My favorite part about Idyllwild at night is the sky. There are so many stars, and there are always rings of light around the moon. The other day, we were walking back to the dorms and saw someone sitting on the sidewalk, looking up at the sky. She said it was the best place for seeing the stars, and I went back there a few days later-- wow. It was amazing. Hardly any trees blocked the nighttime sky, and the weather was warm enough that I could sit there for ten whole minutes.
My second favorite part about Idyllwild at night are the shadows. I'll be walking back from dinner, and up the hill, my shadow stretches ten feet, but behind me, there's a pipsqueak, and then to my left is a normal one. Since the darkness embraces the mountain so early, there's tons of artificial lighting all around campus. They point at you and make the shadows. I'm always fascinated by how they get shorter when I walk towards the light-- not that I don't know how it happens. Science provides me with that. But it's still cool.
Second semester is full of free time. I only have two art classes every week, which gives me a major chunk of time to work on my tutorial project. The tutorial project is the second-semester writing assignment that we wrote a proposal for a couple of weeks ago. Basically, it can be anything from a play, a collection of poems, to a novel. I'm writing a novel, and am planning for about two hundred pages for the rough draft by the end of the school year. Hopefully, if I end up coming to this school again next year (which, if possible, could be a million times better than this year,) then I'll be able to continue with the novel and write a second, even third draft. It's by far the biggest writing project I've ever attempted.
As I said last week, my new end of the dorm is very social. I feel a lot better at Idyllwild now that I have a roommate closer in age to me who shares one of my classes. It's pretty loud over here, which is welcomed-- I don't mind people coming into my room unannounced. It's a pleasant surprise, most of the time. In fact someone just walked into my room because we have Internet and she doesn't. Haha.
My final grades are wonderful! Nothing below a B-, which is a new high for me, not counting fifth grade and below. I think. I can't really remember elementary school very well, nothing was really memorable. The finals seemed easy-- except for Spanish. I got good grades in two of them, but the other two, not so much. It's all okay, though, as long as I have good grades on the final report. Which I do. So I'm good to go!
I mentioned free time in this blog post, and having no free time in the last blog post. This probably makes you think I'll be more true to my blog posts in general. I'm thinking YES. Hopefully now that I don't have any excuses, I can't put it off any longer. Here we go! Extra Callie typing. That ought to be pleasant for you all. I've been told you like to read these!
So I have this new class, "Adaptations." We're beginning with fairy tale adaptations and in the first class we discussed the fact that The Little Red Riding Hood is about sex. It was an interesting conversation to say the least, and the essay plus adaptations of the story were very strange as well. I like the class, and Amy even sent me her CD's and a book to share! Thank you Amy!! They arrived today!
I finally got a bigger pot for my plant, Raisa-- it's getting bigger, drinking more water, needing more sunlight. Good thing I have the window seat now! The sill is very useful for my desk items that need to be put somewhere other than my desk. I also, for some reason, keep my Spanish dictionary at hand when I'm sleeping. Pretty weird if you ask me.
Well, everyone, that's really all I have to say. I'll write in time for Valentine's Day! Have a good rest of your week!
Love,
Callie
P.S. MOMMY I WANT MY PUPPY BACK PLEASE!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MOMMY!
P.P.S. My Pikachu hat seems to have lost its way. It's still in Cleveland!!
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