http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:JasperCorel&section=today deviantART RSS for by:JasperCorel en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:19:52 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/18779808/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/18779808/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:51:24 PDT [ ] 300 is one of the best movies ever created
[ ] Gay marriage should be allowed
[ ] Valentine’s Day is a Hall-Mark holiday
[ ] Santa Claus is real
[ ] MJ’s guilty
[ ] American Idol is one of the best shows ever
[x] Drugs shouldn’t be legal
[ ] Abortion is okay
[x] Tinky Winky, is in fact, gay
[ ] The old Willy Wonka is better than the latest one with Johnny Depp
[x] Guns don’t kill people, people kill people
[ ] McDonald’s makes people fat
[ ] Taco Bell is the best fast food joint EVER
[x] Preps are annoying
[ ] Aliens do exist
[x] Pluto is a planet
[ ] It’s only illegal if you get caught
[x] Emo is just a less cool version of Goth
[ ] Rock Band is awesome
[ ] Pepsi beats Coke any day
[x] School is cool (your kidding me right?)
[x] Personality is more important than looks
[x] George w. Bush isn’t all there
[x] We shouldn’t be in the Middle East
[x] Ghosts are real
[x] Britney Spears shouldn’t be a parent
[ ] The glass is half empty
[ ] The Beatles are the best rock group ever
[ ] Elmo is the best!
[ ] Cross-over pairings are stupid
[x] Pokémon is a classic

I tag whoever wants to do this

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17821388/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17821388/ Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:46:20 PDT
I've got some seriously awkward real life drama going down.
My 8 AM classes are killing me (especially on Wednesdays).
I have a TON of homework that's been piling up because I've been putting it off due to said real life drama.
Fortunately, I've come to a conclusion that makes me feel a lot better about what's going on. There are still some unresolved things, but I'll figure them out. This recent revelation was what I needed to let go of some negativity and start working toward the positive.
I think God has brought me back to Him through him.
My job keeps me sane.
I love my coworkers.
I need to paste the words "Don't Fear The White Canvas" somewhere I'll notice them. It will be a good reminder.
PES is coming to SCAD next Friday. SO EXCITED!
Not sure what I think about there being a Cars 2.


I'll write more later maybe.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17557489/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17557489/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:13:00 PDT
Learning is a funny thing.

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]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17290547/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17290547/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:06:32 PDT 1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDB and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. No cheating. That includes search engines such as Google and IMDB's internal search engine.





1.)" I owe you nothing. And you are nothing to me. Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with love."
Moulin Rouge Guessed by ~Hananoki

2.) "No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how."

3. ) "Have you been to the basement?"
"Oh, you know I can't, but I know they're there. I can smell them! All my life I could smell mice. "
Willard Guessed by ~AstroLemur

4.) "You've poisoned me for the last time, you wretched girl!"
The Nightmare Before Christmas Guessed by ~Toast451

5.) "I came back to see, if you could help me out with my writing."
"How about 5,000 words on why you should stay the fuck out of my house!"

6.)" Is that how you want to play it? Cause I'll play it like that. I'll play it like Lionel Richie, all night long, lady. Oh yeah. I'll call some guys from my neck of the woods. And we're not talking about, Brooke, about a couple of queens who know a few grapples. We're talking about Polacks that don't have a goddamn future. That's right. We can make shit real uncomfortable around here, and that's what we're going to do."

7.) "I've never had dreams. Only nightmares."

8.)" What's true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not."

9.) "It's your coffin, my love. Enjoy it. Most of us never get to know what it feels like."

10.) "What's wrong? You think I was born a whore? Oh that's right, England doesn't have whores, just a great mass of very unlucky women."

11.) "My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge, and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell."

12.) "Don't tell me you still fancy yourself a princess? Child, look around you! Or better yet, look in the mirror."

13.) "A eugoogoolizer... you know one who speaks at funerals."

14.) "'Til death do us part! Well, you girls are dead. And I'm parting."
Death Becomes Her Guessed by ~Hananoki

15.) "Look, he's operating on his own. He's cut off from his chain of command. He's showing signs of pressure-induced psychosis, and he's got a nuclear weapon. So as a personal favor to me, will you try to put your tongue in neutral for a while?"

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17268510/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17268510/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:42:40 PDT
1. I've been getting a steady stream of pageviews lately and for the life of me I can't understand why. Perhaps people checking out my gallery because I've offered to draw pictures as prizes for the *mansionfans club contest? Maybe. But I'm also wondering if viewing my own page has contributed to my wonky hit count? I don't know. Either way I plan to finish coding my personal website over break (though getting the money together to host it is a different story).

