day 156
(what a handsome prince!)
Today marks the first day I used my wacom tablet. If you're a photographer or graphic artist, you HAVE to get this. After using it for just a little bit in photoshop, I know it's going to change my life. Even with just working with curves it is a ton easier than using a mouse. Plus I added some keyboard shortcuts to photoshop, so now I can switch tools just by pushing a button. This, along with recruiting models for photoshoots, I am beginning to get super excited about the 365 project again. Now there's really no excuse for me not to create crazy awesome images like these people. (Don't know if they actually use tablets, but I hope my talent will one day come close to theirs.)
Also today, I finally finished the Inheritance Cycle. I didn't start crying until I read the acknowledgements, but then I just started bawling (ack, crying over a book how silly). Though I can't take the title of 'biggest fan,' that series has been with me for much of my life and has influenced my writing style more than I know. If you ever want to get sucked into a good book, these are the ones to read. Ugh, I'm about to start crying again ... These are books I'm going to be rereading for the rest of my life.
day 155
Yesterday I bought a sketchbook so I can get back into the swing of being creative. It smells like leather and I think I spend more time smelling it than I do drawing and writing in it.
Today I killed my first dragon in Skyrim. Yeah, I'm basically a master.
Even though this legendary event happened almost a month ago, the event in question was of such epic proportions that it does not matter the time or the season with which it is told, just so long as people hear of the night history was made at Lauren's high school.
The night was cold. Students gathered, armed with blankets, streamers, balloons, confetti, candy, and sheer determination. There were two phases to their operation. Phase one involved parking everyone's cars in a giant circle around the student parking lot to cease all parking the next morning.
After the school was unlocked (by one of the administrators, so it was perfectly legal), phase two commenced. The doors to the classrooms flew open simultaneously and students poured into the rooms. They removed every single desk, moving them all into the common area to create a giant desk maze for unsuspecting students and teachers the next day.
The halls were filled with streamers and candy, desks and signs reading "2012, the end is near" and "seniors 2012" and upon the completion of the damage, the seniors returned to their cars to eat smores, watch movies, and sleep (though legend has it some pulled all nighters).
In the morning teacher and student drivers alike turned the corner, expecting to see a nice, empty parking lot, only to find the empty lot barricaded by senior cars. And the madness only continued inside the building. All the community laughed at the sight, though one angry mother stormed in, looked around at the sea of desks blocking her way, and stormed right out the door again.
The year these seniors were juniors, the seniors hadn't done anything, so not one person expected anything, and especially not something so monumental. Yes, it was a day one soon would forget.
the family went camping // hit the jackpot on my first try with Matt at the arcade // my sister and I had a sleepover in her tent // I made some chocolate chip cookies when Matt came over for dinner // my dress challenge dress snuck into my outfit // played hopscotch with my kids // went to coffee with friends // bought lovely things at the bookstore // made bracelets on girls day
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