Today's Forecast

"Lend me your hand

and we'll conquer them all.

But lend me your heart

and I'll just let you fall."

-Awake My Soul

Let me tell you, the amount of random stress I have been under these past few days makes me really okay with the fact that I'm not trying to write a novel on top of that.

So, last weekend. I drove to Chicago to visit Alyson and tour Columbia College. Both were very, very, successful. I'm seriously looking into transferring, if all these little picky details go my way. After tons of stubborn research, I have come to the conclusion that people just don't get a BA and a BFA. This would take years of school, because BFA programs require no gen ed's... so they have two more years of specific classes. Therefore, even without transferring, it would take forever to graduated with a BA in marketing communication and a MFA in graphic design. There are some places that offer a BA in Art with an emphasis in graphic design, but even my advisor said this is almost worthless. Therefore, I'm picking the one I want to do most: Graphic Design. I think I'm going all in. What's funny is that this is what I wanted my freshman year of high school, but I talked myself out of it. Silly freshman.

Let me tell you, that school is sure swell at capturing you on their tours. I got to tour the fashion design floor. I felt like I was walking into the set of Project Runway.* Their on-campus apartments are the most gorgeously modern apartments I have ever stepped into. Also, the fact that they went on and on about their big name internships and friends jobs kinda didn't hinder my excitement.

I'm telling you guys this before the majority of my friends. Mostly because nothings for sure, but I like telling you guys this.

Anyway, then we drove to see Mumford and Sons that same day. It was a long long day, but SO worth it. I've been struggling with giving that concert the "best concert I've ever been to" label, but let me tell you, it may have been. They played such a long set list, and they only have one cd and one ep! And you could tell they were just having so much fun. They made it seem like they haven't been doing this every night for the past two months. The middle-aged woman who was flailing her arms up and down the whole time while her husband was sitting on his iPhone didn't help things, but we bonded with the couple next to us because of the fact this man and woman were so annoying. It was just so wonderful. I can tell you for a fact, you will never be able to buy an $18 Mumford and Sons ticket ever again. My brother said they were going for $200 for the Nashville concert.

One of the best quotes I have from the weekend was when I was sitting in the waiting room for an oil change with several very elderly people. One elderly woman wasn't talking much, but when she did I'm pretty sure the whole city could hear her. She turned to her friend and said, "GEORGE, DID YA HEAR BRETT FAVRE GOT HIS FACE SLICED OPEN?!"

.... I literally had to hold in my laugh.

Twenty-one hours in the car, a concert, and oil change, and a few life decisions later... I came back to MN. Hola, school.

Inception is at the free theater on campus this weekend, so we're going tonight. Last time I saw this movie I was stranded in the Massive Sinkhole Causing Flood of Milwaukee. Yep, it's got an official title. Anyway, yaay.

Okay, I will be here more often and read other people's blogs more often. Everything will just be less stressful and back to normal now.

*This is mainly due to the fact that it was a room with several sewing machines. Project Runway has probably taught me all I know about making clothes. Translation: I don't know much.