Distracted Again

So we all know the Phantom Menace blew chunks and George Lucas is a huge douche for ripping off his diehard devoted fans like that (must I mention Jar Jar Binks?), but that moment in the last "new" "old" Star Wars "prequel" movie when Darth Vader takes his first sterile, artificial V A D E R breath.  That moment has power.  POWER!

And Yoda is pretty awesome too, even though I still prefer Frank Oz's Yoda.  It's hard to make Yoda not rock.

Midterm Melodrama

"Oh, no!", she gasped, eyes widening at the prospect of the precious papers not being on her person.  The hour-long journey home and back to retrieve them and return would cut into her last few desperate hours of study time.  Could she afford the wounds?  Could she limp into the lecture room and bust out an ace, despite the setback?

I've been studying for midterms.  Some moron scheduled them 2 days after Spring break ended.  Another moron (me) failed to study for them during the break.  I did have good reason though.  Alrighty, back to studying.

Also, I don't like my face sometimes.  And when I do it's in a sort of "bite me world, it's mine" kind of way.  There's nothing wrong with it.  It's an okay face, but sometimes I wish it were a bit prettier.  There's a lot of pretty out there.  And then sometimes it's enough that I like it.  If it were prettier, I'd have to question people's motives if they wanted to be around me.  As it is, I don't have to question anyone's motives.  *Sardonic hahaha*
Anyway, I have a good camera and a bathroom with a mirror, so I'm making myself take a picture of myself.  Every.  Day.  Yeah.  We'll see how this goes.

Back to studying.   Foooooocccuusss!

Illustration Friday from 2/19/10

I'm teaching myself to draw.  I was going to saying trying to teach myself, but as Yoda says, there is no try.  So, here's my entry for Illustration Friday, this drawing series.  This was for 2/19/10.  I'm proud of it.  It should be obvious what it is.  If not, drop a comment and I'll explain.  The topic was Propagate.

Added after the fact: I like somewhat that propagate made me immediately think of eggs and sperm.  I think I've taken way too many Biology classes in my life.

snow!

I went home and got snowed in with the family and then we had to shovel.  And shovel.  And so on.  For 6 hours on Sunday.  And I was glad to be there. :D

Snowflex!

Snowflex 2!

This looks like it should be on a website called Chicks with Snow Shovels. haha

mirror mirror on the wall

I really like self-portraits in random reflective surfaces.  I should take one in my mirror while I'm at my parents' house, especially since I might be here for a while.  (The world is covered in a thick layer of snow thanks to yesterday and today's storm.)

Waking up in front of the laptop.

Window!  I was waiting for the bus to get home before the snow got too bad.

Spike Lee!

He came to my university and gave a lecture and it was awesome.  I made myself not take notes and just listen instead.  And I asked him what my generation (African-Americans who aren't the ones doing everything first but still have to deal with racism) should do when we get discouraged.  He said he remembers his ancestors, how slavery was only two or three generations ago and how his grandmother lived in the Jim Crow south and made his education possible.  I'm glad I went, it was a great lecture.  And I have pics!:

Spike Lee!

He was very animated.

Look how many people!

Boots n Grains

My boots got here today!  They are AWEZOME!!!!!!  They need to break in too, and I can't wear socks with them.  I need some trouser socks (thin socks!).

And, this is what I had for dinner: quinoa and nuts.  It was pretty good, more of my "cook what you got and what's cheap" philosophy.  And quinoa is amazing if your stomach is jacked up, not moving freely, whatever euphemism you prefer.  ;D