Kim in Hart

Kim Has Moved!!!

2006-06-15T15:16:00.000-07:00

Dan bought me my very own web domain. So I'm moving on over to the other side! www.spontaneoussunflower.com Hope you all visit and enjoy the new site---- there will be more than just a blog. OOOO nifty fifty. :)

Uno. Dos. Tres

2006-05-12T06:00:00.000-07:00

Monday I got a job as a hostess at Uno's Chicago Grill in Fayetteville. I start orientation this coming up Monday. After that you all should ocme to eat at Uno's and see me wearing a tie!!!

Thanks for teaching me how to tie a tie Dan.

Oy with the Poodles already!

2006-05-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

Tonight's the season finale of Gilmore Girl's 6th season.

It's been a good 22 episodes, I just hope that it ends extremly well.

Sad Gilmore Girls news... 1. I lost my 3rd season DVD set. Please pray that I find them and soon. :)
2. The two orginal writers of the show, Amy and her husband will not be returning for next season, which I believe will be the last season. Stupid WB executives wouldn't give them a 2 year contract, only a 1 year contract.

We're watching the show at my house tonight if anyone wants to come. Show and lack of talking begin at 8pm sharp.

1...2...3...4... Take The Elevator

2006-05-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow it is done.
My first year of college will be finsihed tomorrow. It's hard to believe, I remember excalty waht I did on my first day of college, and now it's over. Trippy. Well let's see. Classes were good. I've learned so much, and have really imporoved creatively. Which was the point. I don't really know what to say about my first year, it was different than anything I've ever experieced, that's for sure.
All I can think about is getting ready to leave Fayetteville in August. I got up, showered, got dressed and turned to mom. "Does this say I'm a relaxed, fun person?" It's funny the things you remember. I was trying so hard on the outside to appear relazxed and cool with the whole situation, when all that I was doing on the inside was freaking out. Oh and then there was the whole thing where I got pulled over for the first time a few hours later. That was fun.
I feel like I'm getting old. Only old people are done with their first year of college. And starting tomorrow I am. I'll be a sophmore in art school. Holy cow, I made it through freshman year of art school, and looking around at my peers, that isn't such an easy thing to do, and successfully is a completly different story.
I'm proud of myself.

Good job to all of you who made it through this year, it was tough but we did it. And now we definitly deserve a 4 month break.

These Are the days of....

2006-04-27T15:11:00.000-07:00

PERFORMANCE ART!!
Well this afternoon, I became a performance artist. And amazingly enough, I was pretty successful at it. Which shocked me. I really enjoyed it as well. I've always wanted to be covered with paint. So here's some pictures of what I looked like, and still look like, after my debut.

If you want to know what the performance was about I'll be home for the summer next weekend and I can tell you all about it :)

7 days and counting till I move back home :)
9 days till my 19th birthday! May 7th is such a wonderful day :)

Daniel Perry Young, the Great Alien Lover

2006-04-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Dan got me a free Photoshop-like program on my computer!!! How exciting. I don't think he knew what he was getting himself into, when he downloaded it, or started dating me!!! :0

Two and a half weeks left and I'm done with my first year of College.

"It Ends Tonight"

2006-04-13T06:36:00.000-07:00

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
2Corinthians 12:9-10

Well I meant to post a while ago, but the internet in my dorm was down from Thursday to Monday afternoon. A major inconvienence. Especially with finals and papers looming around the corner. I still haven't uploaded new pictures to my laptop yet, but I haven't even had time to do anything lately. Nothing besides school work is really on the list. Sleep is going down, emotions sky rocketing, and relationships are work.
As of this morning I have 26 total days until my last final. Included in there is Easter and a few Birthdays, including my own. Actually mine is the day before my last final, so that kind of stinks. Hummm I should have been concieved at a different date (must conference with Mom about that) :) Just kidding.

I had an extremly good Nature Drawing Day yesterday. I'm so proud of myself. Normally I am terrified of mark making, but the entire drawing is Marks. I think only Sara may understand this comment. But for everyone else, mark making is not something I like to practice, and is something that I've been trying to work on all semester, and it's finally coming to be. An amazing achievment for me!!!
Have a good Thursday.!!

Dum Dum dA dUM!!

2006-04-04T14:19:00.000-07:00

Pictures, Stories, and Scripture to come in 1-2 days, but I have a lecture tonight.

Safari

2006-03-12T15:45:00.000-08:00

Dan's on Safari.
He's warm.
I'm Cold.
I'm not on Safari.
I'm in mid-term week.

Prayin' for Daylight

2006-02-16T19:38:00.000-08:00

School's crazy, nights and homework are even crazier. Sorry it's been so long. A lots happened but at the same time it doesn't seem like anything at all.
So I guess I'll write you a poem, Dan's been palying poet lately so I'll give it a go. Don't hate me for it.

Champaigne and food coupons
aren't necessarily friends.
But who ever said that
paper and alchol can't mix.
He can't wait to go to Canada but
all she wants is a smoothie.

Okay I know it doesn't ryhtme at all BUT it's my poem and I'll make it ryme if I want to, and if I don't want to then I won't. It's an odd subject but it goes along with my next 3D wood sculpture (picuteres to come after I actually start and get working going on it) combined with my upcoming May birthday.

Finally Me in Three Complete

2006-01-30T15:42:00.000-08:00

Here's the three self-portraits. Go Fauvism!!

