It's about time..

First week of college. Phew! What a freakin week. Started moving my stuff in on Friday, moved in by Sunday, and started classes Wednesday. By the end of the week I was through my classes.. meeting new people AND, finding stray cats.
...Okay, A cat. The cutest thing in the world really. We named her Bella. I found her underneath an SUV. She was limping and her tail was super dirty. I brought her in our room and Menan says "Can we keep her???". I was so there with her, but, being that there is no pets allowed..this wouldn't have worked. So? We kept her for a night, she pooped everywhere, and then we found her a home. Worked out quite nicely : )

Anyways.. classes are great. This semester I am taking photo comm, oral comm, wellness, asl, and....the wonderful english linguistics. my fav. ...actually not too bad, just a very intense class.

SOON, I will have pictures posted up of the four of us roomies! We're hoping to take a "quad" family picture. So far it's been great with the four of us. We get along well and we are constantly doing things together. Tonight was movie night. We watched (Katy Perry's favorite movie apparently..) "Lolita", a disgusting movie. I would never recommend it. But, a fun time as always with the girls.

Also, just started my flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelicakatherine/

...Post more soon. But for now, goodnight.

Hello Summer.

So, I just realized it was summer..like, yesterday. I think its weird: every year it hits me at the last minute and I see all of these things I should have done. So now? ..I'm making a list. I've honestly done quite a few things I've been wanting to do, and its been nice, even though every time someone asks what I've been up to I say nothing. I realize that must mean I'm probably really doing nothing, but don't believe what I say; I'm doing something.

So far I have painted my room...reorganized my stuff..painted a porch..spent time with family...babysat...started interning for an Interpreting company..it's all been really fun.

What I still want to do?
-completely clean out my car
-sew like a madman
-spend a day in chicago
-buy a canon rebel
-cook a few times with grandma
-go to a cheap concert
-...oh, and discovering extra coolness
.... the list is to be continued.

My recent photography

Okay, so I'm ready to update this thing..

It's been a good few months now and a ton has happened, yet I have failed to post anything on my own blog! Geesh..
My best friend just got married Friday night and WOW was that craAzy weird. She looked beautiful and I am so happy for her. It was a gorgeous night.

Since the summer has started I have painted my room, cleaned out my closet, and starting a few sewing projects. I am hoping to create some pretty unique things this summer as well as stitch up a few random pieces of clothing needing fixed. During the school year I never really had the chance to do much with the hobbies that I enjoy, like photography or sewing. I missed that. I missed being creative, but I never really had much energy for it after being at work and school.

On the weekends I go up to Goshen to work at the salon and during the week, I am here, in Fort Wayne. It's a lot of fun because I don't really have a job. So far I have babysatt, cut hair and soon I will be housesitting. It's been good to have a flexible week and pick up oddjobs around. I think its what I've needed...

Soon I will be starting to help out a group of interpreters in the Fort Wayne area with any job that they have. I think that it'll be important for me to stay involved and practicing my ASL throughout the summer if I want to stay committed to that major.

For Spring Break I went to Florida.

This was one of those trips that could go completely haywire or extremely great. I wasn't really sure what to expect. The 8 of us had been hanging out for awhile around campus, and..usually things are pretty great. We decided to go for it, plan a cheap trip, and have some fun.
We left right after classes on a Friday around 4. We all agreed that we didn't want to waste the extra money to stop at a hotel, so the plan was: drive through the night, rotate every 8 hours, make sure the passenger was always awake with the driver. After 5 stops and 21 hours of driving, the plan succeeded..we got there around 1 the next day.

Throughout the week we had an awesome time. Although my friend Ashley insisted we got up at 9 every morning..we relaxed, went to the beach, and of course went dancing. At one point in the week we almost went karaoking, but realize we were about to make a fool of ourselves... not that we hadn't already.. : )

Birthday Number 85

A lot of time has gone by and so much has happened. I have so many pictures and videos needing to be posted. Lets start from where we left off.

Christmas break was so good to relax and just enjoy my family. I ended up only working one day out of 3 weeks which never happens, so it made break even better. Once I got back from break I needed to establish a schedule. I have class everyday (Office Productivity, ASL, Deaf Culture, and Accounting<---ugh), babysitting from 4-5:30, and then study time in the Library from 7-9. Although I haven't completely stuck to this schedule, it has helped me stay motivated throughout the semester so far.

A few weeks ago I was in a talent show called kick-off. We performed the song "Doo-Wop (that thing)" It was really fun..I love getting on stage and just performing.

If you have a facebook, this is the link to watch the video that someone recorded of us.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/video/video.php?v=1020305068750



Also, there is a production coming up called the "Gondeliers". I'm the hair designer of the set. The designers of the show decided on putting the time period in the 1950's instead of the traditional 1860's when it was originally created. This is an exciting opportunity because I'm actually in charge of the design and part of the crew. I've just begun to formulate ideas for now, but hoepfully everything will fall into place for the show.



Over the past few weeks I have been working with my friend, Abi, helping him with his photography portfolio. He is trying to get a full ride to a photography school in Chicago. Within his portfolio he has to have 14 different portrait shots and also several landscape shots. I am helping him with his design for hair and makeup as well as falling through with the photoshoot. Some of his work is posted here: http://www.goshen.edu/~abiat/