End of another week
Mood:  not sure
Yesterday was kind of a bad day for me.  I just didn't feel up to much.  Right when I got to my precapstone class, I just wanted to go home.  I think stress is getting to me.  I have so much to do in so little time.  I have hardly touched my capstone project.  I tried coloring in the backgrounds and i hate how it's turning out.  I wish I could do backgrounds, but I'm just not good at it.

I had Number Theory class today.  We learned abot Riemann and zeta and xi and I'm all confused.  But, that's ok, I'll understand it eventually.  I have one more problem on the homework I have to do for Monday.  The professor is also putting up the study guide this weekend for the final.  I have to make flash cards as soon as it goes up.  I really need to study.

On good news, in Sociology class on Thursday I learned that I was exempt from the final.  Since my scores were over 90 for both my previous tests, I don't have to take the final.  So that means I'm done with sociology.  I just have the two classes left to attend, but no more work to do and no more studying!  One less class to worry about!  Hopefully this will alleviate my stress a bit.

My portfolio is coming along nicely.  I've added a lot of content to it and it really looks nice.  I can't wait to be finished so I can upload it.  I have to work on what to say for my bio page though.  I have no idea what to put.  I also still need to find out how to fix the scripting issue I'm having with the bird.  I really need to talk with my professor on Monday about it.  I also have to make more content buttons because I found a bunch of art I want to add.  Lots of work left to do!

I'm going to start my drawing essay tomorrow.  I want to get it at least half way done, and then I can do the rest Sunday and edit anything I need to on Monday.

Tomorrow I'm also going to Medieval Times for the first time!  My sister has gotten to go a lot.  She had a lot of friends who have had birthday parties there, and she goes with her fiancée once in a while as well.  I'm excited!  I hope it will be fun!

The First of December
Mood:  hungry
On Saturday, my sister, our boyfriends, my friend, and I got together to make so cards for veterans, service members, and their families.  We made 62 cards, just the 5 of us.  We had a higher goal, but more people were supposed to come.  A lot of them canceled on the last minute.  I don't understand why people say they are coming, and then don't come.  Or why people just can't say no in the first place if they don't want to come.  Anyway, the cards turned out really nice and I hope the recipients will like them too.

My sister, friends, and I adopted a 2 year old for the Holidays.  We basically just get her presents, since her parents cannot afford them.  A few of us got together on Sunday to do some shopping.  In total, everyone spent $140 in total and got her really cool gifts that I would want.  Such as coloring books, story books, a stuffed animal, an animal pillow/sleeping bag, toy food, games, a winter jacket, gloves, hat, and some other clothes.  It was really nice of everyone to pitch in and donate money or buy gifts for her.  We are dropping the gifts off this week.

Tonight I am going to a NSLS speaker event and then it's my SNT meeting.  It's raining really bad out so I hope I will be alright driving back and forth.  It's going to be a late night, but it should be fun and informative.

School:
Today I had number theory.  We are learning a lot of extra neat things, and my professor is going to be putting a study guide for our final up this weekend.  I have to make flash cards as soon as it goes up so I can study.  I need to do well.

Yesterday, sociology class was normal, just a bunch of notes to take.  I handed in my last essay.  So I'm pretty much set with that class.  Just one more test.
I also had Drawing yesterday.  It was the last class with a model, so we did something silly.  We got costume accessories and dressed her up so we can draw different fabrics and such, instead of just focusing on the figure.  It was fun and I got two really great drawings out of it.  My final essay is due next week.  Hearing my professor say that really threw me off.  I though it was due during finals week.  So now i have to really focus on that and getting it done this weekend.

Monday I had flash class.  My portfolio is coming along well.  I just can't get the coding right for what I want to do.  I want the bird to fly from one button to another.  And it does that, however, I want it to come from the button from the page it is on.  This part is the tricky part.  I'm going to ask my professor to help me with this next Monday.  I'll do all the content this weekend after I do my essay for drawing class.

Turkey and Shopping
Mood:  special
Tangled was amazing.  I love that movie!  I can't wait to buy it on DVD.  It was an expensive movie.  $16 a ticket...for a 3D movie...damn, I'd rather buy the dvd.  But it was worth it.  I went with my sister, my friend, and her sister.  It was a lot of fun even though I was sniffling the whole time.  Flynn Rider is amazingly gorgeous.  I wish he was a real person.  My boyfriend would be mad hearing that...or maybe a bit jealous, I don't know.

Thanksgiving was fun.  My aunt and uncle came over along with some-kind of cousin.  I don't really know how family hierarchy works.  But she's a relative.  We had good food.  And I was sick.

