by Matt | Jan 11, 2003 | Imported Entry
Hey, today I’ve got my big photo shoot at 2:00 until whenever we finish. I know at least two out of the four shoots won’t require that much setup so they should be easy. The other two I’m clueless about. It should be interesting. I’ve also got to remember to pick up film before I go.
Last night I also got Red Hat 8.0 installed along-side Windows 2K on my older box. They’re actually playing nicely with each other for the time being. My purpose in doing this was basically so that I’d have something to learn with and mess around in. It should be fun.
Alright. Enough chit-chat. I’ve got to get going. Wish me luck.
by Matt | Jan 10, 2003 | Imported Entry
It’s a shame January sucks. I was really looking forward to playing Splinter Cell next week but now it appears to have been pushed back until the end of the month. This will seriously cut into my Unreal II playing time. U2 comes out the first week of February for those of you who don’t know. Besides that there’s not a single interesting game coming out anytime soon. C&C: Generals (which I’m only mildly excited about) comes out mid-February. I guess I could be interested in Simcity 4000 or High Heat Baseball for a few minutes when they come out. Other than that theres nothing that really interests me until summer. Its such a shame that an industry with so much talent only produces a handful of good products a year. Then again, I could probably count on one hand the number of movies I think deserve Oscars from 2002. I guess it’s the same across the board. 95% crap with a few goodies here and there. Oh well.
Anyway, yesterday I got to go grocery shopping finally. I can now enjoy food that isn’t Ramen noodles. Huzzah. I also went out to eat with Lauren and Jason and had one of the biggest hamburgers I’ve ever seen. It was tasty.
Oh, and my little ‘puter will have RedHat Linux on it by the end of the day… or at least that’s the plan. I’m downloading the ISOs now and will probably get to that later this afternoon. I’m excited. I haven’t really had a chance to play with Linux before. It’ll be a learning experience for me.
That’s about it. I have a shoot tomorrow and have to read 1/2 of Othello by Tuesday so not much in the way of homework this weekend. Which, in turn, leaves me plenty of time to screw up a RedHat installation. 🙂
Matt out.
by Matt | Jan 9, 2003 | Personal
In the last few years I’ve let myself go. Seriously. I haven’t gone running in almost 2 years and I feel bloated, huge and unhealthy. I want to get a haircut, jog 5 miles and eat health. Unfortunately this doesn’t happen.
For example, today I told myself I was going to go running. Then I found a pie. So what am I doing at the moment? Eating pie. It’s an easy equation. What’s more enjoyable, exercise or pie? Pie of course. Pie is good and tasty and perhaps the exact opposite of running. That is why pie is good, because it has none of the characteristics of exercise and twice the deliciousness.
I will run. I promised myself. I will do it after I finish the pie. No, “bad Matt, run now.”
Other than that there’s not a whole lot going on. I have a photo shoot on Saturday which I think I’ve already mentioned. I’ve gotten a few ideas for photo shoots and I think this semester will go well. I’m excited. Ok, time to run.
Matt out.
by Matt | Jan 8, 2003 | Imported Entry
Well, life at SCAD is back to full swing and I already have stuff to do this weekend. Actually, I’ll mention that I already have a shoot with 3 of my classmates this Saturday if that helps illustrate my point. Yesterday I had Shakespeare and Personal vision, both of which seem to be right up my alley. Shakespeare will basically consist of me reading a play, watching the movie and then discussing. It doesn’t seem that strenuous. Thats followed by Personal Vision is, literally, is a “do whatever you feel like” class. It’s your personal vision. If you want to make color prints of animals you can. If you prefer to make platinum prints about gut-wrenchingly personal subjects you can do that too. That class, combined with Portrait should give me the flexibility to do what I like, in whatever time table I feel like doing it in. At this point I feel that my portfolio is lacking commercial people/product work and edgier more inventive portraiture. I’m probably going to combine my work in both classes into a more centered portfolio. I’d like to do some more environmental portraits as well (people in their surroundings) but thats a wide range of ideas to work with at the moment. We’ll see where the semester leads me. Needless to say I’m very excited about this semester. I have 2 great classes and 1 easy class to balance things out, plenty of ideas to work with (knock on wood) and so hopefully I can come away with some good work that both satisfies me artistically and helps to get me a job.
Jason also made me feel a little more confident in my web design/graphics skills the other day when he told me that he showed my site to a professional ($75/hour) web designer and he said it was more impressive than anything he’s ever done. That made me feel pretty good. I’m almost thinking about seeing if Pixel Media is interested in hiring me again. They offered me a position a year ago but said they wanted someone full time. No harm in asking I suppose.
Oh ya, and Lauren, Brit and I went to Toys’R’Us yesterday so that Lauren could buy “pregnant barbie”. I’m not even joking about that one. Apparently Matel made a Barbie doll, “Mother-to-be Midge” to be exact, thats pregnant. Now, I have nothing against that, I think it’s a good idea actually, teaching kids where babies come from and such but apparently a few people would disagree with me. Right-wing groups across the country are pissed and most retail stores pulled it from the shelves making it an instant collectible. I find that funny. Anyway, so now Lauren has “knocked-up” Barbie as I called it.
Thats about it. I’m waiting from some loan money to do some grocery shopping and supply shopping. Other than that it’s pretty much back to normal around here. Lauren and I have a very similar schedule this semester so I get to spend more time with her which I’m very happy about. I’ve got good classes which I’m also happy about. That’s about it. I’ve got to run, Lauren is making cookies and I think they just came out of the oven. Yum.
by Matt | Jan 6, 2003 | Imported Entry
For once things might actually be going my way. When I got to Burgen (the photo department building) this morning my friend Tammy was waiting outside. She asked me if I still wanted to take the portrait photo class I had wanted but couldn’t get into. I of course said yes. She was dropping it because of time and money conflicts but was going to take it next semester if the professor would secure her a spot. We went together to talk to the professor to see if we could swap spots in the class. He agreed and I spent the rest of the afternoon working out the details with the Registrars Office. While I was taking care of that I also had the opportunity to figure out some of the finer points of my financial situation. According to the Bursars Office, I’m 100% covered for tuition. I’ll get a $500 credit on my account this week and a $2000+ credit next week. Which is good, that means I can finally afford to go grocery shopping. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to eat Ramen noodles all week. What was surprising was that the refund was so little. I asked about that and was told that it was because the NH Higher Education check hadn’t shown up yet. So, that was the only downside to my afternoon and I’m going to call them in a few minutes and figure out whats going on with that. So, I got the class I had wanted, I get a tiny bit of money, got a hold taken off my account, and generally feel pretty good at the moment. I’ve had a rather nice day.
So, my class schedule now stands as:
Mon/Wed: Portrait – 3pm
Tues/Thurs: Shakespeare – 9am , Person Vision – 12pm
Not too shabby. Well, I’ve got to call NH Higher Ed. Cya.
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