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Looks like I've got four years at The University of New York at Purchase on the Horizon. If anyone reading this goes there, I'd love to hear what you think of your experiences there. I can't wait to switch up my routines. Hopefully I'll get out of the comfort zone of my sketchbook and paint something extravagant soon. Since I went from cookie decorator to cashier at my job, I have a noticeably lesser amount of colored dyes on my clothes, which should be remedied with some intensive painting sessions. Might be going to Gathering of the Vibes in about a month, I'm super excited. Bonnaroo was a splendid occasion as well. Hope everyone enjoyed their first day of summer yesterday! My boyfriend & I are probably going tubing this weekend. Can't wait. Life's good. Love you guys.

I finally submitted all my college applications, which is a huge weight off my shoulders. Tedious work like that was grueling after such a lazy gap year, but I'm glad I did it, and now all I have to finish is the Cooper Union home test. I'll probably upload the finished product before I send it off in two weeks or so. For now the letters to wait for will be from: The School of Visual Arts, SUNY Purchase, California College of the Arts, and Cooper Union, once I ship off the home test. Suspense is a bitch, but I hope to get a lot of art and reading done before I go to college. Learning to sew soon, too! Keep an eye for weird homemade clothing.

Little kids really seem to like stickers. Something about them, I don't even know, it makes us want to hoard them, mark territory with them, eat them, steal them, whatever. I still really like them, even though I'm 17. They're fascinating, even though they're so simple. I always feel like it's a huge decision when I have an awesome sticker, and I need to find some place to stick it. Once it leaves that sheet, there's no going back. That aspect gives it a sense of value, like a $10 bill you can only spend on one thing, and that one thing happens to be non-refundable. Even the act of peeling the corner up makes me feel empowered, like I'm deciding the fate of some helpless being. But in any case, before I start to preach like a psychopath with a sticker fetish, I think I'm going to start printing my own stickers. I'm pretty sure you can just buy blank sticker sheets at the store, and print on them like normal paper. Technology is wonderful. Cheers, everyone.

College hysteria is approaching, meaning it's time to get my portfolio together and document my more material art pieces. I'm pretty nervous about the whole song and dance, because I have so many unfinished pieces, and so little time to scrape them together, and so many picky colleges  with their noses in the air already. Anyway, the whole point of this is that I'll be uploading my sculptures and paintings and things soon, which is certainly a different flavor than most of the clutter in my gallery. Is this whole journal a run-on sentence? Probably. I don't know. Either way, it's time for me to shut up and get working. I downloaded some new music yesterday, which should help keep me focused.
Current favorite bands/artists: The Morning Benders, Rocky Votolato, Peter and The Wolf, Miniature Tigers, and Neutral Milk Hotel.

I rarely photograph anything but myself, which might deter you from taking me seriously, but I'm okay with that. I think self-examination is one of the most important parts of life. Visually, as well as emotionally, spiritually, retrospectively, and many other adverbs that are undoubtedly fun to pronounce.

I probably won't respond to much you send.
I procrastinate like there's no tomorrow,
which makes almost no sense, but I don't really care.
Most of me doesn't make sense anyway.
Nice to meet you.