Sculpture

2006-01-24T10:19:00.000-08:00

I saw some people last night out playing in the snow, and thought to myself "Oh how nice they're going to build a snowman." Well much to my surprise this morning when I left a few minutes before 8 for my 8o'clock class I saw this. Welcome to Art School Dorm Life.

This post is actually for my mother's amusement, but I'm definitly positive it will amuse a few others of you as well.

Me in three

2006-01-23T16:13:00.000-08:00

In LCDII we started working on Expressionist and Fauvism self portraits. It will end up being a series of three self-portaits. Each with it's own color pallete in order to give each it's own emotions and moods. This is the one I started today, it's not done yet, but I'll post it done along with the other two that I'll be doing in coming up days.

Daniel Perry Young

2006-01-17T06:39:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Daniel Perry Young!!!!!! You're 20, and you made it another year!!!!!

Happy Birthday Caiti in Poland!!

You need a friend...

2006-01-16T18:03:00.000-08:00

It's been a while, I'm sorry. Tonight is my last night of Christmas break. It was definatley hard coming back to school a few hours ago, hopefully I'll get by. I had an enjoyable break. I got to go see family in Georgia, spend hours upon hours with the smashing Dan Young, watched a lot of One Tree Hill and Gilmore Girls, and that's about it. But it was really nice and relaxing, just what I needed. Although I was sick the whole time, I'm just grateful that my eyes aren't swollen anymore, that definitly was not enjoyable.
Well 3 hours till Dan's no longer a teenager!!! Crazy kid he is.

Done!!

2005-12-13T07:23:00.000-08:00

After tonight, I will be all done with my prep work for finals. I finished my 3D and 4D finals yesterday, DVD and everything. And today I'm finsihing to study for my Art History exam which is tonight at 6:30. Then I will have nothing left to cross off on my To Do list. HOW EXCITING!
So the rest of my week will go like this: Wednesday: 3D Final Critiques, Thursday:4D Final Critiques, Friday: 9am Drawing Conference with Greg, 9:30am Go Home.
I can't believe that I am done with my 1st half of my 1st year of college. I can't believe how fast it has gone by and how much I've enjoyed the learning process. It definatly has been interesting, to say the very least. But I will be extremly gratefull to have a month off.
So here's an image from my 4D final which is a still/motion project accompanied by my sound project, I titled the project "Compose". I have it on DVD so I'll let you see it if you ask nicely.

"Sooner or Later"

2005-12-08T15:36:00.001-08:00

Pull the hair back from your eyes.
Let the people see your pretty face.
You know they like it when you smile.
Try to find a reason to smile.

-Michael Tolcher "Sooner or Later"

Bye Bye Love

2005-12-05T10:57:00.000-08:00

Well this morning was my last morning of Light Color and Design with Linnea. I really enjoyed that class, I learned alot and had fun painting tiny little squares so that they would be full of color. I had my portfolio review this morning instead of next week, it went extremly extremly well, then I finished my LCD final project. It was a memory project. I finished it about 11 and was let out of class for the rest of the day,
plus I don't have to go next Monday when others do. So that's nice. Now I get to do all of my other work. I feel like my mother though. Last night I mad a to-do list and scheduled what work I'm going to do every day until next Friday. Now everything isn't so daunting and scary looking.

Here's my final LCD project. (I drew some inspiration from Francis Bacon, whose work is very disturbing)

Things Just Couldn't Be The Same

2005-12-04T19:32:00.000-08:00

I know the title is depresssing, but I'm listening to Free Bird right now by Lynerd Skynerd(?), and I like this feet picture. So I'm thinking about my Dad, Catie and I at the Lyerd Skynerd concert that we went to on Father's Day last summer. And besides the song, all I hear is my Dad screaming out "FREE BIRD" over and over. The thought of it makes me giggle.

So enjoy the feet picture. Clockwise it's Pat, Me, Joe (I think), Dan, and Sara.
I can't wait to go dancing again over Christmas break!!

To the Taj Mahal and beyond!!

2005-11-29T12:23:00.000-08:00

So this was my latest project for 3-D even though I finished like three or four weeks ago. It's a global crate that is carrying party hat to the Taj Mahal in India. It's made out of wire, pipe cleaners and yarn. There are two labels, but they are untraditional and collaged together. My professor refers to it as the "Pary Cloud."

I feel so completed now...

2005-11-28T14:31:00.000-08:00

MY BLANKETS DONE!!! My first ever crocheted blanket is complete, I feel so good about myself! It took me a little over two weeks to make. I love the colors!!

I Wonder...

2005-11-27T18:30:00.000-08:00

Well Thanksgiving break is over, now two or so weeks until I'm done for a month. It will be relaly nice to have a break that long, but the next two weeks, I have a feeling, are going to kick my butt. Good thing I did some major relaxing the past few days. So I have a lot to be thankful for. And I just wanted to share some of it with you all.
I am so thankful for God and his grace, mercy, and just how much He loves and cares for me even when I don't return the love.
I am thankful for my Momma and her ability to understand me, her compassion and her wisom that God has blessed her with.
I am thankful to have Dan, he's such a loving and caring boyfriend to me. Thanks for being around Dan!!!
I'm thankful for everyone that I have been so blessed with these past few months and the past few years of my life, I know for a fact that I would be where I'm at if it hadn't been for all of your love.
I'm also thankful for forgivness and reuniting with Jon. He and I were so close for so long, we went through a lot together and we both learned a lot about life together, it seemed such a loss to not be friends anymore. But God certianly works miracles and I am so thankful that over Thanksgiving Jon and I were able to talk things through.

