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Past the halfway mark in NaNoWriMo09

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:59:00 GMT

Thank you.

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY!!!!!!!!!1111

Have a ton of dreams last night! Unfortunately I've got too much crap to do tonight that I might not be able to elaborate on them in excruciating detail (which may or may not happen, mind you). Anyway, I don't remember the order, but I dreamt that I was going to school which had been relocated to some huge mega mall-sized area. There were thousands of people walking around campus to class and like, I needed to find recipes that you could make gourmet meals using only one ingredient. I went to my science class and asked if my professor had a book on something like that and he did and so he lent it to me. I then skipped class and went to the grocery store for some food for my assignment. I then realized I was walking around in a skimpy costume for some reason. Wtf? Anyway, I then snuck back into campus after finding my street clothes and was chasing this guy that looked like Kyle W. I wasn't able to speak to him, but I did get to climb the building and like... reach my classroom. My next dream involved me walking my kid and finding a penguin. We then had the penguin tag along with us and we watched the sunset. My next dream was about some horrifying videogame I was playing and like, I needed to solve some word puzzle and I ended up just punching combination in without actually searching for clues to solve it easier. Heh. My last dream involved my aunts and like, I called them into the "safe house" from the creepy night and they wrote some calligraphy on the walls to do some weird spell or something. My dream ended with me waking up with tiny yellow maggots crawling on my left arm and making it leak yellow fluid. Eww.

Woke up at 12:09PM and got a text message from Leanna saying that she misses me and wants to have lunch with me tomorrow. I replied with "sue" ...misspelling "sure." Heh. I then went downstairs and made tea... eating some Progresso soup and like... going on the interweb. I tried working flash and like... it crashed and so I lost my animation. I needed to work on Brandon's homework assignment today and like... I needed to animate 3-4 seconds of it. Like... I gave up and watched Sabrina the Teenage Witch, trying to take a nap but like... couldn't. Anyway, I got flash working again and then I got over it because it wasn't working for me. I made myself a salad and like, black tea, and even drank some beer to cheer me up. Jay's tablet died and like, I had to fetch my light box and like... prepared myself for a long night of traditional animation. Great. At around 5:31PM, I decided to System Restore my laptop and after that, Jay's tablet worked again and like, I went upstairs to watch that South Park episode I recorded last week. Mr. June called and asked me if He could still come over. I said yeah.

After South Park, I went downstairs and worked on my novel. Mr. June arrived and we spoke a little. He then left and I continued my novel. I went on Ventrilo and like... yeah. Anyway, Jay's girlfriend used His microphone to communicate with Chris and Eddie about her birthday this Saturday. I left Ventrilo and like, continued to work on my novel. My mom came home and like, she bought 2 boxes of Pizza Hut pizza. Darn it! FATTY! I ate a few slices of both the pepperoni and the supreme and like, finished my novel and got to 25000+ words tonight! WOOOO! Excellent! But yeah, I wasn't feeling very good today and like... I don't kow what's up with me. Anyway, I go on DeviantART and find a note from Jay, linking to my fangirl's drawing of some guy. It took me a while to realize that it resembled me! WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? UGH! Anyway, I'll be up all night finishing this bloody animation. Tomorrow I'm gonna have lunch with Leanna and then yeah.

Today was lazy.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Got a demented squrrel plushie for 75% off!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:49:00 GMT

No dreammmm! Woke up at 8:30AM and got dressed for work. Got there at 8:58AM and clocked in. I then checked my punches and realized I never clocked out on Sunday because of my pissy mood at the end of the day. I went into the communication(?) room and got a slip to fill up. I went to the office with Ola and she talked to me about her little donation thing and how Sally's got a bunch of stuff she's donating already. Wow. I got walkie #2 and like, I fill out the time correction slip there. Ola wanted me to make a flyer for her and so I guess I can. Went to framing and worked on a project and was called up for backup. Ola asked me to fetch a cart all the way near CVS Pharmacy and so I went there, pushing some of their carts to the front of their store and found the lone cart in their parking lot. On my way back, I found a plastic bag with the words FREE BOOK on it with a book inside. I took it and showed Heather and she thought it was pretty funny that it said, "Thank you for finding me!" on the bag. Heh.

I went to break and Mary asked me if I told Ola. I didn't and so I had to. I told Ola and she told me that I needed to do that, so yeah. I then went to break and looked at the book I found outside while eating a ton of these little brownies on the table.

I helped a guest at framing and like, yeah. I then worked on my framing project and some new guy came and told me they've been calling me up front this whole time! OH CRAP! My radio was off! So anyway, I went up there and like, took over Guest Services for Heather. I needed back up up front and nobody was coming and so like, I called over this new guy to help me. I didn't know his name and so I sounded like a jerk going, "HEY!" Heh heh. Anyway, I went back to framing and like... I couldn't continue on with my glass cutting without the garbage cans. I went out and Vicky was there, wanting to know if she could order mat board for this huge ready-made frame. I said I could and like, I gave her a quote and helped her pick a gray mat. I then punched it into the computer and gave her a price. A guest needed spray paint and so yeah. Vicky left for fabrics while I helped the guest.

