O yeah, and then there’s those 4 letters with the H in the middle (I call it ADDing with an H). You step away from the computer screen, pick up a book, read 20-30 pages then never pick it up again because you gotta find something better to do. I’ve done this so many times. Because the lack of my attention span, I have a library of design mags and literature books waiting to be opened, just waiting for it to mend with “passing time.”
I MUST feel productive or I feel like slum.
I used to be able to sit @ the computer for countless hours and…I don’t even know. See, I just know somewhere along the line from 7th grade until
about a year ago, I can sit in front of a computer for a prolonged period.
Now, I feel we’re in a day of age where just being off of the computer is
healthy. No, not just reading, exercising, sleeping and taking on daily
tasks–just being off of the computer strikes as a healthy thought.
So, not being at the computer, what do I do? I occupy time by pretending
to be preoccupied. While Kate sits around the house, the sofa, her bed, I
am away from her, pretending I am busy (sometimes I actually am doing
something). My brother can spend hours of days of weeks sitting in front
of the damn monitor playing computer games; I hate that.
When I went through my computer-as-life stage, I was designing my webpage,
reading articles on the newest computer hardware innovations and experimenting
with several software programs. Somehow, at least that seems better than
spending endless hours playing Ragana something, Counter Strike, Starcraft,
Tank, or whatever people are playing nowadays.
I didn’t want to start homework
just yet and I wanted to browse ebay for some deals. I didn’t browse ebay
because I knew I had to be on the computer later to finish up my Illustrator
exercises and project.
Being away from the computer just seems so generally healthy, probably because I
have this perception delivered from kids being on the computer for hours instead
of playing outside and getting dirty and street-smart. I’m glad I realized
it for myself that the computer is just a tool and not a way of life–for me.
There was TV, Videogames, and now the computer does it all and people seemed to
forget what trees look like, what fresh air feels like; what nature is.
I feel wise that I’ve outgrown the stage of being on the computer for so long
unless I’m using it to design or something. God…here I am rambling.
I didn’t browse ebay but I blogged. Oops.
A few images of this past week
pics>>>This
Past Week
I socialize at school more than I do in my outside-of-school life. Kate submitted to sleep, rather than to wake up for out 7:30 class so I went ahead. It was interesting…the world seems different without the girl you’ve been going to school with for the past 3 years not by your side. If anything, I keep more to myself when she’s not with me. I’m just breathing people’s air.
However, I have a few people I can rely to hang out with. There’s this dude Rob who reminds me of DJ Kilmore with short hair. There’s Jasmine who looks like Jessica Simpson’s little cousin. There’s Sara who listens to similar music as me and there’s Jason and Steph who are in my drawing class. I have more friends in school than I do outside of school. I feel a greater balance of opening up and socializing and keeping strictly to myself or myself/Kate. It’s quite interesting. I bore you.
We finally started printing today in my photo class. I crapped out two photos. One of them is Kate because, well, I love Kate. And the other one
is a stupid basketball net (the cool thing is the 25 red filter I was
experimenting with). Anyhow, the teacher wanted to see how I did printing
objects instead of people (she handpicked which negative to print 2nd), which is
funny because in high school, I hardly printed people; Jorynn and Joanne were
big on portraits.
This morning, ny Nikon SLR’s film advance lever jammed today, meaning I couldn’t advance my film, so I had to cut my roll short by about 4 exposures. No biggie. I dropped off my camera to have it repaired–$135. Not bad compared to what people outside a big city pay. Sacramento is as accessible to camera repair stores as the metro areas. Yay.
Downside: $135 for a camera I paid $127.
Upside: My camera will be ready to take on another 10-25 years of picture-taking frenzies. Plus, I don’t have to worry about having it serviced next year, like I planned. Yes…another great reason to invest in a fully mechanical 1977 Nikon. =)
O yeah, the camera store Kate and I visited (Pardee’s) is awesome. It’s like a Starving Musician (as opposed to a Guitar Center) for Cameras.
So, back to the camera that was there with me in the beginning of photography, my AF Nikon…(sigh) it’s sentimental. Thanx Dad.
We got locked away from the attic, well, as Jun would put it. So, the site was down. Something about the server having a disk failure and so forth. Anyhow, the days the site isn’t up were the days stuff happened. Great. Anyhow, I owe myself a post. And…and…and… I am redesigning The Graduate Business Jourunal newsletter of the University of San Francisco. This ought to be interesting.
After school, Kate and I had to pick up a few more supplies at another art
store, afterwards we ended up eating a 4 o’ clock lunch at Cheesecake
Factory–it was on whim, or whiplash. Kate made a last minute turn into
the complex. The occasion? Kate and I are strongly considering
double-majoring. BS in Graphic Design and BA in Photography. Instead
of 3 more years in college, that kicks it up another year. She’s dropping
her minor and she’s joining the dark side. Why? Because I effing
love school. I feel like human waste on Tuesdays and Wednesdays because we
only have 2 classes.
O yeah.
Dear Maile,
Please be my friend.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey T.
Dammit. I don’t like when my favorite bands turn into fads. I know The Reason destroyed Hoobastank, but I promise, it was so much way better than that before. It really was. They were funky sex pistols who sounded like Incubus (before their debut album). So, please, please PLEEEEASE don’t like Dan or Doug. Why now show Marku or Chris some love? They’re not perfect persons either.
Sorry, that’s the shallow in me. But really, 5 years from now, Hoobastank will go back to making good music, and children will not like them anymore, because gangsta hip-hop will make a return. 2pac will be discovered to be alive, he’ll poop out another album and I’ll be in my room listening to whatever the hell it is I listen to now. Because I am samurai.
A few images since school started.
pics>>>Kate
and Jeff meet CSUS
