{twitch} : Monday, Jan. 06, 2003 @ 3:25 pm

Today we were delayed two hours. Nice way to ease us back into school -twitch-.
I developed the film of Kate. Well, it wasn't all of Kate. About 1/3 of it was of my mother's stuffed dog from when she was a child. Don't ask. I wanted to make the contact sheet today so I could scan it in and have all the people (Kate, Jacqui, Kate's parents) pick out the one(s) they wanted developed of her. Of course, the dark room isn't open tonight after school -scowls-. How irritating. Mrs. Steele (photography teacher) herself is irritating as hell. She's so fucking irresponsible - and I never thought I'd name that as a serious vice. She looses work that we entrust to her. She doesn't teach. You go in after school for help and she doesn't help you. She ignores you. She finds invisible specks of dust on the prints. Here's a good example of her... irresponsibleness (is that a word?). The day the pictures are due, she remembers to tell us about sumbitting some work to a local newspaper. So we all hurry to get them in (that was the first time she had mentioned it and the newspaper was collecting them that evening). Then, she forgets to give about half of them (including mine) to the newspaper. Why does this irritate me? I could have added "work printed in newspaper" to college application. I spent 90 minutes getting the print perfect (which means I used two test strips and maybe four or five actual 5 x 7 prints, fooling around with exposure and developing effects). I figure I threw away about $1.50 of my own money (on that one incident) because she's a forgetful, irresponsible, irritating person who should never teach. That might not sound like a lot of money, but that's not the first time it's happened nor will it be the last. If you didn't notice, she pisses me off. And for some reason I agreed to be her dark room aid next year. Which means a total of 450 minutes (7.5 hours) a week with her. Let's hope my sanity is kept intact. -twitch-.

I found out today that if I wanted to take a class in Web Design through the school system I'd have to drive every day to either Chantilly or Fairfax. Not happening. The first is about 20 minutes away, the second about 40, and I don't have a car.
I've considered taking a year off after high school. Not very serious consideration, but considered none the less. What would I do? I'd probably take classes with one of the Technology schools around here in web design, get myself certified in web design. Then go onto Art School and major in photography.
There's also the possibility (though I'd rather not think about that) that I wouldn't make it into any of my top choice schools (Pratt, School of Visual Arts, and Arcadia). If I don't, then I would definatly take a year off, do the web design thing, then I'd go to Virginia Commonwealth for photography. Always nice to get a back up plan.
A friend of mine down here got a 1440 on his SATs. I'm really excited for him (obviously, that's a kick ass score) but I can't help but wonder how much higher his score would have been if he hadn't killed all those brain cells on drugs those first three years of high school. Seriously though. He's told me that he'd go to school and pass out. He doesn't some of the classes he's taken, and he, who got a fucking 1440 on his SATs, is wondering if he's going to be able to graduate. That, my friend, is exactly why I won't ever do drugs. I don't have enough brain cells to spare.

I'm going to attempt to present an idea to my mother. The idea is this: She and I take the Thursday and Friday at the end of this month (no school on those days because of Teacher WorkDays) as well as the weekend. We drive up to Philly on Thursday and see my photographs in the exhibit. Prehaps on Thursday as well, or Friday, we drive just outside Philly to check out Arcadia, one of the colleges I'd like to attend. Then we continue driving Friday and end up in MA, spend Friday night and all of Saturday there. Drive home Sunday.
As much as I'd love to do this, I know it's probably not going to happen. Drive all that way for one day? I don't know... Mum misses New England a lot, and just might go for it...
I should get to work on any homework I may or may not have due tomorrow. Later.
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