Back HOME!! or is it home?

I am finally back in Ontario, my hometown.

I have been meaning to write about my reunification with friends and family and familiar items, but I guess I have been too busy doing just that to write.

The best description of the experience I am having, and one that I have been hearing from my other friends, is that it feels weird to be home, like the last 4 months in Vancouver were just a dream. I keep having to bbm (Blackberry Messenger) or facebook my friends to reconfirm that they DO exist. This causes much fustration to my friends and family here;  I carry my blackberry around as though it is of equal value to my heart or lungs. I NEED it! :)

Because the majority of my friends in Vancouver are from other countries, and Vancouver itself seems very american/asian, I have not been feeling very Canadian. So, when I arrived home to Tim Horton's and my brothers hockey game, I felt extremely Canadian.

It has been really weird though, because although I clearly remember missing my friends and family and Ontario lifestyle, and felt like it was so far away, The second I returned home, it is like nothing happened. Everything went right back to normal. Even my parents... That part was sort of upsetting because I was expecting them to be extra nice, almost abnormally nice, and suppress every frustration they had with me because they missed me so much and didnt want me to be upset with them.. this was not the case. My mom still continues to nag me, with chores and responsibility.

I am certainly enjoying my break, but I am really starting to miss Vancouver and all of my friends there. Mostly the freedom and the art.

Here, I almost forget that I am an artist. I am just so lazy! It is hard to believe that I am even writing this right now! I wanted to read so much and do so many things but I am just NOT! im not doing anything.

I talked to my roomate the other day over the phone and she witnessed my first slip of the use of the term "home" when refrencing Vancouver. I said, "when are you going home again?" and right after I dramatically paused when I realized what I had just done... Where is my home? I am pretty sure it is in Vancouver now. But I would still say that this is my home as well.

That night when I went to bed, I couldn't help but look at my bedroom and think that this will never be my room again. I cant believe it. I have actually moved out. I guess I found this all easier before because I was blinded with the excitement of University, but it is actually very sad. I will never be able to be a kid again...

My Red Wine Project

This week for drawing class we were told to draw with something you wouldn't normally draw with, on something you wouldn't normally draw on.

I decided to paint with cheap red wine on a blouse :)

As a final touch I went to my local dry cleaners and asked them if they could remove the stain. They laughed and gave it a mock assessment before packaging it and returning it back to me in a clear package. 

A classmate modelling my 'design'

Hello Interwebz!

Hey There! Sup? Howdy!?

 I thought I would start off this blogging adventure by answering a few unasked questions. These are simply questions that I am assuming are running through your mind as you look upon my page, as it is highly unlikely that anyone has directly asked me these questions as this is my very first post.

1. What is the significance of your blogging name? Are you obsessed with Van's or something?

 Most certainly not! I currently reside in the glorious city that is Vancouver (Canada wooo!) and I am an artist, hence the name VanCityArtist.

2. Then what is your real name?

My name = Rebecca :)

3. What are you doing in Vancouver a.k.a. VanCity?

I am a student at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (it's on an island! pretty sweet, eh?) . I am hoping to one day become an animator or Storyboard artist for Pixar, the most amazing company in the world!!!

4. Do you say "Eh?" a lot?

That is a Canadian steriotype and you sir, should be ashamed for even thinking of a question like that!
but to answer your question...
yes.... yes I do.

5. Why are you creating a blog?

I have always thought of creating one but was unsure of when or how to start. Tonight I decided to finally do it to make up for my lack of productivity today as a result of procrastinating for my Art History exam studying.

And yes, I do believe that creating this blog is productive, and am aware of the fact that the blog will be yet another way of distracting me from my school work, BUT I DON'T CARE!!

6. What are you going to blog about?

I  think that a blog will be a really exciting and more convenient way of replacing my diary:) So basically it will include everything that a whiny teenage girl such as myself, would write about in her diary and more!

Rants, Day-to-day experiences, My artwork,  Introspective crap,  Stories about my friends and I, Various lists of things I like, Answers to more questions that no one asked, and much MUCH MORE!!

Let's get started, shall we?