Thursday, March 26th, 2009
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5:34 pm - yes!
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jenny lewis is coming to Carrboro 2 days before my birthday! who wants to go with me? [it's june 12]
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
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1:49 pm - content.
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it is really frustrating when clients give you content and you design something for them, and then as an edit they give you 2 times as much text, so you have to spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to artfully cram it into your previous design; in these situations the end result is never as nice as the first round.
i think the biggest difference between real work and design school is that in design school, your project got better and better as it progressed, and in the real world the project gets worse and worse as the design blind client mutilates it. it's quite disheartening to see something your proud of beaten into something heinous.
however, the subject of today's entry was meant to mean content as in happy, not content as in contained information, and i seem to have gotten off track.
on the whole, i am loving being out of school. the lack of stress is so amazing, it's like a giant weight has been lifted off my shoulders. in school i was constantly anxious and now i feel like a different person. now the only thing i have to stress about it getting stuck in traffic occasionally. i love my job, it's so laid back and deadlines are generous and when the day is over i go home and don't think about it. i've been catching up on some much needed nicole-time, doing things i did for pleasure before college that i forgot about in the constant busyness of school. i've been reading a lot and watching some tv and going to the dog park. and now that it isn't super hot anymore i'm excited about having more outside time.
i thought i would be discontent with staying in raleigh and doing nothing too exciting after graduation, but i'm finding it to be just the opposite. i still want to move to san francisco, but i'm not ready to worry about money and job hunting and all that just yet. i wonder how long it will take me to tire of my current routine.
on a less reflective note, it's october and that means halloween and pumpkin flavored things! beth and i are going to go get pumpkin cupcakes today. and ramadan's finally over, so that means islam will be able to do more than just slug around on the weekends, i can't wait. next weekend i'm going to my first wedding [victor and sarah's] and i'm excited. islam's never been to a wedding either, and i have no idea who other than the two of us has graduated from college and still not been to a wedding.
i'm going to make kava a halloween costume, i just havent decided on what yet. here are my ideas so far:
anteater
unicorn
yeti
chewbacca
lion
bumble bee
any suggestions?
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
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11:37 pm - i hate the hippies
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a whole week of rain makes me hate everything.
things i would buy if i had more than $10:
1. obedience classes for kava. i'm not sure how you're supposed to teach a dog to heel? plus it would be fun.
2. a cute dress for graduation.
3. a trip to san francisco or a fun new place this summer.
4. a ds or psp. not sure which one.
5. new neighbors.
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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10:00 am - kava gets spayed today :(
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only one month left of school? that seems ridiculous.
i'm not sure how i'm going to finish my project...
i'm excited to be done, but i wish i was going to be able to take some time off before getting a job.
nothing much new. rainy days = ds, animal planet, lazy lazy lazy.
i love my doggy.
the end.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
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1:18 pm - i hate com 112
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
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7:15 pm - SPRINGBREAKSPRINGBREAK
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i'm home in charlotte. both my parents love kava, even though at first my dad tried to pretend like he didn't because i wasn't supposed to get a dog. my mom keeps talking about wanting a big dog again, but she already has three poodle mixes. i'm glad she loves doggies, it made bringing a puppy home a lot easier.
kava's 12 weeks old now, and she weighs 15 pounds. she looks mostly like a german shepherd, but she has a rottweiler tail and butt markings. she knows sit and shake and lay down, and i love her a lot a lot a lot.
on monday nicole, kava and i went to wrightsville beach and it was sunny and pretty and super fun. kava was a little scared of the water, but she loved the sand and helped me dig a hole. we played bocce and hopscotch and even got in the water for like 2 minutes and had a picnic and napped and took a walk. i love the beach and warm weather.
tuesday i worked and then stayed up all night doing windhover things, and then wednesday we did more windhover things and preparing the file really sucked a bunch. but now we're done and the file is at the printer and maybe now i'll have 1/3 of my life back. thank god.
wednesday night islam took me out to raleigh times to celebrate and then we watched top model [the makeover episode!] and passed out at 11 cause we were both exhausted.
and then yesterday i drove home. and i've been really lazy. scrabble and reading and project runway season finale [!!!] and the dentist and playing with my puppy. i'm bummed that it rained all day today and it's supposed to rain again tomorrow, but at least my parents house is big and a better place to be cooped up in than grove-vegas.
i plan on doing a significantly less amount of work for the rest of the semester. i'm pretty excited about it. i'm having a really hard time caring about job hunting . . . i just want to enjoy the rest of my college experience since i haven't had time to relax since freshman year. i'm so sick of being stressed out all the time always.
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
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11:55 pm - HOORAY SPRING BREAK
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okay, kava is currently running into my room as fast as she can, grabbing a mouth full of food, sprinting into the living room, throwing the food on the floor, eating it, and then running back into my room to repeat the cycle. and she just successfully jumped on the couch for the first time ever! she's hit that ridiculous hyper puppy phase.
she's doing really good with her training, she hasn't had an accident in 5 days and she knows come and sit and shake and lay down. and she tries to shake with everything-she tries to shake with other dogs, doors, etc. ILOVEMYRIDICULOUSPUPPY.
good things that happened today:
sunshine
new shoes! that only cost $20!
paddle boating [with kava!]
hopscotch with nicole and eric and islam
finding count chocula cereal at target
very vanilla soy milk in my cup right now
bad things that happened today
2.5 hour windhover meeting
impossible to remove stickers in the bottom of kava's new food bowls
kava just pooted
dakota, i'm watching dominico's show, and it's sooo terrible. and ashley the crazy redneck is on it.
ilovespringbreak.
tomorrow gena and nicole and i are going to wilmington with puppies for the day! it's supposed to be 70 degreees! eeeeee.
