Rain rain go away...

This past weekend has been -full- of rain, storms and chilly weather. Luckily we stayed inside all day and just chilled.

This past week at work I  put in nearly 50 hours of time x_x worked from 7am-5pm tues-friday (normal hours monday). We had to do a -huge- project that Kohl's dumped on us that they wanted done in a week. I don't know how many hundreds of images we had to edit... I'm surprised I can still use my wrist after this week! But it's over now :3

One advantage to having to get up early this week was I got to drive and see the sunrise in the country! Gorgeous drives in the morning! After Tuesday I started to carry my camera, Elizabeth, on me at all times. Here are two photos I took:

This was actually taken -after- work. I looked up and saw this weird rainbow-blotching in the sky. It was beautiful...

This was taken on the last day of my 6am drive. I only had the time to take this one scene :\ there were a lot of other nice opportunities....

I also got a new video game! I got Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns for my DS :3 it's been addicting!!!!

 

You play as either a boy or girl and choose which town you want to live in. You have to end up making the towns friends with each other and fix the tunnel between them. You raise animals, crops and try to get married :) It's essentially a way better version of Farmville with a PLOT!!! :O holy sheet! And the Harvest Moon series has been out since at least the N-64.

For preordering the game you got an Alpaca plush!!! :D Isn't he cute?! <3

I got my new shirt in this week too :3 I was so excited to see the shipping tracker when it said I arrived! It's a tad snug :( but I'm gonna try and stop being a hippo and lose some weight ;-;

Beam me up Scotty!

Aaron and I watch these competitive, online Pokemon battles so we thought we'd give it a try. We installed an online simulator and created our teams. Mine didn't do so well :( Aaron beat me 3-2 I need to spend more time coming up with a better team and stuff, maybe do more research? We'll see...

OMG THE NEW MY LITTLE PONY SEASON IS STARTING OFF AMAZING!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D If you haven't watched this series DO IT NOW!!!! Discord is seriously the best villain -ever-!!! (Luna was also really bad-ass :) ) And the whole two-part first episode was just so good! I can't wait to see the rest of this season!!!

So tomorrow I start my new 4pm-Midnight shift at work... we'll see how that goes :P I need to bake tomorrow morning because everyone keeps bugging me to bring in stuff!!! >.< It's a tad annoying since I've brought in stuff twice and I've only been there 2 months when the other two hires haven't brought in anything or just once. *sigh* oh well, I guess I make tasty stuff anyway :\

Laters!

Oh my...

Well, seems like a -ton- has happened since I last posted a blog! x_x Well, let's see if I can continue where I left off...

After living in Menomonie for about a month, chilling with friends and applying to about 10 different places a day, I finally got a call mid-June from a company called Quad-Graphics. They said they would really like an interview with me at all possible, but would be fine if I did a phone interview since I lived so far away. I said it'd be a good excuse to visit my boyfriend from the area and set off on this new crazy chapter in my life. I got to the Hartford plant and had my first interview with three great guys.  They were probably the first people to ever look at my resume and ask me about my job at the arcade I used to work for :P it was kinda weird but nice. They were genuinely interested in me and I got really hopeful. They asked when I was going back to Menom and I said by the end of the week for sure.

Next -day- I got a call for a second interview! Totally shocked! I got my clothes and makeup on and raced back. They kept asking if I would have living arrangements and a lot of other similar concerns before they even told me I was hired! lol So needless to say, I got a job!!! It's technically only "seasonal", but I'm hoping for a permanent :)

Fast forward about a week now to the first week of July. My bestie Jenny came in from Maryland for CONvergence! We had tons of fun getting our costumes ready and general hanging out :) The con was a -ton- of fun! We got drunk, dressed up and had a ton of fun! I dressed up as Lady Kyoshi from Avatar: The Last Airbender, a general Steampunk lady and I spent part of a day in my Ren Fest gypsy outfit :) I got to see all my friends again! It was great!

Then I moved down to live with Aaron and his roommate, Brian, in their two-bedroom apartment. It's rather nice :) there's even a pool, basket ball and tennis courts! I only brought a few things that I needed, so it was pretty rough the first couple weeks. I also started my job around the middle of July. I was supposed to start earlier, but because of the 4th my paperwork got lagged and I had to start a week late :( oh well, at least I still got the job! XD

Aaron had been amazing though :) he's taken me on drives around the area so I can get used to it a bit more, he's taken me out for dinner and Dave and Buster's, he even helped pick up my laptop when it was fixed because his work was closer to Mayfair :) total sweetie! Last Sunday he took me Garage-Sailing because he knew I missed doing it with my friends <3 Couldn't love him more!

