More stupid new years resolutions?!

Yea, I know.
But I want to actually try this year.
I know I say this every year, if only to myself but I think that I have enough motivation to actually get things going and stick to it this year.

Cant wait to look back on this next new years and realize I've done none of what I wanted to do.
Alright, without further ado...

1) Draw every single day.
I know, considering what I'm taking in school and what I want to do for a career, this seems like a really stupid resolution. I don't draw as much as I'd like to, or should for that matter. I really need to step it up if I ever want to improve. So this is my first resolution.

2) Become better at time management.
I need to learn how to manage my time WAY better. This past semester taught me how important it is that I learn this skill. I need to keep school, homework, work, and a social life in order. I have to keep up with my assignments so I'm not stuck at school till midnight 3 nights a week to finish!

3) Only use the elevator at school once per day.
It would be SO easy to lose weight being in the animation program, since we're on the 4th floor. All you have to do is not be lazy and actually take the stairs every/most of the time.
I lost 10 pounds in the first month and a half, here's hoping 20 more hit the road before summer.

4) Lose 20 pounds by summer, kind of goes hand in hand with number 3.
I know its possible after losing 10 already. I can do it! Not that hard! No more Wendy's for heavens sake!

5) Get my tattoo finished.
I'm hoping to work enough this summer to be able to afford a few more sessions on my arm and finish it up before the years end. Cant wait to see some colour!

6) Read a lot over the summer.
I have a stack of at least 6 or 7 novels that I have yet to read from last year.
I need to get that done this summer.

7) Do something every day that makes me leave the house.
There's nothing worse than having the laziest day in the world because theres nothing to do so I end up staying home and feeling gross. This is especially for the summer, I want to go out every day, even if its just to ride my bike through the ravine. I don't have time to waste so much of it.


That's all I can think of for now. It's a lot to do, but I think I can do it.
Lets start with number one. I'm gonna go draw for a bit.
School starts in 1 more week. Hopefully I'll be able to upload some of my stuff from first semester before then.

Later days

It's My Birthday!

Wouldn't you know it?
Another year has come and gone.
For my birthday so far I've received money. It's exactly what I wanted, and I didn't have to tell anyone. I'm very curious how everyone knew? Even my parents got me money.

I'm on my way to another session for my tattoo! I'm super excited about it!
Maybe just after the new year I'll have enough to book an appointment. I'm really itching for some colour.

In other news, Misfits is an awesome show!
I have a baking date with Steph coming up soon.
Christmas music has officially started on the radio.
I have done no homework all weekend, which really sucks.
Walking dead last night was amazing.

I have to work today, then go straight to school to finish an assignment. Fabulous way to spend my birthday, don't you think?

Alright well that's it for now.

Later days.

Yo

What's up, blog?

It's been a while. I've been pretty busy with school, and work when I'm not at school.

Lots to update, but not when I'm about to leave for work.


Does anyone even read this thing?




Later days.

2 Weeks Down!

As week 2 has come to an end, I try not to cover my computer in pencil lead that is all over my hands that I'm too lazy to wash off right now.

I have just finished my first assignment for Story boarding class. Finally.
Not one of my favourite assignments, Ive basically been putting it off repeatedly until now.

I have work tomorrow and Monday which I'm not looking forward to at all.
I guess the trouble with starting a new job is not knowing how to do everything completely.
I HATE IT!
At least at Blockbuster, I knew how to do almost every function, and I knew how to deal with every situation. Now, I have to re-learn everything and it's a lot more complicated this time around.
I've been going over things in my head, I know the basics of what I'll be facing, but I also feel that when it comes down to it, under the pressure of the line ups and angry customers, I'll forget everything.
Another thing that bugs me about Ikea is how friggin' huge it is. There are SO many people working there, and yet its so hard to ask for help if I need it. Because it's so busy everyone is doing something, and can rarely come help me, or if they do, it takes a little bit in which the customer will be giving me an evil stare.

Here's hoping my first few days of working on my own go smoothly and without problems.

I'm starting to get to know the people in my class more and more each day.

Hockey starts this week. Ive finally paid so now it's official. I have to play. Let's see how this goes with school work and what not. Also having my early day the morning after hockey will be fantastic.

