I'm a Squid with an Ocean

BUT jQUERY IS ALL SORTS OF FUN!!!!

We talked about it in my Flash class today. "Now that you've spent a semester on Flash's headdeskery code and now hate Actionscript, let's try something easier and faster and uses a lot less code. jQuery = win.


I just happened to have a plethora of Alice images on my external hard drive. I wonder how that happened? Oh yeah, I was bored during that hour I had to wait in my photoshop class and made random graphics while waiting to present.

In other news, I'm going to devote my life to Economics for the rest of the night. HOW AM I ALWAYS DISTRACTED THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL? I have a lot of shit to dooooooooo.....

Also, I spent ten minutes scraping ice off of my car today then it didn't want to start and I freaked out. I tried calling my dad, but he didn't answer his phone. I was about to go back inside to get help, but my car started. Whew! All of the battery powered things worked, just the engine didn't work. It was weird.

Lastly, I found out that a horrible horrible teacher is teaching one of my classes next semester. NO ONE LIKES HER. I got lucky thus far with my education and never had her as a teacher, but it shows that my last semester I couldn't outrun fate. I would jump to another section asap, but there is only one class. AOUFSL DARN IT!!! I was so close!!!! D:

Hey yo yellow-dello!

I'm absolutely swamped with projects to get done before the semester ends. Oh the joys of computer classes! I only have ONE final exam (that I'm not really studying for) the rest are all PROJECTS and not just projects, but monster projects. My list of things to get done by the end of the semester is quite daunting actually. I'm probably not going to sleep a lot between now and the 21st. Lucky me.

Anywho! Christmas cards! I want to get these cards sent out this week. I'm planning on buying something special to put inside the cards, but I need to know who wants one. I'm willing to send cards internationally (YOU GET A CARD, YOU GET A CARD! EVERYONE GETS A CARD!!!) so if you want a card......give me your addy!
I only got three people so far. Just comment at this post (comments are screened) if you want a card!

I also may have stayed up until 3 AM messing around with ringtones I got at Audiko. My text message alert is Eric Northman. "I texted you three times....why didn't you reply?" Because I'm a dork and Eric is awesome.

ALSO. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY TOPHER/BENNETT FIC ANYWHERE? BUELLER? ...BULLER? ....ANYONE? ...ANYONE? They are so dorktastic and adorable together.


Finally, a list: Things I want for Christmas that I probably definitely won't get:
1. iPod connector for Nike+ shoe technology. I want to start running again and I already have Nike+ shoes.
2. Camcorder. Vloging looks cool. I don't want to feel limited to my craptastic quality that is the iSight camera.
3. DVDs I'll actually watch, ie my fandoms. Maybe I'll get Harry Potter....who knows.
4. Dollhouse to be picked up by SOMEONE. (NBC? Please?)
5. A trip somewhere not in the United States (or anywhere I've never been before. I need out of the midwest so bad.)
6. New stereo in the "Disable" since only the radio works. New brakes would be cool too.
7. Wristwarmers
8. Slippers that fit all five of my qualifications: (soft bottom, back, neutral print, low top, fuzzy inside)


EDIT: OH AND DUH! People in the UK. I have a question to ask of you. Is it possible for you to buy some gu puds for me? My friend went to London last year, fell in love with the Gu and can't find them stateside. Even my google-fu can't find any place who sells them around here. NOT EVEN CHICAGO. They will be the PERFECT pressie for her, but I need some help. I'm willing to pay for them and the shipping, and I can send you something that we have stateside that isn't in the UK.

Working on this. Yep.

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Also known as one of my six (OMG I'M ONLY HALF WAY DONE) covers I need to do.

Unfortunately for me, I just realized that the second half of covers.....I can't use the internet to get pictures. They have to be all my own. GRUMBLECAKES.

Game plan:
Find some pictures that could work for my theme and drag them onto the desktop.
Get one cover done and the ad then go to sleep and work on the other two covers in the morning.

I'm also really confused since I'm 99% sure that we need to make three variatons on each theme, but the way I'm reading the instructions says that we need to make two. Eh? I'll just make three just to be safe (and I'm not really satisfied with these covers thusfar. Maybe I'll like them in the morning....I don't know.)

I wish I could go back in time and kick my ass for procrastinating like this. Pulling a "Brad" isn't very fun.


Here's to hoping I have time to jazz up these covers tomorrow! Whooooo!!!

