Some Halloween Season Reflections: Adjust, hope, power of prayer, small greatness, & contentment.

Some pictures from my UHCL & San Jac graduration

So, my semester and thus my undergraduate college career for that matter has ended on May 10, 2025. I'II say that this semester was a fine even good, mostly laid-back one. I in my senior seminar in art class was able to act upon art displaying opportunities (even if I wasn't accepted at any of them), along with being able to print my business cards and enhanced my job applying skills like making an effective cover letter for example. Looking back on 14 years of being an undergraduate student, I'II say that it overall was a good, secure ride. I started first at San Jacinto College Central, for 8 years (including some extra classes) before I eventually attend University of Houston - Clearlake, or UHCL about 6 years now. I got an Associates of Fine Arts (Dec. 2017) at the former while I got a BFA in Art & Design with a concentration in Graphic Design. I uniquely had a double minor in Art History & marketing. It was an adventurous learning experience at times throughout my long college expierence. Some of the advantageous things that I did for college included doing an oral history interview with a WWII vet, attending rock mineral expos, shopping as a team at a fiesta store, visiting the MFAH & lawndale art center, watching the Hansel & Gretel opera at UH, volunteering at an art fest booth, draw naked people, did a mock focus group, gave out brochures at the San Jacinto Day celebration where I also saw the reenactment there that day too, etc. It had its downs too, including taking challenging classes like sociology & math, yet had more ups then downs. I really enjoyed my creative writing class. Good that some artworks of mine were displayed in campus art galleries, even one featured in a college magazine at San Jac called Accents. I at UHCL even submitted an essay for a contest.

Glad for the opportunities to participate in fun school activities & events. I did thing like dance w/ day of the dead dressed people at San Jac, participated in UHCL family weekend, participated in a recent neon night at UHCL, participated at the chili & wild west themed UHCL homecoming week activities, being in a 'snow globe' at San Jac, read flash fiction of mine at San Jac, attended a Shakespeare themed festival at San Jac, etc. Glad for the trinkets & self-made crafts that I got from the school activities too; I, for instance, at San Jac, created a Texas license plate with my name and at UHCL did some rock painting. Good how much of my classmates & professors were good, nice, kind, even mostly likeable people. I see taking 14 years of college classes as a way to try to effectively handle my adult life, especially as I & my parents agreed that I may not handle full-fledged adulting very well. I fortunately had more time for my hobbies & interests as a side benefit. I'm by the way glad for my parents' & even God's help. Yet, however, I am not completely over with school as I want to attend & is trying to apply for grad school. I hope as well that it wilI be a further good experience for me. Yet maybe the life lessons & maturing that I've learned from my long college experience might strengthen me for it. One thing that I learned is that thing I can handle hard things much easier than I thought, including how God, family, friends, and even some staff & faculty can help you out. So, think how that can apply to you for that matter, especially in your own individual way.

How the world seems to be similar to when I first started college. But of course, some things did change, like Disney's Frozen franchise came about, Donald Trump was elected president, AI & streaming became popular, my mom & sister died, etc. I, as I was finally approaching the stage to receive my UHCL diploma, thought how I'II try to positively strive & make the best out of my life, regardless of the odds. So far, I have been, in some way, striving to do that.