2. One final down, one to go. Or, alternatively, one project down, two to go. Depends on how you look at it. My 3D final looks pretty wicked. It's hanging in Alexander Hall if any of you SCADians want to see it, but I'll take pictures for those of you unfortunate enough to live in say, I don't know, snowy Pittsburgh. I'd planned on making it into a dress but a million stressors later I said "fuck it" and it became a freestanding column of curled balloon string that might vaguely resemble a blue Cousin It if I gave it a hat and sunglasses. It's ridiculous. 250 feet of packing tape and 2 miles of blue ribbon. Yes, you read that right. MILES.

3. I've got two other 3D projects to submit to this gallery. Of course we made more than three projects over the quarter, but I kind of hated the other ones. Scratch that. It's not that I hated the other projects (except maybe the larger rice sculpture; it made my fingers bleed), I just wasn't proud of what I produced.

4. I'm going to be up all night working on my short film. JOY! kill me please

5. I believe I'm on track for a B plus in Art History this quarter, but if I can get an A on this last test I think that'll bump it up to what I want.

6. I REALLY need to schedule for classes for next quarter. At least I finally found the paper with the classes I need to be taking on it. That's a relief.

7. RL drama FTL. I've been bogged down in copious amounts of angst these past few days. Bear with me, please. I'm doing the best I can.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17193953/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17193953/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:45:18 PST Don't forget the first time out
Shacked up chandelier
Keep in mind that early doubt

'Cause they'll shoot you down
Shoot you down, down, down
Yeah they'll shoot you down
Shoot you down, down, down

Used to be a slight mistaker
Grown into a front page maker
Won't you bring the sunset faker
Home again, home again?

Makeshift manover
Cozy up to anyone
Wake up, Waterfall
Take the blame for what you've done
(Bring it back again)

'Cause they'll shoot you down
Shoot you down, down, down
Shoot you down
Shoot you down, down, down

Used to be a slight mistaker
Grown into a front page maker
Won't you bring the sunset faker
Home again, home again?
Won't you think it's overrated
When the cover shot gets faded?
Am I getting through to you?

Come around, embrace the shade
You can still have everything you want

Used to be a slight mistaker
Grown into a front page maker
Won't you bring the sunset faker
Home again, home again?
Won't you think it's overrated
When the cover shot gets faded?
Am I getting through to you?

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17135785/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/17135785/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:19:56 PST So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.. (XD)


opening credits: Pressure by Skindred
That's exciting... if not a little awful.

waking up: City Escape by The Dear Hunter
I like this a lot better for the opening credits, but I can see it working.

First day of school: Video Killed The Radio Star (remix) by The Buggles
That makes so little sense...

Making your new best friend: Redemption by Agape
My best friend killed his wife and survived the chair. He must be a badass. Either that or my new bet friend is Jesus.

Falling in Love: Clumsy by Fergie
Is it sick that that actually fits really well?

Breaking up: Complicated by Avril Lavigne
That's right, posers. Why you gotta be so complicated?

Prom: Modern Swinger by The Pink Spiders
I guess my prom was hectic.

Graduation: The Statue Got Me High by They Might Be Giants
Upbeat.

Life's Okay: Forsaken by David Drainman
Apparently life's NOT okay....

Death of a close friend: Warsaw is Khelm by Golem
Death polka... Fun!

Mental Breakdown: Poison Girl by HIM
Why must all mental breakdowns be about love?

Driving: Pandora by Sxip Shirey
I guess I'm driving through a REALLY creepy place.

Flashback: The Day The World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails
Not a very happy flashback...

Getting Back Together: Gravity by The Dresden Dolls
Will a police officer be bringing us back together?

Birth of Child: Romeo and Juliet by The Killers
I guess this reinforces the love between myself and the father?

Wedding Scene: Violator by Ra
Nothing like a rock song alluding to the evils of modern society to be played at a wedding.

Car Accident: Stars All Over by The City Drive
That is the COOLEST car crash EVER.

Final Battle: New Killer Star by David Bowie
That's a really mellow battle. I'm sure it will be directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Death Scene: Ladies in Their Sensitivities from the Sweeney Todd soundtrack
Ahaha! Stubble will be the death of me!