I woke up early this morning to go shopping.  Black Friday sales, yay!  I got new boots, a necklace, and the Flynn Rider doll.  I just had to get the doll.  He's so hot.  The doll even has abs!  I love it!  Oh, and it came with a tiara for me so I can be his princess!  Yay!  Anyway, I love the boots I got.  I wanted them in brown, but the brown was all gone by the time I got there.  I picked up the red ones...thinking....I don't know if I should get red.  Then I noticed they had black.  I was like YES!  So I got the black ones.

I'm tired, and still sick and my tummy and back hurt.  My knees hurt a bit too.  I need a nap.  Maybe I'll go to bed early tonight.  I still have to do my homework.  I've been so busy, and then sick, and then busy.  I really have to get it done before Monday.  I hope I feel a lot better tomorrow!

On the third day of sickness...
Mood:  down

Yep, still sick.  I went to bed at 1pm today.  Woke up at 6pm.  I was just so tired.  I went to my sociologoy class this morning.  We watched a video, and my nose was running away.  I stayed after to help another student with his Flash homework.  I wanted it to be quick but he ended up talking to me for a while.  My class ended at 9:30, so I was with him until 11:30.  We finished the flash work around 10:30, so the rest of the time was just talking.  I finally was too sick to stay, so I had to leave.  He's starting to understand flahs now though.  That's good.
I'm seeing Tangled tonight at 12am.  Pretty late, I know.  I hope I don't sleep through it.  But I'm bringing my box of tissues, a bottle of water, and wrapping myself in warmness.  My sister and I figure this would be the best time to see it.  There shouldn't be kids up that late.  But I dunno, it is the first showing.
I need a nap.

So sick
Mood:  down
Still sick.  My nose is really runny now, but at least my sore throat is gone.  I've been drinking a lot and taking medicine.  I got to flush this sickness out of me.

School
I had Flash and Number Theory today.  I was sick, but I managed to get through.  My nose started to run really bad in Number Theory though.  Good thing I had lots of tissues.
In flash I worked on my portfolio.  It's coming along well.  My professor told me what I need to do to make the birdie fly to each button...it's a lot of work but I'm going to do it.
Number theory was fun today despite my sickness.  We learned how to calculate what day of the week it is and when easter is going to be on a given year.  It was cool.

Today's Fortune Cookie
A smile is the most effective medicine.  Lucky Numbers:  18, 12, 11, 33, 52, 55.  Well I've been smiling all day and I'm still sick.

Ughh
Mood:  down
I am sick.  I have a cold.  Sore throat.  Runny nose.  Earaches.  Full of phlegm.  I can’t stand it.  I had fun in the city this weekend though.  Yesterday I met my boyfriend at the Port Authority as usual and we had lunch at Dallas BBQ.  It was great!  I had delicious honey basted chicken, a baked potato with loads of butter, salt, and sour cream, and some cornbread.  It was so good.  Then we went to his place and played some Kirby.  In the midst of Kirby I came down with a sore throat, and it only got worse from there.  I went to bed at 7 because I was so tired.  I didn’t even get a chance to do any homework.

Today was just as unsuccessful as yesterday.  My cold is getting worse, and I tried doing homework but I just couldn’t concentrate.  That’s two days down the drain.  I hope I can get better soon so I can focus.  My head is full of phlegm.

I hope tomorrow I feel ok at school.  I have class from 10am until 3:10:pm.  I hope I can last.  I want to be better!

Friday!
Mood:  cool
Sorry it's been so long everyone.  I've been busy the past few days.
Wednesday I had my second SNT meeting.  Things went well.  It was at 10pm so everyone was a bit tired.  We talked about our goals and about accomplishing them.  My SMART goal is now to redo my website to make it more professional by the end of the semester.  I've started working on the design for my site.  Hopefully, it turns out nice.

Thursday I went to my classes and afterwards there was a photo shoot for When East Meets West (WEMW) season 5.  I participated in this program over the summer and last winter.  Korean students from Jeonju University came to Bloomfield in the winter and we worked together with them on an animation/video project.  When we went to their university during the summer we completed the project. Anyway, we all got together again (minus our Korean counterparts) to take some photos and answer a few questions so an article can be written up about our experiences.  This article is going to be on the Bloomfield College website.

Today was Leadership Training Day for the NSLS.  It was from 10am to 1pm.  We watched a video and did exercises.  These exercises were geared towards helping us to find our goals and purpose.  It also thought us to have self-confidence and believe we can achieve our dreams.  I learned to not give up on my dream of becoming an animator and to work hard to make it happen.

