Goodness

It has been a crazy couple of days!! I have had my Basic Design and Foundation Drawing and they are both very fun. I felt very comfortable because alot of the materials and techniques i have already used at LHS so it is really nice.... i am gonna have to thank Miss J (My LHS art teacher) for teaching me what sumi ink is before coming here! For basic design we drafted chairs. Drafting is like really technical drawings... everything is symetrical and perfectly measured. It isn't my cup of tea but it was kinda fun to learn. And to day in Drawing me and Zoey (the girl from New Mexico who lives in my dorm and is in all my classes!) were talking too much and got a little yelled at!! but she wasn't that mad. We were in the nature lab (a really cool 'library' filled with dried plants, real stuffed animals, dried bugs, real bones and they even have a a human fetus in a jar!!! it's purpose is so we have fun and intresting stuff to draw!) and i did an intense drawing of a turtle. it was really exausing. I am excited that i have most of tommorow off!!(ONLY 2HRS OF ART HISTORY...YAY!) Last night we all spray painted t-shirts with the RA's and me and Marissa made shirts with bow stencils (that i made) down the front. I wore it today... it is cute. Then after that we all watched Wedding Crashers on Karissa, my room mate laptop! It is funny because Tod... the gay son in the movie was going to go to RISD! We are getting a new girl in out dorm because another girl wants to be with her friend so that might be fun. Also my grandma and grandpa are taking me out to lunch tommorow at the mall and My dorm is going to have dinner at the Cheesecake factory so i am gonna east alot tommorow!! I think we are just chilling for the weekend. My roommate is visiting so family friends near by and a few people are going to the RISD farm (a lake place by a lake in RI that RISD owns). There was a rumor that Ally might visit me but i don't think thats happening! My Nana and Papa might visit on the 7th too!!

Thanks for all the note about the care packages guys!!! you know i would love anything from you all! If you end up sending anything... even just a pretty letter call me or email me because i need to know to check my mail at the mail room because they just don't tell you that you have mail... you gotta just know!

Ohhh... cool news. even though i am not that into the show as i used to be, i guess they are filming for the next season of the OC on the RISD campus!! I haven't seen anything... people have just told me these things. But i guess Seth (Adam Brody) is going to RISD on the show for his comic book stuff and Summer (Rachel Bilson) is going to Brown. Maybe i will get to see them!!! I might start watching the show again if RISD is on it!

Right now i am in RISD's really posh library. It is attached to the guys dorms which are WAY nicer then ours. The girls are making a big deal about it because girls are more high matinence i guess. They have elevators, airconditoning, private bathrooms and private kitchens.... all things we don't have!! Any way me and my friend Abby from baltimore and doing resesch for out Personal Mood boards for fashion class.... mine is on the greek isles!! you have to pay 1$ a color print!!! Well i have to go finish my board... talk to you all later

Day 2

Hey It is really late so i am not gonna write too much but i just wanted to say hi! My voice is a bit better but that is kinda because i went to CVS and basically bought every cough/ sore throut meds they had because i really want to get better fast. but it still hurts. Today after some notes and stuff in my 2nd fashion class they told us about our new group project on Private Labels. A private label is like a label that only that one store has.. like how JC Penny only sells Arizona stuff. We have to analize one private label, find out the competetors and target market. then we have to find out the mood that you get when you look at it and capture it in a mood board and the create sketches of clothes that could be encorporated into the line easily. I am really excited I am partners with that indian girl from Japan... her name is Tanya and it is really intresting to hear about her culture and stuff. We also have another individual project where we create our own individual mood board and create some rough sketches inspired by it. I think i am gonna do like a mediteranian theme with like teals and creams and really like beautiful blues.

