That Tingly Feeling

So, I have been super busy with getting ready to get to finals week. This past "Dead Week" as it is known around campus, has been very much alive, leaving me, at times, wanting to drop down into the fetal position. Presentation after prezi, paper after paper, design after design, this week has been a lot of work. The rainy weather had its pros and cons. It was good that it wasn't nice out, then I would want to be outside, instead of inside, working. But the dreary sky and rain seemed to make me want to curl up in bed and nap. Oh well. I have made it through more than half of the week and just have one paper left to do until finals week hits Stillwater. Luckily, unlike many of the students on campus, I do not have to worry about moving out of my room. Thank you summer conference assistant job!

Well, with the hopes that you are not already bored to tears with my description of my week, I am going to leave you with a video I used in my prezi presentation this morning in Comp 2. It gives me that tingly feeling every time I watch it and has already convinced me to add the movie to C.J.'s netflix line-up. So, I hope you enjoy this trailer from "Waiting for 'Superman'".

So as you go about your day try to find something which gives you that tingly feeling and inspires you to make the work a better place....and always remember that, it's the random reasons...

Speechless and Smiling.

Delectables.

Wow. What a day. What a week. Today started at 6:15 in the morning and a meeting at work. Then it was off to a government test. It was incredibly cold and windy out too, and after a couple weeks of wonderful weather, the cold was not welcomed by anyone in their right mind.

Anyhoo, it is on dreary days like today that I like to look at my art supplies and imagine all that I could do with them if I all the time and funds in the world. Just looking at their colors and imagining their potential makes me smile from ear to ear. I recently bought some new watercolors. These wonderful little pretties are int ubes, not the pallette kind that you can find at Staples or Walmart. These are the good kind, but not the best--I didn't have a fortune to spend.  So today I am trying to find the good behind my stress and it just so happens to be bottled up into little tubes of watercolor paint.

 Even on gloomy days, it is the littlest of things that can bring a smile to your face, and so always remember...it's the random reasons...

Hole in my Home

• Rainy Day:  Curl up on the couch with a blanket and good book.
• Snowy Day:  Curl up on the couch with a blanket and hot chocolate.
• Long Day: Curl up on the couch with a blanket and pillow.
• Sick Day:  Curl up on the couch with a blanket and box of Kleenax.
• Sad Day:  Curl up on the couch with a blanket and pint of Fudge Brownie ice cream.

There is something about a couch that is comforting. This is not due to the texture of the couch, the level of stuffed fluff inside the cushions, the number/design of the throw pillows...etc. (these do add to the enjoyment level though!) I don't know what it is about a couch that is just so amazing. There is nothing equal to the stress relief that occurs when one falls into the arms of their couch after a long day. A couch provides an embrace that humans cannot. Whether one is dead tired or heartbroken, it is the couch which holds them with its strong ans table arms, which takes them away from this world with its ability to let one fade away into a peaceful sleep, which provides comfort and safety when the world seems scary and stressful. It is the couch which makes one feel...at home.

Having said all of that, I am without a couch. Why? Well, it just simply would not work out in my dorm room. Therefore...there is a hole in my home. My home is without its source of comfort and warmth, and although the big overstuffed chair tries its hardest to be like the couch, it falls short every time. You would think that if anyone should have a couch it should be a college student. Why you ask? Well, for starters, it is college students who are thrown out into the world very abruptly. One day they are sitting on the couch waiting for their mom to say that dinner is ready and the next they are sitting in a swivel chair in a small room waiting on their microwave meal to finish nuking. It isn't a hard life by any means, and with time it becomes a new way of life for the college student. It becomes more enjoyable and less scary. The process is fine, but every now and then the embrace from a couch would be oh so welcome. Thankfully, I will be able to have a couch next year in my new apartment. I am so happy! It is the little things like being able to cook on a stove, being able to burn candles, being able to toast a piece of bread, and being able to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate on my couch that I am looking forward to the most. They make me smile from ear to ear.

All of this talk about couches has a reason, I promise! My next art piece for 2D Design is going to be about a couch, or three couches rather. The assignment is to create a series of three items that can be related to the home, in three different color schemes. I am going to refrain from giving too much away on the project right now, but I will give you my almost final sketch. Enjoy!

So just remember that it is the little things that we all take for granted that matter the most. So smile today, and remember....it's the random reasons.