emails

brittany,

i have no idea about friday! i've sent an offline msg to emma and you about it, but obviously because you guys aren't on...there's been no reply. gotta noe soon, cos if there isn't then i could do something else. ...your comments are super! and btw, i sent an email to Johnny Cupcakes and he replied; kind of a strange mix of exciting and intimidating.

jess.

and since we're in a bit of a email mood, here's a longer than usual email i sent to my grandma last night:

Dear Jo,

you're one crazy granny you know? you do so many wildly exciting and cool things, i don't think i could keep up!

i've been taking driving lessons lately, it's been decent. i'm learning manual and at first it was pretty simple, then when the thinking part comes in, it got a bit tricky, but then it went smooth again and i hope it stays that way! it's handy and slightly exciting, but public transport still looks good to me.

although i've handed my folio in last wednesday it still seems kinda hectic because me and two other friends are going to be entering our folios into Top Arts. one friend is taking it easy and doesn't seem to be too fussed, the other is just franticly [sp?] running around trying to make everything perfect although i reckon she's just making it more stressful than it has to be...it kinda rubs off on me. the last week i've been trying to get good photos of my final pieces, trying to figure out exactly what the application means with their vague terms and conditions, choosing only 10 pages out of my multiple folios to send in and worrying about how to write emails to big companies/brands asking for copyright clearance.

when i'm not doing that, well i'm being super lazy watching Buffy dvds, sleeping and reading books. i don't think i've quite balanced my life properly.

i've just recently read Pride and Prejudice, i bought the book and its a beautiful leather bound version which i love, i'm a sucker for pretty things. anyway, the actual novel, i'm not quite sure what i think of it, the whole time i was reading it i just kept seeing scenes from the Keira Knightley movie or even just the actors playing out bits that hadn't been put into the movie; i wasn't really able to read the book and actually feel Jane Austen's writing style. i guess that's what happens when you read the book of a movie that you've already seen much too many times.

so the reason why i read Pride and Prejudice was for school, we're doing a comparative analysis and we get to pick our subjects. initially me and my partner were thinking to compare Pride and Prejudice to Bridget Jones' Diary [movie] but then i've just realised that it might be a bit difficult comparing a movie to a novel and, what is there to compare except the modern interpretations of Jane Austen's story? so i've thought to change it to a comparitive between Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. i'm thinking this will be easier since we've both already read Jane Eyre and since they're both novels, with distinct female main characters and well i guess we could compare the two authors views on love, marriage, family and social standing? but i've still to put the idea to my friend. have you read either novels? what do you think?

do you remember me as tom-boyish? i think it's...interesting to think about the phases that you've gone through, and then to think about the phases that you could possibly get into. have i mentioned that i can knit and sew? although, it is only the most basic technique of knitting...the knit ^^ and with the sewing i can only do simple things like sewing up pant legs and other random things. i rememer you taught me how to knit once. although i totally forgot how to after you'd left. i ended up going to this lunch time thing that one of the teachers held back in...year9? it was very awkward because no one had shown up but me and the friends that i had dragged along, and the teacher was well known for her strict attitude and having a tendency to turn red and blow up. so i only went once, then kind of just figured out the rest by myself, consequently, i only know the one technique and nothing of the others.

i've written quite a bit about myself, i think it's because with all the panicing and the couch potato-attitude i haven't been able to write much in my blog so i have this pent up need to just...type.

i should go now; sleep good, sitting-in-the-glow-of-a-

computer-screen-at-almost-11pm bad

goodnight jo,
jess.

and now my font has gone weird

but anyway

...damn

lost my trail of thought while right in the middle of it...

gonna go......