LOLbabies

I made most of these a couple months ago, and they still make me laugh, so I'm finally posting them! This is my version of the response for this post.

Now I just have to make something for Mom, Ang, and Mel!

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Holy Crap, and Update!!!

I want to write an entry for several reasons. The least blog-motivating BUT most exciting is that it's my birthday today!!! I'm 25. It's pretty much increderific. A second reason is that for the first time all week, I've had a chance to do something other than drawing! My new classes are from 4pm-12am and that's been driving me pretty crazy. It's meant that my evenings are shot, and that's when I get to spend time with my friends from church, which, to some extent, is my whole social outlet. It's also meant that by the time I get home, which is usually anywhere from 12:30am-1am, I'm so wired from drawing all day that I can't get to sleep for HOURS. This is the third reason that I'm blogging...insomnia sucks. Enough background!

It's time for....

The List-o-things I'm Looking Forward to!

1. My birthday potluck! I really, REALLY enjoy eating food I didn't make myself. This is going to be fun!
   
2. Going to the temple this weekend! I missed out on Ward temple night this Wednesday for class, and I had too much homework to go during the day. I REALLY want to go tomorrow, and will do everything I can to go before the day gets away from me.
   
3. Bethany Dillon's having a free concert on May 2nd. I love her music to the moon and the stars. And it's only half an hour away! It's perfect! Lunch starts at 12:30 and the concert starts at 2, if anyone's interested in coming with me.
   
4. Stake Women's Conference! We're doing all sorts of rad sounding service projects that I want to help out with! According to the flyer it ends at 12:30 on the same day of the concert. My plan is to stay through the end, and miss the concert's lunch, but get there in time for the show. However, there's a possibility that Stake Conference will be longer than that. If it is, I'm cool with not going to the concert. She'll be back next year.
   
5. The neat projects that I'm going to do for class! I was going to update my blog earlier today because I realized that I had my Maya files could get some screen shots of last term's work via school computers, but time ran short. BUT this term's going to be fun. I already love my classes - they're lots of work, but it's extremely satisfying!
   
6. Going to the gym! I've been trying to be more active in my off time. Animators do a lot of sitting, and I want to keep my health as best I can.
   
7. UP! I'm SUPER excited for Pixar's new movie to come out. Every time I think about May 29th, my heart skips a little beat!

Up Exclusive Featurette


And now for...

The List-o-things I'm Glad are Over!

1. Healthy Living Lunch! I was in charge of planning and coordinating a free lunch given at school. It was fun, but I'm really glad it's over and that I don't have it on my shoulders.
   
2. My 24th year. You know, life has just been getting better and better and better. It's been magical, and I'll remember all the neat things that happened over the last year with fondness.
   
3. The 4th season of LOST! Man, the writer's strike sure messed up that season. I'm liking season 5 a bunch.
   
4. TODAY!!! I had a BLAST in class, AND I even got 2 free pieces of delicious carrot cake PLUS a free dinner, but this was a really long week for me, what with the late nights and the friendless existence.
   
5. Puberty. Do I really have to explain?

This looks like fun!

The first five...

The first five people to leave a comment on this post will receive something made by me.
However there are some limitations:

1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done this year. (might take a while)
4. You have no clue what it is going to be, poetry, shoes, bags or a little invention of my own. I may bake something and mail it you . Who knows? Not you that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. It may blow your mind!
Here the catch, if you choose to do this. You must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog.

Projects of late

My plan is to toss a few things that I've been working on up here. My friend, Mindy, totally inspired me to finally get around to updating. I'm planning on it being small, just so I can finally finish something.



I made this today in my compositing class using Adobe After Effects. It's based off of one of my favorite memories with my sister. We were out in the backyard tossing styrofoam airplanes back and forth. One got caught high up in one of the pine trees - so high we couldn't even knock it down with a broom. We gave up on it and kept playing with all the other planes, and about 10 minutes later, we glanced over and lo and behold, our cat, Loki, was climbing up the tree! She was too high to reach her when we noticed. With gargantuan effort, Loki shimmied up the tree and crawled out to the end of the branch, knocking the plane down for us! We were stunned! However, when she went to turn around and climb down, she had a bit of a mishap, as you can see.

I hope to post more of my stuff later - for now, I gots to go to bed!

Radness as of late

I had a few rad things happen to me lately, and wanted to jot them down.

Things that are amazingly rad:
* Attractive bank tellers. Especially when they're at banks that are open later than usual when you really need some cash.
* Getting asked to dance. I got asked to dance 4 times tonight!!!! Holy cow!! Hooray for going Contra dancing for the first time, ever.
* TEMPLES! I'm so excited to receive my endowment on the 27th! CRAZY AMAZING!!
* My awesome family! I GET TO SEE THEM IN LESS THAN A WEEEEEEK!!!!!!
* Finding an extra quilt by accident RIGHT when the weather gets super cold.
* Bethany Dillon. I loves her musics. They're quite radtastic.
* My lovely Carmen San Diego coat that I wear FREAKING EVERYDAY!
* White Elephant parties. Oh boy, I'm stoked for this year's Sorensen Bash.
* Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie. It's pretty much the most Homer-sound-worthy substance known to man.
* AMAZING Christmas parties thrown by neat people at church! The party on Saturday was probably the best non-Sorensen party that I've ever, EVER been to. That's saying something.
* Kitties.

And I don't count this with the rad-list, but I'll give it an honorable mention. Remember The Princess Bride? I TOTALLY saw an R.O.U.S. in downtown Oakland. What's an R.O.U.S., you ask? A Rodent of Unusual Size. I was on my commute home a couple days ago when this freaking possum the size of my aunt's dog goes waltzing across the street. It was freaking disguisting. Anyway, I'd show you a Fireswamp clip from youtube, but there seems to be a dearth of them. So here's a few of my favorite scenes:

Gratitude Week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday!

I'm grateful for friends. I've said this before, but I truly, TRULY am surrounded by phenomenal people wherever I go! Whether we're going to Denny's, making paper cranes, or watching TV, there's nothing that compares to being with people I love, and who love me!

I'm grateful for silly t-shirts. They crack me up!

I'm grateful for my Carmen San Diego jacket! It makes me happy on the inside of my heart. And my face.

I'm grateful for my teachers. They really care about all of our education, and help me out a TON.

I'm grateful for the scriptures! It's wonderful to be able to flip them open to the perfect passage that I didn't know I needed to hear right then. There's so much in there that I've been finding lately that's absolutely blown my mind with the awesomeness.

I'm grateful for Bethany Dillon, India.Arie, and Switchfoot. I really admire what they stand for and what they do.

I'm grateful for Thoroughly Modern Millie. It really, REALLY makes me want to dance in an elevator. Really badly.

I'm grateful for the Beatles. I haven't appreciated them much until recently, and I've only just scratched the surface of their radness.

I'm grateful for all the leaders in my church, whether they're Prophets, Apostles, Bishops, Relief Society Presidents, or my Tutoring Committee Co-chair, Paul. When I follow their council, things work out for me. It's increderific! :D

Gratitude Week part Monday

I'm grateful for the power of optimism. It's a law of my life - when I believe with all my heart that things are going to work out, things get better and work out. That's been happening all the time this week - kindness from friends, calls from my family, charity from teachers. I'm loved in so many ways!

I'm grateful for my health. I've had great health through all my life which has allowed me to follow my dreams, so I'm grateful!

I'm grateful for sunshine! Things always seem better after sitting in the sunlight for a few minutes. I'm grateful for people who are sunshine in my life. I'm also grateful for people who see sunshine in me! That's come up a lot this year and it's a kick!