Funeral Song: By The Way by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

End Credits: Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard
That's makes as much sense as my funeral song. None.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/16863510/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/16863510/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:34:47 PST
]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/15639601/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/15639601/ Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:16:49 PST
Let's start with SCAD. I'm lots happier here. I just got my grades online today and I got all A's for the quarter, which was, surprisingly (considering I've already taken these classes before at another school), not an easy task. I was on the borderline between an A and a B in both my Drawing and Art History classes. Crazy. It's lots of work, but oh so WORTH it! Had I not taken Drawing here, I would have been reluctant to ever even experiment with charcoal. At first I loathed it, but now I feel confident using it. I might even do a charcoal piece on my own - maybe a portrait. I don't know! There are so many possibilities!

I've got a lot of art I want to work on this winter (I've got from Thanksgiving til January to work on prpjects of my own design; hooray for long breaks!). I'm going to try my hand at encaustic and play with the water-based oils I bought at the trade show. I want to do some illustrations (maybe in a combination of marker and colored pencil). I want to finish designing characters for my short film, maybe make a couple stopmo puppets, storyboard... I'm excited. I've got a whole list.

I started organizing my gallery here on deviantART, putting things into catergories and whatnot. I'm not sure how I want to go about arranging things. I have different folders for my time at SCAD and at AiP. Should I make a High School folder? Do I want to aane things by time order? At the same time I like organizing things by media. I think things might show up multiple times in different folders. I don't know. I think I need to clean up my gallery. Time for house cleaning deviantART!

I'm in Pennsylvania right now though, so I don't have access to Photoshop or my personal computer, so for the time being, my deviations can rest easy.

Thanksgiving was nice. Christmas is at my house (THAT ought to be interesting! Ha!). My family is moving to Georgia in two weeks. Things are a bit hectic. I'm wondering what my schedule at work will be like. I'm a little tight on money.

I need more checks.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/14614490/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/14614490/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:48:54 PDT

I have a lot to tell about my first week at SCAD, etc.

I have a lot of projects I'm working on, or plan to work on.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/14340760/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/14340760/ Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:37:54 PDT
[link]

Me and Jesse joke about Amandapollooza all the time. Jesse's imaginary concert series includes Wilco, My Morning Jacket, and The Smashing Pumpkins playing together. Mine includes Darren Hayes, The City Drive, and The Dresden Dolls playing together. AMANDAPOLLOOOZA PRACTICALLY HAPPENED AND I MISSED IT!

*sigh*

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/14199253/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/14199253/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:23:58 PDT
Let's see. I'm in Georgia now, as of 8:30 PM on the 13th officially. Lots of good things have been happening!

Before I left I got to see Emily and Sara and Libby and Eric which was awesome. Emily had us go to a show on the beach because one of her friends plays mandolin in the band. The band's called Pond Water Experiment. You can check them out on MySpace at [link] (but they're better live).

Checked out cars with Eric, my sister, and Libby the night before I left because Eric's car was totalled in an accident (not his fault). That was fun.

And while me, Sara, and Emily were at dinner with Sara's parents, Sara's dad said that SCAD takes the Florida Bright Futures scholarship (which is hella awesome). I e-mailed my admissions counselor at SCAD (who is kind of useless sometimes. Arrgh.) and she said they give partial! How awesome is THAT! I've got more scholarship money! SNAP!

Also, more good news. It usually takes me like, a month to find a part-time job. I don't know why; my applications are always good, I think and I'm not ugly or fat or anything. Nobody ever calls me back. But I turned in an application at Michael's then went across the road to Party City because #1, I love that store at Halloween, and #2, it's getting close to Halloween so they're probably hiring. I picked up an application, filled it out at the store, the manager reviewed it and hired me on the spot! Wicked! And at $7 an hour it's not great, but it's much better than my crappy $6.25 I was making selling lottery tickets. I'm hoping I'll get a discount so I can buy all kinds of nifty Halloween decorations. I've decided that I'm going to start a Halloween village, like the Christmas ones they sell in every store in December. I've got a creepy barn from my mum already to start, but the little stores and houses and stuff are hella expensive so I'm only going to add one a year. But it'll be cool. And I've already got a place for it.

I started my excercise program today. Go me! I feel a lot more active now and it's only been one day. I'm hoping I can stick to it because the excercise book I got said I should have firm abs in 30 days. That would be AWESOME because I feel kind of flabby. Part of that might be because I have naturally wide hips, but I feel like I can minimize my stomach and thighs at least and maybe come down a pant size or two. Or three. I'll never be as twiggy as a lot of the girls at the mall, but I think it's because I'm built differently.

But! Despite this, once I'm in shape, I plan on auditioning for America's Next Top Model. Just for the hell of it. I mean, it's a lofty goal and I'm sure someone reading this is laughing, but I'm serious. I'm not tall enough, but I've got spunk, right? And being a model isn't all about being skinny and perfect, at least that's what the judges on the show are always saying. And if I'm ballsy enough to go to the audition I might have at least a snowball's chance in hell. Maybe.

