Guess Who?
It's me! Haha.
Just didn't know if you remembered who I was after spending 9 HOURS IN THE LIBRARY! Yup. That's right. I spent 9 hours there. With a 2 hour break for my piano lesson. I was doing the 2-point perspective midterm assignment for drawing, I assume I explained it in my last entry because that would only make sense. I don't know why I wouldn't have. So this drawing was supposed to take 7 hours, but I've spent 9. And the problem is that it's not even close to finished. Maybe... a little over half way. So I asked Yuri (my room mate) how long it looked like I;d taken to her to get an opinion before I said how long it had really taken. She said it looked like 4 or 5 hours. Okay, so about half the time I actually spent. So I told her 9 and she was like oh my god, how do you do that?! People don't really understand my crazy amounts of endurance. But just because she said 4 or 5 hours doesn't mean her first comment before I even ask wasn't "Wow, that's really good!" So I know it's looking good and doing what I need it to do. I just can't figure out why I'm going at such a slow pace. I tried to speed it up, but I couldn't. So at this rate, I figure if I spend 6 more hours on it, it will then look like 9 hours. And don't you worry, I'll be telling him I actually spent 15. Maybe more, if I can find the time. But like I said before, time just doesn't care if you need more of it. I hope in the end it looks like as much work as it was/will be. I hope for obvious reasons... because if it only looks average, that sucks with how much time I actually spent. Blah. But as I said, I don't really mind doing it, I just need more time.
So I'm going to take it with me to mom's hotel. That means I have to bring Drawing, LCD, my cameras, and Art History. Holy Guacamole. *sigh* we'll see how much I can get done. But it'll be good because I'll be mostly just in the hotel without the distractions of dorm life. That's why the Library is a nice place to draw. No distractions. So we're going to get fancy dinners and stay in a fancy hotel and I'm gunna do homework and hopefully see Central Park once. Sounds good to me. But BLAH midterms next week, which means I need to start studying Art History again... Bloody Art History...
So... the story I KNOW you've been waiting to hear! MY PIANO LESSON! I cut out of the Library at about 2:30 (I'd gotten there at 11) and I came back to my dorm, ate, and then went down to meet my teacher. I was worried he'd be weird or something, remember? Well, he was as cool as he sounded in his email, aka, awesome! He turned out to be really friendly and easy to talk to and just all around a really nice guy. He's originally from New York, then from San Francisco, who knew? But yea, so we did the basic basic stuff, but since I've done piano before, even though it was super long ago, and I know so much music already, I caught on super quick and it was really exciting! I can absolutly not wait until I can play all those beautiful songs I love to listen to. I know it'll be years, but I'm ready! So yea, he said it was refreshing to have a quick learner, someone who already understood some of the basics, instead of having to start from complete scratch like he has to do with some of his students. Of course, I already know counting, a bit about scales, I remembered the fingering from so many years ago, and I remembered a bit about reading too, plus reading is pretty straight forward, so all that combined, the super beginner's book is something I'll get through pretty quickly. The only downside to the lesson was that we chose the time RIGHT when everyone is getting out of class at 10 til 4, so everyone was coming into the dorm and seeing me get a lesson! I was kinda embarrassed, but he reassured me by saying, "Look, can they play piano? And if they can, tell them to come down here an play then!" So I felt better. Plus though, I don't care much what people think, I want to learn piano and it's not something anyone should be making fun of anyway. And if they are, you gotta question... why? So basically, he was super awesome and when I left the lesson I had a fat smile on my face and I didn't even realize it. Mostly because he's cute. Haha. Yea. That just makes the lesson all the better, right? He seems like he's going to be a really great teacher, SO I'M EXCITED! And it'll be a nice break in my weeks of art. Piano.
