Three Six Five
Posted on: May 22, 2011 at 9:03 pm. 2 comments
Today marks day #295 of my 365 Design-A-Day challenge. This means I have about 70 days/designs left to do, and I have to say I’m quite proud/shocked that I have actually managed to make it this far. With the exception of once when I forgot (though remembered before I slept, around 2am) and once when I wasn’t home until after 12 I have made each design on time (though sometimes barely) and did my best to post it on time (though sometimes due to internet problems or just simply forgetting to hit the post button after a long day, some were delayed). While I’m super proud that I managed to make it this far, I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t always (especially lately) put as much effort into the designs as I could. Some days, when I was lazy or didn’t feel like doing anything but tumbrling or sleeping, I would simply just throw together some text & effects and call it a design. I’ve been doing that A LOT lately, simply because the time I do spend on the computer, I end up not really doing much of anything productive. Which reminds me, I need to go sign up for an english assessment for college in the fall. I’ll go do that now.
And right as I went to do that, my parent’s told me I had company- Taylor stopped by on her bike ride and we talked for a bit (also climbed up on the roof of my dad’s shed, and I almost fell through but you know). But now, everything is booked for next wednesday and I’m all set. I’m not even entirely sure what it will consist of, but I know that it’s to determine how many English classes you have to take. I’ll either have to take one or two, or if I’m really lucky/smart (which i doubt) then none.
Anyways. Back to how unproductive I am (see, even just attempting to write a blog post.. I get so distracted and end up taking hours to do it). Usually, I would have all the time in the world after school and on weekends to work on my site, make layouts, code things, etc. But with work, I get off at different times and I’m way more tired so I just never have it in me to ACTUALLY design a lot of cool stuff. Or anything, really. I worked 8 eight hours today, and then I work another 8 tomorrow (despite the fact that it’s a holiday) and Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Then i get Thursday off, work Friday afternoon, have Saturday off & work Sunday. Generally on my days off, I just want to sleep for as much as I can because I’m just exhausted all week. I really felt like designing last night, but it happened at 1am and I KNEW I had to go to bed to be up for work. And I was SO tired all day today, and I know I will be tomorrow.
But hopefully, at some point sometime soon, I will be able to possibly make a new layout for here, add some new stuff to quotetastic & FINALLY manage to get my portfolio site up and running. I’ve had it since November, and there’s absolutely nothing… But for now, I’m going to wait for my laundry to be done, maybe design a bit, watch some fireworks & go to BED.
2 comments Tags: 365, College, Life, Offline, School, Tired, Work.
You’re Still an Innocent
Posted on: October 23, 2010 at 7:05 pm. 4 comments
Day 29 – Post anything that involves Taylor Swift:
My design of the day 
SO many of them lately have been of Taylor Swift. Two more sleeeeps 
I’m going to get it bright and early monday morning, and then HOPEFULLY getting my camera monday too I’m so excited, it’s unreal. My mom said that she would pay for my camera, and then I can just pay her back in installments, so I wouldn’t be spending all my money at once. But I get a good amount of shifts every week, which makes for good paychecks every two weeks so I could just pay it all off as soon as I get paid this week, if I wanted to. I think I might be able to get it for cheaper, too 
which is always good. AND THAT MEANS I CAN START MY PHOTO 365 ON MY BIRTHDAY WITH AN AWESOMEEE CAMERA
I’m going to Melissa’s house soon, sleeping over, and then I work 10-6 tomorrow so at least I won’t have a lot of time sitting around just waiting for my camera, haha. Then Monday I’ll get up early to get the Taylor Swift CD, go to co-op (unless my mom let’s me skip, which I doubt) and then get my camera! EEEEEK. Monday will be a good day, I hope I will also start driving lessons sometime next week, whenever the instructor calls me back
My grandma is out of the hospital now, and will hopefully just keep getting better. So that aspect of my Friday night was good, but the other part of it sucked. I don’t really think the trial period of David and I will last much longer, even if I want to keep trying. I don’t have a lot of time to type up the whole story now, but I will try tomorrow night when I get home from work, before Desperate Housewives and such. I’ll do a whole, tell all expose on everything (lulz) once I know for sure what’s going on, where we stand, etc because right now, we’re both on totally different pages because he never wants to talk about it & when I try via text or msn, he’ll just ignore me/sign out and in person, I get nervous/cry and so, we need to seriously just sit down, and figure all this shit out & then I’ll blog. Wish me luck? Meh.
