This is the dump for things in my head.

2011-03-07T15:39:00.001-05:00

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By the way.

2009-10-05T19:49:00.001-04:00

I am married, and it is awesome. It's nice to be Mrs. Woods.

Hello Blog.

2009-10-05T19:47:00.002-04:00

Where I come to vent. I'm feeling happy that I'm married, but I'm sad because I think I hurt my best friend. I have not talked to her, but I'm pretty sure she's still mad. I feel horrible for getting mad at her during the reception, and I hope she will forgive me.

iPhone 3G S unboxing

2009-06-19T08:53:00.003-04:00

So last night Greg and I were discussing when we should get our iPhones. My old iPhone is currently listed on Ebay it has 7 watchers and 114 views. The auction ends on Sunday, so I wanted to make sure I had the new one by then. I started looking up info online about supplies, lines, and such. I decided that I should go early because AT&T stores were already sold out. I arrived at the Keystone Fashion Mall and there were already 3 people waiting outside the mall doors. I was fourth in line, but I ended up being 3rd in line. One kid had to leave because you have to be the account holder in order to buy the phone at the Apple Store. Then when they opened the door they had two separate lines, one for people who made reservations before the 15th and one for people who either made a reservation after that or didn't make one at all. I was first in the non-reservation line, and for every 7 people they let in for the reserves they let 3 in for the non-reserves. I ended up being the 2nd person out of the store because I didn't have to sign up for a contract. I was in the car by 7:04, and home 20 minutes later.

Now on to the unboxing photos:

2009-04-15T22:57:00.001-04:00

I haven't blogged in a while, but I just set up my phone to blog! Yay!

One of my Christmas gifts...

2008-12-30T12:54:00.002-05:00

...is being put to good use.

Greg bought and installed 4 gigs of memory for me. It is awesome. My computer is running better than ever!

More Polaroids.

2008-12-16T15:42:00.005-05:00

These polaroids always get the most views on Flickr.

The most popular photo on my flickr.

I've been a bad blogger.

2008-12-07T02:49:00.004-05:00

I lost all motivation to blog. I don't know what happened. I think I'm going to post a series of blogs tonight.

Tuesday was the worst day ever. I had to be up at 6:15 so I could be at work by 7:30. I have to be in early in the mornings to unlock the Business lab. I woke up at about 4:30 with stomach cramps and I felt horribly nauseous. I kept it under control for the most part, I pretty much just sat listless in front of the computer for most of the shift. Waves of stomach pain and nausea were coming and going. Luckily that's the day I get off at noon. I went straight home after that, laid on the couch, and started watching series 2 of Doctor Who. But about an hour after I got home is when it really hit me. I went from the couch to bathroom from that time till the time I passed out at 10:30. Worst day ever... I'm still battling fits of nausea, but it stopped for the most part on Thursday.

The weekend of my birthday Sheehan and Julia came down to hang out with us. On Friday we went to see Quantum of Solace (awesome movie!), that was Sheehan's gift to me and Greg.

On Saturday, if I remember correctly, I opened my birthday gifts (an iHome from my mom and a candle set from Greg), then we went to eat at the Texas Roadhouse. We came back and watched the first series of Doctor Who! Yay!

On Sunday, while Sheehan was hanging out with his dad and Greg was at work, Julia and I went to lunch at India Garden and took pictures around Broad Ripple.

I love this store, I wish I could fit in their clothes/afford them.

I love this face.

Ooo... Shiny eyes!

The Campus Center.

That was the weekend.

You know what...

2008-11-17T23:00:00.002-05:00

...really grinds my gears.

Homework, of which I have done none.

Awww....

2008-11-16T23:18:00.000-05:00

?!

2008-11-15T18:07:00.001-05:00

This won't make much sense unless you've seen the rest, so get at it.

Greg's Beast!

2008-11-14T22:55:00.000-05:00

P.S. My birthday is in about 7 days. Who's throwing me a party?

Unfortunately.

2008-11-13T23:03:00.001-05:00

I am posting right before bed which means it will be a short one. I have to get up early for work... Boo...

I seriously have Doctor Who on the brain. It's all I want to watch lately.

I have...

2008-11-12T23:16:00.000-05:00

been so tired as of late. I can't really think of much to say unfortunately. I've been watching a lot of Doctor Who.

Under the weather.

2008-11-11T22:12:00.002-05:00

Blog is canceled for tonight. I have a massive headache.

I'll leave you with this Doctor Who (2005) trailer.

Going to bed.

2008-11-10T22:53:00.001-05:00

Man, I don't really like getting up at 6am. Alas, I must, in order to get to work on time. Blech.

Oh! I started watch Doctor Who (2005). I put the 2005 because it's the longest running sci-fi show in the world. Since 1963, with a few gaps. It's a pretty awesome show and I'm hooked.

I've been watching it via Netflix. I'm trying it out because it's cheaper than Blockbuster and they have instant play which streams right to your computer. They recently added support for the Mac, so woohoo!

Mirror's Edge.

2008-11-09T02:21:00.004-05:00

I really want this game. I played the demo twice and it's amazing.

Blah...

2008-11-08T22:55:00.000-05:00

I have to work the graveyard shift tonight. Blah...

That is all for now.

BJ Novak at Clowes Memorial Hall

2008-11-07T22:49:00.003-05:00

Greg, Matt, and I went to see BJ Novak at Butler. We only had to pay 5 dollars thanks to the IUPUI Student Activity Board.

This how far away from the stage we were, 1st terrace.

I love the lighting in this place.

Wikipedia Brown

Shy puppet

Video from the show we went to:

Puppies!!!

2008-11-06T23:44:00.003-05:00

I found this live video feed from this article. These puppies are too cute!!!

Pictures from the new camera.

2008-11-05T21:33:00.002-05:00

Just a small sample of what I've taken with the Canon.

This is where I attend my photo class.

This is Emma-puppy. Shot with a wide angle lens.

These are the other lenses that came with the camera.

This is sunset, shot with my telephoto lens.

Greg was bored after I left for work.

This is the first successful picture of the moon I have taken.

Telephoto lens in action again. Taken from the consultant station in the IT lab looking out the window to Herron.

This is Emma-person's hand and engagement ring.

