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» Sunday, March 26, 2006 » 11:22PM
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seems like it's been awhile since i last posted..about a month ago. so, a lot has happened. mostly, i went to tennessee for spring break! that was last week...today's my last day of spring break..wahh...it went by way too quick and i dont want to go back to school. :( that's a different story... so anyways, i went to tennessee last week to visit jason's grandparents. it was my first time going to tennessee, let alone another state. ok, so i've been to oregon once, but i didnt really experience oregon, i was only there for a day. and vegas in nevada...that's not a good example either. you know what i mean? haha. i enjoyed TN very very much. i expected it to be a lot different from what my boyfriend was telling me, but it wasn't THAT much different. i mean, yeah, it's a much slower pace and not a ton of buildings, but i expected it to be a farm and very primitive. not like that at all. our trip lasted from last sunday to thursday. a good four day stay. we flew into nashville and saw its downtown, which was...really...pathetic. :P drove around some more and saw a replica of the parthenon. that was really cool. why fly all the way to athens when you can fly to nashville?! haha. met jason's grandparents that night in jackson. i was nervous, but they're soooo sweet and adorable, it's hard NOT to LOVE them. his grandma made us some corned beef sandwiches...they were the BOMB. never had corned beef before and it was yummy! oh yeah, our first meal in TN was WHITE CASTLE. woo hoo. finally got to taste white castle. wasnt a fan of their burgers but really loved their fish burgers. soooo good! monday, grandma took us to SUPER WALMART. ive always wanted to visit one since ive heard so much about it. and it lived up to its expectations and more! IT IS HUGE!!! you can get EVERYTHING there. groceries, dried/canned food, clothes, makeup, mops, cleaner, garbage bags, plants, frames, clocks, FISH!, garden hoses, MCDONALDS inside!, cereal, batteries, cameras, TV, the list goes on and on and on. CRAZY! your one stop store. i could literally spend the entire day there, but we only spent about an hour or so. :P tuesday....drove to memphis and saw GRACELAND. woo hoo. king of rock and roll baby. it was awesome to see where elvis lived and learn more about his life. he had this room called the "trophy room" with all his gold records...it was endless! awesome blossom. after graceland, we went to his two other museums, a car and his plane. those were whack. his mansion was the best. headed over to downtown memphis and had some bomb ass bar-b-que at rendevous. the waiter LAUGHED at ME because i asked for WATER. what the hell is that? hahahaha. it annoyed me but whatever. that's a memory that will last forever. :) their downtown "mall" sucked, but i was expecting too much. :P went to the rock n soul museum couple streets down beale street [ famous blues street ]...that museum was boring compared to graceland. :P it was right next to the fedex forum which a game was about to start after we finished the museum and we ended up watching a basketball game! memphis volunteers vs indiana pacers. the stadium was cool but the game was kinda whack. totally random that we saw a bball game and got tix for only $10! what lucky ducks we are. :) wednesday...last full day...just chilled with grandparents some more...they are so funny. :) and they took us to the old country store which was pretty cool. lots of interesting little knick knacks to look at. although they thought it's not as cool as it used to be. after that, jason and i went to cypress grove park. it's FULL of cypress trees and you walk on this long boardwalk through the "forest/swamp." it was kinda cool, but it would have been cooler if the trees were in full bloom. :T the tries were all dried up because of the cold weather. thursday...left our hearts with grandma and grandpa halvorson. off we flew back home to sf....... oh yeah....through out our trip, we kept seeing "waffle house!!!" it's this restaurant, we didnt try it, but we saw one every other exit. crazy! we should have tried it. but didnt have the time. i wanted to try sonic too....at least i got my white castle. haha. it was a really cool trip. one of my most exciting spring breaks ever. i wouldnt mind going back to TN. but i would never live there. i still love california. :) i uploaded pictures! go check it out here oh yeah, jason and i went to golden gate park today and visited both the botanical and japanese tea garden. flowers werent full bloom either so it wasnt as cool looking. but there were still some beautiful flowers. go check out those pictures too. :) ok, wayyyyyy too long of a post. take care!