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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8:36 am - 3 more days til spring break
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Things I Am Tired Of:
pasta
grilled cheese
cereal
graphic design
cold weather
being poor
vom 112
the ymca
windhover
the museum of bags
our house always being dirty
Things I Want More Of
park time with kava
sunshine
soy milk
toaster struedel
sushi
america's next top model
clean dishes
gas in my car
anything that involves not being in studio
sleep
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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9:50 pm - I LOVE MY PUPPY.
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
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11:00 pm - more puppy gushing, of course.
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it's so funny when dogs cock their heads at weird noises.
kava is becoming more and more of a mommy's girl and it makes me completely elated when she snuggles up next to me. sometimes she suckles in her sleep and it's cuteeee cute cute. today we went to the vet, fletcher park, islam's house, and to the vet school to get a shot. she decided that she is always going to try to lay in my lap while we're driving, thus putting us in constant peril.
the vet said maybe she has some german shepard in her, but mostly she's a big mix. and she's supposed to get up to 50 pounds.
she's doing awesomely with her house training, yesterday she scratched at the door to tell me she had to poop! that's pretty amazing for 10 weeks. we're still working on lease training though. she's such a good pup, i bring her to studio a lot and she just naps on the floor.
i've been doing a lot of work on windhover lately, but i'm completely fucked on my studio project. whoops. but it's okay, because the project i proposed for after spring break is an ice cream commercial, which will be amazinggg. also, i have a puppy, and so i don't care about other things that are important. shh.
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
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11:46 pm - sleeepy
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everything in my life is better when kava comes with me.
[which is all the time always except class and work]
lovelovelove.
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
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10:39 pm - :)))))
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i am currently laying next to this thing:
dear livejournal community, i would like to introduce to you:
Kava Kraieski.
she's gnawing on my elbow.
:))))
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
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12:38 am - puppies windhover puppies windhover museum of bagsssss
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The past three weeks I don't think I've done anything but work in studio and look at puppies.
Today islam gave me girl scout cookies and took me to sushi blues for lunch. His dad is flying out tomorrow, and he's going to be gone for a year, so he went home to spend some time with him.
I interviewed at red hat today, it went pretty well. They were pretty unsure about if/when they'd need me and whether I'd be interning or doing contractor work, but they really liked my work and it seemed like they would hire me if/when there is a position available. I'll just keep my fingers crossed. It would be so amazing if they hired me and I didn't have to endure the headache of job searching in raleigh where there are approximately 5 graphic design jobs that don't suck. I'm going to be here for at least a year, so finding a job that isn't horrible is pretty important.
two more weeks of windhover, and a ridiculous amount of work to do in those two weeks. yikes.
i'm pretty sure i am going to like my life significantly significantly better when its over.
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
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10:33 am - HAPPYHAPPYHAPPY
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i think that i am usually a rational person, perhaps it's my total hatred for my life lately that's making me go crazy.
don'tcaredon'tcaredon'tcare.
so i filled out some adoption papers for this puppy:
just so i can meet it. logic says i should be patient, but ilovethispuppy. lovelovelove
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10176182
q: but nicole, you don't have any money?
a: why, that's true, but I HAVE AN INTERVIEW AT RED HAT NEXT WEEK!!!! thank you islammmmmm. it's either for an internship or contractor work, I think either one would be great.
also, i'm going to look into getting a credit card, maybe i'll go to wachovia today.
soexcitedsoexcitedsoexcited.
eeeeeeee!
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
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11:38 pm - cough cough
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...nothing makes me more hateful than spending more than 12 hours in studio. thank you windhover.
the next three weeks are going to be terrible.
march 1st, i can't wait to see you.
i want a puppy. since i might be sticking around raleigh for another year, i wanted to get one as a graduation present to myself, but both my mom and islam think it's a bad idea because we don't know if/when we are moving. but seriously, i think i'd rather just get a dog and put off contemplating my future. I don't know what i'm doing when i graduate. islam's dad is supposed to find out any day if he's going to iraq. even if he doesn't, we might still stay in raleigh a bit cause islam just took a full time job. i don't know where i would work...raleigh doesn't have a ton of options. but it does have friends. idk, i just want to relax.
i've been sick since monday, and it's seriously been the most debilitating illness i've had in several years. like, can't stand up or think straight or eat solid food. i'm mostly better now, but i was a total grandma this weekend. i went to bed by midnight and read a bunch. I've been reading Arabian Nights and it's really wonderful.
ugh tomorrow.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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12:32 am - youch my muscles
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this entry will be upbeat, to make up for the last three whiney ones.
Islam joined a gym and he gets to bring a free guest all the time, and we went yesterday and today and i lifted weights for the first time ever and ran a bunch...6 miles in 2 days! i'm going to try to exercise when i get stressed out [aka all the time always] because it makes me feel better.
i love 3 day weekends! thanks martin luther king jr.
denise assigned me a 100 page book due the day before windhover is due [in 5 weeks] and i'm trying not to freak out about it. but i think she has ridiculously high expectations for everyone, so maybe it'll be okay if i don't end up making it that long. idk.
i love sushi and bubble tea. the end.
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
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12:35 pm - new year's resolutions
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1. manage my money wisely
2. learn how to cook things other than pasta
3. get out of raleigh
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
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1:36 am - 2007 highlights
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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1:23 am - please.
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
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10:40 am - omgeeee
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