If you're not aware, there is this guy JON in my class. Well, I've had several classes with him and he's been incredibly annoying in ALL OF THEM. He has even annoyed some teachers to the point where they won't help him if he doesn't have a legit concern. Concern as in relevant to the class material they taught and it wasn't incredibly so out there in right field.

Anyway, my friend Darcie and I were tweeting about him during lecture today. It was quite fun, especially the part when Darcie laughed really loud as something I wrote (but by that point we migrated to facebook chat)

Enjoy! (But honestly, I'm keeping this convo for myself so I can laugh again later)
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In other news, I would like to recommend this website for being awesome and posting links to opencourseware. Today I watched a programming lecture from MIT and it was AMAAAAAZING and I would recommend it to everyone. Whew! Long link but I wanted it to be noticed. I think I accomplished that.

I also noted that my "alma mater" Well, I went there for three semesters is signed up but haven't put up any material yet. Weird, I shall have to investigate and see if I can feel my soul dying from the university's content, or whether it was the campus or city itself that destroys souls. Yes, the Hellmouth is no longer in Sunnydale, CA but rather in fact in Eau Claire, WI. Look it up. Use the google!

I can't stop watching these. So because I can't stop, I decided to share my favorites! (BECAUSE I'M NICE AND I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO SHARE IN THE LULZ!)






The same people also made the 2008 Presidential Debates into a song/dance and also have important historical figures with backup from "the band from the future." I love these videos! I even downloaded a few of the songs that accompany them.


In other news, I thought my Photoshop class started at 5:30. At 4:50 I realized I was wrong and that my class starts at 5:00. SO I RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND PUT THE PETAL TO THE METAL!! Dude. I made it to class only a few minutes late and actually only about 20 seconds behind my teacher.

calenfenwen = FOR THE WIN.

ETA: LULZ forever at Wolf Blitzer's facial expression on the first video! Awesome screen cap!

I'm not sure if the facebook links work or not, but I did finish my website for the project which includes a photo gallery. I believe the site should stick around for another week(ish) since the semester is over and they clear off the server at that point.

Whatever.

If you're curious, my website design final project is here: http://www.nmattson1.nwtcbit.com/website-design/final-project/

(My Dollhouse Flash portfolio is here: http://www.nmattson1.nwtcbit.com/adobe-flash/practical/practical.html although I really want to clean it up a little bit.)



With that said, does anyone want to know anything more specific about New York? I think I did a good job with my tweets/website but who knows. You do! Hit me up with a question, comment or whatever! I thought you guys would be jumping all over me for info! But if no one wants to know stuff, that's cool too.

I'll just carry on to....HIMYM season finale tonight!!! Can't wait!!

(Also, during the flight into Newark, there is a great view of the Manhattan skyline and I couldn't help but wonder if Richard Castle was out there solving a murder. Seriously....first thought. I might need help.)

Try not to laugh. I dare you.

I made my first Lush UK order today since it's a lot cheaper than the North American store. Apparently they are discontinuing Sonic Death Monkey (nooooooooooooo!!!!) and Sweet Japanese Girl (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO) among other things so I stocked up in case they don't go retro. Apparently English Countryside is on that list too and I couldn't find it online which is frightening. Sad face!

(Dreamwash, A. Sugar Scrub, Dark Angels, Karma soap, Chox Away, Greased Lightning, and Godmother were also ordered)

Overall, prices cheaper than NA, shipping cheaper than NA, and I've been told that it's faster. But I also heard that UK doesn't give out as many samples as NA does. I requested some, but who knows. Also the naked packaging can be hit and miss, so hopefully it will be safe and protected.


To do yet today:
Rip sound off Clue DVD
Go to school work on Flash stuff
Get LOST tonight, baby you can be my black Kate Moss tonight

Sorry for being a LJ slacker. I haven't been doing anything interesting and I decided to spare you the details.

Today in Website Design, Darcie told me that one of the classes I need to take yet she's taking this semester and it sucks. It doesn't say on the class information and no one told her (or me) this but apparently having knowledge of photoshop would be extremely helpful. I know Illustrator and Flash but not Photoshop. I mean I use it for stuff but I don't know it very well.

Point being, I need to take that before I can take Web Graphic Design. Bastards.
Also, most of the marketing classes are cancelled and Darcie has been taking other replacement classes. Weird huh? She thinks my plan to take some other classes is really smart. She just wants to be done with school and I can't blame her.