so, i was in desperate need of a haircut. the last time i cut my hair was about 4 months, so it was long over due. i've been going to the same woman for the past 6 years in the east bay. i didn't have time to go to the east bay anytime soon, so i figured i'd try someone new in the city. i searched citysearch for the best hair salons [ i use that website for restaurants too..it's a great resource! ]. anyways, i found a place in downtown that was rated 9.8 and even included a 20% discount off first time customers. i read the reviews and they were all excellent, so i was determined that this was the right place to go. my hair was pretty long...all i wanted was a trim and add some bangs to change my look a little. instead, she cut about 4 inches off! i even showed her how much i wanted cut! *grr* the bangs are ok, just need to get used to it. but anyways, it was way over priced even with my "discount." i didn't expect it to be that much! the cut was seriously not worth THAT much! i expected to come out and be fully confident with my new cut. but no, as soon as i walked out, i was annoyed. she also got water in my ears and it was dripping all over my face when she was washing my hair! when she was styling my look, she even curled my hair ONE way! so, the one side is flipped in while the other out. blah! moral of my story is im sticking with my long time hair stylist and it is true that i only trust her with my hair. everytime i go there, im happy with my cut and it's only $40! maybe it was just the person i got that wasn't good, too bad, im never EVER going there again.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! wow. can't believe it's already a new year! time flies by so quickly now....2005 was good...a lot of work when it comes to school..but, it's finally paying off. i'm graduating in spring! woo hoo! i can't wait....but then again, im scared that i won't be able to get a job after graduation...let alone, go into the "real world." so im out of school right now. got a month of break....ive been SOOOOO bored. i should go look for an internship...ugh.. :T i havent done anything this break...i want to go somewhere. but where...? i uploaded some of my pictures....i went to rachel ray's book signing a month ago at border's..i didn't get my book signed! wahhh..and i couldn't get a shot of her. there were hella people...i was there for an hour but then i had to leave for class...but anyways, those pictures are up. so are new year's... i spent new year's at the dirty martini in the city. it was cool...until the next day, i found out they freaking over charged me....those a-holes..now i have to call them. hassle. :X so yup, those pictures are up. some of them got corrupted. :( blah. ok, i don't feel like writing anymore..altho im hella bored.....*sigh*....hopefully i'll find something better to do.......byebye.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! wow. cant believe the holidays are here once again...time flies by so quickly....all the christmas decorations are up in union square and it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...everywhere you go... :) 3 more weeks of school left. PANIC TIME. i went to cheesecake factory with a couple friends tonight. dinner was good....cheesecake was ok..too bad they didnt have any more of the oreo cheesecake left. :T That is the bomb. We got chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake instead. it was alright...tummy feels funky tho. i think i kicked ass in interactive tonight. my banners were cool...nothing fancy, but, i buckled down and did my shit. i want to get an A in that class daymit...AND have shit for my portfolio. so..that's why my shoulder hurts....been on the computer the entire day doing flash shit. going home for tomorrow's big feast out in danville. cant wait. actually...i dunno. kinda excited...but dont kinda lazy with the mingling of people...ugh. im so anti-social nowadays. :T speaking of...so i was waiting for the muni to go to school earlier tonight. this one guy wanted to talk to me and im like hmm...i dont want to talk to you. you seem like a nice guy, but really, dont want to talk to you. my anti-social mode came on and he kept talking to me...trying to make a conversation, but i just gave him quick short answers. he got really annoying...and i just turned the other way the entire time...the bus finally came and was so glad i didnt have to talk to him anymore. *sigh*...im so moody now... i was surfing around the web...hmm..what i do everyday...wasting my life away on the internet....haha. anyways, i came upon this picture and thought it was REALLY funny. it's napoleon and pedro as kids! :D alrighty kiddies, gonna go to sleep now. big day tomorrow. hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving. :)
been awhile since i last posted....well, not TOO long ago, but there was a phase when i posted almost every day....im guessing it's because i am way too busy to rant about school. :P school's be stressful and i cant believe i have so many products to work on. ive never had this many...i have...twelve campaigns...which means 36 ads. holy shit. i didnt realize it was THIRTY FOUR ads! that's not even including typography...*sigh* that class is crazy..but i AM learning a lot about type and i have become very sensitive about it now in everything i see. :P about 4 more weeks of school left? crazy! this semester went by really fast and it's freaking me out that i only have 4 more sessions for each class...ahHhh. need to buckle down and get shit done. ok ok, i need to go concept. hopefully i'll think of something magical. :X
ugh..i had a really bad day today. i totally sucked tonight in typography class. we've been working on these posters for about 5 weeks now and ive been getting really good grades on it...all A's and B's...and was always one of the better ones..not to sound conceited...but anyways, ive always only had minor changes to do on my posters...tonight the final was due..and i totally skimped and just got super lazy. i had RIVERS throughout my text..it was really bad. i was so ashamed of myself...why did i do such a stupid thing? ive been working my ass off for the past 5 weeks on this poster and all of a sudden, at the very end, i just let all that hard work go? *ugh*...just SOOO disappointed in myself. :( i got a C on that poster...my lowest grade yet...AND one of the lowest grades of the class...*sigh*..just sooo soooo sooo disappointed in myself...... plus, i did all this research and sketched out my stuff for our new project...but all of a sudden, im changing it to a different topic. i wanted to do art nouveau at first...so i emailed the teacher to get an ok on it..but she never emailed me back, so i just went with her example, dutch design. so i talked to her after class about doing art nouveau and she's like do that! you're gonna enjoy it...BLAH. that means all of last night's research went out the window. well, that's great that i know about the de stijl movement, but so what...? :T i had late dinner with jason at lucky penny's. need to stop eating late... :X gonna get fat! anyways, had dinner.....got a waffle sandwich and hashbrowns...the hashbrowns were really good..it was my first time going to lucky penny's not drunk and "early" :P we usually go there after we drink....i miss those days...i miss michele!! i havent seen her in awhile...there was a time when i saw her for at least 5 consecutive weekends to get drunk together.... :P ok. im tired and my apartment's really really cold....i need some rest. it's been a long day. way too long. and the rain sucks.
