Oh hai there.
By this time tomorrow I will be done school for the semester and it will be time for summer break!!!! Oh my god am I ever excited!!! I mean i'm totally gonna miss seeing all my friends and all my (nice) teachers but 4 months of working and partying is gonna be awesome!!
My last final is PrePress which is supposedly going to be a simple business card imposition, most likely with bleed, and shouldn't take longer than 45 minutes. Then it's off to the bar to celebrate with a couple (and I really do mean a couple...I have to drive!) drinks! Yay!
Recently I have become addicted to the show "Operation Repo". It's just hilarious and I love it because it's in LA and LA is freakin' awesome. I found a YouTube channel's playlist that has tons of clips from the episodes. Check it out here!
As soon as summer starts and I have a lot more spare time i'm going to remodel this blog because it feels too plain for me. Hopefully by the end of this week/next week i'll be in possession of the Adobe CS4 Design Premium Suite so I will be able to upgrade to CS5 which, I believe, is now available for purchase!
<3
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Dear Dad: I Love You
This one's going to be super personal so if that makes you uncomfortable, stop reading now.
My Dad is quite literally the most amazing person I know. My parents have been married for almost 25 years. For the last 10 or so years, my mom has had chronic back pain and requires multiple very expensive treatments. She hasn't been able to work as she can barely stand or sit for extended periods of time. Not once has my dad complained about spending his own money to pay for her treatments. Not once have I heard him say something negative about having to help clean and make trips to get groceries because my mom can't.
He wakes up at 5:30 every morning to go to work and gets home 12 hours later, just in time to have dinner, do anything my mom has on a list of things she needs, watch a little "Two and a Half Men" and fall asleep on the couch by 9:30. After all this hard work, he doesn't go out to Best Buy and purchase tons of fancy toys or buy cars or vacations, he puts it away or pays off the mortgage and bills.
My Dad has paid for my tuition and school expenses — not to mention every other expense including food, gas, entertainment...literally everything for the last year.
Me being the rebellious teenager that I was, I moved out before I was ready and Dad pretty much supplemented my rent for the next 9 months. Why should he? I moved out because I didn't want to listen to my parents anymore. He loves me so much he just wanted to make sure I was happy even if I wasn't under his roof anymore.
He works so hard for his family and never asks for anything but gratitude in return. And the kicker?
I've owed $2000 on my credit card since December...or so I thought.
My dad has been taking my credit card statements and phone bills for the last 4 months and paying them off without me knowing.
I currently only owe Mastercard $690. You are amazing.
Dad I love you so much. Any man I marry better be at least half as amazing as you or they have no chance.
<3
My Dad is quite literally the most amazing person I know. My parents have been married for almost 25 years. For the last 10 or so years, my mom has had chronic back pain and requires multiple very expensive treatments. She hasn't been able to work as she can barely stand or sit for extended periods of time. Not once has my dad complained about spending his own money to pay for her treatments. Not once have I heard him say something negative about having to help clean and make trips to get groceries because my mom can't.
He wakes up at 5:30 every morning to go to work and gets home 12 hours later, just in time to have dinner, do anything my mom has on a list of things she needs, watch a little "Two and a Half Men" and fall asleep on the couch by 9:30. After all this hard work, he doesn't go out to Best Buy and purchase tons of fancy toys or buy cars or vacations, he puts it away or pays off the mortgage and bills.
My Dad has paid for my tuition and school expenses — not to mention every other expense including food, gas, entertainment...literally everything for the last year.
Me being the rebellious teenager that I was, I moved out before I was ready and Dad pretty much supplemented my rent for the next 9 months. Why should he? I moved out because I didn't want to listen to my parents anymore. He loves me so much he just wanted to make sure I was happy even if I wasn't under his roof anymore.
He works so hard for his family and never asks for anything but gratitude in return. And the kicker?
I've owed $2000 on my credit card since December...or so I thought.
My dad has been taking my credit card statements and phone bills for the last 4 months and paying them off without me knowing.
I currently only owe Mastercard $690. You are amazing.
