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Helen

New Layouts
Links to friends' sites that have new layouts!


Reopened!
I reopened The Caffeinated Awards..so go and nominate your site :o) I'll be getting the Works and Services site remodeled soon and then Psychotic Reviews back up..PR will be different this time because the critique will be based more on Web Design "industry stabndards" and what they teach me in class is "good design" so yeah..the highest ratings go to easy-to-navigate, 800 x 600, easy-to-read text..use of color, direction, composition, shape, typography, etc...so yeah..with exctra credit for Flash, real php, 404 pages (for domain owners), using pictures done by you, etc..

Don't Tell People That!
I was sleeping on the couch (because it's comfortable!) and I woke up and my dad was watching Fox News like always and the hosts were interviewing puppets (Like Sesame Street) about a new stage musical and I guess they bring up homosexuality and other controversial, more adult topics..I thought that's cool, it'll hopefully make more people tolerant..but then they show the song about this one male puppet being gay..they were like "So what if you're gay, it's in your DNA.."..WHAT!!??!? DON'T TELL PEOPLE THAT!!!! If people think sexual prefernce is in people's DNA, this could cause some evil intolerant leader to comit genocide on all those who have this supposed genetic trait..COME ON!! DNA is mostly physical traits..I believe sexuality and attaction to others are at least 50 percent spiritual, so even if someone has a gene supposedly saying they are attracted to the same sex, doesn't effect them as much as the spiritual knowledge knowing their soul mate is of the opposite one..so if this "genocide" took place, millions of innocent babies and people would be killed for nothing..I don't wanna see anyone I know killed because a ultramicrocopic gene is thought to make them more likely to be gay because it's found mostly in gay people or something like the whole holocaust thing and Jews were killed along with those who looked like Jews because at the time, a lot of the Jewsish people had similar physical traits..For more information on what I think about homosexuality, click here to see a recent post I made about same-sex marriages..

Peter Pan
My mom, dad, godfather, and I went and saw "Peter Pan" last Saturday for my dad's Birthday..The movie ROCKS!..They casted a fantastic young actor to play Peter Pan..his face is very "animated" (meaning he can show emotion well) and it was just...COOL! It didn't dawn on me until I saw this version that Peter Pan is based on the Greek myth character Pan and partly also based on Dionysus (Baccus)..Pan was a satyr (part goat with horns) that went around in the forest have fun and being mischeivious and played a reed pipe and stuff (the early Christians later made this character the "Devil" or "Satan" in Christian myth)..Dionysus was the God of Wine and Partying and stuff (Peter Pan gives Wendy a grape as his "kiss")..wine from grapes, right? and the greek plays and stories were often writen and told in honor of him (just like Wendy was to tell stories to Peter)..heck, the story has a greek lit fel to it..it makes me wanna read the book..that's the first movie to do that!

Oh, BTW, I mean no offense when I say "Christian Mythology", I treat all religions as "mythology" and I believe that all "myths" are based on some kind of truth..

AIM
Yeah, AOL somehow downloaded a Wild Tangent control panel thingy in both my computer and new laptop..it almost made my computer crash 3 times or so!..I can't get rid of it either without restoring..so I download Spybot and Ad Aware..Ad Aware seems better..but for a while, I won't be on AIM because of the crap the AOL downloaded without my permission..if you need to contact me, IM me on Yahoo! Messenger ( akiratenshi ) or MSN Messenger ( artangelives@hotmail.com )

Earthquakes
Is it me, or is Mother Earth bein grumpy lately? How many moderate to severe earthquakes, mud slides, and avalanches have we had in the last month? over 20,000 people died in Iran! Also, we are getting 50-degree weather here!! It should be 20-degrees! but then, I'm a conspiracy freak..what if it's not Mother Nature??? Do you think our or some other country's government has the ability to control weather? and if they did, how would they use it? also, if they do, that's a sign of the end of our civilization because we have gotten too advanced..hmm..lol..I like coming up with weird theories..

Commenter Plugs
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CJ Wolf || Michelle || Sammi || Stephanie || Krista || Sammi

New Sites
Krista got bored and made a fanlisting:

Jess got a new domain!

