New Takes Define Faculty Art Show
A piece I wrote on the New Faculty Art Show.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Blog Colors
I have been trying to change the background and entire color scheme of this blog, but I just can't seem to find one that is aesthetically pleasing and easy to read.
Problems that have arose in my thought process:
1.) I am starting to think black is too morbid and sends out the wrong vibe.
2.) Text that is not black or white seems illegible. My favorite color is red, but I can't find a red that seems less morbid than black, that I like and that can be red on.
3.)I really don't want the colors to be insanely boring and professional either. This is a personal blog and therefore the colors should illustrate something more personable than a professional one.
I tried to Google color schemes and found a couple that didn't work out. I would look off other blogs, but stealing someone's blog colors, really? That's just pathetic, plus a lot of girls seem to have some kind of pink...I detest pink.
Am I putting too much pressure on the whole thing? Is it so much to ask to find the perfect color scheme that inspires me to become who I am supposed to become? Maybe that's the problem I am still trying to find who I am.
Problems that have arose in my thought process:
1.) I am starting to think black is too morbid and sends out the wrong vibe.
2.) Text that is not black or white seems illegible. My favorite color is red, but I can't find a red that seems less morbid than black, that I like and that can be red on.
3.)I really don't want the colors to be insanely boring and professional either. This is a personal blog and therefore the colors should illustrate something more personable than a professional one.
I tried to Google color schemes and found a couple that didn't work out. I would look off other blogs, but stealing someone's blog colors, really? That's just pathetic, plus a lot of girls seem to have some kind of pink...I detest pink.
Am I putting too much pressure on the whole thing? Is it so much to ask to find the perfect color scheme that inspires me to become who I am supposed to become? Maybe that's the problem I am still trying to find who I am.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Halloween Jokes
Halloween Jokes can lighten the scary mood of Halloween, which is why I always liked them as a kid. I shamefully admit that while I love Halloween, I never understood the thrill of being scared.
Classic joke I learned in ninth grade:
Q: What did the ghost say to the beehive?
A: BOOBEES!!!
Joke good on two holidays:
Q: What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?
A: Frostbite
Sad but true joke:
Q: Why don't skeletons ever go out on the town?
A: They have no body to go out with
This one is just dumb:
Q: What is a skeleton's favorite musical instrument?
A: A Trombone
This one will make you chuckle:
Q: WHo did Frankenstein take to the prom?
A: His ghoul friend
Awww....
Q:What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
A: Boo boos
Nerdy:
Q: What is the ratio of a pumpkin's circumference to its diameter?
A: Pumpkin Pi
And for the grand finale:
Q: How do you mend a broken jack-o-lantern?
A: With a pumkin patch!
For more Halloween jokes I recommend the following websites:
http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/humor.htm
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/jkscary.html
http://www.halloween.com/halloween-jokes-1.php
Classic joke I learned in ninth grade:
Q: What did the ghost say to the beehive?
A: BOOBEES!!!
Joke good on two holidays:
Q: What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?
A: Frostbite
Sad but true joke:
Q: Why don't skeletons ever go out on the town?
A: They have no body to go out with
This one is just dumb:
Q: What is a skeleton's favorite musical instrument?
A: A Trombone
This one will make you chuckle:
Q: WHo did Frankenstein take to the prom?
A: His ghoul friend
Awww....
Q:What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
A: Boo boos
Nerdy:
Q: What is the ratio of a pumpkin's circumference to its diameter?
A: Pumpkin Pi
And for the grand finale:
Q: How do you mend a broken jack-o-lantern?
A: With a pumkin patch!
For more Halloween jokes I recommend the following websites:
http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/humor.htm
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/jkscary.html
http://www.halloween.com/halloween-jokes-1.php
Article on Forensics
It turns out I freaked out for nothing, I was able to go talk to the forensics team the following night even though I missed their meeting and my article was still published on Thursday. I'm not saying I'm an expert yet, but I do think the improvement in my writing skills shine a little bit with this article.
Article on Forensics Club
Article on Forensics Club
My Fortune Cookie
Tonight my fortune cookie said: "A SUDDEN CHANGE IN PLANS WILL LEAD TO GOOD FORTUNE"
I sure hope the cookie is right, desserts are usually deceitful....they taste so good and then they make you fat, but maybe this stupid little cookie with this silly piece of paper in it will turn my bitter pessimism into something good.
In the words of Tony from West Side Story maybe "Something's Coming."
I sure hope the cookie is right, desserts are usually deceitful....they taste so good and then they make you fat, but maybe this stupid little cookie with this silly piece of paper in it will turn my bitter pessimism into something good.
In the words of Tony from West Side Story maybe "Something's Coming."
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Halloween Costumes
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, probably because dressing up has always been one of my favorite things! (It's the theater kid within me).
Costumzee claims these costumes to be the top 100 most popular of 2010.
I know it might mean I live in a cave somewhere...but I'm not quite sure how the seven deadly sins made it to number one. Though I must admit I do like most of these ideas such as the peacock, Alice in wonderland, Medusa, of course the mermaid and Marie Antoinette.
