Greater Satellites

Ok, so here are a few things that happened this week which were awesome:

I started classes again and so far everything seems to be completely acceptable. Intro to Audio seems like a fun class, Image Manipulation will be useful, Digital Typography is a godsend (learning Illustrator and Quark, thank you Jeebus!), and I haven’t been to English Comp 2 yet (this afternoon will be the first class, and hopefully the last if I can test out). I may or may not attend a fifth class depending on scheduling and class sizes. It kind of sucks, but it’s my fault for waiting for long to actually register. No matter, I expect 4 A’s this quarter to bring the ol’ GPA a few notches. If I only have four classes, that just means that I can dedicate more time to each of them and do a real stellar job on the midterms and finals.

Macworld San Francisco happened on Tuesday and I caught the full webcast last night. No more excuses, it is time to buy a new Mac. The new MacIntels seem to be incredible machines and I can’t wait to get up to King Of Prussia’s Apple Store to test drive the new iMac one before I buy it. Benchmark tests show it to be 2-3x faster than the iMac G5 (yowza!). I never thought I’d own another Intel-based machine since circa 2001, but I’ve been awestruck by what Apple and Intel engineers have pulled off: dual processor iMacs and the first (from what I can tell) dual processor notebook. Sources also say that since it’s an x86 (Intel) processor and not PowerPC (Motorola), that Windows Vista can actually be installed on a partition. I’m not too keen on marring an iMac with Windows, but it could be useful for gaming if nothing else. Along with the hardware news, Apple announced the new iLife suite, new iWork suite, and changes to their .Mac service. My prediction: Andrew will be swimming in new technologies by mid-to-late February.

Over and Out,
x Andrew

It’s been three weeks since my last post and that is a travesty. Grant it, I’ve gone for weeks before without posting, but never over the Christmas / New Years break. So here is a summary of all the wonderful things that happened over the holidays:

When all was said and done with school, I came out on top with the following grades:

1. Color Theory: B+
2. Drawing: B-
3. Art History: A-
4. Design: A-
5. History Of Motion Media: B

I’m quite pleased with myself as you can imagine. Especially since everyone (family, mostly) assumed that once you take time off from school, you never quite get back in the swing of it. In other, semi-related news, I just checked my schedule for next quarter only to find that none of the classes I registered for are there anymore. Next quarter is going to be easy! Kidding, I need to get that fixed ASAP, especially since school starts this upcoming Monday.

It was a festive Christmas here at Camp Gormley. Many gifts were exchanged and the spirit of the season was outstanding. My Aunt Dottie came in to stay with us for the week start XMas day and ending the Friday of that week. It was good seeing her and the rest of the family, everyone looks to be in good health and a little bit older, but I suppose I look much older to them too.

Now to the real meat of this sausage covered, tuna topped, steak abundant, pepperoni pizza of an entry: my Christmas gifts. I made out like a bandit this year and have the good to prove it. In short, I received: A bitchin set of samurai swords fashioned after those found in Kill Bill, which will allow me to smite evildoers. I also received some gift cards to Old Navy, H&M, American Express, etc. Next up are a few DVDs I received with one word reviews directly following them: War Of The Worlds (good), Lost In Translation (good), Office Space w/Flair (awesome), Aqua Teen Season 4 (hilarious), Batman Begins (rockin), and National Treasure (unviewed). I received Very Sexy For Him² (cologne) from Rach. Smelling that stuff is like an orgasm for your nostrils! I also received an incredibly comfortable Nautica pajama set from Rach’s mom. Quite a good Christmas for Andrew, indeedy.

I saw the fireworks on New Years and they were pretty good. The rest of the night after the fireworks was very intense (in the good way) and everything seems to have ended on a good note. Now, for New Years resolutions, maybe I’ll post them some other time because right now my stomach is turning in knots. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a stellar 2005.

“Time to return…”

…other than Color Theory, Drawing, Design, Art History, and the History of Motion Media is this:

• Although time consuming and often-times frustrating, college is a highly rewarding experience. I had a hard time realizing this fact my first time around at La Salle. Working hard pays off in the form of accomplishment, experience, and knowledge… all accolades no one can take from you.
• I need to learn to budget my time better and…
• I need a job to help out with paying the friggin, yet inevitable, bills.
• Staff and teachers get +10 coolness for touting an iPod. Students get no additional coolness points, even if you have a new video iPod.
• Forcing you to work in a group teaches you how real-world dynamics whether your group members are willing and helpful or if they’re lazy and worthless. (Trust me, I know)
• Project timelines are always wrong, no matter how much planning went into them.
• Snow White was made up of 2,000,000 individual ilustrations (whoops, that falls into Motion Media knowledge)
• College is a totally indespensible tool, and I’m glad that I’m back.

I would like to give a special thank you to Rachelle, who made sure that I got in to school this quarter. If you weren’t aware, I was really dragging my feet about registering for classes this summer and she gave me the extra push I needed to get my shit together to finally start and successfully end the enrollment process. Thanks Rach.

My next post will have a list of all my grades this quarter. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for our old pal Andrew.

“Oh confinement binds you. Nothing scares me, nothing thrills me. I’ve fooled myself into believing. That nothing ails me, nothing kills me.”

..because I haven’t been updating as frequently as I would like to. I finally caught some time and had the idea to write a bit, so here goes…

School is going well, although I remember distinctly why I hated finals week. They throw all kinds of work at you at once. Luckily this is stuff that I worked on throughout the quarter, but it’s still a little overwhelming knowing that it all has to be in within a span of three days (for me, at least). I missed a few days of school throughout the quarter, and I know that’s going to have a pretty big effect on my overall grades. I need to really just break myself apart and start rebuilding from a better foundation. I lack drive in most cases, and it’s become quite evident to me in these past few weeks. I hate myself for being that way and am going to find a means to change it.

In other news, I may be getting a job for the Philadelphia Inquirer as an editor. That’s right. I had an interview this past Monday and I was told that I was “totally qualified” and to “expect a call soon”. That would be quite an exciting environment to be a part of and they told me they could work around my schedule. Rock! Imagine how cool it would be to work there as an editor, move up to journalist, and then just write awesome stories for a living. Yowza.

I’m certainly in the Xmas spirit, as I’ve been listening to the music, decorating the house, and breaking out in spotaneous carols on the el. All good things. I’ll be updating omre throughout the weekend as I finished the following: 1) Color Theory Project, 2) Design Project, 3) History Of Motion Media Presentation, and 4) Study for Art History Final.

“On on they send, on without end, their joyful tone to every home…”