Sunset

Hi All, Despite the many posts on this site and as interesting as my life has been. *_* I have decided to finally sunset this blog. Perhaps you will start receiving personal e-mails or even phone calls from me again, or for the first time. I had some negative feedback on group e-mails, so I'll try to avoid those. But if you're ever want to keep up, feel free to call, IM, or even visit NY and get free room and board. In the meantime, just know that my life is filled with work, MBA or trying to get in one, netflix, going out with friends to cool new resturants/bars, and trying to find time/money for another vacation.

Netflix

I signed up for the free 2-week trial for Netflix. I figured that I had finished exams, and although I still had MBA applications, they weren't due for another 2 months, so now was as good a time as any. However with this unlimited rentals policy, I've been adding a multitude of movies to my queue just to make sure I could get my money's worth. Or whenever I start paying I would be able to get my money's worth. I'm starting to add movies that never really interested me, but I'm thinking why not, it can't hurt to order. Even those movies that did interest me, I haven't been really watching. I usually have other things to do and end up multitasking just so I can finish them and send them back so I can get the next set in the queue. I wonder if I keep this up, I'll learn to slow down, or maybe I should just slow down the membership to two DVDs at a time. But for an extra $3 a month, how can I resist staying on the three DVDs at a time membership. *_*

Nightmares.

Lately I’ve been having a lot of bad dreams…probably for the last few months or so. Sometimes I don’t remember my dreams, since the alarm clock tends to shock any dream memories out of me, but when I do they’re not pleasant. They’re usually not violent and gory like the ones I had as a child. In the one I had last night, I was in a photography museum, and there were all these huge buttons on the wall that said vote for this photo if you like it. But it was a scam. When I pushed the button, my wallet was stolen, and I spent the whole night looking for it. I’ve dreamt about arguments with my boyfriend, witnessing a corporate scandal, driving in a snow/ice storm, etc. A while back I got a dream catcher, “made in china,” and I think it worked psychologically for about one week, because I stopped remembering dreams. But now they’re back. Now what do I do. *_*

GMAT

I'm studying for the GMAT, which I'm taking on the Tuesday after Memorial Day. My scores aren't what I want them to be. But I've heard that often people do better on the actual exam than on the practice tests. But then I've heard that some people are pretty close to their practice scores. *_* I'm praying that the the former is true for me....OK enough procrastination. I better get back to the books...and praying... I can't wait 'till this is over.

Special B-Day

In deference to Ryan's challange, I've completed the below for events on my birthday, November 3rd.


Events

• 1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
• 1954 - The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan.
• 2004 - A out of service WMATA Metrorail train crashes into a revenue train at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan (Washington Metro) station.

Births**

• 39 - Lucan, Roman poet
• 1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
• 1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model
  

Deaths**

• 361 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor
  
• 1998 - Bob Kane, comic artist & Batman co creator
• 2004 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player

Holidays

• feast day of the 22 Roman Catholic Saints
• Japan - Culture Day (post 1946), Emperors Birthday (pre 1946)
• International Men's Day (?? what is that)

** I don't know who most of these people were, so I just took one from the beginning, end and middle of the list

DJ & Jager Returns

I made a sequel to the DJ & Jager comic. Click on photo below for a larger version.

I obviously need to stop procrastinating studying. I have a practice GMAT exam tonight through Kaplan, I'm just glad it's a practice exam.

DJ & Jager Comic

My parents sent me a bunch of photos of DJ, their new lab, with Jager his brother, who visited for a playing session. They're so cute. I couldn't resist doing something with them. (click on the photo below for larger versions)

P.S. My brother and I never acted like this.

Parents?

