Pair of Pooches
Haha. Yea, you better believe it! This post is going to be about my new-found animal friends! Their names are Draco and Parker.
Draco is one of the cutest big dogs I have ever seen…it’s hard to resist when he’s begging you for food. His eyes look at you with such a sad expression…and you almost feel like you HAVE to give him something. As long as it’s not chicken or salmon. He’s totally allergic to those…and it could be a real mess when he gets ahold of some. I don’t even want to imagine it. Draco is a very cautious dog. Apparently, he had been abused when he was a pup, and that is to blame for that personality. He may be cautious, but he’s hardly shy. He loves to be around the people he trusts.
Parker, on the other hand, is the exact opposite of Draco. She’s a golden retriever that just doesn’t know how to sit still. She’s always bouncing around looking for attention. And she just got a grooming ^^ She looks adorable.
Together with Draco, they are two of the most adorable dogs on the planet!
Shifting Times
The times have changed since my last post on May 4th. A year older, and many events have happened to bring me to an entirely new life. Right now, I am in digital photography class at Algonquin College, getting a speech about how to rotate an image in Photoshop. Of course, I know how to do that already.
We are already in our third week of classes, and I am loving it! Where else would be better to go to draw day after day? Simply to develop my skills through new techniques. My teachers are all great; very knowledgeable. Really, there’s not much else to say.
Right now, I don’t feel like posting more. I’ll be back some other time soon.
Waiting…
Well, here I am, sitting at the home computer and doing absolutely nothing. I am sick and tired of it, too. Every weekend, I work the breakfast and lunch shift. And really, I don’t mind that. But it’s the fact that my brother can’t get his lazy ass out of bed at 10:15 when I get home that really pisses me off. I hardly have enough time to do anything over the weekend because of my working, and so I’m pushed to get things done. It doesn’t help that my brother has to wait till 12:30 to wake up! And all he ever does is sit in front of this computer and play video games all day!
There’s just too much in one day to fit in 12 hours or so. And I can’t stay up late and do things, because my parents are SO strict about “bed time”. I don’t care if I’m tired the next day! I NEED to get this crap done!
I’ve gone to my parents countless times, asking if they’d get Kile to move out of his room so I can have one of my own. That got me nowhere. I don’t have a room. So, whenever my brother wants to “sleep in”, and “go to bed early”, I have to listen and get off. It doesn’t matter if I’m not done my homework. Like he cares.
And I just got news this morning that Levi quit. So, I’m going to be stuck doing desserts again. Most likely. And that’s going to put me at 12 or more hours a week of working again. I said I would only do 10 hours a week. And 10 only.
Not to mention…I never get any time to sleep in anymore. I’m always up at at least 7:15 each day. Weekday, weekend, doesn’t matter. And I have no time to go to bed early to catch up on it. I foresee a load of exhausted days in my future…
Sounds like fun.
Trip to Canada’s Capitol
Well, I guess it’s about time that I share the reason why I spent my thursday two weeks ago, in a car for about 12 hours. Yep. 6 hours there and 6 hours back, all in one day. It was fairly tough, but we survived.
Algonquin College was having an open-house for the course I’ve been accepted to, and am probably going to be taking next year. And I thought that it would be awesome to go check out the campus, check out the course, and check out…well…basically, everything! I’m pretty confident that I’ll be able to do fairly well in the course. I’m taking it just to improve my artistic skills, because I know I’m not the best artist in the world.
The artwork the students were displaying were a-mazing! I look at it and wonder if I’ll ever be able to do something of that quality. I was scared at first…but then I noticed that they had some before-to-after pictures. And many of their before work look similar in quality to what I can do.
We had coffee, chatted with a lot of the students(who all said they loved the course, and the prof) and we talked with the prof himself. His name is Rich, and he seems to be an all-around awesome guy. Very friendly, and a very good teacher, according to everyone. Me and my dad even went to apply for residence while we were there. We got a nice tour of one of the rooms, and they look sweet ^^. Not too big, not too small. Just perfect. They have internet(without which I wouldn’t survive), TV, local telephone service(you pay for long-distance), a massive bed, a desk to work at, and a load of other things. We were told that they try to get all 1st-year students into dorms, and we applied early, since it’s a first-come-first-serve deal. I hope to get one =D.
I am so excited to go! And after the open-house, we went for dinner at Crystal View Lodge, another retirement home that’s just 2 minutes away from the campus. It’s also under Holiday Retirement, so they said I can transfer there when I come to Ottawa for my schooling.
Man…I just can’t wait to go. Of course, there’ll be a lot of people that I’ll miss here. Like friends and family. But this is going to be an amazing experience. And I just want this year to end, and next year to start. Fast.
