Sam’s Blog

Warm summer outside.
Freezing cold inside my room.
I wear a hoodie.

This

Lackadaisy is a historical fiction set in St. Louis during the Prohibition era.  The artist uses a mix of black humor, physical comedy and lovely art to tell an engrossing story that’s had me following her comic since 2006.

…Why are you still reading this and not the comic?!

Seriously, at least go look at some of the paintings in the gallery to humor me.  Or buy me the book when it comes out.  :)

I think the last month would be best conveyed in list form:

• CHEMISTRY IS OVER.  I am pleased.  I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do with the chemistry minor I just finished, but mostly I’m just happy that I’m done.  Quant’s dying gasp produced a B, which is satisfactory to me at this time, considering.  This is my second B.
• I’m staying in Cate to work as an RA next year.  This also pleases me, since I really like the Cate staff and my center bosses.  I hope to be back in Honors (which is a part of Cate), but I’m resolved to be happy in whatever situation in which I am placed.  We should find out exact floor / house assignments this summer.
• Speaking of this summer, I’ll be staying in Norman to work as a summer RA.  I’m going to take a May intersession class that I can’t fit into my fall ‘08 class schedule due to conflicts.  I’ll also be working on a research project called a review article.  Undergraduates normally don’t get the chance to do these (it’s a pretty daunting task) so I need to take the opportunity that I have.  It’ll be a LOT of work, but should be worth it.  Maybe I’ll get published, maybe not… but either way it’ll be great experience.
• I didn’t draw for 3 months in an attempt to make myself focus.  I let myself pick up my tablet pen this Thursday afternoon and have been drawing like a woman obsessed since then.  Here’s a 40% zoom of the painting I’ve been working on for a while. Maybe someday I’ll have a poster of this, if it turns out well.  The original file is big enough for a decent sized print.
• Did I mention I’ll be staying in Norman this summer?  Yay human contact!  (Relatives aside… Though I love my family I do not have conversations with anyone in Muldrow that interest me for more than a couple of minutes)

So, yes.