Day 194

Let me tell you about today, December 16, 2011


Today I explained to one of my good friends Mark C. about my rating system for girls.

Now, Let me tell you what this is not, it's not a sleazy hot girl scale. It's a great system for combining friends, possibly finding a girl friend, a future roommate, or just passing the time in the mall by rating people. first let me explain how this rating came to be. I needed a way to categorize my friends, and possible girl friends into separate times of hanging out so that I wasn't ditching my friends for some girl. So then what I have come up with is a two toned rating system. each person gets a letter either A, B, C, D, and F just like in school. they also get a number starting at one, and going through 10. ten being the high point.

So then let me show you how this works for my friends, I have several best friends, Suzanna, Steven, Mitch, Heather, Zach, and Kelcy. I give each new friend a number relating to how i think their personality is, and a letter on how well i think they will mix with me and the people i hangout with most.  For instance I have my friend Mark C, mark is a 9B. i could always bring him around my friends and there would be no awkwardness no matter what, but i doubt i would walk in and see him hanging in suz's apartment without me inviting him over. then there is the opposite side of the scale. I have a friend named Brittany. she's a great friend but she's like a 3F. My friends don't like her and she's not the kind of girl that keeps the conversation going, just fun to hang out with. so there's how it works when you rate friends. i try to only take people who are 5C's or above and introduce them to my friends and try to induct them.

now that same system can apply for girls that i want to date or be friends with. lets take an old Ex who would never read this because she hates my guts. BUT. At the time, she was rated a 8B here's what she looks like

8B

In this system the number is your level of attractiveness while your Letter is how compatible we are as a boyfriend/girlfriend. Now here are some more examples.

Kate Beckinsale

10F

Yes she is gorgeous but lets' be honest she's just a few years shy of being the same age as my mom. gross.  although the good thing about people who are a 7 through 10. and score low on the lettering scale.. . they make for great make out partners!! 

Sigmund 

1D

she is clearly a monster, although she is hilarious!!! so we have a better chance than kate and i do. Kinda sad now that i think about it.  

So there you have it, the rating system, i encourage you to go out and use it to your benefit, whether it's for matching friends up or for finding a date. anytime it's useful!!

Day 191

Let me tell you about today, December 13, 2011

school

School is going. i feel the pressure to graduate on time, yet i want to stay a student forever and see my friends everyday. the up coming semesters are going to be bitter sweet as i start to see all my friends move away and grow up. this semester was really challenging i bit off more than i could chew, yet i managed to pull out mostly A's. i had a class over contemporary art history, and the times when i went, which was once a week, were so informative i really enjoyed learning about all the past and current artists. i also had my first graphic design class, which was frustrating. we had three different teachers. it made for a real mess when it came to starting a project. needless to say i will be glad when i get my grade for that one. i was well earned. My final bible class was this semester. i copped out and took a course over money, and what the bible has to say about it. it was really informative. but an easy A in the end. I also had my first Illustration class. it was very hard. i found it hard to keep up with the fine artists such as alison treat and alex waldo. made my nights long, but in the end i have learned so much, Keely and I kinda spear headed a gallery opening for the illustration class. turned out great! my final class was a class over the adobe InDesign program. which even though i didn't get the highest grade in there i got a fairly decent profolio turn out. towards the end i found myself working with a lot of passion and learning a lot of new illustrator techniques. but finals are here and i have been done since monday.

friends

OMG i can not even express how great this semester has been with my friends. I have the best room mates in the world. Talon is a tall funny guy and is probably the loudest person you will ever meet. Sean has the best laugh and lets face it no one can shake their junk like him. Oh and mark... let me just say this, "Listen." but i have meet so many great people this semester and grew closer to a lot of my friends that i already had. Robbie and Keely, i can not begin to count the number of hours we have stayed up together and the number of bad accents i have heard from keely. Steven Suzanna, and Mitch always will be my besties!!! no matter what i know they have my best interest at heart and truly want to be there for me. It was nice enough to get to meet and become friends with all the incoming rushies. you guys rock! i grew a lot closer to my upper classmen friends this semester Kayleigh Taryn Melanie you guys are great! i mean it's like where would i be in life without you. Dead. i could go on and on about everylast detail but like i said this is a overview... ish.

family

I want to start of with the most important people in my life, my family. I finally get to see them this week. My flight leaves on saturday. it's been months since i've seen my family it really is just the perfect timing for me to see them. i will be spending the upcoming holiday with them catching up on the past four months and hanging out. My little brother Mak is now 18... it's still a shocker to me, i always pictured him as my little 13-year-old brother. but now he smokes, has a job, and more tattoos than i do. go figure. My mom, bless her heart! i can not wait to see her! call me a mama's boy I DON'T CARE! no one has been there like my mom has. hopefully i can convince her to speak in her southern accent the whole break. that would make my life the best. I will get to see my stepdad clarence this break too! i'm going to give him such a hard time, but at the same time i know my limits he will smack me down quickly. needless to say i am ready to once again have my family, it's hard being on my own. but i'm glad i had such great people in my life to teach me correctly. life isn't nearly as hard as it could be.
over view
It's been a while, but I have finished the semester with great grades and great memories. I've decided to blog my thoughts out, i tend to do that when i have a lot on my mind. I just usually don't post them.

arts

this semester i feel like i broaden my portfolio with a lot of work, did a lot of great work thanks to the helpful cirques from my classmates. i'll just give you an example of what i have been doing in each of my classes and personal side projects.
my photography, i did a couple shoots this semester but i would always like to do more.
this is Sarah U. she had this idea for a Vendetta shoot and it turned out quite sexy!

Next we have a shot of Lawson, he was my little brother in Kappa this rush year, he is a huge mumford and sons fan, so as a gift i did this shoot with him.

Next we have illustration which was a challenge, but i did do what i think is a great piece i used a technique called stippling. which is basically a lot of little dots. It was inspired by the late 70's moive Howard the Duck.

finally we get to InDesign, which is actually just illustrator and photoshop and getting them ready for print. this is an infographic i did over vikings, it turned out great. although this isn't the finished file..

i'm excited to continue to learn more about ART and the practice of it.

work

UGH this semester has been the worst when it comes to a job. i did some free lance work most of it ended on a good foot, one guy said he was going to sue me. never doing that again. I worked as a model, art teacher, telemarketer, food sever, and graphic design intern this semester and still never had a steady pay. how do i survive. GOD. MAGIC. WHO KNOWS!