So I moved from Columbus, OH to Dallas, TX to Baltimore, MD within a 7 month period. Yes, you read that correctly. I've had 3 zip codes in 7 months. I don't see these moves as mistakes. I see them more as opportunities. I have had the luxury of packing and unpacking; of meeting people and adding them to my facebook contact list. The moves have helped me further develop myself as a humanitarian. I've realized through my moves that life isn't about the location that you're in, but more so about the people whom you are surrounded by. I live in Baltimore, and I live alone. I know no one and on weekends I end up lying on the couch for the 48-hour-break-from-work-span and ruin a severe, Saturday workout by consuming pizza and beer. There are bookstores, there are movie theaters, there are small shops and bars that would provide plenty of entertainment for a 24-year-old-girl living in the city. But, I'm not single. So, being alone in public-social places only invites strangers to want to "get to know me," and I'm not up for putting myself in that position.
Nonetheless, I just completed my first semester in graduate school. Hooray. I guess. I'm not sure about my program. What would appear to be "Publication Design," resulted in A+'s for me, but a lot of criticism explaining that my design ideas are too "corporate." Sorry for being classy and designing clean, crisp pieces. I mainly wear black and white clothing, and I enjoy wine and fancy restaurants, so no, you will not get Picasso art out of me. I do not wear Dr. Martin's and pair my outfits with eight different colored scarves that neither match my hair-color nor the polish on my nails. I enjoy simplicity with tints of class. I enjoy basic pieces that draw the viewer's attention straight to the point. I don't belong in this program.
Do I move? Again? Transfer schools? I've already been accepted into a university in Ohio for their Master's in Liberal Arts program. It's a program that incorporates more philosophy and serves as an easier transition for when I apply for my PhD. I have no idea what I'm going to do-- and I have 60 days to decide, get an apt, a job there and physically, move. They should offer a class in your undergraduate program that prepares students with my spontaneity and ADD-like decision making for these types of scenarios.
Whatever I decide, I will say that this Peroni beer and my tomato and cheese pizza are quite delicious paired with the 75 degree weather outside that I'm not enjoying.
Cheers.