Thanks!
I updated the Fansigns page because I got Holiday fansigns from Stephanie and Christina & Kristin:


Joanna also gave me an online card..it was really interesting to see the cards given to me by people in different parts of the world..Sam from New York had a snowy layout and Joanna from the Phillipines gave me an awesome Christmas card that had fireworks instead of snow! It was neat :o) It'd be nice to see some Christmas fireworks around here lol but yeah, Ohio only it for 4th of July and sometimes the new year..

The Works
I finally settled on a workable layout for the combination of the Works and Services..here are some basic comps:


My Christmas
I had the best Christmas I've had in a long time..like 2-3 years!..We didn't put the tree up, and I joked saying we should put the wrapped gifts next to the box (it is an old fake tree and it was all tangled in the box with a trash bag and tangled lights on top)..my parents thought it was funny, but they ended up taking the tree back downstairs and getting out a card table with Christmas-y table cloth..here's the list of what I received:
Friendship Bear (from Angie)
Cat Pen (from Angie)
Catnip Products (from Angie for my cats)
Cat Ornament (how ironic; from Angie)
Cat Picture Frame (from Connie)
$30 Media Play Gift Certificate (from Iggy, my Godfather)
$10 Cash (from my Great Aunt Helene)
Gel Pen Set and Notebook (from Aunt Jane)
Fiberoptic Angel Figurine (from Aunt Jane)
Color-changing Light-up Dolphin Figurine (from Aunt Jane)
HP Copier/Printer/Scanner (my dad won it at work and put it in my room, but is more for the family)
Laptop (from parents, for family)
3.5in Floppy Drive (from Dad)
Gem Stone Globe (from Dad, for Family)
Costers (I bought for family)
Crystal 6-1 Chess/Checkers/Backgamon/etc set (I bought for family)

It was cool cuz a lot of it we all can use! I was glad to find the Crystal Chess Set at the going-out-of-business sale at Lazarus! My friend Connie and I went the other day and even parked in the wrong parking tower! It was fun!! but I kept getting 40-dollar-items for like, 7 bucks!!! I'm a "Wal-Mart Shopper" you have to be when the closest place to buy clothes is 15 minutes away and is a Wal-Mart..and then we wonder why at one time a lot of us wore the same clothes on the same day..well, Yesterday, Christmas, we got up at 8am and opened gifts, my cat Puddin' Tain is still possessed by some evil spirit that doesn't like my dad and sometimes my mom..and we tried to calm her down..My aunt came over after I tried to make her a mix Christmas CD, but the last 2 CDRs we had were old and crap..so I ended up making a playlist on the laptop..we watch a Hallmark movie while eating the delicious turkey that my mom made..and the fudge my aunt made..then I put on the music and we all played Eucre and Parcheesi..my dad and I lost to my mom and my aunt in 2 games of Eucre..and after a long 2 hours, my aunt beat me by nose on Parcheesi..it was fun!

How did your holidays go? I hope y'all had/have fun! I'll be putting links on to last 2 years' Christmas' posts..can you believe WC is over 1 1/2 years old?? I'll be giving gifts and sending out fansigns way late this year like usual..

ttyl!

I'll Blog and Plug tomorrow! I hope everyone have a great holiday!

Commenter Plugs
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Genny || Michelle || Stephanie

New Sites
Michelle re-opened her site with Krista and they named it You Need a Life Too!

And Krista opened a new site here at WC:

New Layouts


Little Theives
I found the thing on my server that shows the 300 most recent referers to this domain and found at least 3 people stealing my stuff and saying they made it and then they complain about people stealing their "layouts" which are just a stolen photo or photoshop piece that is placed wrongly in a table thing..no fence, but COME ON!! those layouts could be better AND LEGAL!! But no, they complain and so about 15 people comment saying "Oh, those assholes who steal your layouts should be shot!"..whatever..I put this graphic up instead..I hope it scares them a little..I also put ones up for Michelle's stolen artwork with her address on it..

