Sundays

I can't decide if I like Sundays. Actually, no wait, I decided. I hate Sundays.

ART

I love Helen Frankenthaler. Yes. Helen Frankenthaler. She's an arTIST. She is associated with (or pioneered) a movement called post-painterly abstraction.  Her stuff comes after Jackson Pollack and such. She wanted to make paintings increasingly abstract and she did this by eliminating the texture. Her work is very watercolor-like. Note: this is a paraphrase of what I remember from last year's class, it's the basic gist of her work, but there is obviously more to it. Check out some of her awesomeness above ^^

5 weeks to go...

I can't believe it, but sophomore year is almost over. We have something like 5 weeks left and then finals. My friends were discussing what classes they are going to register for in two weeks. I didn't even know we were registering so soon, but then it occurred to me: I'm NOT registering! Haha! I will be taking classes in Spanish at la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. I'm still a little freaked out by the fact that my major will be somewhat difficult to complete by going abroad, but when I was pondering simply staying on campus the next two years, I knew I would go crazy. Also, my aunts, uncles, mom, dad, and friends told me that I would regret not having the abroad experience. Alas, I am listening to their advice (especially the advice of my older relatives who have been working for years and years without a break). I think a semester in a european country beats out physical chemistry and glacial geology or whatever hands down. Yeah. 

So now the problem that I am facing is what to do this summer. If I were rich, ha, I would travel with my younger sister. That'd would be amazing. She has recently demonstrated an interest in working/ volunteering with kids in latin america, which I think is great. I feel like my sister is about 3 years ahead of me; it wasn't until probably last year when I realized that I should try to take advantage of whatever opportunity to travel/see the worldddd, and she has realized it so soon. Anywayyss I am probably going to end up going home this summer, as the internship I applied for will most likely go to a junior, so I want to get my environmental internship out of the way by volunteering for Project Native. Project Native is this sweet plant seed company that specializes in distributing native plant seeds back to MA. In addition to that I want to work in landscaping/gardening and at a restaurant at night. Jack's Grill here I come babyyyy. Gotta love Housatonic...

Numero Uno

Hellooooooo there!

I recently came across a blog from a girl who is spending the Spring 08 semester in Argentina. I thought that keeping a blog while traveling was ingenious, so I am following suit. Although I will admit that I am not anywhere too exciting at the moment, I thought starting a blog now would be good practice for later...