This is her engagement ring closer. Look at that rock!!! I love her ring I think it's gorgeous.

It's been a pretty serious election night.

2008-11-04T22:37:00.000-05:00

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Mmm... DVR.

2008-11-03T22:56:00.002-05:00

I'm watching a DVR'd episode of the Colbert Report. Wilco is performing an exclusive song. It's pretty awesome.

This is going to be a short bloggin'.

I have to get to bed because I have to work early in the morning. I have a slight dilemma: I work from 7:45 to noon, then I have class from noon to 1:15, then I have to work from 1-5. The polls close at 6pm tomorrow, and I absolutely have to vote tomorrow or I will cry. I'm going to have to ask for a late arrive and an early leave.

Hopefully I'll make it.

P.S. More men should grow beards if they can.

Poladroid.

2008-11-02T18:52:00.002-05:00

I used this program to make my pictures into polaroids. I'm totally addicted.

You can see all of them at my Flickr site.

I lied...

2008-11-01T23:53:00.004-04:00

...about how many bloggings there would be. I ended up doing something else.

I would like to use this bloggin' to talk to you about NaBloPoMo. This is something I did last year. You commit to blogging everyday in the month of November. If you sign up on the NaBloPoMo website you can be added to the blogroll and if you post everyday you are elligible to win prizes. I would love it if my some of my friends did this, this year along with me. So come on and blog!!!

Crazy Mac desktop craziness ensues.

2008-11-01T14:48:00.003-04:00

This was a conversation I had today with my friend Emma.

1:27:58 PM emmaknowsall: how come we don't do ichat?!
1:28:22 PM Kimberly: What do you mean?
1:28:31 PM emmaknowsall: like the video mac chat thing
1:28:38 PM Kimberly: We could do that if you want.
1:28:47 PM emmaknowsall: i have never done it!
1:28:48 PM Kimberly: It's because I use adium.
1:28:53 PM emmaknowsall: oh yeah
1:28:58 PM Kimberly: But I can open iChat.
1:29:06 PM Kimberly: It's won't be that difficult.
1:29:38 PM Kimberly: I'm opening iChat.
1:29:41 PM emmaknowsall: kk
1:30:01 PM emmaknowsall: ive never done it before

After this the crazy fun happened. This is part of the reason I love Macs.

By the way, that program, from Poladroid is pretty awesome. There will definitely be more bloggings today. I work at 4pm until midnight.

Autumn desktop.

2008-11-01T11:01:00.003-04:00

This is my autumn desktop, but autumn will be over soon and then the bitter cold and snow will come.

I got this today.

2008-10-30T19:15:00.004-04:00

Yay for a Canon EOS 40D!!!

I am super excited about it.

10.1 megapixels
up to 1/8000 shutter speed
ISO up to 3200
Self cleaning sensor
A 3 inch LCD display and more...

It came with:

3 Canon lenses (18-55mm, 75-300mm telephoto, and a 50mm)
2 cheaper conversion lenses (one wide angle; one telephoto)
Filter kit
Flash
Tripod
Table top tripod
Cleaning kit
Card reader
Battery charger for the car
and a bag

I'm blogging from my eeePC.

2008-10-29T23:44:00.004-04:00

I have successfully installed Ubuntu. I also spent tonight making it look kind of like OSX.

This makes me really mad.

2008-10-19T23:14:00.004-04:00

Firefox left; Safari right

It's the only thing I don't like about Firefox. There is definitely a noticeable difference.

Because I have no desire to write a whole bunch.

2008-10-10T13:09:00.001-04:00

A strong-willed herald of causes against injustice, you passionately strive to right the wrongs around you.

Somebody has to save our skins!

No way!

2008-09-21T18:49:00.001-04:00

After 11 years they ended Toonami...

When I saw the video I was actually really sad. It was big part of my adolescence. I watched it since it started; I was 13. All the awesome shows, my favorites being: Sailor Moon (note: I was 13 and a girl; don't judge me.), DBZ, Gundam Wing, Rurouni Kenshin, and a few others that came later.

Moltar and TOM teach us some things

One of my favorite Toonami videos:

Goodbye Toonami.

Bang.

Hilda

2008-09-20T18:01:00.002-04:00

aka my new bike:

My master plan.

2008-09-17T16:01:00.002-04:00

I have figured out a great master plan.

I am going to get my MFA in Photography and teach at a university. I can do fine art photography on the side.

It's perfect.

Photo I.

2008-09-10T23:55:00.002-04:00

I'm taking a photo class this semester, and I don't think I could be happier. I can't believe I ever doubted myself that this is what I want to do. It's amazing. I couldn't imagine not doing photography. I like digital photography, but it's nothing like developing and printing your own photos. It's feels more organic to print in the darkroom. It is very, very time consuming and the darkroom chemicals make your mouth and throat dry. But I love it. My professor said that our generation is probably the last generation to learn how to print in the darkroom. You can already kind of see it happening two out of three companies that make the paper have stopped. One of those companies being Kodak.

Here are some pictures (not of the darkroom obviously):

The first negatives I developed on my own.

My first ever print (contact print):

After hours in the basement and darkroom it's nice to sit outside the building on a day like this:

Not again.

2008-09-10T12:15:00.002-04:00

I will not sign petitions against the new facebook. Webpages are always going to evolve and change whether for good or bad. I personally like the new facebook, it's not that difficult to use and I like the idea of the filters for posts and such. I've been using the new one for a few months now.

I used to hate when things would change, but lately I've just come to embrace new technology and actually look into why they changed things. Of course there are certain aspects that I don't like, but that doesn't mean I'm going to hate the whole thing. Anyway, I predicted that this was going to happen when I started using the new facebook. It's silly.

It's official.

2008-08-19T01:11:00.001-04:00

Greg and I are engaged. I was minding my own business making some lemonade and I turned around and he was standing there. I gave him a hug and he was smiling; he reached into his pocket and gave me a ring!

Slapface.

2008-08-09T03:52:00.001-04:00

Since July 18th.

2008-07-28T02:06:00.004-04:00

Sheehan, his dad, and Troy were on their way to Indianapolis and Sheehan ran out of gas. Next to the big sign that says Knozone Action Day, Refuel After 6pm. This picture was taken at 7pm. We had to bring him some gas.

