School

Alive and well

2010-10-11T21:29:00.000-07:00

I know, I know. I haven't been keeping up on this blog thing like I said I would but at least it hasn't been six months since my last post.

School is going pretty good, I am keeping busy with school, work, and homework. My class schedule is pretty easy on MWF with intro to advertising and then I have work WF from 12:45 until about 10 at night which isn't to bad. TR is really busy though with digital photography at 8:30 till 11:30 and english from 11:30 to 1 and web development from 1 to 3 and then I get to relax and do my homework.

I am working back at the Shakespeare Festival again doing the same thing. I am a supervisor again this fall and it is going pretty smooth, the only fire wasn't on my shift and I just had all of the high school kids come and watch shows during my watch. I had to work a triple on Friday because of the high schoolers and I was suppose to work another double but I was able to talk the other supervisor to trade me one shift for the evening so I had at least somewhat of a Saturday.

I have been keeping busy with my photography. I did some head-shots for a friend of mine in the theatre department and another one of my friends in the theatre department gave my name and number to one of the directors and I am now doing a photo call for one of the student shows here on campus. Photo call is just a night after the show were the cast stays in costume and does certain scenes from the play starting from the end and moving to the start. This is because the actors are already in their end of show costumes and the scenery is set up for the end of show.

I miss everyone and I hope I get to see all of you guys really soon and I will try and keep up to date on this here blog but i am not sure when the next time will be!

Austin

he IS alive!

2010-07-11T23:35:00.000-07:00

I know what y'all are thinkin and yes I am alive. I know that I have slacked pretty hard on keeping this thing going over the last year but I will try and do better this year!

Work has been going on for the last few weeks. We have been really busy this year! Ticket sales are up 20% from last year and I got a raise this year so I am getting a little bit more dough. This year instead of just working at one theater I have to work at both the indoor and outdoor theaters. So far work has been pretty calm. We have only had a lot of wheelchairs and no dogs yet this year. I have made $30 in tips this year as well. We are discouraged from taking tips but nowadays any little bit helps!

This summer was a lot of fun! I was able to go to Yellowstone for the first time and see all of the cool geothermal sights and take some pictures of all the different animals there. It was good to just have some time with my mom and Royce and not have to worry about work or school or anything like that.

I also got to go to the supercross finals in Las Vegas this summer with my dad and everyone. It was really fun and a new experience. Lots of girls there ;) and a lot of exhaust fumes but that I was expecting. It was fun to experience that and see something that I enjoy.

School is going to be pretty easy going this coming semester. With just one class on MWF and three classes on TR I am going to be pretty busy with projects and homework but I think I will survive.

I hope to see everyone soon!!!!!!
Austin

Flikr update

2010-03-11T22:23:00.000-08:00

I have updated and added to my Flikr account,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/t-bird_cameraman

You have to select it, copy and past it into your address bar.

Sorry I forgot to let you all know, all the black and white ones at the start are the ones for my class and I had to develop all of them myself in the creepy darkroom here at the school :D

Check it out!

Austin

WOAH! It's already March!!!!

2010-03-09T15:51:00.000-08:00

I know, I know,

Long time no blog. I have been pretty busy lately with all these projects that I have to do for my classes. But I am now starting to find a little bit more time now that I am getting fewer and fewer projects because of Spring Break and the fact that finals are almost here.
Spring Break starts this weekend, Saturday to Sunday with no homework will be heaven! I don't really have any plans for it though, however I am still in the planning process. I do know that I am going snowboarding again with some friends at least one last time for the season, but other than that I don't really have plans. Who knows maybe I will just go snowboarding every day with a different group of people or something, that could be fun.

School has been going pretty good I guess. My large format photography class is for sure my favorite this semester. I am shooting with film and I have to develop it myself in the dark room and the 4X5 camera is a whole new realm for me to learn but it has been fun. As soon as I get more time I am going to upload the pictures that I have taken in that class to my Flikr account and I will put them on the other blog too. The other studio class that I have is 3D Design, that has been a more challenging class but it has been good. For one of the projects that I had to do in there was to make a 7X7X7 inch cube out of cardboard and put some kind of object into it that would hold the form of the box. I decided to use chewed gum. Luckily my friends all pitched in and helped me chew all the gum. It took a lot more gum to fill the cube than you think and I even put a smaller cube in the middle so I wouldn't go broke buying gum. But all that chewing did me good, I got a good reaction from the class, lots of "ewwwwwwws" and "Aww sick!" That was by far the best project I did in that class, in fact it was so good my professor wanted to put it on display in one of the cases outside of the classroom and I figured that I would let him, everyone that I talked to about it was surprised that it was mine and they all told me how sick it was, that could have been because it was slowly starting to fall apart in the case and was making a mess so I had to throw it away the other day so the case could be cleaned.

As for this summer I have yet again got a job with the Shakespeare festival and I will be doing the same thing that I did last year. Ushering. But it is a job and it is a pretty good job at that, nothing really bad to complain about and I did meet some awesome people because of the festival. This year the 3 Shakespeare plays are
-Merchant of Venice
-Macbeth
and - Much Ado About Nothing.

well I am procrastinating some work so I really should get it done.
Till next time,
Austin

Classes

2010-01-14T17:11:00.000-08:00

Hey all, long time no post.

I have been kinda busy lately with classes and homework all ready. I am only into week two of classes and I am busy, busy, busy. I have a big plate full this semester. 17.5 credits in fact. I am taking:
3D Design
Intro to Film
Chemistry
Large Format Photography
Art insights >:P
and SNOWBOARDING!
I like all my classes even though they have just started. I REALLY like my snowboarding class though. I don't have to go on any certain day of the week just when ever I go snowboarding I just have to let my professor know and I have to get a minimum of 20 hours. I actually just got back from a nice day of boarding. It was great! My two roommates Sean and Shay our friend Dillon and myself went up this morning and were up there all morning. The weather was cold and foggy but the fresh powder and the great runs made up for it by far. I already have 14 hours for my class and I am going next Sunday with a bunch of my friends from Arizona. I forgot to mention that with the class I had to get a season pass for the class but it was at a discounted price and I got it for about $100 cheaper than normal. I love it!

I'm going to go sit in the hot tub with the guys and some friends and relax the rest of the night, I have a long drive tomorrow. I have to go to Arizona for my friend Kaylyn's wedding. I am going down with Dillon and his girlfriend and we are going to stay at Kaylyn's house until Sunday when we are going to head back up here to Utah.

Until next time,
Austin

P.S. here are some pictures from today's board session.

