a girly post, on hair.

I said, "The girls at the front desk were giving me a hard time about my hair. It was all in fun, but what do you think, boss? Is it unprofessional?"

*Jenn stares at me intently*

"No... no, I think your hair is fine. But I'd be willing to pay if you wanted to get your eyebrows waxed. I think you'll find that it makes a big difference - you'll have a whole new look!"


So I took her up on it, today. I'd never been to get anything waxed before. Angie kept trying to prepare me mentally for all sorts of pain, but it didn't hurt as badly as tweezing does, so I was like, whatever! She kept saying it looked so good, my brows were so thick and long and this is such a smart move and "you could really use a wax on your upper lip too, come to think of it...."

She held up the mirror when she was done, with a huge smile on her face. I looked at myself and smiled in response... but I didn't notice that much of a difference. I mean, we went overtime! She waxed, she trimmed, she thinned them out. And it's not that different. Okay, granted, I have wild eyebrows and they ARE very nicely cleaned up now. But with all the hype, I was expecting... something.

I walked into the office to show Jenn and she got this quizzical look on her face right before she said, "She could have gone so much thinner!" So, I dunno. Maybe I should ask her to shape them more next time. I mean, it's nice not to have to bother with doing the maintenance myself, but... I dunno. I've always been an au natural sort of gal, but maybe they'll grow on me. Er, pun not intended. At least it's a cheap procedure, especially with my discount.

(yes, that is Henry's butt in the bg, lol)

okay SERIOUSLY

You don't have to watch the whole thing, but oh my gosh, this is so pathetically hilarious. Little guy just won't quit. His persistence is what gets me! I got it off of Ben's Xanga, LOL.

stripes?

Blegh. I'm sorry guys. I'm having a rough time getting this scanner to do what I want it to, and it's 1:30 am and I don't want to do it again. :-/ Anyway. You get the general idea, I suppose. This is the one that I'll be turning in for "project 2."

She's all like, "that's a cool shape," and I'm like... "I know."

Design!

Project 1: develop a shape and repeat it in three or four rows of seven... then introduce some sort of variety, keeping the piece as a whole, a piece of art.


Project 2: three columns - the first in perfect symmetry (horizontal, vertical, or both), the second in approximate symmetry, the third done asymmetrically in a radial fashion, where there is a central element from which the other elements radiate.

Heeeeey, I have a scanner/copier/printer in business! Unfortunately, I just figured out how to remove the lid in order to accommodate for these larger sized pictures, but I know for next time. We weren't supposed to glue down our final project that's due next week - she sensed that we didn't have a good grasp of what she wanted, so she said we'd work on it in class on Monday. When I do get everything finished, I'll scan that one in, too.

So... I mean, granted, there was a lot of restriction on one's creativity for the first project, so anything else should be more interesting, but come on. I thought my cat's eye was a good idea. :'( Oh well.

(click on the images for a larger size. :) )

pride in my work?

I got a hundred on my first design project. Art teachers usually like me and my work, so this wasn't a big shock, though I was ready for anything since I don't know this teacher yet and wasn't quite sure if I'd done well or not. Apparently this was a big deal and not everyone was so fortunate.

Of course, that means I have no where to go but down.

We were to bring in our ideas for the next project today. I had one that I thought was great - a really interesting and "dessi" idea that looked really neat in my head. I explained my sketch to the teacher, and she said no.

What?

"No. Your theme is already overdone. I've seen it a million times. And it doesn't live up to the standard I saw in your last work. You need to come up with something else."

Just like that. My original idea that I was excited about executing was tossed out like so much garbage.

She thought I was mad at her, and I was a little, I guess. Not, I think, because she'd insulted my creativity or forced me to start all over again, but because I didn't understand. In my mind, this was a much better idea than my last one. I have a clearer idea for it and know exactly how I want to do it. And as the class went on I got more frustrated because she was trying to give the class more specifics on what it was she wanted this project to be... and I'd done exactly what she was asking for.

I couldn't come up with a better idea. I couldn't come up with many ideas at all, but certainly none that were better than my original. They all look boring in my mind, no interest, no movement.

Then she came by and said that a doodle on my pad looked like a really great shape and that I should use it and I was like, what the heck? How? I've been mulling over this shape for a while already and can't make it work. What do you want me to do?

By the end of the class, I just decided that I couldn't care about it. I'm going to have to do a project that won't make sense or look good to me but will hopefully be what she's looking for. I think I can do what she's looking for, even do it well, but I won't think it's very good. But she's the teacher so I have to be okay with that.

I'm going to do my original idea as well, on my own time. It's freeking cool and I don't even care. plbth.