I know these aren't all the things I'm thankful for, but if I listed them all I'd be here all night, plus I have school work to do.

So Jon, Dave and I made candles on Friday night. Here's my sandwhich!!! I wonder if it's WonderBread. Actually it is. If you look closely at it in person on the purple side you can see "Wonder" imprinted into the wax.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

2005-11-20T18:52:00.000-08:00

Saturday night I had an amazing, wonderful, spectacular, mind blowing, fun time with the one and only Sara Ann Young. I think she's wonderful and I absolutely loved having a Girls night with her yesterday. We watched Fever Pitch and Ten Things I Hate About You. We knitted/crotceched(?) together and ate lots and lots of food. Chips and salsa, chips and cheese/bean dip, and M&M's. It was Sara/Kim madness. So this one is for you Sara. I love you darling!!!

2005-11-17T15:15:00.000-08:00

He's green because I just learned how to enhance my pictures on my laptop.

2005-11-17T15:14:00.000-08:00

My Dad's Birthday was on Tuesday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

2005-11-13T16:09:00.000-08:00

Sunflowers- Helianthus annuus. Annual plants in the Asteracea family with a large flower head. The stem of the flower can grow up to 3 meteres tall, with the flower head reaching 30cm in diameter. The sunflower is notable for turning to face the sun, a behavior known as heliotropism. Sunflowers are native to the Americas and were domesticated around 1000 BC. Francisco Pizarro found the Incas subjects venerating the sunflower as an image of their sun god and gold images of the flower as well as seeds were taken back to Europe in teh early part of the 16th century. Helianthus is Greek for sunflower. The weather and months are getting to be depressing, so I thought I would try to make things feel like summer again. Enjoy the sun!! Love the sunflowers!!

Surprise!!!

2005-11-12T10:00:00.000-08:00

Last night at about 5:15 ish I decided to go home to the Syracuse area until 11 or so. So I made a few phone calls, hopped into Ginju's car and headed towards Rt. 5. All very exciting. When we got to Manlius, I was able to surprise my Momma at Kelly Bohm's Baby Shower (due Dec.17th) It was so wonderful to see my Mom's face light up like that. She took a sceond to comprehend, but she just looked so happy. It was really nice to surprise her like that. After a little while at the Baby Shower, Ginju wanted Korean so hoppe back into the car and headed towards the Blvd. Waited abotu a half an hour for some food that I can't pronounce or spell, all I know is that she also got Eel Suishi and that's my absolute favorite. We went to the Shoppington Food Court and Ginju ate, while we were waiting for Dan. Sara!!! ran over to me, which was stupendous because I totally didn't know I was going to see her. Dan said nothing. Jerk..... :) After the mall, we took Ginju to the main S.U. library and then went back to Dan's dorm. Here comes the next SURPRISE, actually Dan kind of ruined the surprise, but ti's exciting!! Dan had been planning on surprising me by showing up in Utica this afternoon, when I got out of the Open House that is my work study for this week. But he told me, it would have been a nice surprise, but I'm still excited!!!!!!!

Have a fabulous Saturday!!!

2005-11-10T17:22:00.000-08:00

These are the All-Stars that I want for Christmas!! I think that they're really really really pretty. :) Oooo I went to the gym tonight! Hope that information makes you as excited as it made me.

2005-11-09T13:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Wednesday afternoon! Things are going well. I'm really sleepy and it seems like no matter how much work I do I still have a pile waiting for me. But grades are going extremly well. 94% on Greek History and an A on a 3D "Global Crate" so I pretty much happy in the grades department. Thanksgiving is coming soon!! Only four more weeks of classes and then the semister is over. I can't believe I'm pretty much half way done with my first year of college. Scary. I thought I would feel much older than I do. I enjoyed this picture I hope you do as well. :)

2005-11-03T15:47:00.000-08:00

In LCD the past two weeks we've re-designed an album cover. Here's mine. I would show you the orginal so you could compare the two. But I had to cut a rectangular hole in part of it for the next step in the project.

2005-11-03T15:46:00.000-08:00

My structural chomatic gray study of Cezzane's "Four Bathers."

I can't study anymore...

2005-11-01T16:46:00.000-08:00

Well I have another art history exam this evening, and I can't study anymore. I've been studying hours a day for the past three days on top of other owrk and my brain can't handle any more. "I can't get no satisfaction." SO instead I'm listening to Simon and Garfunkel's "Cecilia" This song makes me forget about everything else and relax and dance. Jubilation!! Jubilation for not studying anymore. Well maybe a little riht after dinner and before class at 6:30.

Today was a beautiful day, I didn't even need to wear a jacket or anything, but now as I look out of my window it's dark and very windy outside. Ahhh I knew the weather wouldn't last, but I didn't think that in a matter of hours it would run away from Utica forever.

The swing dancing class at my Church here in Utica starts on Friday night, 6:60-8. I'm excited!! I could say "I'll be a swinger yet" But swinger in many cases can have a negative connotation.

2005-11-01T13:54:00.000-08:00

My dying sunflowers. :(

2005-10-31T13:44:00.000-08:00

DAN PASSED HIS ROAD TEST!!

