Happy 24th to me. =) So Thursday night we went out to celebrate both James' and my birthday (James being Andrea's boyfriend) and we saw the midnight premiere of Iron Man, which was downright amazing.


This was my favorite photo from the night. I have truly wonderful friends.

( Birthdays! )

So dinner was fun, the movie was awesome, and this was probably my last big event before I leave San Fran. I reaaally wanna go see the new Indiana Jones film, but that'll have to wait till after I move home. School ends in two weeks OMG.

Tags: birthday, movies, san francisco
Current Mood: happy

Woooooo birthday this Saturday! To celebrate we got tickets for the midnight premiere of Iron Man. Good stuff.

Other than that, not much else to say. I'm still going crazy with finals and submissions to the Spring Show. I'll no doubt spend all day tomorrow sitting at my desk painting my children's illustration for Tuesday's class. I've also gotta start worrying about the industry portfolio review that's a requirement for all graduating students.

AUGH.

Tags: finals, graduation, school
Current Mood: rushed
Current Music: Little Mermaid - Part Of Your World [C-Girl Rock Remix]

It's done. After nearly a month of working and agonizing, my portfolio is finally DONE. I mailed it off to Disney Animation Studios today. Thank God for overnight shipping. Unfortunately it was a bit costly but if I make it, it'll be worth it in the end.

More than anything I'm just glad to be rid of it. I was so focused on getting that damn portfolio done I practically ignored my homework, I forgot to bring assignments to class, and I couldn't sleep because of stress. What's nice is now that it's gone, I kinda feel a sense of empowerment. Not a whole lot, but I at least feel ready to take on finals, so bring it on.

I'm so ready to graduate. Four more weeks and then I'm out.

Tags: disney, graduation, portfolio
Current Mood: relieved

I just found out Ollie Johnston passed away today. He was the last surviving member of Disney's Nine Old Men. Farewell Ollie, I'll always love and admire the work you did. You and Frank were truly animation legends and it breaks my heart that I never got to meet you guys in person.

Tags: disney, ollie johnston
Current Mood: sad

Augh warm weather warm weather, I HATE warm weather in San Francisco! Time to make fruit smoothies.

Ok so I know this is a very odd and random topic to bring up, what with finals and graduation so close, but I think my biological clock has started ticking. It's nothing major right now but my sister had her baby last year, Jenny had her baby not too long ago, and all of a sudden it's like my body has started to squirm and go "Hey! *poke poke* When are you gonna get around to it?"

It's certainly not a matter of "OMG I must have a baby right now!!!" (that would be more than freaky) It's more like a little scratching at the back of my mind. And it's strange because I never really saw myself as the motherly type but I've found myself being a tad more hormonal, I've been noticing babies and pregnant women around me more, and every now and then, out of NOWHERE, I'll think random things like "Well I've always loved the name Noah, but what would I name a baby girl?"

I see my niece and I'm just amazed at how beautiful she is, and I start to wonder what my hypothetical child would look like. And it's obviously not something I plan to do anytime soon (pff after all, I kinda need a guy for that), but down the road if I'm happily married, with a nice stable career, I could definitely see myself having children.

Ok, back to work! *skips off to do more painting*

Tags: baby, hormones
Current Mood: contemplative

I LOLed big time after reading this page. My personal favorite was the defenition of "Security Host." XD

So lately I've been freaking out over my portfolio. I decided a while back that I was gonna apply to the Disney Apprenticeship Program and now I'm having a panic attack over what the hell do I put in my portfolio? I have a meeting with my director this week and hopefully she'll help me out. I just hate how I have to plan so far in advance for all these internships at different studios, which doesn't give me time to work on my current finals in school.

That and I'm also currently juggling commissions at the same time. x_x Hey cinsangel, can you give me a good kick to the butt for taking so long getting your simple sketch done? I deserve it.

Oh yah, my building also decided to shut the water off from 9am until 2pm. Of course I didn't even find out until this very morning so I didn't have time to shower or anything. Ugh.

( Disney Meme )

Tags: disney, graduation, meme, school
Current Mood: stressed
Current Music: Disneymania Vol 2 - Baroque Hoedown

I just realized I have 6 weeks of school left. Like...that's IT.

I got so many things going on right now I'm kinda going crazy. It doesn't feel much different than my typical end of semester madness but it does feel different in the sense that this is the last time I'll go through it.

Also, Corel Painter is frustrating the hell outta me. *kicks*

Tags: graduation, school
Current Mood: frustrated

So I realized that in all of my trips home, I've never really shown how I get to and from the airport without a car. The one thing I really have come to appreciate in my 4 years at AAU is the public transportation in the city. It's not always the greatest, but it certainly is useful. Since this was my last flight home I decided to document my BART trip as well.


We start off at the Montgomery BART station.

( Spring Break and D*sneyland )

Thus ends my last Spring Break ever. And it was pretty darn fun.

Tags: birthday, disneyland, jade, niece, san francisco, spring break
Current Mood: dorky
Current Music: Cascada - Everytime We Touch (DJ Electrobeat BreakZ Remix)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKIE!

My little sister turns 22 today. ♥


Here is my current favorite photo of Brookie and her baby girl. Because it is just that awesome.

Tags: birthday, brookie, jade, niece
Current Mood: amused

So last year I got the stomach flu during my Spring Break. This time around I said to myself "It's gonna be better this year! No sickness for me, I'm gonna make all these plans and I'm gonna stick to 'em!"

Apparently my body had different plans. Yesterday I woke up with a sore throat to end all sore throats. My entire head was congested and my throat felt like it was swollen shut. So much for working and hanging out with friends like I wanted to. I'm beginnning to hate my Spring Breaks.

I should be better in another day or so but I'm annoyed and upset I can't do the things I wanna do. I'm determined to get better so I can at least enjoy the second half of my vacation. Hmph.

Tags: argh, sick
Current Mood: sick