Something New Everyday
It’s definately been a long time since I put anything up here on my blog. And for anyone who reads it, I’m sorry. I don’t even know the why behind it. Maybe, I just don’t have anything to vent about anymore. Which I suppose is a good thing.
Life’s been moving along well recently. As well as I can expect it to. My Media Arts group still sucks, but I’m over it, and we’ve got a little video done. Nearly. It’s not what I can call satisfactory…but, like I said before, I don’t care anymore. The next video we do, I’m going to take charge and designate myself as the cameraman. That way, I can use my creative sight and actually do it. No more “acting” roles for me, hopefully.
It was TheJakeman’s birthday on April 14th. He turned 18 now, and we still haven’t had a get-together with all our old friends like we used to! I’m totally going to try and get together with everyone this coming monday, and celebrate that and another awesome thing that’s going to be happening in his life. Soon to come. I have no idea what we’ll do for that…but that’s usually the case with us anyway. We just randomly do things. Doesn’t matter what.
I’m extremely happy that my boss has agreed to give me fewer shifts at work. Now, I only work a max of 10. Which is going to totally help me out in school! Most of my classes are still in the 70s, except French…which I’m almost failing… But then again, I’ve never been good at French. I managed to catch up on all my schoolwork a few weeks ago. But that didn’t last long. I missed a biology lab when I went to Ottawa(which reminds me…I need to write up about that still). I had no idea what happened, and so I struggled through it. Took way too long, and I ended up handing it in late, and couldn’t quite get some smaller assignments done for today. But it’s all cool. I can easily get all the rest done today.
The Emerald Mysts pack has been doing AMAZINGLY well recently. I haven’t talked too much about them, and that’s probably why. I’ll post something separate on that…maybe….NOW!
See you in the next post!
Where’s the Chemistry?
Alright. I’m here, at school. And I have just blown my fuse and am about to freak out on everyone in my Media Arts group. I’ve written about it before, and I’m sure as hell gonna write it out again. I’ve just had it with these guys. One of them way more than the others.
Well, sure, they came up with this idea. Wow. Good for you. Now, do you have ANYTHING to put together? Any interesting camera angles? No? How about a little more detail in your storyline? No again? Wow. Who would have thought that was possible with Nathan? I sure did!
That’s it. I’ve put my best foot forward for an entire week for this video assignment, and everything I do is literally shot down. And by who? Someone who’s not even going to pass high school. Do you people think that it just might be possible that I am the one who knows what he’s doing? I’ve averaged at 80% for pretty much my entire high school career. I have plans to go into art for my future. Do you think it’s possible that I know what I’m doing, compared to someone who just wants to smoke and get high all the time?
What is wrong with you people? Seriously.
Goodbye. I’d rather take a zero than work with you ever again.
So, good luck, eh? Find yourselves another nerd.
Why not?
This is another rant about school. About how stupid some people can be. Or just how stubborn I am. You can take a pick of which it is when you’ve finished reading.
Well, a few days ago, we were in Media Arts class, and we had to come up with an idea for our next video to produce. Well…my group had no real ideas. But I had one, and I offered it up. Of course, it was just a few little thoughts of mine that seeped onto a lined piece of paper, and I understood when they said that they didn’t understand.
And so, I took the idea home with me, and gave some thought to it. I even wrote it up for about 2 hours in a kind-of story format, so there was no possible way that they wouldn’t understand. I come to them and let them read the draft the next day…and they were hardly pleased. All they really said was “This is too hard”. Really. That’s it.
I had everything pieced together, except for one little part. I could see it all playing through my head. I knew exactly what needed to be done to get the project done. And they say it’s too hard. The thing had an incredible story compared to others seen in that class from last semester. I had ALL the scenes planned out. All the vocals. Even the songs to put the video to! And they claim it was too freaking HARD?!
I just left. Because what they said was just so rediculous. Again, I’m thrown with the lazy group. And like I said, I wasn’t going to do all the work. I didn’t push it any further.
Basically(if you don’t understand, let me give you the full synopsis thing), it was about this “shadow” person. We start with him in a dark room, with evening light seeping into the window, and making eerie shadows on the ground. Things we could just get by spending one day at someone’s house. Well, the creature explains that he wasn’t always like a shadow. He was a good person, but temptation lured him to being bad. And as hard as he tried, he could never get away from the evil.
There’s more detail to it, for sure. Again, everything’s been planned already.
All I’m thinking is. Why are you guys just going to settle for something that’s satisfactory, when we’ve got a crisp piece of work to work with right here? They want to do a biking video. That’s all they know so far. rant
Seriously? You guys don’t even have any idea what you’re doing.