2005-10-31T09:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween!!! Don't overdose on candy, or else you'll end up looking like....

2005-10-31T09:39:00.000-08:00

THIS!!!

2005-10-30T16:16:00.000-08:00

My new sophisticated coat!!! (Fur removable) I'm so excited, I feel so adulty and fancy smancy.

2005-10-30T16:03:00.000-08:00

Spice Girls!!!

2005-10-30T16:01:00.000-08:00

Last weekend's finger painting escapade!!

A Hard Day's Night

2005-10-26T19:23:00.000-07:00

Well I'm in an interesting state right now. Decorating 14 Cottage Place for the school's Halloween Dance/Party for Saturday night certainly isn't me. I never really got all that into Halloween and now I'm basically throwing a thing for the school. Yesterday morning for part of my work study I spent 2 hours shopping for decorations. It was definatly interesting, seeing how I always thought that a lot of the decorations were creepy and gross, then I'm picking out the wierdest ones I could find. Not that I enjoyed it or anything, the whole situation just amuses me. Second interesting not-Kim thing is that on Friday night I'm chaperoning an all night Fright Film Fest. Luckily I talked to my boss yesterday and secured the earliest shift. 9pmk-11pm, that way I can still get to bed, plus I hate scary movies. I'm just grateful I didn't have to sign up for the graveyard shift. That would have been a serious problem.

Third and final exciting thing for today: My dad sent me a package with FLANNEL SHEETS in it!!! I absolutley love flannel sheets and was really upset that I couldn't find any that were twin extra long for my dorm bed, my ones from home wouldn't fit. So the package made me extremly happy. Plus they have flowers on them. Being able to have flannel sheets on your bed is one of the very few good things about winter.

It's all coming back, I can feel it.

2005-10-24T18:20:00.000-07:00

Utica is getting to be so cold all the time. Last night my toes felt like they were going to freeze off when Dan and I took a walk, and then today it just keeps getting colder and colder. I don't want it to be cold. I hate the cold. Grrrrrr. Plus the weather doesn't put me in the greatest of moods, and add that with a headache and other stuff running through my mind.
Although we did go on a Field Trip today in my LCD class. We walked all the way down Genesee Street and stopped in a Record store. We're re-designing vintage album art. It's pretty nifty. I'll post picutres when I finish mine next week.
Well I have a bunch of work to do for this week so sorry if I don't really talk to anyone.

Oooooo I got sunflowers on Friday afternoon!!!! I love sunflowers so much............ :)

2005-10-19T15:12:00.000-07:00

Opps, here's the duckie!! *Quack* Don't tell the duck but I had my first bite of duck the other night.

2005-10-19T15:10:00.001-07:00

My duckie that I couldn't bare to part with for my current 3D project, "Global Crate."

2005-10-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

A little saying to live by for today and every day after.

I just can't look, it's killing me.

2005-10-12T21:21:00.000-07:00

I had a really good weekend home the other day. It was nice and relaxing, even though I went out and did stuff. It's amazing how my sleeping patterns have altered since I've been in school, but at the same time I still get really sleepy. All right, so I went Contra dancing, the first time since ContraProm. It was so nice to go dancing, even though I wasn't really in the mood to be there. I took an unusual amount of breaks, but that's okay. It was so nice to see a lot of people, and Dan and I danced which was lovely. He actually attempted to learn how to waltz so that we could waltz together. After a while we gave up the waltzing and twirled and did the tango instead. It was still fun. I don't know , it was just really nice to hang out with people that know, care ane love me.
Saturday I hung around the house in the morning and did some erranding with my Momma, and then went to see Lost In Yonkers with Dan. The play's plot was really tense and for a lot of the time I felt like a vouyer (I was kind of un-comfortable, but I guess that just means that the actors and actresses did their job.)
I WON SCRABBLE on Saturday night. It's amazing! I never win Scrabble, and I was playing against Mom and Dan. Neither of them expected me to win.
So the rest of my three day weekend I hung out with Mom, Dan and Sara. It was so enjoyable

By the way, my Dad is flying into town on Friday afternoon. Papa Schreiman :) We're coming to Fayetteville area on Sunday for Church, so if you haven't met him you might possibly be able to in the matter of days!
-----Pray for my hands, they're angry at me and hurting me. I think I might have really irratated them, possibly carpal-tunnels?

2005-10-10T15:39:00.000-07:00

This weekend. It was so nice to be home and see everybody. I had such a great time. Details to come. :)

Heading Home

2005-10-07T08:05:00.000-07:00

I'm going home today, it my actual home and not to S.U. I'm so looking forward to it, last time I was home it was for literally two seconds while I grabbed a gift certificate, and the time before it was for the Hilary Duff concert at the State Fair, even then I was only home for sleeping time. Plus it's a three day weekend, classes aren't meeting this coming up Monday due to Columbus day. I'm greatly looking forward to just sitting with my Momma, going Contra dancing tonight, and going to the bank (I need money for my poor college student side)
So a month ago my Momma sent her youngest birdie out of the nest to stretch her wings, but don't worry Momma I'm flying home. :):)
I miss my home.

