Category: aip

01/20/06 01:46 - 51ºF - ID#34062

sims 2

I have great news!
For SCHOOL, yes school, I will be receiving The SIMS 2 for $10!
I need it for class, our final project will be a mocumentary based in the sims like red vs blue!

Back to class!

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: school

01/13/06 11:09 - 53ºF - ID#34061

first week back at AIP

The weather in Pittsburgh is strangely warm! I didn't even need a coat yesterday! I have been enjoying the weather, I hope it stays warm for a few days or so, I have a life drawing class, and I need to sketch as many people as possible! More people are out when it is warm. I need to have 112 pages of sketches by the end of 11 weeks, which doesn't include the 44 hours of class time spent drawing models. In the end, I think it will force me to improve my human rendering skills, and help me to better understand how the body moves.

I realized also, that I am no good at drawing a woman as compared to drawing a man. I am not sure if it was all those years drawing superheroes, or maybe my own anatomy. A fellow classmate (an exceptional artist), her sketchpad is full of beautiful women. She says, "Only a woman can truely understand and draw a WOMAN." I am beginning to believe her, or rather understand what she is trying to say.
I am off to sketchworld, have a great day!

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: vacation

01/05/06 02:59 - 34ºF - ID#34060

a day off and a ?

I spent the morni9ng sleeping until 11am, it was everything I thought it could be! I feel as though I live at the restaurant on the corner. Even though it is good honrest work, I feel as though something is missing. Since I started working there,each consecutive day is harder than the previous. Wish I could work with computers again, or with aquarium fish! Sorry about the ramble, I leave you with a question...

Does anyone know how I use a .shn file. I thought it was a music cd, but I have never seen that extension!??

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: vacation

12/30/05 12:17 - 28ºF - ID#34059

school break

Do you know how you plan something, and you never get to it? I have had so much planned for my semester break, and I haven't even started any of it. The main reason is that I am lazy in the mornings, and I have been putting in extra hours at work to compensate for when the semester starts.

I put my small 17 gallon aquarium together. It's a freshwater planted tank.
I wish I had room and floor support for a 55 or 80 gallon aquarium. I would set up a salt tank. I like lionfish, but I would probably start with butterflies and angels, and/or tangs.

Matthew's 50 gallon salt is beautiful! Someday I hope to have the space. I always wanted to have a clear kitchen floor and have my saltwater aquarium beneath me while I cook. You would need scuba gear to clean it!

Here is a picture of my tank before I added some small fish.

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: school

12/16/05 09:30 - 33ºF - ID#34058

last day!

I am sitting in speech class right now. Basically, I am here to listen only, because I have attended all my classes and completed all my speeches. A gentleman is talking about recycling right now.

WOW, i just figured out how the comment system works.

I am heading over to Metthew's journal to check out pictures of his fish!

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: school

12/15/05 02:18 - 29ºF - ID#34057

one day left

Friday is the last day of the semester! I have some finishing touches to put on my 75 page choose your own adventure story. As soon as the semester ends, I will be working on my new business.

Does anyone have, want, or are interested in tropical fishkeeping?

I am going to start a business in that hobby.
Please, anyone with a fishtank, post a picture of your fish on estrip! I will post a pic of my tank as soon as I clean it!

Merry Christmas!

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Location: Elma, NY

12/09/05 02:14 - 29ºF - ID#34056

end of the semester crunch

Next week is the last week of the semester! At the Art Institute, there is no finals week, how cool is that? I have been feverishlyy working on a 70 page choose your own adventure story. I don't know how writers do it! It is such hard work writing creatively for such an exasperated amount of time! My condensed story is equivalent to a 35 page single spaces 11point story. In a way I am proud of myself for putting so much coherent thought into one source in a 3 week span of time!

What a ramble. My mind is exploding with too many thoughts at once.

All in all, I can't wait for the semester to end. The break will be well enjoyed, but I am more so looking forward to next semester's classes!

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: war

10/26/05 10:26 - 42ºF - ID#34055

war on terror

In response to Paul,

We will never be able to remove terrorism from the globe. I am willing to bet, that for each terrorist we destroy, two come back in his/her place. I have been agreeing with you for the last 2 years! Even if Bush went on a world conquering escapade, and the US spanned the globe, we would still have terror.

Instead of fighting the symptoms of terrorism, why don't we fight the cause? It sounds impossible, how do you give others the values that we (americans) live by? I agree that someone needs to fight terrorism, but let us stop the practices that cause terrorists to attack first. Then fight the terrorist groups, but on a lesser scale. Why doesn't the US just use small task forces to seek out the heads of the terrorist movements?

Sorry, just me rambling on a tired subject. Happy Howl-o-ween!

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: life and school

10/24/05 10:17 - 38ºF - ID#34054

need coffee - puppy

The puppy is getting better. He sleeps for 3 or 4 hours at a time!
He also likes to give a lot of kisses.

If you search pugsley on flickr, I have many pictures posted there.
Game Design 101 today is the beginning of our Final game project. It can be anything, I'm not sure if I want to create some elaborate board game, or a card game with custom cards, or both. Either way, I need to start brainstorming!
For Fund. of Design on Wed, I need to shade a circle into a sphere.
It is refreshing to do something semi normal in a drawing class, but I do enjoy creativity projects also.

I have decided to leave PetCo, I will be taking up seasonal employment at Best Buy. I am still looking, but hopefully I can get some freelance work to suppliment the money I am not making. Anyone want to buy my truck?

Wish I could come to the Halloween Party, I regret never physically hanging out with the estrip crowd.

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Location: Elma, NY

Category: school

10/15/05 12:23 - ID#34053

a sudden, profound realization on art

I had an epifanny today. I realized that the one thing I was missing out on at Canisius, was hard criticism and a challenge to blow away all that you have done before. Aside from a few classes, namely 3D and fine art studies, I was never fully challenged at Canisius, and my work suffered. At AIP, no one is afraid to tell it like they see it, and as harsh as that might sound, it is the most helpful thing one could wish for. My current design teacher's key phrase is get your money's worth! Meaning, don't come to class hopeing it will be canceled, don't be silent, PARTICIPATE, "get your money's worth!

My first assignment for Intro to Game design was to brainstorm 50 ideas for new hopscotch games, It was fun and rewarding at the same time. Afterwich I was required to complete a rule set for the game. i came up with things I never knew I could dream of!!!

And, as ab added bonus, the school has resources (physical people) that will send me freelance design and print jobs.!!

The only thing I wish that I would of received from Canisius while I was there was a few bad grades from some dfesign instructors or my intro teacher. We all need to be told about our creations' downfalls. It is a more enriching experience that way!

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Location: Elma, NY

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