had a long day...surprisingly, i woke up super early...8:20ish AM!! i dunno why...but for some reason i did...made myself some breakfast and went to class...i think i was participating way more since i felt ALIVE and refreshed. haha. unlike last class meeting...totally hung over from mike's bday celebration. :X class wasn't too exciting...six hours of critique..got really tired near the end and i have a new product. :( budweiser E...how lame is that? it's a new beer, not new NEW, but new in its concept...beer with a "boost"...it has these ingredients to boost you...basically, a beer with redbull. blah....and that means i only have TWO class meetings left!!! isnt that crazy. this semester went by super quick. im glad it's going quick...but it's kinda freaking me out that i'm heading into the "real world" very very soon..... my teacher's an ass. he has these little remarks that is so daymn rude. definitely should NOT be coming out of the mouth of a TEACHER. so this one girl was talking about this other product she had to work on...she kinda forgot what the initials stood for...my teacher's all, "wow, i would love to see that lame ad! since you dont even know what it is" very sarcastically. yes, it's her bad that she forgot what it stood for and she SHOULD know. but my teacher did not have to make that remark. he always says these lil sarcastic rude remarks to students and it's just lame. luckily, he hasn't said anything directly to me...but seriously, he needs to get his attitude checked. so the other day, i accidently deleted one of my posts! :( wahh. i believe i wrote it the day before halloween...but anyways, i wanted to recap since i remember it being an informational post. :) SOMETHING FOR ROCKETS!!! i know my post was mainly about them. :) so anyways, if i havent told you about itunes's podcasts...i'll tell you again..it's this lil radio on itunes that you can download different shows and listen to them for free. i've been listening to news such as npr, cbs, 60 minutes, abc, etc. you can also watch videos! ive been watching diggnation, this geeky lil show. but....here's the good part.... :) one day, i came across mark hoppus's podcast. MARK! mark from BLINK 182! which is a pretty awesome lil show. he plays music from up and coming artists...sometimes he has a lil interview with them..but ALL the music he plays is awesome!!! he even mentioned the matches in a few of his shows! he's gonna be working with them...crazy how i knew about the matches way before they got big..well, they're not big quite yet, but they are going to be! i love their songs, "sick little suicide" and "dog eared page!' AWESOME! but, all the new artists mark's been playing, i like something for the rockets the most [ pic above ]. go to their page to listen to their entire album...they rockkK!!!! i wanna go buy their album soon.. last night was happy hour at minna sponsored by AAU. daymit. i missed it...not as though i could have gone...but still....happy hours are fun. :) ok. i got hella shit to do for typography. need to haul ass.
I can't believe LOVE LINE is canceling!!!! well, not canceling CANCELING. but adam corrola is leaving!! :( two of my favorite talk shows are leaving!!!! wahhhh. what the heck am i gonna listen to now?? Howard Stern's moving to sirius in january..his last show will be in december..and now love line! adam leaving out of no where!! wahhhhh :( im listening to the last show and sad sad.... :*( dr. drew will still do the shows with a new host but it's not the same without adam!! :( adam said he's transitioning to another show..morning. so..which makes me wonder if he's going to be taking howard stern's place in the morning? i've heard it as a rumor....MAYBE! that WOULD be cool....but i want adam to stay with love line too. although that will be impossible...morning and late night show...plus his own tv show? :X ahhHhhh. i cant believe no more love line.........................wahhhhhhhhhhh. FUCK!!! i just accidently deleted my last post........grrrrr.....it was a good post too!!!! blah...i'll have to rewrite it.....
omg, it's already 12:30! i NEED to start getting my homework started!!! sucks how i have makeup class tonight tho. :( so that means, i have to finish that too...and i have a "presentation" today on this typographer, matthew carter. you've all seen his work. he's the guy who created verdana, georgia and many other fonts. anyways.....it's not really a presentation. the first time i presented, i did a fulll on presentation, but it seems like you can just read your paper to the class. :T it sucks having a night class [ 7-10 ] on a friday, but that means i'll have a longer thanksgiving vacation. i already dont have class on thursday and fridays, but now i'll have a 5 day thanksgiving weekend! woo hoo. my boyfriend had came over a week before and said i needed to decorate my wall. i said, i dont need to...im gonna be moving soon..dont want to bother decorating and taking everything down... he said it looked too plain and i needed to spice it up. i didnt think much of it. but i was feeling a lil glum the other day [ see previous post ]. i decided to finally "decorate" my wall with the ads i've been collecting. these arent all my favorite ads, but just ones i've come across while flipping through magazines... wow! did that help! i instantly felt better and the room felt more comfortable. i will continue to add ads/photos to my wall... :) it's weird though..at my old place on california x leavenworth, i had white walls too...i didnt decorate it or have much light as i do now... i dont know why this time it worked, but it IS nice too look up and see stuff on the walls....i also feel like it can look at these and feel inspired by something. :) ok, now i really need to be inspired to do my hw. :P
eh..i was a bit moodier earlier today. i dont know why. i was just tired the entire day and not feeling like doing anything. haha. that sounds like just any regular day. :T i dont know...i guess i just felt a lil sad how im not doing so well in school....plus, the pressure of graduating and getting a job.......*sigh*...as we get older, life gets more and more complicated. cant i turn back time and let my only worries be if i will get a goody basket for being good? i should be going to sleep earlier, like always. what's wrong with me this semester? im just so out of it this entire semester and dont feel like getting "back on track" ever since it started........but ive got a ton of crap to do now that i know im not doing so great in most of my classes...well, teachers didnt specifically say, "maggie, you're doing a crappy job. you need to start working harder..." but, i feel it. i feel like im not pushing myself that much. knowing that it's also my last semester starts to freak me out. what am i going to do? i need to be pushing myself so much more. i need to be creating kick ass ads. i need to be networking. i need to focus more on school....i already have the feeling that im gonna regret not doing a spectcular portfolio after i graduate...ugh, and that is the worse. how hard you work on your book will be the outcome of where the hell i'd be headed.. i think my book right now is just so-so. it can easily be lost in the mist of hundreds of other books...which pressures me even more and makes me feel so sad that i will not "make it." ok, now that im starting to type this and really thinking about it...it IS freaking me out. i think im about to have a break down right this second.......:**********(
suppose to wake up MUCH earlier this morning. does that ever happen? no. i set my alarm at 8,830,9,930. do i ever wake up at those times? no. i just hear it ring and then fall back asleep knowing that i MUST get up. but i always end up kidding myself and saying, just ten more minutes...or..i'll wake up 930...10...! *sigh* ive got so much crap to do...plus, i have to do my laundry, but looks like i dont have the time to until thursday. sucks not having a laundromat in the building. :( the weather's getting colder. yuck. i better get my day started. see ya.
