Current mood:
full
Today was the last day for Red Lobster's Endless Shrimp special and since Marcus and I go every year when they have that, he took me out tonight for an early Valentine's Day dinner. Man, after five helpings of shrimp, I am stuffed!
I can't remember if I've written about this or not and I don't feel like searching my archives. I'm supposed to be taking a class this five weeks that has to do with computer technology. Since I have an associates degree in that already and since the teacher and I have had many a technology-related discussion on many occasions, she told me that I should test out of the class. She said there was nothing in that class that we'd discuss that I didn't already know. Well, it costs $100 to test out and we already know I'm in a financial bind. So, she calls me on Friday and tells me that a person in charge is on her back at getting me to test out. The higher up couldn't accept my A+ certification as proof that I have some technical knowledge. She claims that has nothing to do with design and the teacher told her that her class that she teaches has nothing to do with design, either. It also figures that none of those darned classes at CollegeAmerica transfer. All these stupid accredidation rules they have. Blah, Blah, Blah. Anyway, I told her I didn't have the money. She then tells me that she's going to email me a test to take at home and I'm to email it back by Sunday afternoon so she can grade it and the school can just arrange a payment plan for me to pay for it. Cool. So, I get the test that evening and scanned the questionspiece of cake! I filled it out when I got home from work and before Marcus took me out to eat and sent it to her. I got 100%! So, that's one less class I have to worry about and pay for. WhooHoo!!! Now, if only I can get this portfolio done in a week (presentations are a week from tomorrow).
It's cracking me up at work. Since this one guy that everybody was mad at got fired and he's not there to direct their anger at, everybody else is turning on each other. I'm just sitting back observing and laughing. When I left today, the manager and the assistant he's got a crush on were yelling at each other. Too funny.
OK, I'm going to go get some rest before I get sick again. G'night.
Posted by LaDonna at 04:57 PM on 02/08/04 • Permalink •
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So, I'm procrastinating. As usual. I found
this link while blog surfing and have wasted waaaaay too much time there. Here's the result:

Posted by LaDonna at 05:19 PM on 02/07/04 • Permalink •
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Current mood:
contemplative
I've been pondering the differences between right-brain and left-brain people alot lately. I find it odd that people who are mainly right-brained tend to be Democrats/Liberals (the left) and Republicans/Conservatives tend to be left-brained (the right). I'm sorry, that just hits me as odd. Anyway, right-brained people tend to be more creative/abstract and left-brained people I'm a mix of both.
I took
this test to discover which part of your brain is dominant and here are my results:
Your Brain Usage Profile
Auditory : 42%
Visual : 57%
Left : 50%
Right : 50%
LaDonna, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz.
You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition.
You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on.
With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning.
Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional.
Anyway, what set me to thinking about all this is the different types of people I have met at the many schools I have attended. When I went to CollegeAmerica, most of the people that excelled there were the more technical, logical, left-brain types. They all thought I was weird that I got off on web design so much. I was always trying to weave creative stuff into everything I did to make it less boring. Now that I'm at a creative school, I keep running into people that are totally lost when it comes to technical/logical things. That's really scary when one of the main tools of graphic design/desktop publishing is a computer. I'm amazed that some people can't even grasp the concept of how data is stored on a cd and that it can't be rewritten once burned (unless you have cd-rw).
So this is why I have a hard time fitting in anywhere. I'm a little too creative to be happy being an IT tech or any kind of office worker, but too technical/practical/logical to be happy being an artist. I'm hoping that I really have found my niche. I'm so looking forward to the web classes that I begin in two weeks.
Posted by LaDonna at 04:48 AM on 02/06/04 • Permalink •
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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.
Posted by LaDonna at 06:21 PM on 02/05/04 • Permalink •
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Here's a
link to this year's superbowl ads.
Posted by LaDonna at 07:45 AM on 02/03/04 • Permalink •
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