Goodnight!

Oops turns out my mom doesn't like the thought of me listening to rap music

I mean it's not like I'm not 17 and able to see rated-R movies without a parent's permission or anything. It's not like I'm constantly cussing around her, smoking weed, drinking, or being a bad kid in general or anything. It's not like I'm going to be off to college in about 9 months or anything. It's not like I'm gonna keep listening to it anyways or anything. I'm glad she didn't walk in during Yeezus though.

Kanye West Quest

Right now I'm a third of the way into The College Dropout. Tomorrow I plan on doing Late Registration and end the night with 808s and Heartbreak. I'm blazing through his discography on this Kanye Quest. I think when I'm done with Kanye's discography I'll do Childish Gambino's and Tyler the Creators, and , maybe Juicy J's. I don't think I'll ever have enough time to get through all of Jay Z's, Wu Tang, NWA, or other older acts. I do love 80's and 90's rap, though. Rap is brilliant depending on the rapper.

Oops I'm still not done with my homework

oops I have no clue what I'm doing

Also, my goal in life is to say "Hurry up with my damn croissants" to somebody.

I'm back on my Kanye pilgrimage, and today I' listening to Yeezus. There's more anger in it. I think each Kanye album can be summed up with one emotion. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy would be melancholy, and Graduation would be hope/awe. It's hard to name, but it's definitely something you feel.

At least I was able to finish my English homework pretty quickly. Every little bit helps!

Now I have to catch up on all of my homework, and needless to say I'm not really in the mood for that. 

My Trip to Chicago

So on Thursday night my mom and I drove out to Chicago. It's really a wonderful city. The hotel was beyond shmancy! There were all sorts of gorgeous ballrooms and the lobby was very modern and swanky. We were on the 17th floor and had a great view of the John Hancock Building from our room.

On Friday morning, we took the L up to Loyola. As far as public transportation goes, the L is quite excellent. It's very clean and well-maintained, plus you get a great view of the city. Loyola was a nice school, and I think I'm going to apply there. I didn't like it as much as DePaul, but I could still see myself enjoying the school a lot. The weather on Friday was absolutely horrible. It was snowing/hailing on and off throughout the day, windy, and miserably cold. It made it a lot more difficult to do the tour of Loyola's Lakeshore campus. Their Water Tower campus was pretty nice as well, but once my mom and I got to our tour of DePaul's College of Computing and Digital Media, it became irrelevant.

Oh. My. GOODNESS THE CDM COLLEGE WAS FLAWLESS!!!! There was all sorts of amazing equipment and technology. It reminded me a lot of the New York Film Academy. They had a library for renting out cameras, a stop-motion animation lab, two normal animation labs, a few small theaters for screening movies, a soundstage, a sound designing recording studio full of things for making your own sounds, several editing labs, and more. Plus, they have a partnership with one of  the largest studios outside of LA and have an even bigger soundstage there! Seeing all of that really moved it up to my first choice after that. It'd be a phenomenal opportunity for me!

Last night my mom and I drove home, and I'm already looking forward to heading back to Chicago.