I worked a little on the art for a Flash project that could very well be my final project but I don't know what the requirements of the project are. If it doesn't fit, I'll just do it myself later. I need to draw nine (maybe more) people, six (or more) locations, and other misc stuff.

Here's a hint of what I'm working on (if the above wasn't a big enough hint):
"Oh, life could be a dream
If I could take you up in paradise up above.
If you would tell me I'm the only one that you love
Life could be a dream, sweetheart"

Although most people probably wouldn't get it even if I told them exactly what it was about. ____claire could figure it out. Most likely.

This too:

¡ʎɐʎ ¡ʇɥbıuoʇ ʇso1

.ǝǝs 11,ı .ǝıʌoɯ poob ɐ sɐʍ ʇı pıɐs ʞɹoʍ ʇɐ puǝıɹɟ ɐ ǝɔuıs ssǝɥɔnp ǝɥʇ buıɯɐǝɹʇs ɯ,ı :ʎ1ʇuǝɹɹnɔ

.ʎɐp 11ɐ sıɥʇ op oʇ pǝuıɯɹǝʇǝp ɯ,ı ʇnq (ʇı ʇɐ qoظ ɹǝʇʇǝq ɐ pıp ǝqnʇnoʎ ǝɔuıs ʎ11ɐıɔǝdsǝ) buıʎouuɐ ʇsnظ s,ʇı ʍou ʇnq buıuɹoɯ sıɥʇ ɹǝıuunɟ pǝɯǝǝs ʇı .(ǝuı1uo ʎɐp 11ɐ uǝǝq ǝʌɐɥ puɐ) ʍou ʇɥbıɹ sıɥʇ ǝʞı1 noʎ oʇ buıdʎʇ ɯ,ı puɐ ʞooqǝɔɐɟ uo spuǝıɹɟ ʎɯ ɟo ǝuo pǝ1ooɟ uǝʌǝ ı .pǝʇuıoddɐsıp ɯ,ı .ʎɐpoʇ sǝʞoظ ʎuunɟ ʎuɐ puıɟ ʎ11ɐǝɹ ʇ,upıp ı 'ǝ1boob puɐ ǝqnʇnoʎ sǝpısǝq

.ʇı ʇnoqɐ 1ǝǝɟ ʎ11ɐǝɹ ı ʍoɥ ǝǝs puɐ ɹǝʇsǝɯǝs ʇxǝu sǝssɐ1ɔ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝɯos ǝʞɐʇ oʇ buıob ɯ,ı .ɯɐɹboɹd ǝɯosǝʍɐ uɐ ǝʞı1 spunos ʇı ʞuıɥʇ ı puɐ ǝʞɐʇ oʇ pǝǝu p1noʍ ı sǝssɐ1ɔ 31 ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ .ʎbo1ouɥɔǝʇ ɐıpǝɯ 1ɐʇıbıp .ʇnoqɐ pǝʇıɔxǝ ɯ,ı ʇɐɥʇ ɯɐɹboɹd ǝ1oɥʍ ɐ punoɟ puɐ ǝʞɐʇ uɐɔ ı sǝssɐ1ɔ buıʇsǝɹǝʇuı ǝɯos oʇuı pǝʞoo1 os1ɐ

.buıʇıɔxǝ sɐ ʇou 'sǝʇɐ1d ǝsuǝɔı1 ʎɯ pǝʍǝuǝɹ os1ɐ .ɔıʇsɐʇuɐɟ s,ʇɐɥʇ os (buı11ǝs sɐʍ ǝɹoʇs 1ooɥɔs ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ uɐɥʇ ɹǝdɐǝɥɔ 001$ ʇnoqɐ sɐʍ puɐ) ssɐ1ɔ pǝʇɐɹǝ1ǝɔɔɐ ʎɯ ɹoɟ ʞooq ǝɥʇ ʇɥbnoq :ʎɐʍʎuɐ

.ʍou os buıop ǝq oʇ ʇou 1nɟɹǝpuoʍ s,ʇı puɐ ʇdıɹɔsɐʌɐظ ɹoɟ 1ooɥɔs oʇ buıʌıɹp ǝq oʇ pǝsn ı uǝɥʍ ǝɯıʇ ɐ buıɹnp ʍou noʎ oʇ buıdʎʇ ɯ,ı ¡s1nɟɹǝpuoʍ o11ǝɥ

And because I'm nice...what I said:
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