Over the last two months, things have been busy but not much besides school and work.
After my birthday the next big event was Super Bowl.
Since we didn’t watch a game all year, as they are not shown over here I didn’t feel that it was that important to watch it when it was going to be on at 1 in the morning.
After finishing the massive amounts of homework that I had due that week I agreed to go to a Super Bowl party at one of our friends’ houses.
I cheered for the Saints and Rob cheered for the Colts so it was an interesting night.
We stayed the night on base and came home the following morning.
The following weekend was Valentine’s day and we celebrated the day before due to the gift that I got Rob I had things planned for Sunday.
We made a big breakfast Saturday morning and then went and saw Valentine’s Day.
We were very disappointed in this movie.
I was expecting it to be like Love Actually but it was so bad.
After that we came home and opened presents.
Rob got a new Samsung flat screen for the bedroom and I got a GHD hair straightener and a teddy bear.
After the opening of presents and Rob having to set up the t.v. immediately Rob started to cook our Valentines Day dinner which was ribs, baked potatoes, and steamed broccoli.
After that we convinced some of Robs friends to come down to Cambridge and go out to the bars with us.
It was their last weekend to go out so we figured we should go out to the bars and kind of go all out.
Well they didn’t get down here until around 11 at night and we headed right to the bar.
After about two or three hours there, the bar closed and we headed to another bar.
After awhile at this bar I really just wanted to go home, so Rob gave me his keys and I jumped in a cab.
I fell asleep before they came home and I woke up to 4 guys banging on my front door trying to get me to open up because Rob really needed me.
I changed into a pair of sweats and headed out to the cab.
I get out there and Rob has a t-shirt held up to his neck and it is completely covered in blood.
I then found out that he had been stabbed with a beer bottle outside of the bar and at the hospital in Cambridge we were told that he wouldn’t be able to see a doctor for 3 hours.
We made a decision to take a taxi all the way to base.
I left the house with nothing so I immediately started thinking that I wouldn’t be able to get on base, but one of the guys with us called a friend and we had got on base no problem and had a police escort to the hospital.
At the hospital Rob got his wound cleaned out and we had to talk to the base police and then the Cambridge police came up and we had to talk to them.
Rob ended up getting 7 stitches and they had caught the guy who did it before the Cambridge police even got up to base to talk to us.
(Rob's Cut before the stitches)
He was seen on CCTV and if we decided to press charges he would be charged with attempted murder. After spending the night in the hospital we come home to find out we have been locked out of our house, so one of the guys who drove us home climbed up to our second floor window and broke in. On Sunday we got to spend the day doing exactly what I planned and that was to actually stay in bed all day and watch tv. We ended up sleeping most of the day and watched tv. We then spent the entire week in bed doing nothing and just spending time together. The following week I had most of my school projects due. The biggest project I had was a sketchbook that had to be made to look like a coffee table book based on three words (structure, diversity, and reality).
The first picture below is how the book was kept closed and I felt like it kept with the theme that I chose which was weddings and marriage. Next is the page that introduces you to the second half of the book.
From there is the introduction to the chapter on stucture for this I made a wedding invite and had it addressed to my teacher, in the envelope I also had a reception card and reply card. Next is the traditional wedding structure a church so I chose to do St. Pauls Cathedral.
Below I used an Indian Mandap and City Hall. With the mandap I just used some fabric and fake flowers to make it look like it is coming off the page. I used City Hall for same-sex marriages and the little doors open and they each have different couples in them.
I also used the African tribal wedding and a drunken Las Vegas wedding. For the African tribal wedding I just made a hut with straw and I used cinnamon and sugar to make it look like sand. Next for the Las Vegas wedding structure I chose the drive thru and used images from "The Hangover" and they pop up.
lastly for structure I wanted to do a Korean Garden, so this page is meant to look like you are looking through a window at the garden outside.
Then I did the same wedding invitation idea to introduce the reader to the section on diversity. For this section, I wanted to do the diversity in wedding dresses due to culture. The first one is traditional and I used one of those bells that opens up, anyways I thought that the general shape of the bell went well with the idea of a "traditional" wedding dress.
Next is the same sex marriage and for this I used a white satin and an ivory satin to differentiate the two brides. For the Indian wedding I really wanted to show the Henna tattoos because they are so beautiful and very different and then i framed the pictures with red stain because the dresses that they wear are usually red.
Next is the tribal wedding and I really wanted to focus on the jewelry so I tried to make a thick red layered necklace like the one she was wearing in the picture. Next is Las Vegas, and since I chose to do the drunken Vegas wedding, I wanted to show a girl in just kind of a red dress that you would go out in.
Last is the Korean wedding dress and the botton half of this dress is red so I really wanted to show that so I have it going over both pages.
Again with the invitation this time to the reality of marriages. The first reality that I wanted to portray was happily every after. With this I wanted to show a couple getting married, they have kids, the kids grow up and get married and have kids and the cycle continues until you have a huge family.
Next I did divorce, and with this I printed out divorce papers on-line and I actually marked where the husband and wife would have to sign. After divorce I chose to do cheating so I printed out so phone bills and highlighted some numbers and found a picture of a door being opened and you see a couple in a hotel room.
From there I wanted to do an annulment for the drunken wedding. As proof that they were drunk I made the pictures from "The Hangover" look like polaroids. After that I chose to do adoption and so I printed out some referral letters and a picture of Madonna with her adopted child.
For the Indian culture of marriage I wanted to show an arranged marriage. Next I chose separation so I made two little laptops in my book.
Then I had them open up to show a computer screen and keyboard and on the screen is what it looks like when you Skype. So for one computer I have how Rob would see it which is me in the big frame and the other one opens up to show Rob on the big frame. Lastly, I did thank you cards for each of the chapters and then I made a wedding favor/escort card which was a cd and it had songs that are popular for most of the important dances.
The following weeks were papers and other final projects due so things were definitely busy around here. Since school ended last week, my friend Kelsey is spending the week with me before school starts again. As for grades for the term I only know two of my classes and they are both B’s.