Photo Hungry
I wanna go around and take some photojournalism-ish photos..but I can't drive >op..when I finally get to, I'm gonna celebrate by driving around Columbus taking photos..but I'm prbably gonna be told that I won't be safe, but I don't want to take a parent or relative along cuz they're all like "You have to ask the person before you take the photograph"..oh, whatever!! Notice that Photojournalism pictures are strong a lot of times because they show true emotion? None of this "I don't like my picture taken" and the fake smile "cheese" thing..I wanna get pictures of people the way I see them and that's usually not smiling..unless they're kids..but most people go around with a neutral face or a concerned look when it's necessary..I saw this graphic..oh, wait, I'll just show you..*goes gets the magazine and scans it*..sorry about the resolution..I scanned from a magazine, so the moire pattern was there and then I compressed it A LOT just to get it under 30k..but you get the point:

It's from People Magazine..I know it sounds morbid, but I like photos that show reality..I don't wanna see a smiling child getting their flu shot, I wanna see a child wincing in pain in expectation of pain from a flu shot..cuz that's REAL!!

hmm..I know that pic has really crappy quality, but anyway, my dad ended up winning an HP psc 1110..it scans, copies, and prints!..it scans great! I might scan some of my stuff again so that the quality is better..the school's scanner only allowed 200 dpi..I like to scan at 600 dpi because I often blow things up..300 dpi is the approximate dpi to scan at for print and then the resolution can be decreased to 72 dpi for the web..

Commenter Plugs
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CJ Wolf || Sammi || CJ Wolf || Stephanie

New Hostee
Everyone give your love and greeting to the new family member Jewel:

New Sites
Sam reopened The Scoop and The Painted Sky Awards! Go check 'em out!

Krista will be moving over to WC soon!

New Layouts

My Holiday
Well, my friend Anji from class put it in a good way: "Happy whatever-you-celebrate!"..so I just wanna explain what I do do around this time, since I don't call myself a "Christian"..basically, I celebrate Christmas the "American" way: I spend lots of money on myself and friends (mostly my friends)..my friends don't like me to give them gifts because they think that I'll want a gift from them..WRONG! I even feel weird receiving gifts for my birthday, so I feel happier just always giving but only things I want to give and that would make my friend smile..I'm famous for giving tarot cards to my friends for Christmas and Hunnukka (sp?)..either that or candy..I'm also known for giving them their gift 6 months late..it's weird how I love to give presents, but I'm overly attached to my belongings so I don't wanna give up my stuff (such as stuffed animals, books, etc.)..another thing about Christmas is that ever since I saw this show on the History channel showing how the majority (and the renaissance period) of people believes about Mary, mother of Jesus, and what probably was truth..since then, I have always thought of Mary as a Ruthie-on-Seventh-Heaven look-a-like..young, darker skinned..this was back when girls were married very young, like 12-15 I think..and they had this guy play Jesus..he was kinda cute..but portrayed him more as a philosopher than a high power..supposedly Mary (who was Mariam or somthing) had a hard time having Jesus and all (hello, no painkillers!)..and these people were pretty much ordinary..that's how I've always believed..I never thought Jesus looked like that stereotypical painting or the Renaissance version of him or even of Mary (older, whiter, more english-looking, with a blue outfit)..for all we know, Jesus looked like Osama Bin Laden or anyone else from the middle east..of course we don't wanna admit that because we are conditioned to believe people who look like Osama are evil..and the Renaissance version makes us believe that somehow we are close ancestors..there was another Discovery special that recreated the face of a skull, supposedly belonging to Jesus and he had a round face and the face was much more friendly..even though I doubt it was Jesus's skull, the face looked like someone that people would be open to their ideas and listen to him..I like to learn about religion and come up with weird theories..I have some theories, but in a nut shell: Jesus was an alien, monkey, timetraveler, or other..but yeah..I'll have to explain more later..I also have a habit of believing in the optimistic version of the past..so many things show Greeks and Romans being evil..such as the whole crucifixion (sp?) thing and murding Jews and Christians..I believe back then, they were advanced in war as well as architecture and other things, but war and brutality was such a huge part of life, I don't feel they knew that what they were doing was as wrong as we see murder today..plus, I've heard that the reason a lot of Jews and Christians were killed was because they wouldn't say that they believed in the Roman dieties..I've heard that Romans were tolerant of religion (I have read nothing really saying why in their religion they wouldn't be) but felt that for their empire to stay stable, they needed everyone to believe in their Gods..supposedly they can believe in their Gods and other religions and have no problem..but of course, in Judaism it's blasfemy (sp?) to believe in another religion or even lie, so yeah..but I always thought the Greek/Roman dieties were cool characters..very human, they had good and bad parts, and were always the embodiment of opposites existing to form balance..

