what is one to do...

...when a giant wooden capsule comes crashing through your parking lot? I randomly found this whole serious of photos from clicking on a link at Peter Kaminski's blog, which I found by doing a Google Suggest search for "something cool."

Here is a link to the Royal de Luxe site where the photo came from.

Here is a link to the "La visite du sultan des Indes sur son éléphant à voyager dans le temps" site where the link to the site with the photo came from. (This is the site that Peter Kaminski's blog links to.)

the busy life

I'm super busy.
Seriously. I'm really busy.
It's so crazy.

I like doors

Nokerstraat
Originally uploaded by mechelenblogt_jan.

It's true. I do. I totally want to just tour around all the small, quaint "villages" in Europe and take pictures of doors. Red doors, blue doors, green doors, yellow doors, white doors, black doors, pink doors, purple doors, orange doors...all kinds of doors. I just really love pictures of doors. Maybe I should paint one, eh? That could be cool. Not much more to this post. That's pretty much it. Doors.

the good life

Just smoking a cigar in Cuba. You know, if I had a grandma, I think it would be awesome if she was this cool. I say, "if I had a grandma" because mine all happen to be deceased. It's okay. It's not a touchy subject. They both died before I made it to highschool. I do wish I would have gotten to know them more. But, I have a feeling that since they were both fairly strict Adventists, they probably wouldn't be interested in even posing for pictures with a big ol' cigar in their mouths. Oh well. I guess I'm just something random from a not-so-random family. Then again, my younger sister is also quite random. We're just both really cool. Yeah...I'll just keep telling myself that. So, anyways, love this grandma picture. I think it's hilarious!

11 p.m.: really?

Yes, really! Well, that was the idea. Be in bed by 11 every night. Not so difficult, right? So far: yes, yes it is.

The very first night (Monday), I was up until about midnight just dinking around with nothing, really. I don't remember what I was doing, actually. I think my roommate talked me into playing video games. They're evil time-sucking bandits. Last night I was up until 11:05 just doing homework, and last night was the first official night of school, so it was my first night of having homework. And I only had homework for ONE class. But, before you get all sympathetic for me, please note that I spent my afternoon watching the BBC versions of "Prince Caspian" and "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", and I spent my evening (7-9:30) playing volleyball at a local gym with my cousin (and other people, of course). So, I pretty much screwed myself over. And tonight, well...so far I've attempted to make posters for my girlfriend (didn't get very far, the damn scanner is broken) and work on my homework for my Graphic Services class. And, well, writing this blog takes a little bit o' time as well. Plus, I still have some reading to do for my Intro to Music class and I think I have to do a whole worksheet packet for my Communication Law & Ethics class. Woot.

~peace, love and pixels for all~

first day

It's the first day of the quarter. As with all first days (of anything), it's a little exciting, stressful, adventerous and disappointing all at once. Since it is Tuesday (as the usual first day—Monday—was a holiday), I only had two classes today but I also had to work. So far I kind of like my classes. My Graphic Services class is probably going to occupy a sizeable chunk of my time, but I think it could be really fun. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, I am the only member of the class who will be missing an hour per week of class time. It was originally scheduled as a 3 hour (3 credit) class that met once a week on Tuesday mornings from 8-11. However, I had another class scheduled on Tuesday at 10 and 3 other people in the class have a class scheduled that morning at 8. So, we added a class period on Thursdays from 9-10 (which fit everybody's schedules) and then subtracted the first hour from the Tuesday meeting time (which allowed those with 8 o' clock engagements to be "off the hook", so to speak). Yet I still have to miss one hour on Tuesdays which gives me a total of 2 hours each week and I would honestly much rather have those two hours be in a row than seperated by a whole day. But, what can you do. In other news, my Web Design: Multimedia Special Effects class got moved on me from 8 a.m. Monday and Wednesday to 11 a.m. Monday and Wednesday, which just so happens to be at the same time as 2 out of 4 Comm Law and Ethics classes that I have each week. So, that's fun. I haven't gotten that resolved yet and I still haven't filled out my senior outline because of these conflicts. Woot.