I am surprised at Moulin Rouge...when did that movie come out 2002? 2003? I love it, but I wouldn't think those characters has that kind of lasting impression, though as a woman saying you are Satine is a way of saying you're a prostitute without actually saying it. ;)
Store bought costumes never tend to fit me right.I know I am not the only one with this problem. most adult women costumes are most suited for the bedroom. I don't say this to be a square, I say this because it's true, if you want to be something regular for Halloween and not something dressed up as sexy, good luck to ya!
Plus when you buy a Halloween costume from the store, chances are if you are going to a big party, someone else will have it, and even worse...they might look better than you in it! So I usually start trying to get ideas with what I have at home. I also like to try and invent the costume, meaning instead of being a character from a TV show, I would rather be something nameless, a role anyone can play.
This year the inspiring pieces I found were the black tutu, black-feather-Vail hair piece, Old blue dance dress and bright red gloves.
This narrowed it down to three options.
1. The Bumble Bee- Black tutu, wings, yellow striped t-shirt, striped tights and antennae- all obtainable
2. Miss America- blue dance dress, bright elbow length gloves, tiara, tights red shoes
3....or for once instead of pretty and cute I thought I would be femme fatale creepy as a black widow...not the spider, but the actual woman that killed her husband. Black Vail hair piece, black dress, black knee high boots, wrist length lace gloves, tiny spiders and a weapon of sorts, complete with fish net webby black tights
The third option has won out and will be my first Halloween debut! However, Miss America is a close second and for that may be costume number two, if I dress up twice this year. Miss America is more drafty though and is more of an indoor costume, so it may all depend upon setting. Hopefully, there will be pictures to come.
WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND DON'T HAVE A COSTUME, COSTUME IDEAS...I found this website amusing as well.
Costumzee claims these costumes to be the top 100 most popular of 2010.
I know it might mean I live in a cave somewhere...but I'm not quite sure how the seven deadly sins made it to number one. Though I must admit I do like most of these ideas such as the peacock, Alice in wonderland, Medusa, of course the mermaid and Marie Antoinette.
I am surprised at Moulin Rouge...when did that movie come out 2002? 2003? I love it, but I wouldn't think those characters has that kind of lasting impression, though as a woman saying you are Satine is a way of saying you're a prostitute without actually saying it. ;)
Store bought costumes never tend to fit me right.I know I am not the only one with this problem. most adult women costumes are most suited for the bedroom. I don't say this to be a square, I say this because it's true, if you want to be something regular for Halloween and not something dressed up as sexy, good luck to ya!
Plus when you buy a Halloween costume from the store, chances are if you are going to a big party, someone else will have it, and even worse...they might look better than you in it! So I usually start trying to get ideas with what I have at home. I also like to try and invent the costume, meaning instead of being a character from a TV show, I would rather be something nameless, a role anyone can play.
This year the inspiring pieces I found were the black tutu, black-feather-Vail hair piece, Old blue dance dress and bright red gloves.
This narrowed it down to three options.
1. The Bumble Bee- Black tutu, wings, yellow striped t-shirt, striped tights and antennae- all obtainable
2. Miss America- blue dance dress, bright elbow length gloves, tiara, tights red shoes
3....or for once instead of pretty and cute I thought I would be femme fatale creepy as a black widow...not the spider, but the actual woman that killed her husband. Black Vail hair piece, black dress, black knee high boots, wrist length lace gloves, tiny spiders and a weapon of sorts, complete with fish net webby black tights
The third option has won out and will be my first Halloween debut! However, Miss America is a close second and for that may be costume number two, if I dress up twice this year. Miss America is more drafty though and is more of an indoor costume, so it may all depend upon setting. Hopefully, there will be pictures to come.
WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND DON'T HAVE A COSTUME, COSTUME IDEAS...I found this website amusing as well.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Tonight's Work Daydream
I've been promoted. I am no longer chained to the circulation desk and I no longer need to work circulation. The ora of well I do my job and what a great person has spread so much, that forget the library director it reached and inspired Dr. Duderstadt.
Dr. Duderstadt was so impressed with my awesome organizational skills and beautifully written poetic memos (I've never written any memos, but I could write beautiful ones) and e-mails that he has hunted me down to become his personal assistant.
That way when people ask me where I work at U of M I can say..."The Duderstadt center." and when they ask me what I do, I can reply "I'm Dr. Duderstadt's personal assistant." Everyone campus community or not would be so impressed by that response, I would never have to feel ashamed of what my life has become again...
I wish I could tell you that my daydreams of living an impressive life to make a difference in society haven't subsided, but my dreams have become what they have become I guess.
Dr. Duderstadt was so impressed with my awesome organizational skills and beautifully written poetic memos (I've never written any memos, but I could write beautiful ones) and e-mails that he has hunted me down to become his personal assistant.
That way when people ask me where I work at U of M I can say..."The Duderstadt center." and when they ask me what I do, I can reply "I'm Dr. Duderstadt's personal assistant." Everyone campus community or not would be so impressed by that response, I would never have to feel ashamed of what my life has become again...
I wish I could tell you that my daydreams of living an impressive life to make a difference in society haven't subsided, but my dreams have become what they have become I guess.
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