UCF Library Struggles: A list of 3 downfalls when trying to find a place to study.

 Recently (and suddenly), I find myself in the middle of midterms week. Totally passed me by until I realized, "WHY ARE THERE SO MANY TESTS AND ASSIGNMENTS DUE THIS WEEK?!" --- As a result of beautiful, non-stressful, non-exhausting, non-brain frying midterms week (HAH!) I find myself in the library on campus a lot. Practically living there even, which I'm sure everyone else is too because it's strange seeing familiar faces on the same floor that I've been studying on for the past week. Now, studying at the library has its perks and several downfalls I think we all encounter.

Or maybe I'm the only one...

So here's a list of 3 downfalls when trying to find a place to study in the UCF library:

1. Finding a place to study
- Depending on the time you go, this is LITERALLY as much of a hard task as finding a parking spot in any garage on campus during the times of 10AM-1PM. Several times I have spent a good 20 minutes walking around the library on every floor, searching every corner for a table to study at.  Meanwhile, I'm being watched by groups of people that are already sitting at tables and I can hear them in their heads like, "Sucks to suuuuuuck".

2. Once you've found a place to study
- Now, I've learned two things about the type of table you end up with or choose to study at and I learned them the hard way. There's a variation of places to study in the library from couches, large tables and "cubbies". Cubbies are great, and even a little private, but beware of the cubbies that are NO WHERE near an outlet and then you're on the hunt for a new table all over again. As for the large tables, bring a group. If you're alone at a large table, you WILL be asked by another person if they can share it with you and POTENTIALLY BRING THEIR ENTIRE GROUP TO TAKE OVER THE TABLE. As for a couch, I would never sit at a couch. I need a table, not my lap.

3. "Do not leave your items unattended"
- My favorite sign in the library, reminding me that once I have finally settled down at a table, I'm trapped there. I can't leave. And that coffee I just ordered a couple hours ago is empty and now my bladder is crying to be relieved and I'm looking around the library like, "Who can I ask to watch my things as I go to the bathroom?". In the end, I'm still sitting at the table, still thinking about how badly I have to pee but not bad enough to leave my things because of that damn sign.

Trial and Error

Last week in my Printmaking class, I created this bad boy out of a mental zinc plate! Definitely a piece I'm proud of as I've never worked with a mental zinc plate before and probably wont ever get the chance to again as the process is definitely tedious and requires tools that I will most likely never own or get my hands on.

The next printmaking project due is to incorporate color into our prints. We had the choice to either make an entire new print or use a print we had already made. I had gotten a lot of good feedback from my classmates about my octopus piece so I decided I'd add color to him... Unfortunately, the process was 4 hours of trial and error and I ended up with not ONE good piece! (Definitely upset as a classmate came up to me and offered to buy a print after it was colored...) Guess I'll have to work with color on my other print and hope it comes out better than my poor octopus.

Sunday Funday: ASSIGNMENT OVERLOAD

Have you ever had so much put on your plate that you couldn't even begin to start any thing because you were too busy freaking out about how much you have to do? 

Currently sitting in the library at UCF,TRYING to study for two tests, meanwhile trying to finish 2 assignments and anticipating a possible third, all due this week. Of course the week before spring break would be killer. I've managed to stay focused enough to get at least one assignment done and prepared flash cards for one of my tests, (I should actually say I've prepared a BOOK, the stack of cards I made is a joke) but I can't help but let my mind wander and now I'm back to thinking about how much I need to get done and how little time I have to study today even though it's only about 4:00pm and I have nothing else planned but to study so I could literally slap myself for putting my mind on this mad roller coaster of thoughts. (A daily battle in my head since the beginning of this week) 

Totally bribing myself to keep studying by rewarding myself with something delicious to eat at the end of the day....#motivationatit'sfinest 

About Me:

I am just a twenty-one year old girl with a passion for the vast field of art, balancing the lives I live in both Orlando and Tampa, Florida.

Orlando: I am currently living in Orlando and attending the University of Central Florida as a full time student studying Studio Art and minoring with Interpersonal Communications. Here in Orlando I focus on my education, career and future. However, I am a twenty-one year old college student! You better believe I am living it like any other college student would! Which means some nights you can definitely catch me bar hopping downtown, walking around Wall Street sipping on a Milwaukee's Best, where as other nights you can find me studying all night at the library. Orlando is my main location as I have been living here for roughly a year now, but my heart lives in Tampa. 

Tampa: Born and raised in tropical Florida, a true beach baby. My roots lie here in this town, deep within the soil. Eternally attached, my heart found a home within the ocean. My oldest friends, my greatest (and some not so great) memories, my first love and family are all here. To say the least, I visit often. Technically, I live in Palm Harbor, a town right on the outskirts of Clearwater. Not many people are familiar with the two,  so it makes it easier to say I live in Tampa. Here in Tampa I get to step away from my hectic life in Orlando, relax and re-charge my batteries. A great deal of my inspiration stems from my home town and visiting often has it's perks by helping in gathering new ideas for my art.

Because I bounce back between the two, from the concrete jungle of Orlando city and the salt life vibes of Tampa, I share a part of my life in each place. Here I can write about my adventures and stories from both places in ONE place. Along with posts about my obsession of food and beautifully presented cocktails in addition to posts about my passion: Art.