These were all taken with my phone.

Greg, wearing my sunglasses.

Chalkboards in Democracy Plaza at IUPUI.

I've been working a lot lately. The photo above was taken on my campus wide shift as well as this next photo.

This is a totally ridiculous deal. Spend 150 dollars with a jagtag and then get a t-shirt. No.

I made breakfast when I got home from work Sunday morning.

I worked on Friday from 8am-5pm and then from 7pm-Midnight. I didn't leave the IT lab all day from 8am to midnight. Then I worked campus wide from 12-4 on Saturday, and then came back at midnight-8am. I hung out in the lab until about 10am (this is Sunday). Then on the way home traffic was terrible because of the race. It took me about 30 minutes to get home when it should have taken me something like 10-15 minutes. I made breakfast and didn't go to sleep until about noon. I slept until about 5:30pm and then I came back to work at midnight (Monday). I work tomorrow (Tuesday) from 3-8pm. Lots of working.

That's all I've been up to.

iPhone 2.0

2008-07-21T03:19:00.001-04:00

The newest version of the iPhone software is amazing. I can now take screen shots! Woohoo.
My home screen:

Page 2:

Page 3:

This is an application that is for Twitter (obviously). It's awesome. I can even upload photos to my tweets.

The iCal app., which has always been there, but not always with multiple colors:

Here's AIM:
The buddy list.

The conversation (reminds me of the default message style in Adium):

Facebook:

Myspace:

Google maps:

A silly app. that makes lightsaber noises when you move the phone:

And finally the iTunes remote (the iPod function looks almost exactly like this):

This is the iPod:

My visit to Kansas or my nephews are cuter than yours.

2008-07-14T04:56:00.000-04:00

My nephew, Alex.

He's too cute.

He's upset because my brother took the pop can away.

All better.

My nephew, Aiden. He's spelling jellyfish.

He left a space for a second L. He doesn't like to mix the different kinds of letters, so he just left it blank. He's got several different sets of letters, these have animals on them. Aiden is a very smart little boy. He's only three years old and already he can write his name and spell and write many words including but not limited to: horse, adventure, and rocket. He can read some words and he knows all the states. You can point to a state on the map and he can tell you what it is, and if he has a family member there.

All done.

Brother in a bowl. Alex's nickname is brother.

Alex is a daddy's boy.

Cute!!!

A silly face from Aiden.

Making faces at himself in the mirror. Wish I could have caught the mirror image.

Ahh... Brothers.

He loves making music.

Tired.

Aiden's bedtime/anytime bear.
My brother asked me to do some artistic shots with the bears.

Bear and Brother Bear.

Bear is so worn that he got another one (he doesn't use) and they called it Brother Bear.

Those are the pictures from one of the cards from my camera. I have some from my phone and another 1 gig card. I can't find the other 1 gig card. I'm worried it fell out of my suitcase through a hole. It was in a fair sized case. I hope I didn't lose it.

Forgotten.

2008-07-11T21:39:00.000-04:00

I totally forgot about this movie I made for a little contest at work last year. It was shot about this time of year. It's really bad quality, but I had fun making it. I tied for best video with someone who did a stop motion animation. I did win for cinematography.

The song is Mad World as sung by Gary Jules from the Donnie Darko soundtrack.

Blogging from my phone.

2008-07-04T10:08:00.000-04:00

I won't be blogging on here very much if at all. You can join Twitter and follow me. Follow this link: http://www.twitter.com/panda0eyes

My current desktop.

2008-07-01T13:18:00.000-04:00

I've been on a Star Wars kick as of late. I finished reading the Han Solo Trilogy published in 1997:

(with iPhone)

and now I'm reading the Han Solo Trilogy that was published 1979.

(with iPhone)

I'm reading them in chronological order (according to the story lines). That's why I read the new ones before the old ones.

My current desktop:

I got bored one day and organized my crayons by color:

(with SLR)

Emma got to visit IUPUI last week when I went to get Greg from work:

(with iPhone)

And I have a campus wide (I walk around to the different labs and make sure the consultants are doing their jobs and help them if they need it) shift on Saturdays.

It was a little gloomy when I was walking to the education school (ES):
All of these pictures were taken with my phone.

By the time I left the business school to go to the law school it had cleared up:

That's what has been happening lately. I'm leaving for Kansas on Thursday morning and returning the next Thursday. I probably won't blog much if at all.

Firefox 3 is better than your average web browser.

2008-06-22T09:15:00.000-04:00

I just want to profess my fondness for this web browser so that everyone may be aware. Especially since you can use it on any OS. Which you can use Safari for Windows, but I here from a very reliable source that it's really bad. Take note I used to only use Safari and I was pretty much an Apple purist, but the features in the new Firefox had me intrigued. To me using Firefox 3 is just like using Safari except that it's more stable and has more and better features. Safari would crash on me more than I'd like to admit. Firefox has features like better stability, the ability to type one word in to the address bar and have it know exactly what website you want, and the ability to save tabs when quitting.

The address bar is pretty amazing. Here's the quip from Mozilla:

"A quick way to get to the sites you love—even the ones with addresses you only vaguely remember. The new Firefox 3 location bar learns as you use it—it’s so highly evolved that we like to call it the “Awesome Bar”. Over time, it adapts to your preferences and offers better fitting matches. Type in a term and the autocomplete function includes possible matching sites from your browsing history, as well as sites you’ve bookmarked and tagged in a drop down. For example, you could enter the tag: “investments” to find “www.fool.com”. Matched terms are highlighted, making the list of results easy to scan."

The ability to save on exit is very useful. It even works if I've logged out or restarted the computer. Another quip from Mozilla:

"Now when you open Firefox, your tabs and windows look just like they did when you closed it down. No need to reopen all your windows each time you start a session."

The ability to find add ons in the browser. From Mozilla:

"You can now find and install add-ons directly in your browser. You no longer need to visit the add-ons Web site, simply fire up the new Add-ons Manager. Not sure which add-on is right for you? Ratings, recommendations, descriptions and pictures of the add-ons in action help you make your selection. The fully integrated Add-ons Manager even lets you view, manage and disable third-party add-ons in a few easy clicks."

