Riddle

Hey team.
I am in a letterpress class called "type as image." In the class we will make images out of text. For example, last week I had an assignment to draw a fish but I could only use characters- like punctuation, letters, and numbers. This week's assignment is in riddle form. My teacher gave me a riddle and I have to make an image of the answer with the riddle text. It doesn't matter if this doesn't make sense. Basically the thing I need is help with the riddle. I have to solve it and then do my assignment. My room mates and I have come up with some ideas but I e-mailed my teacher and I still wasn't right. But I need to start my assignment and I can't even find the answer online (yep I totally googled it). Check it out:

I've heard tell of a noble guest;
man entertains him. He's not prey
to hunger pangs or burning thirst;
age and illness are unknown to him.
If the servant tends him well, satisfies
this guest who must go on a journey,
both will be happy in their home,
live in prosperity, surrounded
by a family; but there'll be sorrow
if the servant neglects his lordly guest,
his ruler on the journey. Think of them
as brothers, fearless of each other.
When they depart, together desert
one kinswoman (their mother and sister),
both suffer hurt. Let him who can
put names to the pair I describe -
the guest, then his servant, the host.

After I asked my teacher some questions, he said "It has very much to do with the pair and relationship." Any ideas would be very helpful.

Best Buds

Laura got married. She moved here in 8th grade from California and her parents bought a house about 200 yards away from mine. We went to girls camp at Bear Lake and she was in my group and the rest is history. We have played soccer and kind of tennis for a few years. I would pick her up on the way to the bus everyday (yeah I had to leave a couple minutes early to compensate... ha) and we would tell the other if they smelled like eggs and should probably use a piece of gum, or which boys we talked to on msn or chatted with on a walky talk at night, we rode bikes all through the summer and played night games. When it was time to go home at night we would walk to the halfway point between our houses and then say marco and the other would say polo until we got to our house- yeah, we were that cute. Laura got a scholarship to play soccer at SUU so she moved to Cedar a few years ago. She had to go all the way there to meet her husband who is actually lives on the street just off of ours. She got married on the last day of BYU's finals, so I scrambled during the week so I could be there. I knew they were going to get married this summer when I first saw them together, but it wasn't until the morning of her wedding that I realized I was losing a best friend. It was the weirdest thing, it hit me right as I walked into the luncheon and I saw her in her cute little wife-looking dress. Even though I didn't get to talk to her much on the day of, I got to sit with her siblings at the luncheon and it was awesome. We had a blast, hitting our glasses with forks every 5 minutes for her and Tyler to kiss. Anyway, here is a picture at the luncheon. Of course she is blinking. Story of our lives.

I also got to celebrate another best bud. Miss Malinda had a birthday. It almost felt like my own birthday, that's how excited I was. Her birthday fell on the day right after we got home from Jerusalem and I called her last year and so I think for me, her birthday is like a symbol of our friendship- it's like our anniversary a little bit.

Moral of the story: I love my friends. Plus, Laura and Lindy are both really pretty so they make for good models in my blog.

Portfolio

textile designs. poster.

branding: logo.

branding: envelopes.
branding: business card.
branding: letterhead.
CD package.
promotional poster.
invitation.
poster.

Tilda

best. niece. ever.

First Snow Fall

I was super pumped for Christmas right after Halloween. I started listening to Christmas music all the time, and it was great. But then the general public gets bugged and tells me I can't be full of holiday cheer until after Thanksgiving. So I waited. Then Thanksgiving passed and I wasn't full of Christmas spirit. But today... we had snow! Plus last night our ward had an activity up the canyon at the cutest largest cabin ever and everything was all powdered lovely up there too. So now I am happy about this.
Also, another awesomeness factor from my photo class. Our last assignment is all about portraits. We had to photograph one person and try to capture more than just what they look like. I decided to do my mom, and boy is it stressful to try to tell people how to pose and then work with the lighting and everything on the spot while people are waiting. My appreciation and admiration for portrait photographers just went way way up. Here are some gems from the day:

PHOTOS

Team. My major is pretty slam dunk. I get to take a photography class. I wanted to take it during the first block so that I had more sun light and pretty things to photograph, but it wouldn't work in my schedule. Now I am glad I waited because there are still so many pretty things in the winter. My teacher is a tough grader. He said if we complete the assignments and do them correctly, then that is average and the best way to determine an average grade is a C. So in order to get a B or an A we have to go above and beyond and make visually interesting photos while fulfilling the assignments. I have been pretty disappointed about my grades but they certainly motivate me for the next assignment. These photos with the food are from my color assignment I turned in yesterday.

Eggs from the farmer's market. So cute, so tasty. I recommend them to all. Way more flavorful than eggs from the grocery store. Plus the yoke is more orange.

SLC library

This last one was taken a couple weeks ago. Actually it was on Halloween. I went to Sarah's sister's Zumba class and had to capture "fluid motion" so it looked blurry. I felt super weird to be taking pictures of people while they were exercising and lots of them had dressed up for Halloween so it was way funny. But I was pleased with the shot.

Swine Flu Prevention

I am trying to be healthier. I got a swine flu shot and I have been eating somewhat good foods plus get this... I am running. I know, I hate it. I am considering not allowing my children to play sports while growing up because I played soccer all growing up and now I don't know how to do real exercise, like the consistent kind. I know how to play with the ball and run sprints but the last time I played soccer was too long ago and it is not keeping me fit. So I have been jogging through the little streets around Provo in the mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I feel really good about it. Even though I have to stop and walk every couple blocks, I am still amazed that I am waking up to do it. But today I had a partner in crime. Sarah Jane and I went around the track and a few places around campus. It is so much more motivating to go with someone when we can chat. Plus, her boyfriend is freakish runner (as in UVU track team... as in national competition next week... as in yeah) so she has lots of tips for us to improve.

So I am feeling pretty good. Which is too bad because my sister just found out she has swine flu. Sorry Em. But I will drink my pomegrante paradise smoothie in honor of you.

November, welcome welcome.

Didn't post for the whole month of October... oops. Probably because it was so beautiful outside. And I really love school. The other night I was making a list of the homework I needed to do and it made me so happy. I will give you a sample:

1. Read One for the Money by Marvin J. Ashton and create a personal budget for the month of November and write a paper about how financial management can create long-term happiness.
2. Check out books about pre-Revolutionary embroidery and textiles. Then create a thesis statement for upcoming research paper.
3. Pick up perfect palettes book from the library.
4. Browse through the Typography Annual Club book for class project ideas.
5. Work on my personal stationery.
6. Make sketches of Christmas objects for my CD package. (I am doing Sufjan Stevens Christmas album... which means I get to listen to it all the time at school for inspiration.)
7. Scan sketchbook drawings for fabric.

So yeah, school is cool. I really like my room mates and apartment too. Plus my neighbors are awesome. On my street this week, 4 houses had haunted houses and Halloween dance parties. If that is not a party street, I don't know what is.