Diane’s World

Why do I listen to songs that make me upset?I have a playlist on my computer called “Songs that bring back bad memories”.And I listen to it… A LOT.Do I think it will make me feel any better?Death Cab for Cutie’s “Tiny Vessels” is a major heart breaker for me. Not only because it’s a sad song, but the unfortunate memories I have attached to it. Some days I catch myself listening to this song on repeat… talk about depressing.

Anyways.

Sorry I haven’t posted much - I didn’t have much of an opportunity to over thanksgiving break.

But I had an ok break. I went to Minnesota with my roommate, Laura.

For the most part it was a low-key break. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s so hard to be away from Dordt… I had a hard time getting my mind off of all the art that I have to get finished in the next week.

However, the highlight was getting to spend a day with my old art professor, Professor Van Geest. She is the woman I give most credit to for turning me into an art major.

Her daughter, Julia, made me a painting!:

and…

I’ve been painting and sculpting. My hands are absolutely nasty.

However I have no art I feel like showing.

All I have to say is stay tuned - Sunday I should have a post with a million different things. And by a million, I mean a couple pieces of sculpture, a painting and what ever else I have the momentum to make this weekend.

Life is currently a roller coaster… my emotions have been purely in the extremes. I wonder why.

Sorry so boring, expect better later.

Diane

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Everybody’s Changing” is not only a good song, but one of my favorite music videos ever created:

Speaking about changing, I turned into an elf! (No way!)I’ve been checking pretty much every day for the past month waiting for Office Max to hurry up and put ELF-YOURSELF! back online. And sure enough… it appeared yesterday!!! So click on this following link to see me dance and then ELF THE HECK OUT OF YOURSELF!!!

Please feel free to share the results with me!

And yes, I know it’s not past Thanksgiving yet and elf-yourself has to do with Christmas… but this is worth it, trust me.

In school I’ve been doing ok. I’m a little stressed out with all the changes going on in my own life:

1) Applying for Grad School

2) Getting ready for Germany

3) Finishing my wonderfully full load of classes

4) Trying to be a good friend to my close friends and fellow art majors.

5) Packing up my room and preparing to leave

6) Trying to be a good leader / involved with DDL and the community

And I’m not sure how ready my heart is to leave Dordt. It seems like my natural defense is to not think about it - and I forget that in 30-something days I will be leaving what I finally settled in as “home”.

I Decided that I’m really NOT afraid of change… I’m afraid of Transitions. For example, I know I’ll love Germany, it’s just I know it’s going to be a pain in the behind to move there, get my visa, and try and adjust. Does that make sense?

Also, it bugs me that so many other seniors are talking about how they are ready to be done with Dordt and out getting a job, while I am wishing I could stay in this wonderful environment where art (by far the best major ever created HANDS DOWN no questions asked!) is endorsed, taken seriously and the only place where I can truly act myself and fit in at the same time besides at home (in Puyallup).

Someone told me something today that even though it probably wasn’t intended as a compliment, it gave me warm fuzzy feelings. It was this: “Diane, I can’t imagine you as anything BUT an art major”.

For the past year, neither could I.

I don’t have much to show as I haven’t done much art. My life has been writing papers mainly for the past few days… which is really really weird. I’m not used to paper writing. I think I may have forgotten how to do so!

Anyways, I head out to Minnesota TOMORROW! I’ll have so much to share later on! Sorry about the bland post, but my life is one very hectic mess right now.

But I’m still kicking so no worries!
Love yall!

The Deeds

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The song of the week is Seal - Kiss from A Rose… the reason for this is because I just got back from NC/DC (A singing competition between Dordt and Northwestern.)

Let’s just say Northwestern’s “The Boys” butchered this song greatly.

I never heard such a passion-filled song sang as though it was as boring of a song as “Row Row Row your boat”.

I don’t usually like popular love songs (mainly because of corny lyrics), but Seal’s Lyrics are different.

However, I was pleasantly surprised with some of the groups - and basically, it think it’s really just a competition between Northwestern’s “Dawson’s Creek and a Barrel of Mincemeat”’s ability to entertain:

and Northwestern’s “The Four-One-One”’s amazing voices.

Yes, even a Dordt student is admitting that something is seriously screwed up this year if Northwestern doesn’t win.

Ok sorry to you non-Dordt people about talking about stuff you don’t care about… but if you want to see what I am talking about, CLICK HERE and you can see some short video clips of NC/DC.

Ok.. enough of the boring stuff.

I’ve had a few interesting times this weekend.

Including…

well, I dyed my hair. Blonder. They way my mom likes it. It’s not too different… I think?:

well it went from this:

to this:

And I hang out with Cool people.

Jerry forced me… er… I mean I was a good friend and went bowling with Jeremiah. Because I’m nice.

But I don’t bowl, so I really just got to watch Jerry bowl.

and of course, my favorite kind of picture… of the Diane and Jerry variety!!!

Except I’m really bad at aiming the camera while laughing at the same time.

And there has been some funny cookie-baking in our apartment recently:

Making sure that the cookies are TWO INCHES apart from each other…

apparently he doesn’t know what two inches looks like…

… and…

Being vegetarian is still going good. I do miss beef a little… but not enough for it to bug me.