Oh! I wonder if the Rocky movies continue this weekend from last weekend.
I really do enjoy Rocky Balboa thoroughly. What a guy.

As Promised, pictures of my studio.

That's my desk.


The other side of the room.

Colourful eh?


Yo Adrienne. That's for you. ;)

Later days.

Schoolz

Omg, blog!

First of all, it's been too long.
So much has happened worthy of blogging about, but I have had no motivation to do so.

School is in 2 days!!!
It's finally here and I'm still just as excited about it as I was before. If not more!

Ok...quick run down of some things that have happened:

-Lost my job at bbv.
-Had 3 weeks 'off'
-3 interviews later, Ikea hired me.
-Couple shifts in, realized how difficult of a job it really is
-Got my new macbook! woot woot!
-Haven't gained any weight!! (haven't lost any either)
-Went to the Ex and watched my friends eat deep fried butter.

Hmm...what else? Cant think of anything.
Anyways, now that school is finally starting, I'm hoping to update this blog with some art as I go.
So we'll see.

Anyways, I've got lots of iTuning to do so I must get back to that.
I'll be back soon.

Later days.

Not in the mood

I'm really not in the mood to blog at all right now.

Having said that, watch me write a novel.

Monday weigh in...down 2.5lbs.

Having looked through my list of notes, its basically just normal for me to be fluctuating 1 or 2 lbs here and there.

I'm not seeing any solid results as of yet. I kind of stopped trying, like I always do with diets.

I just thought with the amount of hockey I played these past 2 weekends, something would have changed.

Anyways, I'll try to keep up with this whole weight loss business. I'm sick and tired of being chunky.

So I finally slept in today, after waking up at 7am the past 2 days to play 2 or 3 games of hockey each day. I woke up at around 9:30, just as a preliminary wake up, then went back to sleep.

From about 1o to 11 I was basically too tired/lazy to get up so I tried to sleep as best I could but at that point I couldn't fully fall asleep again. You know what I'm talking about right?

Then eventually at 11 when I got up I felt like crap. Of course. I knew it was going to happen.

Anyways, I have my coffee, Ive done my facebooking, after this I'll probably head downstairs for some yogurt and rice cakes(breakfast of champions) and watch an episode of Nurse Jackie.

Then I'll drag my butt over to work...again...for a shift that will last far too long, mainly because of who I'm working with.

BUT THEN! I have all of Tuesday off! And on Tuesday night I start my co-ed hockey league, and I'm SO excited for that.

AND THEN! I have all of Wednesday off! Hurrah! I hope the weather is nice Tuesday and Wednesday, maybe I'll actually go biking this time, or roller blading.

As for my injuries, my ankle isn't swollen anymore, but it still does hurt on the bone like a bruise. My bruise is starting to fade, but the center is still hard and very painful.

I think I will be scheduling a doctors appointment sometime this week. Perhaps on one of my off days. It's just better to know exactly whats wrong than wonder why it's taking 2 months to heal.

Hmm what else....(see? novel) So much for not wanting to blog today.

I'm starting to second guess my tattoo..more for the fact of what my dad/family will say. I know I'll never be interested in a job that wouldn't hire you based on the fact that you're covered in tattoos, so that's not really a big concern, but I don't know.

Ive found I ask myself if this is who I really am. The answer is always yes. I love art, I love being creative, I love being different. I'm getting this tattoo no matter what, I just hope my dad doesn't hate me for it.

So now I'm just waiting for George to call me! It's been almost a month, he said sometime at the end of April, I'm thinking it'll probably be in May. Justin is getting one before me, and he hasn't even been called yet, so who knows how long this will take.

Alright, I should stop talking now..or writing I guess...

Wish me luck on becoming less fat.

Thanks.

Later days

P.s. My team won first place at the Heart and Stroke tournament! Woot woot!

Scrandle

It's Monday.
It's weigh in day.
*sigh* Alright, let's get this over with.

After losing the 2.5lbs last week I guess I thought I did really well and started cheating this week thinking it wouldn't really make a big deal.
So here I am.

I'm down 1 lb.

Yay for being down, but boo for being only 1 lb.
I was actually surprised seeing that though. I thought for sure I would be up from last week.
So this is good.
I just have to work extra hard this week.
Let's go me!

