Saturday my two younger sisters and I left with some friends from Pensacola/Gulf Breeze Florida, to attend a party in Jackson, Mississippi that night. The party was just a-ight. The trip was all about getting there, and we all had a blast. Once again, Jarad was the ring leader. After the party, we rode two hours through the pitch black Mississippi night on unpaved roads to Greenville, Jarad's hometown. We left the party a little after midnight, and after we got to Jarad's parent's house where we would spend the night, I didn't get to bed til around 3 am. We had to be up by about seven in the morning to get ready for the Kingdom Hall, which started at nine-thirty. By the end of the trip we were all a little cranky due to lack of sleep, but we all survived with friendships intact.
It turns out that Greenville is a pretty historic place, the home of a world-famous newpaper (the Delta Democrat Times), and a lot of writers, musicians and the like. Sunday afternoon Jarad took me on a mini-tour of the downtown area, and I got a lot of great shots of the old buildings. I've got some pictures from the party and the trip in general, so I'll be posting those soon as I can. I'll also include a more indepth description of the trip.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Demon Printer
That is the current bane of my existence.
Last Thursday was was the final day of class before finals in my Graphic Design I class. Our final project was to create a catalogue about a Post-Modern Graphic Designer. I chose Neville Brody. I had never heard of him before, but upon doing research, I saw how awesome his work is. He had actually done some graphics for the movie Hackers (one of my fave movies). So, I don't start on the project until after I turn in my tribrochure assignment, about three weeks ago. So Kyeong, our instructor, expresses his concern about how this is the most important assignment, worth, like, 70% of our final grade. He worried that we (the class) won't get our respective projects done on time.
It turns out his misgivings were well placed. Out of 9 people, one 2 had their catalogues complete. So, the rest of us were still able to give presentations and show our designs on our computer screens. The catalogue had to be six spreads, not including the cover, and I had five of mine done, plus the cover, I didn't know what to put on the last page. I probably could have gotten it done on time, but I had serious printing issues.
I can still turn my catalogue in for my portfolio review this Thursday, but I'm still having printing issues which as depleted my meager supply of expensive photo-quality matte Epson 11' x 17' paper. It sucks really, and it's quite frustrating. This is my third time this weekend trying to get this thing printed. Everytime I came back there was some sort of problem with the printer. I had to come up here three times today--correction, that makes four total. The last time before this, the lab assistant had left the printer running overnight, and it messed up halfway through, so I had to reprint. (I'm using the student computer lab, because it's free, not including the $100 lab fee.) I tried printing at Kinkos, but their exorbitant prices were ridiculous.
The one good thing I can say is that the lab assistants are really awesome people and very helpful, so I'm not mad at them. I'm at the lab right now, waiting for my catalogue to print.
Last Thursday was was the final day of class before finals in my Graphic Design I class. Our final project was to create a catalogue about a Post-Modern Graphic Designer. I chose Neville Brody. I had never heard of him before, but upon doing research, I saw how awesome his work is. He had actually done some graphics for the movie Hackers (one of my fave movies). So, I don't start on the project until after I turn in my tribrochure assignment, about three weeks ago. So Kyeong, our instructor, expresses his concern about how this is the most important assignment, worth, like, 70% of our final grade. He worried that we (the class) won't get our respective projects done on time.
It turns out his misgivings were well placed. Out of 9 people, one 2 had their catalogues complete. So, the rest of us were still able to give presentations and show our designs on our computer screens. The catalogue had to be six spreads, not including the cover, and I had five of mine done, plus the cover, I didn't know what to put on the last page. I probably could have gotten it done on time, but I had serious printing issues.
I can still turn my catalogue in for my portfolio review this Thursday, but I'm still having printing issues which as depleted my meager supply of expensive photo-quality matte Epson 11' x 17' paper. It sucks really, and it's quite frustrating. This is my third time this weekend trying to get this thing printed. Everytime I came back there was some sort of problem with the printer. I had to come up here three times today--correction, that makes four total. The last time before this, the lab assistant had left the printer running overnight, and it messed up halfway through, so I had to reprint. (I'm using the student computer lab, because it's free, not including the $100 lab fee.) I tried printing at Kinkos, but their exorbitant prices were ridiculous.
The one good thing I can say is that the lab assistants are really awesome people and very helpful, so I'm not mad at them. I'm at the lab right now, waiting for my catalogue to print.
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