I am alive...i think.

Hello hello.

I have not written a new blog entry for quite some time. I have been absent from life, sadly. I had my wallet stolen in the beginning of April from my bag at school while I was merely less than a foot away. In the midst of silk screening or washing out my screen, my goods got stolen and used profusely. I had about $800 taken from my 2 bank accounts and credit card. Washington Mutual still feels the need to NOT reimburse me. They actually expect me to pay for what that conniving thief stole from me as well as its 5 overdraft fees relating to the incident. Hopefully a letter from my teacher and the official police report will make them believe that I am a victim of thievery.

Because of that incident my life and funds were put on hold because I had no money, no paid rent, and no supplies for my upcoming installation and 2 print projects. Luckily I have a kind and generous boyfriend who bought and paid for everything I needed and then some. BUT all of my projects were very close to being late or incomplete. Now I'm just trying to get things done for school since the semester's done in about 2 weeks.

Focus week is this week and the seniors I did go see did marvelous jobs. I saw a collaborative interpretive fashion show of my internship lady's niece. You can check out her work at AidanKoch.com. I believe that she will actually do something amazing with her art degree :)

I have a bunch of projects I want to post, but I'll get to that later :P Oooh I also signed up for summer school (2 courses) and I am continuing with my fashion intership with Heather Treadway. I've been working with her for almost a little over a month and she is such an amazing and inspiring person, it's ridiculous. I've learned a bunch already from her and the fact that she works independantly is so great. I hope I can have a successful little company like hers one day for my little card/print shop :D Camara (Heather's other awesome intern) and I went to Heather's yesterday and were filmed and semi interviewed while going about our business when we were at her house. This company called OlioUnited is filming her as one of their designers in the Portland area. I'll be seen online sometime soon cutting away patterns with my shaky nervous hands while Billy the cat is in the background looking like her majesty! :D Hahaha...

I feel like so many great artists are coming out of this area that it makes me never want to leave. I'll be graduating next December, so beginning next year will be my leap into senior year. I am nervous, excited, and scared shitless. I'll be fine I think :) Look out for new prints and cards cause this sumemr I'll be pulling a bunch of prints and cards.

Summer To Do List:

• Pass my 2 summer courses!
• Sew a successful light summer dress.
• Make at least 2 editioned prints and 2 new cards.
• Sew curtains for my bedroom.
• Have a fun time with my Grandma, Aunty, cousins, and friends from home.
• Get my butt back into working out!

Oh and by the way, I'm into zombies so you should buy me the zombie plush pull apart doll ;D You know, if you love me lots and want to feed into my zombie addiction! ThinkGeek.com!

Jya Ne!
-Cherish

P.S. HOLY CRAP I wrote a long entry XD I am making up for the lack of entries!