Domestic Geek

Current mood: relieved
Sorry I haven't had much to say lately. Since Marcus called my site the "blog of continuous woe," I've been hesitant to write anything that came across negative.

Most of my time lately has been spent cleaning up my Mac G4. I did a clean install of the OS and have been reinstalling programs and drivers. Now I'm trying to figure out how my HP cp1700 works so I can get my stuff printed for my portfolio.

Good news: I guess my kind deeds at work on SuperBowl Sunday paid off. (I did some extra work off the clock because I knew the store was going to get slammed and the manager wouldn't have time to get all of his work done since he didn't schedule extra people.) I got paid for the days I was sick. I'm only short the money I didn't make driving. Yay! I can pay some of my bills! WhooHooo!

It's been snowing for three days straight. I'm soooooo tired of snow. I want to see the sun.

Why am I still awake? I really need to get to bed.

Here's a link to this year's superbowl ads.

Current mood: stressed
Happy Groundhog Day!

Since we got a late start due to my teacher's accident and then I lost a class at at school last week and a week's worth of pay due to illness, I was really freaking out about this portfolio thing for school not getting done right due to lack of time left and money. (I haven't printed any of my pieces yet, done my resume/cover letter, made my portfolio case.) I've lost two good nights' sleep over it, in fact. So I dragged myself to class today feeling totally defeated and ready to drop the class for now. I had a good heart to heart with the teacher about everything and she advised me that time is not the major issue. Apparantly a former student recreated the whole portfolio in less than three days when her infant son spilled Kool-Aid all over it. Then my wonderful friends in that class that overheard my conversation with the teacher started offering their help. One kind young lady offered to buy me paper in exchange for printing some of her things. Then another friend offered up her extra mat paper. All of the kind words and deeds made me start bawling right there in class! I owe these guys big time.

At least I'm feeling better. My throat is a little raw still and my ear drums are slightly irritated, but at least I feel alive again.

So, I guess I'm off to work on my portfolio.

Because everybody else has one and I wanted one too:

States I've Visited/Lived In


create your own visited states map

The big buzz across the Internet right now is Janet Jackson's breast exposure during the SuperBowl. Since I don't want to post such a picture here, you can go check it out here. What cracks me up is that 10 minutes after it occurred, pictures were up all over the net. Personally, I think the whole thing was staged and the folks at MTV who came up with it should be ashamed of themselves. Sadly, that was the most exciting thing that happened for the majority of the game. The ads weren't all that spectacular this year, either. I did like the little donkey that wanted to be a Budweiser Clydesdale. One a brighter note, Beyonce did an awesome job on the National Anthem. It made me teary.