Archive for the ‘My Life’ Category
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My looming San Francisco invasion.
As the footage below demonstrates, everything is going according to plan. My fully operational battle station is in position, and the reconnaissance fleet has begun deployment operations. All too easy.
My dorm’s check-in is on August 27th, but we’re heading up a day early. So that’s actually just ten days away.
I’m going to miss my family, friends, and my amazing dog Sparky, but I’ve been waiting to go to college for my whole life and already had to delay it a year because of my health.
It’s almost time. I can hardly wait.
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This judge is awesome.
Unless you’re new to my blog, you know by now that one of the careers I dreamed about as a kid and very nearly decided to pursue was that of a judge. I don’t really watch television courts because often the judges there are more interested in drama than jurisprudence, but I came across this video of one judge putting some arrogant prick in his place after he tried to belittle her opinion in her own courtroom.
Granted, there’s a certain expectation of sass from the people who go on television court that would never be allowed at all in more traditional courtroom settings, but as you’ll see, this fellow was an exceptional moron. And don’t forget that he apparently went to law school for two years, too. If I were a judge and somebody did to me what this guy did to her, I’d shut him up and warn him that he risked being held in contempt. Then I’d give him basically the same scathing lecture that Judge Millian did. And feel awesome.
Enough blabber! The video speaks for itself anyway. Enjoy.
Judge Milian Tears Dude A New Asshole – Watch more free videos
Hell. Yes. So basically, Judge Millian is my hero for the day.
As a real quick unrelated note just to get it out of the way, Krystal and I have split up. We talked about things and agreed that it would be best if we were just friends again. Since we still like each other as friends and all and feel pretty much the same way about it, we’re just going to be cool and skip the whole “awkward avoidance phase.” There’s still anime to watch and cookies to eat, after all. So there you go. No drama; just friendship. We will now resume our regularly scheduled internet.
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We Should All Aspire To Be This Guy
I recently asked the girl I’ve liked if she wanted to go out with me, thus entering my first relationship (we’re both new to this, which automatically makes us a cute and funny couple, heh). Although she said yes and we’ve been super duper happy together, I now see that I clearly did it all wrong! I could have been so much more suave and attractive!
Alright, before you die from wondering what the heck I’m talking about, here is how I totally should have asked her. Enjoy!
*Note that it’s just audio, so don’t be surprised by the lack of video.
http://view.break.com/527579 – Watch more free videos
Wasn’t that just wonderful?
Anyway, on a completely unrelated note, I’m going to try to get myself Comic-Con tickets for Saturday and Sunday. I’ve been getting emails from people wanting press passes lately. Sorry folks, but media pre-registration closed quite a while ago.
There’s still on-site media registration, but since I don’t have the energy to jump through the hoops again this year, you’re on your own. If you have a blog with an RSS feed (they pretty much all come with a feed anymore), I can add easily incorporate it into Bagelwood Central and syndicate your stuff, but that’s as much as I’ll do this year.
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My article was published!
I wrote my first article for OSLiving called Windows Security Recommendations, and it got published. Check it out, and then please Digg it to help spread it.
Also, you might want to bookmark it so that you can have something on hand to show people that ask you how they should secure thier computers, or when they ask for recommendations on the first things they should install when they buy a new computer, or whatever. It’s nice to be able to just have one thing to link them to so that they can help themselves.
Sure, I’m partial to my own article, heh. But I really do hope that you find it helpful whether you use it yourself or save it to give to others.
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My College Decision
I’ve had two schools on my dream list for quite a while. One is the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, and the other is the Academy of Art University (AAU) in San Francisco. Those of you that have been following my posts regarding my college decisions know how much I want to go to both of these schools, and how genuinely torn between them I’ve been.
First I was leaning toward SVA for several months, and then I started to lean toward AAU, then I went back to leaning toward SVA, and then I started to lean toward AAU again. I’ve got a lot of people that have been lobbying me in both directions (family, friends, and even some of my clients), which naturally did nothing to help me make up my mind.
I knew that either way, I’d be happy since they were both such good schools in every way imaginable, from reputation and prestige to location and housing accomodations. And since they both had “rolling admissions” systems, I had more time to wait and think than usual.
Many months passed, over the course of which I’ve gotten to visit both schools and invesitage them to my heart’s content. So basically, since I’ve been accepted, I just need to choose!
Finally, with my mother’s help, I’ve come up with my college plan that will make everybody happy, especially me. To make a long story short, I’ve decided to spend one year at AAU and three years at SVA. I mentioned this plan in the last college decision status post, and so now that I’ve thought it over, I’ve decided that it really is the ideal way to go, and here’s why.
I was very impressed by both of their four-year Graphic Design programs. At the end of the day though, I felt that SVA’s was a little bit better, but the admissions officer told me that the director of the Graphic Design program didn’t actually like the first year of his program but the president of the college wasn’t letting him modify it, and so people were being told to sign up for Advertising for their first year and then switch at the start of their second year. By going to AAU one year, I get to avoid that issue and still have all four of my years actually be in Graphic Design.
One of the other benefits of doing it this way is that in the future when I’m getting a job and stuff, I’ll be able to take advantages of the awesome services and connections that both of these schools offer. Because they both separately have so much eminince in the industry, they both have unique arrangements with different high profile studios and employers; I’ll be able to enjoy both of their special job placement offerings and services.
Another is that I’ll get to experience both cities. Both New York City and San Francisco are unquestinably major art and design hubs, so I already knew that there was a very good chance that my career would eventually lead me to live in either city. With the path I’m going to take, I will have had a chance to live in both of them before having to pick a job and tie myself to either.
I also think it’s worth mentioning that I’ll get to enjoy a couple things that I’ve always wanted to do that I’d never get to do if I just went to SVA since AAU is a bit bigger. In particular, I’ll finally get to be on a swim team. Now, before you roll your eyes at me, I totally agree that something like that really shouldn’t affect this decision, and it didn’t. But if I said it wasn’t in the back of my mind, I’d be lying. I missed out on a lot of things in high school because of my medical situation, and being able to do some of them — like being on a swim team — for just one year makes me very happy.
After I’ve received my bachelor’s degree, I’d like to continue as a graduate student and get my master’s. Both AAU and SVA have graduate programs, but that’s another decision for another time. It’s just nice to have this one made, and it’s a relief to be “committing” to it publicly by posting it, too. Thank you to everybody who expressed interest!
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