With more and more graphics taking on the loose grunge effect or the crude hand-drawing styles becoming more used and appealing online I’m going back to my strong desire for a tablet.
The problem is that there isn’t really a student or amature grade tablet so the starting price is much higher than I can really justify right now. But I still think they are still really pretty to look at.
So I’m always thinking… once X happens, I will have free time, or I will be able to do this…
But it never happens. As it is I do have more time to schedule at the moment. But that just doesn’t seem to keep me from filling up all the time.
The good thing is that I am taking some time to relax. Jonathan and I have been trying to go bikeriding at least a couple times a week. It nearly kills me, but it’s good for me I guess. I’ve had a lot of other things going on, but I won’t be a bore. Just thought I’d update since I haven’t in forever and say that life is… well pretty normal for me.
I AM DONE!!!!!!
I aced my last test. Completed all of my projects so much ahead of time that I had no stress and I’m finished. I have one other thing to send in, but I’m not supposed to till tomorrow and it’s already done.
Yay for school being out!
How do you understand something entirely… but not get it at all?
Ok quickly,
I’m still graduating in the fall. I’ve skipped all but two classes this week (with teacher’s permission) to help with the relief efforts. It was such a blessing to see the community come together and to see so many with such a willingness to help. God has given me so much and sometimes I think I forget how blessed I really am.
In other news, I’m actually finally really realizing that my little brother is a teenager, mustache, voice cracks, acne, and all he’s not a tiny kid anymore :-(.
Classes are out in about two weeks and that makes me ecstatic.
And I get to sleep in tomorrow morning!!!
Oh last note, I will be posting Rome pictures tomorrow (finally).
So those of you who know me know that I am most definitly not a fan of country music, but I will admit that I like the lyrics of This Song but that still doesn’t mean I like country music. I just get the feeling.
I feel like heart injury is akin to physical wounds in that they may heal over, they may become more bearable, but the scars remain, and the twinges always come back… some mornings you wake up and it seems fairly normal and other days it feels like the injury is as bad as it’s ever been… that’s jut the nature of the thing.. Talked to someone the other day about how this anniversary wasn’t as bad… but then some days.. for no reason at all it’s flares up again.
The school situation is now resolved.. I took the bad with the good and wanted it to just be over. I ended up taking an F in the course in order to have the situation settled rather than draw it out with the judiciary process. The good thing is that even taking the F in the one course it will only bring my GPA down to a 3.66 so I will retain my scholarships.
It also still keeps me on course for graduating in December which is a huge relief.
In other news I was asked to be part of a shoot in Nashville tomorrow for a Dave Ramsey curriculum video, and a few friends and I are trying to get plans together to shoot a few small projects over the summer.
I’m also putting together a site to showcase some of my freelance stuff so that I can hopefully start earning a little more in that area. I’ve got the domain and the site is technically ‘up’ but it’s very not ready so I will let everyone in on that a little later.
I’ve had a couple of shoots recently and I’m trying to get all of the photos edited so I can send them out and get paid for those. I love being able to do challenging and interesting things and call it work… so that’s been my life recently. How’s everyone else been?
…and sorry.
I’ve been sort of out of the loop on everything recently and I appologize. I’ve had a lot of stuff going on in my life right now and I’m trying to make myself say “God’s got it” like I always tell others, and I know He does, but it’s harder to feel than say.
I’m doing pretty good though and I really wanted to say if any of you have been one of the supporters in all of this; Thank you. It has really really meant a lot to me and has been such an encouragement to have so many be so supportive.
In everything I am truly blessed.
I feel really jittery tonight… I’m not sure why but when I got home I just couldn’t sit still for anything. I cleaned my room like mad for about an hour. I’m wanting to work out but think I should give my body a little bit of a break. I should work on homework but I just can’t seem to concentrate on it.
So I found my ring! I was a little sick all day at the thought that I had lost it. When I got in the car this morning to go to class I realized I wasn’t wearing it. I never take it off so I didn’t know what happened I called the house and had them look in the shower and wherever they could think and they didn’t find it… all day today I would be reminded when I would check for it. I just got home and it was laying in my bed.. It must have fallen off sometime last night. The good news is it’s because I am just starting to lose that first bit of water weight (been working out three days lol) Bad news I’ll have to be more careful with it or get a sizer.
..kinda like stir crazy I guess.
It’s been 3 days since the end of my first time ever working on anything more than my little thrown together videos and already I’m craving more. I’m going back to all of the stuff that I had written or started to write and I’m beginning to think some of them could happen. I’m really excited about the possibility.
