haha! no...hardly. Summer Vacation means working full time to recover some funds, cleaning the house, getting rid of collected junk, getting ready to move, work on my art more, doing all the things I couldn't do while school was going on, like hang out with lovely people, working out and getting into shape (more on that later) and making dresses!
I'm really excited for this summer. Like the last blog said I have a lot planned for it, plenty to keep me busy and entertained! Just got my hair cut last night and it looks super spiffy. I'd take some pictures and post them but I just went for a run with Buddy so it's not so awesome right now. Quite a bit shorter than I'm used to but I'm glad I took the leap because it's wonderful! I found my favorite hair stylist and she has a new client...hehe woot!
All in all, finals went really well. I can't wait until grades come in because I think they'll be worth celebrating. I'll post them here when I get them.
It's a guard weekend so Bryce is up at Camp Ripley playing army. Good times. That means I get the place to myself and will be getting some work done in my studio. Now that we know we're moving I'm going to be minimizing my stuff and sorting out what I need with me, what I can store and what I'd like to store at Deb's (you know, just in case). I may also start/finish the dress I have cut out and waiting for my attentions...we'll see...
Tonight I'm going to cook up some Tilapia and asparagus, have a glass of wine and perhaps get the ball rolling on something. Not sure yet.
Oh, like I said above, I'm going to be working on losing some weight and getting into shape. I want to lose 15-20 pounds by mid summer. I miss a lot of my old clothes and think it's ridiculous that I can't fit into most of them. I banished the sweatpants that I've been wearing every freaking day and am forcing myself to wear the one pair of jeans that just barely fits me. Those sweatpants let me get away with too much...now I've got to work my bum off...literally. I'm going to be taking up bellydancing again when summer session rolls around, in the mean time I dug out my bellydance DVDs to start conditioning my muscles to work the way their supposed to. Plus I'm trying to go out running every evening when I get home from work. So far so good...well, being Day 1 and all... Also incorporating some bicycle crunches as per Bryce's suggestion. The hard part is going to be the running...I hate running and my knees hate me for trying to run. But I can't keep bending to their will. They'll only get worse if I keep babying them like I have been. I certainly can't do much now...like tonight I just ran/walked Buddy around a couple of blocks and came right back...but it's something, and better than nothing. I just have to keep adding a little bit more to it every time. I think tomorrow I'll go for a bike ride too...depends on the weather.
Speaking of the weather, it smelled like Lilacs and Rain while I was outside...a fragrance company really needs to market that smell because it is amazing!!! Good stuff.
Anyway, I think it's time to make some dinner. Toodles all!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
End of Finals (just about)
well kids, I'm just about done with my Junior year here at the MCAD. it's a little surreal thinking that next year I'll be graduating and entering yet another chapter in my life. It feels like it was just yesterday that I graduated High School and started going to Normandale...and here I am at MCAD doing what I always knew I wanted to be doing.
The walls at MCAD are loaded with the Senior Projects, it's really exciting to see all the work and their business cards. It all looks and feel so professional and high quality. Thrilling and frightening that I'll be scrambling next year just like they were. I'm not quite sure what Senior year is like for BS kids but it will be no joke for sure.
I'm starting to ponder what I want to do over the summer. I certainly don't want to slack off and think that it's a break or anything. Summer is just like any time of the year really, just more sun, warmer temps and no homework. I still have a job to work, an internship to complete as well as an externship to set up. I talked to one of my instructors today about jumping on a project that he's organizing for USBank that sounds super super exciting. It's totally volunteer based and no internship credit can be given so that kinda sucks...but it's a low time commitment portfolio and networking potential that sounds like a ton of fun! There's also working on my website that I completed last semester for Portfolio.net that I never purchased the url or server space...that's at least $100 I don't have at the moment... I almost want to totally revamp it because I don't think it portrays enough of my current work and ability. so I get to review coding again and I think that's pretty exciting! Ideally I'll pick up the drawing a day thing again because I totally lost track of that...