Oh! And me and a boy named Miles who will be attending SCAD with me in September are starting a wizard rock band. I'm psyched.

Okay! I've got to make a list of all the paintings/drawings I need to do this week now, so... Catch you on the flipside, yeah?

To Do List:
Excercise everyday
Try out that Hip Hop dance workout video
Make list of drawings to do
Do drawings
Turn in portfolio to SCAD ASAP
Sign Stafford Loan thing
Print out temporary car decal things
Open new checking account
Transfer PNC money into new checking account
Pay credit card bill with new checks
Work Monday 2-9
Buy clothes and tennis shoes for work
Pay car insurance
Go grocery shopping

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13917707/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13917707/ Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:15:41 PDT
DH Fanart #1: The Elevator Confrontation
DH Fanart #2: Harry Potter Pieta

You can see the roughs of these in my scraps.


I bought a book of reference photos today from Barnes and Noble and it's proving to be very helpful. We also celebrated my Pappy's 70th birthday. Jesse's in Georgia, I'm supposed to see Eric tomorrow sometime and I need to see Emily and Sara!

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]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13707920/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13707920/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:27:16 PDT
Anyway, I went to Savannah for a week and that was fun and productive. Jesse and I close on a two bedroom two bath condo on the southside on the 26th (?). So I'm going to be two miles from the mall and Barnes & Noble (huzzah!) and 9 miles from school (great!). I'm really excited. I get to decorate a whole house!

My mom keeps giving me things for the place: curtains, blankets, Christmas decorations, but I'm not really digging all the stuff she's trying to give me because I either don't like it or don't need it. I mean, I'm grateful for a lot of it, but I don't want to have to have a garage sale right after I move in.

Speaking of garage sales, my family's having one this Saturday and holy cow do we have a lot of useless junk!

I'm going on a cruise with my family and Libby on the 6th (?) of August with stops in Key West and Cozumel, Mexico. That ought to be fun. I love going to the art auctions they have on ships. Haha!

Umm...hmmm... Let's see.. What else?

Oh yes! Once I get back from the cruise I plan on starting my new excercise regime and making some artwork. I really need to if I'm going to try to get out into higher level classes at Savannah. I'm probably good to get out of Color Theory as is, but I'd like to do some other things and get out of Life Drawing 1, Drawing 1, and 2D Design. If I can get out of Drawing 1 I can quite possibly take Animal Anatomy and Motion which would kick ass. And if I get out of Color Theory I can hopefully take 4D Design (time-based media).

Oh, and I should get a job. And start my podcast.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13417870/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13417870/ Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:05:09 PDT
I guess it just goes to show that my values are more socially oriented than academic, which comes as a surprise to me because all throughout high school I strove for nothing but phenomonal grades. Like I said to Pionati: "If it were my last day on earth I wouldn't be spending it doing Life Drawing homework." I mean, I agree with him when he says that he thinks our purpose in life is to make ourselves and our world better, but perhaps my idea of a better me isn't a more skilled me, but a more considerate me, a more accomadating me, a more laid-back, happier me. Happy Amanda gets so much more done.

When I was at the Art Institute I wasn't happy. It may have been one of the worst years of my life. Worse, even, than tenth grade, which was pretty terrible. The difference was, I think, that in tenth grade I was immature (I still am, don't let me fool you), and taking things far too seriously. Happy sweet 16, Amanda. I am going to devestate you by breaking your heart. When you're that low emotionally, you've got nowhere to go but up. And I still had that unnatural academic drive that allowed me to excel despite my tears. At the Art Institute, however, I was never really completely broken like that. They just kept picking at me, taking little chunks out of my emotional armour, one or two pieces at a time. Being away from my family, less than stellar facilities, less than stellar instructors, peers with less talent than my younger high school friends, smelly gamer kids, annoying anime kids, little to no intellectual conversation, fashion majors that didn't design clothes, drunken roommates, awful public transportation, horrible job, a drama club with nowhere to perform. It all added up. I lost sight of my goals because there was so little competition and no one to push me to be better. My work fell by the wayside. My ambition, as far as school related ambition goes, was zilch.

I'm so very happy to be home.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13331079/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13331079/ Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:59:52 PDT
I just got an e-mail back from Danny Smith!

Gawd, I'm such a dork.

