Okay…maybe not everything. For the past couple of hours, I’ve been swimming around in nettuts.com. I’m feeling sort of overwhelmed by the fact that there is SO MUCH that I want to learn, and just not enough time to devote to it. What is PHP anyways? How can I create a more awesome Word Press blog? What do I need to know about Javascript? Joomla! MySQL! Ruby on Rails! It never ends!!! Not to mention, I’m SUPPOSED to be researching Flash right now. How can I focus on just one thing, though, when there is so much I want to know? If I’m ever going to be a respectable, desirable web designer, these are all things I need to research. The sucky part is that NONE OF THIS is taught at school.

I read an article that discussed whether or not is was worth it to go to school for web design or not. Most people did find they gathered some useful experiences from school, but almost none of it was educational. Social, yes. Maturing, yes. Useful, maybe not. Now, I’m not saying that I haven’t had a good time at school (for the most part), but it is very discouarging to realize that like 90% of what I need to know is stuff I need to learn on my own. Learning on your own is all fine and good, but what do you do when you don’t have the time? What do you do when your Web Design favorites folder is overflowing with tutorials and articles? How do you pick? Very frustrating…

I don’t know if there’s anything else that needs to be said. This is what I spent $30 at our convenient store on…and I still have over $50 left to spend!

And while I’m here, I’d like to announce that my computer is officially up and runnin’! Here is a picture of the new shiny addition to the family:

Home at last…

That’s right. The countdown is on! Three and a half weeks remain in this semester. Let’s have a quick run-down of what all I have to do, just for school:

2 silkscreen editions
2 litho editions
Touch up all oil paintings
Final oil painting project: a portrait of Sarah
Ceramic handbuilding soft slab and hard slab projects
Glaze all ceramic projects
1-2 take-home Art History tests

I think that’s it…busy, busy, busy! And unfortunately, my motivation is nowhere to be found. It’s gotta be hiding in this room somewhere…

I also enrolled for my summer and fall semesters today. I’m super excited about my summer semester and independent study, too! I’ll be taking Photo 1 and Watercolor 1, along with an independent study focused on FLASH WEB DESIGN! My big project for that will be finally finishing my web site. I’ll also have two smaller projects that go off of any tutorial I want. So for five weeks, I’ll be required to work on Flash, Photoshop, and my website for five hours a day…I dunno, guys, that doesn’t sound like much fun. Let’s be real, here. Who wants to make WEB SITES for a living? Oh…that’s me! Talk about torture…

In the fall semester I’ll be taking 19th century Art History, Sculpture 1, Graphic Design 1 (YAY), Digital Photography, and World Thought! I’ll  have 20 minute lunches, but hey…Sarah and I somehow managed to take all of the same classes, so we will suffer together. Or something… 

In other news, I now have my father’s old iPhone, so I’m connected to the world once again. Unfortunately, my computer is STILL MIA because the tech that was supposed to put it together got into a car accident. While I feel sorry for him and bid him a quick recovery, I still am computer-less. That’s no less than agonizing for the computer junkie inside of me. So if anyone knows of someone who can take charge and put my computer together, I’d love them forever! Until then, I’ll just have to continue over-heating my laptop by leaving it on all the time.

So as you guys have read in my past few posts, I have been experiencing a large number of technical difficulties. I believe I’ve found the reasoning behind why God has subjected me to this torment. I’ve been obsessed with so many material things…upgrading my computer, getting a better phone, new clothes, new bedding, etc, etc…and that’s wrong. I have to accept what I’m given and not try to find ways to scrape together money for things I don’t need, especially when that money should be used for other things or should be saved. So there you have it! My revelation!

Well, it doesn’t look like she is going to come back to life, so farewell, my day old iPhone. It was a nice fling…

In other happier news, my new computer case came in today - in one piece! Let’s keep our fingers crossed that everything ELSE I bought works. It’s also spring break! I’m basically having a work sandwich. Work today through Sunday, off Monday through Wednesday, and work Thursday through Sunday. Boy, will THAT be fun…anyways! Until next time!

Isn’t it exciting? Not only do I have a new layout, though, but I also have a new Etsy store! Check it out at: hollycenations.etsy.com! I don’t have any items up at the moment, but I will soon, so keep a look out for em!

In other news…I got a new iPhone. Great, I know! …until I dropped it in the toilet. Well, it is currently sitting in a container of rice, which is supposed to suck out all the moisture so that it will somehow work again. I had the phone for approximately…27 hours when this happened. I just haven’t been too lucky lately…here is my phone’s current rejuvenation chamber status:

My computer is still MIA, as well. I got all of my parts in to fix and upgrade it, but the tower came in broken. Sooo, I had to ship that back and wait or a new one. It shipped today. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that nothing ELSE goes wrong.

School is awesome, too. Tomorrow is ’spend-the-whole-day-in-Davis-Hall-so-you-can-catch-up’ day. That kinda gives you an idea of how it’s REALLY going.

Anyways! That’s enough for one belated post. Until next time!

So in the past few months, one of my goals in life has been to befriend a squirrel. Here is an update to let you see how that has been going. Shortly after purchasing some squirrel food from PetSmart, I started to get some extraordinary results.

So as you can see…the squirrels around my apartment are getting spoiled. It’s only a matter of time before they get comfortable enough with me to feed FROM MY HAND!!! Only a matter of time…