I haven’t written much about my life lately so I thought I’d do that. I have the perfect thing to complain about, too!
I’ve always hated working but known that it is necessary to one’s survival. Living in a country that is 99.5% based in pure, undiluted capitalism, it’s pretty much everyone for himself. You rarely have the government helping out. In fact, you have to be in pretty dire straits to get a hold of the money that you’ve been giving to the government in the form of taxes every year.
I am no exception. The only time I’ve ever received money without working was from fall 2004 to spring 2005 when I worked for FedEx Ground. A guard was not properly placed on a conveyor belt and my right hand got sucked into it. It skinned my pinky finger raw and slit my ring finger nearly down to the bone. I was placed not on disability (though now that I think about it, I probably would have qualified) but on worker’s compensation which was funded by the company. I received 2/3 of my regular wages. I ended up having to drain all my money my parents had saved for me for school (not a whole lot, actually) just to pay my bills.
But this isn’t a post about my dissatisfaction with the government and/ or it’s policies, it’s about my job.
So, I’m currently getting the pictures ready for viewing from 2 of the 2.5 rolls of 35mm film but I thought I’d do a more current update on my life.
For some time now I’ve been planning on going to VCU for photography school. I know that VCU has the #1 arts program in the country for public schools and the #3rd or something for Photography majors. I didn’t really think that was a big deal. So, I was advised to do the “art foundation” courses at my community college since it would be cheaper. What no one told me is that the art foundation is actually a sub school of the School of the Arts! And, since VCU is such a “top school”, you not only have to submit a portfolio to get into the Art School (expected) you have to submit one to get into their prep classes! I was perusing the website and it said to submit 2D & 3D artwork. I was a little confused. Am I supposed to already be a potter or sculptor before I get into school? So I emailed them:
Filed under: Moving, Pictures, Randomness | Tags: codename Gael, Kimura Kalea
There isn’t much to report these days. Gael and I have moved into my grandma’s house with everything except the bed. There’s already a bed in here and nowhere to put it until next week. After that we’ll fetch his bed from the old house.
There’s no wireless here because nothing would work with the damn DSL modem so I have a long cable running from my grandma’s room into here until she returns home & wants to use the internet. So my times online might not be that often, unfortunately.
School started on Tuesday and my classes seem okay. I still haven’t bought my math book, though & I have homework due Thursday.
Today we went to the Renaissance Festival in Maryland. I only took a few pictures but but they were all of flowers and leaves (except for one of me and Gael, lol). After that we went to my favourite Japanese restaurant for dinner. Now we’re chilling and watching TV.
Last, but definitely not least, I got 2 things I ordered from Yes Asia in a few days ago. Unfortunately, the handles broke on one side of the bag today at the Festival…