My favorite add-on has to be Adblock Plus. This is why:

No adblock in Explorer:

Adblock in Firefox 3:

The little image that says bling is from myspace. If I wanted to take the time I could find it in the adblock preferences and block it.

So those are just a handful of reasons why I like Firefox.

Let's recap. Firefox has:

An awesome address bar.
Stability
Uses less memory
Design integrates with what OS your using
Faster page loads
Reopen closed tabs and save on exit

P.S. The reason they are Vista screenshots is because I'm at work.

Looking back.

2008-06-10T12:26:00.000-04:00

I was looking back at all of my blog posts. I always forget how long I've been on xanga. Almost 5 years (since July 11, 2003 as you can see to the right). It's interesting to see what has changed since then. I was really into homestar runner. My first post that I linked to homestar was September 30, 2003. I remember when my brother told me about it. I went and watched every Strong Bad email. That's how I am. When Greg told me about achewood I read all of those over the course of a few days. Anyway, I've come a long way since then.

It's crazy.

Our new apartment.

2008-06-09T20:54:00.000-04:00

We moved in May 24th, but I just haven't gotten around to taking pictures until today. So here it is.

The view from the balcony.

The view when you wallk in the front door:

The living room including the couch my mom gave us.

More living room.

DVDs and video games:

The dining room (and of course Boba Fett):

Book shelf and a sampling of our books.

The kitchen:

The office:

My work area:

My bathroom (left), Greg's bathroom (right):

The bedroom and the cedar chest that I got for Christmas from my parents:

Bamboo windchime!:

Emma enjoying the new apartment.

My other good news.

2008-05-20T23:39:00.000-04:00

I got promoted at work!!! Which means more money for me. I've been waiting for this for a long time. I would have been promoted a year ago, but I didn't have student status at the time. I'll be a Consultant Support Specialist. This means I'll be helping the lab consultants when they need it, and making sure they don't do things they're not supposed to. I'll also be recruiting people to cover shifts, and other stuff like that.

Here's the official job description:

Assist STConsulting professional staff in administering the consulting program by providing immediate on-site support of front line consultants and participating in STC activities regarding organizing consulting services and overseeing daily scheduling and informational needs of consultants.

Ensuring all assigned consulting staff receive and follow all applicable procedures and policies.
Ensuring all assigned consultant shifts are staffed.
Monitoring and responding to questions and emergency needs of consultants.
Ensuring highest level of skills and conduct from the consulting staff by providing individualized and group trainings, observing consultants while on shift and providing directions/corrections and praise as appropriate.
Maintaining an appropriate academic environment in the student computing labs by assisting the consulting staff with difficult customer issues.
Email communication to the consultant group.
Monitoring the consultants' use of appropriate reporting mechanisms (timesheets, software and hardware reporting, etc.).
Assisting the Administrative Team in maintaining support tools and web pages.
Ensuring all labs are prepared for customers and classes.
Ensuring all labs are opened, secured, and closed according to pre-determined policies and procedures.
Providing the other members of the Support Staff with daily lab updates and consultant observation information in the form of shift reports.
Providing a conduit for information between consultants, customers, STC staff and other appropriate UITS/IUPUI staff, as needed.
Performing other duties as assigned by the STC Administrative Team.

Man it's been a good week and it just started.

2008-05-19T13:47:00.000-04:00

So, I have finally beat the Half-Life series and Portal. Now I have to wait patiently for episode three of Half-Life to be released; which has no release date set. There aren't even any rumors. That's how Valve works, but they make incredible games, so I forgive them. It's worth the wait. I highly recommend playing these games. They're incredible. Best first person shooter ever. The plot is intricate, and the game play is amazing. It looks amazing, and the physics engine is incredible. It's also realistic (I mean as realistic as you can get). Your suit doesn't recharge like in Halo, and sometimes you'll go a long time without finding a health pack. But it's not impossible get through. Sometimes I would die like a million times, but, at least for me, I would be like, "I have to figure out how to get through this." It takes a lot of paying attention, and figuring out puzzles. That's part of what is so neat. It's not just a run around and shoot aliens game, you actually have to figure out how to turn on electricity, so you can open a door, or start an elevator, or something like that.

So, everybody play Half-Life and Portal.

Now I actually have to start packing instead of sitting and playing video games and thinking, "I'll start packing after this chapter". We move on Saturday and I've only packed up one closet and a couple of bookshelves. Ohh!!! I got my stimulus check today. Woohoo.

I also have some other big news that I'll be able to tell you later.

Background.

2008-05-17T13:02:00.000-04:00

I made this desktop background because I couldn't find any backgrounds that are for widescreen computers. My iMac has a ridiculous resolution (1680x1050). If you want the background feel free to take it.

Another edition of Stupid Parking!

2008-05-12T19:45:00.000-04:00

Today we see a blue Trailblazer with awesome chrome rims!!!

This is not a parking space:

This is:

They are not even close to being in the space. It's sad.

Good food in Indianapolis.

2008-05-05T19:06:00.000-04:00

Here are some places that Greg and I like to eat.

Buca di Beppo- Family style Italian. Big portions that everyone shares and the prices are too bad. I think there are three locations in Indianapolis.

Chipotle Mexican Grill- My favorite place to get burritos.

Yat's- Really good, inexpensive cajun food. When I say inexpensive I mean it; their food is like 6 bucks for a big plate.

India Garden- Inexpensive buffet, but expensive if you eat after 2pm. Their lunch buffet is 5.95 per person.

Naked Tchopstix- Really good Japanese food including sushi. It's on the expensive side, but worth a visit when you have the money.

The Meditteranean Grill- Greek restaurant in Avon. Awesome gyro sandwiches, that's probably the least expensive entree at 7.95. The hummus is amazing. (I couldn't find a picture.)

Cairo Cafe- They offer African, Vegan, and Middle-Eastern/Turkish food buffet style. I've never actually been here, but I've heard from reliable sources that it is very good.

That's just a handful of places, and I'm sure there are more interesting places to eat.

More than bars in Indianapolis.