Christmas Break

2009-12-16T15:38:00.000-08:00

Finally the winter break has begun, I am sitting around at my moms right now with a few days.....well weeks actually instead of days. It is going to be really nice, no work to worry about or anything nearly school related :D. I am really excited to be home for a little while and I can't wait to see everyone at Christmas!!!

Austin

Long time, lots of stuff going on.

2009-12-03T14:46:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, it has been a long time since I updated and I haven't been up on it like I was last year but more homework this year.

Thanksgiving was lots of fun, I went to my dads house for Thanksgiving this year and we had a lot of food! we did a big breakfast of French toast and eggs and all that was followed by delicious food all through out the day!

I left good ol' Emery County and I get to wait one more week and I get to go back for the Christmas break. I can't wait to see everyone up there! It's going to be a nice visit and so good to see everyone and catch up!

I do have a bit of cool news though! My friend Kurts brother is getting married in a few months and his original photographer that they lines up to take the engagement pictures flaked out on them and so they asked me to do it for them and I get to do that on Friday! It's really exciting and still more good news! My friend Kaylyn is engaged to my friend Kurt and they have also asked me to take their engagement pictures AND wedding pictures. I'm going down to Mesa for new years to take the engagement and spring break I get to take the wedding pictures and hopefully I can make my name known here in Cedar and take more pictures for other peoples weddings and make some money!

That is all for now, I need to go study for finals next week.

Austin

Classes

2009-11-02T17:31:00.000-08:00

Well folks it is that time of year again. I am choosing my classes for the spring semester and it is looking very full already. I am taking chemistry with a lab, large format photography, a small computer class, intro to film, and the ever evil that is art insights. I am going to be very busy this up coming semester but it will be full of fun!

Austin

SNOW

2009-10-28T07:17:00.000-07:00

This is the second day it has decided to snow here in Cedar,yesterday we got a skiff and this morning I woke up to the sound of a snowplow. This is going to be one great Halloween!

Vollyball and Deer

2009-10-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

This last weekend was the start of the deer hunt, I didn't get my buck but I did get a shot off at a real nice big buck but missed :( I had a good time up on the hunt with everyone and it was really fun to hang out around the campfire and all that.

After I got back home on Monday afternoon I hit the sack early because I was so exhausted from the deer hunt and then Tuesday classes were really easy thank goodness! Tuesday night I went to the Volleyball game here on campus with some friends and we were asked to participate in a competition with my friends and other people and we had the chance to win a ton of prizes and all that, all we had to do was serve a volleyball over the net and hit the prize. Unfortunately no one hit anything including me but we all had fun and it was exciting to do it after last year and the bungee basketball thing. Unfortunately our volleyball team lost and it was kinda depressing but oh well there is always the next game!

Until next post,

Austin

Long time no write

2009-09-21T20:00:00.000-07:00

Hey there family,

Been a while since I have updated, I know. I have been pretty busy lately with school. I have been doing well and of course keeping busy like I said, my classes have been going pretty good. Web Design 1 isn't exactly what I thought it would be but it is just as much fun. My drawing class is going good, still not a very good drawer but I am improving so that is always good. We are drawing from reference photos right now and I really enjoy the one that I took, I'm going to put it at the end of my post. English is ok, it is at a really bad time because I'm up early for web design and then I have a HUGE break and then English so it is really hard to stay awake and get everything that I need to do but I manage.
I have some good news though. I have a job for a few more weeks now. I am back working for the Shakespeare Festival as a House Manager again but this time I am a supervisor, I get paid $35 a show and I only work for about 4 hours a show so it isn't to bad. The shows for the fall are all ok. Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged is by far the funniest and the best one this year, and that isn't just my opinion. Lady in Black is suppose to be scary but I was rather disappointed in it and Tuesday's with Morrie was ok. I still like the book better though.
I am really liking school so far this year, the place I am living is really cool and it is a lot cheaper than what I was paying last year. So that means more money for food right now :D I am still friends with all the same people as last year. In fact I am at my friends, Kaylyn, house right now typing this up. We have been having a lot of fun and over the weekend we went to the abandoned train tracks here in town and took some really cool pictures with my camera. They are all up on Facebook so they are there to take a look at (way to many to upload here onto a blog :P) I haven't been taking as many pictures as I had hoped to so far but the semester is still young and I will have plenty of time to take more!
Connie and Frank stopped through on Friday on their way to Bryce Canyon and took me out to lunch at Hermies, the best burger place in Cedar City and the maker of the number 5 hamburger in the state, it was really fun to catch up and visit with them and talk to them about my classes.

I have a little bit of homework to finish up for tomorrow so I had better get going, I'll try and update a little more often I promise!

Hugs to everyone,
Austin

School already

2009-08-26T23:36:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all

Well school started again on Monday. I'm pretty happy with my class selection even though I know I'm gonna hate the work I am going to have to do. My Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes are
9:00-Nutrition and Food Sciences
10:00- Drawing I
12:00- American History
I don't get a single break between these classes so I am always starving by the time I get out of history. Drawing I is going to be really hard for me because I struggle with drawing and that kind of stuff but I am confident I will get a fairly good grade.
Tuesday and Thursday's are pretty easy.
8:30- Web Design I
2:30- Writing About Art
I do get a break between these two classes, a fairly large break but it is well needed. Web Design is a 3 hour class and the entire time I'm in front of a computer monitor.
That is my schedule for this fall semester. Not to hard but enough to challenge me and make me learn new abilities that I may not know about myself.

As for work.... I am on my last week now. Sunday is my last day. I have to help clean up the theater and the grounds just to say thanks to SUU for letting us use their grounds and buildings. I have had a lot of fun with this job but I am kinda glad that it is ending. Some people just drive you crazy and others are just so nice. Some people can be really mad about something so small and minute when that same thing will make another persons day a little bit brighter and my job is to please both parties. It just started to get frustrating is all. I will miss some of my co-workers and some of the people that I was able to get to meet through out the summer.

It's off to bed for me right now, long and early day for me tomorrow,

Love ya all,
Austin

another long few weeks

2009-08-03T09:00:00.000-07:00

Hey y'all,

These last few weeks have been pretty long but at the same time they have went by pretty quick.

Work has been going rather smoothly and there hasn't been a whole lot of excitement, we have started a count bored in our little office area and we have been keeping track off all the little random and odd things that have happened. We now have.....
1 naked baby
1 Broken window
1 broken door
7 stray dogs
1 guy with a gun
1 patron loose control of their bowls
1 drunk patron
and countless angry or upset patrons.

We still have a few more weeks of work and I'm sure I will be able to add to the list here.

My Dad and everyone came down for some baseball games here in Cedar so it was good to see everyone (minus Tylynn) and talk to them a little bit.