I have some projects for other people to do as well. Including the tattoo for Logan that I said I'd design over thanksgiving break, and the Cat illustration for debbie's quilt that I also promised would be done months ago... This summer is going to be loaded with work...loaded!
But the good news is that classes are just about done. I'm finishing my Visualizing Physics class that was fun except for the group project which turned out to be a nightmare... (but it's done! book is bounded and we're turning it in today!) I just have two classes next week, one that I can't even go to because I've been called into court as a witness from a Loss Prevention case over a year ago...fun times...luckily my teacher is letting me come in on sunday to take it early. The other is tuesday morning. I'm not terribly worried about either of the tests...I'm actually quite confident that this semester went even better than last...which is awesome!
oh and there's also Bellydancing which I'll be picking up again over the summer. I seriously need to start working out more or just being more active and eating healthy in general. I need to undo what college has done to me!!! I miss my old clothes...
*shrugs* other than that...I don't know what else to say. just putting a lot out there...I know there's more going on in my head but it kinda scares me to think about everything I want to get done and the idea of not being able to is sad...lots of craziness coming up!
oh and one more thing! Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter Tea Party is still happening! just not last week...obviously...go finals! sometime mid or late summer it shall be glorious and fun! I'll keep this updated with how that's going once I can start it again...whee!
The walls at MCAD are loaded with the Senior Projects, it's really exciting to see all the work and their business cards. It all looks and feel so professional and high quality. Thrilling and frightening that I'll be scrambling next year just like they were. I'm not quite sure what Senior year is like for BS kids but it will be no joke for sure.
I'm starting to ponder what I want to do over the summer. I certainly don't want to slack off and think that it's a break or anything. Summer is just like any time of the year really, just more sun, warmer temps and no homework. I still have a job to work, an internship to complete as well as an externship to set up. I talked to one of my instructors today about jumping on a project that he's organizing for USBank that sounds super super exciting. It's totally volunteer based and no internship credit can be given so that kinda sucks...but it's a low time commitment portfolio and networking potential that sounds like a ton of fun! There's also working on my website that I completed last semester for Portfolio.net that I never purchased the url or server space...that's at least $100 I don't have at the moment... I almost want to totally revamp it because I don't think it portrays enough of my current work and ability. so I get to review coding again and I think that's pretty exciting! Ideally I'll pick up the drawing a day thing again because I totally lost track of that...
I have some projects for other people to do as well. Including the tattoo for Logan that I said I'd design over thanksgiving break, and the Cat illustration for debbie's quilt that I also promised would be done months ago... This summer is going to be loaded with work...loaded!
But the good news is that classes are just about done. I'm finishing my Visualizing Physics class that was fun except for the group project which turned out to be a nightmare... (but it's done! book is bounded and we're turning it in today!) I just have two classes next week, one that I can't even go to because I've been called into court as a witness from a Loss Prevention case over a year ago...fun times...luckily my teacher is letting me come in on sunday to take it early. The other is tuesday morning. I'm not terribly worried about either of the tests...I'm actually quite confident that this semester went even better than last...which is awesome!
oh and there's also Bellydancing which I'll be picking up again over the summer. I seriously need to start working out more or just being more active and eating healthy in general. I need to undo what college has done to me!!! I miss my old clothes...
*shrugs* other than that...I don't know what else to say. just putting a lot out there...I know there's more going on in my head but it kinda scares me to think about everything I want to get done and the idea of not being able to is sad...lots of craziness coming up!
oh and one more thing! Alice in Wonderland: Mad Hatter Tea Party is still happening! just not last week...obviously...go finals! sometime mid or late summer it shall be glorious and fun! I'll keep this updated with how that's going once I can start it again...whee!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
an interesting find
So it's finals time...yaaaaaay...
