_listening: “Where Did My Baby Go?” by John Legend

Well, I’m trying to start a health and fitness regime, eating less and exercising more than before (which was not at all). ‘Cause, I’ve a pretty sedentary lifestyle, so I need the extra boost to my metabolism. I could easily stand to lose 15 pounds. I just ran on the treadmill for the second time this week. The first time I ran/powerwalked 1.037 miles, and it was awesome. Didn’t run for 2 days after that, though, because my legs were sore.

And. . .

It looks to be a movie watching weekend. I’ve rented Dreamland, Accepted, and Paradise Now. It was funny when I rented the latter film, the sales associate at movie gallery asked, “You know this is a foreign language film, right?” I was like, “Yeah.” She said the people come in there bringing movies back saying, “This isn’t in English? I’ve got to read this. . .” *rolleyes*.

I’ll take subtitles over godawful dubbing any day. But, I get to have a Justin Long fix and be cultured as well, so it’s all good.

Ok, I’m off to do some sit-ups.

In about 14 hours I’ll be 24-years-old.

In 8 days I’ll be attending the final critique in Alternative Photography. It will be my last undergrad critique ever.

In 10 days I’ll be graduating from the University of South Alabama with a BFA in Graphic Design (Photography minor).

I’m trying not to freak out at the thought of the whole new world that’ll be opening up. I’ve been a student practically all my life, probably about 22 years, including pre-school. (I went to an awesome pre-school.) I will be completely out of my comfort zone of an academic environment. Must. Not. Freak. Out.

*Sigh* I’m ok. It’s like getting a fresh start. I’m just most nervous about being in an unfamiliar environment. And I’m realizing that that’s ok, as long as I’m willing to learn and adapt.

I picked up my graduation announcements yesterday. My cap & gown will be in next week. College graduation is kind of a big deal in my family, but I guess I haven’t really considered the significance. All my life I’ve known I’d get to this point, or rather, it was understood in my family that that’s what me and my sister’s would eventually accomplish. That has a lot to do with my socio-cultural background, some generations feeling that a college degree is the only way to have an sort of status. I don’t agree with it, but college is good for me personally.

I feel a ramble coming on. . . Anyway. Lots of changes all at once for me. All I can do is smile and embrace the braces.

FINAL GRADES:

History of Graphic Design…..B
Figure Drawing I…………………A
Intro to Graphic Design…….. A
Typography…………………………A
Introductory Spanish I………..A

Too bad I’m not taking Spanish next semester. I want to, but I don’t have to take a foreign language at all for my major. I just took it this semester to learn the basics. I was going to take it again, but I needed other classes more. Oh well. At least it helped to boost my GPA.

So that’s like 70 credit hours down and 58 more to go.