Back in Oklahoma

I have now been in Stillwater since August 1. I reallly miss New York. But my family doesn't like to hear that. The exhibition on the last day went great, I met Latasha and Lauren at Pratt. Everyone lovvvved my dress I made! It was my final project, we had to make something out of a t-shirt. AND now that I'm home I will put photos up :) Once I got home, the next Friday, we had a welcome home party for moi, and I hung up my artwork on the stairwell (after Lauren did a fabulous job painting the walls) And my parents, grandma, Lauren, Nature, and I just got back from a fabulous short trip to Branson, Missouri, where we swam everywhere we could, ate doughnuts, guacamole, and fudge, and drove down the strip numerous times at midnight during the car show in my Ford Escort with the windows rolled down and the music turned up. It was a lovely vacation :) and school starts Monday. Sigh. I may take an NOC class but we'll see. I've signed up for it but it used to be free and now it's nearly $600 which is ridiculous. Depressing news: even if I work on my portfolio nonstop, get a decent grade on the SAT, apply to various art schools, and possibly get accepted I'm still going to have to go to OSU, particularly because it's practically free. So question: Should I still try and apply and spend all that extra effort and go out of my way to try to be accepted into a school that is 98% likely I won't be able to go to anyways? GOOD news: I got my nose pierced