My Mom and Wendy are going to be down here on Saturday to see As You Like It, 'it is one of the best shows that is playing this year', exact patron words there.

That is all I have to update right now... School starts in a few weeks and I get to move into my new place in another week :)

Austin

Work

2009-07-20T13:03:00.000-07:00

So these past few weeks have been pretty busy at work. We have had at least 730 people for our evening shows and around 300 for the afternoon shows. But there has been a few crazy nights as well.

The first crazy night we had was the opening night of Comedy of Errors, there was about 3 minutes left in the show and one of the stage crew members broke a big plate glass window which we had to get cleaned up right away so patrons wouldn't walk in the glass and all that fun stuff, the second crazy night happened just this last Saturday, I was standing at my post waiting for the free pre-show to end when one of the girls I work with needed help dealing with 2 stray dogs that were running around the area. I had to catch the bigger of the two dogs times because he broke a leash and escaped our make shift kennel. That same night we had a man with a .22 pistol in his pants and he was trying to get into the outdoor theater so we all had to look for him and make sure the gun didn't make it into the theater, for obvious reasons, we were able to find him and take his gun from him for the night and hold it in our office.

I went on a hike this last Saturday as well on a trail up Kanarraville canyon. It was a blast, we had to walk through a river almost the entire time and climb up a couple of water falls and we got soaking wet but it was well worth the blisters, the cuts,and the cold. It was very beautiful country and was a really fun hike.

Off to swim now,

Austin

That has been my last few weeks at work for everyone, the weather down here is extremely hot but really nice.

Mini-update

2009-07-03T12:14:00.000-07:00

So the weather here in Cedar has been great but the other night while I was at work it started to rain and it wasn't just a sprinkle, it was just a straight downpour. We had to move the greenshow, the free show that is held out in front of the Adams Theater, inside along with the first act of Henry V. I volunteered to stay outside and help people get inside and get them pointed in the right direction. Well there was a tour bus full of elderly people that had come to see the show so I and my roommate helped the bus driver pull up out of the water, watch the video, so the people wouldn't slip and we helped them get over to the show. At one point or I should say several, I was hoping from the sidewalk to the street to help people cross the gutter and a few times I did get wet from almost slipping or the water splashing. Well I was helping this gentleman across the gutter and he had a bum leg and the best way for me to help him was to just put my foot in the gutter. I know no big deal but after you see the video you will understand. I got soaking wet, but got him across ok. After that I had to help set up rainstage, where everything that was outside goes inside, this included helping angry patrons and stocking playbills. After the play started the rain pretty much cleared up and the rest of the night went pretty smooth. I also got this cool picture of the Randall theater on my phone.

update

2009-06-30T15:36:00.000-07:00

I figured I should keep updating this since I started is again for work....

Work has been pretty good. Been a lot better now that training is over and work is actually starting. Yesterday (Monday) was the first day that I had to work with people who bought tickets to see the show even though it was just a preview. It wasn't at all that hard to do. Give directions to the restrooms and answer a few questions here and there and that was about it. I think it is going to be a lot of fun once things pick up. The longest part of the week is going to be the nights we have to work the long shows which are Henry V and As You Like It. the are each about 3 hours long and it gets kinda boring when all you can do is sit and watch for people so they don't walk by the theater during the performance. My favorite play though has to be The Comedy of Errors. It is really funny and it is short, 2 hours, and there isn't a whole lot that you have to pay attention to, just watch and laugh.
Another great kids show is "The Secret Garden". I wasn't able to see this or the other that are playing at the Randall Theater but I did hear nothing but good things about all of them.

As I have been writing about the plays I have been trying not to sell them to everyone but I can't help it. Comedy is great for kids, lots of colors and tons of laughs. Henry V is a history and it does get a bit tiring but it is a good play, lots of fighting and "blood" so not so great for kids, that and it is 3 hours long. As You Like It is a good little love story with some humor and some fighting in it, it is also not so great for kids due to the length of the play. Last and not least, the Greenshow is free to everyone and excellent for all ages. Lots of songs and dances and some funny skits and things to get the audience involved.

Just saying...if you are looking for something fun to do for the summer, USF (Utah Shakespearean Festival) is the place to be. ;)

I've done my promotion for the summer,
Austin

Work Training

2009-06-23T14:29:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I know it has been awhile since I posted last but I was enjoying my summer.

For the summer I went back to Emery County to hang out with some old friends and my mom and dad and everyone. It was a lot of fun.

The trip up to Seattle was really fun and good for me. While I was up there I looked at the college that I want to go to and I was able to get a tour of the photo labs and where all my homework will be done.
It was really fun to see Rob and Heather again and to meet little Maisey and Gus. They are such a good looking family. We went with them to a Mariners game one day and to Pikes Place another and water watching as well. I got some really good pictures of the trip but I can't post them up yet. (I'll tell you why in a minute)

I went camping with the Gillins family after getting back from Seattle. We had a lot of fun going out riding the bikes and paintballing and just sitting around the campfire. It rained most of the time we were up there though so we didn't go on any really long rides or hikes or anything.

Now I'm back here in Cedar City for work. I started yesterday. We are just training for this first week and then on Monday I really start to work. Training has been going good but really, really, REALLY slow. The ladies that are doing it just like to tell stories about when they did house management.
The place that I am staying at is really nice but small. So far it is just me and my old roommate Sean that are living there but that can change.
The appliances are funny though. We have this really small stove and no microwave what so ever. There are a lot of foods that need to be microwaved that are easy to make. I also have no internet at this apartment that is why I can't add pictures of Seattle of the camp trip. I am sitting in the school library checking everything I have like emails and facebook.

It is BEAUTIFUL weather here in Cedar City so I am going to go out and enjoy it.

Your working kid,
Austin

Almost done

2009-04-25T12:59:00.000-07:00

Hey family,

This is my last full weekend here at SUU for this school year. It is kind of depressing, leaving some really good friends for the summer but then it gives me a chance to visit my old friends and of course my family and that I get to make new friends this summer when I come back in June and when classes start back up.

As for the Cabinet position that I was running for...I didn't get, but it is ok because I get to work with the School Spirit Coordinator and I get to remain the president of Thor Corps because I am the head of the Thor Corps Board. I'm not sure what happens or what I will even do yet but I'm just glad I get to get to do something with the student government.

Today I am almost done with my hardest art project yet. I'm really excited to see it all finished and to see how it looks all around. Sorry but I can't put a picture up of it right after I get done because it wont be dry enough for me to bring it back to my apartment but as soon as I can I will post a picture for everyone with the finished relief and the picture that I used for the relief.

