I don't plan on writing much right now because I have to read about 50 chapters in my advertising book before class, but I wanted to update real quick because my last entry was so sad. I'm feeling a lot better now and everyone who left me messages have been very helpful. The past week has been a strange mix of things. I spent the weekend at home, but most of it was actually spent driving around to a whole bunch of locations around LA, beverly hills, pasadena, and santa clarita taking pictures for my upcoming photography project. I decided against doing the seven deadly sins idea for my sequencing assignment after shooting a role and not having the ideas come across very well. I changed my concept and am now doing the idea of urbanization and decay and the differences between areas of southern california. I think it's more readable on film. I divided my concept into a few different areas: homes, shopping, food, and forms of entertainment. I'm going in to develop my negatives tomorrow. It was a pain though because it took up most of my weekend relaxation time and I had to have someone follow me around holding an umbrella over my head so that raindrops wouldn't get on the lens. Hopefully the rain didn't ruin the outcome of any of my shots.

The rain is getting annoying. People on the east coast deal with rain and snow for months out of the year. I feel like a spoiled southern californian by saying that I'm tired of rain after a week and a half of it, but it's true. I inevitably get my jeans wet halfway up the shin and have to sit in class with soaking feet. I saw some people walking around in those ridiculous looking yellow rain boots and I'm seriously considering getting some. My hair has become a frizzball and is resembling a chia pet, so no matter what I do to it in the morning I will end up looking like a mad scientist. I have given up trying to fix it for the whole of the winter. I think I might end up on one of those "What Not to Wear" type shows. When I like someone, I tend to try to look nice on the offchance I might run into them on campus, but now the combination of not liking anyone and the rain ruining all attempts at presentability, I couldnt care less how I show up to class. Vicious cycle which will end with me living in a cave and little children will think I'm a witch.

I've been having a few problems with being a vegetarian the last few weeks. This is my 5th year (hard to believe) as a vegetarian, but lately I've started to feel really drained. I tend to sleep a good 7 or 8 hours a night but two hours later am ready to fall asleep again. Total lack of energy. Also, when I went to get my hair done, she was commenting how dried it was...even though i condition all the time. I couldn't help but wonder if it has something to do with my diet. I try to eat soy, but I never know how much you need and I pretty much disregard iron and B12. So I went into the doctor's and got my blood tested so i should find out today if I'm lacking anything. Hopefully it'll be something that I can make up in supplements. I find it really hard to imagine ever not being a vegetarian now and I think I'd refuse to do it even if it would give me more energy.

Anyway, I've gotta go read now, but we've been talking about a few kind of fascinating things in my Visual Culture class that I'll write about in my next entry.