Ok, enough of the religion..

Hmm..
So after working days on my new Works and Services layout, I'm trashing it (or storing it away) and coming up with something more simple..but I have to get the "boxy" look out of my head..I need to get some paper out and brainstorm..does anyone else draw their idea on paper first? my stuff comes along faster when I do..but one of my "unique" qualities of my business is that even for commerial websites, I don't wanna do the same boxy look all of the time like other sites have..so this simple layout, I'll either have a diagonal, circle, or go really modern boxy..somehow..maybe show of my typography ideas..

I caved and actually looked up how to do PHP..Gawd, it's just like Java Script!! except it's a different language..kinda like the difference between French and Spanish..same rules, different words..HTML is the equivilant of latin because the other coding is in based in the HTML and CSS I guess is english..complicated and has part of the other types of coding..

I'm probably wrong..

BUT I've noticed on some people's sites that are pagename.php .. they have no php in their source code..it's all just html disguised to look more interactive and the web designer more intelligent..so heh guess what format I'll have the Works and Services layout in..lol..

Like the new way I have alt tags and on the commenter plugs? Yeah, I can't believe it was so fricken easy..I should've known it 2 years ago!!!..whatever, I think I'll get movable type set up soon and have my files be .php and write a php code so that the commenter plugs automatically do what I did above so I don't have to type them..can't be that hard, can it? just use an array of names, links, and comments..have it loop the amount of commenters..a href="$address[0]" title="$comment[0] target="_blank" and have it link on $friend[0] /a ..yeah this code is wrong of course since I need extra lines, variable definitions, semicolons, array definitions, brackets, and the open and closing PHP mode commands..whatever..it can't be that hard..

New Layout

Yup! I decided to put up a new layout..I got the idea yesterday when I was reading about plagues..the poem above was the song children skipped to during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-1919..I looked it up because my dad said that he's never heard of someone healthy dying of the Flu..I told him there was a serious flu at the beginning of the century that killed a lot of people, including healthy people..he didn't believe me..but I was right tho..The Spanish Flu killed over 600,000 people in America and 20-40 million worldwide in one flu season..that's more than the first World War and more than what 4 years of the Black Plague did..and it attcked mostly healthy 20-40 year-olds..ha! See?? I know my morbid history..the pictures I found looked like the photos they showed of people in Chinese hospitals whe SARS came along..and now they look like hospital people in America with the new regulations..they were pictures of everyone wearing doctors' masks..kinda creepy..just makes me wonder, after "Ring Around the Rosie" and "I Had a Little Bird", what will be the next rhyme to skip to?

I swear, media people should think of this: When there is a supposed flu outbreak, show plague movies! The best entertainment is when it reflects human fears and hopes..so I think they should show "The Stand", "Outbreak", "Virus", etc..and the History channel should show documentaries of past plagues..after "Dead Zone" I'll try to read "The Stand" again..I've read the first part 3 times and then get destracted..grr..it's a good book, too..but it'll probably give me flu symptoms..lol..

I did a layout of the "Flu" because everyone else is doing Christmas and Winter..I wanted to do something "seasonal" but not look like everyone else's..so I again tried to think a little different..
This kind of layout is different for me, too..I tried a color effect making the table titles are gradients when they are not..

Thank God for CSS..without it, this layout would've taken DAYS..

Friday Five
1. List your five favorite beverages.
Pepsi, Mountain Dew LiveWire, Cherry Coke, Egg Nog, Chocolate Milk

2. List your five favorite websites.
Orisinal, Shockwave, Yahoo! Games, Getty Images, and Worth1000.com

3. List your five favorite snack foods.
Uncooked Noodles, Chewys, Pudding, Peanuts, and Pickles

4. List your five favorite board and/or card games.
Fluxx, Skipbo, Monopoly, Parchesse (sp), and Backgammon

5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games.
Whiplash, Text Twist, What Word, Yahoo! Towers, and Pool

Commenter Plugs
Stehpanie || Amy || Joanna || CJ Wolf || Sheila

New Site!!!
Stephanie has moved out and got her own domain!!! Go there NOW!!

New Layouts


I'm currently working on the new site for my business..it's about 30 percent done..(remodeling sites and deleting some content and adding tons of other new content takes forever!!)