Tonight I'm going out to dinner with friends to celebrate getting into school.
(OMG I got into school!)
Hopefully I can control my menu picking and get something sensible.
Should be fun though, haven't seen them in a while. So much to catch up(ketchup) on.

I have a super mega shift tomorrow which I'm not at all looking forward to since my feet still hurt from my last shift.
Eww I slept in till 11:30 today. I feel gross.
Alright, well I think that's all for now.

Later days

La La La

Alright, trying to get an early post in here today.

And with that, I have absolutely nothing to write about.
It's a beautiful day outside today, I can only hope people will be out and about on their day off instead of renting movies and staying in.
I really hope no one comes in tonight, I'm definitely not in the mood.

I also hope I don't get scrutinized by the new manager tonight. I have a feeling I'm going to get yelled at for not asking every single person if they want to pre-order Avatar, or even one single person for that matter. I hate up selling.

Anyways, today consisted of waking up late-ish, having my morning cup of coffee whilst internetting. Hanging out in the back yard for a bit with my dad and the pups, finding out the water fountain isn't working(might still be frozen), and yelling at Baxter for eating bird seed, because he's clearly not a bird. I then went on to fold my laundry that I did yesterday and left conveniently in the dryer. Yay clean hockey clothes and jerseys! (I smell)
Then had some lunch, watched 5 mins of Bad Lieutenant and gave up, and now I'm here.

What fun! Maybe I'll get my bike out, put some air in the tires and go for a ride.
I found a video on YouTube of some workouts for strengthening your legs for hockey, so I may do that for a bit. I really don't want to die in my co-ed division.

Anywho, I cant really think of much more to say. So I'll leave it at that.

Later Days

Eeek!

So I forgot to post today.

Some thoughts from the day.

I'm excited to meet my new team and play some shinny this Saturday.

I am not at all looking forward to working a whole shift with the new manager tomorrow night, although it is time and a half.
I'll let you know if it was worth the extra money.

I bought jello today. I havent been this excited about jello before. Dont ask me why, because I have no idea.

I snacked more than I should have today. Grr...

It's april fools and I wasnt fooled once today! HAH!


Easter weekend coming up!
Dont forget to go egg hunting!

Later Days

Whistle While You Work...

...But really don't, because it's really annoying.

As much as I don't want to talk about work, it's really starting to tick me off.

Basically, without going into too much detail about it all, I am not enjoying any type of management person right now.
We recently changed district leaders to someone who I really do not enjoy at all. And this said person told my assistant manager to tell me(couldn't even tell me himself while I was right there) that I need to go buy new work pants because mine are unacceptable. Ok granted, the policy says 'slacks' and 'no jeans', but my pants aren't jeans! They are black pants. They may be sewn the same way jeans are, but that does not make them jeans!
I don't know why this little thing bothers me so much. Maybe because it is such a little thing to worry about when the company is going bankrupt right under their feet.
Go look at 70% of your employees and then come and tell me to change what I'm wearing.
I just bought new work pants, and I'm not willing to go spend another $30 on new ones because you don't like them.

I'd be glad to go shopping on Blockbuster's dime anytime. You show me the exact pair of pants that I need to buy and give me the money to do so, and I will be happy to.
But since you wont, then just please shut your mouth right now.

Sorry to get so angry Blogger, but it really grinds my gears.

This Monday started our new store manager. I met her for the first time and after meeting her, was not at all entirely impressed. Not looking forward to seeing her again today, I showed up and offered a friendly 'Hello'. We had about a 20 minute overlap in which she seemed really nice and not at all trying to enforce herself as the new 'boss-man' like the day before.
I have a feeling this is going to be a sort of 'wait and see' situation to find out what she's really like.
Already the schedule has not been made in time, and she has failed to give 2 managers their new alarm codes so they can close/open the store. Off to a good start.
But I gotta give her a chance, I can imagine how she must be feeling coming to an entirely new store and having to be the 'boss' when you're the new kid. It's gotta be hard.

Anyways, that's enough steam off my chest. Work is starting to suck and I need new pants. Maybe I'll throw a pants party. Who knows.

Later Days