Only three projects left this semester!

Jess on April 20, 2009

I had a dream last night that I gave birth. It was odd because I don’t quite remember being pregnant during the dream at all and also because I was very bitter that I did not get any time to bond with the baby after birth. Who knows why that happened? I maybe watched one SVU with a fetus in it, but that baby died before birth so it doesn’t really make much of any sense at all.

Last night, I finished an entire final project. I’m pretty proud of myself, as you can guess I might be. Our final project for Museum Interpretation and Communication is to either a) make a brochure, b) create a pachyderm about a subject (pachyderm is this really kind of stupid flash template that is too limiting for me to enjoy), or c) design a website. So design a website I did. I basically just took the layout of my new blog overhaul that I’ve been working on, converted it from the php wordpress template that it is to an html document, changed the colors, changed the masthead, and added content and 8 other pages to fulfill the assignment.

Even though it wasn’t exactly the project that was weighing on my mind… I’m glad to have it done. Here’s to the rest of the week being equally productive!

Another Monday feeling refreshed

Jess on February 9, 2009

I’m planning on redesigning the content presentation of my website.  I would like to possibly eventually turn it into a portfolio, maybe through a url with my name or something of the sort, of all of the various things I do.  I want to start taking and publishing more photos for the sake of amateur photography.  I have a holga.  That is the best thing to do.  I want to create a digital recipe archive, a sort of digital cafe, of all of the delicious things that Kyle and I cook.  I want to start reflecting on more important issues than what I did with my day.  I’m sure that I’ll always keep a blog similar to the format of this one.  I started blogging at opendiary when I was 14.  It’s just engrained in me at this point.  More than half of the time that I’ve been able to write, I’ve invested my journalling energy on the blogosphere.  But, I realize, I’m somewhat outside of it.  I want to be able to use this domain to communicate with more than a few of strangers and some close friends.  I’d like to let people in my family know that it exists.  I think it could help keeping in touch and those sorts of things.  So expect a content redesign soon.  Although, I must say, I’m obsessed with this ugly color combination I’m using  so might as well keep it up.

Class and things are going very well.  I’m enjoying the intellectual stimulation for a change and I especially like my Islam class.  I’m really enjoying being in the groove of friendships.  I started going to the local coffee shop and that has somewhat helped.  I don’t know that I realized how much I feel like I fit in when I start recognizing people I don’t know from places that we both tend to frequent.  Maybe I’m just part of an unfortunate generation overexposed to Friends, but I think it’s more about loving the familiar.

Kyle has been in San Diego this week for a debate tournament.  I think he had a good time, and I sure missed him.  It’s nice to have the apartment to myself so I can sleep in easier in the mornings and get things done at my own pace with no regard for someone else’s plans or needs, but when it comes down to it, I miss him dearly.  I’ve been very nostalgic lately for the early days of when we were first dating.  Our two years of being committed to each other relationship is this week and I think I’m just considering what it’s been like getting to know him and letting him get to know me.  I really feel blessed, we’re so happy.

Changes everywhere

Jess on July 24, 2008

I’m completely overwhelmed by the moving process. From buying furniture, figuring out how to move the furniture, and getting a new vehicle for Kyle, it it just too much. Not to mention getting ready to start classes at a new school. At this point, the wedding is such a secondary cause of stress.

The camera came yesterday. I really like a lot of its features. Now I’m just wishing I had some things to photograph. My plan is to go out and about around Topeka and take pictures of things I’ve been meaning to photograph but I don’t know when I’ll get around to doing that. I’m also making a decision about whether I want to stick with Flickr for photo posting or take advantage of the webspace that I have. I’m thinking I should probably only use flickr for minor things, and I’m probably going to install Gallery 2 for image management on cranewife. Hopefully this works out the way I want it to but if it seems too cumbersome to me, I’m ditching it. I wish flickr was like wordpress and I could host it remotely without paying 25 extra dollars a year for space. I guess that seeems whiny cos 25 isn’t really that much to go pro but I only pay 25 for all the space I have here so that’s quite a chunk of change when I don’t feel like I’m necessarily getting the full bang for my 25 dollars here. Though, I must say, I love wordpress much more off of wordpress.com, even if i understand why wordpress.com would want to limit your features so you can’t muss up their site.