Okay, so what is there to tell. I know some of you in my past CT's or back in the scrapdigi world are wondering what the heck happened to me. I've been out of commission from creating layouts, um...let's see here (looking in my creative journal), about almost a month now. And let me tell you, the transition was not easy. I think I had an emotional withdrawal from not being able to use these left brain cells as much as I did. I was homesick with not being able to connect with those who shared their stories, photos, and creativity with me. However, I did sign up for a FREE class and I'm actually getting a little therapy from Jessica Sprague's - STORIES IN HAND. I really didn't expect to be all that into it, but when I opened up the emails, read through the daily instructions, and printed the materials... Boy, I'm so glad I took part of this class!
So far, Jessica has really done such a beautiful job in desiging this class for those of us who need a little push to dig deeper into our memories. The project is so well organized and easy to create, but most of all, she really makes it fun and inspiring. At the moment, I'm a little behind but that's okay, because the forums and materials will be kept open for me to go back and refer to in my own flexible time. I can't wait to finish so I can share how it looks like with you....I normally don't discuss much about school on my blog when it comes to my progress since it might bore some of you, but hey, maybe you might find it interesting. So far, I've finished reading and taking notes on FIVE lectures AND submitted work on THREE exercises. And mind you, each lecture takes 2 - 3 hours to go through and each exercise takes a day or two. Yes, my brain hurts and I think I overdosed on too much coffee. But, I'm happy with my grades. I got a perfect 100 (they don't use letter grades) on one exercise and the other two were above 90! Oh yeeaaahhh! :) I'm on a roll! I now know some history of logo design, basics about designing a web page, and using the pen tool in Photoshop to create a figure silhouette like in the iPod ads. Okay, enough about school...
Next random thing that I wanted to share is that I finally get Facebook! I was not impressed with it at first. It literally took me a long time to understand its features and applications and why I was receiving "filipino food", "starbucks", and "christmas ornaments" and what I was supposed to do with them. Then, what really made me like it more was reading everyone's status twitters and feeling that instant connection with friends that I haven't seen since elementary, middle, or highschool. Unlike MySpace, its not focused so much on appearance and how many friends you have, but more on keeping in touch with people you know on a real time basis with back to back conversations, updates, and comments. See? I finally get it!!! LoL! I am especially thrilled and overjoyed to have found a long lost friend that I have been searching the planet for in the last several years and now we are reunited and blessed that the search is over. I can't wait to meet up with her soon!!
Anyways, I'm done catching up with this blog for the day! Hope you all have a great week!
2 comments:
Yeah! I was so happy to wander in here this morning and see an update. I was just getting ready to email you this week to see how things are going for you. Amzing job on your grades and school work. That is wonderful. I am taking Jessica's class also but I am waiting on my album to get here so I am waaaaay behind but looking forward to starting and for the record I still am clueless about Facebook LOL!
yay, Dahlia! glad to know you are doing well in school! I'm doing Jessica's class too. Haven't put together the book, per se, my hybrid skills are still in the larvae stage, but have been doing the journaling. Wow. Love her prompts! Our toddler just hit us with his first complete sentence, so know what you mean about life hitting warp speed! All the best to you, dear one!
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