I was called up for back up and learned that I needed approval for tax exempt people. I didn't know that and so I had a refresher. Heather actually didn't remember that either (I think that's what she said) and so yeah. Anyway, I realized that I had lost a receipt and so I wrote a note and put a sad face on it. It was lunch time and like, I had to do some math to try to figure out the opening size for Vicky's framing project. Emily helped me and yeah. It was lunch time and I went to lunch at 1:48PM. I went to Taco Bell and got a 1/2lb Combo burrito and like... went back to the break room. Vicky was having lunch too and as I was talking to her about her framing project, Ola came in and talked about her donation thing. I finished telling Vicky about her project and then went to McDonalds for a McDouble. I finsihed eating that and went back to work at 12:21PM.

Went to framing and like, I got a guest who wanted me to cut foamboard for her. Normally we can't do that here, but I did it for her anyway. Anyway, went I went back to the frame shop after ringing her up, My trash cans were back and so I quickly cut my glass and then worked on her foam board cuts. I then gave her a paid sticker and watched her walk out of the store without being questioned. I finished my framing project and called the guest for her to come pick it up. I was then called up for back up and like, chased Ola to ask about me losing a receipt. She said that I'd have to face Lorraine and Mary. Crap. I was saddddddd. I went back to framing and folded some brown paper into the various photo sizes and gave the quotes and information to Vicky. She really appreaciated it and yeah. I cleaned framing and was now bored during the last 10 minutes of my shift.

I found a demented squirrel plushie in the Christmas section and showed it to Lisa, Emily, and Leah. I couldn't stop laughing and Lisa suggested I purchase it as a damage since the eye was popping out. OMG... YES! So I got to purchase this thing at the damaged price... dropping the price from orginally $24.99 to $4.08! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!111 I walked with Lisa to turn in our walkies and clock out and like... Priscillia came and visited and I showed her my demented squirrel. She laughed and took photos and like... Ola talked more about her little donation thing. Dannie and his friend came over and I think he was filling out a job application. I left and went to the gasoline station, adding 40 bucks to my tank. I then went home and read Phoebe's email. She doesn't want to call me because she doesn't think I want to talk to her. That's not true. I made black tea and was super super tired. I decided to have my mom drive me to Irvine and like, when she came she brought Jack In The Box. We left for Irvine at 7:07PM and arrived at 7:29PM and then went home. I then worked on my novel and went on Ventrilo after eating my Jack In The Box. That's pretty much it. Tomorrow I'm gonna do my animation for Brandon's class.

Today was tiring.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Replaced my MP3 Player at Best Buy again after almost a year since the last replacement

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:46:00 GMT

Slept for only 3 hours and so I doubt I had a dream. Woke up at 7:02AM and got dressed for school, parking in Lot A next to the Rec Center at 7:50AM. I went to the Quiet Lunge and slept until 11:10AM. I then finished writing the rest of my notes into my exam book and like, at 12:43PM, I went to The Cup and Yulia got me my usual black iced tea... and I got a double chocolate cookie. MMM! As I approached the Titan Walk, I stopped by some Bake Sale and bought a chocolate chip cookie and a white chocolate and macadamia nuts for a buck. The chick gave me some flyer that talked about their little thrift store happening in the Quad on Thursday I think... so yeah. I then went to class and like, the black chick asked me if I was ready for the exam. I give her an "ehhhh" and like, ask her about some policy I didn't understand. The chick with a ton of black hair helped me out and I took notes on that. At 12:56PM, Scott came and we got started on the exam immediately.

My essays were very... unorganized and filled with incomplete thoughts. I turned it in at 2:12PM and learned that the Ginger kid that would ask a ton of questions was named Eddie. Anyway, As I walked out, I wished Scott a happy Veteran's Day. I then went to the art college and looked at the Maya lab house. It doesn't start until 4PM and so yeah. I visited Winters' and was surprised she remembered my name. She knew what my grade was and was happy to tell me that I improved. I got a B- on my exam!!!!! WOOO! I thanked her and yeah... I wished her a happy Veteran's Day too and left. I crossed paths with Lilly and she asked me how my day was. I replied with "Swell" and Asked her. She said it's going good and yeah. I left for the Computer Lounge and got computer 14. I printed out Brandon's homework instructions and then went into the Quiet Lounge to try to sleep. I couldn't... because I was kinda feeling down. At 3:50PM, I left for the restroom and then went to the Maya Lab.

I learned that I couldn't check out tablets. Ugh. I went to the restroom again and like, ran into Sebastian. I asked him about registration and his recommendations for upper-division Art history. He recommended Modern Art at the Irvine Campus and so yeahhh... I'll have to check. We ended up chatting for a while and I finally let him go. I then went back to the Maya Lab and read Brandon's instructions... and learned that I could do the animation in Flash! Oh! Screw the Maya Lab! I ended up testing Flash to see if I could export my movie into Quicktime and I could. So I found some images of a gun in the trash icon and ended up saving those images onto my USB. Heh heh. Sebastien was in the room and like, I said bye to him as I left. I drove to Best Buy and went to the Customer Service Desk and told them about my MP3 player breaking. I didn't have the original receipt and so she had to look me up on the protection program. I got my new MP3 Player... which was a SanDisk Sansa Clip+... which was the same price at my old Sansa Clip... except 4GB now. Wow... it's getting cheaper and cheaper, eh? So I bought the protection plan again for a little over 10 bucks and since I'm returning the MP3 Player without the USB 2.0 cable, I don't get to keep the new cable. Whatever. I left.

