Kinko's Blows

Headline says it all. Kinko's is the worst establishment in existence, at least the Atlanta locations are.

Its a good show...Trust Me!

Hey guys. So, I don't get much time to do anything other than homework, but I do make it a point on Monday nights (while working on my laptop as well) to sit and watch the great new show, "Trust Me." It comes on at 10 pm my time and it is a drama series about the world of advertising. The plot focuses on the struggles and stresses of agency life with the main characters being a creative director and a writer, and how their relationship as best friends reroutes once their partnership is split due to a promotion. It is based in Chicago and really will give you a good idea of what agency life is like, however, they ad a bit of drama to make it an entertaining show. So if you are sitting around on Monday nights looking for something on, definitely give it a try. It is only an hour but a very cool show. 

Here is the link too: http://www.tnt.tv/series/trustme/

Feeling like death warmed over...

So, another day of a 12 hour class, I am exhausted. I will be, with my class, doing a presentation on illustration and caricatures in the morning before seminar. Should be pretty interesting and hopefully alot of fun for what we have planned. Maybe some pictures will come about from it. We are closing in to the end of the quarter though. I just hope I can survive to the end without dying.

Superbowl Favs

Hey guys. So the superbowl was a bit disappointing, but I was able to catch some pretty funny commercials. Being in art school our eyes are naturally drawn to this stuff so in case you missed any, here are some of my favorite spots from this year's super bowl!

Denny's - Call Me Nannerpuss | Viral | SPIKE.com

Another weekend day...another class

So, Sunday morning, 7am, and I am sitting in Hank's class...again. I feel like we are spiraling up toward to the completion of the first project, which is our magazine spread that will be entered into a competition once we are finished. I am doing a City/Regional magazine based on Williamsburg Brooklyn, and about the lifestyle there. It has been pretty interesting and challenging all at the same time. My class got together yesterday after a long day of preparing my work to present to them and it was a really helpful meeting. So I hope everyone has gotten enough sleep and enjoyed the weekend, because mine has been a bit of a blur. Thanks again for everyone who supports me in what I am doing because I am working my ass off to get to where I want to be, and understanding from everyone of the work load I have on my plate always makes my life just that much easier. More to come soon!

Check it out!!!

http://www.portfoliocenter.com/blog/2009/01/29/inspired#more-324

Oh to be a kid...with no worries

I was at the apple store yesterday in the Lenox Mall to take my laptop in for repair. The "A" key stopped working and some of the paint is defective on the casing, so under my applecare warranty, I am able to get it repaired. The only drawback is I am without my computer for 7-10 days, which SUCKS. I told my girlfriend that I felt like my child was taken from me. My entire life runs through the hard drive somewhere on that machine, so it is hard to accept being without it. Luckily my friend had an older Mac laptop that she was able to lend me until I get mine back. But thats not the blog subject, just setting the scenario.

So I walked in and was standing there thinking that it was such an inconvenience to have to get this problem fixed and be without it, when I noticed this little girl, maybe 4 or 5, standing at a bank of iMacs in front of the service desk. She was leaning up against this stool that was taller than her. She kept pushing it ever so slightly, and then stopping to give the surroundings a look. I assumed her mischief made her curious of what all the "big people" around her were thinking, or if she might get called out on her actions. To me she was doing nothing wrong, and through my eyes that she looked in, she knew I wouldn't say anything. She continued pushing this stool a few more inches closer to the table of computers, still pausing to scan the horizon. I then started thinking of all the problems and issues that I have going on in my world right now why I watched this child work and plan her next move. This week a situation really hit home personally that involves this economy falling to pieces. A loved one's life was changed drastically because of our national situation and it put me in an entirely new emotional realm that I have never been. Even though this particular situation didn't have an immediate impact on my living situation, my heart grew a little bruised for the thought that this person was going through what they were going through, when they didn't deserve it one bit. As I watched this child move this stool, I put myself into her shoes and considered the idea that her only worry and issue in the world at that moment was to move this stool close enough to the computer so she could climb up to another world of exploration that she may had not ever experienced before.

In this time, we have to reach out to our friends and family, and stick together. Yes, situations happen to others that are out of our hands, but prayers and support can be major building blocks to putting someone up to another level of exploration that they may have never been before. Don't belittle the situation or turn your head to it just because it hasn't happened to you. It could very well be tomorrow that you find yourself in a life altercation and having the support and care from others would possibly make the issue a little easier to swallow. I hope this email finds you all in high hopes that we will pull out of this current crisis in our nation and that we as family and friends stick together through it. DO NOT belittle anyone's situation for what they are going through, for we have NO CLUE of understanding what that person could be possibly feeling.

Take care of yourselves.