Jon emailed me! Maybe I won't have to take all those classes! YAY!!!!!
So yeah, Jon (the IMMT cordinator) hasn't emailed me back and he was out to lunch or something on Thursday so I haven't heard anything about what classes I should take next quarter..
SO if I take all those I don't think I should take with the ONE that I DO need, my schedule looks like this:
Tuesday and Thursday:
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Advanced Audio Production with Jim Higgins
Yeah, *sings* foley work in the morning and leaving my house at 8 friggin' AM with Higgy GRR!!!*/sings*
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - College Algebra 2
Yeah, I can't believe I fucked up the test to test out of Algebra 1 (when I didn't need the test in the first place and could have taken this class in Summer 2004) and got the highest grade in Algebra 1 because it's so simple..I barely used a calculator and had no book..Maybe I'll try to miraculously test out of Algebra 2..otherwise, I'm eating lunch while learning about the FOIL method which we didn't learn in Algebra 1 and fall asleep in the most easiest class ever..GAWD math is easy easy easy but time consuming..
1 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Fundamental Layout and Storyboarding with Shadle
Shadle rocks, but do I REALLY need this second-quarter class???? Hmm..I need to learn how to draw layouts and storyboards when I've already been drawing layouts for 3+ years and I've drawn 4 storyboards for 4 different videos, got pretty decent grades on them..heck, "close to safe" for the first AVP class got posted to the bulletin board in the room..totally worth the 9 hours to make for a 7-minute film..
Online classes:
Principles of Marketing with (Hopefully) Carringer
Paul Carringer rocks! I just don't want to take this first-quarter class! Oooh..I've been in IMMT for 3.5 years and I have to learn to market stuff?
Writing for the Web
A B.S. first-quarter English class where I have to write stupid papers about web sites I might make someday when I learn how to create a web page..this class was put in place of Writing for the Media (which I'm glad I took because it got me back into journalism, it's where I met Matt, which led to me getting involved in the newspaper staff and the student ambassador program, which I now get money to live on and now has changed what I wanna do with my life to maybe working at a college (student services, teaching, or using IMMT skills in some department) and being happier than if I chose my original route and became a full-time free lance multimedia designer stuck depressed at home and the program has got me being healthier enough to hopefully move out of my parents house and up to Columbus sometime this year! so yeah, taking that class changed my life!!!)..
That's 21 credit hours!!!
It might change to 24 credit hours with a signature if I have to take Screenwriting again because the class's name changed..I mean I like writing, but do I really have the time??
Oooh..I just saw an advertisement for this TRIKKE thingy..it's only 100 dollars..maybe I'll get one..it would be nice to do something other than the treadmill and leg lifts and bicycle kicks (is that what they are called?)..
I'm cutting down (and hopefully soon, out) soda and eating less and drinking more water and yet I'm not loosing any weight.. :o( I'm weird, too..I'm so skeptical or maybe just in denial because every time I weight myself on any scale, I weigh myself 3 times (to see if the scale is reliable/consistant) and also look at if the scale is reading zero correctly..then I subtract 3 pounds because you automatically gain 3 pounds over the day..
I know I'm weird..
This will probably be written in stages..
I'm blogging because I'm taking a break from working on my client's site..
*Yawn* I'm going to help with the tour at 10 this morning..Matt said he needed the hour..so do I and I told him I'd take his tour like, 2-3 weeks ago..mostly because 6-10 people in wheelchairs are suppose to go..imagine that plus another 5-10 people wanting tours because it's cold and dreary out and they thought a tour would be great since they think Columbus State is one building..yeah, somehow CSCC can hold 23,000 students in ONE building! lol not really..then they look at me weird when I tell them to bundle up or take an umbrella..what cracks me up is that I've given tours to some cute guys who wore short sleeved shirts in freezing weather and were fine with it..don't ask me how.........but they were nice...
Plus, I have SO much work to get done, if I don't get up there by 10, I wouldn't go until 1pm and lose hours of time to work on crap..like seeing Suzanne about Blackboard, taking photos of an ASL class and/or the Human Performance Center, finish these info cards about the buildings, collect more events to add for the paper, talk to friends, eat something, workout for 20 min. or so, etc..