Before going home, I stopped by Joann's Fabrics. I found some lady named Pamela's coupons in a shopping cart and so I gave it to Ola at Guest Services to keep in the Lost & Found. I told her I wanted to pick up my paycheck from 2 weeks ago and she asked me to put my email address on this list she was making because she wanted me to help donate some old clothing to the less unfortunate people in Afghanistan. Okay. Anyway, I get my paycheck and learn that this Friday and Saturday is double discount day for employees! WOOO! So yeah. Anyway, Ola wanted me to try making a flyer for her to make photocopies of for her little donation thing. I said I'd think about it. I'm not good at organizing things into something appealing, so yeah. I'll probably give it a shot though. I then drove to In-N-Out and ordered 2 Double Double combos with lemonade and paid approximately $12.14. I then went home, gave my sister the food, and went on my laptop to work on my novel. I ate my food and also some leftover white rice from last Tuesday. I then chatted with Tiff on Skype and played this addicting shark game called Shark Bite. Omg, you should give it a shot! It's fun! Please it HERE! Anyway, Tiff had to go and so I went on Ventrilo while working on my novel. That's all. Tomorrow I'm gonna be in framing from 9AM to 5PM and then do my animation for Brandon's class.

Today was mixed.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Annoying Joann guests and awesome Ed, Edd n Eddy movie

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:38:00 GMT

Had a cool dream that involved these kids trying to rob this woman's house in the movie. The premise was that these kids were all in her house because they wanted her riches, but if the woman came home, they were all going to die. Of course, the ending would either be they all die or one of them lives. Now, I thought they all were gonna die while watching the movie. The lady (played by Kathy Bates) came home, all the teens were trying to grab whatever junk change thew could stuff in their pockets and like, grabbed a lawn hose and tried to tie the front door closed. Then the woman found a way into her house and like, the teens were all scared and it started to rain Cheetos of death! I wanted to watch the end of the movie, but I was awaken by a phone call from Joe from Joann's Fabrics at 9:58AM.

He needed people badly and like, Had gone down the list and I was the last one left. I decided to help out until about 1:30PM and like, yeah. My sister was going to a party and so while I was eating yoghurt, she was disappointed to hear that I was going to work because she needed a ride to RSM in about an hour. She said it was fine though because her carpool my be able to pick her up after all. I went to work and got walkie 2 at 10:30AM. I then helped out Courtney up front at the cash registers... and like, crikey. This morning was BUSY! Like, I worked forr 3 hours straight because if I took a break, I would be burdening the cashiers and the guests. Seriously... we had a huge line and like... were too busy to answer the phones, so people would hang up for waiting too long.

There were two guests that pissed me off the most. The first one was before my break. She printed a ton of coupons and wanted to beat the system by making like, 15 separate transactions. The thing was, her coupons were printed with the bar code cut off! OH THANKS! During my break at 1:30PM, I went to the yard section to ask Joe if he still needed me for another hour because if now, I'd go home. He told me to stay another hour and so I tried to nap in the break room after munching on some candy. Anyway, I had to take over Guest Services because Courtney needed to go somewhere and like, My next guest was confusing as crap! Okay, I was in the middle of scanning and answering phones, right? And these two ladies were yapping about whether or not they wanted to combine their items together. When when they decide they wanted to, they wanted me to separate some items to use a coupon on... but went on and on and on and on about the bloody order and the items in both transactions that I just started over, punched their bloody fabric into the system manually, and made sureeee BY ASKINGGGGGG if they'd like specific items to be in their first transaction... and if they'd like other specific items in their second transaction. Omg... I hated them and like, Lisa let me go and I put my apron away. I then asked Lisa at Guest Services to put my walkie away and like, I left for AmPm, putting 20 bucks into my gasoline tank, and went home PISSED OFF! #$%#@%#@%#@%#@%#@!!!!!1

Sailor Ember Phantom sent me a text message saying that she got a mic while I was pumping gasoline. Wooo! I tried working on my novel before getting ready for Anaheim. I called Mr. June to cancel his visitation appointment tomorrow... so yeah. I made some black tea and then at 4:10PM, I left and parked in their parking lot. I got my certificate of attendance and was dozing off during service. I then drove home and like, my sister wanted me to make Stouffer's Chicken Alfredo and like, I did and watched the Ed, Edd n Eddy Big Picture Show movie on Cartoon Network. Holy crap... the exaggeration and animation was very appealing! I had forgotten how much I love Ed, Edd n Eddy! HAHAHA! But yeah, it was a rad movie and I was happy. I went on Ventrilo to see if Jay was there so I could tell him, but he wasn't and so I left a message for Chris to deliver. I then went on Skype since Tiff sent me text messages hinting that she wanted me on there. I worked on my nove and spoke to Tiff a bit. After she left, I went back on Ventrilo and yeah. I tried registering and got Brandon's next animation class and some Modern Art class. I also left a voice message to Dominick and I'm hoping he'll call me back! Holy crap! WTF, DUDE!?!?!?!!? Anyway, yeah... I've gotta get started on my notes for Scott's exam tomorrow. So yeah... tomorrow I'm taking Scott's exam and will be working in the animation room on my 3-4 second animation for Brandon. Ugh.

Today was arg!

