One week going on three...

One week is seven days.
In one week I have had so very many adventures.
Seven days ago I went in to see the person who evaluates whether or not you have enough of the right kinds of credits in order to graduate from SCC.
I found out that I was missing a non-lab science course. The only class left after the portfolio class that would allow me to graduate with two associates/transfer degrees. I had/have no money to pay for the class let alone books!
So I freaked out, met with my advisor and he sent me to SCC's Foundation office. I filled out the paperwork for the general application for assistance and was in shock when Lynn said that they would take care of the class and books. Tuition for that class and a voucher for the books has allowed me to take the final course that i need in order to graduate from SCC!!!
I finished up the week completing paperwork to work for another department at SCC, finishing tutoring, rushing to prepare for a paper due sunday and the finals week extra credit assignment as well as one final for Geography and a critique, or two.
Monday evening I found out that Dad had lost his job that morning.
Tuesday evening I found out that I was selected as a staff member for Sakura-con 2011 at the convention center in Downtown Seattle.
Wednesday I went in to SCC for a critique in Ceramics.
Thursday I went in to tear down a sculpture and meet with a filmographer about some work.
Friday I went in for the final critique in Ceramics for my independent study course and finishing up some work as well as making another hat.
Friday afternoon I felt drawn to go to Seattle. So I ended up waiting in the rain for busses to come and I thought that I was going to go see Holly, my friend who works at Argosy Cruises. As I was praying in the city all the way to argosy praying about why I was called to go there that day I passed argosy cruises and went in to Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. I was there for awhile, and as I came in was drawn into an area but fought back and continued through the store. it wasn't until after I was done looking around that I tried to leave but was stopped by a man named Lloyd. he asked me if I wanted to see my name take on a curious shape, I gave him my nickname. He made an elephant out of it. He also wrote scriptures verse locations on the piece of paper, his name and a website that he was a part of. I started to cry. I explained to him very briefly that I had been called there to meet him that day, and I didn't add that it was entirely overwhelming.

This was the reason that I was here today. I had been called to meet Lloyd, and on top of that there was a job opening! As soon as I got the application, said goodbye and gave Lloyd my real name, I started sobbing, and walking through the streets of Seattle to get back to my bus I cried and I cried, because I realized that God has awesome plans for me, and he wants me to realize that he wants me to be filled with joy! I am his daughter and he wants his joy to fill me. I have been fighting it for so long that I've tried to convince myself that a joy that pure and wholesome doesn't exist, but I have been blind!
How profoundly amazing is God's love! He has been nudging me ever so gently towards this and I have resisted all the way. But I know the plans I have for you declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. I have tasted the joy of the Lord and it is overwhelming, but it is so beautiful, so comforting, and so filled with his love that it is filling up my cup and overflowing!
I can't even say the words that I need to say because they don't cover even half of his glory!
Now my sister is going to be taken care of in her studying for her master's degree financially!
The joy of the Lord is my strength!
God is good! Fear not!

What Spring Break?

The Monday of spring break I discovered two e-mails from the instructors for the two classes that I have this upcoming quarter.
the first contained: read chapters 1-3 of the human anatomy and physiology course, and the second said that I need to start working right now.
so naturally I'm going for a walk today and it feels utterly wrong to do that when I need to study for a potential quiz tuesday next week. the syllabus says that each week starts with a quiz and there is one final exam that will cover everything.

Great.

Even backpacks make faces during Spring Break!

Monster tent!

For this Project I was designing a sort of bivouac for adult-sized people. It was supposed to return the entrant back to a state of mental peace that you could only find while inside of a fort. Remember making a blanket fort when you were little? It's sort of like that, but a home made tent.

I started out sewing recycled fabric chunks together, they were each about a yard-squared so you can imagine how large the entire thing was with this picture of me sitting in the middle of it. (I'm about 5' 9" tall)

I then proceeded to fold the fabric into the shape of an oragami water-bomb. It took about fifteen minutes or so; it's a lot harder with just one person than with more than just me. 

then I built the armiture construction parts. I originally went through about five re-designs of the inside before settling for pyramids. when put together properly they made a cube about 8x8x8 feet cubed, much to my surprise after a week of frustration I found that the fabric was 5x5x5 feet cubed on the inside. so yet another re-design was needed.

