Signed up for classes today, and surprisingly was able to get all art and graphic design classes with decently-rated professors! So yay. As I do every semester, here’s the breakdown of each class (descriptions coming soon … Mondays and Wednesdays are going to be especially hard):

ART 321 (Weaving & Other Fiber Arts):
Introduction to and practice in basic weaving and other fiber arts. Emphasis will be placed on floor loom weaving and surface design on the fabric.
- MW 1:30 - 4 pm

ART 322 (Metal & Jewelry):
An exploration of techniques necessary to execute well-designed objects in metals including forming, repousse, stone setting, metal finishing, enameling and centrifugal casting.
- MW 10:45 am - 1:15 pm

ART 362 (Painting):
Oil painting and other media with creative and aesthetic considerations in picture structure.
- TTh 10:45 am - 1:15 pm

GRPH 244 (Design Methodology):
Exploration of strategies for conceptualizing, analyzing and solving design problems. Emphasis is placed on graphic presentation of ideas and the creative process.
- TTh 4:15 - 6:45 pm

GRPH 246 (Introduction to Typography):
Introduction to the study of letter-forms for their aesthetic and communicative value. Emphasis will be placed on the form and function of basic type including a fundamental understanding of electronic prepress.
- MW 8 - 10:30 am

Whew. And no class on Friday is gonna rock

The Wal-Mart in Harrisonburg is a couple hundred feet from 81. On my way back to Fairfax tonight as I got on 81, I noticed a huge, billowing, black cloud of smoke coming from the next exit (by Wal-Mart). Confused and then noting the sirens I’d heard minutes earlier, as I got closer I realized the smoke was coming from the Wal-Mart shopping center, and soon, in the space between Wal-Mart and Home Depot, a one-story (maybe more) cube of space was engulfed in flames. It wasn’t quite in the store from what I could tell, but it was definitely on fire, it was definitely big, and I’m really anxious to find out how it started. I’m guessing it was something industrial, but then again, what do I know. Maybe Google News will have something in the morning.

Rented Supersize Me tonight (I’d been wanting to for awhile). Let me say one thing — I won’t be eating McDonald’s for awhile (maybe never?). I mean, I love their fries … but after seeing what Morgan went through, it’s just, ugh … me staying alive does not entail eating that. I also really wish the school systems would follow in the footsteps of the Wisconsin school that served real, healthy food I’d actually feel good about eating (at the same cost). I don’t care about corporate success or the stockholders … businesses are supposed to make money by helping people, not killing them. Seriously, people need to stop being afraid and do what’s right.