GhettoKitten: Zen In Chaos

#264 – Whimper.

I NEED TO SLEEP, PEOPLE.

Ever since school started, I’ve been going, going, going non-stop and it is taking it’s toll on me. I keep passing out during class, and have been busted a few times for it, but I’m sooooo tired. Getting up at 6am does not agree with me, but I want to get my degree, and I want to get better at art. Actually, not to sound arrogant or anything, but I’ve found out I’m pretty decent at drawing. That’s something I’ve known since I was like six, but I’ve forgotten, or I’ve had self-esteem issues, and it’s nice to rediscover that about myself. I like drawing. Drawing is a luxury, really, but sometimes it feels like a need.

#263 – Oh, the inconvenience…

Okay, I need a car, because it’s terribly inconvenient for everyone that I have to borrow a car each day for class. My car works, but the AC doesn’t, and dad seems to think the car might randomly stop working. It isn’t actually worth enough to repair, but I guess buying a new car would at least be cheaper than rv repairs… Then again, if I had an RV, I’d so be out traveling the country, going from anime convention to anime convention, and paying for gas, food, and hotel by doing fanart and painting bags, shirts, and other random crap for people. Ah, the dream, man, the dream. XD

#262 – Graphic Design Research Papers Due Dates

Research Papers are due on the following dates, without any reminders given, with designers to be chosen from previous list:

September 1, 15, 29 – October 13, 27 – November 10, 22 – December 8.

This is about every two weeks, to be done in addition to other assignments.

#261 – Damned Heat

The way this summer is going, between the muggy weather, the insatiable heat, and having to lug an obscene amount of art supplies from class to class, it seems like the mountains will melt before ever getting to break out any snow boots. I would love for there to be some cool weather some time soon, it’s just exhausting to work in the studio for hours and hours, trying not to drop sweat onro my papers.

I also always wonder if people think it’s weird that I sweat so much but my medicine makes heat detestable to an insane degree. D=

#260 – Graphic Design Research Papers

These are the designers we have to choose from:

Paul Rand
Michael Beirut
Neville Brody
Milton Glaser
Saul Bass
Fred Woodward
Charles Spencer Anderson
April Greiman
Stephen Sagmeister
Paula Scher
Margo Chase
David Carson
Ed Fella
Woody Pirtle
Chip Kidd
Ivan Chermayoff
Marian Bantjes
Massimo Vignilli

#259 – The Internet Brings The Classroom Right Into Your Home

Guest Blogger: Leonard Phelps

I used to have to drive 25 miles to the nearest university to take classes, rain, snow, it didn’t matter. If they didn’t have what I needed, I was simply out of luck. Now we have the internet that brings the classroom right into my home. How much easier my life has become! I used to spend hours in the car when I could have been studying, cooking, cleaning the house, any number of things besides driving.

As a teacher for over 20 years, I had to take university courses every year to satisfy certification standards. Other teachers would car pool to classes, but we didn’t always have the same schedule so sometimes I had to drive myself. Now, all I have to do is turn on the computer, and using my clear tv bundle deals. off to class I go!

I have decided on a career change now that I have retired from teaching. Guess how I’m learning a new skill. I am taking classes on the computer, of course. After doing extensive online research about what field to enter, I decided on something in the medical profession. I was simply amazed at all the course offerings on the internet. Classes include lectures, communication with professors and other students; it is almost like being right there in the classroom. I am saving so much time and learning a completely new skill. None of this would have been possible without the internet!

#258 – Not enough hours in the day…

And I totally need money for textbooks, unless someone has some they’re willing to let me borrow or that they’d give as a gift… at least until next month. I have classes and don’t want to have two weeks of bad grades because of needing to wait until the next month to have money for books…

We have been watching way too much Star Trek, and I need to make another list of things that need to get done, so that I can start new projects as well as school without becoming too disorganized.

Feel so stressed out, but I don’t want to drop any of the current projects I’m working on. I am not liking how early I have to get up, though…

#257 – The urge for a road trip.

What with the terrible weather here, it would be nice to get away. My son and I recently ‘vacationed’ at a local anime convention, but it was during the historical flooding in Nashville that destroyed so much, this May. We were trapped at the hotel, but there were wonderful celebrities that helped us through it and kept us entertained, such as the voice actor of Ikari Shinji and the voice actor of Elward Alphonse.

Still, things have been so stressful, and doing a local convention has nothing in it like a road trip… Going farther away gives you this sense of freedom and helps you look at things differently, partially because what you’re seeing is different.

Carolina Designs has beautifully designed houses that give you all the comforts of home in an elegant and appealing manner, while still traveling outside of your comfort zone. I’ve been terribly uninspired lately, which isn’t a good thing when teaching and attending art school, so it would be rejuvenating to spend a week away with the help of Outer Banks vacation rentals and the houses done so well by Carolina Designs. Right now, it’s just my dream to begin traveling again so that I can share that experience with my son, but I know my muse will return and we will reach those goals.

If you’re interested in seeing what I’m talking about, here are some lovely photos:

#256 – Yayyyyyyy. XD

I started my classes at my art school yesterday.

It was great fun, and we played some games with some of the other students the other night. It was so troublesome, but I finally got my hair the same shade of blacklight-responsive green as my glasses (ughhhh these frames are awful when you’re cosplaying but sooooo cute in normal life, if only I would remember to wear my contacts while cosplaying, which reminds me, I’m getting some of those ellipses contacts that will turn my eyes into “…” because it will amuse me, due to me abusing those in my writing.

Oi, I have to find textbooks. x_X

#255 – Insurance

There are more and more places offering insurance quotes these days, including some that offer quotes for more than one company in just one website. I know I hate filling out long forms, so doing it repeatedly for the same thing would be super annoying after just a few times. Right now I still get insurance through my parents, and I’m going back to college, but since my car doesn’t run, and I need a new one, I may have to look at a different type of insurance once I go from the crappy 1991 Toyota Corolla that I’m driving to… Well, I want a used Ambulance to convert, if I could get one. There was one for $800 that was perfect, but my mom decided to change her mind about the loan that was going to let me get it, and so the guy had to sell to someone else… T_T.