Listen..

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Is it weird that I still think about my high school teacher crush?

I had a dream last night that Quinn Moreaux saved me from this institutional school. It was very complex. I had to sit in a certain chair, get on first in the back of the bus. Then I had to ask to brush my teeth, then I had to get toothpaste from Quinn and he handed me a key, secretly. Then I opened the window in the back of the bus and pretended like I was brushing my teeth. When the headmaster lady wasn't looking, Quinn snuck to the back and hid behind the last seat. Then he "took out" the headmaster without anyone looking. We dumped her body behind the seat and when the bus docked I used the key to open the back door and we escaped into a car.

Then we were together.

Heh. Teacher crush. Sure was strong...

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Redfish

I dreamt that I was working at Redfish again. Mrs. Sophia knew English and she never stopped giving orders, just like I imagined she would  if she ever learned. Everything came back to me so naturally, the feeling of the dough, the cutting, the making of the food. I don't think I've ever known a job that well in my life.

I was....peaceful with the idea of working there again.

My dreams have been very practical lately. I wish they would become whimsical again. I don't want to dream about working unless a dragon or an elf is involved. Perhaps I need to play more video games before bedtime.

Math, math math today. Le Sigh. Soon it will be over. Just 3 more days. 3 more days.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Artings.

So I'm stuck on the idea of pencil. I, LOVE pencil. I like the way I write with it; it's sharpness; the ability to erase. No ugly smudges or lined out ink. However, the project I'm working on just doesn't look polished in pencil. Which makes me infinitely sad, because I really really don't want to use a pen. I'm trying to think of other options for writing small words on a sheet of paper, but I hate colored pencils even more. The best idea would have been to print it out...but I like the handmade look of it that emerges with my pencil writing. I guess I can't have both worlds. It's really a rough project, very simple, but I am starting small before I move on to greater things. Gotta do the basics before you become an expert.

(Also, interesting fact, we just learned in Psych of Learning that it takes 10 years of full time work (That's 40 hours a week) to become an expert in something.)

I've been feeling pretty creative lately. I think it's a lot of me not being able to do anything because of school for so long. Just math and psych, doesn't leave a lot of room for my creative side. My psych classes this summer have mostly been history, which isn't creative at all, though I enjoyed learning about Electroshock therapy and how crazy some of the ways were of treating patients. It's really like a journey into the dark side. What were they thinking in the 30s. Even the 70s. They didnt know wtf they were doing. They actually cut out someone's entire temporal lobes. Then they were surprised when he had no long term memory.

Hmm.

Let's learn about the brain before we start chopping pieces off, shall we?
Ethics now, you can't do whatever you want. Which is good for the patients but a bit sad for the excitement of psychology...at one time it was akin to being an explorer in an uncharted land. Now it's more like being a doctor with a precise instrument that has to clear every move with a board of approval.


So I got my Diana camera in. It's so light. I didn't expect that. I'm so bored with taking pictures by myself though. I need a crew. At least a partner. Emily....if she was only closer....I guess I'll just have to take advantage of this month and take as many pictures of her/with her as I can while I"m out of school. I have some ideas. I need to see what this camera is capable of, first.

I wish everyone would just move here. Why do they want to live in such a shitty town anyway...work work work what about culture? Beauty? There is work here also.

So I didn't blog about the oil in the Gulf and Marshes, and I'm so sick of talking/hearing about it that I don't have much to say, except that yes it basically changed everything here.

I had a disturbing dream last night, but I don't recall it. Tonight I'll try to remember....

All for now, tomorrow is math day extraordinaire. I'm really feeling very serious these days.