"It's All About the Grindage"

2005-10-04T15:19:00.000-07:00

I got to watch the last 20 minutes of one of my favorite movies today after I got back from lunch. My heart tingles and I get butterflys in my stomach when I see Pauly Shore. You just got to love Encino Man and Son In Law. But Pauly Shore and Brandon Fraiser sure do make an amazing pair in Encino Man. I just have to get both movies on DVD one day. It might help if my DVD player would start working, I should find myself I good techie- guy, Dan isn't cutting it anymore ;) just kidding. So if you have never seen either of these movies the Schreiman's are condeming you. One weekend when Son In Law had just come out of video, keep in mind this was like 1994, Catie and I were allowed to rent the movie. We watched Pauly in action 14 times that weekend. It got to the point where my momma was calculating excatly how much she was saving on each viewing. I think she figured that if we watched it over and over she would never have to rent it for us again. But oh she was severly wrong. I still have cravings for Pauly in chaps.

I'm coming home this weekend: Friday night through Monday evening-ish.

I Feel Like Such An Adult

2005-10-02T10:12:00.000-07:00

Well I think that I am now officially in Cornerstone Community Church's budding single's group. Wow I never thought that I would ever be in a singles group. Especially since I'm 18 and one of the guys is 38. Kind of strange.
So this is how it all happened. I got a call last night from Lisa, who I met over the summer, and she asked if I was going to this free concert at the church and at first I said no, being that there was school work to do and I didn't have a means of transportation. Then we kept on talking and I decided that I just didn't feel like sitting in my dorm all night, with our DVD player not working and all. So I went, Lisa and her two year old son, Kegan picked me up. Then I found out that she's the leader of the singles group, and she had already put me on the single's mailing and call list. Interesting. Well that concert was nice and laid back, a Pastor/Musicain from Kentucky played, I forgot his name though. After the concert Lisa had one of the non-singles guys take a picture of the singles group. So now I'm an adult, and single. Wow I feel so adult-ly, I never had thought about me being in one of those groups.

So be proud, I'm making friends that I have connected with, more so than with the people at school. Plus, come to find out, Drea, a 22 year old girl, and I both found out last night that one of our main goals in life is to get arrested and spend a night in jail!! So now Dan and I have a third brian to help come up with a scheme.

2005-09-29T15:59:00.000-07:00

My room-mate Crystal and I. Crystal's from Tully, like 20 minutes from the Fayettville Manlius area. She's my favorite roomie.

2005-09-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

Last week's Light, Color and Desgin prismatic color wheel including chormatic and achormativ grays

2005-09-28T17:57:00.000-07:00

"Clothing as Architecture"- I had my sculpture critique today. It went really well!!! You gotta love how well Salvation Army clothes turn into art!

2005-09-28T17:54:00.000-07:00

I got my camera today!!

Breathe In Breathe Out

2005-09-27T19:57:00.000-07:00

Over 20,000 years of art history in 100 questions, amazing how condense things can be sometimes. Simple mind boggiling (?) Well after the fact I found out that the Stag was made by the Sycthians in Russia and not the Persians. There isn't anything I can do about it now, but it was still 2 or 3 points on the test.
So I was reading my Bible today and read Luke 10. It was really interesting in Luke 10:39,42. The part where Martha was getting annoyed with Mary beucase Mary wasn't helping with the preparations for the houseguests, instead she was sitting and listening at Jesus' feet. I realized that I've been reading but not just sitting and being with the Lord. So I just thought I'd let you know about my revaltion today, I hoep you all take time today to just sit with God. Just be there and not worry about the house-guests or work or anything. Just be.

It's a chilly...

2005-09-27T08:25:00.000-07:00

It's a chilly Norah Jones morning. Soft music, lullaby melodies, beautiful voice, everything fits together. The relaxing music goes quite well with the chilly gray morning here in Utica. It kind of makes me just want to hop back under all of my covers and close my eyes and fall asleep to the lyrics. So basically I highly recommend buying one or both of her cds, I haven't heard the second one yet but the first is positively wonderful. Well I'm off to study hard for my Art History exam which is at 6:30 this evening. Cave paintings to Minoan and Mycenean art. That's about a little of 20,000 years of art B.C. What fun!!

You Really Know How to Dance

2005-09-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

It's Sunday night after an amazing weekend in th Syracuse/home region. Let's see this weekend I just really was able to relax and get away from the school setting here, which was really nice, I needed to get away. Plus I got to see Dan, Sara, Kailyn and Joseph, plus some others. This weekend was just a really good time. Dan and I went out to King David's, one of my favorite places. I love the decorations and the food, everything except the Apricot Nectar juice, but hey you can't get everything you want.
This morning I went to Church, saw lots of people that I really miss, and hadn't realized I missed them until I hugged them. The it kind of hit me in the face and I realized how much I appreciate everyone, they make me feel so loved and blessed. God has really blessed me with amazing people in my like.
Interesting tid-bits of this weekend:
1. I saw Dan's belly dancing moves from the Cultural Festival
2. I loearned how to perfect my peeling and slicing apple skills without a apple corer peeler slicer mechanism.
3. I learned that Dan and I apparently look like brother and sister, and someone tried to set me up with their 30 year old brother. Excuse me but I'm 18.
4. I oredered my digital camera this morning, can't wait to start clicking away, then maybe I'll learn how to put pictures on here.

Why do machines hate me?

2005-09-20T12:21:00.000-07:00

So today was first time of work study on Tuesdays, whole new procedure and happenings. I was just tring to be a good little worker, but I had a major misunderstanding with the copy machine. I don't know why machines and technology hate me. It actually makes me quite sad, mostly becuase my one true goal in life was to be technical genius, and now that aspiration has gone done the toilet. How sad. So for some reason the copy machine decided to spurt out 3 blank papers in between my 160 copies of "Glow in the Dark Frisbee." Well then I had to go through, take out the extras, and count. It was a tragedy, a copy-machine hating Kim tradegy.

