23 April 2007

focal point.

and so.. classes are over! however, i have 4 finals and 1 final project and i am in quite the rush. it is crunch time and i've been able to finally get myself to focus, as hard as it has been with the beautiful sunny 70-80 degree weather outdoors.

i definitely skipped the rising senior tradition of hey day on the last day of classes, but i was sleeping because i had stayed up all night to write and hand in a paper. i wasn't exactly about to lose sleep to get food thrown all over me while surrounded by drunk ppl i don't like. i did buy the shirt though.

other than that, it was a productive yet relaxing weekend and hopefully things stay that way.. but i doubt it. i can already see the stress coming my way.

17 April 2007

what?

how the hell is it that..

1.. it's the last week of classes already? i'm going to fail out of school.

2.. it's mid-april and it's freezing and even snowy?


shoot me.

16 April 2007

medium hazelnut with cream and sugar.

it's 8am here on the east coast. i am in meyerson. i have been in meyerson since about noon yesterday, and i most definitely did not sleep. i spent the past 20 hours working on a paper, doing some reading and helping theodore finish his furniture design project - the final review is in two hours.

let's see. since i last posted, i officially accepted the internship from dreamworks animation, have been researching and writing my final comm paper, and self-taught myself how to make a run and walk cycle on a rigged character in maya. also, it was spring fling this past weekend, and i most definitely did not fling, but spent my time working on the above-mentioned school shit. oddly enough, i did stop by fling festivities for a little bit and ran into someone from high school that i haven't seen in four years. how strange.

as busy as i have been, i did take friday night off and theodore and i went to a pleasant corner restaurant called Striped Bass. one word: delicious. another word: expensive. but in the end it was definitely worth it.

and who knew, blueberry donuts exist at dunkin' and they are amazing.

10 April 2007

serenity..?

an encounter with a funker this week only served to further solidify that my decision to leave the group is the right one. it's amazing how much less stressed and worried i am all the time now that i have taken myself off the listservs and i don't have to deal with the people, the bureaucracy or the drama. deep breath. whew.

so as i previously mentioned, dreamworks animation offered me the production technology summer internship on sunday (they really called me on easter sunday, isn't that ridiculous/hilarious?). i didn't want to make my decision until i had heard back from everyone in my family. i talked to the HR rep from vanguard animation today, and while i have yet to inform either company of my official decision (which i will do tomorrow), i am about 99.9% for dreamworks. now i just have to make the call.

passover ended today so i took nico to chinatown for some good old shaved noodles. then, on our way home, we decided to stop in penang to get an order of hainanese chicken. i love that i'm not the only one who loves to eat huge amounts of food. he's my new eating buddy. (= other than that, things have been pretty good. still haven't gotten my ray tracer functioning properly yet, but i'm working on it. i'm really behind in all my classes, it's actually really.. sad. next couple weeks are going to be hell-ish.. but hopefully i'll manage somehow like i always do..

08 April 2007

twenty one, debauchery and decisions.

woo. it's been quite a productive weekend. not in terms of school, but more in terms of life.

on friday i turned twenty-one. it was a pretty good day. i was freaking out because i was told to expect a phone call from dreamworks (!!!, more on this later), so really didn't drink much. post-phone call i went to marathon to have dinner with some 500s (nico, andrew, matt, bryan) and domi. while the food wasn't the best, the atmosphere and the people made it a good time. i think we were there for over 2 hours. afterwards i went to studio and did work until almost 3am, but a bunch of us took our laptops to the basement and watched marie antoinette on the big screen to get in the mood for beaux arts.

saturday morning liz picked me up and we went and got manicures, had lunch, then went food shopping for our little pre-beaux arts shindig. she made her amazing "boy-catching" cookies. jared, nico and bryan came over to help make food. jess, her sister sara and andrew came over for food. all the while we start drinking wine and champagne with strawberries. more ppl start showing up around 7.30-8p. anyway, just past 9p we head over to stotesbury mansion. the beaux arts ball was awesome. sarah was DJing and everyone looked amazing in their cake at versailles themed costumes. the live band was cheesy but not so bad. afterwards some of us went to midtown diner (as usual) and i get my usual drunken steak and eggs (medium rare, sunny side up). good effing times.

