 prints…Which may or may not be some of the original 10.

Creative Writing has 7 official assignments again…I have to look closer at them though, to know what they are for sure. I know the first one is similar to the first one last semester…Showing not telling a character. [I’m seriously considering using what I know of Sonja’s one character…I haven’t decided for sure yet. Better do it quick though, as it‘s due next Monday.]

Okay…I have to get done here, and somehow get Harley to sleep. & Get some sleep myself…As I’m sure I’ll have a stack of homework come the end of tomorrow. *sigh* Still…I’m sure it’s less homework than, if I do what I’m contemplating doing, next year at this time.

Hopefully my face will be free of puff tomorrow.

[Oh yeah…Meeting…I will attempt to sort out such thoughts and get an entry about such up soon. My brain is pretty scattered as I’m sure you can tell.   On the good side…Harley should be getting his evaluation soon. So hopefully we’ll know what’s what soon, and what to do to help him to the best of all ablilites.]