it really doesn't feel like halloween. it's like a ghost town here. it was also pretty gross this morning, but i got to see an old friend i haven't seen in a while and hung out with some friends. i also filled my tummy with yummy thai iced tea with boba. sooo good

there's lots of work so lately i haven't been able to work on my own artwork besides things for class. lame, i know. i started some new things though, so hopefully i'll get the chance to get them done soon.......i should be working on my time studio video project right now......it's ridiculous. i had to record myself (with the help of my roommate) painting with a paintbrush taped to my elbow and hand. i ended up painting a monster throwing up rainbows on flower people. i have no idea how well this is going to end haha the critique next monday is going to suck balls. i just know the little bitches in my class are going to have something to say, but i really don't care. wish me luck though, i'm off to editing and imovie land. time to work i guess. XD

i have no idea what i'm going to do tonight, but hopefully i get to do something fun and get some candeh. i miss trick or treating. :C anywayz, have a fun halloween!!! i have a crazy craving for shrimp cocktail right now. sadness.

I've finally settled down at art school. It's a lot of fun because there's so much to do in the city and places go ( vintage stores, used book stores....lots of interesting places) and I have a small ring of good friends that are with me here. I've met new people that are cool and started talking and getting to know people that I've never gave a second thought to before. It's really interesting how life turns out the way it does. Dorm life is fun, and I'm lucky to have a really close friend as a roommate. We get along really well, and it's not a nightmare at all like most people think.

Art classes are a bit tough and require a lot of effort, but it's something that I'm determined to pull through no matter what, and it's so much better than taking a gay class like science or math. I'm not afraid to work hard. And by getting through this is the only way I can reach my dream and make my family and friends proud. I'm happy here. I haven't really made any new art major friends, but it doesn't bother me. I'm already having fun/artistically suffering with kelly 4 to 5 times a week.

I've never realized how many people here smoke. It's disgusting. They just hang outside dorm buildings or on the sidewalk and smoke like they don't have anything better to do. There's lots of parties and whatnot here too, and people travel in packs to get to them. There was one last night, but my friends and I didn't go. We're not that kind of people. We were having too much fun playing in the sprinklers in the park.

funny things i've talked about with an awesome friend not that long ago. thought you might like them.

<sub>FRIEND:you dont think babies are cute when theyre like...a year old?
ME: i'm not crazy about them
ME: haha
ME: obviously
FRIEND: some of em are irresistably cute. so what do you find cute annette?
ME: chow chows and boys
ME: and guns
FRIEND: lol
FRIEND: wow...guns are cute
ME: yeah, you know those handguns
ME: and they're all shiny and small
ME: .....okay, neva mind
ME: some boys
ME: yeah
ME: not all
ME: we should kill all the ugly ones and keep the cute ones
FRIEND: ahahaha, make an ideal race of hot and cute guys
FRIEND: sounds awesome annette
ME: lets just hope that it doesn't happen the other way around because i'd be screwed

i do not like babies.</sub>