Dad I love you so much. Any man I marry better be at least half as amazing as you or they have no chance.
<3
Sunday, April 11, 2010
I don't feel so baaaad
I've been stressing a lot lately about school and the marks i'm going to get because i just feel so insanely disorganized this semester. The semester started off so slack and then all this stuff got thrown on us at once and now it's like, two-three weeks to finals and it feels like we didn't do anything but we did soooo much at the same time.
All I have right now is the final web design project, 4 pages linked together with a navigational bar and a tabbed window dealio that I forget the name of because i'm so tired haha.
I've been really missing Mexico lately. I want to go back to living in 34ยบ weather, wearing shorts and a bikini top everywhere and partying till 4 in the morning every night. That was the best vacation of my life and I don't think anything else will ever compare to that. As much as I complained about how long it was and how much I missed my family, i'm sure that if I was offered the same opportunity again I would have to take it.
I really want to go to Vegas for my 21st birthday. Everyone that's actually been there has said it's amazing and they love it there. I don't want to gamble. That is the last thing I want to waste money on. I just want to go and see the strip and everything else Vegas has to offer. Yes i'm aware it's dangerous and people do stupid shit in Vegas but like I said, the last thing on my mind is throwing all my money away on a stupid table or slots. I'm so impatient, I can't sit at a slot machine and feed money into it until I win. I give up after like 5 spins.
Anyway, I think it's time for bed. The last thing I need is to be tired for tomorrow because i'm up blogging all night. Adios!
Song of the Day: "Shut it Down" by Pitbull ft. Akon. This song is so sick & it reminds me of summer time in Mexico.
<3
All I have right now is the final web design project, 4 pages linked together with a navigational bar and a tabbed window dealio that I forget the name of because i'm so tired haha.
I've been really missing Mexico lately. I want to go back to living in 34ยบ weather, wearing shorts and a bikini top everywhere and partying till 4 in the morning every night. That was the best vacation of my life and I don't think anything else will ever compare to that. As much as I complained about how long it was and how much I missed my family, i'm sure that if I was offered the same opportunity again I would have to take it.
I really want to go to Vegas for my 21st birthday. Everyone that's actually been there has said it's amazing and they love it there. I don't want to gamble. That is the last thing I want to waste money on. I just want to go and see the strip and everything else Vegas has to offer. Yes i'm aware it's dangerous and people do stupid shit in Vegas but like I said, the last thing on my mind is throwing all my money away on a stupid table or slots. I'm so impatient, I can't sit at a slot machine and feed money into it until I win. I give up after like 5 spins.
Anyway, I think it's time for bed. The last thing I need is to be tired for tomorrow because i'm up blogging all night. Adios!
Song of the Day: "Shut it Down" by Pitbull ft. Akon. This song is so sick & it reminds me of summer time in Mexico.
<3
Friday, April 9, 2010
Happy Pumpkin Pie Day
Did you all know that December 25th is ACTUALLY Pumpkin Pie day? What the hell was Christmas thinking when it took all the attention away from delicious pie?! What the hell man?
Gabe and I finished our Pokemon mash-up poster! A really low quality preview:
Yes, I'm really lame today but I'm super tired and I think it's time to go to bed early & just sleep in for once.
If anything exciting happens in the next couple hours I might write another more awesome blog. Not likely....
Song of the Day: "Rude Boy" by Rihanna. Yes. It has been stuck in my head all day.
<3
Gabe and I finished our Pokemon mash-up poster! A really low quality preview:
Yes, I'm really lame today but I'm super tired and I think it's time to go to bed early & just sleep in for once.
If anything exciting happens in the next couple hours I might write another more awesome blog. Not likely....
Song of the Day: "Rude Boy" by Rihanna. Yes. It has been stuck in my head all day.
<3
Monday, April 5, 2010
Frustrated
Yeah it's been a while again. I'm just really terrible at finding the motivation to write lately. However, YouTube is taking forever to load the videos I want to watch so as I wait for them to buffer, I will write.
Shawn was here for the weekend. It was fabulous. I spent way too much of his money and I feel slightly guilty but also awesome at the same time haha.
