Red River Blue
Posted on: February 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm. 2 comments
Out of my 9 classes I have every week, I’ve been to 3 this week. Tuesday morning, I went to school and all was dandy. While driving to school I started having stomach cramps, and by the middle of my first class they were so bad that I felt like I was going to throw up. I was going to stay until after my Spanish class and then go home, but they got too bad so I left after my first class since it ran late and I was going to be late for Spanish anyways. So I went home, and spent the day curled up in bed watching Friends for the rest of the day.
Wednesdays, my sister and I go to school together. I usually drive, but I got her to because I still wasn’t feeling 100% because I’ve have the start of a cold all week now on top of all my pains. So I went to my two morning classes, and after sitting for lunch for an hour we decided to just go home and not go to the rest of our classes. I had two more, but one we never do anything and the other the teacher had told us we could do the class from home since it was just a work period. I already had all of my work done & handed in, so there wasn’t much point to going anyways. So we went home, and I watched some more Friends and started season one of The Voice, because I love Blake Shelton (team Blake, woo!).
Today, I should have gone. I also usually go with my sister today, but she didn’t have to go so I just ended up… not going. My first class, he always puts the lectures online so I can just follow along on my own time and finish the project at home (half of the period is usually just a work period anyways). The second class, is pointless. It’s all about Corel Draw, which is a program I already learned how to use in high school. He’ll e-mail out the files so I’ll just get them and figure out what I need to do. I’m not really proud of my self for not going to my classes because I want to do really well… but I’m so tired of my classes this year. Two of them are just based entirely on learning one program per course, Dreamweaver and Corel Draw. Both are programs that I learned in high school so sitting in the classes just gets boring. Two classes (with the same prof) are just him talking where he gives us the powerpoints so I can read them at my own time. When I AM in class I just end up on Tumblr not paying attention anyways, and then I go over the powerpoints on my own after.
My photography class so far has been super boring, and we aren’t even taking pictures yet: we’re learning how to use a tripod and how to work a camera. I have my own camera and my own tripod, so I know how to work them… Yes, it’s a different camera but it still has a lot of the same features and settings so it’s not rocket science for me. It’s easy, and boring. I believe we actually start taking pictures next week, so I’ll go. But sigh. I was looking forward to that class so much, but it’s SO basic and SO boring.
At this point, I’m only in school because I know I NEED the education to get a job. My teacher before told me multiple times that I could easily be working instead of in college, but people won’t hire you without that certification. I mean yes, I’m learning a few new things but it’s honestly not enough to keep me motivated. Last semester, I only missed ONE class. I know that I’ll end up doing well in all of my classes (hopefully my Spanish class too) because I do the work and get it on time but it’s just so…. boring. I put everything off because the work, to me, is so easy that I just DON’T want to do it. It’s hard to get the motivation for it when it’s so basic and ‘follow these steps exactly and hand in your result. If it’s 1px off, you get a mark off’. Only now are we finally starting to get to actually fully CREATE our own projects. There are 3 classes that I’m liking: one where we’re designing our own action figure packaging, one where we have all kinds of projects where we get to design our own notebooks and notepads and other things and actually PRODUCE the items too, so we can use them. The last is a photoshop one where I am learning a bit, because the prof. is new but is showing us a lot of different things than the other ones do.
And my Spanish class is just a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I’m dedicated to putting in the effort for that one. When I’m not dying of pain, that is.
2 comments Tags: College, Life, School, Sick.
Springsteen
Posted on: January 25, 2012 at 10:09 pm. 3 comments
Okay, okay. I know I’ve been a terrible blogger. But with school starting, and work, and life.. it just gets hard. I have an unexpected day off tomorrow, thanks to my one class being online for the week so I’m choosing to not go to my second class, because it’s pointless to go for two hours. I’ll have to drive all that way, and the last two weeks we’ve done nothing but install Corel Draw and Windows on our Macs. So we’ll be learning the basics of the program, and I already learned the program in highschool. I feel like I know 90% of what I’m learning in all of my classes, and it just makes it boring. But for the stuff I don’t know, and the actual credits for a diploma and a job.. I need to keep going to school.
But it’ll all be for the best in the end, I guess. And I am learning a FEW things that I didn’t already know. Along with some new ways of doing things, so I guess it’s not all bad. But either way, I am super excited for my trip to Nashville at the end of Feb. I really just need to get away, and I want to go there so badly. I just want to go somewhere and take pictures of everything and be away from here. It’s almost exactly like how I felt before going to Florida last year, and I know that trip helped me so much.
But I think I’m going to head to bed now, because I’ve been up since 6 and was at school all day. After having a nice shot of Banana Jack with my whole family, it’s bed time for me. Hope you’re all doing well!
3 comments Tags: College, Life, Nashville, School, Sleep, Vacation.
Loaded Gun
Posted on: January 13, 2012 at 10:25 am. 3 comments
I have successfully made it through my first week of semester 2. I get monday/friday off each week, so I only have three days a week. Tuesday from 12-6, Wednesday from 8-5:30 (such a long day, because I barely get any breaks) and Thursday from 1-5:30. We didn’t really do much in any of the classes this week, and I actually managed to fall asleep in one of my classes.
My photography class is on Wed. from 1-3. You’d think that, it being photography and all, I’d be super excited for it- and I was. But it’s not really what I expected. The first class, we just watched a video of the history of photography.. so it was a dark room, and I was tired/uncomfortable, and I just ended up falling asleep while sitting up. During the course, there are 4 Canon cameras to be split between around 43 of us in the class, so we’ll get virtually no time with it. We aren’t allowed to bring our own cameras in, because that makes it ‘unfair’ if we have a different/better camera and/or lens. It’s going to be a mess, but I guess it’s all we have to work with.
For the most part, I’m pretty much a loner in my class- I switched from the Creative to the Digital program, so anyone I talked to (though I didn’t talk to many people often, and I tried to avoid the one who always talked to me the best I could) but I did make one friend. Kind of. Ish a friend. But you know, it gives me someone to (sometimes) talk to in class so it’s good, right?
But now I’m off to work from 11-8, this is probably how I’ll spend every monday/friday I have off. Though I do have the rest of the weekend off after this, so I’m excited!
3 comments Tags: College, Friends, Offline, Photography Class, School, Work.
Hello 2012
Posted on: January 2, 2012 at 1:29 pm. 5 comments
I can not believe that it’s already 2012. Happy New Year to you all, and I hope you had a good night- even if it was just relaxing. I stayed over at a friends house with all my best friends, and we had a pot luck dinner and just overall had a great night. And took over 500 pictures, haha. But that’s generally what we always do. It’s really weird to think about the fact that it’s 2012- where the hell is the time going? I can’t believe it’s already January, because it feels like just last month was the beginning of 2011.
2011 was quite a year for me. I had a great trip to Florida, had a new boy in my life for quite a few months (we never did date, but.. it was a ‘thing’), dealt more with David the Douche and ultimately did get over him, even if it took until December. I became obsessed with dresses and country music, and overall I think I’ve changed as a person. I started (and completed) my first semester of college with exceptional grades (minus one class, but I have switched courses so the same thing wont happen next semester) and turned 19. This will be my last year as a teen, so I’ll make the next 11 months until my birthday count. I also saved enough to get a Macbook Pro, and my own truck. There are still a lot of things I want to work on in 2012 and a lot of things I want to learn, but I am looking forward to it all.
And like last year, here’s a recap of my top songs, artists and albums of 2011 (according to LastFM) because I know that they are vastly different than last year, with the exception of Taylor Swift still being the top in 2 of the 3 categories. Some things just never change 