I Can't Believe I Fell Asleep
W'all (Me, Kyle, two of his friends, Matt, Jenn, Chris, Matt's friend who I can never remember the name of, and Orlando) went to see Underworld: Evolution..
I got there at like, 8pm because I heard I was supposed to get there around 7:30/8:00 and later 8/9pm..I then found out the movie was at 9:50..luckily, it was Easton..I like Easton..they have a Huntington ATM there..lol just kidding..the stores are nice, it's just that they are WAY expensive..over the last year or so, I've learned that shopping doesn't mean buying..it means looking..and at Easton, it seems to mean looking at clothes you wish you could afford and act like you can while there..Though, I do have to say Forever 21 actually had affordable clothes that looked cool..I so gotta go back there!
Well, Kyle bumped into me and was like, "Follow me.." so I did...back to his work..I met some of his friends he works with..they seem to be all girls (hello, it's Kyle, what should I expect? He probably took the job because of that)..they were cool people we all hung out for a while..finally! other people that shop fast! most of my friends take forever in one store..I go through a place in five min..
Well, we all get together and see the movie..I'm wondering if there was something in my ICEE..it tasted great, I just practically passed out during the movie! It had a lot of action, too..and of course, a needless sex scene..it cracks me up because so many movies put sex scenes in when the scene before it shows that they were going to have sex..but no! Our minds wouldn't get that, lets add the sex scene and make the movie so long we gotta cut an important part and even though the scene slows down the movie, sex sells..whatever..
But anyway..I fall asleep for a couple of minutes, but wake up for the best part of the movie: the end fight scene..it was cool..
My Dream Wedding (if I Ever Have One)
Well, my half-sis, Adrea, is gettin' married in July! I get to do the photos! Her wedding will be cool! I guess it is going to be a simple wedding at a church and then a cookout (how cool is that???!) and the wedding cake will be a pumpkin-flavored one..mmmm..I love pumpkin!
But yeah, my dream wedding (if I ever have one and had full creative power over it lol) keeps changing because I steal the awesome ideas of my friends weddings..of course my dream wedding has been a pot-luck toga wedding for years now, but I have changed it since the last time I posted about it:
first: It will be a toga wedding..my dress, and my bridesmaid dresses will all be dresses that look like ancient greek/roman outfits..lol so would the guys outfits, probably going more toward ancient greek with them, but nothing that they'd be embarrassed to wear, I hope..
Everything would be deep red, bright white, maybe some purple somewhere, and foresty green..
The table cloths would be white, so the photos don't have a colored tint on people's faces over the tables..
as for the guests, no one would be admitted without a sheet that would be wrapped around them in some crazy way..we'd give sheets at the door..mainly because I hate dressing up and I know SO many people who avoid weddings because they need to dress up..so at my dream wedding, no one has to where unconfortable dresses and shoes (except maybe me lol)..
It would be a kid-friendly event until about 8 or 9pm the wedding night and then the alcohol comes out and people can get drunk if they want..
The whole wedding would be services done by friends (instead of them giving gifts)..my friends who do fashion design can create the dresses, my chef friends can make the cake, everyone can bring food and music in which DJ friends of mine can play something cool..I have SO many friends who can sing and dance and we'd have karoke..photographer friends could do photography and there will be a one-time use camera on each table along with bubbles!
I feel that a wedding should be a fun party (hense the costumes) celebrating life..so it's not going to be quiet and boring like so many weddings are..it's going to be loud and hopefully fun..I guess it would be fun no matter what for me because I'd be getting married to someone I love..
Also: it would be indoors with art by artist friends on the walls to look like it's outside (large murals)..probably in a church because of the beautiful architecture, but unless the guy I marry is Christian or Jewish or something, we'd have an "officient" like my friends Connie and David..so it's not religious..
I was talking to Barbara about dream weddings and I told her I'm stealing her idea..a THREE day wedding!!! first day is getting together with friends and family, day 2 is the actual wedding, and day 3 is the going-away dinner for those who flew in to see the wedding..that would be fun..