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Habbo Hotel had changed since grade 11

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:49:00 GMT

Dream last night involved me going to some art museum at some place and like... it was for a school project. I then passed by the cactus section of the museum and wanted to take some seeds with me to plant. Anyway, the last part of my dream was that I was hanging out with my sister and she wanted to show me a video of like the Super Mario Super Show. I then woke up at 1:07PM and got dressed for work. I discovered my mom bought 2 larger pepperoni pizzas and so I munched on a couple slices before driving to Joann's Fabrics. I clocked in under cashier and like, ended up ringing people up for 3 straight hours with no walkie. Heh heh. The day was kinda repetative, but it was cool because we were busy and so time went by. Stephan came by and told me to read some new policy for the framing department but like... it took me a while to actually do it and so yeah. My register (register 2 since I didn't have an assigned one today) froze and so Joe moved me to register 3.

Got a guest with a huge rack with the most beautiful cleavage ever. I was happy to see her and like, when I asked her if she had any coupons and she said no... I just HAD to give her one. Man, was I smiling. But yeah, other than that, my day at work wasn't very eventful. At 4:30PM, I went to the break room and like, tried to nap on the table. Mary told me that my shift was short and so I shouldn't be sleeping. However, I did say that my saturday shifts have been short and like... Mary suggested that I ask Joe if he still needed more people later tonight. I'll do that. Anyway, I went to the frame shop and gave back The paper I had to read about the 20-dollar Thank You thing in framing. I signed it and yeah... I spoke to Stephan a little, asking if he dealt with the frame issue from Tuesday but he hasn't yet so yeah. He was cutting mat boards for people and so I went back to the front, running into an empty white cart. It was like... invisible! Anyway, I helped some more people and pushed some carts since we were busy. I asked Joe if he needed any help tonight but he was fine and so at 5:31PM, I clocked out and put my uniform away. Stephan was in the break room and thought the headline "We Hate Elephants. They Are Bad," was the best headline title ever. Hahahaha! Before leaving, I got a small scarecrow for 70% off and used this 20% off coupon a guest gave me. That made my $14.99 scarecrow turn into $3.90! WOOO! I drove home.

I ate some more pizza and worked on my novel. Tiff asked me what time would I go on Skype and so I told her. I then made dieter's tea and like, at around 7:10PM, I went on Skype and spoke to her and Animeblob. Sailor Ember Phantom was at a party and when I sent a text message to Marc, he replied saying that his interweb was still not working. We ended up getting him on Skype anyway by I calling his cellular phone. Anyway, yeah... I ate the rest of the broccoli beef and like... ice cream too. Marc was sleepy and so he left. Tiff was sleepy and so she left. I was with Animeblob and then I sent text messages to Sailor Ember Phantom. She was still at some birthday party and we ended up calling her using Skype like we did with Marc. She was at her uncle's birthday party and yeah... we spoke a little and then like, she had to go and like... we called her again while she was in a bedroom alone. She then left for home and got on Skype and we called her a bloody third time and like, we ended up doing Mikogo and Habbo Hotel. Yeah, it's been like... what, years since I've been on Habbo Hotel? Apparently my clothing was changed because they removed those green colors and so I had to make a new style. They got rid of the big hand and like... most of the stuff I owned was now discontinued. Wow... wow. But yeah, Animeblob had to go and so I chilled with Sailor Ember Phantom for about 20 minutes until she had to go. So yeah, that's all. Tomorrow I'm gonna work on my novel and write notes into my Green Book for Scott's class.

Today was short.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Super late to Lagerberg's class and tried the local Mexican restaurant

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:57:00 GMT

Fell asleep on the floor while on Ventrilo with Jay and Chris. I wake up at 6AM... ugh. I took a shower and then drove to school, arriving at lot A at around 7AM. I then went to the Quiet Lounge and like... fell asleep on the couch. I then had a dream about working and like, Stephan and his girlfriend came and flew me around the world. It was pretty cool! I was then dropped off back at work and I was in trouble for not having permission to leave work. I was afraid of getting fired... so yeah. Anyway, I then found some pills and was thinking of taking them for their "benefits" but was afraid after seeing the expiration date. Anyway, I ended up being super late to class... waking up at 11AM and arriving to class at around 11:03AM when everyone was on break. I put my junk down and grabbed a chair. Lagerberg showed some slides and then I got a phone call from work.

Stephan asked me if I was interested in taking his shift next Friday. I told him I could probably to the second half from 3PM to 7PM... and yeah. I didn't know why I agreed to the offer, but yeah... I don't know. I went back into the classroom and watched the slides. After that, we were released for lunch and like, I went to the Computer Lounge and went on computer 12. I then went back to the classroom to fetch my wallet. I went to The Green Burriot and got a Carne Asada Burrito Combo and ate it outside. I tried calling Dominick but he didn't pick up. I went back to the classroom and then all the maquettes were out. They weren't really maquettes... but action figures. It was pretty rad. I got a straight-on view of Canon the Destroyer. It was pretty rad... but like, I was struggling with the drawing because I wasn't fast enough. I borrowed this lady's fixative so that I could fix the contours and work on it. I watched Lagerberg do his drawing and like... it was really good. He came around and checked my drawing and It was the end of class. He told me to render his arm before I leave or else it would be considered incomplete. I then did that and like at 4:50PM, I watched Lagerberg work on his drawing some more. He worked fast and it was pretty impressive. Some student came to talk to him about special studies with him and like, when he was done talking to her, I showed him my drawing. He gave me advice on how to fake the lighting and like... yeah. I told him that I may have to cancel my appointment for next week and he seemed a little disappointed about me leaving early next Friday and me coming in late this morning. I did feel kinda bad, so yeah.

