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At work today, the same bastard who have been targeting the Punchbowl parking lot, made their crime spree extra personal by breaking into my car and stealing my camera bag with my camera and two lenses in it.

They made off with almost $1400 worth of camera gear, and some really awesome hummingbird pictures I had taken, after breaking one of my passenger windows.

I forgot the stupid bag was in the car.

My stupid fault.

So, I spent most of the day crying and or depressed.

And I now HATE these two low lives with an intensity I did not know I was capable of.

And I want to hurt them...

They WILL pay... the disrespectful, ignorant, pig fucking, low life, sons of bitches

Pig fucking insult courtesy of Ken by way of Charity

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My laptop like totally crashed last Saturday

My Bestest Friend Jonathan [link] worked some genius magic 'cause he's awesome and mananged to recover most of my stuff

Has been quite a stressful pain tho...

Things are relatively fixed now, so I am happy

Just in time for me to write a paper for school =/

Alas, such is life



EDIT:

So, even tho my laptop has been fixed, it has not fully recovered.

*sigh*

It kept shutting itself down while I was using it.

So, it was decided I need a new one.

But I am a poor, poor college student, who must pay for such things as food and gas and car payments.

BUT, I have a very awesome best friend [link] who has a bigger credit line than me and offered to buy me a new laptop.

Strictly if I promised to pay him back in a timely manner and such. Which I or course did.

Eventually...

So I have a new Acer Extensa 5420, with 2 G RAM and 160 G hard drive and that's all I know. Oh, and it has this way cool and nice built in web cam that will amuse and entertain me to no end

So, I have the most awesome and best best friend in the world, whom I now owe $700

But I have a new working laptop

For now, life is good

Camera Woes
So the flash on my camera stopped working. It says "Err 099" whenever I try to use it. My one year warranty expires at the end of this month so I sent it in to Canon to fix now. For free. So no camera for me for awhile I’m going through withdrawal. After three weeks, seriously, three weeks of crappy sunsets, there are two incredibly beautiful ones in a row… Just my luck =/

Ah, well, I should have it in a week.

Student Life
At school, I get to play all day. Honestly. Thursday morning in Non Traditional Sports we did a bunch of obstacles and activities then talked about the challenges for us and what challenges children might face. For the first activity, each group was given a list of ten things we had to complete then get a piece of equipment after each task. The tasks were like 30 jumping jacks, running around the basketball court twice, walk backward around the court holding hands, scoot around the court, each player make a basket in the basketball hoop, and some other stuff. Then we had to take the equipment and create a design she gave us, without looking at the illustration. I pretty much stood 20 feet from my group with the picture and yelled out how to build it.

In Movement Forms of Sport, Dance and Exercise, we played Ultimate Frisbee (we’re in the sport part right now). And I totally kick ass. My team won 10-9 or 10-8, but we totally rock. I was the designated "kick off" person, and my arm is really sore now. I don’t do that Frisbee throwing motion much. For 5 weeks I get to play Ultimate Frisbee and talk about play and kinesiology and physical education and physical activity. Then for five weeks I have to dance (=/), then we go in the weight room and talk about exercise and work out I guess.

I think I’m going to make a sticker: "My Major Kicks Your Major". I think saying 'ass' might be offensive, even though it totally does.

I think I’m going to minor in Recreation Tourism Management, and because I’m not sure, I’m taking one of the minor classes, Event Planning. It has a much longer name, but it’s Event Planning. That’s my only real class and there’s no test. We meet on Tuesday and the teacher lectures a bit, and then he gives us Thursday off to work on that week’s lab assignment. All of which have been really easy. I’ll have to write a couple short papers but that’s nothing. The hardest thing will probably be planning the banquet for RTM students, faculty and alumni in April. I don’t think I’ll go to the banquet because of work, or I’ll show up late, but I’ll help plan the thing. As long as I don’t have to go ask people for money since our budget is 0.

I have an online Weather class (which I’m only taking so I’ll be a full-time student), but we have 3 quizzes and that’s it. My friend is a genius (as am I, but a lazy one, haha ), and I’m going to ask him to help me. It should basically be a cake class, bird class, Mickey course, etc.

