Sycamore Grove

So, I'm waiting for my prints to be dry. I noticed that I hadn't written in a couple of days, so I figured I'd take the time.

I'm feeling so overwhelmed.

I had a huge test today in Art History. I think I did okay, but I know I didn't ace it. I have a photo project due in twenty-three minutes (yeah, the ones that are STILL DRYING). I have a drawing project due next tuesday, and I have to start it again tonight, because I bought the wrong materials. I have yet to hear from Colonial Crest, the place we're supposedly renting from, about our new address, etc. I have a frillion and one things to do regarding the wedding, and I can't do them yet, because our invitations have yet to go out.

Oh, yeah. Our invitations have yet to be printed, too. Honestly, this is a good thing, as I have to change the rsvp card to actually reflect the rsvp date. So I have to do that by Friday, so that Pritch can get to that.

Oh, and I have a research paper due in a couple weeks. I haven't even cracked a book for it yet.

I'm just so tired. Can't I rest, now?

Adagio Teas: Spiced Green

Rating: 5/5
Price: $6 per 4 oz. (I got it in a sampler of green tea, though)
Origin: China (with exotic spices)
Form: Loose green tea (came in an adorable tin)

Review: Strong spiced smell out of the tin. It smells like cloves and cardamom and oranges. Not so much of a tea scent, but very pleasant. When brewed (I left it in too long, oops!) I can smell the tea through the spiced scent. It tastes like tea, though, the spice is nearly all in the smell. I can catch a taste of cinnamon and cloves, but not enough to overpower the tea. It's quite pleasant, actually. I'd say that this is another everyday tea. I think it's a winter tea; the spiced scent makes me think of mulled wine. I'll have to try it iced, to see if it'd be yummy in the summer, too.

Frontier Teas: Organic Raspberry Green Tea

Rating: 3/5
Price: $45 per 1 lb. oz. (online), about $38 per lb at Wild Oats. I got about 1 oz. for $3.60.
Origin: Unknown
Form: Loose tea, flavoured with dried raspberries.

Review: I know that this tea was not one of my favorites. But I also said I'd try it iced, to see if it was better. And I did. It was much better that way. The delicate taste of the raspberry was much more suited to a cold tea than an iced one. I flavored it with raspberry honey, which it was really yummy. It was perfect for a warm evening, with a sandwich and a book.

However with my budget being what it is, since this tea isn't very good warm, I don't think I'll be buying any more of it. I just can't afford to buy any gourmet tea that isn't good hot or cold. Oh, well.

I actually sat down to write an entry on Saturday but, two sentences in, totally got sidetracked.

I missed Eye Candy Friday. Oops. I haven't really taken many pictures lately anyway (at least, ones not for my Photo class). I suppose I could scan those in, but I'm lazy, and also busy.

I have a lot of schoolwork coming due this week, so I think I'll probably continue to be absent. That makes me feel bad, but I really need A's this semester.

Ummm... Okay, I've run out of witty things to say. I'll try writing again later, when I'm not exhausted.

I think it's funny that lately, I'm only blogging when I'm waiting for film to develop or prints to wash.

I know I said I'd be AWOL for a while, but I figured I'd take this opportunity to let everyone (what, all two of you?) who read this blog know why I've been AWOL.

I'm an art major. I'm currently in line for a bachelor of fine arts degree. This means that I am taking about thirty credit hours more than most BA candidates. Besides having more studio classes, it means that if I ever decide to go to graduate school, I'll be more likely (and prepared) to get accepted.

Before this, I'd been dead set on pursuing a BFA in drawing. I wanted to be an illustrator, and drawing seemed like the way to go. I have taken three semesters of drawing so far.

This semester is killing me. I have this professor that's making me seriously consider changing my major to metals (we'll get to that later). This professor routinely calls his students lazy, apathetic, stupid, umotivated, a video-game generation, morons, dispassionate, and generally worthless. I'm pretty sure he means it to be a joke, or maybe a jab to get us going, but it makes my blood boil.

Not only that, but I haven't learned anything new. All of our homework has been in colored pencil, and while we have been emulating other artists, he hasn't puched us to actually learn anything other than imitation. Also, he hasn't taught us any new techniques when it comes to media. Last semester, we learned how to use a plethora of different stuff to draw with. Now, this professor is just like, "whatever. draw." And leaves. Yeah, he's not even in the room with us, half the time.

The access to a model is nice, but I could be doing all this stuff at home, really.

All of this combined is making me loathe the activity I once loved. In the last three months, I think I've drawn a grand total of about five finished drawing for myself. I, who used to fill sketchbooks in a matter of week.

Anyway, I'm also taking a beginning metals class, and absolutely adoring it. I love all the projects that we have (and I'm working in 3D! how weird is that?) and the teacher. So I'm thinking of changing to that.

*sigh*

In all that ranting, I kind of forgot why I started this post. Oh, well. That's my school situation. Next fall will be the acid test. I have another drawing class and another metals class. If I still feel the same way in December, I'm switching my major.

Frontier Teas: Organic White Peony Tea

Rating: 5/5 (omg, best tea evar!)
Price: $36 per 1 lb. oz. (online). I don't know how much at Wild Oats; I traded some of my Raspberry Tea to Eponine for this stuff.
Origin: Unknown
Form: Loose tea, flavoured with unopened peony buds.

Review: This smells like flowers and grass out of the tin, like springtime in a tea. Brewed up (although I think I brewed it a little weak; I'm trying to preserve my meager stash. I have about enough left for one more pot) it smells like grass after the rain. I wonder if my saying every tea I try smells 'wet' has something to do with the fact that it's a liquid. Maybe.

The flavor is very subtle, and delicate. Not something that I'd drink with a strongly flavored food. Something like plain sugar cookie, or maybe Scottish shortbread might be good. It tastes like flowers smell. I thin it'd be good iced, too, but I don't have enough to test that theory. I like it too much hot. I'd totally drink this every day. In fact, unlike the other Frontiers tea, I think I might get more of this stuff. It's like tea that faeries would drink.

PS: Eponine, wanna go in halfsies on a 1 lb bag of this crack tea?