Notes from the Front Line

Hello gentle readers. Its been a while since my last post. Here's what has been going on. I am working very hard at school, trying to stay one step ahead of all my classes and such. I am enjoying school a lot. After more or less 10 years of working in the real world, it is a very nice to be back in a classroom. I still feel like a bit of an outsider. I still haven't made any freinds or even acquaintences yet, but I am not too worried. Oh, that's not totally true. I met a nice young woman who happened to be the person who stole my first apartment. Hahah!
I like the classes I am taking so far: Intro to Psychology, Intro to Political Science:Comparative Gov't, Intro to Statistics, College Writing II, and Forms of Speech. I have some concerns about each class, I am not really sure what is expected of me in some, but overall it's good so far. I have taken a couple of quizzes and wrote a short little paper and I think I did well on them but I haven't gotten anything back yet. I have a 4 page paper to write for next week and a speech to prepare, so I have stuff to do this weekend. I also am starting my work study job this weekend. I am going to be watching the Main St. 51 Gallery on Sunday 11-6. Nice. Should be a good chance to do some homework. I also am going to help out with shows that they put on.
I dig my apartment still. It's way too much space for one person, but I don't mind. I have one bedroom set up as a studio, and hopefully this weekend I will get a chance to do some art stuff. Exciting news: My car didn't start this morning! Yeah! I think the battery is dead. My nice neighbor Joe gave me a ride to school as I was about to start walking, which was very nice. I owe him one.
I still need to put up some pictures, hopefully soon.

I have arrived

I have arrived safely at school. I moved in yesterday to my lovely apartment, along with registering and orientation and running around in circles for what seemed like hours. Classes started today, it was pretty surreal sitting in a non-art related class for the first time in over 10 years. Holy shit, 10 years. That is a long time. Well, today I took Intro to Psychology and Intro to Political Science. It was cool, even though I am really old. Tomorrow I am taking Forms of Speech, Intro to Statistics, and College Writing II. Going to be a busy day, for sure. I will try to get some pics up tomorrow. Aikido starts in March, and I am psyched.

Retirement is Fun

It has been a busy week for me. Last Friday was my last day at the bookstore. It was decidedly uneventful. Showed up, opened some boxes, handed over my keys, went home. Most of the people I will miss are already gone, so no big deal. Two and a half years, a long time. Oh well.

I heard on the news there was a shootout of some kind at the mall. Some windows blasted out or something. Figures, as soon as I leave it gets interesting.

I am busy packing and getting ready for school. I am pretty excited, should be fun. It is tricky deciding what I need to bring and what can fit in my car. I am still not sure what classes I am going to take, but I want to take at least five. Going to try not to come home for at least a month.

I played D&D with the kids on Monday, was a good time. Probably will be my last session with them for a while. Here's a sketch of Mourn, South Park style.

I've been getting some reading done. I finished Memoirs of a Geisha, it was pretty good. Definitely a chick book, however. I read the first book in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Marturin series, Master and Commander, and it was great! It's an excellent adventure story that just reeks of authenticity. And it has fun violence - which is always good. Anxiously waiting for amazon to deliver the second one, Post Captain. I am currently reading the Poet, by Michael Connelly. It is cool so far.

New Years Resolution

Resolution #1 Drink less.