#fall semester 2024

[effelier]

Tomorrow I start my seventh semester. I'm sad to leave, I'll miss my mom and sisters very much. I'll also miss this home, it is cozy and clean and functional. And I'll miss watching law and order svu with my mom. I'll miss everything. But I know I will be ok. I will be with dad. Dad who spoils me. Dad who supports me to the ends of the world. Dad who told me to have milk with my breakfast on my first day of university because he wanted me to have all the energy needed. And I'll see my friends now and then. And I'll study and work really really hard to thank my family for their love and support. And to stand on my own two feet someday.

[elarastudieslanguages]

2024.09.02

First day of classes

Monday which means classes have started and the first week of actual studying has begun! Went to campus, came home after dinner. Did a 20-minute study session for Finnish at home with comprehensible input videos on Youtube. (Which makes me sound more productive than I was. I was too tired to finish the last video so I gave up about five minutes in XD)

I started watching Geek Girl on Netflix yesterday and accidentally binge-watched like 7 episodes. It's a bit cheesy, a bit Wattpad, but so fun and I'm enjoying it to the fullest~ Super recommend if you're into those types of shows. Gonna watch one episode (or maybe two c;) before bed.

🎧 My headphones have run out of battery and I have lost my charger so I'm going to have to study without a soundtrack until I buy myself a new one T^T

[doctorsiren]

Day 25 of Sirentober / Doctober

Muse / Oracle

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

Available as a print on my Etsy Shop

[zzzuyuo]

[glowpart2]

some highlights from 2023 ⭐️🍀🐇such a fun love filled year

[brb-on-a-quest]

the bookwyrm urge to collect so many notebooks and planners as if that will fix me-

[thatvalentinefellow]

9:18pm.

"...A Busy Week in November"

much happened this week, many of them personal, many of them school-related, and i was simply too exhausted to keep up my diary. i'd get home and feel ready to drop into bed. i am also weighing what information i want to share. i was discussing this with Sinta as we walked to the library to study with some other friends and classmates. i'm still not sure i know my answer yet--as much as i want to remember things, and thus record them, there are some things i want to store in my heart of hearts, like Mary did. i am terribly jealous of my time with Sinta, i want to save many memories for only myself to hoard and enjoy. i'll start with a brief account of the week and work from there.

Sunday. first date with Sinta in the evening. i think a part of me still lives there in that night. i was so anxious and stressed sneaking out of the house and arriving back without suspicion. and then i despaired, thinking of how small and scared and a mess i must look to her. but i learned as the night went on: even if there are moments of anxiety and awkwardness and fear, why should i be ashamed of that? what is a perfect date supposed to look like? that anxiety and awkwardness existed did not mean that i did not greatly enjoy myself, that i was happy. they did not negate one another. i also found that there are some things worth taking the time for. i arrived home at 10:30pm, 30 minutes later than i told my mother i would, and kissed Sinta goodbye before running out of the car.

Tuesday. no class, but went to campus early to finish the draft of my final paper for my archives class. i was already late to submit it, and my instructor had given me an extension. the topic of my draft was also heavy, and close to my heart. i was processing grief as i attempted to research and write about a traumatic event done against my people (the Philippine VIllage of the 1904 World's Fair.) i sat on the breezeway with my club as they tabled and that made writing a little more bearable. while i was in the food court, my classmate R came to sit with me and we talked about this, our relationship to traumatic events, descending from histories of colonialism and wrongs committed by the US empire. Sinta also came to sit with us. she gave me every hug i asked for. the burden of this grief was so heavy as i attempted to write something passable for my instructor. grief is non-linear, and deadlines cannot constrain grief. at last, i decided to put at end to it and close the book for the day. i emailed my instructor what i had, even thought it was a hot mess, barely organized and barely a paper. i listened to Hozier with Sinta afterwards. i felt much lighter afterwards, to not be carrying this alone, to be able to put down the burden in order to rest and pick it up again another time. in the evening, Sinta and i attended my socialist-anarchist club, as i was co-leading a skill workshop for light sewing skills. i was quite nervous to be leading something like that, and to introduce my friends to the girl i'm seeing, as i was not used to doing either. but it was wonderfully chill, we pushed the desks into a circle and did all sorts and levels of sewing, with another longtime member of the club going about and giving directions. we brought boxes and bags of sewing supplies from our house, and people brought what they wanted to mend. someone beside us was attempting to assemble a phallus out of scraps. i began sewing a new patch on my jacket. at some point, i put it away for another day, as Sinta had brought her battle jacket, there was a rip on the back that she wanted to mend. it was her first sewing experience, and she wanted the mend to be visible. the other leader of the workshop helped her find a proper needle, and i assisted and watched her throughout. she finished the mend in the span of the meeting: they resemble jagged red teeth and it is properly punk. she loved her first sewing experience. i'm so proud of her. at the end of the evening, i walked her to her brother's car and kissed her goodbye.

[a9saga]

the brilliant green - sayonara summer is over // it is that time again

[orcelito]

Determined to finally get my license within the first few months of this year. Gonna get my permit renewed next week. After I get my license, I will look into buying a car... which... ugh. But with my tax return, if I find smth relatively cheap with a decent payment plan, I think I can do it

I just think that the independence of being able to drive myself places will help me a lot. The rest of the things will follow.

[cinnabeat]

if i dont get into the art program i want and just stick with the general major i might be able to graduate next semester..........

[creameemoofins]

Pumpkin ice cream again!

[effelier]

Something I like about university is that it's so unlike my past school experiences. Which is the reason I hated yesterday's "first day of school vibes". I get that it was indeed the first day of uni for many kids, but not for me! So why are they rubbing their freshmen vibes on me?

[elarastudieslanguages]

2024.09.06

I unfortunately didn’t get the best start to this semester. Got sick and couldn’t attend classes this week, which tends to make life a bit messy, especially this early on. But I’m back to normal and making up for the lectures I missed so hopefully everything runs more smoothly from now on.

The good thing is that I started a new book! So far it’s pretty nice. And I did manage to study Finnish a bit despite not being in the best shape.

Tomorrow I have a study date with a friend so I’m going to work on the materials from the lectures that I’ve missed. Hopefully I’ll get to tick a few of the lectures off of my list and be a bit more prepared for next week.

🎧: upbeat music for motivation!

[opus72]

this was. a fucking WEEK

[zzzuyuo]

converse high.

[marywoodartdept]

First Illustration Class!

Santo, our illustration blogger, is diving into his first General Illustration class at Marywood! From street flyer designs to creative challenges, he's excited to see what more fall 2024 has in store. Stay tuned for more! #Illustration #MarywoodArt

This post will be a little on the shorter side; I am currently busy with the start of my second fall semester and work in the Art Department at Marywood University. Regardless, I want to quickly discuss the how the start of my first Illustration class is going! I am an illustration studio arts major and being that I am completed with my foundation year, I am now starting to take courses that are…