4 comments Tags: 30 Days of Taylor Swift, 365, Boys, Camera, Co-Op, Confusion, David, Designs, Family, Grandma, Life, Love, Money, Relationships, Technology, Work.
Advertising
Posted on: October 19, 2010 at 11:11 pm. 3 comments
Day 25 – Do you own any Taylor Swift merchandise?:
Only her CD’s: Taylor Swift, Fearless & Fearless Platinum Edition. And this time next week, I’ll have speak now too I can't wait. I haven't listened to her full new song yet, because I don't have a lot left on my iTunes giftcard and I'm still obsessed with back to december, so I wouldn't listen to it anyways.
My design of the day
My day was boring. They didn’t have a computer for me AGAIN at co-op, so like yesterday.. I had nothing to do. Well, at one point..I taped together the boxes that they had me cut apart yesterday. -_- And organize files, and desks. It was uber amounts of fun, and freaky bipolar sometimes-im-happy-sometimes-im-bitchy lady (who I realized today, reminds me of my aunt) came out of the room and patted me on the head, and said sorry. WTF? Seriously lady, you have problems & I think there’s some medication you can get for that.
I have no motivation to get up and go to co-op tomorrow; I’d rather sleep in, and then spend my day making layouts. I’ve realized that making ads isnt the type of graphic design I want to do, but now I still have another three months of co-op to do. I mean, it’s not like it’s terrible there it just gets so terribly boring. I could ask to get switched, but the last person who co-oped there quit, and I’d feel like a giant quitter if I did. Whatever, the days it gets boring (as long as I actually get a computer) I’ll just make random ads for random companies to put them in my portfolio. I’m tired of just making changes on ads and not getting to actually make my own. I got to make one of my own last week, and then I just ended up feeling shitty when the customer wanted changed because it ‘lacked creativity’. Yeah well, it’s hard to make an ad creative when you set all these stupid rules.
I so don’t want to go into advertising.
3 comments Tags: 30 Days of Taylor Swift, 365, Advertising, Career, Co-Op, Designs, Future, Taylor Swift.
150 Icon Textures
Posted on: September 16, 2010 at 9:11 pm. 6 comments
I wasn’t going to post until a little later, but I just checked my wordpress stats and I found them amusing:
111 Posts
69 Pages
88 Tags
666 Comments
There’s a lot of multiples, and then a 69 thrown in there. I’m easily amused, with a dirty mind. Te he he
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
My cellphone. The days I forget it, I feel so lost. I hate not knowing what time it is, so it’s awesome for that as well as emergencies. It always tends to die the times I need it most
I didn't have to go to school today because I had my co-op interview at 9:30, and so we didn't have to go to co-op as everyone would be at their interviews at different times in the morning. Art wouldn't start until 1:30, and we've had supply teachers all this week so I didn't want to go back just to find out we had a supply. I'm not looking forward to going to co-op and having to walk (a 45 minute walk) back to school, only to find out I have a supply/sign in, because my teacher is known for doing that a lot. I kind of want to take a three credit co-op, but I also want to stay in art. IDK. It'd be easier if I just had my liscence, which hopefully I will by the end of next month! (Which means, I should probably start practicing.)
My interview went good today and so I start co-op Tuesday morning @ 9.
Since I didn't go to school today, I made 150 Icon Firework Textures. They are split into 6 pages, and I know it’s a lot but a) I haven’t added anything new in forever and 2: I had a bazillion firework pictures from the summer. Some of them are better then others, but for the most part.. I like them 
I’m going to use them for my design of the day, even though the theme is books.
I’m thinking about getting rid of the theme of the week, because I feel like it limits what I can put up, instead of just designing anything random that I feel like designing. Opinions? I’m going to go and put those up on 365 now, and then re-watch the last grey’s anatomy finale because it’s on tv. i can’t wait for it to come back next week