And don’t expect my help. My ideas are crap, remember?
And so, TheJakeman has kindly agreed to do the video with me. If it doesn’t happen, that’s alright. Because I know that he’s still appreciating the effort I put into making this thing up.
My group made me feel so insulted. I live to create stories.
Back to being behind.
Well, it’s come again. I’m falling behind with my schoolwork, and life in general.
Last week friday, we had a handful of tests for certain classes. And for 2 of the three I had no time to study. The only one I did have time to study for, well…the studying wasn’t very much. I almost went into that test being nervous. And I am never that way when it comes to tests, because that will only get in the way of my memory. Basically, I had to rely on my memory of the lessons. Which, fortunately, came quite easily to me. At least, I hope it did…Maybe I was writing wrong answers for everything without even noticing it.
I’ve just been exhausted the past week or so, and it’s affecting my mood. I’ve been so negative towards everything, especially in my thoughts. And when I see assignments passing by me, and I know that it’s just not possible to do everything that I need to to keep on top of life, my future dreams, and my homework…well, it’s just depressing.
I don’t know. Things just haven’t been turning out for the better in my life. And I’ll admit, that I just might be a little depressed from it all. I’ve always had the mentality that being positive all the time, or just joking about everything, would be enough to keep me happier. But I just can’t keep that mentality anymore.
What also doesn’t help, is when people don’t show up at work. We had another case of that, and this time, I don’t really know the reason behind it. Simply put, we had NO dishwasher on friday. And NO dishwasher, means UTTER CHAOS! We were all scrambling all day to finish our work and the dishwasher’s work(which none of us really knew how to do). I was there till 8:30 that night. Luckily for them, my social life has all but vanished since I’ve been working there. Another reason for my feeling horrible.
I just want to sleep. But there can’t be any sleep for me, because there’s just too much to do. Why do I have to work full time and a half, and still be expected to get through with everything else in my life?
Fast-Paced Frenzy
Every other week, as a bunch of people already know, I attend the breakfast club at Beacon Christian High School. It’s a place where a few of the Beacon high school students get together, hang out, eat breakfast and do devotions in the morning. I know what you’re thinking. I’m not a Beaconite. Well…I have a bunch of great friends who are, and this is one of the great ways I can be with them! I wish I could go every week, but I have chapel at my school every other week as well.
Well, this week was pretty nice. I tried to do a traditional French breakfast that we had in France while I was there. Croissants(which turned into bagels), with ham and cheese. I also had some honey and grapes in there for a little “spice”.
But it wasn’t the food I brought this time that made a click in my mind. It was what we talked about in devotions.
The underlying idea was: American society is fastpaced. We are possessions-rich, but we aren’t time-rich.
Sure, I already figured that everything moved just too quickly in our society. And I’d already made a promise to myself that I wouldn’t let this fast-paced attitude get the better of me. But, it turns out, that I’ve already broken that promise to myself.
Recently, I believe that I’ve just been moving so quickly that I’ve been losing sight of how to do things and actually enjoy them. I’ve been killing myself with work, homework, artwork, writing-work(hehe) and the whole bit(with some video games in there somewhere) recently.
I can no longer piece together things through creative thinking. I used to put together stories in my mind like there was no tomorrow, and fight with myself about which one to START(key word). Now, I get nothing, even when I’ve got an assignment to create story for Media Arts.
I’m unmotivated to do much digital work on the computer, simply because scanning is such a pain in the butt. Not only that, but I’ve been pushing it to the side in order to get all my other work finished.
Something about today’s devotions seemed to spark something in me. Maybe this self-realization that I can’t escape from the common fast-paced society that I live in no matter how hard I try.
But I don’t care. I’ll still try. I don’t want to live life in a way that drains all the fun from it. I want to be the kid me forever. I want to be fun, for my friends, for my kids if ever I have any. Because I know what it feels like to not have fun parents(for the most part). It’s not much their fault, and I don’t blame them for anything. I just want my kids to enjoy life like I do, and not to think that life is just another chore.
It’s France/Italy Time!
I’m so excited! Other than packing and buying odds and ends, everything is finished for the trip. All the payments are paid(and choking my bank account at 2000). Now, I’ve just got to memorize my entire French-English dictionary….YEA RIGHT!
We leave this Friday at 1:15. And it will be about a 6 hour flight overnight, through the turbulance of the Atlantic ocean. We’ll see how well it goes. I’m also kind of worried about going to Italy…seeing as I don’t speak a word of Italian.
I’ll post more about this when I get back! And expect…pictures!