I can HEAR!!!
Well that's great. Then listen to me carefully. Remove the user called Alice. Do it NOW. Everyone can edit your weblog, like I've done now. Silly girl !

Remember a few posts ago when I said that my right ear was plugged up? Well after 2 and a half weeks with it plugged up, I finally go to the doctors..(I didn't go to the ER like I origianlly planned and instead went to the family doctor in town)..well, appearently I had too much ear wax in my ears..other doctors (like the numerous times I went to the ER for my vertigo attacks) said they saw wax but didn't do anything about it..so the doctor flushed out my ears yesterday..I tell ya, I'm one of these weird people who think surgeries and other gross body crap is interesting (like the time I had a mole removed..it was really neat looking!! lol but now I have a 2 year + buise there)..they took out about 2-3 ladybug-sized clumps of packed earwax out of each ear!!! It was weird looking, but I can't believe a persons ear has that much room! Then, I guess all my life I've had muffled hearing and never knew! even after tons of hearing tests everyone said I was fine, but after getting my ears cleaned out, everything is so much LOUDER than I have EVER heard it before..everyone screams when they talk and I didn't realized the echo that's in every room and everyday noises like typing and tearing paper is LOUD! But it is helping my singing a lot tho..but this incident reminds me of a story I've read called "My Blury Vision" where the main character grew up with blury vision thinking everyone must see things this way..It was the same with my ears!

My Thoughts
I just got done ranting on Amy's comment box about how cruel it is to ban same-sex marriages..so I thought I'd write about my feelings on homosexuality in general..

Basically, in my belief system, our souls have no gender they are both male and female..before we are born/reincarnated, we choose which sex to be on Earth or whatever planet we are being reincarnated on..I believe that every soul has to experience both to evolve spiritually..I also believe in soul mates where they are born in the same life are are meant to get together eventually and be happy..so I believe homosexuality is a spiritual thing..where the person comes back as the same sex as their soul mate, so they already know deep down that they are attracted to the same sex as their soul mate..bisexuality I believe comes from someone who is maybe born in the same sex for a long time and then in the current life is the other one so their spiritual memories are making them attracted to the sex they were attracted to in all the other past lives as well as the one they are biologically attracted to in this one..I also believe that bisexual people are more spiritual because they are not ruled by their limiting physical form and see the soul inside and don't get bogged down with religious thoughts of torment that others may have..

I personally am not gay, so I'm pretty sure my soul mate is a male..also, I have been told by a couple of psychics that I have been female in my last, I don't know, 10 or so lives, so that influences me still to be attracted to males..but I believe I'm at least evolved spiritually enough to be tolerant of others despite their sex and preference because I don't believe our bodies have any real connection with the soul, except as a vehicle..and it's limiting..like being in a car when your soul wants to walk on the side walk..I'm also (apprently one of the few people I know) that puts up with "typical male behavior" and don't do much of the "typical" behaviors or have the stereotypical thoughts of my gender..ironically this unique trait has not gotten me dates (I guess guys really DO wanna complain about how their girlfriend disaproves of their behavior)..but uh..yeah, i'm weird that way..also another thing one of my bi friends said at school..she said that she wanted to ask this girl out, but she's afraid that she was straight and might offend her..I guess that's how most straight people would feel, but I'm an optimist straight person..if a girl asked me out (in that way), I'd be like "Sorry, I'm not interested in that sort of relationship." but I wouldn't be offended, I'd think "Wow, if a gay girl likes me, there must be a good trait in me somewhere..and she was nice for having the guts to ask me.."..again, I'm probably weird..I really don't know WHY I think so different..maybe it's because I'm an old soul (according to many psychics and numerology and crap, I'm REALLY old and came back for something big human race wise or I think it's to be here for my soul mate which might still have lessons to learn) or have a marginal personality..I often go around analysing people's behavior and I think weird thoughts like, "The trees on this planet have such interesting shape"..like if they were different on another planet or something strange like that..lol..whatever..does anyone else here thing weird thoughts like this? Or is it the Schizophrenia issue I joke about?

