Bandit Likes My Paper Expo Project

Hmmm . . . I need to sniff you out just like I do to Mom's face

I'm thinking, I'm thinking . . . I think I approve

You dare attack?! I'm going to get you, accordion fold book!

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Excuse me, Mom - why are you interrupting me?!

Yes, yes I approve

I'm done with you. Time to jump back on the bed.

Yup, I Had a Mini-Meltdown

I was starting to feel the effects of a mini-meltdown on Monday and it really, officially this time happened on Tuesday.

The piece of rock that crumbled on the edge of the cliff I was standing on was the stress of one of my bosses traveling again for the second time in two weeks.

Oy.

He was stressed, so then I was stressed.



The combination of 8:30 am - 1 am days (waking up, straight to work then straight to school then to the computer lab and then more work/getting ready for the next day) Monday through Wednesday.

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Having a little bit of free time on Thursdays and Fridays but usually ended up doing research/shopping for school. Squeezing in some time to see a friend or two.

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Working 16+ hours on the weekend researching, designing and producing school work.

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Not finding my groove aka my concept for my two big final projects.

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Staying awake to let my cousin in my building since I can't make a copy of the outside door key.

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Normal stress of a new job.

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Kind of getting yelled at at work.

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Crying in the stairwell for a few minutes.

New York Neighborhood: Nolita

In February, I posted pics of Soho.

Now, I bring you Nolita:

All in service of GD1 at the New School! 

Life is Good

Tech wise at least! I got a new MacBook Pro which replaced my shitty Toshiba and will last me throughout my professional career as a designer and I fixed my camera!!!

Wahooo!

Life gets a hell of a lot better when I have an amazing computer and didn't have to spend dinero on a new camera.

Yesterday was a good day for those reasons and because I got a lot of school work done. Things are getting better!

Now if only I could get a second job :).

Typography: Expressive Words

In my typography class I had a project to choose 3 expressive words and communicate their meaning through page composition, kearning and typeface manipulation. I had a lot of fun with this assignment and learned that some words seemed easy to express weren't.

Broken (my favorite and best liked by my professor):

Scatter:

Flawed (the most liked by my class):

Collection Of Post Parsons Photos: School Inspired

Typography Project 1: CD Cover

My first project for my Typography class is to create a CD cover using only black and white and shapes. I choose Sara Bareilles' latest album: Kaleidscope Heart and here is my finished result:

Let me know what you think! I'm personally very pleased with it. The first week of school is off to a good kick start.

Awarded!

I started school this last week at the fabulous Parsons aka The New School. When I logged into my account, I got the best news- I was awarded the Dean's Scholarship!

The scholarships can't be applied for instead every student's application is reviewed then awarded. It looks like my stamp was not only Parsons approved but awarded, too.

That was a nice moment.

Sew Disappointed! (Ha!- Get it?)

Yesterday, I busted my butt to get out of work on time, so I could hopefully add into a beginners sewing class (ADS 096) at Seattle Central. The online registration said that there were two seats open and I couldn't access the waiting list, so I thought I was good to go.

After running all over Seattle Central Campus (which is laughable because it's tiny), I finally found the classroom. I showed up 10 minutes late, sat through a half hour/40 minutes of class, only to be told that because I wasn't on the wait list, I could add this class.

I had gotten really excited during class and felt like it was really something I wanted to be doing. Only to be told- no, nope, not gonna happen, class is too full already.

I was sew bummed, sew disappointed . . .

They might not hold another session of 96 until summer (which is my least favorite season to be in school).

Le Sigh.

But I did go to Broadway Grill and enjoy some wine and sliders afterwards (mini pity party for moi)- it's happy all day there, so it was a justifiable pity party.