I left at 5:10PM and it was already getting dark. I went to the 99 cents only store and got 2 boxes of dieter's tea, along with a big thing of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and a little thing of Reese's Peanut Butter and Banana Cups. I then got stuck in traffic on my way home. I needed to buy food for my sister and so I went to this Mexican place near Subway that I've always seen but never been to and like, parked in front of it. It was called like, La Perlita. I went inside and was greeted by a man wearing a nice business suit. I asked him if they did take out and they did! I asked the man for his recommendation and he recommended their carnitas, saying that were the best in town. I got that and like, looked at their little gift boutique. It was a nice small restaurant and thought it would be cool to dine in there some time. That's be rad. Anyway, I got my food and like, the man in the suit told me I'd love the carnitas. Excellent. I went home and got a text message from Tiff saying that Animeblob was on Skype.

I got online and like, grabbed some food and like... chatted with Tiff on Skype about the SATs since she was taking them tomorrow morning. My sister was still hungry after eating the carnitas and so I microwaved the Stouffer's meat lasagna. Anyway, I ended up chatting with Animeblob and Tiff for a while. Sailor Ember Phantom came on later and like, I sent a text message to Marc and learned that his interweb wasn't working and so he might be on tomorrow. So yeah. We chatted all night and Tiff had to leave early for her SAT thing. I continued to chat with Animeblob and Sailor Ember Phantom and did Mikogo with Sailor Ember Phantom. She got on Habbo Hotel and man, did it change since grade 11! It was different... wayyyyy different. But yeah, that's all. Tomorrow I'm gonna work from 1:30PM to 5:30PM as a cashier I believe.

Today was adequate.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

I want Adobe After Effects

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Didn't have a dream because I went to school at 5:20AM and fell asleep in parking lot A! WOW! I then moved to the Quiet Lounge and slept some more, only to wake up at 8:59AM and realize that I had only a minute to get to Brandon's class. I walk over there and yeah... nothing was going on really. I asked Mark what was due but he wasn't here last class because he was on the Disney tour and like... he sent Brandon his homework via email. I told him I did too and we both waited in line to speak with him, but he was too preoccupied with other stuff like registration and whatnot. I got tablet 6 and sat down at my computer and like... yeah. Brandon started us off with a demo on how to use Adobe After Effects and I kinda wanted Jay to get that for me. Heh heh. After that demo, those who weren't in class last week went into the sound booth so we could see how that place worked. Some dude voiced Elmo and it kinda got stuck in our heads for a while. Heh heh.

Brandon lectured and halfway through, we were dismissed for lunch. Mark and I spoke to Brandon about our emails and he apologized for not getting back to us. We were released for lunch and I left a voice message on Dominick's house machine, hoping he'll call me back tonight. I went to the Quiet Lounge to try to sleep some more... only to realize that I couldn't sleep after about 10 minutes of trying. Someone brought pizza into the Quiet Lounge and I had a craving for some 5-dollar Little Caesar's. I then went back to Brandon's classroom and it was locked. I could hear Brandon talking in his office and so I knocked on that door. He was on the phone and couldn't speak, so I ran into the classroom and grabbed my wallet. Outside, I asked Lilly how bad parking was at around 12:30PM. She said it's kinda... iffy... so yeah. I drove to Little Caesar's, got my pizza, and then roamed around the Nutwood parking structure for about like... 5 minutes trying to find a parking space, eventually getting one on the fourth level. I ran down the steps and ate the pizza in front of the door and in the Exit Gallery. I wasn't allowed to eat in the classroom, but during the last 3 slices, I got over it and ate inside. I offered Mark some but he already had pizza and so I ate the rest... feeling like a fatty at the end.

So everyone was doing their little thing on the computers. Brandon was trying to like... figure out how to treat Adobe After Effects like mirage and like... it took him a while. In the meantime, I ended up making a sorta animatic of my storyboard frames, so yeah. I messed around with After Effects a little and when Brandon figured it out with the help of Karen and some other student, he demoed it twice and I got the notes down. He then showed us a cartoon called "Rockabye [something]" which was directed by Tex Avery and it was pretty funny. That was for his anticipation lecture. Brandon took a gander at my revised storyboard and like... he told me which scenes to remove. He then took a gander at my animatic and like... he thought it needed more frames because the timing was kinda... poor. Heh heh. Anyway, I learned our homework would be to animate a scene for next class and Brandon showed me the schedule on the door when the lad was open. I then asked Mark and his friend if they'd be here on Monday from 4PM-10PM and like... he said he may be in the other room. I told Brandon about the Computer Lounge having 2 scanners since people needed a place on campus to scan their stuff and yeah. At 3:05PM, I left for the TSU.

