Ok so about two weeks ago, I find out I am going to have this homework assignment that both, frightens me and excites me at the same time. The assignment is to make a full body self portrait of myself that is representable more than realistic. Ok cool. I've taken a typography class many years ago, and I've gone to graphic design classes. It's going to be fun. Then my teacher goes, Oh. It's going to be as large as you are in real life.

*blink... blink blink.* And all I can think is. "Ok then."

Now, those few of you who know me in real life, know how tall I am. I can look over the heads of most crowds. I'm 6'2" and I can stick out like a sore thumb in some crowds. I'm tall even for playing woman's basketball, witch because I was so sick of being hounded in middle school by the coaches, I quit playing, and it was something I enjoyed playing. OH! And silly me. when I'm laying on the floor and the other students are measuring out the paper next to me, I asked for more. MORE I TELL YOU!. So now I'm staring at a roll of thick paper that is about 3 feet wide, maybe more (But I'm telling myself it's 3 feet for my own sanity.)and when I roll it out, it's going to be over 6'8" long. Aside from the larger sheep of paper that it came from, that was the entire roll, this is the biggest piece of paper that I have ever seen.

Again, I'm very excited, and slightly intimidated by this piece of paper. The only way that I think I'm going to be able to work on this project at home, is by taping the humongous page to a wall, and hoping that my inks don't bleed too far through it.