I'm off to work on my webpage portfolio for my digital imaging final.

Austin

Upcoming

2009-04-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

Hey family,

Finals are coming up fast and I feel unprepared. Go figure. My hardest class is Philosophy but I have faith that I will do well on my final in that class and I have been studying for that class pretty dang hard. All of my other classes are going good, nothing to difficult but I still have a week of regular classes left.

I am going to be moving back to Emery County May 1st because I finish with all of my finals on Thursday. It will feel so good to sleep in and not have classes for a few months but I think I will get bored quick because I wont have anything to do during the days really. I don't remember if I mentioned in my last entry that I did get the job with the Shakespeare festival. I can't wait to start and to be making money again. Working here in Cedar helps me with more than just one job. I can apply to some of the stores here during the summer for a job during the day and then I can have a job after the festival is over. I'm hoping I can find one though. :S

I had my interview for the student government position a few weeks ago and I have been so anxious to find out if I got one of the positions that I wanted. I will finally get to know tomorrow sometime. I can't wait to find out, I am so excited to be making a change here with in the campus and student body.

It's time to get back to studying now,

Austin

Good Friday

2009-04-10T09:06:00.000-07:00

Hey family,

This week has went by super fast.
I went in for an interview for the student government position I applied for, I feel like it went well but only time will tell.

Also, some great news. I got the summer job at the Shakespeare festival that I was trying for. I start work on June 22 and I am going to move in June 21 if not earlier. I had the chance to stay here in Cedar after school to help move some furniture and stuff around for the place where I will be living but I would never make it back home so I decided not to. I want to see everyone for at least a little bit.

June 4- 10 my mom,, Royce, and I will be staying in Washington with the Heather, Rob, and Maisy. I can't wait to see them and finally visit Washington. When I'm there I want to visit the art institute in Seattle so I can see if I like that school and if I want to go there after I graduate from SUU. I can't wait

After the trip to Washington Royce and I are going camping with my dad, Tedann,Ryker, Tylynn, Tate, Bo, and Jerica (yes I know I spelled them wrong. It is early in the morning for me) and the rest of the Gillins family. I'm not sure where we are going but it is going to be a way fun trip and I can't wait to go on this trip either. This will be the only time I get to go camping this summer unless I want to make a short trip up the canyon here in Cedar on a Sunday and come back Monday afternoon so I can work.

Until later,

Austin

Long Weekend

2009-04-05T12:09:00.001-07:00

Hey all,

This weekend has been a long one, it started off just like any other weekend, sorta. My roommate Cameron was inaugurated into his position of the Humanities and Social Sciences senator for his college so I went there with him to attend and see the new student body president give a speech. It was nice though, after I was invited to a nice dinner with the new and the old student body president. That food was good and it was free to me so it made it delicious.

After that I got back to my apartment to just hang out for a little bit and play a little halo with my roommates, after a few hours of that we decided to play a game Cameron learned when at a retreat for his new senate position. It is called Werewolf, you just have 2 or 3 werewolf's, depending on how many people are playing, a fortune teller, cupid, hunter, little girl, and witch. Basically everyone tries to find the werewolfs and kill them before everyone else dies. It is a really fun game. we started playing that with a few people from our floor and the one below us, we started at 11 and we finished at 4. after that game we came back to our apartment and made some waffles because all of us were starving. When we finished eating we came back to good ol' halo. I finally got to bed at 5:30.

After that long night playing werewolf I was up at 9 to go paintballing with some of my cousins in St. George and my friends. I have a really big welt on my neck from where I was hit twice, in the same spot actually, and a few other places.

All in all I had a long but fun and exciting weekend full of laughs, bruises, and long naps.

Hope to see you all soon,

Austin

Spring break

2009-03-22T08:58:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

Spring Break is coming to an end today and it looks like a pretty windy day. I enjoyed having a full week of classes off, minus getting my wisdom teeth out. It was fun to see my Mom, Royce, Dad, and Tedann for a few days just to visit. I just wish that spring break was a little longer, I am no where near ready for classes to start again and have to fall into the rut once more.

I got an email the other day on the summer job for the Shakespeare festival here at the school, I emailed the lady back telling her what I wanted to do and now I just have to wait to see if I need to be interveiwed or if I just get the job. Fingers crossed!

Can't wait to see everyone again!!!

Austin

Non the wiser

2009-03-16T21:18:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

Just a small update for right now, I got my wisdom teeth out today. Fun I know. I didn't swell up to bad but a little still. It didn't really hurt getting them out either, but I was numbed up pretty good and I had some gas to help me. Hopefully I will heal up pretty quick, I want to eat food normally again!!! The Doc didn't put me on any hardcore pain killers either, just a few Advil and Ibuprofen every few hours and an antibiotic, which we learned has amoxicilin in it and I am allergic so now I have to watch for rashes and bumps to see if I react to it or not. The best part is that I only had 3 so I can say I'm still just a little wise still ;)

Your sore mouthed college student,

Austin

Really late post

2009-03-11T21:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the really late post everyone.

Nothing really fun going on here in Cedar City right now. I went paintballing with my dad, Tedann, Royce, Tylynn, Ryker, and Tate this weekend with Kyle and Carla and all of them down in St. George. It was a lot of fun, lots of welts all around and I was just glad I got to shot my dad up a bit with some paint!! This week has been fairly exciting I guess, it snowed about 3 inches the other day ruining the good weather we had and my roommate Cameron ran and won a senate position for his college, Humanities and Social Sciences.

This upcoming week is spring break and boy I can't wait, well I probably could, I get my wisdom teeth out next Monday but I guess it is better now than later, I will only be home for a few days though. I have an art project that I need to finish. I'll post a picture of it when I am all done :)

The week right after spring break I am going to be submitting an application for a cabinet position for next year here at the school, I'll have to touch up my resume and make a good impression with the new Student Body President, who happens to be a friend of mine, ;) so I'm sure I have a shot at it, that and no one usually goes for the position I am going for...

Other than that it has been pretty calm and quite here in Cedar City, still no word on the summer job, tomorrow though, the lady is suppose to be in her office tomorrow so my roommates and I will call her and see about our interviews.

Until this Friday,

Austin

Friday update on Sunday

2009-03-01T21:23:00.001-08:00

Hey all,

This weekend has been pretty slow. Just discovered parts of Cedar City on Friday night with two of my roommates and one of our friends. Yesterday I did absolutely nothing, literally I sat in our apartment doing nothing. Today I went shopping and just chilled here at my apartment with my roommate, nothing new or exciting really happening. Hopefully this coming week will be more fun and exciting!!!

