Things have certainly been busy…

Things have certainly been busy in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving break.

We just finished our countdown video in Animation. It was a two-week project and we had to create a ten second countdown video, going from 9 to 0. Initially I had chosen to work with pictures of natural elements like fire, water, clouds, and leaves. The Wednesday night before it was due however, I was so disappointed with my work that I decided to switch topics. Instead I chose to animate a forest at night with a beam of light moving around, illuminating the woods and revealing each of the numbers. Though I had to pull an all-nighter Thursday night to get it done, I was very pleased with how it turned out.

In Graphic Design we had a project that was about a hierarchy of information. We were to write directions from our home to school, and then arrange it on a poster to create that hierarchy. It was a very fun project, and we got to work in the Graphics lab a great deal for it.

In 3-D Design we were able to get our clay sculptures out of the kiln, and fortunately most of my pieces escaped unharmed. Only my tree was missing a few of its limbs. We also started a new project, a wax-dripping project. We created a rough skeleton out of wire and other materials, and then dripped a hard red wax over it, building the form as we went. I chose to do a very fat, Buddha-ish character. Overall it was a very fun project, but it ended up looking much more like my grandfather than a Buddha. Oh well.

A week or so ago a fellow Democrats member and I went to campaign for a local mayoral candidate, Jass Stewart. The two of us walked from door to door of known Jass supporters and made sure that they had gotten out to vote that day. It was a bit cold, walking around Brockton after dark, but it was fun and it felt good to get out and canvas for a candidate. We also finally got our movie series kicked off with “War Room.” Though I could not actually go, it seemed to be a success.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my house kicked of its Holiday Food Drive on campus, and it has been an enormous success! We have gotten tons of donations in just a very short amount of time. It was incredible, and the Cupboard of Kindness was very grateful to receive all the donations. We also went in the Sunday before Thanksgiving break to help them unload turkeys for their Thanksgiving handouts. The people were so nice; they gave us a huge box full of candy. I think it is more candy than I have ever seen in one place. We are still trying to give it away to friends and parents.

Well, we have a mere two weeks before final exams. To be honest, my finals week is going to be very relaxed. I will only have one final on Friday, the rest being final portfolios and projects that will all be due the week before. So that pre-final week will actually be the one where I tear out all my hair. I may get a few grays anyway. Well, that’s about it. Until next time!