Yesterday I started grad school at Sotheby's Institute of Art. Yep, I'm getting a MA in Contemporary Design. It's alright. Nah, actually it's great, and I absolutely love it! Lis Darby, the main professor and program founder is very rad. She's on top of her game like no one I have ever met before. It's thrilling and uber exciting. I feel so at home there. For the most part the people are cool too. There's really only one person that has continuously gotten on my nerves, but I think that's the general consensus on them. Hahaha...that's so bad, but it's true. Plus, I think honesty and openness is the best policy, for the most part anyways.
Anyways, the days are long and grueling with little breaks that are usually only 10 or so minutes long. And when I mean long, classes are around 9 hours a day with an average daily tube ride of 50 minutes (25 each way, including walking form the flat to the tube, and the tube to school). So really, it's a pretty sweet deal. Although I have to say the tube is bloody hot. The Brits really haven't gotten the idea that some places need a cooling system...
Today, we had around 4 1/2 hours of lectures on the Arts & Crafts Movement which takes place in England from 1880 - WWI. It's all about going back to the art of design and craft and being able to do both, although sometimes that didn't happen. It was the response the Industrial age. Lot's of cool things were produced. After are quick lunch, we all had to rush over to the V & A Museum and Library. There we got to go behind the scenes of the library (only employees typically get to go back there) and see some of the oldest books, articles, etc they have in stock. In fact, they don't throw anything out and have a collection of books alone totally 1 million. The rest of the collections, catalogs, etc. bring their total count to 1.5 million. I know, crazy! After the behind the scenes library tour we went to the museum and looked at pieces we had seen earlier in slides. Super cool, but I was also super tired. Lame!
Tonight was alright. It took 45 minutes from the V & A back to where I'm staying in Primrose Hill. I get to do it all again tomorrow - we have a field trip to Rodmarton Manor and Cheltenham tomorrow. Now that will be a long day!!!
The evening was alright. I got to talk to Tanya for quite some time, which made me very happy. :) She's turning into quite a hippie, but I love it and it was just what I needed. How I miss my girlfriend back home!!! Seriously, I need to make some good friends asap otherwise this experience will not be all that it should be. I also got to talk to my Dad. I miss and love him. It's hard wanting to tell him everything as he has always been my protector and supporter, but some things I could say could make him worry, because they make me worried. And I don't want to make him worry. It's quite complicated really.
Dinner wasn't too shabby. Michael's Dad came over to have dinner and spend the night. He's a wonderful man. He made me laugh, which is the first time since being back in London. He also got me drunk, which didn't take much due to the lack of not eating. Haha...regardless, it was nice. O.k., more then nice, but I'll spare the sappy details.
On the home front side, things are alright. Not as good as I expected them to be, but again, I don't think going into that personal of details on something such as this is a wise idea. Let's just say that spoken words and movements are carefully thought out and guarded, and I mean that in a negative way. Boo!
Anyways, moving half way around the world has been rough. I thought it would be peaches and cream like my last visit. Guess I was wrong. I just want my blue ball of happiness located in my heart spot back! Seriously, is that so hard to ask for?
P.S. I think the theme for the current moment is best describe by the song "I Want You to Want Me" by Cheap Trick. Look it up on iTunes, most of you will know it. I also realize that most of you could misinterpret the meaning of why I am referring to this song as best describing the current moment, but I don't care. Love you Nat, because you are more in the loop about this mention then anyone else. Also, check out "Sweet and Low" by Augustana, "Listen to Her Heart" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, "I'm Gonna Be Strong" and "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper. They're currently four of my favorite songs.
Peace out as it is almost midnight and I have to get up at 6am for classes. Ah...sleep deprivation has already consumed me.
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