*sigh*
I obviously am simply trying to distract myself from the many tasks at hand by blogging at the moment, but I wanted to share a new site that I've come across that I think deserves more attention...
http://watchingamerica.com/News/
Basically it's a website that translates and provides news to Americans (in English), about the U.S. written by and for other countries (typically in other languages). I think their approach is important and provides a viewpoint that's all too often overlooked by mainstream media. As Americans I think it's easy for us to live happily in our little bubble, and all too easy to forget about the world around us and what they think of what we're doing. But just browsing through this site was terribly interesting and fun.
Go look at it and ponder the change of viewpoint and how it makes you feel...kinda fun.
Okay really...back to work...I promise...
*sigh*
I obviously am simply trying to distract myself from the many tasks at hand by blogging at the moment, but I wanted to share a new site that I've come across that I think deserves more attention...
http://watchingamerica.com/News/
Basically it's a website that translates and provides news to Americans (in English), about the U.S. written by and for other countries (typically in other languages). I think their approach is important and provides a viewpoint that's all too often overlooked by mainstream media. As Americans I think it's easy for us to live happily in our little bubble, and all too easy to forget about the world around us and what they think of what we're doing. But just browsing through this site was terribly interesting and fun.
Go look at it and ponder the change of viewpoint and how it makes you feel...kinda fun.
Okay really...back to work...I promise...
Sunday, April 5, 2009
random design
while avoiding homework I played with illustrator to try and teach myself little things again. this is what I came up with, based somewhat on a thing I sketched (and posted in the previous entry). just some funness...back to work...*sleep*
New Images!
Okay Kiddies, in absolutely no special order at all, (in fact, I couldn't tell you what's what based on the crazy coding I see on my blogging thing now...) there are images here from Dr. Sketchy's, Alice in Wonderland (those sketches are now totally worthless by the way, since alice will now be a punk snowboarder and the Cat will be played by a star and the caterpillar will be played by a molecule... sad day, but in reality it makes more sense with the whole String theory ness... oh well), some random note things and some sketches from the Suicide Girls book we bought recently. I haven't been lazy, I 'm just terrible at updating this thing! sorry!
The end is here!
sad day, the end of spring break is already here. it was a lovely week of relaxing and securing an internship, playing and pretending to work. I got some things done so that's a plus. I would say that with the whole internship thing, this break was a huge success! Now it's crunch time...about a month more of school and I'm done until the fall...which will in any likelihood be an externship so still no classes until next spring! I'm almost done! this is crazy!
Bryce and I spent the weekend at his mom's house in Coon Rapids, just relaxing and watching movies. We got to utilize her jacuzzi and then we baked cookies! Overall an excellent way to end my break!
In a little bit Bryce and I are going to go to Spyhouse, but in the mean time I'm going to take some pictures of stuff I've been drawing so you people don't think I'm being lazy or something. how sad. I'll post them shortly...until then...toodles!
Bryce and I spent the weekend at his mom's house in Coon Rapids, just relaxing and watching movies. We got to utilize her jacuzzi and then we baked cookies! Overall an excellent way to end my break!
In a little bit Bryce and I are going to go to Spyhouse, but in the mean time I'm going to take some pictures of stuff I've been drawing so you people don't think I'm being lazy or something. how sad. I'll post them shortly...until then...toodles!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Internship, GO!
Good news everyone! I got an internship with Goodybeads.com where I currently work. The job that I've been doing has just been mindless grunt work but I went to them today with a presentation showing what I'm going to school for and what I would like to do for them over the course of two internships and a potential externship. They loved what I showed them and are excited to take me on as an intern but unfortunately they can't pay me for it...*pout* so I'll keep doing what I'm doing to earn some money to live on but plug in some hours doing the real fun stuff of the internship. I'm really excited to start, in fact once I'm done with this entry I'm going to fill out the internship contract and get that all set up and ready to go for tomorrow so they can sign it and I can turn it in on monday so I can start right away! wahhhh! why didn't I think of this sooner??? *sigh* oh well. I've got it now and that's what matters.
that's mostly it for now, time to get to work!
that's mostly it for now, time to get to work!
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