Diane’s World

First of all, I’ve been in a Phil Collins kind of mood lately. Which explains the Phil Collins song as the song of the week. I am pretty sure that this song brings back more sad memories than any song I can think of. But I still listen.Anyways, I have a series of pictures I want to post. I know it’s earlier on in the week than usual, but this will be a 2-Post week! (woot!)

Lately I’ve been thinking of home. My favorite movie is Garden State. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING MOVIE.

The thing that made this movie go from extraordinary to absolutely EPIC for me was when Zach Braff said these words:

“ Andrew Largeman: You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn’t really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone.
Sam: I still feel at home in my house.
Andrew Largeman: You’ll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it’s just gone. And you can never get it back. It’s like you get homesick for a place that doesn’t exist. I mean it’s like this rite of passage, you know. You won’t have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it’s like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that’s all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place“

I watched this movie early Freshman year when it came out in Theaters, and I remember breaking down in tears in the Theater. (Ok, so maybe I’m too emotional… that’s not the point.) It’s only too true - being stuck between moving out of the home you grew up in and longing to someday make a home of your own is a difficult position to be in.

Now back to the reason for this blog… I chose this theme in the first place was because the group of pictures that I wanted to put in this blog all just happened to have this theme: MY HOME.

Starting with what I have dubbed my “Home-Home!”

MY WONDERFUL FATHER recently started a .Mac website and posted a few pictures I hadn’t seen before - from this summer when he and I took a special backpacking trip together. Somehow dad managed to escape the camera, but here’s what he did have.

Next are pictures of what would be my current home. I keep on promising pictures of my living space, and I finally am carrying out that promise.

Here is my bedroom :

My wonderful “I am a technology geek” desk. And my wondeful map of Germany that is constantly staring at me.

My “Nook” that I am very proud of…:

and it’s all complete with a WALK-IN CLOSET! Only my half is shown, but I share this closet with Amanda and it’s way bigger than we’d ever need.

I’m pretty proud of our common room as well:

So yeah, our room has kind of become Diane’s Gallery space.

My favorite paintings to have on the walls are definitely these ones… which were a booger trying to hang up at the same height. Which still isn’t perfect. GRR.:

Oh and I tried to take pictures of the rest of the apartment, but apparently Laura thought that it was “unnecessary”.

Yes indeed… what a wonderful woman she is.

FINALLY is my new “home”. I was given permission to occupy half of Sam Guttierez’s old studio - the other half is dominated by Matt Kunnari (a Dordt graduate who’s art I have admired since I was a wee litttle freshman!)

Here’s a brief description of Matt (haha):

Yes. It’s glorious.

Anyways, my new studio is in a place that not even most senior Dordt students know exists.

Here’s a few clues: do you know where this is?

HINT: this used to be a weight-lifting room! (Hence, we have rubber floors and an attached racketball court. Odd? Yes.)

Well if you see these stairs, and you happen to go up them… you get this:

My studio!

It’s not very exciting yet, but I have many plans to make it cooler. Just wait for a later post.

My next home will be in Düsseldorf Germany. You have no idea how high my blood pressure jumps whenever I think about it. Almost a whole year in Germany - Gott Hilf mich! I am slightly upsetted that I cannot see myself settling down to a permanent home for the next… four years. Oh dear. Don’t want to think about it anymore.

Anyways, I have some issues called homework that I have to get back to. Laura and I leave for Chicago tomorrow, and I will post later this week on how that goes. Hopefully we don’t die.

Have a wonderful week, y’alls. Sorry this post was so long, I don’t have time to shorten it.

D-Marie