My week in photos

I haven't had much free time because of school. It has been a busy week...everything is going on at once...getting a little overwhelming. I am so happy that I have a good friend at school that I can joke around with and get along with. There are many people in my studio who are upset with their partners and if you asked me a year ago, I would have guessed that I'd be in their shoes now - but I'm not and it is really nice. My studio team consists of my friend, my cross cousin, and I. We joke around a lot which makes things bearable. The jerk teacher I mentioned before has been an even bigger jerk. I really don't get what the point is of wanting to be hated. I mean...I'm sure he would love to be liked, but the way he goes about things...everyone just gets annoyed by him. I'm usually very quiet in school and don't speak out but I called him a douche bag on Friday (I yelled it out) because he made fun of a guy in the auditorium in front of everyone. I didn't think it was funny. He isn't funny, but he tries hard to be by making fun of others. I don't like people like that.

Other than that...I have had some problems with my left eye. The day before my mom came home from the hospital, my eye got super red. I washed it with tea and wore my glasses, but it wouldn't go away. Last week I tried to make an appointment with my doctor, but he was busy. I have been having a light and constant fever, and my left lymph node has been swollen, so it I'm sure it is an infection. The redness is almost completely gone now, but I'm scared of wearing contacts. For 2 and 1/2 weeks, I have been wearing glasses....I don't like wearing glasses....bluuuuuu bluuu..hurry up and get well soon, eye <3

What else......I am always taking photos with my phone, so I'll just post some here. WARNING....LOTS OF PHOTOS AHEAD:

New mascara - haven't tried it yet cause of my eye.

The door to my studio - code is 7741 (come visit!!)

My friend's desk

I loved this movie

Split a fortune cookie with a person from my class

Barnes&Noble with my best friend <3

breakfast while watching that movie with Julia Roberts where she keeps running away...

My desk in studio

My friend and I over the weekend trying to build our site model. It is heavy.

Messing around early in the morning in the Mac lab.

Lunch today

Monday's lecture

My studio desk again...

My friend made this with her phone.

TIME FOR ME TO SLEEP <3 Have a good week, everyone~ I hope I get to update soon again <3

It's Been a Crazy Week

Last Tuesday....I was sitting infront of the computer after a long day of cleaning the house. People were gonna come over the next day. Everything was calm. Then Wednesday came....relatives came over for Armenian Christmas (Epiphany) and then they left past midnight. Thursday morning the craziness began with rushing my mom to the hospital and then staying there until Sunday. Monday I started my first day of the spring semester. I am now in 3B. I have to classes on Mondays and Wednesdays....Environmental Studies and History of Modern Art. My Environtmental Studies proffessor is a super sweet Chinese man. He is so cute. He is an engineer and he has promised us to make us like engineers....apparently architects and engineers have hateful relationships (??) so he wants to change our minds. I have never felt that way towards engineers and I hope I never will~ My Modern Art proffessor is sooooo over the top. He is gay and not afraid to show it which I love. He is super excitedness and always makes hilarious comments. He is really funny and curses A LOT but he says he only does that to keep us awake. Most important, however, is that he is very understanding~ Both professors are~

Tuedays and Fridays I have Studio 3B. According to EVERYONE it's the hardest studio...just cause there is a lot of pressure to do well because it is the midpoint of your schooling. We have portfolios to turn in at the end of the year and it will decide if we can continue studying architecture. I am nervous but I'm prepared to work hard. I have a normal instructor...and by that I mean...he is someone who doesn't have a complex. He is just normal...expects work but is understanding. One of the professors teaching this studio is someone I had in my first year. I hate him so much. Not because he assigned a shit load of homework...but because he constantly would throw out bullshit and make everyone scared. A teacher is supposed to be someone who you can go to and talk to...someone who understands what you are going through and leaves a positive imprint on you. This guy is just a jerk. I don't appreciate people like that. I got the only A in our class in first year and he made me feel as if he was doing me a favor giving me that grade. ASSHOLE. I DESERVED IT.

ANYWAY. For some reason I have been feeling down these past few days. I have tried to force myself to be happy but it's not going too well. My dad says it's cause of all the crap that happened this past week and that my body is finally calming down....I don't know. We'll see. Here are a few cellphone photos I took this week:

Recieved this Togepi as a gift.

Waiting in the ER

My dad, sister, and I outside of my mom's room

an 'abstract' photo of my dad hahaha

I sketched that ended up looking like Mamoru...

Played chess with my friend at a Carls Jr.

My friend from school and I texting

 Making soup for my parents <3

I hope you all are doing well <3

Great start to the new year...hahahah not.

