moving to chicago

okay, so... today i'm starting a blog. lord knows why, i mean, i'll never update it and probably the only people who're gonna read it are people who wound up on this page accidentally. 


well, i lied all ready. i do know why the blog is starting today. today's kind of significant for me... today's the day i leave Pittsburgh for Chicago. i start college one week from friday, and its terrifying. but exciting. well, obviously it'll be terrifying and exciting. i mean, its college. its the last step in education before somebody steals my water wings and i get dumped into the ocean of adulthood. ... and i'm starting a blog because i think it'll be easier than a diary. also, this girl at work inspired me to do it.


anyhow. i spent all yesterday doing last-minute shopping and packing everything but the kitchen sink into my dad's car. we leave for Illinois around 2, i guess. it'll be nice to get some sleep in the car-[spent last night watching 'American Psycho' with my sister instead of sleeping. its one of the greatest movies on my long, long, long list of cinematic favorites.] idunno, i guess now i'm worried that i packed too much. yesterday i was more worried about getting lost in the city. or walking into the wrong class or something- and i have actually done that! last year i got into an animation apprenticeship with josh tonies, [an amazing animator, badass, artist, and all-around nice guy], and managed to go to the wrong building. i walked into a screenwriting class with guns blazing, and... well, let's just say that was not fun. hilarious. but not fun. 


oh, okay, here's an idea. how about i define myself? that'd probably be a good idea. 


hello, my name is marissa. i'm short, pale, irish/ puerto rican, and aspire to someday become an animator like the 9 old ones. as for now, i just draw and paint a lot. i'm not sure if that constitutes "artist" or not. i am currently a student at Columbia College Chicago studying traditional and stop-motion animation. 

[here's an example of the kinda stuff i draw... 'cause i draw a lot.]

i work at a movie theatre making popcorn, seeing free movies, and doodling on receipt paper. i have a nasty habit of becoming madly infatuated with boys who don't really suit me, am terribly superstitious, and am horrible with making decisions. i enjoy scarves, movies, stop-motion animation, batman, sherlock holmes, oingo boingo, boots, cartoons, books, comics, oversized sweaters, blue eyes, dark curly hair, french bulldogs, boats, the color grey, robert downey jr, and monsters. anyway... that's me; surly and stubby and immature.


hopefully everything'll work out in the city they filmed 'The Dark Knight' in.


next time i write an entry, it'll probably be on my shiny new 15-inch macbook pro, complete with editing software and a wacom tablet. oh yes. 


-marissa