Wow. Ummm, it's been WAY too long since my last post. I apologize profusely for that. The end of my sophomore year of college kind of kept me busy. As did summer school. But it's almost over! Tomorrow is my last day, and I would like to commemorate its end with some photos of the work I did:

I actually really enjoyed perspective drawing. I love the clean lines. But really, who can deny pastels? They will always have a special place in my creative toolbox. Love them.

Signing off in hope of more regular blogging. Later, gators.

london, england

EDIT: So I just noticed I uploaded the wrong video here. So I deleted it. Sorry. It was bad anyway.

'Ello, Gov'nah! This is Melissa, communicating with you from London! Wow!
I don't have the obligatory telephone booth shot yet, but it's ok, because I'll be here for one more day!

PS I totally hope to improve my terrible video communication skillz and make this way more exciting to watch, so please stay with me while I mightily attempt to surmount this obstacle!! And leave me some comments while you're at it! Love you guys!

it just keeps coming

Hello Lovelies! Sorry I've gone absentee on y'all. Been procrastinating and cleaning my damn room. Such a hassle. I'm still swimming in junk, but it is much better than it was before. I'm just going to keep on pushing through, and my (optimistic) goal is that I will mostly finish it by the end of today!

I've been trying to motivate myself to go running because I haven't since I got out of school. So this morning, I crawled out of bed, made my delicious breakfast of two fried eggs and wilted spinach, and forced myself to run. Boy, I'll tell you what, that indoor track at school has me so spoiled!! No hills, no concrete, air conditioning. But, you just don't get the same satisfaction as when you run outside and actually go somewhere and see different things while you're running. I ran through the park today. There were three people that had their dogs with them. All of the dogs were off leashes. If I did that with my dog, he'd split in two seconds flat and I would never be able to find him. He's such a brat, but such a sweetie. Look at that face!

People love the way his tongue curls when he pants.

He really likes fetch, but sometimes he won't let me have the ball when he brings it back. What a little rascal.

Anyway...His name is Spike. My brother named him. He's technically my brother's dog.
(I've never put up pictures of my doggy, so. There you go. That's where this is coming from.)

Have a lovely Tuesday! Don't miss Glee tonight!

i'm done!

It's finally summer! I can't tell you how good it feels to be done with my first year of college. And I've got so many things to do. Two things on my list:

1) Find a job.

2) Get rid of 50% of my stuff.

Number 2 is the big thing for me this summer. The car was way too packed when we moved my stuff back home, and then I've got stuff at home. It's just a bad situation. So, I'm going to be really tough and get rid of a lot of stuff. My goal is half of what I own is either being donated, sold, or trashed. Half! Yeah, I've got too much stuff.

Anyway, just taking it easy today since I was pretty much exhausted from being up late the two nights ago and moving my stuff out of my dorm. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!