I had first assembled it outside, so I took it apart and re-assembled it inside where it would finally rest for the duration of the week and critique.

I moved the fabric next to it and enlisted four other people to help put the armature inside of the fabric.

it took maybe ten minutes for us to get the fort to this stage of readiness.

Finally I cut, sewed, and attached the eyes and mouth to make the covering for the portal inside.

blood sweat and tears went into the making of it but I couldn't have done it without the support of my friends, colleagues, instructors and mentors. 

I've got to get used to being so terribly ambitious that it's sometimes unhealthy, then change my ambition to healthier forms of creation!

ECCC 2011 Continued

This is probably my favorite picture ever from the comic-con in Seattle.
Batman talking to superman with Calvin running back to Hobbes. I love to see families at the Comic con! There's always a die-hard family that will all dress up, or try to dress up, as their favorite gaming/comic book characters. I saw an amazing Spider-man with his parents Codex and Fawkes from "The Guild" web-series which I highly recommend. Go see it here! Be advised, most content isn't suitable for children.
No, I didn't  get paid to promote them, I just find the show to be great and I want to share my tastes with the interconnected community of today.

Have a Super Day!

Emerald City Comic-con 2011

I went, and this is what I saw:

The Guild Panel with Will Wheaton, Felicia Day, Amy Okuda, and a reporter mediator.

Walter Lusch as Batman, Poison Ivy as herself, and David M. as Superman

A family of green lanterns, passers by, and one Random Stormtrooper.

When we caught up with Batman and superman it was on average a photo every inch we tried to get somewhere.

Panel with Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and the DJ from 99.9 FM Radio in Seattle.

Me and my sister Christine.

Calvin and Hobbes.

Director Ian Hubert who was at/around his table promoting his soon-to-be-released movie Project: London.

The masquerade was fun at the end of the day. Walter stunned the crowd into cheers. 

And Shelly, you're the best support crew Batman and Superman could ever have!

It was a fun adventure, I couldn't have possibly taken enough photos of everything there, and I look forward to the next convention I'm a part of... next year.

Bucket Number 2011

Ok, here's a bucket list for the year 2011:

It is not the case that I am planning on expiring, I just wanted to list the possibilities that I want to achieve during the use of my calendar. 

• Learn how to drive (it doesn't mean that I will like it, it just means I will know how)
• Get driver's license (by April 25th >my birthday<)
• Go to Canada and have a cup of tea; visit family if I can find them
• Go out to the symphony with a borrowed dress, fake jewels, and a splendidly clad fellow
• Travel to NY and NJ an FL and such
• Make a pair of gloves
• Sew a costume for the upcoming Comic book Convention in Seattle (2 months yikes!), or compile one
• Meet a movie star and speak with him/her on equal terms
• Get adopted by a cat
• Move out
• Run into a famous musician and not know who they are, then get to know them better
• Find a splendid job that does not require me to stay stationary
• Meet new friends in new places
• Have a grand adventure

Writing Letters

More often than not I am finding that I would rather write letters than type up e-mails. I also love to send letters and in general write them.

Ever since a very short while ago, when I shut down my Facespace account, I have been enjoying the finer points of life, or trying to enjoy them, by learning how to not be confronted with social interaction at every turn. I would rather have time for my sanity to reform for awhile before I attempt to again face people en-masse. 

the most recent events of fun that have occured include: waking up with panic and anxiety, freaking out because my watch broke (not my cell phone, my... watch. Yes I do wear a watch to tell time with. It is much more efficient and faster to do to look at your wrist rather than at your mass media device. Not to mention it's quite a bit more fashionable than digging around in your bag or pocket to try and find the blasted thing.) 

[I found this picture at SCC, do you know where on campus it is?]

I am no longer working on Saturday due to a schedule change that allowed another employee to work. Sanity be preserved. 

Maybe video blogging "vlogging" would help me get into being comfortable with technology.