like i said in last night's post, i went out to celebrate mike su's bday. i havent seen him since his last year's bday. isnt that crazy? time just flies by so quick now. seems like it was just a couple of months ago i saw him. so anyways, it was a lot of fun. we went to the matrix first which was way packed and then migrated to east side west. that place was super packed too and was hella hard to get a drink. some girl actually had to order my drink for me! that was really nice of her. :) i wanted to buy her a drink but she didnt want one. :T the bartender was just not paying attention..argh. he sucked and i think i over tipped him. but i didnt tip our waitress a lot...so it all works out. :P i got really drunk last nigt. i dont even remember much after we left...well, i remember about 10 minutes upon leaving east side west, but dont remember walking to the car...going into jason's house..passing out..... :X quite scary to know that i can just knock out like that...like my bday...i straight passed out and dont remember a thing... so yup. it was fun, met some girl named lidia. she's pretty. most likely i'll never see her again..haha. it's always like that. i didnt even have THAT many to drink and was drunk already. well, i dont remember being drunk...just knocked out i guess...but all i had was a glass of champagne and 2.5 long islands. those long islands were REALLY strong tho. it still tasted really good, but super strong and i drank them quickly....is my alcohol tolerance decreasing?? i hope not! i went to class pretty daymn hung over. i couldnt believe it. six hours of sitting there. it was really not fun. i felt like i wanted to yack every hour or so. im still feeling sick right now and it's already been almost 24 hours. :T luckily, my teacher liked my ads. for once! woo hoo. but my art direction hella sucked. hahaha, i just slapped it together because i didnt want to spend too much time if my concept wasnt even there yet. there was a FREE black eyed peas concert tonight!! it was sponsered by honda civic and i got free tickets here. but i felt way too sick to go...no ride, it was at monster park in south san francisco...and altho i had a ticket, it wasnt guarenteed admission. the event was day long and im sure it would have been packed by the time i got there. i hella wanted to see them tho!! :( *sigh*..maybe next time.... alright, i got a ton of hw to do...need to do it! one more thing, check out the photos from last night here.
so, i've still got a ton of hw to do. but, gonna go out in a bit. :( really not a good idea. :P but mike and byong are coming out to celebrate mike's belated bday. gonna go out to the marina to drink. woo hoo. havent been there in awhile. getting drunk with the rich white folks. i wish they were going out tomorrow...just because i dont want to be hung over for tomorrow's class.... :T im OFFICIALLY graduating in spring! woo hoo. wont my parents be proud and thankful. hahaha. the whole process was annoying....but finally got the papers turned in today. my director signed me up for some weird classes....i dont know why she signed me up for these particular classes...and it's gay how i couldnt talk to her PERSONALLY. she was too "busy," so i had to drop my portfolio off. now, i gotta go schedule an appointment to talk to her and ask her, what the heck were you thinking...honors campaign?? pursuit of a new business b?? when i havent even taken a?? *sigh*....we'll see we'll see..... it's almost 10....jason should be leaving east bay or already on his way to the city...so i better get ready for tonight........blah......dont feel like doing shit.........that's it for now. btw, isnt that kitty the most adorable cat you've ever seen? it's haku!!!! :D
ugh..need to be more productive and actually get my day started. im gonna be meeting my director, melinda, today at four. she wont be looking at my portfolio, but simply, signing my graduation paper. so..i basically made an appointment to get a paper signed yesterday. JUST to get it signed. she couldn't do it within a couple seconds. :T yeah, funky. so i gotta go all the way to the federal building to get it signed...ok, im repeating myself.. :P i talked to my advisor earlier this week and was surprised to find out that im graduating this spring!! before fall semester started, i figured i COULD graduate in spring if i took 5 classes in the fall and five in the spring. but, i didn't take five this fall, i only took four. so, that means im pushed back. leaving six classes. i'd graudate either summer or fall. BUT, my advisor said i only have five! so...i CAN graduate this spring! which just worries me if he fucks up and miscounted.... then he tells me that i might need to take another history class. i transfered 2 art histories, but i might need a third. ive already finished my LAs, so.....what am i suppose to do? so he calls me later and tells me to take history of film. that would take place as my art elective. which sucks, because i wouldnt have taken the LA class, power of myths and symbols in the summer. i would have taken history of film to save my art elective!! grrr...just totally messed up. because i really wanted to take another graphics class. but NO! now i have to take history of film. it kinda does work out though..since i could take history of film during intersession, which would leave me only 4 classes in spring.....blah. just...need to get that crap straightened out. but, i am excited and glad i actually went to go talk to him about this. the last day to petition to graduate for spring is this friday. after that, you're screwed. you cant graduate for spring...you gotta wait till summer or fall. i want to be like that piggie. :P just sleeping....teee hehehehe. i made a series of animals using only type for typography class. :) hopefully, i'll relink my portfolio site and add the entire collection there.....sometime.... that class is great, learning a lot...but kicking my ass. :( a ton of work. very tedious work...*sigh*...ok, i better go print out my resume for career services and really get my day started!!!! adios!
