Here are the things I'm excited about!

My Theatre Design Class: In general, I like to think I have no artistic ability to speak of when it comes to paints and drawing and that nonsense, and then I ended up in a class with an art supply list a mile long. Wow. I even had to ask someone what a #8 paintbrush was. But I'm really, really looking forward to getting to try some of this stuff out, especially the unit on costume design! And besides, though I have no skill at it, I do really like painting; there was an Open Canvas at a cafe downtown where anyone could go up and paint, and I had a lot of fun adding my little bit to one corner and watching what everyone else did.

Poetry: Of all the ridiculous things to be excited about! But I have these two pieces I'm working on, one posted here, and I plan on being a lot more thorough than what I usually do. My typical method of writing poetry is "Oh look, I have a pretty phrase in my head, let me write it down and see what happens," which has worked pretty well, but for this one I want to get into some of the more technical, detailed elements, and I'm really excited to try it!

Steampunk: Duh. But the story project with Steampunk Magazine is underway, with the first story up, and I'm the third one... and I found out the second one is John Reppion, Alan Moore's son-in-law and Dr. Who comic writer! Aah! And the other authors are really awesome too - Magpie Killjoy, Catastrophone Orchestra - so I really can't wait to see how the whole thing comes together. Beyond that, I've been invited to blog for SPM, so you may see me shamelessly promoting that soon!

Guitar: Yes, I still suck at it, with my 3 or so songs... and I hate the F chord. But the few songs I can play are starting to sound good, and I'm going to look into taking lessons next semester, so life is good! I saw a guy play at the Underground on campus a few nights ago, and he was super-awesome, and I ended up coming back to my dorm and playing guitar until quiet hours started.

YAAAY! UMW is pretty awesome, I am full of inspired and excited, and classes start tomorrow! Good times abound!