Sorry I keep starting over...

I hate keeping a blog. Whenever I go back to old posts and read them, I have an overwhelming urge to delete them...and I do. Why do I even continue writing? Well, I still like the whole blog thing (in theory) and esp. with Jess and Andrew overseas it just seems like a good way to keep my bestest friends updated since the time difference can be a killers. So here's my hope... I am starting once more, but I don't want to delete my posts. I'm going to try my hardest to keep this up.

Let's see, it's winter break and I'm going to New York tomorrow with the fam. I'm pretty excited because I love New York and I've never been at Christmas time and I bet it is absolutly beautiful. We got tickets to A Chorus Line, which just reopened and then we are going to get tickets to Avenue Q. My family has made it clear they will not go see RENT with me, but trust me, it doesn't stop me! The only let down is the weather has been warmer and I was really was hoping for snow. Oh well.

So, I have some positive school news. Towards the end of the semester I was feeling really frustrated for a couple reasons. First, given the competitive nature of the two majors I was thinking about (graphic design and photography) it takes a couple rejections before you get in...well maybe not with everyone, but I know that is the case with a lot of people. Also, I think I was attracted to those two areas simply because they seemed more familar. When it came down to it, I don't really like the photography program at UGA because it is geared towards fine arts photography and I like commercial photography. I do love graphic design, but I don't know that I love it enough to make a career out of it. So to make a long story short, since it's my fouth year I was just feeling pressue to have an end goal. I mean, without a plan I felt like I was running in circles and it was so hard to get motivated. I also am not the kinda girl who can settle for something I kinda like, because I feel I am truly driven by passion. Anyways I was getting fed up and thinking school was not for me, but at the same time there was no more appealing alternative so I decided to voice my concerns and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. I am going to be a general studion major like Jessica, which I don't know why didn't occur to me before. I really like doing my own thing and I feel like this allows me to have a lot more freedom. It's also great because I don't think my art is really limited to one medium. Unlike a lot of students I never took art prior to college, so like this semester when I took painting that was my first time ever doing it and I loved it. I really connected with my painting teacher and shared a lot about myself and what drives my work. I've come to find what really drives my art is the passion I have for spreading awarness and education on social issues. My biggest influence is my grandfather, who was a Jewish American soldier, part of the 29th infantry, who liberated concentration camps. Going to Paris for the 60th reunion of Dday with my granpa and other soldiers really opened my eyes. Towns in Frace which were liberated by American soldiers literally shut down to celebrate these men. It was the most incredible display of gratitude I've ever seen. Little kids were asking people like my grandpa for his autography and I was just blown away. I have never seen anythiing remotely close in America. My grandpa was a professor at Emory and has aways instilled the value and necessity of education into me. I feel like it is so important to remember the past in order to move forward in the future. Things like the Holocaust continue to happen today and I really believe in the power of education. How corny do I sound? Anyways, I love using art in all it's forms to share these stories.

Hmm...what else, Oh! My cousin had a baby named Ryan Brett and he is so tiny. I've really spent most of my break with family so far. It's been nice.

Ok, I think that's good and I see no need to erase. I hope everyone is well and starting now, I will write soo read!! Yay!!

All my love!