keira knightley is GORGEOUS. so damon [ hola damon! :P ] sent me a link to another celebrity gossip page, a socialite's life. it's very similar to the one i go to daily, the superficial, which crystal linked me awhile back...i've really got to stop with these daymn gossip pages. i dont even know why it's so addicting. unfortunately, i think im gonna have to add a socialite's life to my repertoire. that's all i gotta say for tonight. keira is hot. her pic's just gotta take over my other post. she deserves it. :P
zonked? what the hell does that mean? hahaha. i dont even know. but im really tired. just finished my typography homework. did WAY more than i needed. thinking of waking up early and doing more homework... :( since this weekend was super unproductive. on saturday, i slept for the ENTIRE day!!! something was seriously wrong with me....ugh........need to do shit for ad team, portfolio development [ i hate that class!! ] and interactive...............ok. should sleep soon and wake up in a few hours! will be needing that daymn latte...........
hmm...was suppose to go out tonight...but ended up not going..michele has to stay home and i DO want to go out...but i have this bug bite on my face and it's super swollen. :( hopefully it'd get smaller and i'll go out tomorrow night. i really need to go out this weekend and have some fun! :P ive been updating this website/blog a lot now. there was a time when i only blogged once every three weeks or something. maybe because im always super unproductive nowadays and just waste my time on the internet....COULD BE! i saw corpse bride with crystal earlier this evening. i really wanted to see it ever since i heard about it, so i finally did tonight. but, it sucked! :( it didnt HELLA suck, but it wasn't worth $10, $8 if i knew where my student id was. :T anyways, it was short and the story wasn't that great. the claymation was awesome tho. props to that...i love tim burton's work, but this movie was just not that cool... hmmm..i should try to do some hw before jason comes....hopefully i'll get something done!!!
been an unproductive day again..well, actually, i woke up super early to go to east bay for my ortho appointment..came back to the city around 2ish..and been bumming around since. i did go check out good guys on van ness...for those of you that don't know...good guys is closing! so you should go check out a good guys for special deals. i saw a lot of stuff [ everything's on sale ], but nothing really caught my eye. i was thinking maybe a digital camera, extra 10% off, but still $$. and there seemed to be nothing that was better than my A80 right now. so really not worth it. so anyways, should be doing hw...like always. but not in the mood yet.. :P i organized my photo albums, so go check it out! also uploaded pictures from the slanted door. went there last sunday with miss crystal. she had to go to take more pictures for her projects. ive always wanted to try that place, so i was down...it's at the ferry building and the view is spectacular. the walls are windows and you see the bay bridge. it was a very clear day so the view was excellent. so anyways, i took some pictures of our food too. we ordered stir fried niman ranch steak, spicy tofu and rice. for drink, i had ginger kaffir limeade. i heard some reviews that it was their most popular drink, so i had to try it. for dessert, lemon chiffon with passion fruit meringue. we spent a total of $31 each. was it worth it? NO. MAJOR dissappointment. i feel like my dad can make the same stuff and it wasn't anything that different. really nothing special. HIGHLY unrecommended. don't waste your money, go somewhere else. that place is overrated. i definitely would not go back. but it was nice to get out...it was a really nice day. crystal and i tried to take a nice picture of us with the bridge, but failed. :P ok. nothing much else to say...should go do some hw..byebye!
blah....seem to NOT get the idea for my 99 cents store and imposters campaigns. i hate that class. ive never felt so disappointed every single class period. the feeling of complete lost and what the hell am i doing? why cant i get this.... it doesnt help that it's a SATURDAY class, let alone a SIX-HOUR, full day critique. it gets very exhausting...i never want to present my ads...knowing they're going to be shot down and the feeling of failure... teacher's going to prague for a week, so he's unreachable...which doesnt help since the next class will be midterms and im pretty sure my midterm grade wont be too satisfying. i know it's not about the GRADE, but about your PORTFOLIO. but still......i dont want to fail that class. in other news...interactive is tonight. really stuck again for online banking. dude, do i really want to be in advertising?? it's weird..im kicking ass in ad team, but not in the other two. well, interactive is half and half. my first campaign's pretty good and im done with it....*sigh*....can't wait until im in the real world!! hahHAHAhaha. really, i don't. which brings me to graduation. my parents have never really pushed me to graduate. sometimes my mom has, but last night, she asked, "so when are you graduating? your brother's graduating.." blah. since i didnt take 5 classes this semester, im pushed back to either summer or fall. she's just like.."oh..ok..so im gonna have to work longer..HAHA...im just kidding." but really she's not. i need a drink. BAD. good thing i've got my pear cider! woo hoo. weak as fuck but i love it. need a drink to destress...even if it's for a lil bit...no wonder a lot of advertising people are alcoholics.... image of the post courtesy of kurt halsey!! the most ADORABLE artist in the world. i love him!!! he's having an exhibition in december in san jose. FINALLY coming to california! woo hoo. im dying to see his stuff in person. although, i should be receiving his artwork in the mail soon........ oh yeah, there's a FREE BLACK EYED PEAS concert on october 22nd!!! thanks to miss jenny for the link from her xanga... :D it's free free free! all you gotta do is register here. go go go. tell me if you do..im planning on going..altho i have class..............yuck...... i went to sleep around 430A last night and woke up around 930A. five hours of sleep...im surprised i got up. im always dreding getting up..surprised that im also not hella tired. i'll be tired tonight..in class! *sigh*..i better get on with my day. been online for about two hours now and havent done shit.
