the email

so my granddad (perhaps that is spelled wrong, but i enjoy it more than grandad, cause it lets you know how he is a grand person!) emailed me today and it was all about my college search so here are parts of it, redone for your viewing pleasure!

"i am happily in school right now, with minor stresses in work, little sleep and college. I am taking two art classes to my delight and a metal shop class (not quite as delightful, but am looking forward to new skills and knowledge of how to work with my hands and be useful). I find time to spend with friends in addition to work and relaxing and reading. I also spend usually two extra hours at school in the art room, so I am content as ever.

as for choosing schools, i look at websites and see what they offer, where they are, and how big they are. as for what they offer i desired illustration and ceramics, at most any school i am looking at (granted many liberal arts schools don't offer those majors or programs necessarily). i found a website that provided me with information on schools that had illustration and did a material pick from those based on where they were and if i liked their name, etc. also my school provides me with a search program to find schools based on area and majors and that is how i found the schools in Canada, because I thought "why not look at Canada!?" plus i pay and get to be on their socialist, sweet health care plan, woo!"

i thought sharing this would be nice because i never really explained my process for my list, i don't think. not that the explanation above is all that great, but it gives more of a sense of what i'm up to rather than just a list.