Pulsing

Hey, still alive. New entries to come, just have been sort of limited on time lately. Things are absolutely amazing right now though so no worries!

Skipping class

Sitting here in Typography Fundamentals and thought what better time to catch up on my blog entries. School is going AMAZING. It's tons of work but it also is a lot of knowledge which is just molding us into better creatives. Some of the time I feel like I am in an advanced summer camp after we have finished working with glue and finger paint, but really the stuff we have made is pretty interesting and gets our minds flowing. It is all about mind expansion. In the future when we're working for whatever company we are employed by, we may have some type of design block and can think back on some of these projects and will probably shoot us right out of our bunch. This class I am in currently basically is 4 hours of font lecture. Although that may sound boring to some of you, which sometime it is hard to sit through at 8:00 am, I find it very interesting and know it will assist in my skills. Alright, that's all you get for this time. We have first quarter party this weekend, which is basically a big house party that the second quarters throw for us. It's 80's theme so it should be a lot of fun, and a much needed stress reliever. Alright, buhbye

Portfolio Center so far...

Hey everyone, long time no talk. Alright, so my experience here in Atlanta at Portfolio Center is nothing short of chaotic and the most overwhelming thing I have ever encountered. But you all know that, speaking from the past entries, so time to look at the positives. I have made a ton of new friends, including people all from my quarter as well as upper quarter people. I have made a point to do some sort of social outing everyday so that I don't go crazy nor get burned out on this stuff. Its hard work, but completely doable and very rewarding.

Friday night I was invited to a drinking break over at my friend Hayley's place, who also lives here in Colonial Homes (the PC dorms basically.) Virginia and Jessica came as well, who are room mates and also live here. As they sipped their red wine and I drank my six pack, we all got to have some great conversation just discussing all the nutty stuff that has been packed into our tight extremely short schedules. As the drinks continued, so did our depth of conversation, which became pretty humorous. But it was really cool to connect to these people who are going to be like family for the next 2 years, and as I can already see really cool and fun friends.

Saturday, went to a party at an upper quarter student's house off of Roswell. This was an awesome opportunity for me to meet some more upper quarter people which really helps from the advice they give us of how to deal with this ridiculous load. After a couple drinks there, I headed home to work strenuously to get some work knocked out. 

Sunday, I ended up working from 10:30 am to 5:30 am straight, except for a friend coffee break from 9-11 that night. I made a deal with myself that I could sleep once I finished all the work from one of my classes, which I did indeed. So I slept from 5:30 to 9:30, feeling great I got up and dove into more work. I can definitely feel my work ethic positively changing and fast.

We had seminar up at school Monday night and had Frog Design come in to speak. They are here recruiting and they are an interactive design company, based all over from san fran, nyc, austin, to shanghai and the newest in Amsterdam. Very overwhelming to talk to people that could potentially hire me and send me to one of those places. Crazy, but freakin awesome.

Anyways.

Tonight we had a party over at Binders, which is where most of my loan money will go over the next 2 years. It is an art supplies store and the point of tonight was to show us around, but I have already been there 6 times this week. 

OOOO, I almost forgot. I tagged along last night on some friend's homework assignment to attend the Claremont, which is the oldest gentlemen's club in Atlanta. To me, that equalled the nastiest sketchiest place I have ever attended. Needless to say, it needs to be experienced. 

Alright, thats all I have energy to write now. I'll update you more later. I have a ton of stuff still to do. Back to class at 8 in the morning

Skippin the zzzzz's

Hey guys, first all-nighter and only a week in. I have a feeling I will be doing this very often this quarter. I have been working straight since 10:30 AM this morning on this particular project besides the 2.5 hour coffee break I had with some fellow student friends around 9 tonight. I am tired yet driven, and I know what I have to finish. Thanks for everyone's support. I should be sponsored by the Full Throttle energy drink, because God knows I have invested plenty of money to their company so far.

Checking for a pulse...

Hey guys, sorry about the length of time since I have visited. I am in a HUGE hole buried in the most intense and quantitative art work I have ever been involved with. I will give a huge update soon of everything I have worked on, just as soon as I figure out exactly what I am working on. Right now its just a jumbled up mess of notes containing vocabulary that is completely foreign to me. I'll surface eventually, but until then, wish me luck. Thanks

Planet Earth = AMAZING!

New show that I feel a addiction slowly creeping to my brain to. Planet Earth on Discovery HD has some incredible stuff. Now, I don't want to come off as some kind of science geek or tree hugger, but the film shots that these guys get are nothing short of remarkable. They are encoring the season on Discovery on Sundays, so I suggest you check it out. There are different episodes such as deserts, mountains, and so on. Around my school schedule I plan to catch the episodes which are recorded on my DVR. No one ever said there was anything wrong with some educational television, and at this point in my schoolin', any type of inspiration will just better assist to my projects. These episodes are no National Geographic and no where near boring either. If you got a free hour on Sundays, check it out because I promise you won't be let down. Good stuff! Alright, time for some homework for my Typography class which isn't due until next Wednesday, but I figure I will put aside any procrastination and attempt to cure that disease.