New Toys!

I am now the proud owner of.... a bunch of expensive toys from Apple.

We went to the Apple store this weekend and I got a new computer (MacBook), the Adobe Creative Suite Premium edition, Microsoft Office, and a new iPod Touch. The only reason I got the iPod was because it was free :) Turns out they're running a promotion for students, and if you buy a computer for school, you get a free iPod. Sweet. The price tag on it is $300, so I consider myself quite lucky!

I've been on the job hunt lately. Which I HATE. I've found a few good ones and sent in my resume, and now I'm playing the waiting game. What I have found (that's reassuring) are a bunch of jobs I'm not qualified for. At the moment. But it's nice to know that what I've chosen to go back to school for has fun potential. I've found a lot of jobs that, in a year or so, with a little more experience and a portfolio, I'll be able to get. It's a nice thing to see!

One of my favorite internet listing sites is Craigslist. It's gotten a little SPAM-y lately, but I still go there for job postings. There is some angry person (or some angry people... who knows?) that seems to have gotten miffed about people offering to pay graphic designers what, in his opinion, is a pity sum of money.

A few favorites, for your reading pleasure....
1- Taking the (slightly) high road
2- "50 bucks my ass"
3- "20k- what a joke"
4- a fair (?) warning

And those are just from yesterday and today. Crazy. If you ever get bored, there are a lot of amusing sections on Craigslist...and some of them are very inappropriate... I'll let you find those for yourself

Time to sit still...

..sort of.

I've been quite a nomad for the month of August. I moved out on the first, lived at my parents house for a week, flew to New York to spend the day with Sarah, left JFK for Israel on August 10th, spent 10 days there, came back to Tallahassee, spent a few days at my parents house, and drove down to Miami on Tuesday. Wow. Included in that few days with my parents were two days with no power, courtesy of Hurricane Fay (or was it just Tropical Storm Fay?).

The drive down to Miami was long and tiring. I've been fighting off sickness (not very well, apparently) since midway through my trip to Israel. The trip was amazing, just really tiring. I have hundreds of pictures, but I have to say the one in this post is one of my favorites. That's me and Jon riding a camel through the Negev... we named him Marvin. Camels make really funny noises....

So now I'm in Miami, finally. I started class today at MDC. It's nice to be back in a classroom. The apartment is a mess, since we don't have furniture, which means it's tough to unpack with no drawers, shelves, or anything. We've already planned a trip to Ikea this weekend... stay tuned for pictures and stories from there!