I am very sorry for the lack of updates. Things have been crazy over here. We celebrated "Armenian Christmas" (Epiphany) on Wednesday. Everyone came to our house and everything was cool. The morning after...my dad woke me up cause my mom was in a lot of pain...She was almost screaming. My poor dad and I had no idea what to do so we decided to go the the emergency room. We got there at around 8:30...I took my mom in as my dad parked. She was in so much pain that it was hard to check her in. Once in the ER, a nurse came and asked about her...what she was on...how the pain is...etc etc. Finally a doctor came and looked at all the paperwork and decided to give her morphine and some other medicine with it. She imidiately knocked out. It was scary how fast she went. At one point I looked at her and she looked dead..and I started feeling sick. It was horrible. My dad was trying hard to keep everything together...but he was so tired. I tried to call certain people and let them know and get him things if he needed them.

At around three, they admitted her to some crappy room....she stayed there over night. I wanted to stay with my dad but he told me to go home. My two friends came over and we watched a movie. They told me I could pick what to watch...so we watched the Cowboy Bebop movie.

I woke up on Friday....visited my parents again....it was their 31st anniversay. My sister and I drove to a Swedish bakery in La Cresenta and bought sweets and took it to the hospital. I also got my mom a Hello Kitty balloon. She was happy we were there.

According to some doctors....the parkinsons medicine isn't helping her....so they are thinking that ALL of her problems are stress related. Another doctor was saying that she might be in some sort of a deep depression. She constantly worries about EVERYTHING. We have to convince her all the time that everything is okay and that she needs to relax and not give a fuck. It has obviously become a habbit for her, but hopefully things will be okay.

She might stay at the hospital till Monday...hopefully she'll be home tomrrow.

I am so tired haha.....my brain wants to shut off. My school starts in one day....I wish I could have had some rest. As long as my mom is okay, I will be too <3

I hope you guys are doing well <3

BRING IT ON, 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE <3 I hope you have (are having) a great time celebrating!!! ^______________^ <3 Here is a lame survey! YAYYYYYY <3

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?

I moved out of my home with my sister to our own apartment.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I didn't make any resolutions....I never do. I just hope for the best and let things happen as they do.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Hmmmm....my "ex-neighbor's" daughter is the only one I can think of that I know that gave birth...and I'm not particularly close to her...so no.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

A lot of people died this year that I knew, but I was not close to them.

5. What countries did you visit?

NONE ;_______;

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2011?

A positive constant in my life....emotional stability...and good health.

7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

First day of spring break - one of the worst days of my life...I'll never forget it.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

I haven't achieved this yet, but I am going to write is here because it's difficult. Being able to control myself more emotionally and to be strong mentally when things are tough is something that I have started to work on...hopefully I'll be a master of this a year from now hahaha.

9. What was your biggest failure?

Being able to make myself think positive  when I was feeling like crap. It really hurts me when I'm down...I should have done a better job with this.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

....unfortunately YES. I hate mono so much.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

This might be stupid...but I loved all of the pieces of cake I bought this year....I get so happy when I'm eating cake...chocolate cake, princess cake, ice cream cake.....etc etc. <3

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

My dad, my friends, my sister.....everyone was just wonderful.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

My relatives from my mom's side

14. Where did most of your money go?

School of course. Tuition, supplies, and printing.

15. What did you get really excited about?

Many things...Summer break, my cousin coming to visit from NY, going to the beach, new drawings, hanging out with friends.....the WORLD CUP!!

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?

HMMMMM.....this is really hard....maybe Undisclosed Desires by Muse...

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

– happier or sadder? the same I would say.... – thinner or fatter? the same – richer or poorer? the same

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Walked.....and had fun.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Procrastinate maybe...but this semester...I didn't waste anything...I just did work......but still..I'm gonna put that there.

20. How did you spend Christmas?

Slept at my cousins house while everyone else was partying hahaha~

21. Did you fall in love in 2010? No...that happened two years before I believe

22. What was your favorite TV program?

BREAKING BAD.....best show ever.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

LOL. I don't really hate anyone....I don't care about these things.

24. What was the best book you read?

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Moonsorrow and Ensiferum....and a couple of other "viking metal" bands

26. What did you want and get?

Good grades.

27. What did you want and not get?

Enough sleep.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

I enjoyed Inception....don't know if it was my favorite though...I can't think back to the beginning of the year though meh meh

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I was thrown a surprise party by my sister and my good friends. I turned 23~

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Ahhh there are so many things....simple things. Hanging out with friends I love more.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?

Black leggings.....comfort....

32. What kept you sane?

My best friend <3

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Christopher Hitchens

34. What political issue stirred you the most?

Wikileaks/Julian Assange

35. Who did you miss?

Whenever I am alone, I miss my best friend.

36. Who was the best new person you met?

I had met this person in my first year of architecture but I never got to know her that well. This year I became super close to a girl in my studio and we helped each other out a lot...

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.

That no matter how bad things get, life just moves on.

38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan

Doesn't really sum up the year for me...but I like Sagan and his quotes.

AGAIN~ I hope you guys have a wonderful new year filled with health, wealth, and most importantly, happiness <3