Love ya,

Austin

Just a short

2009-02-24T09:25:00.000-08:00

Hey all, I know it isn't Friday but I have to put this up.

At all the basketball games the school does little fun games for students and fans to do, win a shirt for this or that and the cheerleaders throw things into the crowd, the typical, well one of the activities that they do is called bungee basketball, my roommate Sean and I have wanted to do it since we first saw it but they never came and asked us. Well last night we were at the last home game for the girls and there weren't to many people there and all of a sudden there is this girl asking us if we wanted to do it, so of course we did. It was REALLY fun even though I didn't win, I still got a free shirt just for doing it though :) Enjoy the video, I am the one that gets yanked onto my butt! :D

PS. Sorry it is a lot slow, the video was taken on a phone and it didn't like the format of it so much :P I made 1 basket too

Hey there Fam

2009-02-20T16:00:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

This past week has went by so fast, I think it is because of Presidents Day, but it has been fun too. Today has been such a nice day that some of my friends and myself went and played Frisbee on campus. It was really nice, no coats or jackets and just getting out and doing something was really nice, tonight we are going to a black light dance on campus and then going to hang out. Tomorrow I am going to try and get down to St. George and play some paintball with my cousins down there and some of their friends. Those of you who notice the time of my posts will notice that I am WAY early today, it is just such a nice day that I am going to go and hang out side in the nice weather while I can, not sure how long it will last so I figured I would take advantage of it while I can.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Austin

2009-02-13T22:37:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

This weekend has been great so far, even though it is just Friday night. Today I was able to skip my classes, nothing really going on with the long weekend and all, so I went with my roommates Sean and Cameron and our friend Kadi. It was a blast, we were there right when they opened so there was no line and I was able to improve my skills, the little that I had. It was a fun day but when we were leaving the wind picked up and made things horrible. I had a lot of fun and the weekend is still not over.

This past week in classes has been pretty intense. Lots of meetings and getting ready to run for student government and planning out activities for my club. We are going to have a booth at the Summer Special Olympics in St. George in the Olympic Park. It is going to be fun and a great way to contribute to the community. I can't wait to help people and have some fun.

Until next week,

Austin

One more down

2009-02-07T01:03:00.001-08:00

Hey all,

One more Friday down a lot more to go, classes have been going good, I had my first test in philosophy last week but I have yet to see my grade on it, hopefully next week sometime. I have been busy trying to find a picture for my silk screen relief class. I think that is my favorite class this semester. I have already got one project done and I am working on my bigger one. I am going to post a picture of the web image I used and the final relief print on my pic blog. I have also posted my digital imaging class photoshop project on there last week.

I was a little sick this last week but it didn't really hit me until Thursday, I just laid in bed and slept and drank a lot of gingerale. When I did feel better though I thought that I could sit through a play here on campus but I was wrong, luckily the friends I was with didn't want to stay to watch the rest of it so we went home early.

Tonight my friends and I went to the Miss SUU pageant and watched that. That was pretty good but it got pretty boring at the end. After we came back you my apartment and just talked.

My week has been pretty busy yet boring, not a lot to talk about, hopefully something more exciting next week but I'm sure nothing can beat lil Maisy! Congrats again Rob and Heather, she is so cute and you three look like a very cute family!

Austin

Darn Cardinals

2009-02-01T23:19:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

Just giving an update. I have been really busy lately. Meetings after class on Monday and Wednesday for student government, I took my first test of the semester last week. I studied hard for this one and when it came time to take it I realized, philosophy isn't that easy at all. I know I did pretty well on it anyway. This weekend has been quite busy but fun filled, my roommates and I had a small party with just a couple of our friends and we all cheered for the Arizona Cardinals. They were so close but as soon as the Steelers made that lucky last touchdown we knew that the game was over. The Cardinals just could not get a break from the ref's either. Call after call kept going to the cardinals when there was no way that it was their fault or could have avoided it, but there is no use in crying over spilled milk. At least the game was close at the end.

I have class at 9 tomorrow so I should probably go, I'll update you next weekend sometime!

Austin

Friday update

2009-01-24T09:47:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

This past week as been nothing but busy, it was nice not to have class on Monday though so that helped me out a bit. Tuesday was class and then Wednesday was typical class but at 7 my roommate Sean, student body president Jon, the controller of money in student government Cody, and Myself all participated in the first annual Greek Week. We did a relay race which we took 4th in because I couldn't tie a stupid toga and I'm not sure what we got in the donut eating contest, Sean took place in that and took 2nd in our heat. After the eating contest we participated in a trivia game where we took first overall, Jon knew all but 2 questions because he is the president he had to learn all of them and pass a test on them to become said president so we had a slight advantage over the other clubs.

Friday night I had to partake in a club presidents training session because...well I'm a club president, it was really informative but it was so boring at the same time. There was a make your own fajita bar though and that was good and made the whole thing worth it. I got out of that at about 7:30 and went to the last event of Greek Week which was a TOGA PARTY, who woulda guessed? It wasn't that much fun though, there were only about 30 people there and the music was to loud for where they had it so my friends and I left early and went and just hung out.

Next week I have a full week of school and then starting this Monday I have to go to a meeting on Monday and Wednesday every week so I can learn how the student government works because I want to run for one of the positions for next year but that isn't for a few more months.

I have to go study for a test on Monday, next blog up asap!

Austin

New Semester

2009-01-11T23:31:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

The new semester has started and boy is it a big one. My schedule is pretty full. With philosophy, art 1010, and digital imaging 3 times a week I don't get out of classes until 5 but I don't start until 11 and I get an hour break between each class and Tuesday and Thursday I just have one class at 1 and that is silk screen/relief and it is pretty interesting so far. My classes have been going ok so far but I know that they will just get harder the further into the semester we go. Philosophy is going to be a hard class for me. I can tell because of all the books I had to buy for it. I have to read some Plato, decartes, and the professors book. I have already been studying hard for that class but it is nice that every 3rd week he gives us a break from class for the day. I am really enjoying my digital imaging class so far. We are just covering some of the basics in photoshop and I have already learned some cool new features.

Outside of classes though I have been busy as well. I am participating in the Greek Week Greek Olympics with one of my roommates. I don't know what I have to do for it but I am pretty excited for it.

The weather here has been really cold we got A LOT of snow just before the Christmas break and one of my roommates, a friend of mine and myself went sledding down a small hill that wasn't very good. I tried to snowboard down it and fell both times.

I hope everyone is having a good January and that no one has given up on those new year resolutions ;)

Your college kid,

Austin

Christmas Vacay

2008-12-29T21:33:00.001-08:00

Hey all,

It has been so nice to just sit and do nothing for the last 2 weeks. It was really nice to see the family again though.

