| 11:53a |
weather report
Things are definitely becoming sunnier in Carla Town. This morning, I woke up and I really didn't want to get out of bed, because I'd have to go to uni (which is where I am now). However, I realise that I spend a lot of time wishing that my life was different, instead of making the most of what I have. So, before I even got out of bed today, I decided that while there are a lot of things I don't want to do in life, I should make the most of what I have. I also want to try to have as much fun as I possibly can, wherever I am. Because there are some things that I just have to do- like go to uni or work- so I might as well try as hard as I can to enjoy them while I'm there.
So I dressed up this morning in my sparkly stripey top and my shiny pink fairy skirt. I think that I must look particularly eccentric today, because I was standing at the bus stop and nearly all of the drivers were openly staring at me! Oops. Though, my friend Eli says that it is better to be looked at than not looked at. But if people are looking at you because you look funny, isn't that sort of negative? I have to say, though, that I would rather have people look at me and think that I'm strange, instead of wearing clothes that make me feel dull in spirit. Eli studies fashion, and he believes that the future of men's fashion is dresses for men. Like, masculine dresses that you can wear over pants. His models of choice for his dresses are David Beckham and Lenny Kravitz. Though, Eli says that he doesn't think that this dresses-for-men revolution will eventuate until we have great-grandchildren. Hence, if I ever have great-grandchildren who wear dresses, I will attribute their fashion choices to my friend Eli from my university days.
I just had a meeting with my teacher for the fashion thing. The meeting went really, really well! Andrew is such an excellent teacher. I think that he has done the right thing in giving me this assignment. Because if he hadn't forced me to work with clients, I think that I'd just be designing the direct opposite of what anyone wanted. Just because I like to be a rebel sometimes. Anyway, Andrew really liked my dandelion pictures and the concept! Hurrah! Isn't that fantastic? I've been a little worried about this project, just because I hit a patch where I wasn't really coming up with any solutions. But God has blessed me so much. I've really been working on the edge with this project- coming up with things at the last minute and working from obscure ideas. But God has been so incredibly faithful. He has given me ideas, extensions and skills to accomplish all the little tasks within this project. Andrew's wife, Lissa, was very positive and encouraging with feedback as well. She said, "Carla, I love it! It's wonderful! I am so, so, proud of you!" Isn't that lovely? It is rare to hear very positive feedback from design teachers...usually it's pretty lukewarm stuff. Lissa is an exception, though...she is brimming with posivity and affirmations. |