I feel sort of depressed lately. Like, overwhelmed, nervous, scared, sad...i'm in no way anywhere near suicidal or anything crazy like that. I just feel like I need an overhaul on my life and that i'm stuck or something right now. I think having a job or working would help that because I wouldn't feel so dependant on my parents and I want to have a job but I don't ever feel motivated enough to go out and do something about it. And when I did and I put out resumes, I never got any responses. Well I did but the one place that called me back, my mom didn't want me to work at. So I guess i'm not allowed to be choosy about where I work...unless it involves being "sexy" in the job description. Nice work Mom!
I was hoping to live in Residence at school next semester instead of having to commute every freakin day but there are many many things that worry me about that as well. I have a feeling that with my tendencies to forget about school work and party instead, I would never get any work done. I would probably show up for more classes on time. But then, what if I end up hating my room mate and we fight all the time or we're bitchy to each other or something. What if she's up all night and I can't sleep or, more likely, I can't sleep and i'm up all night and it pisses her off? I guess I shouldn't be worrying about that kind of stuff before it even happens but whatever! It's who I am.
I'm really excited to go back to school tomorrow and just get the rest of this semester finished and over with so I can make some money and relax a bit.
I think that's all I have to say for now.
Song of the Day: "Klash-Up" by Celldweller.
<3
Shawn was here for the weekend. It was fabulous. I spent way too much of his money and I feel slightly guilty but also awesome at the same time haha.
I feel sort of depressed lately. Like, overwhelmed, nervous, scared, sad...i'm in no way anywhere near suicidal or anything crazy like that. I just feel like I need an overhaul on my life and that i'm stuck or something right now. I think having a job or working would help that because I wouldn't feel so dependant on my parents and I want to have a job but I don't ever feel motivated enough to go out and do something about it. And when I did and I put out resumes, I never got any responses. Well I did but the one place that called me back, my mom didn't want me to work at. So I guess i'm not allowed to be choosy about where I work...unless it involves being "sexy" in the job description. Nice work Mom!
I was hoping to live in Residence at school next semester instead of having to commute every freakin day but there are many many things that worry me about that as well. I have a feeling that with my tendencies to forget about school work and party instead, I would never get any work done. I would probably show up for more classes on time. But then, what if I end up hating my room mate and we fight all the time or we're bitchy to each other or something. What if she's up all night and I can't sleep or, more likely, I can't sleep and i'm up all night and it pisses her off? I guess I shouldn't be worrying about that kind of stuff before it even happens but whatever! It's who I am.
I'm really excited to go back to school tomorrow and just get the rest of this semester finished and over with so I can make some money and relax a bit.
I think that's all I have to say for now.
Song of the Day: "Klash-Up" by Celldweller.
<3
Friday, March 26, 2010
Do They Make Brain Vacuums?
Because if they do, I certainly need one.
I feel like I have so much stuff to do and i'm forgetting about all of it and I can only think of one thing.
I finished my website today which was something that I was freaking out about finishing before the weekend. It's much more simple than desired but it's a pass and that's all that's important.
The only thing I can think of that I have to do is my newspaper spread. I started it but the formatting that's on the files we received is all different and for some reason my style sheets aren't doing anything and i'm getting very frustrated. I hate Quark. I never used to hate it. When we started with it I didn't mind it. But it's just not Adobe and the fact that even the most recent edition of it can't handle .docx files is just ridiculous. Sorry Quark. You fail.
If I can manage to get that assignment over with, i'll have a test in Quark to look forward to on Monday. Yeah. A test in Quark. It better not be written like the last one was.
I think once I finally do my business card imposition i'll feel better but I keep forgetting and I don't have InDesign at home.
*sigh*
Song of the Day: "Join Me" by HIM. Yeah it's kinda sad but it's nice and mellow.
<3
I feel like I have so much stuff to do and i'm forgetting about all of it and I can only think of one thing.
I finished my website today which was something that I was freaking out about finishing before the weekend. It's much more simple than desired but it's a pass and that's all that's important.
