happy but pissed

i got an A- on my first 99 assignment!!! my prof grades on a scale of 1-4, and i got 4's on concept, form, and objectives. WOOT!

... but then i got a 3 on execution. -__- man! i was warned that my prof was a stickler on craftsmanship, so i tried very hard to make everything perfect. blackest black inks, perfect cutting, double-sided tape, etc. unfortunately i got stingy with my tape and didn't tape every centimeter down. he noticed and marked me down -_________-

final grade could have been a solid A :( maybe he will let me turn it in again!


edit. no redo, but if i glue down all the sides, it'll be featured in a show along with half a dozen others :)

a me day

My throat is still raw. Screaming at badminton didn't help at all, but today's badminton was one of the best I've had in a long time. Almost five hours of playing, with very short breaks in beween :)

I want a whole day to myself, a me day. I haven't had one of those ever since school started. I can think of a lot of ways to spend this me day.

1) Clothing alterations... and maybe even getting to make my dresses/skirts for which I've purchased materials, but haven't fashioned yet

2) A cup of Quickly at Borders, devouring new manga, in a cozy armchair :)

3) Thrifting for some lovely finds :)

4) Relaxing at home with no parents around, watching my dramas/TV shows on youtube :)

Such lazy selfish days I seek, but they sound so very enticing.

shopping!

my goodness i absolutely love these!!!


$24.99+shipping. hmm i dunno if i will wear it often enough to merit the price. it's cute but i'm not big on jewelry other than earrings. i've been wanting a simple watch for a while, though.


$30.33, free shipping. loooooooooooooooove!! this belt. i've been looking for an obi-style belt for a while. i could make one out of regular cloth, but leather just looks the best.

hmm i need to save money though. maybe when i rack up enough in my shopping savings account ($8.88 every week, recurring deposit from my checking account :D) the money in this account is for splurges on items i really love, haha. but ONLY using the money in this account.

i have a savings account for photography, too (again, $8.88 recurring deposit every week). i think i have around $150 saved up now. not enough for my d90 yet!

on the other hand, my superdonttouch savings account has over 1k :D i'm happy. i so don't want to touch even a penny in this account, though. i mean, maybe only for extreme things i really need, like a laptop or something. just not for going out nor shopping. no frivolous purchases!

abrupt end of financial musings :)

drained

i'm emotionally drained,

but it was worth it.

yogurtland

7 hours of straight, nonstop working. 7 hours of straight, nonstop talking--sometimes yelling over the little kids screaming. The feeling when I sit down at the end of all this? Amazing.

I sound like someone ran over my throat, but I love work.

So not in the mood for drama after such a long day.

poo

only one day of work this week! :( work is too fun to work only one day. i miss my toppings+yogurt haha. and i don't think jeff will schedule two people for a weekend night shift anymore :( no more working with karen or bernice. and i think i would like to try working a morning shift soon.

well. time to look for internships!

anyhoo. it's a couple weeks into school and i need to get my butt moving. easiest class is probably color photo--it's so chill. uhh, maybe a bit TOO chill.

easiest -> hardest: color photo, dsgd99, aas, dsgd104
most boring-> most fun: AAS!!!!OMG, 99, 104, color photo
chill! -> NEEDTOWORKONNOW: color photo, 99, aas, 104

okay that was pretty pointless haha.

^ i am a man among men!
too bad i can't read what it says other than my name.

>^ am i a sick person for thinking that this is really cute?

wow this was a pretty random post.

life update

1. school is keeping me awesomely busy! now that i'm actually starting my major classes, i'm just realizing that the fundamental art classes are so so so lenient/easy. or at least, EASIER compared. dsgd104 is such a super important class in which i must excel, because it could make me or break me for bfa graphic design (and i really want to get in!). i'm taking it so seriously that it's actually starting to impair my creativity, because i want to get it RIGHT. i even got into a design rut for dsgd99 (typo) because i'd throw out anything i made. luckily, my friends convinced me to go to the project 1 critique that the bfa students were hosting, so they could help out us undergrads. i got a lot of really important and helpful feedback, and i'm eager to hit adobe illustrator for some designing!



