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Sunday, May 22, 2005

Hello everyone. What's new with you (post comment if you wish)? Well, I'm a busy girl, but it's the long weekend and time to R-E-L-A-X! No drinking for me, though. It's been over a year since any form of alcohol has touched these lips, and I'm going to keep it up. (I mean, with the lack of calories from the sweet Smirnoffs and stuff, I've kept some weight off. When I was a social drinker, I gained 0.3-0.5 lbs. per 2-3 drinks, and that adds up). There isn't much of a reason I'm not drinking, just decided it wasn't worth it.

So, this weekend I'm doing a lot of hanging out. Yesturday, the man and I went to the 400 Flea Market (a big gathering of vendors with lots of different things) and I got 1000 card protectors for $10, and 4 packs of Core Set (Magic the Gathering Card Game) for $16, where they're usually $5 a peice. Then I sorted out lists of the sets on my computer while Kyle slept on my bed. LAZY! lol. He drooled on my pillow, so I laughed. He slept for 2 hours, while I played on my computer. It was pretty cool, I don't mind being on my PC...speaking of which, since I use a Mac at work, I find myself TRYING to use mac commands on my PC, then I realise that, I don't have a Apple/command button, and apple + w won't close documents for me.

Oh well, I might invest in a Mac in the next few years....maybe a mini-mac, so I can switch back and forth between PC and Mac for different things. Especially seeing as to how I'm going into Graphic Design, a Mac might be a good idea.

Also, I found out the four manditory courses that I need to take for first year Graphic Design, and there's a manditory communications (I'll be taking the advanced Work-place), and a mandatory Gen-Ed (have to wait and see what my options are...)

Themandatory courses are:

Graphic Design 1: This is a project-based course involving two-dimensional design. Emphasis is placed on visual problem-solving, studio skills and production of design solutions.

Typograhpy: This course introduces students to letter forms and type applications as they are used by the graphic designer. The course includes typographic terminology, comprehensive rendering of display letter forms, and assignments focussing on use of letter forms as design.

Applied Drawing Techniques: This studio course deals with the fundamentals of representational image making and the application of design elements and principles, as required by graphic illustrators, graphic designers, interior designers and industrial designers.

Quark Xpress 1: This hands-on course will emphasize the capabilities of Quarkxpress as a graphic design tool for both single and multiple page layouts on the Macintosh computer.

I am REALLY looking foreward to this year! I can't wait to get back to the books!

Today, Kyle's going to help me make a new deck, we might go to the lakeshore and walk around, aybe go see Monster-In-Law (yes, Kyle thinks it looks amusing) and we saw Unleased with Jet Li last weekend, and it was pretty good. I recommend it. Tomorrow...prob. the same as today...hang out, go for a walk...who knows.

Anyway, this is probably enough for you to read, so I'm going to call it quits for now. Have a good weekend! And...

HAPPY GAMING!

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good week-end. so finally you are going to college. congrats. Hope it will be fun.
Posted May 22, 2005 6:40 pm PT
I am trying to relax now that I am off from work. I may play WoW (World of Warcraft) for a few hours today.

Glad to hear you are doing well! Good luck and have fun when you start school again.
Posted May 22, 2005 8:28 pm PT
glad to hear things are all good with you. i love the apple comps too - but i got this big damn ugly pc. have fun and r-e-l-a-x i got to work, but it's the last day for the week, so it's not all bad.
Posted May 23, 2005 10:58 am PT
well, I've already done a year of college. It was a one year course (2 semesters, 14 weeks each). This fall I'm starting my Major (graphic design, 3 year course).
Posted May 23, 2005 1:02 pm PT
Cool. Good luck.
Posted May 23, 2005 6:40 pm PT
back to the books?!?!?
Unless those books you're referring to are:
"Where's Waldo?"
"The Cat in the Hat" but not "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back"
or a Captain Underpants book, then you and I are passionate about a very different kind of book!

You can't wait?!?! Really?!? I can't wait to get OUT of college
Posted May 24, 2005 6:00 am PT
I've loved school since Kindergarten. Whenever I wasn't given any homework, I would ask my dad to make up a spelling list, or a page or two of math problems, just to keep me "in shape" for the next week of school. (even when I was in the first grade I was thirsty for knowledge. I want to know everything about everything.)
Posted May 24, 2005 9:43 pm PT
I am currently working on a massive mod project for all pc users...it should be great...will be out in about a year or so...you guys saw it here first.

U R Not Ready
Posted May 27, 2005 4:00 am PT
well hey its nice to actually find someone on a pc forum state they play magic the gathering. BTW i first picked it up in college with was about 5 years ago and i still love it. But anyways have fun at college, i did but dont skip to many classes because you decided gaming was too important, i have seen lots of people do this especially when ever crack entered the market...
Posted May 31, 2005 6:05 pm PT
I do remember the many a night spent playing MTG and then surprised to see the sun coming in the dorm windows. I had somewhat of an arms-race with a friend of mine. In the end I had all the old-school stuff including the Mox set, Black Lotus, duel-lands, and the like….. Then everyone graduated (surprisingly enough, including me) and I sold most of the expensive stuff for hiking and camping equipment so I could catch up on all the outdoors stuff I miss while playing MTG.

Oh, and by the way I grew to hate Quark Express, and Quark itself, even the latest version. Even though it’s extremely powerful and the industry standard, sometimes it feels like driving a 400 hp Corvette down the highway on 10 inch tires (a lot of power but not a great way to control it). In the end the program just frustrates me. But good luck and happy studying!
Posted Jun 3, 2005 8:56 am PT
Yeah, I don't like it (Quark) much either. Oh, and I only skipped ONE class in my life! And that was for my fiance's and my 2nd anniversary. Well worth it! (and that was 2nd sem. 1st year of college.) never skipped a day of highschool.
Posted Jun 4, 2005 5:06 am PT
KD!
what happened to the entries!? Yours were always the most thought provoking!

Dude, by which i mean dudette, you should write more!
Posted Jun 13, 2005 4:48 am PT
Well i cant count how many times i skipped classes for MTG, and I did something even more stupid. i sold all my cards including one that took over $700 to build just to go and buy the cards back to build my favorit 3 decks, which are all old school. But anyways....
Posted Jun 14, 2005 4:02 pm PT
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Posted Jul 19, 2005 8:39 pm PT
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