Cultural Heritage Tour

This is my junior year at Howard. I’ve been in DC for three years and haven’t seen even half of all DC has to offer. Over the summer, my best friend and I decided to do more cultural activities this year. Not to say I haven’t done anything, but that I would like to do more. I’ve been to plays and musicals, art galleries, many museums, and restaurants with live music. These kinds of things excite me and I was excited by the Heritage tour. It allowed me to become more aware of the historical resonance of the grounds that I walk on. I’ve passed by some of these buildings and landmarks multiple times over the 2+ years that I’ve been a student at Howard, without really knowing their history and significance outside of general knowledge. For example, take the Minor building; I pass it on my way down the hill to A-Building and up the hill on my way to Burr Gymnasium. I knew it was old, but I didn’t know it was a teacher’s college. Nor did I know where the Howard Hospital stands was once Griffith Stadium. Howard Hall is the oldest building on Howard's campus and it was the home of Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, one of the founders of Howard. (Lol, he stayed on campus just like me.) I liked learning these little not well-known tidbits about my school. I feel enlightened. Howard has such a rich history and when I think about it, I feel inspired to be here because of that history.

Blogging for Class

For one of my classes we have to do E-journals and we can do it in blog format. So instead of creating a new blog just for this assignment, I'm going to post the entries on here. I guess I'll change the color of the post or something to distinguish them. Idk, I'll figure somethin out.

Peace out

ya know....

I used to blog a lot more than I have been lately. Why have I been absent? No good reason. Some stuff I just write to myself and don't share with the world on here. I have about 10 drafts of unfinished posts that I've started, left, and came back to but couldn't finish because I wasn't in the same mood. That's been happening a lot lately. I have so much going on in my head, but nothings coming out. I can't even write in my journals like I want to. Maybe it's writer's block. Probably not. I just can't seem to put pen to paper or finger to keyboard to get stuff out. Maybe it's because I'm a bum.

(-_-) peaces

This is for those readers who have been upset by my temporary hiatus, not an excuse but...idk

...maybe I want too much...

Toys R Us

Yeah... I know.... It's been a minute. So sue me. Not really.

Anyway. I like toys. So I wanna talk about toys. I would like to get myself some new toys. I will eventually, soon as I earn some extra money. No these won't be frivolous purchases. (I try to stay away from that kind of stuff.) The toys I want can be very useful. Like a Wacom graphics tablet. I really want a Wacom Cintiq but I'll settle for the more affordable Intuos line. I want a tablet pc most likely from Motion Computing. I also want a customized desktop pc that I'll probably end up building myself with a dual monitor set up. Sounds like just a bunch of fancy computer stuff. Well it is but I'll use it for my art and photography so it's fun and practical. Computers are fun... I'm such a nerd. Oh well.

I guess I used the phrase I want a lot. I probably sound like a spoiled brat. I want! I want! I want! Lol. I have tendency to get an I want attitude. But I'm ok with that because it's not like I'm demanding stuff from somebody. What I want, I get. Ok, that sounded bad. What I want, I get for myself. Much better. If I'm wrong somebody please correct me. Obviously I like toys, my New Year's resolution was a shopping list. What can I say....I like to play.

Peace.

Reflection

My latest project is a self-portrait and I'm scared as hell. Why?

...Because 1) portraits are my favorite subject and 2) I think self-portraits are phenomenal because you can see what the artist thinks of him or herself. So much personality comes out in a self-portrait. I put self-portraits on a pedestal and I don't want to fail trying to climb up there.

But that's not going to keep me from doing one. But I'm wondering if someone will be able to understand one thing about me by looking at this portrait. That's what I'm shooting for. I hope I succeed.

Until next time.... Tuo Ecaep

Addendum to Shopping List 2008

So yeah... I also wanna get a new stereo for my car with the in-dash GPS and iPod control and all that good stuff. $1500.00

I probably need some new beats too but that can wait.