so after our lunch break we took a field trip to The Providence place (the amazing 3 floor mall)!!! YAY!!! it was fun... we had to take a trip to Nordstroms and analize some of their private labels and take notes. me and Tanya picked a really cute one in the teen section and took notes. after wards i met up with my room friends Sara, Marissa, Melanie and a girl named Annika from Berkley CA i just met. we roamed around the mall a bit... we split up and me and Marissa went to Forever 21 and tried on a bunch of dresses. She is SUCH a bad influence on me... coaxing me to buy things i can't afford!! we are both such shopaholics it is so funny... we kept on saying... they shouldn't trust us fashion girls in malls... it should be illegal! She pushed me into buying a really cooy star patterned Sweatshirt (it like screams Ally!). I like it alot. Marissa is such a sweetheart... she really is honest whether something looks good on you or not which is needed in a shopping partner! then we got these cool airbrush tattos... she got hello kitty on her chest and i got a cute shooting star on my back. I am like inked all over with my henna and my airbrushed stuff! I am hopeing that i can tan (like Lisa) and get tan lines from my star cuz that would look cool. We had a fondue party when we got back after dinner. it was funny... then we tried to work the dvd player to watch mean girls but it didn't work so we watched the real world. This really nice girl named Lauren from somewhere in Mass taught me this cool trick that she does to keep her curly hair under control so i am gonna try it and see it it works!! I am going to make picture profiles of everyone in the dorm and other friends so you guys can have some visuals for my stories... i am making them write little blurbs plus where they are from and their age and stuff. soon to come... promise!! I really need sleep for class 2morrow!! Nite!

Uh Oh!

So Today was my first day of classes but guess what?? Somebody COMPLEATLY like lost her voice!! I have like had a cold all last week and i though it was like just alergy related but i my voice was just getting worse and worse. And last night we had a little dorm party with all the girls on out floor and we stayed up to like 2am laughing, talking, giving eachother henna tattoos(mine is really cool!! this Textile Major named Sadie did it for me... it is beautiful!) and fooling around. And you all know me... when i get excited about something i talk REALLY loud and sometimes i like scream. So after all that fun i went to bed ( i could barely breath then cuz i was so congested) and i woke up with like a REALLY REALLY hoarse voice. And i probly shouldn't have, but i talked with it all morning and by lunch break it was basically gone. It was kinda wierd meeting new people (they are EVERYWHERE!) and not being able to talk to them really well. It made me really frustrated!! I went to the nurse on campus (it is like the 3rd day and we are already on a name to name basis!! we will be best friends by the end knowing me!) and she said it was probally just a really bad cold virus. She gave me some cough drops and sudafed and told me to use my inhaler alot. I went to dinner already and i got like gingerale, lemon tea, soup and i basicaly chugged a package of honey in desperation (because my fellow fashion major Abby from Baltimore said that is what kelly clarkson does before her shows when her voice is hoarse! hasn't really helped yet... just really sugary!) I think i am just gonna take it easy for the rest of the day so i can be okay maybe tommorow. My new friends Sara, Marissa and abunch of other people from my dorm were gonna go to Urban Outfitters (reall cool trendy store if you don't know it) and get some like ethnic food or something and i really wanted to go but i think this is the best thing. I am just gonna stop talking ( i will use this cool white board thing my room mate Karissa bought to communicate!!), do my homework (i will get to that later), gargle some salt water (another nurse pointer), and go to sleep alittle earlier (like before 1am might be good!!). Every one is being really nice about it though (even though they all are paranoid about catching it) I really like the girls at my doom... they are such sweet hearts and really care about me getting better! I can tell we are all gonna be really close by the end cuz we kinda already are!!

