I'm in my first week as a "special student" / post bacc-ish at S.I.U.C. So far EVERYONE has been super friendly and welcoming. I'm pretty darn excited to work with so many artists in an academic environment. Today I moved in to my community studio space and tomorrow I get to make clay. I'm heading back to the studio tonight just to throw and make something. -- It's been over a month since I've done anything with the move and all. It's gonna be a good year.