So...back in January, my parents found out about my photo blog, even though I didn't tell them about it. I wasn't trying to be secretive. I didn't believe I had posted anything they'd be interested in. But it had me wondering whether they read this blog as well. They haven't mentioned anything about reading it. Yet it is linked to my original website, right under the link for the photo blog. So now I am trying to remember if I posted anything on this blog that I didn't particularly want my parents to know about. Probably. But the reason for them to not know is so that they won't worry them about my future behavior. But even if they had known what I did, I haven't felt unusually smothered with parental concerns. Does that mean I'm in good shape? Does it mean I've finally matured in their eyes, and they know they don't have to worry about me? Or does it mean that I didn't realize their parental concerns in the past were really a catalyst of one of my blogs. Or maybe they just don't read this blog, and they really don't know anything outside of what I tell them. Then again I didn't realize Ryan was secretly reading my blog until he 'fessed up. So who knows...

Fowl Play

After all this time I've updated the animation short that I created my senior year of college. You can watch it below, or click on the following link. http://youtube.com/watch?v=73fQx2JxjqM

Eulogy

I was trying to think of some thing to say for Nicoli, who passed away on Friday. My mom just sent me this today, and I think it says it expresses what I feel much better than something I made up. For Nicoli who is now with Duke...


Rainbow Bridge
http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html

Amazing photoshop....

It's amazing what photoshop can do. We've all heard about the edits for media and entertainment. But I was still amazed what someone did with one of my photographs. There's a "fix my pic" group on Flickr, where people can can post photos they would like to have corrected or artistically interpreted. Here's the result for mine:

BEFORE





AFTER



posted by Clearly Ambiguous
Increased saturation by 40%
Increased contrast 50%
Decreased brighten 50%
Created a second layer and used a paint brush type filter.
Set opacity to 50% and merged to original layer
Clarify 1
added frame.

Keys to Your Heart

I got this one from Daphnee...

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored. You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring. You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic. Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred. In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

Cold..flu...sick again?

I'm sick again, with the flu or cold or whatever. Anyway I'm wondering once again if anyone actually reads this....Jen said she did, I know Ryan does. Kenny might pass by once in a while... Anyway put down a comment if you're reading this....or if you're shy e-mail me....

Men's fashion changing??

OK so I don't really pay attention to men's fashion. But in all honesty, I thought the biggest change for men's fashion was the tie and hair. But I am now watching "what not to wear" and found out that pleats are no longer fashionable for men's pants. I knew that this went out of fashion for women years ago, but I didn't know it happenned for men too....where have I been? I need to check out guys at work to see who is still fashionable. The second thing I realized is that sloooow shoppers, really get on my nerves. I'm watching this guy, who has $5,000 to spend in an afternoon, and he's bought 2 items in 2 hours. If it was me the $5,000 would have been gone already.

This is for all you employees...

Too true...listen to the honest boss.

If you haven't heard...

Here's the link for my new photo blog...www.flickr.com/photos/cyshas

Where now?

I once asked someone, “Would you rather live in a place you hated, but with a job you loved or with a job you loved, but in a place you hated?” At the time my answer, without hesitation, was a place I loved, but with a job you hated. My reasoning was that work isn’t my life and, if worst came to worst, I could always find a new one. However, now I am facing a different question: Would you rather have a job you liked now with no real future, or a job you don’t like now, but knew you would have a better future? Of course this is a grey question with many variables, but this is what it comes down to. Which do I care about more my present or my future. I should say my future. Nothing is set in stone of course, we’re only taking within 5 years, and I have been trying to plan for it, depending on what occurs. I plan to start my MBA in one to one and a half years, depending on whether I am accepted into a full time vs part time program. The MBA is a huge factor, which affects work/life balance, living location, and an entire set of variables in my future. The job I take now will certainly affect my work/life balance. Also if I can’t decide where I want to go in a company now, how am I going to decide what I want out of my MBA. Of course I want to develop a solid general background in business, so I can stop taking jobs just for the “learning experience.” In addition, I still want to stay within the corporate finance/accounting roles. But where do I go specifically? I don’t know which job I would ideally want, because in all honesty I’d rather sit on my butt doing nothing than to actually work. But that’s not going to happen until retirement, so I better decide soon what I want to do when I grow up.