Just didn't know if you remembered who I was after spending 9 HOURS IN THE LIBRARY! Yup. That's right. I spent 9 hours there. With a 2 hour break for my piano lesson. I was doing the 2-point perspective midterm assignment for drawing, I assume I explained it in my last entry because that would only make sense. I don't know why I wouldn't have. So this drawing was supposed to take 7 hours, but I've spent 9. And the problem is that it's not even close to finished. Maybe... a little over half way. So I asked Yuri (my room mate) how long it looked like I;d taken to her to get an opinion before I said how long it had really taken. She said it looked like 4 or 5 hours. Okay, so about half the time I actually spent. So I told her 9 and she was like oh my god, how do you do that?! People don't really understand my crazy amounts of endurance. But just because she said 4 or 5 hours doesn't mean her first comment before I even ask wasn't "Wow, that's really good!" So I know it's looking good and doing what I need it to do. I just can't figure out why I'm going at such a slow pace. I tried to speed it up, but I couldn't. So at this rate, I figure if I spend 6 more hours on it, it will then look like 9 hours. And don't you worry, I'll be telling him I actually spent 15. Maybe more, if I can find the time. But like I said before, time just doesn't care if you need more of it. I hope in the end it looks like as much work as it was/will be. I hope for obvious reasons... because if it only looks average, that sucks with how much time I actually spent. Blah. But as I said, I don't really mind doing it, I just need more time.
So I'm going to take it with me to mom's hotel. That means I have to bring Drawing, LCD, my cameras, and Art History. Holy Guacamole. *sigh* we'll see how much I can get done. But it'll be good because I'll be mostly just in the hotel without the distractions of dorm life. That's why the Library is a nice place to draw. No distractions. So we're going to get fancy dinners and stay in a fancy hotel and I'm gunna do homework and hopefully see Central Park once. Sounds good to me. But BLAH midterms next week, which means I need to start studying Art History again... Bloody Art History...
So... the story I KNOW you've been waiting to hear! MY PIANO LESSON! I cut out of the Library at about 2:30 (I'd gotten there at 11) and I came back to my dorm, ate, and then went down to meet my teacher. I was worried he'd be weird or something, remember? Well, he was as cool as he sounded in his email, aka, awesome! He turned out to be really friendly and easy to talk to and just all around a really nice guy. He's originally from New York, then from San Francisco, who knew? But yea, so we did the basic basic stuff, but since I've done piano before, even though it was super long ago, and I know so much music already, I caught on super quick and it was really exciting! I can absolutly not wait until I can play all those beautiful songs I love to listen to. I know it'll be years, but I'm ready! So yea, he said it was refreshing to have a quick learner, someone who already understood some of the basics, instead of having to start from complete scratch like he has to do with some of his students. Of course, I already know counting, a bit about scales, I remembered the fingering from so many years ago, and I remembered a bit about reading too, plus reading is pretty straight forward, so all that combined, the super beginner's book is something I'll get through pretty quickly. The only downside to the lesson was that we chose the time RIGHT when everyone is getting out of class at 10 til 4, so everyone was coming into the dorm and seeing me get a lesson! I was kinda embarrassed, but he reassured me by saying, "Look, can they play piano? And if they can, tell them to come down here an play then!" So I felt better. Plus though, I don't care much what people think, I want to learn piano and it's not something anyone should be making fun of anyway. And if they are, you gotta question... why? So basically, he was super awesome and when I left the lesson I had a fat smile on my face and I didn't even realize it. Mostly because he's cute. Haha. Yea. That just makes the lesson all the better, right? He seems like he's going to be a really great teacher, SO I'M EXCITED! And it'll be a nice break in my weeks of art. Piano.
posted by Bonnie at 11:41 PM
1 Comments:
Bonnie; I'm reall happy about your getting back to the piano. I remember when you used to play the pieces you were learning , to me over the phone. You were so excited when you would tell me the pictures they conjured up in your brain-loke rain, or bells ringing , or noises on the street.
I can still hear you saying "listen to this Grama. isn't this neat?
Love Grama
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