Wow, ok...im new to the whole blog thing so bear with me as I get used to this. Anyway, several of my friends have blogs, and although I usually write some thoughts in my subprofile, the idea of having unlimited space to write whatever pops into my head seems even better. I havent decided whether Im going to tell people about it yet, or just use it for my own personal journal. We'll see how these first few go.

Today marks the first day of my spring break and while i love being at usc, this break couldn't have come at a better time. I had kind of a busy last few days because on Thursday night Tasha came to visit me and we went to a party. After staying up almost the whole night, I dragged myself to my 9 am writing class where my teacher had baked us a cake! I guessed that it was to apologize for making us sit there, minutes away from the freedom of spring break, and diagram horribly boring sentences which served no other purpose than busy work. I don't know about anyone else, but I thought it was incredibly nice of her. A lot of people bag on their teachers, but I think they deserve a little more respect when they are trying so hard to be nice and thoughtful. I'm glad I choose USC, although the other alternative keeps coming back to haunt me. I enjoy the diversity of students I meet and the variety of classes I get to take ranging from ballet and the arts to religions of asia and sciences and math. Ok, so maybe I dont appreciate the science and math stuff. Sometimes though I wonder if I would have gotten a better art education at a strictly art college like Pasadena Art Center or Cal Arts. Perhaps it's because Im a freshman and simply haven't gotten into the level of classes where I focus more on graphic design than drawing, painting and sculpture, but I find that most of the graphic design work Ive done this year has just been on my own time and little projects Ive set up for myself. It actually makes me nervous that Im not going to be able to compete with the people who went to an all-art, all the time college where they were getting dumped on with computer graphics training and advertising theory while I've been over at USC taking requirements like writing and religions of asia. Not that I didn't completely love my religions of asia class and feel like a more well-rounded person for learning about it (the benefit of a broad usc program). Sigh, I'm going to wait it out and see how next year when I'm finally able to get down to my major. I've also been noticing more and more how the college you go to really has an effect on your personality. Not saying that everyone automatically fits into the mold that their school has the reputation of creating, but I think that the types of people and the structure of your program does have some bearing on what kind of an adult you become. I think if I went to an art school in particular, I would be radically different than the way I'm heading now.

I love living in a city atmosphere I've decided. I like the hussle, and the traffic, and the events that take place that would not be taking place in somewhere like Santa Clarita. (my thoughts on Santa Clarita will come at a later time) If anything after graduation, Id probably move to a city like San Francisco and try to work in the advertising/graphic department at Pixar....haha, ideally. Not saying I have the skill to. Anyways, for my spring break I don't really have many plans. I'll probably sleep a lot, watch tons of movies, go to disneyland at least twice, work on learning MAYA animation, and hang out with the few friends that have coinciding breaks. It hasn't really sunken in that I am getting my wisdom teeth out on Friday. Ugh! I think Im more afraid of the anaesthesia than the actual teeth pulling. Alright, I think this first entry has gotten a little out of control in length so Ill end for now and update soon.