Then again I’m also very aware of the fact that I will probably need to help on a lot more projects before I’ll get a chance to do one of my own. I’m ok with that though. I guess we’ll see what opportunities come up.
Wow… so I know it’s been ’spring break’ so it would seem I have updated but my life has been really really busy. This week I was up at five and in bed after midnight every night. For those of you who know me well the in bed late thing won’t surprise you but up at 5 is definitly not very me.
I’ve been working on a film I was helping out with in Nashville all week. If anyone has tried to reach me and I have not responded I’m sorry I didn’t have my phone most of the week. To read a little about the film you should check out this site. I was technically the Script Supervisor and Costume Designer but I’m not one much for titles I just kinda did whatever I could to help.
I met a lot of cool people and it was a great experience. I’m really going to miss seeing everyone all day every day, but I feel like I’ve gotten some friends out of it. We still have to edit but thank goodness we finished all of the filming on time… sorta… we went late the last few nights.
Now I’m exhausted and since I just got home from work I will leave you all and say goodnight. Last night I was so tired I thought I would just fall straight asleep, but I kept jerking awake thinking I had missed something in the script, or feeling like I was falling, or rousing with a musical number from the film so I ended up taking some stuff around one a.m. and sleeping till one thirty this afternoon, but somehow I’m still exhausted. Goodnight all.
So This Sermon is one that I have listened to again and again. I just felt like sharing today. He’s very good and this sermon is really powerful. It’s stuff we already know… it’s just laid out really well and a good reminder to any Christian who has ever felt that they have at some point worn a mask. I hope it’s as much a blessing to you as it has been to me.
I’m so ready to be done. I love learning. I love most of my teachers. But I am so sick of busy work, so sick of haveing loads of assignments, I’m tired of the process. I’m ready to be done. Every test, every homework and reading assignment I get stressed and avoid because I don’t want to anymore. I’m sick again and I’m sure it’s my fault. I can’t decide if it’s a stress sick or an actual sick… I’m stressed about where I am as me about family and relationships and about my inability to keep myself teady instead of bouncing all over the place
Even This Shall Pass Away
Once in Persia reigned a King
Who upon his signet ring
Graved a maxim true and wise,
Which, if held before the eyes,
Gave him counsel at a glance,
Fit for every change and chance.
Solemn words, and these are they:
“Even this shall pass away.”
Trains of camels through the sand
Brought his gems from Samarcand;
Fleets of galleys through the seas
Brought him pearls to match with these.
But he counted not his gain
Treasures of the mine or main;
“What is wealth?” the king would say;
“Even this shall pass away.”
In the revels of his court
At the zenith of the sport,
When the palms of all his guests
Burned with clapping at his jests;
He amid his figs and wine,
Cried: “Oh loving friends of mine!”
“Pleasure comes but not to stay;”
“Even this shall pass away.”
Fighting on a furious field,
Once a javelin pierced his shield;
Soldiers with a loud lament
Bore him bleeding to his tent;
Groaning from his tortured side,
“Pain is hard to bear,” he cried,
“But with patience, day by day,
Even this shall pass away.”
Towering in the public square,
Twenty cubits in the air,
Rose his statue, carved in stone,
Then, the king, disguised, unknown,
Stood before his sculptured name
Musing meekly, “What is fame?
Fame is but a slow decay
Even this shall pass away.”
Struck with palsy, sere and old,
Waiting at the gates of gold,
Said he with his dying breath;
“Life is done, but what is death?”
Then, in answer to the King,
Fell a sunbeam on his ring,
Showing by a heavenly ray,
“Even this shall pass away.”
— Theodore Tilton
I am forever grateful for the Blessed Hope that we have… that we can look forward to shedding the cares of this life spending eternity with God in heaven.
I’m home and have to go to class tomorrow morning so I’m going to go to bed and will update later it was incredibl.e 
There is this small part in everyone that despite protests really does believe in some small manner that fairytales do happen and in fact could happen in their own life. But besides in the movies and tv shows wherein people struggle with the idea that they will have to forever settle with their life as it is that things don’t really ever get better… And when that begins to happen suddenly they are swept off their feet or everything just falls into place and the fairytale happens… But it’s unfair to encourage people to think that life gets easier suddenly that life becomes a fairytale..
I’m leaving for Rome tomorrow and I’ve decided not to take my laptop. I’ll have my itouch and MJ will have her laptop but as to keep everyone up to date I will be updating via texting. I’m posting a Twitter box and I’ll keep major events posted and you’ll learn more when I get back. See you all in a week.
I just had a big moment in my web designing I’ll write about it in the morning… or later this morning rather.
I’m leaving for Rome on the tenth. wow…