2008-05-04T22:40:00.000-04:00

I was inspired to write this blog post after watching a friend say that there is more for him in Plymouth than Indianapolis, which is probably true for him. Since most of his friends are in Plymouth. Then he went on to say something that kind of got me thinking (and I have to admit I was a little offended, I think it was the tone of voice, but he didn't mean any harm by it. People can come off that way sometimes), "I'm not a party-er. I'm not going to go to a concert every night. [I'm not] going to bars." This makes me think that people have the idea that those are the only things you can do in Indianapolis. In fact it is quite the opposite. There are a lot of things to see and do. I'll list some free things today. Tomorrow I'll list some things that cost money and some really good restaurants.

The Circle Monument:

The Artsgarden

Indiana Historical Society

The Indiana War Memorial:

Union Station:

State Capital Tours:

And my personal favorite the IMA:

Earthbound.

2008-04-30T16:31:00.000-04:00

I've been playing Earthbound since I finished everything yesterday. It is awesome so far. I really, really like it. I wish I could figure out how to open my freeze state on the PC (I played it on the Mac both times yesterday and didn't think it would be a problem.) Now I have to start from the beginning again. Blah. There should be a way to open on here.

Anyway. I took some pictures on the way home from work last Friday. Greg and I had to ride the bus from Ball Hall back to the apartments. Here are some pictures that I thought were pretty cool.

Sticker at the bus stop.

These two are not Photoshopped.

Terrible.

2008-04-28T12:51:00.000-04:00

I am constantly seeing cars parked like this. Bad parking really gets on my nerves. The lines are there for a reason. Do the rules not apply anymore. Next I will show you how our neighbors park on purpose. Once I get a picture. Also parallel parking seems to be a concept that most people in our neighborhood failed to grasp in driver's ed. The spaces in front of our apartment are huge, and people will pull up too far and not correct it. Anyway... I think I might do a series.

I hope it stops raining before I have to walk to the bus stop. I left my umbrella in my other bag in Greg's car. This really sucks.

*The picture is a terrible quality because I took it from my upstairs window through the screen.

Stuff I made in my wheel throwing class.

2008-04-27T21:37:00.000-04:00

Bowls:

The two cylinders I like:

Sgraffito:

Final Projects:

New things.

2008-04-24T17:20:00.000-04:00

I decided to try some new things with my pictures. I parked on the top of the parking garage that's in between the Nat and Herron. I've been having a bad week, but seeing that view made me feel good for a while. It was a good start to the morning. But I was messing around with the split tones and vignetting on the raw files in Photoshop. Those files open in a special window where you can make adjustments. Anyway, just wanted to get some feedback. I think I like them.

It has been a crazy week. I did a stupid thing, and bid on graveyard for Thursday morning (aka tonight at midnight to 7am). It's stupid because I'm working a shift right now from 3-10pm. A two hour break between 14 hours. Then I have class (Thursday) from 1:30-3:30, and 6:30-9. Plus Greg's car broke down, so I have to take the bus. From the time I get off at 7am (not to mention the 30 minute bus ride and the fifteen minutes to walk home) to the time I have class seems like a pretty big break, but by the time I fall asleep I will only end up getting a couple of hours because I have to catch the bus at 12:33. This means I have to get up, at the latest, 11am to have time to shower and maybe eat something. I was going to be able to go home from 10:30-11:30 to get my Chinese food, but I can't. I'm going to have to order a sandwich or something. I also work for 6 hours on Friday. Let's pray that I don't collapse from exhaustion.

P.S.

Animation.

2008-04-21T12:43:00.000-04:00

Here's a short, simple animation I did for my Photoshop class. It's the last project for that class. It's not complicated, and not that great. Finally, I can animate things in Photoshop. Sweet.

Also, I think it's awesome that Flickr allows you to upload and share videos now. Just one more reason I love to use Flickr.

Weird week.

2008-04-18T15:26:00.000-04:00

First mysterious "explosions" in Kokomo, which ended up being the Air National Guard doing training to break the sound barrier. Now an earthquake. It always gets me that people are so surprised about it. We aren't that far from a fault line, specifically the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone which is part of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. I've heard of it before, and they taught us about it when I was in elementary or junior high. If there were to be a significant earthquake like in 1811-12, there could be a ton of damage to infrastructure and communication. In the wiki it says that a big enough quake could cause the Mississippi to temporarily flow backward. Crazy. If you really want to know what could happen the History Channel has a show called Mega Disasters. The episode about the New Madrid fault line is called Earthquake in the Hearland. They show what would happen with computer models and special effects. I linked the teaser trailer, you have to scroll down on the little side box to find the episode.

Anyway, I better stop now. I'm starting to freak myself out a little.

Other than the earthquake not much else has been going on. I have to write a paper for Film Theory. I'm writing about feminism and Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock was pretty sexist, but some of his movies show women in more dominant roles. So, I'm going to write about how some feminist theorists may have misjudged his movies. Woohoo. Sounds fun.

There was an earthquake?

2008-04-18T09:36:00.000-04:00

I remember waking up in the middle of the night, but I didn't feel the earthquake. I'm disappointed.

To help me put some things in order.

2008-04-16T14:54:00.000-04:00

This is what the sky looked like last night while I was waiting for Greg outside the ceramics building.

Speaking of ceramics. I'm almost done with everything. I have to:

Make and attach a handle to one of my pitchers.
Glaze the other two.
Glaze a jar.
Raku a cylinder and a sculptural bowl.
Sgraffito a cylinder.
Stain a cylinder.
Do slip trailing ("Slip (a liquid clay) is applied to the greenware through a tube or nozzle, much like icing a cake.) on the last cylinder.

I should be done with all of that by the beginning of class on Tuesday. Since that's the last day the gas kiln is going to fire. I still have to do an animation project and get my final portfolio together for my Photoshop class. The animation project is going to be the most difficult project yet, but putting together the final portfolio isn't going to be difficult. Then I have a few more journal assignments to write for Film Theory, and a 10 page final paper. Due next Thursday. That's it. Seems like a lot, but I think I'll make it.

A glimpse at things.

2008-04-11T16:37:00.000-04:00

This is kind of a self centered post, but I wanted to take some pictures.

Eww... The wall under the air conditioner.

I hate the picture on my badge; it's like two years old.

New sunglasses.

My key chains actually have special meanings to me. My late aunt Rachel gave me the Texas key chain, and it reminds me of my visits there. The Cherokee, North Carolina key chain is from the time we visited. One of our ancestors has his name in a book there.

