Sorry that I haven't installed Grey Matter in two on my hostees' sites..I've been very busy lately..I can't believe Color Composition homework took me 3-4 hours and then I spent another 2-3 hours organizing the Color Aid thing into rainbow order..I HATE SQUARES ALREADY!!!! As for photography, I haven't been able to get anyone to drive me anywhere so I've been stuck at home taking pictures of my beautiful cats as they sleep in the Family Room..Puddin' actually poses..that's why I call her the "model-kitty" while Angel keeps moving..not a good thing when I have the shutter speed at 30 and the aperture at 3.5..appearently my pictures will STILL turn out too dim..I didn't know that our house was so dark..today, we get to make photograms! For those who don't know (like me last week) it's basically putting objects on photosensitive paper and exposing it to light so that the objects that block the light turn white/gray..they look similar to the x-rays on "the Ring"..I went scavenging and decided on a theme or two (we didn't need to, but we get extra credit if we do) and the first one is "Photography" (kinda original, but watch everyone else do that one, too) where I'm using a cable release, two types of film things, a 35mm film container, hopefully some bad film aquired from the teacher, etc...then I have a couple of moving things like a handheld fan (hopefully it will look like a strange lolipop..instead of a more obscene object..heh..) and BUBBLES ON PLASTIC WRAP..wee!..but watch, these people are pretty smart and creative so we'll all probably bring bubbles..but whatever..I also got light-up smiley pens to make a neat "how'd you do that design"..so yeah, can you tell I'm having fun in Photography?? The teacher is great, too..he looks a lot like Rob (I think that's his name, you know the one with the big nose that works really well with his face?) from Survivor..the other day when I showed up early, I was reading F 451 and he was like "Quit your reading!" and I was like "Why?" and he was like "You might actually learn something." and Then was like "Remember, you only have a certain amount of space in your brain and you should save it for Photography." I thought that was funny..but then when he was setting up everything he started singing an old 80s/90s rap about staying in school..I think teachers (especially art teachers) should be like that..that way, the students can tell the teacher enjoys teaching and will give them more respect than if the teacher hated their job and droned on and on and on about the subject..the students won't care about a class if they can tell the teacher doesn't want to be there anymore than they do..but then again I'm talking about Photography (an elective) compared to a required class..students are more interested in a class they picked than the class that is required..

Other than that, my friend John (or Captain Keychain as we sometimes call him) got attacked by a homeless person a couple of days ago..I guess they hit him in the head hard enough to give him a "contusion" (sp?) and he defended himself very well with his 5+ pound key chain that is a combination of chains, locks, etc..he went to Grant and came to school yesterday with two bandages on his head..then also yeasterday, he starts wearing these Matrix/sleek wrap around sunglasses..add his keychain on his shoulder and he looks as if he should be in an action movie! I wanted a picture, but he had to go to work..but it's funny because he a sweet guy who wouldn't hurt a fly unless the fly was attacking a friend with a butcher knife type thing, yet he looks really tough and when we were talking about our ideas for the best wedding (like my toga party idea), he described a WWF Wrestling idea..so that's cool..