*blows off the dust*

oh hai people!


well, if you're wondering why here has been so stagnant, it's partially because my memory is crap T_T

the other reason is that settling into vancouver has diverted my attentions to all over the damn place.  keeping track of assignments, finances, etc... it's not what i'm used to.  having Tavares with me has been a huge help.

so what's new?  let's run down what's happened to me in the last month

relocating- relatively easy, actually.  dad came down with me and helped me get settled in before departing.  hanging out with him for a week was awesome.

roommate- aside from me and Tavares, we have another person staying in the same suite.  her anme's Erin, and she's studying to be a dietitian @ UBC.  she's a pretty chill person- i love swapping stories with her about ex-boyfriends, childhoods and stuff, and we each learn something different about each other's side of the world.  plus her beau is an awesome dude.

the city- COLD AND GRAY.  but gorgeous once you get past the constant rain and stuff.  seeing the mountains on the way to school is always a treat.  everyone's super-polite [and there are a LOT OF ASIANS ZOMG].  i've gotten quite a delight in seeing the canadian geese every so often.  they're noisy buggers, but so cute!  granville island [where Emily Carr Uni is] is quite interesting.  they have a HUGE public market there... you can buy nearly a months's worth of fruit/veggies for under 20 bucks!  and speaking of cheap food- there are like a MILION sushi restaurants here! and so far, they've been top-notch- serving huge-ass portions, and you can get really full for 20 bucks.  you try that back home and see what you get :P

the school- so far, really awesome.  the campus itself is pretty minuscule.  like, even smaller than COB's campus.  just two buildings on either side of a street!  classes are fun and challenging, and the classmates are all different types of the 'art-student' stereotype.  some weird, some random, some too adorable for words... you get the picture.  everyone's been really nice to us so far though, which is cool.  teachers seem to be pretty chill- it's weird that being able to call them by their first name is so common-place.  i love one of my teachers already- she's my DIVA 200 professor Julie Andreyev.  i'm interning with her for her art installation piece that's going up in a few days for the winter olympics, so i can't wait to see what will happen.

me- well why would you wanna know that?? :D
well.... it sounds crazy even to me, but i've decided to take up my mum's suggestion about a possible side-path while i'm here.  i'm not quite ready to dish it out yet, but i'm following some leads and it looks promising so far.  once i get more news to share i'll do so.  promise :)

well, that's it for me, except to link you to my brand new art blog! [yea, i lucked out, it's supposed to be an assignment for julie.  she just read my mind and knew i wanted to do one, is all.]  the blog's over on WordPress [ick, i know] and it's called ArtRogue.   check it out, leave comments, you know the drill.

i'll try to be a bit more regular about updating here.  fingers crossed!