oh man..been on the computer for almost the entire day! my upper right shoulder hurts...im gonna have a hunchback by the time im 30! how can people work like this?? and im not even done with all my homework... :*( boo hoo hoo.. this is the first week in a long long time that i havent gone out. i really want to go out for at least tomorrow night...but i have a shit load of crap to do. presentation for monday's typography..plus sketches of type classifaction poster.. 15!! hand drawn. ugh....tuesday...ad team..need to meet up with group for concepts..oh crap..that means i have to meet up with them tomorrow...... and then i havent even concepted yet.... plus glad and country music television...which we havent done shit............*sigh*...wednesday..better concepts for washington mutual. but most importantly, tomorrow, or shall i say, TODAY, saturday! i have class....blah. i dont feel too strongly about my 99 cents store and imposters concepts. FUCK. am i really in the right industry??? :*****( *sigh*....so.......today was the beginning of fleet week..the blue angels were flying everywhere and SUPER low. at times, it was super scary. i thought they were gonna crash or something. :T i went up to my roof and saw them really really close. i wish i got better pictures...but i didnt. :( they just fly by so daymn quick!! ok, i tried to upload the picture, but for some reason, it's not...so screw it. i'll do it another day...i really wish i could see them and the red blue air race....this semester sucks...i need to go do my sketches now....
it's SUCH A BEAUTIFUL day in SF once agan. daymit. i really want to enjoy it....but gotta study study study. yuck. woke up about 2 hours ago...not exactly waking up and being productive! :( porbably because i was up late last night......hmmm.. :T i thought we were being attacked again. hahaa. i heard jets flying super low. it was hella loud. but, once again, it's fleet week with the blue angels. and the red bull air race is this saturday!!! but stupid me has class....wahhhh. i've ALWAYS wanted to go to these red bull events but never make it for some reason... wahHHHHhh. really want to go. ok...really need to get my day started and maybe i'll take some beautiful sf pix. :)
daymit. need to be sleeping right now...but i got home late...i got out of class at 1130PM!!!! my class gets out 950, but i had to stay and blah blah.. then i went to have dinner with kate afterwards because we were hungry.... so got home around 1 and just being stupid online and wasting time. :T so my school hosted the clio screening last night..or shall i say, tuesday night. pretty awesome to know that 2 student awards went out to ACADEMY students! woo hoo. we still kick ass. haha. after the screening, there was a party at 111 minna...this gallery/bar. it was fun...saw my director drunk. hahahaha. FUNNY. never seen a teacher, let alone a DIRECTOR drunk. check out my pictures! haha, those pictures are gonna haunt my director. :P everyone was pretty drunk by the time i left. although, i didnt even stay that long.....my friend took that picture you see up there...he took our feet, hips...and didnt take our upper body! what the heck?? haha. it's cool...i think that's a funny pic. :D oh man...im thirsty...too much msg at osha thai! :T need to go get some agua!!
daymit. how do i fix the table html so it wont touch my type?? it's way too tight and bad design!! someone help! anyways...got home about hour and half ago from typography class...cooked some spaghetti and ate A LOT. now, i feel really stuffed. :X i shouldnt have eaten the entire bowl! i had finished my typography homework two days ahead of class! woo hoo. that's the first time in a long long time. i usually wait until the very last minute..but, i finally did it early and it was great to now have to worry about it! haha. my teacher liked my work tonight so that was extra satisfying. but, ive got to do a presentation next week and this crazy ass poster...ugh. that class is hardcore... so while i was studying at a cafe the other day; i stumbled upon the onion and saw this article - "U.S. Launches AIDS-Awareness Campaign In Botswana: 'You All Have AIDS,' Says U.S." The keynote speaker, Dr. Horton, told everyone in Botswana that they have aids. "And if you don't have AIDS, you almost certainly have HIV (Dr. Horton)." Read the article. It's interesting...and....quite blunt. hey...at least we're helping....while we make them feel like they're pieces of shit! :T it's getting late....need to wake up extra early tomorrow and starting kicking some ass...but..hmm..i did have a yummy pumpkin spice latte...shit, am i gonna be awake all night? uh oh....
oh my god. i found the BEST chocolate EVER!!! first off, i dont like chocolate that much, let alone dark chocolate. i always thought it was way too sweet. buying a box of chocolates is definitely not a good gift. it will end up in the garbage....but, oh my god. i found chocolate heaven. let me rewind....for about half a year or so, ive always passed by this swanky chocolate boutique near union square [ sutter x stockton ]. i finally pulled myself together to stop by there today. i was overwhelmed by its upscale, modern decor and the smell of delicious chocolate upon entering.. it was like walking into an art gallery, but for chocolates! well, it IS art! it is RichArt! anyways, so the nice girl gave me an intro about the company...family owned for 80 years blah blah and the diff types of chocolates.. i bought two little 16 piece assortment since she suggested i try that out if i didnt know which flavors i liked. came home, opened the innovative packaging...really unique! ate the first one - apricot ganache, and almost died. my mouth was bursting with intense flavors. my god, ive never had any chocolate any better. i cant stop thinking about it...so fucking good. that is my new favorite shop. it IS pricey though...but so worth it. i want all my friends to try it....it is SOOOOOO good..*sigh*...and so beautiful to look at...the chocolatier, richart [ could he have a better name or what?? RICH dark chocolate...ART...RICH dark chocolate ART... ], actually made his own silkscreen machine to print the lil designs!! one last one for today...gotta savor each and every bite...did i tell you it's the best chocolate ever??? haha...off i go to do my hw... :P
ewww. i think im gonna balloon to 200 pounds with all this late night eating. :( although that oreo shake WAS good.......