Okay.... now about my 1st day of Fashion class. Um well we all woke up a little late (me, Sara, Karissa, and Marissa) and we had to like run to get breakfast... then i realized i forgot my barbie doll (it was actually on our supply list!! i am still pumped about it!) so i ran back to get it. we actually decorated them last night with markers... we gave them highlights, nailpolish, tattoos and gave them names (mine is Starr with 2 r's!)... it was really funny!! but any way i went and got it... and we were so late all i had time to get was an apple and a piece of pumpkin bread (not half bad) thankfully my friend Liz who i mentioned yesterday supplied me with really good coffee in me really cute travel coffee mug ( I love her already!!) so i didn't have to get the schools not as good coffee! We actually really had no clue where our class was too and we were late! we we all like asked this janitor lady and the said it was in the same building the theater is in... so we went there and like searched the whole place and found like nothing! then we asked th guy in the mail room and he said it was like way far down the road (like 5 so blocks) so we like sprinted and finaly got there like a min late... it wasn't a big deal because they were like just handing out packets but we felt like such rebels because we got to sit in the way back (they are like school like desks). It turns out that the way they organize the program is that from 9-12 we are in this big building with like all the fashion kids and all the teachers for like lectures and stuff (we acually take notes and have exams... it is like school all over again... but funner!) then after our lunch break we split up into small 20 people groups and have instructional lessons with just one teacher. The first class was fun because i was with my crew and still kinda had my voice. we were intoduced to the teacher and teachers assistants and got to hear about their backgrounds (mine like designs sweaters and Kathy lee Gifford wore it on her christmas special and mentioned it and she got like really popular). For the rest of the time we talked about supplies and expectations and then watched a movie about the industry. After we got some supplies that we needed (another 100 bucks!!) we grabbed some lunch ( my voice was basically gone then) and went (kinda late again) to our second class. I though i was all alone and new no one but this really cool girl Zoey from Santa Fe New Mexico who is in my dorm ended up being there too. I (struggled but I) met abunch of new people. I met my first International kids... one is from Hong Kong and another is originaly from India but lives in Japan. They both speak perfect english and i was talking to them before and couldn't tell they weren't from the US until they said so. Both of them are really nice! A also met a guy (he is gay, I have assumed but not flamboyent and is intrested in mens wear so you never know!) named Robert from San Antonio TX who is really nice too. I sat in between him and Zoey in class. It was hard not being able to communicate very well with my teacher and my new friends but i really learned alot and had some fun too! We learned how to draw flats which is like what a piece of clothing looks like when you lay it down on the floor. they are what you give to your seamstress and pattern makers so they know what EXACTLY you want. It has to have no shadows, be completely symetrical and show like all the intricate stiching and seams. We had to look at magazine pictures and make 3 flats for them. it was fun and i think they came out good. Then they showed us (even though i already kinda knew how) to draw like more of an illistration drawing. For homework we have to pick a full outfit (i am gonna do that pink and white halter dress i made that i wore at my pool party... mainly because it is easier) and draw a flats of the front and back views and a illistration of the actual dress on a model that is colored. I a excited to do it. All the fashion girls on my floor have similar asignments too (because all the teachers basically have the same rubric) so we are all gonna do it together and have a HW party!! I really don't know how long it will take and it is 7 and i really want to go to bed at least at 11 so i should get going... hopefully i will have a voice when i wake up!! thanks for reading me ramble!! And like the Girls Scouts say " Meet new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the others gold, a circles round, it has no end, thats how long i want to be your friend!!" Okay that is so corny but REALLY true! I am having fun but i ALWAYS appretiate calls and emails from my pals back home... you guys are Gold baby!!-<3

Hola from Providence!!

Hey everyone!!! I am currently sitting in a really cool computer lounge (typing on a mac which i am having a bit of trouble getting used too!) at RISD!! YAY i got here ok and i am having SO MUCH FUN and it is only the 2nd day!! Yesterday i lugged my gagillion bags up to my room (mom, dad and adam came along) and met my new room mate.... her name in Karissa and she is from seattle!! how cool is that! She is a fashion major too and she is REALLY nice. She brought her lap top so i will be able to get internet access in my room (so hopefull pictures can be posted) He lap top also has a DVD player so (lisa... your gonna love this) she says we can have Friends Marathons because she has all the seasons with her! Our room is so nice too. It is alot bigger than i expected and i got to hang up all of my pants and skirts!! ALL OF THEM!! plus i have a desk, abunch of drawer space and a MINI FRIDGE!! My bed is actually really comfy too! (pictures to come). The bathrooms arn't that bad... i only have to share it with 4 girls... i just have to get used to wearing flip-flops in the shower! I met alot of other cool people too. Our floor section.... like 20 ish girls got together last night and stuff for get to know you games and like HALF of them are for fashion... the cool (kinda) thing is that none of them are in my classes because the way RISD designs it is so you don't room with people in your classes so you can meet as many people as possible! our RA (Residence Assistant) is named Jen and she is a sophmore at RISD for Graphic Design. She is really nice and was telling us all this stuff about getting into RISD and what they look for and she said she would look at our work this summer and help us improve which is really cool!!! We are planning all this stuff with our floor group... tonight we are baking cookies... but we will have like movie nights and bowling nights and poker nights and cool stuff like that. There are alot of really cool people on my floor besides my room mate. I met girls from like all over!! I share a bathroom with my room mate and another room which consists of Marissa (she is from mass but she goes to boarding school in Dublin NH!) and Sara (she is from right outside NYC... she actually went to FIT last summer too but i never met her there). I have been chilling with them alot lately. They are really cool. Sara actuall went to the Project Runway Fashion show for season two because her dad is really good friend with Heidi Klum!!! How cool is that... she has actually met her and everything like numerous times! Her room was also featured in teen vogue! Both Marissa and Sara are doing fashion design too! I also met this girl Liz from CT who brought a coffee maker... lets just say we became fast friend for she will be supplying me caffeine every morning (in my newly purchaced RISD travel mug!) I also met people form Chicago, LA, Baltimore, VT, Colorado just to name a few!! Last night we all went exploring and went to this really cool Indian like clothes shop where the guy there who ran it was really nice and gave us all free bangle braceletts! then we went to Ben and Jerrys!! It was fun. I am wicked excited for my classes tommorow... i already got all my supply and i can't wait. Here is my class sceduele