A pondering of the day: How come an art school doesn't have a color photo-copier in the library?I had to copy two radical images from a book for 3D and the copies came out in black and white, losing all the funkiness of the actual images. Very upsetting in my opinion.
KCPC - JOIN NOW!!

K-KIM for
C-COLOR
P-PHOTO
C-COPIERS

64 One Inch Squares

2005-09-19T12:40:00.000-07:00

One, two, three, four.... sixty-four.
This morning I came up with 64 different colors out of Red, Yellow, and Ultramarine acrylic paints. After a while, my eyes started going crazy. So many colors, so little time. The sad thing is that I actually enjoyed coming up with the different variations and felt that I could go on for many more squares. Apparently the Brooklyn students had to do 100 squares, but Linnea thought that was a little over-killed. I agreed until I started enjoying the process.

Well I think I'm going to come home this weekend, I just need to figure out if I'd come back Monday morning or something. Maybe I could bat my eyes at Edem and he could give me a ride back Sunday night. I don't know how it will all work out. I just don't feel like being here for a few days. So hopefully it will all work out. Pray for a ride on Sunday night, coming back Monday morning would be really stressful for me, so hopefully someone would realize that they love me so much they would just be estatic to drive me back to school that day.

Interesting tid-bit for the day : I LOVE COLOR!!

Nothing profound or witty.

2005-09-18T10:19:00.000-07:00

Well this morning will be my first official day at my new church in Utica. I'm catching a ride with this guy Chris, so let's pray he's not a creep or anything, since I'll be in the car with him. ;)

After church my momma's picking me up so we can hang out and visit family. I'm so happy to see her, I miss her hugs and her quirky sayings. Basically I just miss someone I can talk to, who's going to challenge and support me at the same time. She's a wonderful momma.

Well the past few nights have certianly been odd adventures. I ventured way off campus for the first time on Friday night, it was dark, cars yelled things as they drove past, and we ended up walking for about over an hour only to stay at the cafe for 20 minutes while Stephanie ate her bak-lava(?) Then I got back to my room to find out that there's huge drinking parties on the 2nd floor, and people got in trouble. Good, it's their own fault. Yesterday I went to Wal-Mart and bought a tool box and a purple mini-stapler, then I went over to the Old Navy that's closing and bought a $30 skirt for $3.81!!!! That's SDlavation Army caliber right there. Which made me very excited. Then last night I did some major school-work and sat around. It was really relaxing but kind of boring.

I think in the next two weeks I'll be coming home, so keep your eyes peeled. (Sorry this entry wasn't very profound or witty.)

SLAB- Rather SLAP me!!

2005-09-15T20:23:00.000-07:00

S-student
L-life
A-activities
B-board.
Isn't it ironic? How in F-M I never got involved with activites, besides the art show and Feats of Clay, that I am now an honorary member of SLAB. But ooo here's the best part of it, the part that makes it all make sense. I'm getting paid to be there!! Yes the real reason I am a SLAB-ber. :) I just find it amusing that I could really care less about weekly activites and Halloween parties and dances and now I'm helping plan them and hanging up posters.
I've become ONE OF THEM. *gasp*
Pretty soon when I'm at home I'll be planning events and coming up with prize ideas out of the wazooo. Oh I bet my mother cannot wait for that day. SLAB's for everyone.

Last night was Sushi night in the Cafe; and the main guy there bought for me 18 pounds of Feta. Like my momma and I say, Feta is Betta!!

Dancing in the Dorm

2005-09-13T22:12:00.000-07:00

"Just A Girl"
Take this pink ribbon off my eyes I'm exposed And it's no big surprise Don't you think I know Exactly where I stand This world is forcing me To hold your hand 'Cause I'm just a girl, little 'ol me Don't let me out of your sight I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite So don't let me have any rights

Oh...I've had it up to here! The moment that I step outside So many reasons For me to run and hide I can't do the little things I hold so dear 'Cause it's all those little things That I fear

'Cause I'm just a girl I'd rather not be 'Cause they won't let me drive Late at night I'm just a girl, Guess I'm some kind of freak 'Cause they all sit and stareWith their eyes

I'm just a girl, Take a good look at me Just your typical prototype

Oh...I've had it up to here! Oh...am I making myself clear? I'm just a girl I'm just a girl in the world... That's all that you'll let me be! I'm just a girl, living in captivity Your rule of thumb Makes me worry some

I'm just a girl, what's my destiny? What I've succumbed to Is making me numb I'm just a girl, my apologies What I've become is so burdensomeI'm just a girl, lucky me Twiddle-dum there's no comparison

Oh...I've had it up to! Oh...I've had it up to!! Oh...I've had it up to here!

So Crystal and I had to blow off steam from a day at class and college life so what other choice was there but to dance??? None. Especially when dancing to No Doubt's "Just A Girl." It was the only obvious choice, and the song that was currently playing on our stereo. But my did we dance and dance. We white boy'd danced, we interpreted danced, we did the twist, we skanked, we did every imaginable dance during that 3 or so minute song.
So I suggest dancing to blow off steam, plus it could count as your day's excerise, and I'm always up for the lazy man's version of exercise. Kill two birds with one stone.

