May 8, 2002
12:28 p.m.

The only final I had with a test involved was Digital Imaging, which I got out of the way yesterday. I'm basically home free for the rest of my finals because my projects are all done. That's one of the things I love about being an art student. We don't have to take as many tests. We just make something then sit around and talk about it.

I keep forgetting that Mother's Day is coming up soon. If I forget to send my grandmother a card, I'll feel like a dunce. We hardly ever see each other, but I don't want her to think I've forgotten her.

I'm in no position to get anything nice for my mother. I'm pretty broke. However, I think I may have found the solution for that. My mom has already "reserved" me to go see Spiderman with her. We're supposed to go this Sunday, so I can just pay her way with the money I received from selling my textbooks. I also made a portrait of her as part of my Figure Painting final, which I was going to give to her. (I realized that in all these years I had never drawn or painted her, not even as a kid. I knew that had to be remedied.) I have reservations about giving it to her, though. I don't think it looks quite like her. I worked on her eyes for two hours and they still didn't come out right. I also have a bad memory of the time I drew her a picture for Christmas. My attempts to matte it were horrendous, but I did the best I could with what I had. She gave the drawing back to me two days later. That still kind of stings. This time I'm making her keep the stupid painting even if she doesn't like it.