Shaw, Haven, BB... Oh My!

For the viewers who are here at syracuse, you guys are going to think I'm nuts. Dinning hall food is not that bad.
Unlike my freshman and sophomore year, I currently live on South Campus and I do not have a meal plan. It's cool to have a kitchen and sort of just whip up whatever you're in the mood for but let me tell you right now, eating at the dinning hall could be very convenient. To start off, I can't live without greens. I need to have a good portion of vegetables in almost all my meals. I don't know if you're aware but the produce aisle is not getting cheaper. It costs a lot to buy the materials for a good salad. Also, fruits and vegetables go bad easily and it's not easy to constantly shop for food. Secondly, DISHES. I shouldn't complain too much because my roommate and I take turns doing it. The option of not doing dishes at all is pretty mesmerizing. I'm not trying to bash on living on south campus or off campus because I think it's great. I just think that the dinning halls are underrated and overly criticized.

Grand Theft Autumn

I really have no explanation for the title of this entry. I just wrote it because it's the title of one of my favorite Fallout Boy songs and I'm really enjoying the weather these days. The foliage on the quad is like a painting- a painting from a palette of siennas, umbers, ochre, cadmium red and crimson. Though the weather is getting a bit cooler and the work load is getting heavier, the warm colors are anchoring my sanity back into to place.
But like I said, the work load is getting heavier and deadlines always seem to fall around the same time. I'm glad that I got my study abroad applications completed so that I can concentrate of other assignments. Hence, time management is so important during this time of the year. If you fall behind just a little bit, it will bite you in the butt later.
If there's anything I'm excited about this weekend, it's the NBA preseason game between the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns. I'm really excited. I'll be seeing Shaq and Carmelo in the student section of our Carrier Dome. Did you know that the student tickets were only $25? I watched a Nets game for $100 and I barely got to see the players. I'm so glad that our school offer such events. Now I have to make I heart Carmelo t-shirts tonight while watching The Office.

Research Illustration

My professor Yvonne Buchanan gave us this really fun assignment that I've been enjoyoing these days. It is called the "Cinderella Assignment," where we have to take the western Cinderella story and illustrate it through another culture. The first step to this assignment was to make 10 composition sketches of the regular Cinderella and 10 sketches through a different culture. I was contemplating between using the Kenyan or Korean culture and I finally decided to do Korean because, well, for one, I am Korean so it'll be easier to understand, and two, I went to many historical sites in Korea that will help me out in terms of research. As I kept sketching for this assignment, I came across many questions such as, what would the floor of the house be made out of or what shoes would Cinderella be wearing at this time in history? It's really fun actually. It makes you appreciate the children's books you grew up reading.

What I found really interesting is how there is a Cinderella figure in every culture. It kind of ties in with what I've been learning in Child Development. Though this is an obvious statement, similar gender roles is universal thing and crosses many culture. It's fun to know that I can tie in psychological issues into my art work. I believe that there are many more patterns and motifs that you can add into your artwork when you really have a meaning behind the image. Anyway, I'm really enjoying my classes and having fun with my assignments.



Oh and by the way, BOYS LIKE GIRLS CONCERT TONIGHT @ SCHINE. I'm SOOOOOOOOO excited. I need to get my screaming voice ready!