I always say if I ever have a wedding because there is always an option the guy I someday fall in love with doesn't believe in weddings or marriage..that would be ok..I could handle that..
Let's just hope this guy isn't a PETA activist and a vegan..I like meat too much..but I guess it would be true love if he could put up with me eating steak or KFC in front of him lol..
Well, I gotta get ready to go..I'll finish the post at school..
How My Teacher Saved Me From the Elevator
LOL Just kidding! I was joking today about how because my teacher had the class and taught us voice excercises, that made me try the exercises before my tour..which made me 3-5 minutes late, which made 2 other people come along, and because I don't take the elevator with more than 2 people (we had 4), I didn't get stuck in the Nestor Hall elevator (someone else got stuck)..
If he didn't have that class, I would have only had two people and gone on the elevator at the exact time it got stuck!
Oh, wait, I also have to thank U.S. Bank and the guy in the Student Assistance Center (both for helping me get my loan to take the class) LOL..
Ashville :o(
Yes, that's a sad emoticon... :o( My dad said there was a car wash that I could drive through in town, behind the library..
So I go at 6:30 pm, when it's dark, and go to the back of the library..I find I have to drive through a ghetto part of Ashville, near an old factory to get there and then, I find only a self-serve car wash!
I decided not to get out of my car (kinda creepy out there)..so I ended up having to drive down a grassy alley to get back to Long St...
*Sigh* I don't know why, but I hate it..I prefer dark paved alleys to ghetto grassy lined by a fence alley for some reason..
I also like it when I KNOW I can go only a short distance (within 5-20 min.) to reach everything, instead of driving behind buildings or miles and miles down a dark, hilly, country road to some place that gave wrong directions..
Oh, well..
Presentations
At our last Student Ambassador meeting, I was bored to death (I mean, it WAS following a fun, interactive, funny class)..then the speaker (from Toastmasters) got my attention when he called up Jason..then 5-10 minutes after Jason was done, I got bored again..he even repeated part of the presentation..
So, I don't know, I just feel INTERACTIVENESS is very important in a presentation..I think it's because people go into it with a gazillion things on their mind and to hear the same voice over and over, doesn't draw the attention of their minds like all the other worries or thoughts running through their heads..
Calling up Jason, a form of interaction with the audience, makes the audiences minds focus on the event that's happening in front of them..I think it's a survival thing.......like, your mind goes, "Oh shit, what if i'm called up next?" and so you feel you NEED to pay attention..
THAT's why I usually ask questions from the audience..and even when there are boring parts like the whole "Parts of a typical meeting" slide, I'd say, have people from the audience come up and wear sandwich boards or something weird with each person representing a part, that they have to read about what they are or something..
Also, it was presentations like that guy's is why I HATE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS!!!! They are so BLAH and I hate reading..and I hate being read from a slide to me and most presentations are so *Yawn* boring..
When I have to give my workshop, "Seeing the Adventure in Your Life" (which sucks that Bola is down in Georgia now because I think she'd have fun with it), Most of the workshop involves the audience and of course, there are no evil powerpoints!! Bwahahaha! But I will have notecards..
I came up with the Workshop idea after seeing Chronicles of Narnia on the drive home..
I hope it will be fun..
Elevator People (Again)
WHAT THE HELL IS WITH PEOPLE??????????!!!!!!!
I mean I realize LAZY people need to use the elevator, too, but......I'm FORCED to use the elevator! After finding 3-4 lots full, I parked on the 3rd level of the parking garage..FORCING me to take an elevator in Davidson Hall..Well, one of the two elevators was out of order, so I waited 5-8 minutes for an elevator..THEN the door practically shuts on me, because no matter how many times or how loud I shout "COULD YOU HOLD THE DOOR, PLEASE?????!!!!", they didn't hear or didn't care because the elevator full of lazy people that could easily have walked, what, 30-40 steps or so were in a conversation about living off of a certain street and how they were better than some other guy off some other street..
brb..gotta eat..
I was told to blog..so I'm blogging..