For Christmas I stayed with my dad and Tedann. We had some fun when we got a hold of rockband and got to see Tylynn and Tedann show off their singing capabilities. Christmas was very eventful. I was up at 5 to open presents with my dad, Tedann, and everyone else and then at about 11 Royce and I went to moms and opened more presents and just hung out with her for the rest of the day. We played some rockband and that was fun. Mom can sing pretty well as long as she knows the song and Royce is the expert on the drums, literally, he plays the expert difficulty on nearly every song. There are still a few that give him trouble but he keeps working on it.

Friday Royce, mom, and I went up to SLC to visit everyone up there for Christmas. That was a lot of fun. On our way up we ate at the Wingers in Spanish Fork and I was able to visit an old friend and co-worker who works there. When we got to Wendy's we visited for a little bit and then went to bed so we could get up and hit the hills for some good ol' sledding and a few of us went snowboarding. We were there for a few hours and for once I'm in some of the pictures, thanks mom for taking them. I will try and post these pics up soon but I'm not sure exactly when.

I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday and a happy new year soon to come,

Your tired college kid,

Austin

GRADES!!!

2008-12-14T12:52:00.000-08:00

Some of my final grades have been posted! I really wish I could have done better in psychology though but I did still pass. I have all but 3 of my classes grades, I will update them on this blog as I find them out.

Photography- A-
2-D design- B
Art insights- P (just a pass/fail class)
Psychology- C-
Information literacy- ?
University Orientation- ?
University 1000- ?

A bit early

2008-12-11T14:47:00.000-08:00

Hey family,

I have just got done with my last final for this semester and I am so excited. 3 weeks of nothing but sleeping in and hanging out with friends. I just had 3 finals today, Thursday, and I feel really good about all of them. I am going to hang our here on campus for a few days and head back to EC on Tuesday, mom and dad, I am really excited to get home and go snowboarding and seeing my friends from high school and just chill. I was up studying forever last night getting ready for my psychology test and I did just fine, I just have the feeling.

I just wanted to let you all know how classes have been going and my week so that is it. I hope you all have a great December and that you all have a merry Christmas.

Your college kid,

Austin

Late update

2008-12-04T19:51:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, sorry for my late update. It has been a little hectic around here lately. It is the week before finals and we are all in a flurry of studying and cramming. I have been studying as much as I can and trying to get some of my projects that are finals done. I am going to post a picture of my one final project but I am not sure when but I will ASAP.

Thanksgiving was a blast this year. I got to see all the family and just hang out. The food was great and I loved being able to see everyone. It was so much fun to see everyone and all the little ones running around and that will be running around soon enough.

Christmas break is right around the corner here for me, literally, my classes are done on the 12 but I am not going to head back to EC until the 15 so I can just hang around here and make sure I have everything I will need for a 2 week stay in the middle of no where. I am for sure bringing my snowboard back home with me, I have to have something to do with my other college friends that I left back home. I am excited for Christmas just because I get to see all of my old friends and bug some of the teachers I left behind and hang out with my still high school friends.

This is about all that I can do for my last 2 weeks, nothing really exciting happening. I am off to study some more for psychology.

Your ever vigilant college student,

Austin

:D

2008-11-16T00:56:00.000-08:00

Hey all, Just another update.

Classes have been going well but I am having trouble coming up with an idea for my 2-D design class. We are suppose to paint something that shows rhythm and I can't find anything to paint it on. this is a dilemma as the assignment is due on Monday :S. All of my other classes are going well though. I was able to sign up for classes on Wed. and I was lucky enough to get into my second photography class but I will have to wait for my drawing and web design classes until the fall when they are offered which will suck.

I still haven't found a job yet but my dad and uncle Kyle know a guy that works at Questar and I may be able to get a temp job there replacing some meter things. It is only for 2 months but it is about $9 an hour plus how ever many new meter things I install. I am still waiting to hear back about the security job I put in for and i am still looking for a job. No one seems to want to hire right now. Fast food place like McDonalds isn't even hiring right now, it is crazy.

I am going to be able to make it up to see every one this coming weekend. I can't wait to see you all! It is to bad that you guys couldn't come up during Thanksgiving :(.

It is getting late now and I should get up early so I can do my assignment for 2-D design so it is done and ready to go.

Missing you all,

Austin

My week in a glance

2008-11-08T12:14:00.000-08:00

Hey all,
My week has been fairly busy. This Wed. I had a retreat for SUUSA and got free pizza and then we played wallyball. That was so much fun. My classes have been good, not a lot going on just some assignments and preparation for finals.
This weekend I played night games with some friends and we went back and watched a part of Aladdin and then we went to Little Ceasers and ate pizza on the top of the only parking garage in Cedar City and just hung out. When we went back to the girls' apartment we just sat around talking for a little bit and then we started to play Twister. This week has been a lot of fun, I haven't had a real dull moment this week which is really odd. I am off to play some more wallyball with some of my roommates and some of the girls from downstairs.

Can't wait to see you all,
Austin

An eventful Halloween

2008-11-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

I hope you all had a happy Halloween, I know I did. I went trick or treating last night with some of my roommates and some of the girls from across the hall and below them. It was so much fun just because we actually got some candy. I was dressed up as a gangster and I looked so good that my roommate Sean dressed up as one too. We went up to some houses that sit up on top of this hill and we actually made a nice walk through a lot of houses and streets but we ended up back at our apartment for a little bit eating candy and trying to figure out something fun that we could do. Our friend Kadi from downstairs went trick or treating with us and she also hung out with us after our candy fun time trick or treating. Sean ended up leaving to go help his friend with some car troubles he was having so Kadi, Ryland, my other roommate, and I just sat around talking for a little bit and at about 12 we walked to the Maverick right down the road and they got something to drink and I just went for the fun. At about 2 though we walked to Dennys for breakfast. There was a big dance that the school put on and a lot of people went to but from what I heard it was pretty dumb, but when we were at Dennys we had to wait for a table because almost everyone who was at the Howl had the same idea as we did but we got an early table because some groups left just before us. We saw so many strange and funny costumes. On our way back to our apartment I had a sudden idea. i waited for no car in front of were our basketball stadium is and I climbed up on top of this big statue of a horse that is in front. It was really really stupid at the time but it was fun. I am going to try and put the pic up so you all can see :D. All in all, after we got back Sean was watching tv and we all just talked for what seemed like a few minutes but turned out to be about an hour and a half. I didn't get to sleep until about 5 in the morning.

