This week is going to be interesting.  Monday night I have class at 6:30 pm and I don’t get out till around 9:30 pm.  I need to go up to the campus and get my books before class on Monday. Its going to be really cool.  I did come down with a little head cold.. I know I got it from going through massive temperature changes, hot to cold. My sinus’s burn and my face just hurts with pressure. Its been going around.  At least it isn’t that bad.  I just feel a little tired and my sinus’s hurt.

I like my classes, they seem pretty easy and simple.  I’m looking forward to the math class. I like math and I know I have a great professor, and its a long class, so I will be able to stay focused and alert.  Its gonna be good.  Then next semester (summer), I will be attending HCC.  I’m really looking forward to that because I will be getting into my graphics classes. I haven’t had a graphics class since VCC (2006-2007) and they were a lot of fun!

I look back on my talent and I think I do very well with being self taught in photoshop/illustrator.  I feel like I really don’t need to take college level graphics classes, but then again, it will be helpful at enhancing my skills.  There is soo much content online that teaches you techniques and etc that you can learn anything and become skilled quickly.

I finally, finally finished my online portfolio. http://www.melyzdesign.com Its very simple, but I like it.  It took me a few days to complete. I was reading an online article about how to design a great portfolio.  If its simple and clean, then thats the way to go.  So simple and clean it goes.

I submitted my application for logo tournament tonight.  I hope I get in.  They wanted you to have some logo examples and an online portfolio.  I don’t really have any logo designs besides one of my own (for my websites).  So my chances might be very slim in getting in. I will stay positive and hope for the best.  If I do get in, then awesome, I can make logos and earn anywhere between 100-1000 dollars per logo in doing so.  I can work hard at making logos, running GeekFleece and going to school. That would be the life to live.

I got back into blogging again.  Maybe its because I am a very thoughtful person.  I like writing/typing my thoughts out and it helps me clear my cluttered mind.  I also write in a more personal journal on my imac that I like keeping to myself. I like connecting with myself and my thoughts.

This week is going to be busy and I’m really looking forward to being busy.

I’m really excited! For Christmas I got a brand new 27′ imac.  Its amazing, fast and perfect for me. I’ve wanted one of these ever since I first saw one many moons ago.  Then Apple began to sell them with the big monitors and I just fell madly in love with it.  It came with an amazing mouse, called the Magic Mouse.  Its touch sensitive. I love it.  Before I got my new imac, I went through thousands of my music on itunes and it took me 2 weeks to fix all of the id3 tags!  I wanted my music collection to be perfect.  I’m glad I did it because I finished it at perfect timing because I was able to transfer my new collection over without editing or fixing anything.  It was cake

Here is my desktop .  My favorite apps are:

Adium – iCal – Coversutra – Twitterrific – Notify – MagicPrefs

I did get the Adobe CS4 Design Suite for Christmas too.  I got the student edition, so I am still waiting for the serial to show up in my inbox from Adobe.  Its gonna take a few days. I can’t wait to use it though.  I haven’t even used CS4 yet! So I am excited. I love this machine!  When I first started it up, it did freeze a lot because it needed the new software/firmware update.  Once I ran those updates, I haven’t had anymore problems.  It works like a charm. I would prefer this over a mac laptop any day. (Trust me, Iv’e owned a Macbook Pro for 4 years.) I was ready to move to a desktop. I’m sure glad I did. <3