Once Matt (who has a new blog) stops looking over my shoulder when I'm trying to blog, I'll blog about people and elevators (his idea that I stole)..
Today at the Bakesale, Brittney and I were noticing the long lines at the elevator..I HATE IT!!
I mean, I HAVE to use the elevator..usually to get to a restroom because healthy walking people just HAVE to use the handicap stall on the first 2-3 floors..
But I mean, I is it really neccessary for people who have no trouble walking and have only a small purse or bookbag to carry to take the elevator up or down ONE floor?
Then they get mad at me when I dish in front of them..like they needed the elevator more than I or any other handicapped person..
Today, I saw some girl with a small bag and tennis shoes cut in front of this girl with crutches and this lady with a television on a cart..
The lady with the TV had to wait 5-10 min. to finally cut in front of the line that had formed..
THEN, on my tour, we had to wait 5-10 min. with a lady with a cleaning cart and finally squeeze in to a crowded elevator (the cleaning lady had to wait even longer!) when most of the people were going one floor up..
I was about to give the stair-goers free food from the bakesale because they ROCK!!
If I walked on Campus, I'd SO take the stairs..I believe it's healthier and probably more efficient during the busy times of the day..
BRB .. too .. much .. Adrenaline .. drink ..
Well, yesterday, I was at the popcorn table..no one notices we are there so no one asked for help..so I was bored..
I was so bored, when this guy I knew was using one of the computer terminals I started thinking about how cute his ass was and how guys with his name or similar to his name seem to have cute asses..
Then I was bored enough that as I started to drift asleep, I looked at the guys in the long line in front of us and made comments in my head like, "That guy's ass isn't as cute as [name]..his name must not be [name], but something like, 'Jake' or 'Pete'.." lol
later, when I woke up a little, I started cheering on every 10th person to take free popcorn..
It seemed to freak out people for a second and then their originally somber face turned into a smile and a laugh, which is what I like seeing..
The funny thing is that using an intermediate (sp?) reward system, it scared some away from the popcorn, thinking they would be cheered on, while others came back or decided to actually take some, hoping to be cheered on..
One lady was #252 and was like, " :o( I thought I was going to be cheered on!" and so I cheered her on for being the 252nd person to take popcorn..
Matt was #500!!! (After me and Huong kept asking him)..
My dreams from Tuesday:
I've told some friends my dream..they think it's weird, too:
So there was a musical on some kind of college/high school stage staring Matt and another friend, who my friends know, but will not be named in case it's a secret that I didn't know and the other person wasn't supposed to know, somehow googled it and found this..
Matt was one of three guys (with dancer bodies *wink*) dressed in awesome lion costumes and were dancing on their hands and knees like, well, lions...they were singing in a 3-part harmony which sounded so neat!!
They danced/crawled next to some thin dancer girls in awesome wolf/hyena costumes and the girls stood up like they were stretching and sang really neat..
I somehow got back stage, right beside the stage..
My friend (the one who shall not be named here) was in a scene with some other guys and they were in metal folding chairs..
My friend saw me and started to try to tell me something, while the scene was going on..
the other guys started swaying to a Christmas song and my friends was supposed to, too, but he was talking to me..
I kept telling him to quit and to go back to acting, motioning him by swaying myself..
he went back for a second, but then turned to me again, saying how he proposed to his girlfriend and they are now engaged! He was SO HAPPY!!!
I was like, "That's great! But you're on stage, go dance!"
so he joined in with the other guys to do an *NSYNC-type dance..he was a good dancer, too..
but that wasn't before he kept thanking me fore some reason and finished thanking me by giving me back this goldenrod paper that was an old SA Agenda that I had folded into 16ths to put in my coat pocket..
It had the writing I have currently on one in my pocket in waking life, but below it was writing about the pros and cons of him asking her to marry him and I guess in the dream, I helped him figure out he should or something..
After that, I was told I could play as an extra poor person..although I was in my regular clothes..
