Ebay

I've decided to try ebay again. You can see the Autumn bracelet here. This bracelet took about 15 hours of work to complete. The colors of the carnelian and fire opal are absolutely gorgeous - to truly appreciate them you have to see the piece in person. Please go look, bid if you want, and also check out the new and improved Shy Violet website.

In school related stuff, my classes look hard so far, but not impossible. I'm sure my impression will change as we get into the semester though. I'm probably going to try the Taekwondo Team as my martial arts fix. I would also like to try the Shotokan Club, but I have gotten no response about practice times, etc. I am not sure how much I will like the Taekwondo Team because they seem very competition focused (ranked 2nd in nation), but there are really not many choices here. That's probably the only thing I am disappointed in here - the lack of martial arts options. Even our smaller school had 6 or 8 different martial arts clubs. They may not have all been that good, but they did exist, and if you liked them you could be part of them. Here, there are only 4, and 2 of them were not even visible under Club Sports - I had to go searching around "Student Activities" to find out they even existed! The Taekwondo Team may be a lot of fun - it all depends on the people.

Unfortunately, though, it doesn't look like I'll have the time or energy to start my own club here. I've taught my own club before, for two years - it was fun, but time-consuming. Grad school takes priority over my addiction to karate.