My DS lite that I got for birthday/Christmas.

I never go anywhere without this.

Things that I take everywhere.

My backpack and some pink lemonade.

Paint Roll'd.

2008-04-09T18:09:00.000-04:00

Photoshop Project 4-2.

2008-04-09T01:40:00.000-04:00

I'm actually a little proud of this one. It took a few hours and I think it turned out quite nicely. There are a few things I would like to change, but I'm an idiot and flattened those layers. We had to manipulate a piece of artwork, but the manipulation has to look somewhat real. I think I achieved that goal for the most part. I put up the blog friendly version.

The Statue of David by Michelangelo comes to life.

*Edit* Changed a couple of things that were bothering me.

And more.

2008-04-06T00:35:00.000-04:00

April 22, 2007

We went to the IMA gardens after that.
I'm pretty sure I've posted this before, but I like it.

This is my favorite.

I was reorganizing some pictures,

2008-04-06T00:30:00.001-04:00

and found some that I want to post.

April 8, 2007

My grandma made this cake for Easter last year.

April 22, 2007

Greg took me to a baseball game for our anniversary last year.

Raku

2008-04-04T00:28:00.001-04:00

We raku'd some pieces on Thursday in my ceramics class. It was awesome. I glazed two of my bowls for it. The nice thing about Raku is that it only takes a couple of hours as opposed to a couple of days, and the glazes are really neat. I also took some pictures.

The fire that's heating the kiln.

The kiln on the right and the garbage can we put our pieces in on the left.

The hole on the side of the kiln, so you can look in and see if the pieces are glowing. When they are glowing really bright that's when we take them out and put them in the trash cans.

The kiln all fired up.

My pieces all done. Mine were in the first firing. I took pictures of the second firing.

The kiln again.

Ready to be moved.

And moving them to the trash cans.

We put newspapers in the bottom of the cans and then put the pieces in, and since the pottery is so hot it catches the newspaper on fire.

We put the lid on it, so that we can smother the fire and reduce the oxygen. By reducing the oxygen the glazes can react with the carbon and we get the neat colors and crackling.

There's a pulley system to raise and lower the kiln.

Doesn't my professor look a bit like Mrs. Wagoner.

And by the end of class we all smell like a campfire.

Here are my pieces:

Mobile Uploads. Hooray!!!

2008-04-01T09:38:00.000-04:00

Ever since I got my iPhone I was a little upset because I thought that I couldn't upload photos to facebook. Well guess what. There is a way, and I am so excited about this. All you have to do is make sure that you have set up your facebook mobile and send the photo via email to photos@facebook.com. Make sure that it's from gmail because I've heard that yahoo won't work. Also the subject line is the description of the photo, so whatever you type in the subject line is going to be the description. I guess this is more for Greg. But I wanted to let my friends here know that I will be uploading a whole bunch of photos to my facebook mobile uploads album.

I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things.

2008-03-25T18:30:00.004-04:00

I got to see Sean Astin today. He was here campaigning for Hilary Clinton along with Chelsea Clinton. I only stayed long enough to get some pictures of him. I didn't stay to hear Chelsea Clinton. I just wanted to see one of my favorite actors. I heard they made stops at Ball State and Butler. He talked about his wife a little bit, she's from Indiana and went to IUPUI. Crazy! I thought that was pretty cool.

Anyway here are some pictures. They aren't very good because I wasn't very close and I don't have a zoom lens.

Well. That's it.

2008-03-20T23:58:00.002-04:00

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Lately...

2008-03-19T15:00:00.001-04:00

From February:

Greg with our TV when it was brand new.

From Sunday:

Long dog.

Greg and his new phone! A woohoo!

From Monday:

Took most of these on the way in to work and after work.

My phone!!!

Law library stairwell.

Law books!

More law books!!!

On the way out.

To the parking lot.

Random thing.

Yay for more pictures.

Also a project from my photoshop class:

The assignment: "Using a photograph that you already have scanned, create a separate image that is a collage of the original." There are 60 different layers, so auto select was my best friend. I don't know how visible it is, but I did change the levels of some of the layers. I think it really made a difference.

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

2008-03-17T18:10:00.000-04:00

I haven't been taking pictures as of late, but I picked up my camera on Sunday and started snapping pictures of Greg and Emma. I forgot how good it feels to compose and create images. I'll be posting some of those later. I kind of lost confidence in myself after FFP found someone closer to home to do their photos. I've been feeling really bad about my skills. That's why I haven't done anything for awhile and why I haven't posted many pictures. I'll get it back. I just need to find my voice again.

Bleck...

2008-03-16T21:16:00.003-04:00

Spring break is over. I got my photoshop project done, and that's about it. Woohoo! It wasn't too difficult. I should have done a lot more, but whatever. I'm glad we found a new place to live, but now I want to move. Really bad. I have already planned where all of our furniture is going to go, and how I'm going to paint the walls. We're going to get a two bedroom, and the extra bedroom is going to be an office.

We found a new place to live.

2008-03-13T22:16:00.003-04:00

It's near the same area that we're in now. It's off of 38th street just outside 465. It's really, really nice. (Waterstone Apartments) Better than anywhere else we've looked at/lived. It's also more expensive, but I think it's going to be worth it. There is a much better Marsh next to the apartments than we have near us now, and there is a Target too. We can comfortably walk to them. It's also on the bus line (a woohoo!!!). We don't have an apartment yet, but we are second on the wait list. We should hear by the end of April, and move no later than May 31st.

Things I like about the new apartment and complex:

It's gated.
Big lake.
Lake view.
Bigger fitness center (it's got more and newer equipment)
Clubhouse and fitness center are nicer.
Pool is nicer and bigger.
We will have our own washer and dryer.
Lots of cupboard, outlets and counter space in the kitchen.
Lots of counter space in the bathroom.
Living alone. (no offense guys)
Overall it's just a much nicer community.
Since we plan on being there for a while we can paint!!!

My phone does this place no justice.

The leasing office. Also where the fitness center housed, and the pool is right behind it, and the lake is behind that.

This one is all slanted because we were in the car and moving.

Some tracks from my workout mix.

2008-03-07T11:37:00.000-05:00

A sampling of artists (one song from every artist) from my workout mix. It's a huge playlist, but this way I can mix it up and I'll have tons of different mixes.

