Arts Netball Initiations.

Clearly the netball "elders" were just doing it for kicks; we all clearly got in a state, most of us kept hold of our chunder bags... But I can now safely say we are officially part of the Arts netball team!

Being covered in flour and cider was one of the highlights of the night.

Not only did we have to wear bin bags as overalls, we had a cup taped to our hands and a body part taped to another team member, and also had to do tasks to pass the night.

At least these initiations are over, now all I have to be worried about is Sports Tour initiations.

Bring on Saloufest 2011 Sports Tour!

UAL at it's finest

Nay Nay, the roomie :)

I have to say I have definitely loved my time at UAL so far. Not only am I enjoying my course so much, I have met some great people along the way... And it's only the first term!

Summer At Its End

This summer has been one of the best by far, not only have I had some of the most funniest/random days, I have also had the chance to go away with mates to Malia and to witness Reading 2010 in all its glory.

Even though we had our ups and downs in Malia, it was one of the funniest holidays, and I got the best tan I have ever go, EVER. Also loved the fancy dress, even though leopard print wouldn't be my first choice, cavewomen was a class idea!

Then Reading 2010 went and blew me out the water, my first time at a festival and it was AMAZING. Crowdsurfing twice, scuttle scuttle scuttle, knicking peoples chairs, beer bongs, having soo much room for soo many activities, drinking from 11 in the morning til 4 in the morning. And the bands were immense, would have never of thought that people would of got rowdy in Mumford and Sons but they did, and I ended up getting some class bruises from it.

I couldn't of asked for a better lineup than this year's, and I had the best time watching it with the best group of people.

Inbetween Malia and Reading I got to go to a surprise party, see Sonic Boom Six (and chill with some of the band mates) and spend some quality time with great people.

Now as we speak I have 11 days til I move upto London to start my uni life. I can't wait to meet my flat mates, to wish I hope I get lucky and get along with all of them. And I hope I can make the cut on my course. So much to do and so little time to get prepared.

Fabulous

Not only is my girls holiday to Malia 6 days away, I have also found out that I got the student halls that i wanted for September! This makes me feel so much more at ease about September so all I have to worry about now is getting a job in good 'ole London. I then have Reading Festival to contend with in August, so with this I feel as if my life is heading somewhere.

If I had these trainers alongside these sunglasses I would be loving life even more.

New Beginnings

Since finishing college and getting a pass, I am now on my way to going University of the Arts London in September to study Set Design for Stage and Screen; now I'm not the best of people when it comes to dealing with change, but I have a feeling that good things will come my way in September.
I haven't really had the best of luck at the moment with money since paying out £180 to a fake site that I thought was selling Reading Festival tickets, technically I've paid £360 for a ticket so it best be bloody good!
My luck hasn't gone well with my health either as I've had a chest infection for at least a month and 3 weeks and the doctors that I've been to see are terrible! Let alone trying to even book an appointment as you have to call up on the day to book one for that day, and if you miss out on that day you can book one for the next day, no no, you then have to call up the next day and hope for the best. All I can say is I hope I'm all okay when it comes to going away on my first mates holiday with the girls and Jermaine to Malia.
By the end of August I hope to have had one of the best summers; being okay with all my mates, actually having money in my bank account, and having my student halls sorted so that I'll be ready for September.
All I can do is hope.

Time flys by when your having fun...

Wow, who would of thought that I would actually be completing my Foundation Diploma and off to university in September? To think in a week it will all be over; my exhibition would have finished, and I will be taking all my art work home. From then until September I will be living it up with my buds throughout the summer, going in Malia in July, then Reading in August...
I have met so many amazing people this year, and got closer also to some amazing people. I am lucky to have these people in my life, and I hope much doesn't change when I go London in September (even though I know it will, but who can blame me for wishing?)
I hope they all realise how much they all mean to me, cause I wouldn't be where I am/who I am without them.

Will I ever learn?

From now on I have come to realise that I am staying out of any feuds that consist of one mate and another mate. I get too emotional in dilemmas that don't include me, but somehow by the end of it I'm one of the deepest in the mess.

I'm hurting too many people, including myself and I'm just not strong enough. So I now consider myself as neutral ground to anyone that asks.
I am no longer going to hurt those who are closest to me.

Photoshoot Much?

Seems I can't get away from the photography scene, so I ended up helping out another friend in need with a photoshoot she had in mind. I would have to say I had such a laugh on set, and that her photoshopping skills are pretty much the bee's knees.