Now about school. All of my classes have been going well and they have been fun but nothing really exciting to talk about. I have to do my work for my 2-D design class this weekend sometime so I can turn it in on Monday but it shouldn't be to hard. My photography class assignment is due on Wed and I haven't started yet but that is because I have no idea how to do an abstract picture :S.

That is about all that is happening this weekend and such. I will update again on Friday :D

Miss you all,
your college student

Austin

cough cough

2008-10-23T22:59:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

The past week has been a bit slow but pretty eventful. I went deer hunting this past weekend and was able to skip classes on Friday so I decided to stay the night at my moms and Royce and I would go up to camp with our dad on Friday. It was tons of fun. Other than that none of us saw a buck to shoot, although my dad, his friend Chris, and I hiked up a small mountain and saw ourselves a coyote and we shot at him. After 6 shots he still got away but he was going to be picking some rocks out of his fur. It was lots of fun.
School has been going good. Classes have been fun and pretty easy going. I took 3 tests last week and I found out my scores for 2 of those tests. I did really well on my Art Retrospective class test. I got 27/30 so that brought my average up in there. The week before I took this last class the school sent home a letter notifying me that I was in danger of failing the class but that is just because we don't do any assignments in there and just take a test after each section and at the time of the letter we had only taken one test so I much not have done so well on it :S. The second test was in Psychology. I scored fairly well for studying the wrong material. Oops on my part. I got a mid B on it so I was still happy with the score I got. Tomorrow I will hopefully find out the score from my photography test. I am also turning in a self portrait for our assignment this week, it is at the bottom.

I have been pretty busy with Thor Corps. stuff lately. I have to attend a second meeting every month that is just for the presidents of the different clubs and we have been planning a few activities and on Halloween we are doing a car for the LDSSA and SUUSA trunk or treat. Then depending on if I get approval we will be doing a small game for a big club fund raiser, but that all depends on if we have the money.

On the deer hunt I have gotten a small cold and have been taking medicine for it like I should. But I accidentally bought night time cough syrup and took it just before my one o' clock class so, of course, I totally zonked out in the middle of the professors lecture and woke up just in time to have roll taken so that means I was out for about 15 minutes. I have learned my lesson and have started to read the labels of my medicines.

Can't wait to see you all at Thanksgiving!

Your stuffy headed college student,

Austin

A little late

2008-10-13T08:19:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

Sorry for the late post. I was busy all weekend goofing off and studying. Classes have been going good like usual, my professor for 2-D drawing had a conference to go to so we only had that class once and my critique group for photography was on Wednesday so I had me a nice 3 day weekend. I have 3 test this week though. One in psychology, art retrospective, and photography. It should be a lot of fun.
This weekend was a blast though. We had a little party Thursday night. We had almost everyone on our floor come to our room to play poker and some board games. It was a blast. Then Friday one of the girls from across the hall came and hung out with us until 2, but that was because she got locked out and no one else was home, so we just talked and had a good time. Saturday I went to the girls soccer game. It was freezing. It snowed the last 5 minutes of the game and it was a mini blizzard with that bone chilling wind and the snow. We did win the game,3-0, against West Minster. Sunday we watched some of the football games and then went out and played a little catch with a football. Don't ask me how but i was able to find time to study this weekend. I was surprised at it myself.

In other news, Tanika and I broke up this weekend too. We just couldn't get the distance to work. She was always working and doing homework and I was always running around doing SUUSA and Thor Corps stuff. Don't say sorry and all though. This stuff happens, it is just how life is.

Your ever vigilant and busy college kid

Ausitn

Happy October

2008-10-02T19:27:00.000-07:00

Hello all,

Hope all are having a good October so far. I know I have :P.

I have finally got the all awaited picture of my "girlie friend".

There you all are. Hope you enjoy, I know I do ;)

So far my October has been a bit slow. Just been to classes and such but I am going on the Elk hunt this weekend so there is something exciting to look forward to.

This past week has just been classes and one flag football game. I have been having a lot of fun with the student government and getting things planned for football games and the tail gates. I was interviewed for the schools news station because I am the president of the Thor Corps, I will post the Youtube video as soon as I get it. That was an all new experience and a little hard to do because I was pretty nervous. But it is going to help me when I run for the school spirit position on the presidents cabinet in March. I hope I get it. I really like doing activities and planning things out. It will also look good on resumes and help me in learning more about leadership. :) I am already planning ahead.

Thought I would let everyone know that I am going to be bringing my "girlie friend" to Thanksgiving so all of you can meet her in person. I know you all will like her.

The college student you all know as

Austin.

P.S. I am attaching a link to Tanikas blog. please go read and let her know how you feel :D Thanks much!

http://tanikaslifesofar.blogspot.com/

P.S.S I have followed Summers suggestion and have started a second blog just for the pictures that I take for my assignments

http://ausitnspics.blogspot.com/

Love ya all

Austin

Flag Football

2008-09-24T23:01:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

Here is a mid-week update.

This week has been pretty good. Not a lot of work and not to busy.
This week I don't have any classes on Friday. :) lucky me. My 2-D design professor has a convention that he has to go to so he canceled class on Friday and my photography class is only meeting with half the class for critiquing pictures and my class did it today.

Now I don't think I have talked about this but I signed up with a few of my roommates and joined an inter mural flag football team. we have played 2 games . Our second game was today and the other team was just ridiculous. They started off with illegal block for flag football with basketball screens. I don't know how you get those two sports confused but they did it. Well one kid on the other team was rushing our quarterback so a teammate and I were defending him at the snap. This kid was about 2 of me tall and built solid. The way he kept rushing me was illegal for flag football. It was called bull rushing. I don't know. But the one time he did it he knocked me to the ground, no big deal, 5 yard penalty in our favor and I didn't think twice about it until I started to walk a little bit on my foot. I got me a nice bruise on my ankle and the picture doesn't do it much justice but you can see the bruise inside the yellow circle.

Just wanted to give a small update :)

Austin

2 Yards

2008-09-20T20:28:00.000-07:00

Ok all. Today has been an event packed one. This morning I woke up at 6 to join in the Sorrel 5K. I walked with a couple friends and a really nice lady that we met there. That doesn't sound so bad but when I finally got to bed it was 2:30. My own stupid action. lol. Well I had just enough time after the run that my roommate, myself, and a friend came back and made pancakes for breakfast. They were really good but I just couldn't eat more than 2. After breakfast I was in the homecoming parade and just walked and held a banner. Lots of fun.

Then the fun started. I was at the tailgate party and was just handing out more shirts but I was enjoying it more this time. I got my face painted as you can see in the picture, and went to the football game. That was fun but a HUGE disappointment.