here's what i'm working on for 104.


















live trace not permitted!


it still needs a bit more work, but this is harder than i thought it would be -___- it's hard to please my professors.
and i think i will purchase a mac :)


2. franny, alan, and eric gave me their permit for the parking garage :) now it's such a breeze to flit back and forth from home/SJSU/SJCC/work. i mean it's a pain to park in their garage because there are columns and walls all over the place and it's SUPER CRAMPED, but i think i improved my parking/driving skills hehe


3. i miss working so much :( it's like a super social vacation away from school life, because my coworkers are so crazy haha. i feel guilty working only two days a week because if i'm shift lead, then i should probably be working more. ah well jeff is okay with it... i don't have plans to quit yogurtland anytime soon because it's probably the most fun job i've had yet, but i will have to leave once i get my design internship. sigh!


4. i feel like i'm always coming to this decision. i've had to make this kind of decision more than a few times (actually every single time), and now i'll probably have to go through with the whole ordeal again. i'll give it some more time so i'll make absolutely sure i want this. i doubt i'm unsure, though. i've been thinking about this for quite a while, but the thought's always been floating at the back of my mind. don't wanna waste my time waiting around for something that's not gonna happen.


5. thinking about cutting my hair? i'm a little sick of my hair. most of the time i like the length, but othertimes i wish that it'd actually have a real style. i'm kind of over with the whole sidesweptbang+longlayers thing. i'm thinking long blunter cut with full bangs? right now i'm slowly growing out my bangs so i may wait a little bit more.


6. can't wait to donate blood :)

broken plans

I hate it when I lay out my plans perfectly but get screwed over by others. Today was supposed to be a nice jam-packed day of three different events -- lunch with the girls, a quick drop-in at piedmont open gym (plus picking up Trevor at the lightrail at 4pm), and drive Diane to Stockton while doing a photoshoot with Eric at the wind pass (leave open gym at 5ish, allow half an hour for Mama to supply Diane with food, pick up Eric at his apartment, commence driving to Stockton at 6ish, and get to the wind pass around 7pm--perfect lighting with half an hour to spare). Lunch with Thannie and Jen went perfectly. Trevor and Truman decided not to go to open gym, so that sucked but was no biggie. Diane and i got a little held up before going to open gym because we had to stop at Mikey's, but that was fine. Then I practically had to drag Diane out of the gym because she didn't want to leave, even though I told her many times beforehand that we had to leave at 5:15. Then I planned for us to leave the house at 5:40, leaving plenty of padding time for Diane to shower and for Mama to finish preparing food for Diane. THEN Mama decided to come along to make sure that we're driving okay. I tried to talk her out of it, but she said that I was being selfish (if Mama came along, Eric would not come, so there goes the photoshoot). I called Eric and asked if he still wanted to go; understandably, he didn't. It's 6:30, Mama decided not to go after all, and Diane and Papa just left. We would probably have gotten to the wind pass at 7:30, which is right when the sun sets and definitely isn't enough time for photoshooting.

I mean, I understand that even the best-laid plans go awry, but I can't help feeling so disappointed. I was definitely looking forward to this photoshoot. Sigh, I need some retail therapy. very sad :(

the downfalls of being a workaholic

Unfortunately, concentrating on one part of my life makes me lose touch with the rest. School is bigbigbig right now, work is a side dish, and badminton is weakly trailing behind. I really want to do well in school, so I'm pouring in my hours. For work, I think I've already reached my peak; now it's just something to break up the monotony of school whilst simultaneously filling my wallet. Badminton is something I'm very sad about. I feel like I'm losing touch with my badminton friends, and especially my skills. I'm so rusty that I can't even be considered rusty anymore, but merely downgraded. Doesn't that suck? To improve on this aspect of my life, I need to invest in more time, but that time is currently being spent on school and work. And it's hard to find people to play with when I'm this rusty; I don't want to drag any of my old partners down, but I don't want to settle with someone who can't clear/smash. I hate to be selfish, but I do want to get better. I miss my badminton friends; I feel like they're drifting away from me and they don't even realize it.

If only there were more hours in a day :(