Working at Quad has been great so far! The first month or so I was doing masking of tons of images. Working in Photoshop all day = <3  Somewhere in all this mess I moved completely down here, so now I occupy most of Aaron and mine's room XD He's not exactly too thrilled about it... >.> (sorry honey!) So this makes it a total of THREE TIMES in the past 3 months x_x jeezus... then I got to help my grandparents move too!!!! XD god I don't want to move for a looooooong time.....

Then they started to switch me over into the supplied area where they check the pages before they get sent to press and the customers make sure the pages look to their liking. It was a bit of a transition, especially since it was going to be a night shift. My second day into this I hit a deer :( scared the shit out of me!!!!! She did $2100 in damages to my car! So for a week I was driving around in a little red rental car. I was so happy to get my Orion back <3 He looks better than ever! The car people even gave me cookies!!! lol I thought that was a sweet gesture :)

side shot

it may not look like much...

but she did a lot of damage...

I think she got the worst end of it though....

We got super busy at work this week so I ended up working back in the Masking area. They told me starting Tuesday I'll be working from 7am until at least 5pm x_x and possibly the weekend... hopefully I don't have to do the weekend because I want to go to my friend Dash's birthday party and see all my Menom buds!!!!!! ;-;


Blah... what else... oh! I finally started playing Pokemon again! XD I just beat N and Ghetsis and now I have to track down the 7 sages... I kinda lost slight interest so I started playing Nintendogs again!!! XD I have a Husky puppy named Glacier :) he's been a good puppy *nodnod* lol

I made a list of things I need to do for updating my websites and stuff: Update portfolio website, create photo website, update DA account, make new Tumblr for my sketches, add more to Youtube, use Twitter more, use blog more, start making stuff for Etsy, and I think a few other things. But yeah... got a lot to do x_x I started by cleaning up my main external harddrive, which has been going well. I still have two to clean off... but I got rid of nearly 500gbs of stuff! x_X jeezus...

Oh, recently this past weekend I made Brian's gf Kara a b-day cake :) She loves my cupcakes and loves zombies so I combined them into one! I made a giant cupcake eating a bunch of little ones! She -loved- it and it was so much fun to make!

I think I'm gonna wrap that up for now. Later Days!!!

<3 Sharon

Menom Bomb!

Greetings everyone! I realize I haven't posted since the 1st of May... And now it's June! Holy cow! My life has been a whirlwind for the past month I haven't had time to sit down at write about it!

So for starters, Senior Show went off without a hitch! It was so much fun and I loved sharing my project with everyone! I got so many lovely compliments and people saying they wish they could buy my book right on the spot! It was amazing... I couldn't have done it without my wonderful family and amazing bf Aaron :)

Me hanging up my signage!

Speaking of amazing bf, we've been having a wonderful time together :) we don't get to see each other that often though :\ but we make up for it by talking/skyping almost everyday and playing an online game called Eden Eternal. It's down at the moment *sad* but we still get to talk :) I got to go to an Anime Con with him and his friends down in Chicago the weekend after school was over and had a blast! I'll be seeing him again shortly too!

Us on a date at Rainforest Cafe at MOA!

Chris' host-mom came from Japan to visit him for a weekend! She did other stuff during her stay here too :P I had the wonderful opportunity to spend some time with her on her visit! She's such a sweet lady :) She really liked my Ludwig book and my photography book that I created. We got to make salmon sushi and shrimp spring rolls together! Mmmmm they were sooooo good! :D On her last day the 4 of us drove down to Wabasha, MN to visit the kimono gallery there and see my friend, the owner, Richard again :) it was a very nice visit!

おいしいです~!

And to top it all off.... I moved to Menomonie! I'm rooming with my friend Caitlin and her roommate Kayla (she's really nice :)). I'm the only one around during the summer though pretty much. It'll be so weird when they come back in the fall! I'm currently looking for a job so keep your fingers crossed!!!

So yup, that's my life right now! Trying to get all my stuff updated and get things settled at the new place... It's been pretty crazy-busy!

Until next time!

Senior Show!

Come one, come all to the biggest night of my little life! There will giraffes by the dozens, frolicking in my display area! I'm in Applied Arts room 234, 5-9pm!

 

 

 

This is my postcard!!!

Oh man, I'm sooooo exhausted!!! I'm almost done though! YAY!!!!!!