Here It Goes Again- Ok Go
Hats and Mitten- Adison
Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand
I Constantly Thank God for Estaban- Panic at the Disco
Tank!- The Seatbelts
She's a Rejector- Of Montreal
Wasted State of Mind- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Just What I Needed- The Insyderz
Beautiful America- Five Iron Frenzy
Shiny Happy People- R.E.M.
Flower of the Desert- Havalina Rail Co.
Message in a Bottle- The Police
D-technolife- uverworld (from Bleach)
New Medicines- Dead Poetic
Stickin' to the Floor- Arctic Monkeys
Sweetness- Jimmy Eat World
Wonderful Night- Fatboy Slim
The Trigun Opening
Que' Onda Guero- Beck
Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial)- Coheed and Cambria
I Thought In My Heart- Anathallo
Helicopter- Bloc Party
Cold Hard Bitch- JET
Rock N Roll- Lovedrug
The Chimbley Sweep- The Decemberists
Better Open the Door- Motion City Soundtrack
The Clock- Thom Yorke
Come See the Meatboy- Calibretto
Injection of Love (Hina Mix)- Akira Yamaoka
Rebellion (Lies)- Arcade Fire
Dance Hall- Modest Mouse
Jessica- Allman Brothers Band
Store Bought Bones- The Raconteurs
Walken- Wilco
Earthquakes and Sharks- Brantson
Middle of Nowhere- Hot Hot Heat
Two Sides/ Monsieur Valentine- Spoon
Supermassive Black Hole- Muse
Passenger Seat- Pilotdrift
White and Nerdy- Weird Al Yankovich
Come On! Feel the Illiniose! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition- Sufjan Stevens
Machinehead- Bush
butterfly (UPSWING MIX)- SMILE.dk

Bands that I've been listening to lately/newly downloaded.

2008-03-06T11:12:00.002-05:00

Beck- Finally got most of his albums.
R.E.M- Three of their albums.
Sufjan Stevens-Illinoise
Architecture in Helsinki-In Case We Die
The Decemberists- All of their albums, plus most of their EPs. They are always in rotation.
Cat Power-Jukebox
JET- Get Born
The Twilight Sad- Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters

Things to do over Spring Break:

2008-03-05T23:07:00.002-05:00

Work ahead on homework.
Beat Half-Life
Start Half-Life 2
Hang out with Sheehan.
Sleep.
Watch movies and TV.

Countries I'd like to visit.

2008-03-04T23:53:00.003-05:00

In no particular order.

England
Ireland
Italy
France
Japan
Mexico
Greece

Greg,

2008-03-03T19:37:00.000-05:00

I think you're the only one that reads this.

Because I'm not as deep as I'd like to think.

2008-03-03T15:20:00.002-05:00

Magazines I have subscribed to:

Entertainment Weekly
Harper's Bazaar
Vanity Fair
Vogue

What I did today:

Got up at 7:30
Showered
Walked to the bus
Attended class
Took Greg's car home (when he needed it to get lunch)
Took Emma out
Ate tuna while watching the lunch time news
Went upstairs and made the bed
Checked my e-mail
Continued to waste time on the internet
Played with Emma for a while
When she retreated to underneath the bed I turned on Friends
Folded and hung up my 5 loads of laundry
Almost bought a shirt and skirt online
Realized it was 4:30
Left for work
Fought traffic
Arrived right at 5pm.

Things that made today nice.

2008-03-02T23:36:00.002-05:00

Warm weather.
Steak and potatoes.
Good company.
Brand new Simpsons and Family Guy.
Getting laundry done.

I wish I could lose my appetite.

2008-03-01T10:43:00.004-05:00

Things I need to do:

See an advisor
laundry
exercise
go work on ceramics
work on midterm for Film
write a two page journal for Film
get film developed

A look at what I think is cool.

2008-02-23T17:49:00.003-05:00

Our new bed set!

The duvet cover is from Urban Outfitters and the sheets and pillowcases are from Target.

And Emma is really enjoying it.

Bloggins

2008-02-18T08:29:00.008-05:00

Woah, I have not been good about the bloggins lately. I'll click "new post", but then I just stare at the text box then close it. Starting March 1st and going the whole month I will be doing lists as part of NaBloPoMo going monthly.

I also dropped one of my classes. Every time I tell someone I feel like I have to explain myself. It's like they look at me like I'm inept or something. I just started feeling overwhelmed. It was too much. I have Film Theory which has 30 pages of required reading every class, and wheel throwing which takes up a lot of time outside of class. It's not like I can throw at home. Speaking of throwing here are a couple of things I have done:.

Did I mention that I love this man:

He took me to a nice dinner at Buca di Beppo's and bought me 12 beautiful long stem roses for Valentine's Day:

It was all really wonderful.

I must be off now because I missed my first bus and I can't miss the second.

P.S. All of the photos were taken on my iPhone, so they're not a terribly high quality.

Teh iPhone

2008-02-11T11:17:00.001-05:00

This is what I see every time Jeneane calls.

Greg putting a DVD in the DVD player.

The best TV ever.

The basement of Ball Hall.

Artwork in the hallway at Herron.

R.E.M.

2008-02-04T12:44:00.000-05:00

I have rediscovered the musical genius that is R.E.M.

So confused.

2008-01-23T19:25:00.001-05:00

I thought I wanted to do photography, and I really love photography. I just really don't know if I have what it takes to make it. I am rethinking things now. I don't know what I want anymore. I do know that photography is a passion, and it's something that I really love.

What?

2008-01-18T15:37:00.001-05:00

What? Apollo Justice?! How did I not know about this sooner?!?!?

This could lead to burnout.

2008-01-17T16:45:00.000-05:00

My schedule is pretty grueling.

I have two intense reading courses. My Intro to Computer Imagery class is really, painfully easy right now. There's only a few things that I didn't know you could do with Photoshop. My wheel throwing class is a nice challenge. It's very nice to be able to do something with my hands for a change. I really like getting in there and getting messy. I have conquered centering, finally. Tuesday was the first day that I was able to make a cylinder.

Life through a fisheye lens.

2008-01-01T16:13:00.000-05:00

Defamation anyone?