Paint Photoshoot

I have come to realise that I don't mind getting messy whatsoever, and if a camera is involved we will call it art. So I jumped at the chance of helping a friend with her photography exam which involved paint... Lets just say it was an embarrassing bus journey home.

Jasmin Bice Photography

Folding Paper

I have come to love the art of origami so much more because of my time at college. To which i have decided to try out developing my "skill" in that area, it still lacks greatly but im enjoying my time trying it out.

Won park's one dollar bill origami

Testers

Good 'ole London Town

Okay, so I haven't written on here for quite a while. This is pretty much because of sheer laziness on my account, and I shall try to keep more up-to-date with everything.



I haven't been up London and had such a random day for a long time. It was a pretty good turn out considering we were only suppose to go to the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery. Alongside this we ended up seeing a multi-million pound house being completely revamped, alongside making a cheeky appearance in the news (barely).

It happened to just be our luck for when we came out of the National Gallery to come across the Marie Curie Cancer Care's marathon finish line just outside. We ended up getting asked to hold the banner, and got a free t-shirt out of the deal.

I even managed to get some great artists to research for my Final Major Project, so all in all a fabulous day.


Yep, that's us to the far right in the crowd. We were there to cheer on Hugh!

Temporality

Temporality is a brief from my installation, video, and sculpture route at college. We had to think about what things in life are temporary, analyse different angles and perspectives then choose a topic to focus on. I've decided to focus on the human body, mainly on the chest, heart and lungs; and with this I have developed it further into focusing on breathing.
I thought to myself, how would I be able to capture breathing within my work? How would I be able to show this process in a video? This is when my college tutor suggested to video myself breathing, trying out different methods. All in all there were a few suggestions, one of which to video my chest expanding and contracting. I thought the best way to do this would be to video the top half of my back, so I think the best way to do this is to have a bare back, and to film it in the privacy of my bedroom.
So I put the timer on the video so that I can get into place and not get any other body parts in the shot that I would be embarrassed about when it came to showing my tutor what I had done during the half term. So I press the start button and quickly get into place; everything seemed to be going to plan, this was until half way through me showing how stupidly deep I breathe I realise that I didn't really think about how I was going to stop the video. I end up thinking my best bet is to pull the covers over myself and drag myself to the side so then I can turn the camera off without getting in the shot.
I decided to watch a replay of the video, just to check that the first part of the video was a-ok, it wasn't til I uploaded it onto the laptop that I realised you can hear Florence and the Machine playing You've Got The Love in the background from where Mini-Pear doesn't realise how stupidly loud the speakers are playing whilst being in the room next door to myself. I thought I might as well carry on watching the video as the rest of the video seemed to be running smoothly, and I could easily edit out the sound of Florence in the background, this wasn't til right at the end of the video when I managed to see that I had left my phone on the bed as I had walked off with the covers. It had looked like a performance, an installation in a way, if I had moved my phone, and realised the music playing in the background I reckon it could have gone a whole lot better.

This is why I should never attempt this method ever again without the help of someone else.

get my lungs sorted!

This is not one of the best weeks for me since the beginning of the year, don't get me wrong it wasn't the worst (that ones probably coming soon) I did have some fun times at the previous weekend. It was just as soon as Monday occured I knew this wasn't the week for me.

I had my first uni interview, to which I was told that my drawing skills weren't that good, and that with the work in my portfolio they would normally suggest a foundation year before going uni, but they said they realised that I was already on one, and so didn't know what to say. Fantastic no? what a way to boost my confidence.

This was only the start as i then had a doctors appointment on Wednesday about why I've had pains in my chest and why my breathing is bad. My asthma nurse came to the realisation, with all the tests I have been doing with my asthma, that my asthma is not the problem and to make an appointment with the doctors, when she could have told me this back in July last year. Apparently for my height, weight, and age my breathing was better than someone that is similar to me without asthma. And that my peak flow, when at its worst was the same as someone without asthma at its best. I suppose thats what you get from the lungs of someone dancing for 14 years. So I now don't know what's actually occuring with my body, but im still holding on to doing my dealing with black market dealers on a new set of lungs.

I also need to come to realise that even though I can't see how much is in my bank account when I pay by my card at the till that it is not never ending. I now have £55 to last me til Feb 26th. This will never happen. So now i have to work stupid amounts to put money back into the account, when i should really be doing work on the 2 topics I got from college during this "independant learning week". When the tutors only want a week off for themselves to relax, what a joke, they expect us to work instead.

I should really get my butt into gear.