Illustrator fun.

  July 22nd, 2013

I took a little break between designing some new logos and going to bed to do an experiment in Illustrator. Stay positive so I can go back to school ready to tackle what's ahead!

Hopefully, more are to come in the future. As for now, I need to keep working on 60625 designs!

Stay positive.

July 14, 2013
  It's been a much better week. I've been hearing positive words. I feel like there aren't people listening or knowing how I feel, but there are. Even when there isn't someone, there's always God. I'm blessed to know that I have people I can talk to when I need someone to just listen. Shout out to Steph for making me smile and almost shed happy tears the other day. I'm glad I found, for sure, one long-lasting friendship from joining ASA. Even though she's going to make her dreams come true in Australia, each other's blogs will keep us informed. (Thank you advances in technology!)

I need a new start..

July 10, 2013
  Wow. I'm sorry, to myself, for not posting in over a month. I've been very busy. I promised my friend Steph that I would keep up with this so that when she's living in Aussie she can read how I'm doing. Whether she reads or not, I keed to keep blogging.
  Life has been hitting me pretty hard. June wasn't as busy as I thought. I was just starting my internship and looking for a second job since I was only scheduled at the pool for two weeks. I just had to roll with the punches, and so I got another job at a fitness center, which I'm pretty much exhaused after every shift. I'm not retaining all the information like I want to, and I keep putting myself down for it.
  The past two or three weeks have been very emotional. I've been trying to balance my jobs and internship along with getting a head start on full time jobs for after the fall semester. Adulthood is going to hit pretty quick, and I'm not sure if I'm ready for it, mentally and emotionally. This is one of the many changes into adulthood that I have to tackle and embrace, all the positive and negative.
  These challenges of merging into being an adult are already taking an emotional toll on me. I lost that form of relaxation and comfort that lets me handle this stress. I can't remember what calmed me down during stress. There have been too many changes over the paat years I've lost myself. This summer I've used walking as my main release. I walk to the store or library. When I have to be in the city, I walk everywhere I have to go.
  I think I'm in need of more. A therapist? That might be a bit too far. I need to do what I've always wanted. I think it would be interesting to take photos of anything and everything, and write whatever I feel while looking at it. It could turn into a poem or song or even a release of an emotional rant. I need to get these feelings out in the least harmful way.
  Seeing that I have work early in the morning, I shall try to sleep and remember to post again this week. A photo or poem needs to be completed by Sunday. Maybe I'll share a few photos I took at the Brett Michaels' concert.
  My phrase this summer has been "stay positive", and if anyone is actually reading this and knows me in person, I'm going to be alright again... eventually.

My True Home.

May 24, 2013
  I finally got to go back to my real home, my high school. I know most people were more than excited to graduate from high school, but I just wanted to stay for a few more years... maybe 20... haha. This is a long post, folks, so brace yourself!

Home for the summer.

  May 21, 2013

Taken outside my house around 8pm. HDR edited.

  Yup, I'm back home for my last summer before I'm a graduate and needing to find a big girl job. I've been back for a week, and I must say, I kinda wish I was a school. I miss the work I do over there. Yes, I do have more time on my hand even though I am taking summer classes, but it's just not the same as it used to be compared to other summer back home.

  It's been nice to cook what ever I like for my deals and when I do so, but I just feel like this place isn't a home anymore. I'm visiting the one place I called home for four years, my high school, at the end of the week. I hope that it helps me remember why I was home sick at the end of this past semester.

  I've done a few eventful things since I've been back. First, I went to my sister's departmental senior reception type of event where she interpreted for one of the seniors speaking. It was really cool to get to see her in action. Being an ASL interpreter is so amazing and inspiring.

Manifest performance
at the main stage.

  The next day, we went to Manifest, which I describe as a celebration of Columbia College Chicago student's work. There were a ton of events throughout the day: jazz music, dance performances, comedy acts, and my sister's department's ASL poetry type reading event. Now that was awesome. Many students studying ASL performed songs and even original poems. Manifest is such a great way to showcase what college students spend so much time working on over the past years. There were too many events to go to. I am really considering going to grad school because I feel like there is still so much I can learn, and Columbia seems like a place where I could really grow as an individual.
  The third event was my sister's commencement. Let me tell you, I wish Muskingum had a low key graduation like Columbia does. They are just so chill and fun. That's probably because it's an art school, but still! Graduation is a fun time, so the event itself should be just that.

  This is possibly my last summer living here. Who knows where I will be after graduation. I could find a job right outside of New Concord and live there for a few years. Or, I may find a job in the city, Columbus or Chicago, and have to deal with the city life. Either way, things have changed and are going to continue to do so in the next year. Am I ready for it?!
  In a short few weeks, I'll be done with summer classes, my summer job will start and my internship will be on its way. I just hope this summer goes by quick so that I can finish my last semester at Muskingum and go get a job in the real world.