Niceville, Chris portrait

Wednesday I went with Jamaal to Niceville, FL. He had to go to Eglin AFB to check in to prove that he didn't go more than half way across the country for his leave. While there, our friend Chris chauffered us around. He wanted to stop at this store that we passed by called the Philippine Market, he being filipino and all. So we went there and picked up various forms of Asian food, mostly snacks. Chris rented a couple of filipino movies. The people there were so nice that when we were about to leave, the offered to let us sit down and have a share in their shrimp dinner. We declined the offer, but Jamaal got some shrimp for the road.

Friday, Jamaal and I went to a store called the Asian Market here in Mobile. We wanted to get some more Pocky, which is this japanese snack consisting of this thin pretzel like stick dipped in chocolate. The didn't have the Pocky, but they did have this stuff called Yan Yan which is pretty similar, but the sticks and the dip are separated, and were in strawberry and vanilla flavor. I also bought an Asian pear. When I was in high school, my 11th grade PACE teacher brought some for the class one day. They're really juicy and to me are like what would happend if a pear and an apple had a baby. I also got these little cake things that tasted like funnel cakes without the powdered sugar, but with sesame seeds on top. I didn't find out what they were called, but I'm definitely going back to get more of those.

Oh, and I also drew a portrait of Chris, but I don't have it w/ me now. So I'll scan it and post it probably before the day is over.

JV love

Almost a week ago I told Jamaal that I had this interesting pic that I took that I wanted to post. He came to town because he got leave for the holidays, and I had still not gotten around to posting the thing. And he's all anxious wondering what could this pic possibly be. When he sees it he's gonna be so through with me it's hilarious.

So anyway, here it is:


I was at the high school where my mom works, waiting for her to get off. My sister and I had gone to the gym to watch the JV basketball team practice. After the practice was over, they all gathered around in this huddle. I was really taken by how everyone had their arms around each other, cuz you often don't see guys showing that type of affection, even if it's not seriously heartfelt. Anyway, I thought it was cute. ^_^

My confession

My name is Sharon. . .



. . .and I'm addicted to Radio Free Roscoe.



Darn those clever Canadians. . .

I OWN!!!

::final grades:

History of Graphic Design.....B
Figure Drawing I..................A
Intro to Graphic Design........A
Typography..........................A
Introdcutory Spanish I.........A

Too bad I'm not taking Spanish next semester. I want to, but I don't have to take a foreign language at all for my major. I just took it this semester to learn the basics. I was going to take it again, but I needed other classes more. Oh well. At least it helped to boost my GPA.

So that's like 70 credit hours down and 58 more to go.

Sleeping in=good

Yay! It's the first Monday in a very long time that I haven't had to get up early and go to class. Last week even though classes were technically over, I still had to get up to go to my Spanish final. So I'm glad all that's over.

If the site looks weird it's because I'm doing stuff to it, so it should be fixed in a little bit. : )

new banners, winter break '03

Well, I'm pretty much better now but the rest of my family has gotten sick in the meantime—and they're all blaming me.

I did a little fixing up of the site. I added a new gallery for my design stuff. I think I may need to reorganize my categories because some things don't really fit. If you browse the galleries you may see a few new thumbnails around, and a lit bit more organization.

I made two new banners:



I think that's all the site stuff. . .

School is finally over and doesn't start back til January 12th. I'm so glad. While I'm not going to get all A's like I could have. I do believe I'll have mostly A's. I know I have an A's in Figure Drawing and Intro to Graphic Gesign. I'm pretty sure I have an A in Typography. . . I might have an A in Spanish, but I kinda slacked off during the end so I'm probably down to a B. I'll probably—hopefully—make a low B in Art History. So, If I make what I think my GPA will finally be above 3.5, which is cool.

Whoohooh! I'm gonna be a junior next semester!

Ugh. . .

Well, I didn't go see Honey because I've gotten sick again all of a sudden. This time I've got a cough and fever and my body aches. Sounds pleasant, right? I took some aspirin to bring my fever down, as a result I was practically freezing. So now I'm sitting in front of my lovely space heater. . .::mmm. . .warm::.

Hopefully I'll get over this soon. : /

Last Day of Classes

But It's not the end of the work. I've still got stuff to do. I've got one design project out of the way. I have to go to the computer lab to finish my typography final, then I've got an exam in that class on top of that. But it shouldn't be that difficult since it's basically going to be a compilation of all of our previous tests.

I still have to write two huge essays for art history. I'm glad that my professor threw in a 10 point bonus question. If I get all of those points and make an A on this final, then I can have an A for the course. But it's probably not going to happen.

I'm supposed to go see Honey with my sister this evening. I'd rather wait til it comes to video and go see The Last Samurai instead, but I promised. I've resigned to try and see only action movies at the theater, because they look the best on the big screen, and i wanted to save the dramas for at home viewing. Oh well, there's always the exception. I thin Honey is going to be at least decent. I know the plot not going to be oscar-worthy or anything, but I'm pretty sure I'll be entertained for an hour and a half at least.

LOTR on the Brain, legal ages

I've never drawn anything quite this ugly—at least on purpose anyway. But I'm glad it turned out pretty good on the first try. I think it helped that I watched a whole documentary on the making of Gollum's character on the appendix DVD. The LOTR movie are so much better w/ the extended scenes. righteous. . . righteous. . .! Sorry, had a Finding Nemo flashback there. . .

Anyway. I had a fun weekend. I broke down and participated a little in the seemingly compulsary end-of-the-year bolster of the U.S. economy. But I got a really hot looking lawyer-esque suit out of the deal. It's cool to have a fiancé who buys things for you because he thinks you look good in it. Actually, the suit is quite conservative, but it's made really well, and I look all professional and mature. It's a nice change of pace, since I turned 21 Sunday.

I don't do birthday celebrations, but these last couple of years have been these stages leading up to legal adulthood:

18 - voting rights, no longer a minor
19 - can buy cigarettes (in Alabama)
20 - no longer a teenager, but not yet legal
21 - officially and adult, can legally drink away my sorrows

No wonder so many young people are depressed. . . I feel so old now.

The end of the semester is winding down. This is the last week. Next week is finals, but I only have to worry about two exams. Then there's two design projects and one last take-home test for art history. ::sigh:: After that's done I've got a month and a half to relax before the Spring Semester. Plus, I'll attempt to get my comic underway, but don't hold your breath on that. :P