The only thing I can think of that I have to do is my newspaper spread. I started it but the formatting that's on the files we received is all different and for some reason my style sheets aren't doing anything and i'm getting very frustrated. I hate Quark. I never used to hate it. When we started with it I didn't mind it. But it's just not Adobe and the fact that even the most recent edition of it can't handle .docx files is just ridiculous. Sorry Quark. You fail.
If I can manage to get that assignment over with, i'll have a test in Quark to look forward to on Monday. Yeah. A test in Quark. It better not be written like the last one was.
I think once I finally do my business card imposition i'll feel better but I keep forgetting and I don't have InDesign at home.
*sigh*
Song of the Day: "Join Me" by HIM. Yeah it's kinda sad but it's nice and mellow.
<3
Thursday, March 25, 2010
The "New Press Party"
Tonight was pretty neat.
After school, I picked up the time cards I needed for my taxes from my old office job (oh how I miss thee $1000 pay checks!) and then Gabe and I went to the car wash and washed my car finally! We had about 3 hours to kill before the "Press Party" started. So I went back to Okotoks, dropped my flash drive off at the work-place of the lady i'm doing that website for, then went back into Calgary.
OH the press party....
When Gabe, Sarah and I arrived, they were doing the presentation of the new press, ie: talking about it, running it, showing it off to all the industry people that were there. Gabe and I were the only first years in the place so it was kind of cool to be surrounded by so many people who knew so much and were as interested in the press as we were.
Jim, Brenda, Jeanne, Tyler, Danny and Luda were there as well as Willem and a bunch of grads & other surely important people. It was pretty much just a ton of fun and after the presentation was over, everyone was just kind of wandering around talking.
A guy with a video camera came up to me and Gabe and pretty much just decided he was going to do an on the spot interview, like a legit one, and told us we would be on YouTube/Facebook. Uhhh....Okay! So basically we just talked about how the press is awesome and it's so much easier than the one color and it's revolutionary and what not. I'm pretty sure I sound like a dumb blond the whole way through but whatever! I was nervous okay?!
We kinda just hung out with Brenda, Jeanne and Jim after that since they were taking it a little easy after the stress of the presentation and the hand-shaking and such. Brenda bought me and Gabe a beer each and we ate snacks and chatted and laughed and it was a grand old time.
In return for the beer, i'm bringing donuts in tomorrow. Not sure how i'm going to manage that with no money but i'll figure something out haha.
Song of the Day: "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin. It's classic, I love it.
<3
After school, I picked up the time cards I needed for my taxes from my old office job (oh how I miss thee $1000 pay checks!) and then Gabe and I went to the car wash and washed my car finally! We had about 3 hours to kill before the "Press Party" started. So I went back to Okotoks, dropped my flash drive off at the work-place of the lady i'm doing that website for, then went back into Calgary.
OH the press party....
When Gabe, Sarah and I arrived, they were doing the presentation of the new press, ie: talking about it, running it, showing it off to all the industry people that were there. Gabe and I were the only first years in the place so it was kind of cool to be surrounded by so many people who knew so much and were as interested in the press as we were.
Jim, Brenda, Jeanne, Tyler, Danny and Luda were there as well as Willem and a bunch of grads & other surely important people. It was pretty much just a ton of fun and after the presentation was over, everyone was just kind of wandering around talking.
A guy with a video camera came up to me and Gabe and pretty much just decided he was going to do an on the spot interview, like a legit one, and told us we would be on YouTube/Facebook. Uhhh....Okay! So basically we just talked about how the press is awesome and it's so much easier than the one color and it's revolutionary and what not. I'm pretty sure I sound like a dumb blond the whole way through but whatever! I was nervous okay?!
We kinda just hung out with Brenda, Jeanne and Jim after that since they were taking it a little easy after the stress of the presentation and the hand-shaking and such. Brenda bought me and Gabe a beer each and we ate snacks and chatted and laughed and it was a grand old time.
In return for the beer, i'm bringing donuts in tomorrow. Not sure how i'm going to manage that with no money but i'll figure something out haha.
Song of the Day: "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin. It's classic, I love it.
<3
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