And I have a Strength Training Class. I show up and do something, I get an A. I really like working out, but I won’t really do it on my own. I need a class or someone to go with me. So this class will be helpful. We did a fitness test last week based off our weight. You weigh yourself, figure out the percentage for certain exercises (body weight times 45% for bench press and lat pull down, 18% for bicep curl, 10% for abdominals, etc.), then you figure out the weight you’re going to do for those exercises. Like my lat pull down and bench press was 68.4 lbs; I can either round up to 70 or down to 65. Anyway, I was superior (preformed 21 plus repetitions) in every exercise except bicep curl, where I was good. Dang… Either way, I’m in Excellent Physical Fitness

General Life
I’ve been watching The Biggest Loser with my mom and it makes me want to work out and eat healthy. I should probably start easing off the junk food and such now, so I don’t have to go cold turkey in a few years.

I have something to prove now, too, but I’m not going to go into it. Basically I’m pissed off about something and have to prove this person wrong.

I’m sanding and repainting some chairs for my friend’s parents. Her mom offered me $25 a chair; I told her she didn’t have to pay me since I really enjoy carpentry and stuff, but she insisted. Then, while I was working on them last night, her dad said he’d give me another $25 a chair, for sanding all of all of them (backs, legs, seats), and painting and finishing/varnishing them. It’s a lot of work. And Sanding isn’t as easy as most people think. So I’ve put about 6 hours into sanding over two days, and I’m just going to start on the higher grit. That tells you how much work it really is. And I get filthy.

Art Life
The Open Exhibit at my art coming up. Super excited for it! I’m going to submit 10-12 pictures. I may try to repost the ones I’m thinking about submitting for you guys to check out and give me your opinions if you want, but I may not. Maybe I’ll post a journal with the links… I have to have them in to the Playhouse in like a month so I need to get on printing and framing.

Commission Status: Closed until my camera returns

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I was tagged by Alastair and Natalia, so I'm combining both into one tag journal thing.

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1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person should post 8 facts of themselves.
3. Tagged people should write a journal\blog about these facts.
4. In the end tag and name 8 people.
5. Go to their dA pages and comment saying that they are tagged

FACTS:

1) I now heart art. Before I met my friend Jonnie, I appreciated it, but now I love it and am exploring my artistic side more

2) I've learned to knit and am now going to conquer crocheting.

3) I love the classic Disney movies, and now love the new Disney/Pixar movies and often break out in Disney song

4) I have an iPod I fill with college podcast lectures and audiobooks and very little music. My iPod recently died, however, and I am extremely sad

5) I return my shopping cart to the Cart Return at stores, and also return other carts that have been left. It irks the hell outta me that so few people return their carts when the store has so many damn Cart Returns. Tonight I returned 3 carts beside my own in the span of 45 seconds

6) I have an extensive list of pets I plan to own when I get my own house. I am constantly adding to the list and forgetting what animals I have on it. Some of the animals are a Red-Tail Boa, Rose-Haired Tarantula, Rosey Boa (haha ), California Myotis, a Yorkie (a dog, how simple ), a cute small parrot of a species I haven't decided on yet, and many others

7) My job is basically my life, but I love it so it's okay. It will be the same when I finish school and start my career. With my career as an Adapted Physical Educator I will most likely work 2-3 hours a day, outside planning, 4 or 5 days a week and make about $50k a year. I'm excited.

8) The desert is truly my home. Even if I leave it, I will miss it and frequently visit it, and use my parents as an excuse

I tag everyone and no one hahaha

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Available for both

For commissions, please note or email me to discuss what you're interested in and prices.

For prints, please note or email me with the title and or link for the picture. I do not want to print and sell through Deviant Art, so what I do is print it through Walmart or Costco's photo dept and have them ship it directly to the buyer's address, but only in the US. For other countries, I will personally ship the image. Or, if the buyer wishes, I will email a high-resolution copy of the images, or ship a CD for several images.

All for a fair and reasonable price.

Thank you,

Rosie