College Come Faster

Well it's 1:36 in the morning and I can't fall asleep, nothing new here.  Granted, I slept until 4 in the afternoon today so it's kind of expected I would be up this late.

I was planning to spend yet another evening watching movies on Netflix but then I got caught up watching videos about going to college and what it's like and I just can't stop thinking about it.  As a senior in high school who's been accepted into her top choice, all I can think about is college.

I'm going to a fairly large University (around 17,000 I believe) and that's a HUGE change for me coming from an all girls Catholic school of about 700 maybe.  And I know that it's going to be a difficult transition BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SO EXCITING.  I don't know why but I just can't stop thinking about it all- living in a dorm with a complete stranger (who will hopefully not be psycho), walking to classes throughout the day, meeting so many new people, starting to finally do what I love (fashion merchandising), partying on the weekends (responsibly), and all that comes with college.

I know people constantly say "Oh don't wish high school away you'll miss it!" and yes I know, I absolutely will miss high school.  I LOVE my school and I have some of the greatest friends in the world and of course I don't want it to go away so fast.  It's not that I want to leave high school it's just that I want to go to college.  I want to be independent and live on my own and experience new things.

I can't wait to start buying stuff for my dorm and getting my roommate assignment (though it does make me a little nervous) and get to school and live on a campus and jsut alsdkga;sjbgd;kajbs COLLEGE YA KNOW.  And it really doesn't help my inability to be patient that I'm going to a school that I love.  It is literally a school with everything I could want - it has my major, the ability to study abroad, lots of internship opportunities, a program linked to FIT, IT HAS IT ALL OK.  I just can't wait to be out of where I am now ya know.

Well sorry that this post isn't super informative or helpful or exciting with fancy pictures and shit but it's just a rant from a girl who can't wait to live her life in college.  Holla.

Merci beaucoup.

Kate

Self Portrait

Within a couple of weeks I will be starting my senior year of high school.  I'm 17 years old.  I'm growing up.  Weird.

Okay that's beside the point, the point being- as a senior I am taking an advanced graphic design class.  Throughout the year, I will be building a portfolio to submit for AP credit so in order to complete it on time I had to start in the summer.  Well one of the assignments was to create a self portrait- it didn't necessarily have to be a picture of yourself.

Seeing as I take a lot of photos, I'm making photography the focus of my portfolio.  Rather, finding beauty in the normal, the usual.  I don't really feel like explaining it all because to be honest I'm not quite sure what my focus is myself I'm still figuring it out.  Regardless, this is what happened.  With the assistance of Photoshop and such, I created my self portrait.

It's not 100% complete but I like it nonetheless.  The concept here is that who I am, my self, my being, is made up of so much more than just me.  I am comprised of family and friends and passions and people I maybe have never met.  I like how the image seems quite simple at first glance - a picture of myself, though focused on the camera, I am still in the photo.  When you really look at it though you realize it's much more complex than that.  It's many images within an image.  And that's what I am.