To infinity and beyond!

I found that I was feeling well enough to go to Berkeley on Wednesday and it turned out to be a fun trip. I always like going there to visit friends and to go into San Francisco. Berkeley has such a cool atmosphere that is very different from the area surrounding USC. It's kinda got that small town feel to it without really being small. They even had those twinkle lights around the trees. Everything was incredibly green and leafy and the ground was constantly wet. I could see myself living somewhere like that after college...if i wasn't so tied down to LA design. We went to see Spike Jonze the first night there. He was speaking as part of the school's director series and I was lucky enough to go. The entire thing was set up like a Q&A and he just answered questions for two hours. He was somewhat dumbstruck and inarticulate during parts, but I thought he was a little adorable as well. People were asking some dumbass questions like "What if you woke up one day and were married to a cat?" I don't know how he kept a straight face. Matt was nice enough to let Tasha and I crash at his gigantic apartment. Thanks a lot!

The next day I went into the city for some sightseeing, which actually turned into shopping for clothes. Met some students at art academy who had an amazing studio apartment right in the heart of the city. Made me yet again rethink why I didn't choose art school up in San Francisco, but I'm pretty happy where I am, especially after scoring a kickass internship. They also paid something like $2000 a month for it...a price I am not envious of. The rest of the trip was spent socializing and not sleeping much so I was pretty wiped out when I got home. My family and I went to Disneyland yesterday. I rode the new Buzz Lightyear Lazor Tag ride, which was actually quite fun because my mom refused to pick up the gun and shoot the targets. She just spun our car around and around. My final score was 64,000 and hers was 0. They take a picture of you in the ride, which I didn’t know about til afterwards. I’m going to post a picture from it soon.

I bought one of those giant caramel apples drizzled in chocolate and nuts, one of my favorite things. But sadly, all good things come to an end. I ate my apple and am now back at school facing a late night writing an essay on Matthew Brady, the civil war photographer. I have to do a slide presentation in front of the whole class tomorrow about his photos. I'm shy and nervous, but after tomorrow’s class it is smooth sailing. When I was in Disneyland I wanted to stop in to see that Lincoln show where they have the electronic Lincoln reading the Gettysberg Address because it revolves around Matthew Brady, but it was closed. Normally animatronics scare the crap out of me, but Lincoln's not so bad. He's friendly-like. Only 5 more weeks left of school…what happened to this year?