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December 16, 2005

Home again home again

Jiggity jig!

I am just about finished packing for tomorrow. My mom finally got into the airport this afternoon after having some problems with her flight on monday. We took this picture just before dinner tonight. I just can't get over that it's been over a year since I have seen her. Weird. Anyway.

Oh, in other news, I have new "gadgets" as my sister calls them. I finally got a powerbook and an ipod. Yay! They are fun toys (of course they are totally useful and necessary too, you know, art and school stuff). I bought Adobe creative suite and am so totally stoked. I have gotten so used to having to use the computers at school for art stuff so it's really nice to have it right in front of me.

Alright, well, I am off tomorrow for destination #1: San Luis Obispo to see my friend Lyndsy. Then on to Grass Valley, then Portland! I don't have homework-- just thought you should know, that makes me happy.

-Libby

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December 10, 2005

New toys

I finally got my computer upgrade. For some reason it feels very weird to have my own photoshop and illustrator. I guess I have just gotten so used to using computers at school for design and projects, that I hadn't thought about actually having my very own!! It's so exciting! So I got CS2 and of course Biola always has some sort of deal going on so I got the new iPod video.* it's fun getting new toys. Especially when you have been waiting for soooo long.

I went to the early premiere of Chronicles of Narnia last night with my friend Lauren. I got to get all dressed up and pretty. It was neat to see everyone all decked out. I can see why couples need to go out to nice things every once and while--girls just need to be pretty and girly and guys like to feel handsome and helpful. The movie was really good. I was really surprised how well acted the childrens' parts were. Lucy's character is such a sweet little girl.

We bought a Christmas tree here at our apartment. It was so needed--I just love being Christmasy. I put on Kenny G. Miracles and of course all my roommates groaned that he was so cheesy and middle-aged jazz. Whatever, it's just not Christmas without Kenny G.

My mom will be home in just a few days. It's hard not to just think about seeing her because I have to focus on finals. I am giving a presentation in one class and literally walking out the door right after I finish so that I can get to LAX to see her. It will have been exactly one year and one month. Wow. I wonder if she will have United States culture shock.

*I don't quite know how to handle myself with an iPod. I hadn't been all crazy to get one and honestly, one of the biggest reason for me to get one was so that I could keep big files on it to move between computers. But I was sitting in my studio the other day and it was the first time I actually could sit down and listen to music. And it was so strange-- I had a hard time thinking that I was missing out on the companionship of my studio neighbor or my teacher walking by. Who would stop and talk to someone with "earbuds" in? It made me feel just so anti-social. And I don't run or anything so it's not like I will use it for that. And even though it has the video thing, I'm sure not going to pay to put movies on it. The only thing I can think is that it would have been really nice to have when I flew to Texas. But of course the next flight I'm taking is going to be with my mom and I will want to talk to her. It comes down to this-- I just don't have the nerve to join a people who spend so much time not interacting with the world. So I have an iPod, that doesn't mean I have to be an iFreak. Schpeal.

On a less pop-culture-expensive-toy-to-waste-your-money-on note, my friend has a grapefruit tree in her back yard that is just booming with fruit! I love grapefruit. She lets me take huge bagfuls home with me and I cut them up like my dad taught me (where you cut off the skin and then cut each section out so it's just pure fruit goodness) and add brown sugar and eat and eat and eat. I hope you can't get sick from too much grapefruit. Well at least I'm getting my vitamin C. (Which I will need as I am going to Portland for Christmas, and Katie informed me today that it has been in the 30's--I'm bringing some yummy scarves with me...)

I can't get the song Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap out of my head. It's good. Very artsy fartsy music.

I had my senior show meeting today and am very excited and encouraged for getting started. I feel like I have been working toward something that I just didn't see until today. It all clicked in the meeting and I just said, "I can do that?!" Like it wasn't allowed. At this point I'm feeling like making a huge thing of quilted yo-yos and somehow using a clay root that I made and maybe some green origami stars. Crazy. I don't even have the words to describe the image that's starting to appear in my head. I'm just very excited!

God is so good.

-Lib

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