This weekend I am going to my boyfriend’s house.  We didn’t make any specific plans for things to do, so I’m assuming we will just be hanging out, watching movies or playing some video games.  I also have some homework I need to work on as well.

School
I had Number Theory class today.  We finished the last lesson on the syllabus.  My professor is going to figure out what else she would like to teach us for the remaining weeks.  It should be interesting to see what she picks.

I have a bit of homework to do this weekend.  I have my flash portfolio to work on.  I need to draw, scan, and color backgrounds for my capstone.  I also need to start my identity paper for life drawing for motion, as well as the self-portraits I have to do.  Lastly, I need to add one paragraph to my last sociology paper.

Today’s Fortune Cookie
Fearless courage is the foundation of victory.  Lucky Numbers:  52, 16, 56, 25, 2, 1.  This fortune as I lot to do with what I learned in leadership training today.  Having the positive mindset, the courage, without any negativity, fear, can lead to success, the victory.  By staying courageous and believing in yourself, you set up the foundation to achieve your dream.  The lucky numbers on this one aren’t that great.  The 2 and 1 are interesting being prime and counting down in order.  I do like the number 1.  1, 16, and 25 are all squares…interesting.

Dinner was Great
Mood:  not sure

Sorry no post yesterday. I was tired.  I had nellie's for dinner.  I love that restuarant.  Their food is the best.  I got fried clams and french fries and some chicken vegetable soup.  Delicious. 

My knees have been hurting a lot lately.  I know it's from the way I sit, but I can't really avoid it.  Same with the constant back pain I have.  I've also been getting a lot of really bad headaches at night.  I have no idea why, but it stinks.

School:
Yesterday I had flash and number theory classes.  In flash we are making portfolios as our final project.  I'm going to use mine for my website.  I might even do my whole website in flash and make a non-flash version as well.  We will see how this goes.

Number theory is pretty much the same as always.  The professor finally posted some homework online on blackboard.  I did one problem so far and started the second.  I'll finish tomorrow.

 Today I had sociology and life drawing for motion.  In sociology we talked about education and watched a video on bullying.  It was horrible to see how bullying affected children's lives.  I hope one day that bullying comes to an end.
I handed in my essay and have only a paragraph left to do on the last essay.  I'll finish for thursday.

In life drawing for motion we had a model come in.  She is a really cool persona dn super nice.  I'm getting good at drawing in charcol.  I have a hard time with conte crayon.  I did some research for my final paper today.  I have it on my flash drive.  I have to put it on my laptop soon.  Maybe tomorrow.

Today's fortune cookie:
Minor aches today are likely to pay off handsomely tomorrow.  Lucky Numbers:  54, 40, 31, 11, 28, 4.  Just a note - I don't eat chinese every night.  I just save all my fortunes.  So I'm just going through old ones until I do have chinese for dinner.  I like this advice.  It's telling me not to procrastinate.  If I do all my work now, I can have free time when it's all over.  As for the lucky numbers...I'm not feeling it.

Toys for Tots and Motorcycles

Today was the Bergen County Toys for Tots Motorcycle Run.  My dad particpated in the ride.  He came in on his bike and then we gave the Marines our toys.  We got two meal tickets for donating toys.  Each ticket was good for a food item.  I got a hot dog and some teriyaki chicken wings.  Each came with a free bag of chips.  The food was really good, especially the wings.  We also bought raffle tickets to try and win prizes.  I tried for a kayak, mini fridge, and some gift baskets.  I did not end up winning anything, though.  My dad did win however.  He won a Toys for Tots gift bag with a tshirt and a hat.  My dad let me keep the hat, so now I have a nice new hat to wear.

Homework wise, I finished the reading for my second sociology essay.  I started to type it, but never got around to finishing it.  I will get it done tomorrow.

Well today was pretty good.  I got a toy for the event tomorrow.  I picked up a Mickey Mouse band set thing.  It's like a big drum with drum sticks, a tambourine, maracas, a harmonica, a flute, castanets, and a clacker in it.  I thought it was cool.  I'm sure the child who gets it will love it.  The parent might not though.  All the noise.  Oh well, I still love it.

I went to the SNT mixer today.  It was fun.  My SNT group has 9 people in it.  We are meeting Wednesday at 10pm, for our next meeting. It's a bit late, but it was the best time for everyone.  We set goals for ourselves.  My goals are to finish capstone on time, be less shy, and be less lazy.  I think those are good goals for me.

Today's Fortune Cookie:
Write your life's events in a journal.  Lucky Numbers: 41, 53, 11, 16, 17, 18.  Ok...well, that's good advice, thanks I guess.  Nice lucky numbers though.  16, 17, and 18 all in a row.  Cool.