Run Away

2005-09-12T20:51:00.000-07:00

"If Taylor finds a better world, Taylor's gonna run away."

Do you ever know that you are where you are supposed to be, yet still want to be somewhere else. Kind of how I feel tonight. I wouldn't want to leave here, becuase I love it, I love what I'm learning and everything, but sometimes I just want to come back home. So I thought Jack's words were appropriate this evening. Maybe one day in my life I'll just hope in a car and run away for a few days, or maybe after college just pack up and leave randomly. See what the world has to offer Kim Schreiman. "One day I'll fly away." But then again, I'd feel the same way I do now after a while. A vicious, vicious circle. Excatly why we all need to strive for contentment in the here and now, but also in our eternity. Oh I don't know, ask my momma, she'll give you all the answers. :)

Have a lovely sleepfilled evening.

Is your nose okay??

2005-09-11T22:06:00.000-07:00

This weekend I was completely exhausted but had a wonderful time. Dan came to stay with me and my roomies. Crystal's boyfriend was also in town. Let's just say that Friday afternoon after Drawing I cleaned and not even two hours later the place was a mess. To qoute Will "Kim do you realize that there are 3 guys here now? Of course the place is a mess." But if nothing else cam eof the massive cleaning my domestic skills improved. I also learned how to make Ramen in the mircowave instead of ontop of the stove.
What else happened? Well I took Dan to the museum and talked geekily about art to him until my stomach rumbled. We walked past the Puff and Stuff (a fine smoking acessory shop) across the street from my school and I saw Pulp Fiction for the first time. Sorry I feel asleep at the end Dan.
Mostly we just sat around, talked and giggled. Well I giggled and Dan laughed or looked at me funny.

By the way, I now appartently hate S.U.
So I hope you do too.

Birthday Hats and Stuffed Shells

2005-09-08T18:46:00.000-07:00

Today was a day that will live in infamy. It was officially Ryan Marx's 18th birthday. And to dinner we all wore birthday party hats, oh yes. It was amazing. They had airplanes, trains, and cars on them. It was tonight at dinner that everybody else realized just how cool my friends and I are. I know you all can picture the scene. Since we didn't have any cake or anything for Ryan we stold ice cream from the Cafe. I'm sorry but birthday deserts are so much better when someone steals them for you!! :) (i'm sorry momma!)
Well today I ate stuffed shells, one of my favorites, and started my work study program. It's a good thing that I did data entry and filing all summer long since that's what I'll be doing for a little less that 5 five hours a week all year long. Ohh and I might get to lead some tours sometime. How fun would that be to scare the little seniors. I hope Sara comes one day that I get to do a tour.
My weekend should be extra-wonderful because Dan is coming to visit me. I'm planning on taking him to the museum and for the best pizza in Utica, oo and maybe the KFC. Just because KFC is always a real treat.

Everybody should listen to Bohemian Rhapsody tonight.

Famousisms from Dan Buckingham

2005-09-07T22:45:00.000-07:00

"Earth is your art supply store."
"There are some of my cousins that I wouldn't even introduce you to in public."
"Where are the crappy cave paintings? There aren't any!!"
"I'm the biggest tree huger there was. I can listen to the trees. There are three things that a tree wants to become. It doesn't want to become a bear statue in your front yard. And that's just demeaning the bear. The bear doesn't want to look like that either."

Oh my, this is why I love Wednesdays.
My day was completely made today when I checked my mailbox after class. I got a letter and a package!!! (Thanks Dan) My mom sent me Sunday's church bulletin that I forgot at home, and the I got a fancy penned letter from Dan and a cd!! It made me soo happy. I love getting mail so you should all write to me.
I saw a school bus today and it made me laugh. I was just so giddy to not have to be riding on it. Or headed to High School. Oh it was such a nice feeling. I hope all of you with the exception of Sara, Kailyn and Caiti feel the same way. It' s such a nice and accomplishing feeling to not be headed to school or on a school bus.!!!
Have a lovely night's sleep.

Do I stress you out?

2005-09-06T11:12:00.000-07:00

"Do I stress you out? My sweater's on backwards and inside out, and you say how appropriate."
Yeah Alanis Morissette!!
I really have no idea what those words have to do with me today, but they seemed really appropriate. Because what I really want seems absurd and impractical at times. So the song goes well.
Well I got fingerprinted today like a common criminal. And quite frankly I really enjoyed the whole process. It reminded me of finger painting. (I hope you all know just how much I enjoy the finger paints!!) "Come on fetus, let's finger paint!!!" (I think the only person that will actually understand that would be my mother, but that's all right.)

What's your favorite color today? I think mine is turqoise. That's becuase I have this new set of 12 colorful Sharpis and I enjoy coloring with the turqoise one the most. It just looks so pretty on my new canvas bag that I've been decorating.
Have a happy day!!

Home Sweet Home

2005-09-04T16:42:00.000-07:00

23 hours home and I manage to see Hilary Duff in concert, get in a few spats with my momma and sister, update my laptop so it doesn't get sick, and make Dan frustrated. Humm maybe this is why they tell you not to go home until after your first month at college is over. So whoever is reading this I'm sorry if I wasn't in tip-top condition this weekend. I truely am sorry. There are so many feelings and thoughts racing through me all the time now I should not be held responbsible for my actions. Well I should be but I'm just trying to appoligize. I hope you all forgive my attitude and my actions this weekend.
Okay now that that's over I can on to my profound, mind bogiling ideas. I hate time-lapse sketches. I can't draw that quickly and I hate the way it looks so messy and so un-nifty.
I was really glad to see everyone this weekend. Thanks for all the extra long hugs and words of love and encouragement. I appreciate it all. It was really nice to see y'all. I can't wait to actually get to hang out with people. Hopefully next time will be better.