I have found some wonderful vegetables - my current favorite being acorn squash.

Yummmy yummy yummm yummm yummm.

MMM.

I actually can see myself being mostly vegetarian for the rest of my life…

which I’m gonna have to look into.

Ok… am I boring yet?

Well before, let me suggest a Premium Movie:

Sigh… If my sibling who has my name for Christmas gift exchanges still needs suggestions after my already humongous wish list, you can add this one to the list.

Ok…

I’ll post again in a few days. Perhaps I’ll be more interesting then.

Later,

D to the I-A-N-EEEEE!

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My apologies to Mr. Sufjan Stevens who didn’t make my top 10 artists on the previous post. He is easily #4 or #5… so the song of this post is “Casimir Pulaski day” by Sufjan. You’ll hear more from him come Christmas time.

Anyways. I am going to be very random tonight. My mind is on overdrive because too many things are happening to me at once. You can tell when I’ve had an exceptionally unnerving day when I pull my frozen yogurt out of the back of the freezer.

And sure enough, my yogurt is right at my side. There is something about a good brain freeze that makes life so much better.

And I was serious about the randomness. Here you go:

1) I don’t believe in Love anymore. At least from humans.

Shocker, I know.

But I’m serious. Read 1st Corinthians 13:4-8 real slow.

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails.”

Ok, now name someone - anyone - that you have loved that much.

So, sometimes I feel that way about some people. But Paul just had to add in “ALWAYS” only five times at the end. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the wonderfully poignant reminder that “LOVE NEVER FAILS” tagged on to the end.

Oh bugger.

When I read it I could only think of one person who I kind of sort of loved that much… myself.

Is this just me?

Anyways, I decided that I will never get married until 1) someone manages to convince me that love exists and 2) said guy convinces me that he actually loves me.

2) I don’t think it’s possible for humans to do any one deed that is completely unselfishly motivated.

Perhaps I shouldn’t be shoving everyone else in the same category as me.

But I feel like everything I’ve done in my past started out with “me”.

It bugs me. Is there any way for me to just forget myself?

Is it just me?

3) I find people who are nothing like me so darn interesting.

I imagine myself to be someone who has a raging, ambitious outer shell with a truly calm and contemplative inner self.

There is something about people who seem to have a calm outer appearance and a raging inner being that make me crazily intimidated.

I actually hope that I marry someone who is like the latter, because I’m pretty sure I’ll never get bored of him.

4) I have been vegetarian for three days now.

I’m surviving beautifully.

But it’s only been three days.

Ok… I have a lot more random things I can talk about, but that’s good for now.

But before I go… I want you all to know that I truly appreciate this sister of mine:

Beautiful picture, I know. It’s the only one I had on my computer. (Sorry Rachel)

Ok, have a good few days all of you blog readers out there. (Aka, here’s looking at you, Mom)

Love,

umm.. I mean

Affectionately,

Deedles

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This is my favorite shins song EVER.

It’s one of those songs that I have the worst trouble trying to choose just ONE line to put as the title lyric.

Because the WHOLE SONG is amazing.

And this is quite a bold statement.

Because here is my current list of the 10 best music artists:

1) Muse (Duh)

2) The Shins

3) Damien Rice

4) Death Cab for Cutie

5) The Arcade Fire

6) Brand New (As long as we forget they ever created “Your Favourite Weapon”. What an awful CD)

7) Simon & Garfunkel

The Postal Service (They really need to come out with a new CD… “Give Up” is getting kind of old…)

9) Wilco (They would be higher… but they are so inconsistant. Some of their music is rather unfortunate)

10) Bright Eyes

The funny thing? None of those bands have a woman lead singer. Ok, sometimes Damien Rice does. And sometimes The Postal Service and The Arcade Fire as well. But I have an odd aversion to female voices. I don’t understand it.

Anyways, Andrew (my brother in law) thinks I need to post more.

So here I am

And I actually I have stuff to show.

First of all … since the last time I posted, this painting:

Did this:

My mom left me We had a great time having her in Iowa for the past week though.

We went to HuHot because this crazy boy decided to visit Dordt again:

though I think he was here for a different reason…

Who can blame him?

I decided that MY BROTHER IN LAW is a nerd (He claims to be the (yes, this is a direct quote) “geeky zen guru - - making everything one!”) It makes more sense when you read his latest blog entry.

Albeit he is a very smart nerd.

That helped me…

(drum roll….)

start my more PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE.

Although it’s really not ready to show or anything right now -because what you are seeing was made in very little time.

But soon.. it will be awesome.

You can access it as my “portfolio” page that is on top of this page. So, my website is undergoing some heavy construction right now. Give it a little time.

Anyways…

I also think I’m going to apply for grad school for next year. I wasn’t planning to do it for another year, but hey -it can’t hurt to attempt this year, can it?

Soo… my #1 choice is….

… Hmmmmm.

Ok. Anyways to sum it all up. I’m gonna start posting two times a week rather than one. Yay, right?

I’m tired… I haven’t been feeling so well for the past two days. Perhaps sleep will help me out.

Have a good one!

Dee-Marie

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