today i had lunch with jared and spent the rest of the day in meyerson doing work. and.. dreamworks called me today and extended to me the offer of a summer internship. SO happy. while i'm not completely decided on them yet, because vanguard's offer is better, i'm leaning toward dreamworks because they're a better company and far more organized. .. but i don't know quite yet. i plan on asking the bros for their advice as to what i should do.. regardless though, i am SO excited, SO happy and SO relieved. whoever would have thought i'd be in the position where i had to choose between two offers (much less have an offer at all).

and finally, theodore came back from chicago / indianapolis today. while this weekend has been AMAZING, it really kind of sucked that i didn't get to share it with him. oh well.. it looks like it's going to be another late night for both of us in meyerson.

05 April 2007

weeeeee!

i am sooooo happy right now. i can't divulge why just yet, but i will soon. hopefully.

anyway, theodore left for his conference in indianapolis today so i'm a bit bummed about that, but this weekend is looking like it will be a fabulous extravagant time regardless. and at the very least, i turn 21 in less than an hour.

04 April 2007

good and bad news.

bad news first.

so this really kind of sucks, but i've decided to really quit funk. not just take a semester off, but quit. we had a board meeting today and i honestly felt nothing. there is no funk withdrawal, no affection/nostalgia or anything for this group that i dedicated the past three years of my life to. i'm not even angry anymore. i just don't care. the past three years have been like a relationship - it started out awesome and along the way there were bumps and obstacles. but i loved it, and dedicated everything to it. however, it's gotten to the point where the group has broken my heart so many times.. and it's not the group that i fell in love with 3 years go. it's just time to move on. i'm not saying it will be easy, but it's something i have to do.

but onto the good news.

vanguard animation up in vancouver has offered me a summer internship! it's a pretty sweet deal and i'm very excited. i don't want to divulge too much, because i don't think i'm allowed to really, but trust me, it's good. the only glitch in the plan right now is that they want me to work 30 april - 31 august, which is a problem considering my last final isn't until 4 may.. and theodore's graduation is 14 may. however, i've offered to work a bit into september, possibly missing the first week or two of school, so we'll see what they say. in any case, it's a great opportunity and i couldn't be happier. whoosh! relief! (=

01 April 2007

some six months later.

somehow i managed to completely forget that i had this blog. six and a half months have passed, and a lot has happened. this past semester i directed FUNK on top of choreographing and doing all the promotional and media stuff. and with that, i am done. at the very least i am taking a semester off. while the shows turned out great, the group itself is no longer something i can put such time and energy into anymore.. especially when the younger funkers are completely lacking in any sort of respect for the group and what it stands for. if it weren't for a couple of the members within the group who i have come to consider great friends (and i am so grateful to have them in my life), i probably wouldn't have made it through thus far.

as for a summer job.. i'm potentially working in vancouver this summer. or hopefully los angeles again. things are kind of shady/sketchy/up-in-the-air right now, but i can start focusing on getting an internship now that funk is over. i'm also ridiculously behind in school again, but i'm thinking i'll be able to make it through relatively unscathed..

in other news, things are going great with theodore i dread his upcoming graduation, and the past few weeks have been hard on both of us do to extenuating circumstances. but i guess that's just how it goes. i am, however, looking forward to the actual commencement when his whole family will be here.. as awkward as that could turn out to be, i think it will be quite an experience.

and of course, penndesign. i love my little circle of penndesign buddies. especially the current 500s (and the usual 600s). beaux arts ball is this upcoming weekend, as well as my 21st. it should be a good one, even if theodore won't be around. while i don't plan on the usual wasted-21st thing, i do want to relax and have a blast at the cake-at-versailles-themed ball.