Fire alarm at the Computer Lounge! We were all led out into the amphitheatre and like... the cops and fire trucks came. Everyone had evacuated and I was sorta excited because this was the highlight of my boring day. I figured now would be a good time to get my blue book... and like, when I went to pick one out, I discovered that the Green Book was just like the Blue Book but made with 33% recycled material. Excellent! I got that for 33 cents and then waited outside for a little more. The TSU was now opened up again and like, I went back into the Computer Lounge and worked on my novel until I started to feel sleepy by 3:45PM. I then went to the Quiet Lounge and fell asleep, waking up at 6:40PM. I left for the Nutwood Parking Structure and drove to Anaheim, getting my certificate of attendance and listening to the lesson. After that, we were released at 8:20PM (which was early! Yay!) and I drove home, arriving at 8:59PM.

I turned the tube to Project Runway and went on Ventrilo, saying hi to Chris. I made some black tea and Jay came into Ventrilo while I was working on my novel. I asked him if he spoke to William last night. He didn't, but yeah... I told him about last night and yeah. I then asked Jay if he'd get me Adobe After Effects for my barfday... and he said he can... and MORE. Heh heh, rad. Anyway, I wrote 3051 words tonight! WOOOO! But yeah, that's all. Tomorrow I've got Skype with Tiff and the CL Forumers... who are Marc and Sailor Ember Phantom.

Today was semi-interesting.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Spoke to William and took my second art history exam

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:55:00 GMT

I think I had a dream last night... but I don't remember it. Woke up at 6:50AM and got dressed. I did my hair using Axe hair and like... yeah, I'm digging it better than the Garnier Fructis Surf Hair crap. Anyway, I went downstairs and ate the last 2 Jell-O pudding cups before driving to school, getting caught in traffic and then parking in Lot A... which wasn't as crowded as Monday, so I'm parked closer to my usual spot. Cool. Anyway, I walk to the Quiet Lounge and take a nap on the couch. This is when I got some rather long dreams.

My first dream was about me going to art class that sorta made me hate going there because of the students and how they treated me. It was a reference of last Fall's 3D Design class and like... some of the people that I wanted to beat the crap out of were in there. I wanted to talk to the teacher (who wasn't Daniels) about it but yeah... decided to just suck it up and go along with it. My next dream was about me displaying my art project in class. We were doing like a work-in-progress thing where we show the class our projects as they approach the final stages. Mine was, in my opinion, the best. It was like, a black foam board marble track. You drop a marble from the top fo the structure and it falls down this maze and like, with the laws of physics by my side, does not decrease in speed by the time it hits the foam board train at the very bottom which would ignite some gun powder and blast down the small track. My flaw? Too much gun powder and so it shot down the track, pulling my project along with it... causing major damage. I wasn't too concerned though because like, I could easily make a new one. Tiff was in my class too and her project consisted of a ton of fruits. I don't remember what it was about but yeah... a ton of fruits. My last dream involved Phoebe wanting me to play Furcadia with her. I wasn't feeling too good because Dominick was being a jerk to me over the phone and I didn't want to do anything because I was so angry.

I woke up at 12:42PM and went to The Cup. Yulia got me my usual iced black tea with vanilla... and I got a chocolate chip cookie. MMMM. I then walked toward Humanities and like, passed by this Arabic calligraphy table at the Titan Walk that was selling calligraphy art of your name for a buck! Sounds like a good deal! They didn't provide the picture frame and so I didn't end up getting one; I didn't want to dent the paper during transportation. I then made my way to Scott's class and like, sat down. The black chick at my table asked me if I did the paper. I said yeah... on Monday. Apparently on Blackboard Scott said to do Article 17. WHOOPS! Whatever. I wouldn't be penalized because we were allowed to miss 2 papers without penalty. Rad. Anyway, Scott came in and collected the papers. I was trying to record the lecture with my MP3 Player, only to discover it was busted and had deleted all my recordings and songs. Thanks... ugh. Whatever. I took notes and like, after class... I asked if I could make an appointment with him on Friday. He said that he couldn't, but he was gonna be in his office from 6PM to 7PM tonight. Cool. But yeah, exam is next Monday and we'll be tested on 3 of the 10 questions he gave us today.

I left and went toward the Titan Shop,. only to be distracted by this tshirt tent. IT was an RVCA tent and like, I took a gander at their tshirt selection in mediums. The designs were pretty rad and I read that they had something to do with this Artist Network Program of some sort. I ended up getting a gray shirt of a fallen crow and like, asked the man ringing me up about the Artist Network Program. I was kinda bummed that it was more about musical artists but there were some talented art artists involved... like the graphic design on my shirt. Cool. Anyway, I paid a little over 16 bucks for my shirt and then went into the Titan Shop and bought myself a scantron form for Winters' exam for 33 cents. I then went to the Computer Lounge and got computer 12. I spent an hour working on my novel and then after that, I worked on my Art History assignment that was due later tonight.

I saw this Asian dude scanning his storyboard onto the computer and I realized he was in my class. I asked him what was due tomorrow and he told me I needed to get sound files for my animation assignment. Ugh... great. Anyway, I finished my assignment and when I went to print it out, I realized my copy card ran out of money and the Titan Tender machine was out of order. I asked the chick at the desk if I really had to go to the Library to add money onto my card. She said that I could do it online and so I added 2 bucks to it... only to realize that I had added 2 bucks to my Titan Card and not to my copy card... which was different. DURRRR. Mr. June called me and I was kinda annoed because he wanted to come over and talk to me about stuff. I told him to come over next Monday so that he could leave me alone. Yeah, I'm a jerk. I then printed out my paper and then left for the Food court, passing that one chick from Pott's class at the Alumni Lounge.