We started the game pretty even 0-0 until about the second quarter when the other team got the field goal for 3. Following that they got a touch down and PAT but we came back with a TD and PAT. We stayed there for a little bit when we had a miracle play and got ahead by one point. We were in the 4th quarter and we all thought the game was over when..oops, fumble here and punt there. They got up another TD.
Depressed we tried and tried when we finally got to the goal line with 30 seconds left and 2 yards to go for the tying TD and point winning PAT. Our QB ran back and threw his first pass. interception but lucky for us he was out of bounds when he caught it. We then tried a run play. We lost yards. So once again the QB threw a pass. It was right there in the receivers hands when... he wasn't quite tall enough but the guy behind him was. Interception. We lost the game by a full TD and one bad play. I have no voice, my face is painted still, and yet no homecoming win.

Oh well I guess there is always next year.

Austin

In depth weekly update

2008-09-18T20:18:00.001-07:00

Hey y'all

Back again to give a more in depth update on my week. If you missed my short one from earlier this week you should read it.

This week is homecoming and there for we have a lot of activities going on and the best part. FREE FOOD. I went to the homecoming bbq tonight. I wasn't able to enjoy it to much because I had my evening class tonight at 7 and that cut out all of my fun with the bbq but oh well. The class is more important. I am excited for the game on Saturday because it will be a HUGE party and a lot of free food. It is also the first game with me being the Thorcorps president. I was able to finish the constitution with some help from my freshman board adviser.

Classes have been going really good. I handed in my first assignment for my photography class on Wed. and tomorrow I am turning in my drawing for 2-D design.
I finally had my first college test on Tuesday in my psychology1010 class and it wasn't to bad. A little different than what I am used to but I wasn't expecting the same old. The best part is that I had my second college test today in my art retro class. It wasn't to difficult but I didn't understand some of the words used because I didn't have them in my notes and we don't have any textbooks for the class so I wasn't the only one to guess on those questions.

Hope you all are doing well,

Austin

Quick update

2008-09-14T19:54:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

This is just a quick update on a a key subject I know you all are wondering on.

I am now dating a wonderful and beautiful girl named Tanika. She is an amazing person and she is very smart. She was in the honor society and was one of the tops of our class (we went to high school together). She is going to UVU now but I know that we can over come the distance. I spent the weekend at her grandmothers house and we just connected on a deeper level. She is a very special person to me. She has helped me through a lot of stuff and has been beside me every step of the way. Every minute I spend with her I have a hard time thinking of anything else or concentrate on anything.

I will do a longer more thorough update later this week

Austin

SUUSA

2008-09-10T22:10:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

Hope you all have been doing well. Classes have been going well this week, nothing new has happened in my classes but outside there is news. As I have said in a previous blog i believe but just in case....
I am in a school organization called SUUSA. It is the student association and as a member I just help out with some of the different school functions and there is a branch club that SUUSA is over called Thorcorps. It is a club for students to join that gets them seats to the different sporting events and they cheer loud and proud. Well this last Saturday there was a football game and the different sections of student government hosted different activities at a tail-gate party. I was in charge of handing out T-shirts to the students who signed up for Thorcorp. The freshman board leader kept a steady eye on all of the activities that SUUSA was in charge of.
When I was at our weekly meeting tonight I was appointed the president of Thorcorp. Here I have to write up the club constitution that all of the members must follow. This posed me with a bit of a problem and it is a good challenge for me if I want to run for any position on the student government for next year.

The job hunt is going a little slow but tonight I applied for a job helping disabled adults in the community. This was recommended by my one roommate and RA, Cameron, who works there. I am hoping that I get this job because I need money :-s

That is all I have for right now, I hope you all are doing well and best of wishes =D

Austin

Another week

2008-09-04T21:18:00.000-07:00

Another week has come and gone along with just a painting assignment and the continue for the job hunt.
Classes have been ok this week. Started a bit slow but that is because of the long weekend, which I hope you all enjoyed safely. I started off easy with UNIV 1000, just reviewed a paper, and our prof. for PVA 1040 had to attend his mother-in-laws funeral so we didn't have class and then a good lecture in PSY 1010.
I had homework to do today though for my 2-D drawing class where I had to paint a work without making it look like the word. It was a bit challenging at first but I finally got it. I hope it is done right though.
Saturday I am helping out at the football game with SUUSA and getting a freaking awesome shirt. I am hoping to get some good pictures at the game. :)

That is about all I have to update for now

Best wishes to all

Austin

P.S. try and see the word in the picture

Classes

2008-08-26T20:51:00.000-07:00

I have been to all of my classes as of today. They all look like they will be fun but I'm a little worried about my 2-D drawing class. I have a hard time with drawing anything and now I have to have a ton of sketches and an actual drawing for class. But I have met a lot of new people from my different class'. I'll give a quick outline of my days:

MWF--1:00pm/2:50pm is 2-D drawing--3:00pm/3:50pm is photography and that is my day

TR--9:00am/9:50am is University 1000 (required for school) --10:00am/11:20am is Art Retrospective--1:00pm/2:20pm is Psychology 1010

That is my week in short and it isn't to bad but it keeps me busy. I have enjoyed my first week with my roommates. We have played poker twice until about 3 in the morning and just chilled and hung out messing around and stuff. I can't wait to really get into my classes and start on the work.

Hope to see y'all soon :)

Austin

The Move and roommates

2008-08-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

Hey all, new to the blog thing but figured this is the best way to keep everyone up to date on what is going on here in Cedar City and how school is going.
The big move was on Tuesday August 19. With a wake up at 6 and leaving a little after 7 and a quick turn around for a left cell phone charger we made it to Cedar at about 12. I had all of my stuff moved in for the most part at around 2. We had to make a run to Wal-mart for food and things that I needed for my room and kitchen.

I met one of my roommates that night. His name is Jed and he is from Riverton. It is such a run of luck because we did go to elementary together. I met my second roommate the following day.His name is Sean and he is from West Jordan and pretty cool. He and his girlfriend made dinner for everyone one night on accident. I do have to say it was quite good. My third roommate is from Delta and that is about all I know about him. I haven't really seen him to get to know him. The fourth is from Hawaii. We all call him Bucky but his real name is Christian. He plays on the baseball team and is a BIG boy. He is really funny though. The last room mate is also the RA for our floor. His name is Cameron. He is really cool and is a laugh to be around.

So far school hasn't been to bad but classes start tomorrow so I will have to see what happens from there. It shouldn't be to bad. With 2 classes on MWF and 3 on TR (R=Thursday) I'm really excited though. Hope all of you are doing well. I'll try and keep a post up every 2 weeks or so just to let you all know what is happening. I have met a lot of cool people and am hoping to meet a lot more!

Austin

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