So, I should probably refrain from dancing like a maniac to the Pokemon theme song downstairs, because occasionally my family likes to come downstairs....Ahem, anyway, To the blog-mobile!(and hey, it's not late!)
Today was a pretty simple day at school. I only have one class on Tuesdays and Thursdays and it's my Costuming class. If you read my blog from Tuesday, you'll see that I missed the class that day because I got the times wrong because I'm a failboat.xD There's only like 10 of us in the class, and I really like the teacher. She's from Montreal and she has a tiny hint of an accent and I like it. :] I thought the class was going to be pretty basic, like learning how to sew clothes
(sorry, I had to pause to get tea. We got a new kettle which boils the water super fast and I don't know why but even though our old kettle boiled the water as well, the new kettle makes the tea SO MUCH BETTER. Gah, I love tea....back to our scheduled program..)
Anyway, I thought it was going to be basic stuff, like sewing and putting iffy costumes together, but no, we're actually going to be designing the costumes for Romeo and Juliet that we are going to be putting on this year. First, the teacher started off by giving us a standard "Da Vinci" model that looks like this:
She had us trace it into our sketch books, which I was okay with, because, well, it's tracing and I can do that, haha. Then, after we did that, she made us free-hand it and I was like "er4tWIrhg$#%YTED" and made mine so disporportionate.
I mean, damn, girl's got stems! haha xD The legs are super long... blegh. After we were finished doing THAT, she told us now that we were going to do timed sessions where she would stand on a block, assume a position, and we would have to draw the shape of her body in ten seconds. She said we could start with stick figures with the ten second session, but then she asked other people to come up and model with 30 seconds, then a minute, then 5. She made us be really detailed when we got to the 5 minute sketches. I didn't realise how intense and stressful this was going to be for me until I remembered that I CAN'T DRAW WORTH #@$#%.
Here are my sad timed sketches:
They look like cave drawings. haha. Now, lastly, she had us pick a costume out of one of her costume design books and try our best and free-handing a costume. I chose a simple sketching, not a big elaborate thing, because I wouldn't be able to do it. xD I'm decent when it comes at looking at a picture and mimicking it, but when it comes to my own free-hand, I'm just complete shite. I chose an 18th century dress, because I love that era. Here's what it looked like:
It was actually a pretty intense class and wore me out, but I didn't take my nap today.:/
Since that was my only class for the day, I headed home, and wow, I'm such a loser. xD It seriously took me, I kid you not, TWENTY minutes to locate my car. I could not find it for the longest time. I mean, how hard is it to misplace a tiny red car with an Autobot Transformer sticker on the gas lid?! Only me.....sigh...When I got home I edited my "Dear Future Jordyn" video for a while, because I've been busy this week and have had no time to edit it. But I am determined to get it finished tonight! At 3 I had a hair appointment (finally), and cut it a bit shorter again. It so much easier to manage when it's short. It just bugs me when it gets long. Then I came home and have been editing ever since. Oh, I did order some
Toms shoes in between that. Their awesome shoes with a great cause. If you buy a pair, the company sends a pair of shoes to kids that don't have any.
My pre-ordered copy of MockingJay hasn't come yet, which is upsetting me. Everyone I know that reads the Hunger Games trilogy has pretty much finished it, and I can't discuss it, and I have to be extra careful around the internet incase of spoilers. SEND IT TO ME NAO, AMAZON!
I just got my financial aid all fixed and accepted and wow, oh my god, they are paying for my entire year at university. :') When I told my grandma, I was honestly crying because I had no idea how we were going to afford it, because I only got $200 of scholarship money from Theatre and Choir and that hardly covers the cost of books. I'm so relieved, and so incredibly thankful. Good things do happen to people who have patience and wait. <3 I'm so thankful, so so thankful.
All in all, my first week at university has been quite the success, except for the little mishap on Tuesday, but all is well. I don't have class on Fridays so my weekend starts now! :D And then auditions for my first university production are on Monday and Tuesday...I'm quite nervous.
Thank you to whoever takes the time to read my banters, I love you guys. <3