I have to finish the animation, add content to the website (which is right here btw: www.ludwigscolorquest.com), make my final presentation for Tuesday, make my process book, make a plush, make crayons, and set up the display! I think that's it... oh, and make a mini-book to show how my process looks in person!

And to go with all that, I have to make a composition for Piano, finish my paper for History of Photography, do my final project for History of Photography, do my project for Typography Design, take my final for Piano, take my final for History of Photography, do my paper for Yoga, and THAT should be it..... um.... I think I might faint.... x_x

So yeah, I'm kinda a zombie.... I see many all-nighters in the next few days....

I'm off to try and retain my sanity! See ya kids!

OMG, I've done so much x_x

Wow, we're getting down to the wire! But I have made lots of progress in the last few weeks!!!

So, I got my book completely done and shipped in! Should be here tomorrow, so excited!!! I hope it looks fantastic! I'm taking preorders for it right now ($25 if you're interested).

I also ordered my business cards, postcards, stickers and buttons! Holy moly! That's a lot of stuff! I got some sweet deals on them though so I'm happy!


Earlier in March I preordered the game Okamiden and I -finally- got my game and preorder bonus: a Chibiterasu plush keychain! He's the cutest thing EVER!!!! :D he was definitely worth the wait! ^_^

Watashi wa Kawaii desu~!

I have soooo much left to do for Senior Project! I have to make the website, animatic, coloring sheets, crayons, plushes, order forms, bookmarks, process book, screen printing hands-on book and my display area! YIKES!!! But I'm having so much fun with this project so I'm not too worried! :D

For history of photography we have to do a written paper on something and then a hands-on project. So I researched about the Kodak company and their contribution to society and then my hands-on is related because I'm going to combine the usage of a Kodak Duraflex III camera and my Nikon D90 and bridge the past with the future. It's gonna be sweet!!!

Just came in the mail today and works great!

What else is exciting in my life... oh! I bought a new 19" monitor for only $55!!! Yay surplus sale! I went to a wedding reception last week and had a lot of fun with my friends ^_^ danced the night away!

Tonight we're having our Stout RPGs meeting to elect new officers. My time as President is coming to a close :( Especially since the last event is this Saturday!!! ACK!!!!

Sooooo.... I met a guy.... >.> I'm meeting up with him on Friday so we'll see how that goes ~^_^~

I've been slowly packing up my room... it's really empty now :(

We have our annual Dungeons and Dragons tournament on Saturday! We have some wonderful GMs writing up our game and I hope we can get more people to join! I'm so exited! It'll be a ton of fun! :D

That's all I have for now ^_^ ttfn!

There's a Light....

I got allllllll my screenpriting for my children's book!!!!!!! :D sooooooo many hours spend in the screenpriting lab!!! I didn't get much of a spring break :( but it's done!!!!!! I'm currently in the process of getting everything put together and ready to ship out to the publisher! So excited!!!!!!

It's been a very busy time for me. Luckily because I got the pages made things will go a lot smoother for me! And I can enjoy life a little bit more now :3

We had a snow day yesterday!!! I got caught up at work and got caught up on my projects! Ahhhh I'm going crazy and stuff!!!!! :D

If I made screenprint posters to help the relief in Japan would anyone buy one? They'd be $15 and proceeds will go towards helping them out!

I'm feeling a little loopy at the moment....

I have two video games I want to play.... but not until I'm done with senior show!!!!! *determined*

Screen Printing: It's Serious Business

Holy Buckets!

It's been like a month since my last post!! I'm sorry!!! :(

Life has been full of ups and downs lately.... I'm just trying to keep it together and pull through...

So I really don't get Spring Break this year -.- I'm stuck at school working on my senior show (which is super important). I'm planning on going down to Madison for the weekend though to see one of my besties! So I'm excited for that!

DnD has been going pretty well. I had to cancel this last week mostly because of my sanity x_x I took it as an opportunity to get stuff done that I really needed to get done...

Book is coming along slowly but surely. I'm doing a new technique and it  looks beautiful!!!! I can't wait to show everyone ^_^

I can't wait for my week "off" next week. I'll have alllllll day to get my stuff done! It's really hard to silk screen when you only have a couple hours here and there to work on it....

I currently have a cold :( I'm almost over it though! It sapped a lot of my energy out though which made it hard to get stuff done...

I went to MoA recently for the Pokemon event! I had a helluva day with two of my best friends! It was pretty crowded but we still had a lot of fun ^_^

I'm going to see the King Tut exhibit this weekend with my family! I'm super excited! I really love ancient Egyptian art and mythology ^_^

That's about it I guess, laters!