Ms. HarmonyComplicated. Creative. Spoiled.

It is yet another Tuesday here in class. Everyone is stressed out because though we have 3 days left of class it’s technically 2 to get everything done. On the third day of class we are presenting our Senior Design Portfolio and Project. Right now, I am not nervous about any of it because I know how much of a hard worker I am and I know I will get it done… eventually. But I know as soon as the third day hit I am gonig to be nervous about presenting in front of people I dont know. Hopefully, it will go over smoothly.

The stress is taking over the class today. We are all over the edge… teacher included.  Amazing right. We have been interrupted twice by people who are not in the classroom. It’s like sending a goat in front of a pack of wolves. We lash out at them with all our might. We do this because in front of the key card we have a sign that says :Senior Design Project in Progress Please Do Not Disturb.

Is it that hard to stop and read the sign before you think about entering? I swear it’s amazing how ignorant people are.

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It’s amazing how long you can sit in one spot. My body absolutely hurts right now because I have been in the same position most of the day. I have been working on the redesign of my other website. Kographx.com is where I have all my graphical work posted along with a blog here and there. But right now my designs are not up because I have decided to thoroughly go through all my folders and pick out the designs I want to post and not just post the same ones I always do. Yea, let’s see how long I keep that up. I am really excited about the redesign of my site. I used to design the entire layout but it required me to update things way to much so I figured why not just use wordpress and that way I can change the layout and not have to worry about if something is going to fit or not. And also I will not have to spend endless days at Booger’s house trying to figure why something doesn’t upload right, etc. I found some cute themes to use when it get closer to the Christmas time too.

I cannot believe that it is the Christmas season again. This year has gone by really fast. I have learned many many lessons. Gosh, just thinking about all the stuff I have been through I just wonder how I made it day to day. I’ve went from having my heart ripped out of my body to utter happiness at times. Talk about dramatic turn of events.

Well, let me get back to this website.

*sigh*

I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was as good as mine. I ate myself into a coma and I just woke up. Well, not really but I like to think so. I just had Thanksgiving dinner with my mom, sister, and niece. My dad was in Memphis visiting his mom who is getting worse and worse each day. Here are the current conditions of my grandmother:

• Still in the hospital (St. Francis)
• Sleeping mostly due to pain medication (morphine, etc.)
• Congestive Heart Failure (heart has enlarged to the size of a grapefruit since she was admitted)
• Myelodysplastic Syndrome (Bone Marrow disorder)
• Acute MI (heart attack per the medical journals)
• Pneumonia in both lungs
• Fluid on the right side
• Anemia (will probably require a transfusion within the next day or so)

But like my father said, nothing is over until God says so. All I can do at this point is continue to pray for her. And my dad is really taking all of this pretty bad. He isn’t really talking to anyone, but that is how we all deal with things that are bothering us. We just want to be left alone for a while. And when we are ready to talk we will. Fortunately for me I have my blog to get whatever is on my mind off it.

Yesterday, I went to go see Hitman. I’m still debating on whether it’s a good movie or not. There were some great action scenes but that was mainly it. The dialogue was dry and boring, but I still kindof liked it. I know I won’t go see it again until it comes out on DVD… if I even buy it.

Uh, I had to work Black Friday from 11am to 7pm and I am to the point where I am starting to hate people. They get crazy as hell when they go shopping on that day for some reason. I just got tired of explaining the coupon that people handed out from 6-10am. And then you have to deal with the attitudes when the come to the checkout with the flyer that was distributed in the paper. It clearly says on the flyer that we will be handing out 20% off entire purchase coupons from 6-10am ONLY, but their dumbasses want to get mad and smart with me. So all I do is talk to them like the child they are acting and I tell them to thoroughly read the coupon again and that is when they get it. What idiots!

Well, it’s the second half of class right now and I still haven’t done anything productive. I have drank a big cup of coffee and drank a Red Bull so I am a little wired. Just wait thought, in a few hours I will be on my way down off of this caffeine high. I did however get a new client here at school. This guy (who is going to remain nameless) came in to clean the Macs and when he came to my Mac he noticed the work that I was doing and he was talking to me about that. Well, that started into something else because now I am designing this guys logo and album cover. Yes, I have turned to the dark side… helping out the Digital Audio group. There are some nice people in that program and I can’t rule out everyone. Actually, I could but I am in a good mood for once and I am not going to take out all my anger and frustration on them. Atleast not today.

So I am sitting here listening to my favorite group, Linkin Park, and trying to design this guys logo because if you guys could see what a fellow classmate designed you wouldn’t like it either. I looked at it and knew right away whol designed that. I know everyone has their own design style, but this particular design style WILL NOT go anywhere. After seeing some designs I wonder why they chose this field of study.

But enough of me rambling on… time to do some work.

Good Morning all!

I have a real bad habit of waiting until the last minute to do everything. I have alot of stuff to do at school and I keep putting it off til the next week. I only have 4 weeks left of school (and I only go to school on Tuesday) so it’s like just having 4 days left of school. It’s getting scary, but I can handle it.

School is becoming more and more chaotic. I heard this morning that there was a fight in the new Mac lab (which was supposed to the Graphic Design student body but instead it went to the Digital Audio students). I haven’t heard much detail about it, but I am trying to figure out what exactly went on. And majority of the Graphic Design students met with the Vice President of the school to voice their opinions about what is going on among other issues that are happening. I can see that this school is eventually going to shut down because of limited space and chaotic issues that keep occuring.

I am glad that I will be officially done with this school in the next few weeks. If I had known that the school would have turned out like this then I think I would have went to Watkins. But at the same time I would not have met some of people I call my family: Kelley, Billy, Chris, Tam, John, Kak, Nichole, Susan aka Choocha, and JP.

I will miss them but I will not miss this school.

Work kicked my ass this morning. I am still recovering from it. The store was packed with old people from 9-5. I’m surprised that many people can fit into the store. It should be so kindof safetly issue to have all those people in there. And what shocks me the most is that we do not have a sale going on right now, so just imagine what work is giong to be as we get closer to the holiday season. I am going to scream in there. Oh, but I did get some good things from my job today: a bartenders book. So let the drinks roll in.

 But besides all the stress at work, I am have been thinking about my future. As it get closer and closer to December 18th, I can’t help but start to get scared. I have no idea what life has for me after college. Does anyone have any words of encouragment? It would really help me right now.

Next week will be somewhat stress-free because I don’t have to work again until Friday, but I do have to show up to my internship Monday and Wednesday (which I don’t mind at all). I would rather be working there from 9-5 then walking around from 9-5. Anyways, I’m gonna go and finish watching this movie and relax in my bed.

Have a good night.