My Grades

I got As in everything except Dynamic Graphics, in which I got a B (cuz I kept getting Ds on quizzes)..my GPA for the quarter is 3.777 (meaning I'm on the Dean's List again!!!) and my accumulative GPA is 3.407! The reason that's low is because of Color Composition in Spring 2003 was a D (all my projects had 4-5 points taken off because one tiny thing like glue mistake or the squares were off by a millimeter..my Vector Graphics teacher did that too, but here's why my Vector Graphics teacher was nicer about it: the VG assignments are something I'll ACTUALLY be doing in the future and the mistakes are important because if they are off a smidge, I can be sued..plus his assignments were 100 points, so 5-10 points off is still an A..where CC assignments were only 25-30 points..5 points off could mean an automatic low B..then also in CC, the paint made me sick and the final project took over 18 hours to do one-fourth of it and it wouldn't fit in the car!! so she gave me a D to keep it from being an incomplete)..so 2 quarters ago, my Accumulative GPA was 3.2 and by GPA for Spring 2003 was 2.722! So I go join choir and somehow have been on the dean's list 2 quarters in a row!!! maybe it's a stress reliever..

To Do List:
:: Set up Grey Matter for Sam
:: Set up the newsletters and calender for the Church
:: Practice singing
:: Work on the HTML remodeling of The Works and Services
:: Work on the Flash site for it
:: Get photos printed for Eddie (Saturday)
:: Make banners for Island Hosting Group
:: Write my theories and ideas down
:: Remake and open The Caffeinated Awards, Psychotic Reviews, and Crumpled Ball of Paper
:: Make and open an online trading card game for the rest of us..(I'll explain later)
:: Buy books for next quarter
:: Daydream about Charlie/Luke/Daniel attending in the Winter (I doubt it)
:: Look forward to seeing the Cute Guy with Glasses

Plug Fest!

Commenter Plugs: Stephanie and Sammi

People who signed my Guestbook: C & K and Kierston (from high school)!

Fans at my fanlisting (created by Michelle and now run by Stephanie):
Diane, Genny, Jacqueline, Kitty, Krista, LeeAnne, Lily, Michelle, Michelle, Sam, Selina, and Stephanie!

New layouts:

Can You Copyright Table Designs?
I have been working on the new layout for the Works and Services and was trying something with tables..then I see Ilaria's site and her tables are like mine!! So when I put mine up, it'll look like I stole her idea :o( But then again, it's tables..you can't really copyright THOSE can you?..plus, Ilaria has things lined up..mine is a little off on purpose..but geez..I always end up coming up with the same ideas as everyone else.. :o(

My design company is doing ok, I guess..I think it's funny that more people want me to do Photography and Flash (or animated) web banners and also just do maintinance on their sites..I've helped people with HTML and stuff..I'm hoping this new layout will attract more people and be more legal (since you can't LEGALLY sell your products or services with any celebrities or any stock photo from Getty Images)..SO I took some photos and used them..the photo of my dad's keyboard had a huge hair in it and I was too lazy to reshoot, so I had to trash the "rule of thirds" look..

Friday Five

1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?
OH, YEAH!!!! I WANT SNOW!!!!!! I MISS THE SNOW!!!! and lately, I've been feeling fine in 30-degree weather..without a coat :o)

2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?
I would like to celebrate it with a boyfriend.. :o( I guess I'll have to wait until next year..

3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?
We used to put the tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving..now we are trying to find time THIS weekend (2 weeks late)..

4. Do you do anything to help the needy?
Sadly, not really..I give to people on the street, but I'm hardly in the city..

5. What one gift would you like for yourself?
I'm really wanting a light meter or a nice flash (I don't like the one I have)..

Wow..ok, so I wasn't very entertaining today..oh, well...

Please vote for Whatever Creations at The Paid to Smile Awards
A big HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO..

Commenter Plugs
Stephanie, Michelle, Austin, and Genny

New Layouts


I plan to clean up WC, the Works, and Services over the 3-4 week vacation..

My Schedule
My Winter 2004 schedule looks like this:

Monday and Wednesday:
12:00pm-1:20pm .. Vocal Ensemble with Gordon Franklin
2:00pm-4:20pm .. Cultural Diversity
6:00pm-9:00pm .. Studio Photography with Bill Nieberding
Tuesday:
11:00am-1:00pm .. 3D Imaging
1:00pm-3:00pm .. Web Animation (Flash) with Jon Lundquist
5:30-9:30pm .. Video and Graphics Editing
Thursday:
11:00am-1:00pm .. 3D Imaging
1:00pm-3:00pm .. Web Animation (Flash) with Jon Lundquist
Friday:
9:00am-12:30pm .. Digital Photography with Norm Clevenger
3:00pm-5:50pm .. Photo Lab

WOW! 25 credit hours!! 3 Photography classes and CHOIR!!! There's a long story about how I got the Digital Photography class cleared..but I don't feel like writing about it..

