Art: Self Portrait

Not quite sure where this sprung up out of but it was a side project that I did at home one night. Originally there was supposed to be more in the background but I liked how this came out so much that I just left it. Done in acrylic paints.

a PS: sorry I have been so MIA lately... lest you forget that it is finals week here let me remind you. It's finals week here. Thankfully no exams today but, as evidence of this timestamp at 4:30 am, I am fully awake and studying for Tuesday and Wednesday. Can I please just be home and can I please just stay there and be an artist for the rest of my life? Okay, kind of a joke, but I am missing being creative here and crocheting can only take you so far...

Some Photographic Scenes

Apparently my room has become hang out central - a typical night.

Evans window decorating!

Just trying to be racially diverse

The Chaos.

Favorite neighbors!

Masterpiece is complete! And if you're wondering, ours was totally the best window.

There was also an ugly Christmas sweater contest!

And I even got into the spirit by (kind of, sparsely) decorating by dorm room.

Here's to finals week and lots of painful studying and a 6 hour plane ride home.

A Typical Friday Night.

But actually not at all. 

Sorry all that my blog posts have gotten a little less frequent. It is now officially the time for studying for finals and I have been studying like the good college student that I am. Okay, I've been sleeping and crocheting a lot too. 

Last week a prospective student from SB came to visit and check out Gordon. Since her brother goes here I didn't really have to do much but lend her my floor space. Regardless, we had fun during the time that we got to hang out. Also, on Friday, I babysat for the first time in a long while and it was hectic. It also reminded me that I could hold off on having kids for like 20 years... at least. That's kind of a joke. Anyways, babysitting was fun and I got to do it with 2 new friends. And by new I mean from this year. After babysitting we came back and decided, "Hey, who needs sleep?" So we ended up playing the very fun, quickly competitive, game of Twister. Hello, yes I am in college and I play children's board games. Can I just say that Twister is significantly easier when you are under the height of 5 feet? Hmm, hence child's board game....

When you get taller you get to use your friend's backs to support you so you don't fall. Thanks Jenn.

Don't be fooled, it's really a look of pain.

As a side note, to continue on with the Christmas festivities here at Gordon I have:

1) attended the Winter Gala (apparently the largest musical Christmas performance on the North Shore)

2) ate entirely too much at the Gordon special Christmas dinner (hey, don't get between a Vander Ark and their food - we're Dutch)

3) helped decorate a window in Evans hall to spread Christmas spirit

4) made foam snowmen

5) built a 2nd place gingerbread house (chapel) known as the AJ Ginger Chapel

and sadly...

6) had no sighting of snow.

Pictures to come!

Winter at Gordon.

Apparently December and the Christmas season is a big thing here at Gordon. Who knows why because there's no snow on the ground, it's really warm, and... well, I'll admit, the campus looks really nice. I mean, it would look nice with a nice white covering too. I'm just saying...

December 1st kicked off Christmas at Gordon with the 'lighting of the bell.' I'll have to admit, I was a little confused when I walked outside and there was a tractor giving hay rides, but I guess that's the cool thing to do here. Other than that there were s'mores, hot chocolate, a bonfire, and friends. Oh, and then the bell lighting ceremony itself. Not going to lie, a little anticlimactic, but it did look really pretty and was well lit. Also, there was people singing the whole night so it added to the atmosphere what the lack of snow did not.

Sorry for the blurriness!

Nail Art

Really, should I just quit college and go to beautician school?

Okay that's kind of a joke. Regardless, I've been experimenting with some really cool nail designs inspired by youtube. 

Introducing... newspaper nails!

... and water marbling....

... the only downside is the clean up afterwards ....

But they look cool right? Here on E1E we're still experimenting to find the perfect technique but we've all decided that the process it quite fun.

College Art

Sometime last week Mckenzie and I got the pictures that we had been waiting for. 

We were super excited when they came.

Mostly because they were pictures of our faces. TONS of pictures of our faces.

Backstory: A while ago Mckenzie apparently did a cool art project with her church group or something and, seeing as how she also had 75 free prints from Shutterfly, we decided to recreate this project.

It's called modern art people. Get some culture.

It's also called not doing homework for the day.

Pretty cool right? I thought so. This still isn't the full project by the way, I added some more. And guess where we hung them up? Our window. Guess what floor we're on? The 1st floor aka EVERYONE who walks by our can see this. It is awesome. We were going to hang it in our hall but really, how boring would that be? And we're all about excitement here at Gordon.

Plant Killer

Remember those cool aqua beads I was talking about? I think I may have killed the bean plant inside.

It's not doing so well people. I guess I don't have my Dad's green thumb. To be fair, SOME people kept poking at the beads. Also, when I got back from Thanksgiving I realized that the root ends were up and the leaves were submersed in the aqua beads so I had to flip it. I also got a new container. I'm hoping the calcium bottle that it is now in will provide some extra nutrients. Suggestions?