Hey!
Well its another beautiful day here in Syracuse! I love this weather! Its been in the 70s or 80s ever since I got here and very sunny! Its a complete contrast to whats in store for the winter so every ones enjoying it while its here! There are always people hanging out on the Quad these days, playing Frisbee, tanning, or just chilling out. Its a beautiful spot to sit and you're bound to see people you know walking by. Not much else is new here at Syracuse. We critiqued the project I've been working on in class lately. The professor mainly stressed composition in the critique as well as presentation design. The critique went really well actually, the interior design professor seems to be really skilled at walking that fine line of critiquing your work to improve your skill, but not making you feel inadequate at the same time. The constant use of critiques as a learning and improvement tool is one aspect of college that was very different from my high school experience. However, the more I practice them the more I learn and expand as an artist, even though sometimes they may be a slightly intimidating experience.

Well I hope you all are doing well and your college search or decision is going smoothly! Until next time!
Leeanna

Hello again,
So things are getting back to normal this week at Syacuse. The long weekend was fun and a nice way to ease into getting back to school. I've been working on my project for my interior design class and so far its been turning out nicely. Right now we're doing evelations on our well designed object. I've never done evelations before, which is drawing a 3-D object in a 2-D design, so its kind of challenging changing your mind set from translating the object as you see it into translating it into shapes. But, so far I feel that its coming out nicely. I'll have to go back later tonight to finish it.

My other classes are pretty interesting as well. I've always been interested in social psychology so that's fun. Plus its a lecture so its a less strenuous class than My interiors class. Sculpture has started too! We already got our first assignment which is a fastening project in which we have to make a sculpture without using welding and we must use a certain number of fasteners. It sounds like an interesting project and definitely open for exploration. However, its a little intimidating using the large metal machinery, haha but I'm sure I'll get used to it. Plus the instructor is always around to help.

Well, not much else is new with me! I'm looking forward to JuiceJam this weekend and I already bought my ticket! Blockparty is coming! yay!
I hope you all are doing well! Until next time!
Leeanna

Hey I'm Back!

Hello Everyone!
Well I hope everyone enjoyed their summer, I know I did, but its back to school here at Syracuse University! I am very excited to start classes this year because I will actually be starting my major! yay! Last year was fun and all with the foundation classes, but finally I will start preparing for my actual career choice. In fact we got our first project already on the second day of classes! It sounds really interesting too. I has something to do with taking a well designed object, anything actually, and making it into a scaled inhabitable space. I mean, there are so many other components and drafts that go into it but that is the bottom line. I'm also thrilled at the fact that there are under 30 people in my entire graduating class of interior design students! That means that there is a lot of room for individualized attention and the professors were telling all of us how we become like a second family because we spend so much time together in studio.

I'm also getting used to apartment living this year! My roommate and I have started figuring out how to grocery shop, cook actual food, and the importance of doing the dishes afterwords. I like living on south and the buses really arn't as bad as I thought they would be! They run every ten minutes so you never have to wait that long and the bus stop is pretty much right outside my building! Its also really nice to have my own bathroom and bedroom, it doesn't get much better than that on on-campus housing!

Well I'm glad to finally be back at SU. Summer was fun but you start to miss this place after about the first month. Its great to see all my friends from freshman year and to get back in the swing of campus life. Even though I hear the classes are going to be challenging, I think the experience is going to be well worth it!
till next time, Leeanna

last blog!

So my friends its finals week! yay! lucky for me I only have one final, a multiple choice test in Art History, so Im not stressing that much. I finished my last paper yesterday. It was a five page thesis paper on Hermann Ebbinghaus and his contributions of memory research. It wasn't that bad though because it was only five pages and I like psychology! its actually my minor! But all the same I was excited to get it done with. I started packing my stuff from my dorm room too! That was kind of sad. I can't believe my freshman year is already ending! It feels like I just moved in yesterday! But so much happens in your freshman year that it is mind boggling to think of all the new experiences and things that have happened just in these few short months! AMAZING!!! Whats even more crazy to think about is that I only have three more crazy years left! You learn so much your freshman year about life, class, art, and yourself its like nothing else! So I guess in my last blog I would encourage you to enjoy your college search and get excited about finding where you want to experience this growing process! and if you've already decided on Syracuse we can't wait to see you! and get ready because its going to be insane!!

Hello everyone!! So Mayfest was fantastic! The weather was beautiful and I got to sleep in so late! My friends and I lounged in the sun for a while before I had to finish up a 2D foundations project. We had to make a board game, we made "Go Otto!" it was a trivia game about Syracuse life and history! It came out pretty well actually! We made little Otto pieces and orange slice cards! The board was a big orange too, it was very Syracuse looking. So after I finished that up with my group it was time for Fergie!! Yay!! The concert was amazing! Fergie and Sean Kingston sounded so good and there was also a local band called "Sophistafunk" they were pretty good openers too. Fergie even talked about going to PitaPit! I love PitaPit! It's a local resturant on Marshall street that has the best pitas!

So as far as academics go classes are winding down! Only 3 more days of actual classes! So basically I have one more test, an art history quiz, and a time arts project. For time arts we are making a film of a personal narrative! It's interesting, but I'm a little camera shy so talking about my life on camera is a little awkward at times. Haha. Well I hope everything is going well in your college searches! Enjoy the good weather!

Hello all! good weather is here in Syracuse! yay!!! its been in the 60's for the last week or so and is supposed to be 70 today!! I am so excited! good weather like this makes going through the winter so worth it! Nothing else is really new here though, the semester is winding down so all the projects are starting to be due. In fact I just turned in one project and two papers yesterday which was a big relief. I only have a couple more projects to do, and one more paper then its summer!! I'm excited to go home for a while and hopefully I'll be able to visit some of my Syracuse friends over the summer as well!
Mayfest is next week too! That should be so much fun! Fergie is coming and I can't wait! Other events are happening too, and what's more there are no classes for that day! Yay! So thats whats happening here in Syracuse! I'll talk to you later!

Spring!!

So it seems like spring has finally arrived in Syracuse!! Its in the fifties today and is supposed to stay around there for the next week. Hopefully this weather is here to stay! Not much else is going on though. Classes are starting to heat up with the end of the semester, all our projects are nearing their deadlines. I also figured out my housing for next year! Thats a relief to get that done with! And I can't wait to start my major next semester! The classes look really interesting and I'm excited to finally meet my professors. I liked the foundation courses but actually taking interior design courses is going to be so much fun!