I am honestly quite impressed with the amount of views my first post received. I was expecting a total count of 5 visits, and I received a number well into the triple digits, much like the weather lately (or at least it feels like such). So…thanks for reading! :]
Anyway, my first venture out of boredom I suppose will be in the realm of art (mainly because I want to stay in my cave of an apartment to hide from the yellow dementors outside that I call allergies). I always appreciated art and all of its various forms, but never took the time to hone my own skills to see if I could unleash a secret Picasso or Bob Ross from within. I chose watercolor as my first medium, kind of as a joke. I always associated the medium with grade school and figured mastering it would be a piece of cake. Yeah…I was wrong. I struggled with basic color mixing. I found myself referring to the color wheel… a lot.
My first pieces were pathetic, although I should have kept them to show the improvement. When I initially showed them to my boyfriend, I got a blank stare followed with a bellowing laugh. What a blow to my artistic spirit!
While my pieces are still nothing to contemplate about (“Oh, look at the passion in the blending of colors– I totally dig what the artist is trying to convey here! Disdain towards the capitalist empire that is Wall Street. Hmm.”), I am slightly impressed with my ability to go from second grade drawings of stick figures to semi-serious art pieces.
My first attempt at watercolor
<—Well, here is my first piece…ever. I think it was the next few paintings that were of the laughable grade.
Primitive color blending. Obviously not my strong suit...yet.
Painting with black is harder than it seems, and I was surprised about how meticulous you must be to get the same shade of black consistently throughout the piece. I think I get too much into painting that by the time I move back enough to see the piece as a whole it looks weird, like that main tree. It’s just standing there super awkwardly not knowing what to do.
Product of a YouTube watercolor lesson
So I was kind of impressed with this one because I painted each tree using two colors. I would paint the base color and then drip the second color on top of it and allow it to bleed through at various saturation levels. I am also impressed with the simple fact that I was able to paint tree-like shapes. Thanks, YouTube watercolor lesson guy (Frank M. Costantino)! Here is a link to the lesson I watched: Watercolor Lessons – Tree Techniques 1
Un-realistic Golden Gate Bridge
Here is my last watercolor piece for the time being. It’s this bridge in SF, you might recognize it…especially if you were a fan of Full House. I have a couple more pieces that I posted up on my Art & Doodles page.
On a separate note…It’s Friday! I think of Fridays as my last light of hope for the week, as admissions offices are closed on weekends…which sucks because then they can’t call me to let me into their incoming class. Here’s hoping to any news coming to me today! Not entirely optimistic, as the school I am applying to is supposedly not going to look at their waitlist until early June. However, at this point, I just want to know if the answer is a yes or no so I can know if I need to start preparing to re-take the LSAT. I mentally and physically cannot get myself to start studying for that test again unless I know for certain that I will need to retake it again. That is the worst test in the world (but don’t tell that to a pre-med student studying for the MCAT).
Admissions for law schools these days are rough and tough. It makes me so frustrated that if I applied to my schools last application cycle, I would have been accepted (probably with money too!). I blame the law school rankings. I hate those things…with a passion. Without those rankings schools would take a real holistic approach to an applicant rather than focusing on their incoming class GPA and LSAT score medians.
It should be noted that I am not complaining as to the legitimacy or the purpose of requiring the LSAT for admission–I completely understand the logic behind it. However, these rankings are making many regional or “lower-ranked” schools look like the equivalent of the University of 
Phoenix by spamming and harassing high scoring applicants to apply to their school for the simple reason of raising their LSAT median. I mean, I highly doubt that an applicant with a 3.7+ GPA and a 165+ LSAT score will truly consider attending Tier 2 schools (regardless of scholarships and stipulations) when they could easily be accepted into a truly prestigious law school such as Baylor, Cal, Michigan, Northeastern etc…. But that’s me just being a bitter waitlisted applicant due to a subpar LSAT score. This is probably why I don’t post on Top Law Schools because I would get ripped to shreds.
Movies: Donnie Darko(2001)
I don’t know why I keep thinking about this movie. I just watched it for the first time this year (late to the party, I know) and fell in love with it. Perhaps this is because Mad World by Gary Jules keeps on playing on my Pandora playlist? Super creepy but super good song….
Music: Florence + The Machine: Lungs
I have actually been obsessed with her for a while. The only thing I don’t understand is how Adele gets radio time but Flo doesn’t. They sound eerily similar, but I personally believe that Flo has more radio-worthy songs.
Food: Starbucks Coconut Mocha
Once upon a time I worked at Starbucks for a few seconds. I loved it, but the pay sucked. I also got sick of their coffee while working there. Now, years later, I am finally crawling back to them in times of desperation (i.e. when I am running late for work and can’t make my own hipster French press coffee). I actually stopped by one for the first time in a long time a couple of days ago and saw an ad promoting their new coconut mocha frap. Well, I can’t drink cold stuff in the morning and asked for the coconut syrup in a hot mocha. Let me tell you…when I tasted it…I wanted to break out in song! I am not a big fan of coconut, but it was magical. They even put roasted coconut shavings on top…delish!
Apps: JamKit by Qanvis (for iPhone) Cost: Nada! ($.99 for Pro Gear Pack Upgrade) 
One of my close friends actually made this app, and let me tell you, it’s pretty impressive. Reminiscent of Tap Tap Revenge (or Guitar Hero for those who haven’t played TTR), it combines elements of Simon and drumming with the option of making your own jams as well. I highly recommend the app if you have some time to kill in the doctor’s office or between classes. I hear it has become pretty popular in Japan, so it’s not just me who likes it!
*My JamKit friend has actually inspired me to get back in touch with the tech geek within myself. I shall delve into this more next week as I explore Java….C++…and Linux?
In The Waiting Line... 