Monday and Tuesday 9-4 i have my Fashion Design class
Wednesday 9-4 i have Basic Design
Thursday 9-4 i have Foundation Drawing
Friday 10-12 i have Art History

So... not to my family members who are reading this... Fridays would be a good day to come and visit and take me out to lunch!! **hint hint** I have an hour lunch break for the 9-4 class too. the food here isn't that bad...but the meal plan is kinda crazy. you need to get like 4 sides per meal to get your moneys worth (it is like a pre-payed deal). I can tell i will get sick of it in a while!

After 5 is a good time to call me!! you should all now my cell phone but if you don't just email me and i will give it to you!
You can just email me too OR actually mail me (care packages :))

My Name
Rhode Island School of Design
2 College Street, Box# 607
Providence, RI 02903

I am gonna go try to print out pictures to hang on my wall!! I will try to post regularly... i miss you guys already!!! <3 <3 <3

Aw... Today..

Today was like.... Amazing (minus the Latin final). I couldn't imagine leaving without a day like this!! I would like to thank all the people who helped me have fun on my last day (you know who you are!!) and I am gonna miss you guys SO MUCH!!! I would like to create a picture documentation of the event! First it was Chinese with the bus crew plus Rach....



Girls... may we always have cheap Chinese, dirty fortunes, cherry stems and The Lion King to fall back on when times get bad!!





Then it was a little harmless fun in Payless obsessing over what else.... shoes!! (we are such girls!)



who have too much time on our hands








Then it was to my house for the partay!
Popsicles+ Cake+Spicegirls= Good time











Fun in the pool with noodles, Marco polo, walk offs, Chicago and chicken fights.






Then a little DDR (dance dance revolution... what else?) to get as all sweating and having athsma attacks

Whats a party with out a little dance dance?? that would be no party at all!





And trying to figure out what a dik dik is. The world may never know!






Girls (and Jon) it has been a trip! and now that 'Schools out for summer' (what is a last day of school with out a little Alice Cooper?) and I am leaving tommorow (don't get me started on that or I will cry) I wanna thank you all for being there for me.... I promise lots of emails!!! <3 always and forever!!!

The Day of Lasts

Oh my goodness! Today is my last day of school!!! I can't believe it. My last final (Latin=Boo) as a junior!! The last time I have to wake up at 5:30 in this house!! My last day in town, last day seeing all my friends!! Last, last, last, last.... it is SO depressing!! After I take my excrutiating finals today... I am off to Chinese with the ol' bus crew then I gotta get home finish some minor packing, then get ready for my pool party (last time in my pool too!) for 2-4 (/5 if you are cool enough!).

I am so nervous! I definatly had a panic attack last night! The floors of my room are covered with lists and lists of stuff that I need to remember to get or bring and my right eye wouldn't stop twitching!! I couldn't sleep...I was just thinking about all the stuff I am gonna forget and making more lists! I don't think thats healthy. Well I should go review some Latin. I studdied my endings like a mad woman last night!

Counting down the days!!

Here are my Important Dates for the rest of school and summer!!

June 15th- Get sceduales for next year
June 17th- Graduation
June 19th- Last full day of school
June 20th- 1st day of Finals
June 23rd- Last day of school/my Pool Party/my last day in my house/my last day in town!
June 24th- RISD check-in day
June 26th- 1st day of RISD classes
July 30th- Moving Day/ Adam's B-day (while i'm still away of course!)
Aug. 2nd- My Fashion show!!
Aug 5th- Check-Out day

Thats it for now... of course once I get more stuff planned I will add on to get everyone updated!
If your intreseted to see what exactly i am doing this summer, check out the RISD link on my side bar. It is a really cool site! <3 lots of love