The 2002 Yearbook
[Edited out the snobby part]

Cute Guy with Glasses Update
So the last time I get to see him this year didn't go as a planned..but the time I caught sight of him, he was on the other side of the room and I was with my friends and thought I'd look WAY suspicious leaving my friends to talk to him..BUT he kept in eye-shot of me and at one time stood near me, but he was on the phone and I had to go to the restroom, so I didn't get to talk to him..because of him, I came up with a new "body part" I'm attracted to: "Firefighter Jaw"..just like "Singer Eyes", "Dancer Body", and "Doctor Hands" (2 of which he has, I didn't pay attention to his hands)..but I call it "Firefighter Jaw" because the guys I knew who wanted to be firefighters (such as "Charlie" and "Luke") all have this nice sharp jaw.."Singer Eyes" are the eyes the guys in Choir (or any guy who sings well) has.."Dancer Body" is just a healthy body shape..they can be fat and STILL have a healthy SHAPE..so weight's not an issue..even tho the guys I've liked are all medium build with medium arm muscles..and "Doctor Hands" are just nice, soft, huge hands that doctor's usually have..this is great when the guy's a Capricorn (for some reason, they like to use their hands to connect to people) like "Daniel" giving me a neck/shoulder rub once (he probably doesn't remember)..but uh..yeah...

Vote For WC
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New Layout
Eh..I like the graphic I found, but the web design SUCKS!!! You can't read the navigation and the file is almost 200k..I feel bad for the dial-uppers..this is the first layout I sliced in ImageReady..usually I do it manually..I'm currently converting all of my pages to have CSS so I don't have to fix EACH PAGE every time I make a new layout..I have been wanting to make layouts often like those that I link, but never find the time..it COULD be from the fact that my homework is the equivilent to making 2-3 layouts a WEEK..oh, well..I have final projects due tomorrow and Friday..2 of them are web sites and one is 10 Whatever Creation logos and a logo "set" for a Gas company..

I made this layout while I was reading the book "Timeline" by Michael Crichton and I LOVE the book!! I finished it yesterday..WOW!!!! WHAT A GREAT ENDING!! It's as good as the ending of "Desperation" by Stephen King! That's why I added it to my favorite books list..I wanna see the movie but I fear the movie won't follow the book..just look at the graphic of people I used! It's wrong! Gordon DOES NOT dress up and go to the other universe (the past)! I watched the trailer and how did the professor become Chris' dad?? Oh, whatever..

Commenter Plug
Stephanie

New Sites
Amanda (who was hosted here before) has returned!

and Joanna has her new site up:

and so does Stephanie:

New Layouts
My friends' sites that have new layouts


My Ear
Well, I didn't go to the emergency room like I originally planned and my ear is still screwed up! GRR! I had to sing at the concert last night and I couldn't tell if I was singing in tune because I can't hear out of my right ear :o( I complain too much about it, too :o(

The Cute Guy with Glasses
Like, oh my gawd, there is this cute guy in my class and our class (not telling which one) was just hanging out waiting for it to begin and I was talking to my friends and this guy from my class that I have never talked to before came over and sat by me..we all were talking about things and he is like, so COOL and so SMART, like, oh my gawd, he's so nice! I dubbed him "The Cute Guy with Glasses" just like the "Guitar Guy" but I hope it doesn't end up like the "Guitar Guy" because I think I scared him off..or something..well, then yesterday, I'm early to class and since he was talking to someone, I went over and put my stuff down..I over heard him and he was talking about smart stuff again (how cool??) and when the person he was talking to left I said something to him and he ended up coming over and sat down next to me! He had to actually step over me to sit down, that was how close he sat..I moved away a little bit by instinct, but I'm not used to guys coming over and sitting down next to me and talking to me like he did! He's SO SWEET!! Sorry, it's not often I get giddy about guys so this is cool..too bad I only get to see him once more before the 3-week break..I hope he's in my class next quarter..and I hope to get to class early to talk to him..