2007-12-30T11:26:00.000-05:00

Edit

I am truly not good at explaining myself. Words have never come easy to me. It's like there's a bridge missing from the thoughts in my head to them coming out of my mouth. I'm just not that interested in debating. I get frustrated because I can't express my opinion the way I would like to, so therefore I don't do it. I'm not capable enough. I'm not stupid, and I'm not a coward.

I get so jealous of Greg because he can articulate a point so much better than me. I envy that.

Ooo... It's been too long.

2007-12-13T06:37:00.000-05:00

Took this quiz today, and it said, "You do not show much focus for rules and regulations and do not adjust well to change in the environment. In fact, upon experiencing change in the environment, it spurs you to try to change it yourself instead of adjusting to it." This is so true. I cannot begin to tell you how true this is. Unless I make the change it really bothers me. It's sad, but I kind of freak out if someone changes something I get really upset. I'm surprised that this random quiz said that.

"You are not a verbal person. When you process your thoughts, you tend to use very few words, preferring instead to illustrate a problem or solution. You often find yourself in situations where it is hard for you to "find the right words." Upon reading or hearing new information, you must first create a "mental video" before you can process and understand the information of your thoughts." The 'mental video' is exactly what I do.

All I want for Christmas.

2007-12-05T00:29:00.000-05:00

Is for people to make themselves known when they come in the room. It's not fair to sneak up on the girl with the hearing problem. That's why I'm thankful Emma is around because she lets me know when somebody's at the door or coming down the stairs.

Speaking of Emma. She has been doing the funniest things lately. When she and I are here by ourselves and Troy is here as well I usually keep her with me, because she doesn't like Troy. Well, that means that she is in the bathroom while I take a shower. Usually she sits outside the tub and waits, but today she decided to jump in the shower with me. I nicely picked her up and placed her outside the tub, and she jumped in again. We did this three times before I gave up and let her stay. So, today Emma took a shower. She just sat there and waited, and sometimes she would stand under the shower. I don't know why she decided to do this.

Also, when she's sitting on Greg's lap she'll watch him play FFXI, but the other day she realized that those people move. Now every time Greg's character moves she gets her face up to the computer screen and tries to get the guy who's walking around.

Cameras I would like to have.

2007-12-02T18:29:00.000-05:00

A Diana:

A Holga:

A twin lens reflex camera:

A Russian LC-A:

*Edit* Posted examples.

Random.

2007-12-02T15:28:00.000-05:00

It's nice to see people actually posting comments.

It has been a slow day. I've pretty much done nothing except work. Which happens to be what I'm doing now, until 7pm. We had a guy ask us if he could use one of the multimedia labs to pray (Muslim).

I keep saying I'm going to do my laundry, but I keep letting it go.

I'm really bored right now. I might go to Nablopomo.com and use their blog randomizer and read blogs.

Ambling madly all over the town.

2007-12-01T15:32:00.000-05:00

I got off work at 5pm yesterday and had a few minutes before Greg picked me up. So I took a few pictures.

Jeneane and I went to the mall downtown last night. We ended up parking on the seventh level because the garage was pretty full, but it ended up being a blessing in diguise. We got a really awesome view of the city from there. I got some pretty cool shots.

P.S. My photos look a lot better in Safari.

Let that city take you down.

2007-11-30T15:00:00.000-05:00

I've been pretty restless lately. Wanting something big to happen. I want things to change a bit. Not a whole lot. Even though I wouldn't mind a good change. This always happens to me. We're in a nice apartment and we can manage in Indianapolis, but I really, really want to move to Chicago. I feel like the people I know who are there are better than me because they are going to school there and they get to experience so much more. I get to experience the inside of my apartment on a daily basis. Sometimes I feel like I'm stagnating and I'll never be successful. I want, more than anything, to be a successful photographer. I want to be the best. I want to be known for something unique.

Boring day.

2007-11-29T01:39:00.001-05:00

I pretty much did nothing today. But 4 days after Greg's birthday his gift finally arrived. It was the newest FFXI expansion. I don't know why I buy them for him. It just takes him farther away from us. I know why I bought it. It's because I like to see him happy. I think he's happy. I also gave him a coffee maker that we got on Black Friday for 5 bucks. I have yet to receive a birthday gift from him. That's an awesome feeling. Let's just say I'm feeling pretty awesome about myself right now... Not. But he makes me feel like I shouldn't be upset.

I wonder what's wrong with me. Why is it taking so long? Do I need to change something? Am I doing something wrong? Right now it feels like it's never going to happen.

I'm just being a whiny, self pitying, jerk right now.

Anyway. I got pretty crafty with Greg's gift today. I didn't have any wrapping paper, so I created my own.

This is how Emma spent most of her day.

Looking out the window and barking at anything that moved.

Here's a picture of my workspace at home.

This picture gets the award for the most adorable picture of the week.

Emma was a very cuddly puppy that night. Sometimes she gets that way. She'll just want to sit and sleep on us. I love it when she's in that mood.

Oh Tannenbaum.

2007-11-28T23:04:00.000-05:00

The Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer ornaments were only 6.99 at Target. I couldn't pass them up.

Batman is supposed to be an antenna topper.

My sister got me this for my birthday. She got it when she went to Disney World. I was really surprised she remembered that Mulan is my favorite Disney movie/character.

After much waiting.

2007-11-27T21:48:00.000-05:00

I am officially registered at IUPUI once again. It's about time. I had to wait for an advisor for about an hour and a half. While waiting I watched an episode and a half of Law and Order. It was pretty entertaining.

I am taking:

Literature for Today- Retaking this because I was a lazy bum the first time. I should have passed it. The professor was amazing we actually read Fight Club and compared it to the movie. I know, right?

The Film: Theory and Aesthetics- Another retake, because this class was just really freaking difficult. There wasn't much talk of aesthetics, and the professor was all over the place.

Intro to Computer Imagery I- Should be a pretty easy class, but I don't want to underestimate it. It's pretty much learning to use a Mac and Photoshop to create, scan, and manipulate images.

Beginning Ceramics, Wheel Throwing- I hear that wheel throwing is pretty difficult. I'm apprehensive after someone told me that. I was really excited.

I need to work really hard to get my gpa up, so that I can be an official Herron student.