god, i sucked this week. i really need to start focusing on school and not have too much fun. well, i need to have fun AND do well in school. so why did this week suck? or...shall i say, I SUCKED?? wednesday, had interactive, my yahoo travel banners sucked. totally pulled it out of my ass the night before and didn't think it throughly. today, had portfolio development. my 99 cent store concepts sucked...REALLY REALLY need to start concentrating!!!!!! :( ive never sucked this much in my entire advertising career....blah. BUT! i did get to see michele again last night..our weekly drinking sessions. woo hoo. jason, dan, aj, sammy, justin, jennifer and us went to sake lab. rj was working and hella hooked us up. thank you!! :D it was pretty cool and i got to kinda dance to "my humps" from black eyed peas. haha. i love that song. reminds me of LA since that's where i first heard it. :) which brings me to gwen stefani...she's coming next month and december!!!! with special guest black eyed peas!!!! i wanna see gwen stefani AND bep!!!! i looked for tix and the seats are hella whack. daymit. i should have looked a long long time ago... :( green day's at sbc park right now. kinda wish i went...although i did have tickets! haha. jason and i wanted to make a profit from selling those tickets, but we freaked out last week and thought no one would buy them...so i sold them all by yesterday at a low price. still made a profit, but not that much. and then today, 8 people called me while i was in class for the tickets!! they must have been hella desperate and soooo daymn last minute. i wonder if we held out, how much we could have made more. blah, oh well. ok. i should really start doing some hw...got a TON of concepting to do. :(
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBBIE and belated for MISS AMBER!!! :D *sigh*...i really need to start being productive!! it's been about 3 weeks into the fall semester and i've been so unproductive. always lagging until the very last minute to do my concepts.... this is the most products ive ever had in a semester.. glad force flex and country music television for ad team...imposters and 99 cent store for portfolio development...yahoo travel for interactive advertising... *sigh* A LOT of concepting!!! ive been in non-school mode ever since it started. i dont know why im like this. :T it seems to take me forever to start concepting.....im burnt out of school and it's only the third week! :( i was hoping to graduate in spring...but now it's pushed back to summer...plus, i better get that internship at jwt...main reason why i decided not to take 5 classes and not graduate in spring! but, if i DO get it, oh my god, i need to bust some ass. i went to colibri off of geary x mason last night with jason. it's soooooo good! my ad team partner and i went there on sunday and i really liked it. so i took jason there last night and it was even better! the guacamole is the bomb!!! it was really really good. the best guac i've ever had. plus, the fish and filet mignon was really good....oh man...EVERYTHING was superb, from start to finish. the drinks were good...strong..! so i got a buzz after 3 drinks. :P HIGHLY recommend that place. altho, it's not cheap, but well worth it! got class tomorrow. :( so, that means i gotta get everything ready for tomorrow.. im gonna see michele tonight. woo hoo! another drunk night. hahaha. god, im an alcoholic. ok...really gotta start drawing up my concepts and trying to bust some more outta my ass......byebye!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY!!!!! School started.....blah blah blah. So sick of school...two more semesters!!! WAS suppose to graduate in spring, but figured, I shouldn't bust my ass and take a lil bit more time...*sigh*... Although it's already been a week since school started, I've only been to half of my classes. The first Saturday's class was canceled since it was Labor Day weekend. But, it turns out that that class is actually EVERY OTHER Saturday! What a surprise! I had no idea....no wonder it's six hours long! :T Monday was Labor Day... Tuesday, I had Ad Team.... Wednesday, was suppose to have Interactive Advertising, but it was canceled. Although one of my friends went to class and he said it wasn't canceled.... I have no idea, there's a huge mix up in that class... Later today, I'll have Typography. Kinda anxious to go, but I heard it's a pretty hard core class, so kinda scared. Was gonna take five classes, but I figured I'd get an internship......still very lazy about getting one right now. *argh* STILL waiting on JWT. God, they're taking forever. I know I shouldn't be just waiting on THEM and go hunting for others....but...daymnit....just not getting off my butt and doing it. I'm at Quickly, down the street from my new apartment, right now. My internet's out. Daymit. So, I was hoping to come here and use the internet, but it's not working. *grRr* i see the connection, it says I have a full signal, but it can't connect...... I don't like hanging out here...hahah. Hella high school kids just chilling and talking hella loud. So, I have a new apartment on Washington x Polk now.... It's ok. I like my other apartment much better. It's just closer to downtown. It IS nice that there are many restaurants around here on Polk, but it's just too far from school. PLUS, advertising moved all the way to Federal, which makes it even more difficult. Before I moved into this place, I figured although I'm far, I can at least still take the school bus since the warehouse is literally a block a way....but since my school sucks and doesn't care about its students, there is limited transportation to the Federal building. I can't even get home until an hour later. I still haven't figured out how I'm gonna get home. Maybe take muni? I saw Ms Debs over the weekend. Woo hoo! I had a ton of fun hanging out with her in LA, so it was great seeing her again. She's going to Vegas this week for her bday. Since I found out my Saturday class is actually every other Saturday, I CAN actually go....but I kinda figured I shouldn't since I'll have a lot of hw now....I really want to go...but I know I shouldn't.... I also saw Michele too. Double woo hoo! :D We all went to the blue triangle out in the Marina district. Way tooooo hot in there! And we weren't even dancing! It was ok. wouldn't go back there since it was way too hot. Didn't get a buzz at all...everyone else seemed to have a buzz....except Michele too...and maybe Brian.. :P It was EJ's bday so we all celebrated with him and some other friends. Made a couple more friends at Grubstake who bought us dinner!! haha. Pretty daymn nice of a total stranger! Oh yeah, that reminds me, I need to check out that dude's website, www.rjowens.com. He's the guy who bought our dinner.....he paid for all 7 of us! How nice!! Ok, I'm all Asianed out. There are too many fobs here. hahaha. Gonna go home now!