I was trying to find an empty bowl, but the director gave me two bowls, one with soup/porridge in it and the other bowl was under the first)
The other poor actress girl was given a large pan of this pumpkin/sweet patato-looking stuff and she ate it all quickly as I argued with the director (and I quote):
ME: "In the original text, it says, 'She dasheth away the porridge.' Which means she ate it quickly because she was hungry because she is poor, so thus, should have an empty bowl"...
The other part of my dream was instead of hiding Easter eggs, we hid face down Scrabble letters..
I was going through my Ashville, Ohio Online email that I hardly ever check and found a recent issue of the Ashville News with this as the first paragraph:
"JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!" This is not simply a cliche'; it is a documented fact. As your family plans your Christmas activities, invite Jesus as your special guest. Set a place for Him at your table; take Him to Christmas Eve Service with you; and be sure to take Him with you when you attend Church on Christmas Day. Remember: "JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON! MERRY CHRISTMAS!"
Maybe because I'm not Christian..maybe because I believe Jesus (if he ever exsisted because I don't know or care if he did or not) was not born on December 25th..maybe because I believe it was originally another religion's holiday and the Christians in the past took over the holiday and called it their own..maybe because I feel like an outcast since for such a long time I hear people in this town make snide remarks about those who do not attend church (even if they ARE Christian)..maybe because so many in town are pro-Bush..maybe because those in town who aren't are pro-Kerry..maybe because we don't promote enough service learning in (and out of) schools..maybe because we don't have festivals that show the wonderful qualities of OTHER religions and cultures..
I mean, I wouldn't mind raising my future kids here...but me being single and even later, married, I prefer to be in a city where I can meet a wider range of people and experience more things in a city..I like the convience of going 10 min. or less down the street, sometimes without a car, to get groceries or eat out or see friends, etc..
Speaking of being married someday, it was SO WEIRD a couple of days ago I was talking to friends and out of no where, I was like, "And then my husband was like.." and it was weird..I really don't know where it came from and Jennifer cracked me up because she was like, "Wow, 'my husband'..that seemed to roll right off your tongue!" lol
She every once in a while reminds me what I told her that my dad told me what a psychic told him the day before my 20th birthday: That I'm supposed to be getting married between the age of 22 and 24..
Thing is, I wouldn't (at least I don't think I would) fall in love with a guy instantly (although I've REALLY been attracted to a couple of guys instantly) and marry him quick..meaning if it's like this year it would be someone I know or knew from way back (meaning 6 months or more) or I should be meeting him soon...
That is if the psychic is really psychic..
Other than that..
My Un-Resolutions for 2006:
Lose Weight (Fat)
So cliche but I need to lose 25-50 pounds..25 will get me to Mid-Range Normal..I'm going to try to work out 2 times a day, 3 days of the week..mostly cardio..
I worked out today...now I'm frikkin' SORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully that will go away after 2 weeks..
Lose (Water) Weight
I think a big problem I have is water retension..the salt from the margarita I had the other day killed my legs! I mean, on the way home I was thinking my calves were tight, but didn't think too much of it..then when I got home, I saw they were so swollen, they looked blown up like bolloons! I took off my shoes and my ankles blew up in front of my eyes..
So now, I'm trying to drink 2-3 big glasses or bottles of water a day and cut down salt..
Do more things, take more risks, do things I'm not used to or would never think of doing
It's fun and it helps me develop my personality more..I think that's why most of my best friends have been fire signs..they always conned me into things or some of them dragged me into new situations and I have THEM to thank for the great memories and the traits I've gotten from those experiences..
GET ORGANIZED!!!
I have this belief that a person's room/apartment/house/closet/bookbag/locker/whatever symbolizes the person's life..it's not negative..I mean like, a messy room with lots of crap (exspecially if the crap isn't just food and clothes and instead is books, games, or anything else usable), it means the person does many things and dabbles in different subjects, but if the room is unorganized, so is the person..which is true for me..
But I believe if I get my room clean and organized, my life will become organized and less cluttered and things will flow more smoothly..
I just need to buy 3 - 6ft. bookshelves and a metal 2-drawer file cabinet and I WILL CLEAN MY ROOM!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Well, I need to get up in 4 hours..
..blog later!