I got a ground beef one pound burrito at the Green Burrito. I got a combo and so I got myself some Brisk raspberry iced tea. Remember William? Jay's friend? He was buying an orange chicken bowl at Busy Bee and so when I got my food, I ended up saying hi. He recognized me and I learned that he had an exam at 7PM. Guess which class he"s got Wednesday night? GALLOWAY'S! Holy crap! He's got his night class! Cool! But yeah, I asked him about like... stuff like our sex class and whatnot. He pretty much goes to the library to study and yeah. I learned that he hasn't spoken to Jay since Jay doesn't go on Facebook anymore. Hmm. Anyway, yeah... we soke a little and yeah. That's pretty much all. At 5:50PM, I shook his hand and we separated.

I went to the study group that was going on at the Alumni Lounge. That one chick that sits to my left side was there and I asked her about the last question for the video assignment. She didn't really answer my question since we were having like, questions flying everywhere. We had a bunch of others discussing the class and whatnot and like... yeah. Just people from our class passing by ended up joining us, along with the chick that sat to the right of me (whom I learned was named Jennifer). We started sharing info and junk and like... yeah. Some guy came in and was pissed when he learned that the video assignment needed to be typed. Heh. Anyway, I finished my burrito and at 6:40PM, we all left for class. We sat down and looked over our notes real quickly and like, at 7PM, Winters started passing out the exams. Harvey sat up front because he came a little late and I tell him to turn in his video assignment up front. The exam wasn't too bad... the short answers were kinda annoying... but whatever. I was more confident. During our break, we ended up getting back together to discuss the exam and I got annoyed because of the monochromatic question and how people got different answers for that one, making my answer seem kinda wrong. Anyway, I took a piss before going back to class and we talked about the July Monarchy for an hour and then we were dismissed at 9:40PM.

Winters will be in her office next Monday. Next Wednesday is a holiday and so like, Winter's would probably be finsihed grading the exam by Monday... so I could drop by and get my grade. Anyway, I went to the Computer Lounge and go on the computer for a bit. I then walked toward the parking lot through the parking garage and end up vomiting some salsa. Wtf? It was really really gross too! EWWWW! But yeah. I drove home and arrived at 10:35PM, only to realized that my letter wasn't put in the mailbox. Darn it! I then went on Ventrilo and like, worked on my 4th chapter of my novel, making it to 11001 words! WOOO! But yeah, I then baked the rest of the cookie dough I had left over and yeah... that's pretty much it. Tonight I'll be searching for bloody sound effects. Darn it. Tomorrow I'm gonna do Lagerberg's homework... I don't know.

Today was okay.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Slow day at work was so BORING!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:11:44 GMT

Yeah.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
(11-03-57; 52 years old)

Dream last night? FORGOTTTTT! Actually... I do remember thinking that it was 8:40AM and that I wanted to call in to say I was gonna be a little late but like, it was really 8:20AM. Heh... what? Anyway, I got out of bed at 8:30AM and tried to spike my hair. It didn't work and so I ended up gelling it down. My mom wasn't going to work today, but would probably just spend the day shopping or something. She told me that she was gonna put her car in the shop for a bit though, so yeah. Hmm. Anyway, I got ready for work and arrived at 9:00AM, clocking in under cashier. I got my walkie and like, learned that my register today was 5. I found the clipboard that told me which register I was in.

There was nothing to do in framing! Ugh! I ended up doing a whole basket of go-backs and was sooooo BORED! Nothing eventful happened today and if I wasn't helping guests up front, I was doing go-backs or fetching carts. It was really really lame. During my break I took a nap and like... man was it slow today. Even Heather was bored and she was stuck in Guest Services. But yeah... go-backs and Heather got to leave when Ola arrived. It was then that people started asking me for help with stuff near the yarn area... and so yeah. Eventually it was lunch time at 1:15PM and I went home to make myself a salad... only to realize I was still hungry and so I went to Chipotle and got a chicken burrito. I then ate it in the break room and gave myself an extra 5 minutes to finish. Whoops!

So I helped with the cashiering up front and while doing a return, Ola told me that if we had a long line, returns could only be done at Guest Services. Lesson learned. I helped with a few pick ups up at framing and like, needed to cover for Elizabeth at Guest Services for a bit. This one guest didn't have enough money and so when I resumed her suspended receipt... she decided not to buy anything after all and left. I then helped the next guest and she ended up paying for both her things... and the last guest's things. She then checked her receipt because like, she paid a ton. I then realized my mistake and Ola helped me. She wasn't mad or anything but yeah. HAHAHAHA! I told her that this was the highlight of my day. We ended up doing a return and I sent her money back to her card. Excellent. HAHAHA! But yeah, the guest was patient and cool and so yeah. Anyway, after that, I helped Ola with hanging the ornaments.

I helped a guest override a price when like, the price increased in the system and the price tag displayed had a lower price. Anyway, after fixing that, I helped this lady with her pick up and like, she was concerned about the frame she ordered because like... she noticed the red and said that when Stephan recommended that frame, she and her husband were kinda iffy about it. She made a note after signing the pick up and I helped her with the framing orders into her Lexus. After that, I made a note for Stephan and went to Receiving to talk to Ola about the incorrect price on the sticker that I peeled off. Anyway, up front, they needed back up and since I was pretty much done, I helped up for a bit and then gave my radio to Melissa. I then clocked out, grabbed my stuff, told Ola about Melissa having my radio, and then drove home.