back from la la land.....it was fun!! :D i left early thursday evening and got back this afternoon. the ticket was cheap and the flight was short. i cant imagine people driving 6 hours when they can simply pay a hundred or so bucks and be in la in one hour! it was so quick when i got to la. so anyways, went drinking every night but didn't get drunk.. :T oh well, i still had a ton of fun!! :D got to see ms debbie and amber. the only celebrities i saw was some guy named eduardo from the ER and syrus from real world boston. debbie and saw syrus on hollywood blvd. and stopped him on the street to take a pic with him...heheh. doesnt sound as exciting as when it happened. :P it was soooo hot and humid in la. i was getting sweaty JUST from standing there. sooooo hot. so hot. i also went to the most beautiful mall...the grove! it was pretty and felt like an amusement park. there were the usual stores: j.crew, anthropologie, gap, abercrombie and some high end designer store. i haven't even heard of it, but they had $40 PLAIN tank tops and $800 pants. it wasn't that cool looking either. there was a shirt that i would have bought, but it was $115. :T i couldn't believe that store...so expensive.. i sat on something in debbie's car that made my WHITE skirt dirty. :( so i resorted to buying a new skirt from forever 21..i hope that stuff comes off!! it was one of my favorite skirts... :( that was the only thing i bought from the grove...didn't do much shopping in la...was hoping i'd do more, but i shouldn't spend my money on more clothes anyway... :T what else what else...GYU-KAKU!! oh soooooo good. wish they had one up here! also went to huntington beach which was ok. the water was brown!! what the heck..?? yuck..i've realized i wouldn't want to live in la...the air is polluted and nasty...you can see this layer of nasty smog. does not look and feel fresh at all. plus, it's super hot. i like hot, but la's nasty hot. you gotta drive EVERYWHERE. i don't mind driving, but it seemed like i was in the car a lot...there's traffic on the freeways and over populated. i don't mind la, just wouldn't want to live there. school starts thursday. really don't want to go back! :( i have SATURDAY class. what the hell is that??!! plus, it's SIX HOURS! *grrrRRr* i want to just chill forever...haha. im moving back to the city tomorrow. funny thing is, moving back with jenna, my first roommate from the dorms. i'll be living on washington x polk. kinda wish it was in my old area [ nob hill ], but it'd be ok since it's near the warehouse. JWT is suppose to call me back. why the hell are they taking forever? i had an interview there last monday and crossing my fingers that i'd get the internship. the guy who interviewed me was really cool and comfortable to be around. im paranoid that i was TOO chill with him...feel like i should have been more clever with what i said and pushed more of why he should hire me and all that good stuff. he didn't ask those questions, "why do you want to work here? what's different about you?" etc. he basically just looked at my book and gave me a tour. the building is really close to school which will be conveniently. the killers is performing on the vma's now...wooo hoooo!! i should be packing....too lazy........... gonna go now....byebye!
chris and eileen's wedding was great! it was so beautiful with the tents on treasure island....i uploaded the pix, go here or click on the link on the bottom that says "photos." i also added pictures from my TV commercial shoot. took me awhile to upload them...k, tired...gonna go now. check out the pictures! :D
wow! according to my last post...boy, was i stressed out. :P i didn't read everything, but TV commercial class definitely stood out.. so that class went well...got a B. pooie. but i had a fabulous commercial for 1800 flowers while the other one was whack. that class was fun. well, not that class per say, but hooking up with MPT students and filming with them. it's fun! a lot of waiting, but well worth it! took us about 6 hours just to film a 30 sec commercial...imagine filming an entire movie!! so life's less stressful as of now. it's not perfect, but im beginning to have more fun. found an internship at RBG Marketing. It's ok..worked there for a month already..feels like much longer. but...hrm..it could be much much better. :T it's not an "AD AGENCY," definitely marketing agency...but duh, that's what their name says.... :T just need to get to something bigger... so it's school on MW nights and work. that's basically all i do. BUT, for the last two weeks, ive been going out with michele and her buddies. havent hung out with her in such a long time that it was great seeing an old friend. and finally seeing the bar she goes to every week! haha. laid back vibe...pretty cool.. going out now makes the weeks go by faster and cant wait until next thursday!! now it's gonna be sad when i have to move back to the city...boo hoo. it's chris and eileen's wedding tonight!!!! woo hoo!! CONGRATS! i cant wait. my first friend wedding. im excited. it's gonna be at treasure island....how romantic!! i cant wait!! my tummy feels funky...i think i had too much sugar yesterday! :( i went to go see the island with aj and rj last night. i had a huge ice cream and it was really good with massive amounts of chocolate chips. after eating that my tummy felt a lil funky. then we went to elephant bar where i had this 2000 something drink that was really good..it didnt taste like it had any alcohol at all! i think they jipped us. :T but anyways, that drink was sweet too. at night, my tummy was feeling really bad.. when i woke up, i thought it went away, but it's still here... blah..good thing i didnt end up going to the city with them last night! i'd have no energy for tonight's wedding. :P oh yeah, the movie was pretty good. scarlett is really pretty in this movie! :D it was long..but good. so i saw from last post that i said something about portfolios.com. i won!!! SILVER!!!! check it out here im at the very bottom, under student category. woo hoo!!! altho it's not a CLIO, it's still SOMETHING! :D even though that campaign didnt even make it to the AAU spring show this year. boooO! what else what else...hrm..so life's less stressful now since it's summer and i found an internship. i dont want to go back to regular school schedule in fall though. i just want to bum..haha. i havent even had a break since spring semester ended! well, i had ONE WEEK which was basically filled to hunting down an internship.... i think i'll go eat something now...tummy is too funky. hope everyone's doing well!!!! :D much love to michelio and her gang to rejuvenating my summer. :D
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