Chains, Whips, Handcuffs, and Leather

2005-09-02T17:08:00.000-07:00

I know all of you won't appreciate the humor of this but at least I know that I did and so did Dan. Today at Figure Drawing our model was new to the nude modeling form. During the break I was being my normal friendly self and asking her about her previous modeling experience. Well apparently she's used to "Bondage Modeling." Well Well Well now doesn't that sound interesting!! Stupid me, I asked her what that was. Apparently she's used to modeling with chains, whips, handcuffs and things of that nature while wearing leather, fringe, and spikes etc.. Oh goodness so I guess that people take photographs of her in odd, unnatural poses with other people all tied up, I guess it's some people's fettishes. Kind of disturbing in a kinky way. She also said that she really enjoyed being tied up like that. I know it's really weird and not our kind of thing at all. But I guess whatever floats the girl's boat. Just kind of a strange manner to entertain yourself.
Oh the interesting people that I'm meeting in Art School. Sometimes I wonder what the hell is wrong with our society and humanity!! I know what some of you are thinking and don't worry I'm thinking the same excat things. It was just an important aspect of my day and I wanted to share it with all of you.
Love to all.

007 And Cute Babies

2005-09-01T15:50:00.000-07:00

So I bought a $150 external hard-drive today. Yeah that's right Dan, I'm computer fabulous. But the way I decided to pick which one I wanted was by the serial number. The first number I looked at wasn't very interesting. Oh but the second one was amazing. Let's just say that it ends in 007. Can anyone say a little Bond action?? "My name is Bond. James Bond." Those 6 little words just give me the shivers. So not only did I get the hard-drive but it's a handsome British spy hard-drive. I hope everyone appreciates that as much as I do.
So on to the cute babies. I checked my mailbox tonight and got a letter from my Momma. And there was a picture of me with a extremly cute baby. Abigail!! Our old friends from Watertown and their new baby action.
By the way I was almost in tears today over Jackson Pollock's Number 2 1949 painting this afternoon in the museum. I really like having the museum like tow feet away from the museum.

A sad pin

2005-09-01T12:45:00.000-07:00

I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen. How sad is this pin? My friend Cody is wearing it right now. Well I have to go watch two movies for 4D Design in like 5 minutes. Well darlings I love you all.

The Funk Farm Is Just Around The Corner

2005-08-31T18:21:00.000-07:00

That sentence sums up my whole day. Along with "If you're on the meth. Get off it!! It's killing us all!" Wow, all I can say is art school. There is no other explanation. But despite or including all this I think that's why I belong here and why I love it. Because truely the Funk Farm IS JUST around the corner. That was all instilled in me today by Dan Buckingham, my 3D Design teacher, asissted by Nate, a graduate of my school.
So all I really have to say to you all today is that I hope that you will one day travel and live at the Funk Farm. Get away from rationale, normalness, trite ideas, and venture into the world of chaos; the world of things that don't make any sense. It could be a swan about to eat up a tuna chicken salad sandwhich and that would be just fine. So have fun on the road!! Hugs mucho mucho to go around.

City of Utica Sewer

2005-08-29T13:13:00.000-07:00

Well Well Well. I am an official Art School Girl. Like the Stone Temple Pilots song. It kind of makes me feel special. Now all I need is a boy to sing the Art School Girl song about me. "I got a girlfriend, she goes to art school. I got an art school girlfriend." Now that would be right up there with someone saying the "Baberaham Lincoln" thing about me. Well I absolutley loved my Light, Color, and Design class today. The things we did were just so little kiddy but amazing. I got to cut construction paper and use glue sticks and go outside to rub graphite over paper over fun textures. It was so neat. So not what I thought my college experience would be like. Well it's all for the best anyways. I don't think I'd be able to handle liberal arts classes.
I can't wait to see people this weekend. I'll be at the 11:30 service so BE THERE. Be there if you want to see me or hug me.
Love mucho mucho

Save Tonight

2005-08-28T16:34:00.000-07:00

"Throw our lives away for one happy day..."
Tongiht is my last night of summer. And all I'm doing is creating one of these things, and watching ridiculous movies. Movies that while viewing I can actually feel each brain cell dying inside of my mind. Minute by minute I can feel myself becoming dumber. And that makes me sad. So even though I doing nothing I still want to save tonight, savor the last hours and minutes of anti-work lifestyles. Because I could just throw my whole future away for a few more days of this, but I'm sure if it would be worth it. Especially if I'm not wasting my life away with the people that I love. So as of tomorrow morning at 9am I am an official college student. Here's my schedule in case anyone needs to get in touch with me.
Monday 9-4 Light Color and Design
Tuesday 1-2:15 Literary and Critical Studies
6:30-9 Survey of Art 1
Wednesday 9-4 3D Design
Thursday 9-12 4D Design
1-2:15 Literary and Critical Studies
Friday 9-4 Figure and General Drawing 1
Have a lovely evening and for some of you save tonight for in the morn freedom is gone.