My mom had just arrived and brought Pick Up Stix. I went inside and made some black tea and like, I worked on my novel. I ate some of the Pick Up Stix food and like, yeah. The chapter writing was difficult because of the bloody present tense. Crikey! But anyway, I finished my chapter at around 9PM and then ended up watching an episode of Degrassi on the "new" TEENick. After that, I tried going on Ventrilo but nobody was there. Ugh... I still needed to finish my art history homework AND study for the exam tomorrow too. I'm probably gonna go to bed by like, 1AM or something. Whatever. Tomorrow I'm gonna take Winters' exam... and hopefully do better than last semester... especially since I seem to know a lot more this time around.

Today was BORING.

Phoebe who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"

Helpful review with Winters prior to Exam 2

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:57:00 GMT

Last night I dreamt about like... going to school on Furlough Week and working on a homework assignment and like... we being distracted by these other students going to parties on campus and like... ended up doing just that instead of working on my homework. Bummer. Anyway, I woke up at 7:02AM and got dressed. I've made the decision to no longer spike my hair for school this semester since like, my hair is too long and would take some time to get it up (that's what SHE SAID!) and so I'll just be using that Axe styling product since it doesn't get all dusty when messed up. It smells nicer than the Garnier Fructis Surf Hair that's for sure. My mom wanted me to buy food when I come home for my sister and so she gave me 10 bucks. I left and like, went to school, only to discover that part of Lot A had been closed off and so I had to park further down my usual row... kinda like when I brought Phoebe to school on the first day.

So I went to the Computer Lounge and got in on computer 11 at 8:23AM and worked on my article response for Scott's class. He said he would put it up on Blackboard but he didn't and so I looked at the syllabus and my notes and ended up writing about article 16. I then printed it out after sending a copy to Phoebe and then went to the Quiet Lounge to sleep. I then dreamt about hanging out with Britney Spears and like, people started chasing us when they recognized her. This one creepy paparazzi wanted sooo badly to meet Britney and like, since she was hanging out with me for the day, he made me an offer... offering to buy my camera for some tons of money and I rejected him. He then grabbed me and like, threatened to beat my face in if I didn't let him see Britney. It wasn't a scary dream... but it was interesting. I woke up multiple times because the sun's rays were waking me up. But yeah... I slept until 12:30PM. I got up, noticed I had a bloody nose, and went to the restroom to clean it up. Afterward, I went to The Cup and Yulia got my usual along with an oatmeal cookie. Mmm! On my way to Scott's class, I discovered a bake sale and now regret buying that cookie.

In Scott's class, the chick sitting behind me asked if I knew what article to write on since Blackboard didn't have the article written on it. I told her I wrote about article 16 and yeah... hmm. Anyway, when Scott came in, he didn't collect a paper and went straight to the lecture. Heh... he knew. Anyway, when he made the offer to the whole class that if we had sex with him for 10 minutes to get an A in the class, I was the only one to say yes. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Anyway, we learned about coercive offers and how technically prostitution is not immoral. Hmm... interesting. Anyway, after class was over, I went toward the art college, only to sign a petition at the Titan Walk. It was a petition by Peta. They were collecting signatures to petition McDonalds from picking off the feathers of their chickens while still alive. That's screwed up. Anyway, I got a sticker about it afterward and then went to Winters' office. I'm not gonna get into detail about the 2 and a half hour talk... but it was pretty much a free review day for me. Heh heh... excellent. During the chat, I got a text message from my aunt Dette telling me that she sent a message to my mom wishing her a happy birthday and that if she doesn't get it, to extend the message to my mom in person. Okay. I left Winter's office at 4:50PM and ran into Yun on my way out of the art college. He called me "that troublemaker!" Hahahaha!

I drove to the 99 cents only store. Oh btw... it was only 5PM and like, the sun was all setting already and junk. Heh. So I go to the 99 cents only store and buy 2 bottles of hazelnut syrup and a happy birthday card for my mom. I then drove to Little Caesar's and bought a large pepperoni pizza. While backing up, I noticed that my steering wheel was still locked and so I had to turn off my engine and turn it back on for it to work. Weird. I then drove through these police cars that were investigating something near Leanna's apartment complex and realized I forgot to buy dieter's tea at the 99 cents only store. Ugh. I drove home, eating 3 slices of pizza and stopped by Ralphs to buy a pound of salad. I then went home and heated up the remaining 5 slices of pizza in the oven and gave it to my sister. I then made a yellow soda cake for my mom's birthday tomorrow and went on my laptop to work on my novel. I was struggling with present tense and so I went on Ventrilo and spoke to Jay and Chris about it for a while... until the conversation shifted to a conversation about my fangirl. Anyway, yeah... I ended up getting like... a little over 2300 words done tonight and yeah... it was alright. I called Dominick but he couldn't talk because he was busy and so he said he'll call me tomorrow. Part of me wants to believe him... but we'll just have to see what happens. I made a salad and that's about it. Tomorrow I'm gonna be working in framing from 9AM to 5PM (hopefully that's the right shift) and then studying for Winters' exam.

Today was blah.

People who support me:
Tiff
Leanna
Phoebe
Molly.

~Netaro"