^___^

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13255177/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13255177/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:52:03 PDT
But I guess I'll just have to love him from afar. I've never been good at having crushes on celebrities. Especially when they're not huge movie star celebrities. When they're not terribly mainstream, they seem... more accessible. And yet... I read all kinds of blogs, see pictures people have had taken with people like The Dresden Dolls... and I just melt. There's no easy smile. It's all fangirl-ing and shyness, or I just don't get the chance... I'm not even bold enough to write fan mail. I'm afraid it might break the dream.

At least Amanda seemed to like my T-shirt.

I am terrrified when I first meet people.

Even when I haven't been idolizing them.
Ha! And people say I'm outgoing!

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13200608/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13200608/ Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:07:59 PDT
My hips and lower back are achey from leaning over my sketchpad all last evening and this morning. I'm taking a break.

Things To Do:
Finish Life Drawing Homework
Finish puppet
Re-examine my mechanical animations. Make them cooler-looking.
Powerpoint presentation of cooler looking animations
SHORT STORY REVISION
Write out my part of the persuasive speech
SCAD financial aid paper
E-mail picture for SCAD card
Graduation card for Lauren
Call Libby?

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13094367/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13094367/ Sat, 26 May 2007 11:10:10 PDT
I'm thinking about creating a seperate one for my photography so my gallery doesn't look like so much of a hodgepodge of stuff. Yes? No? Maybe so?

Things I HAVE To Do:
Pay credit card bill
Tweak ball and arm animations
Conveyor belt animation
Speech on Henry Selick (Powerpoint)
Write more of short story
Finish puppet
Life Drawing Homework!!!!!
Kennywood on Sunday

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13055360/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13055360/ Tue, 22 May 2007 19:15:46 PDT Things I HAVE To Do:
Pay credit card bill
Tweak ball and arm animations
Conveyor belt animation
Speech on Henry Selick (Powerpoint)
Write more of short story
Finish puppet
Learn how to airbrush from Lindsey
Life Drawing Homework!!!!!

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13010714/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/13010714/ Sat, 19 May 2007 08:23:20 PDT I woke up this morning a little before 11. Ten minutes later, my mom calls, and it was obvious she'd been crying. She says my sisters got in a fight, then Lauren started fighting with my dad, my dad said somethings he shouldn't have said (though I still don't know what they were) and told her to get out. So she did. And my mom doesn't want her to leave. She's worried that Lauren won't let her come to her graduation.
I hate when my family fights.
Sometimes when my family starts yelling at eachother on holidays, or before people come over, while we clean, I just go into the bathroom with my arms full of folded towels and silently cry.
I have so much respect for my parents, and I hate to see my sisters fight with them, though I know I've fought with them too, on occasion. But I've never called my mom a bitch (to her face) or told my dad to fuck off. That's just... atrocious. I love my parents dearly and I want to do things that are pleasing to them. I wish I spent more time with them. I wish we were closer. I love my sisters too, even if I don't understand a lot about them. I can't relate to their social scene, but I know they must have the same kind of angst that I've experienced, and probably more. I wish we were closer. But I guess maybe it's just the way I am, that I can't be psychologically and emotionally attached to a lot of people at the same time. I don't know. Maybe that's why I don't have a lot of close friends. I don't know.

All I know is that the shouted arguments in my house have in increased in severity and frequency since I left for college. And that breaks my heart.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12989596/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12989596/ Thu, 17 May 2007 13:33:15 PDT
Hmm. It's saying I've spelled 'okay' wrong. Little red squibbles keep appearing beneath the word 'okay'. Ok. That's not right either. How 'bout that! And even more funny is the fact that 'bout is spelled correctly.
I think I was more eloquent back in 2005.

But this afternoon I felt more like me than I have in months. I think I need to get out of here. I really do. I feel so uninspired.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12910902/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12910902/ Thu, 10 May 2007 13:09:45 PDT Things To Do:

Write plot treatment
Write first draft of first chapter
E-mail stuff to Mr. Condran
They Might Be Giants concert
Meeting with Condran to discuss first draft
Bouncing ball animation due Friday
Research storage stuff for speech
Design better AiP T-shirts
Download and watch last night's episode of LOST
Fill out SCAD financial aid form?
Start revising/writing more of first chapter
Tweak ball bounce
Mechanical arm animation due Friday


There has to be something I'm forgetting. I've never had so little to do.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12862543/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12862543/ Sun, 06 May 2007 09:46:46 PDT
Imagine my surprise when I popped a CD with five songs on it that I'd burned several years ago and was asked "Would you like to import "Hello" into your iTunes library?" Apparenly Kristian Stanfill has a 5 track album called Hello that has the exact same track lengths as my burned CD consisting of 1. Madonna -Frozen, 2. Breathe - Hands To Heaven, 3. Darren Hayes - Falling At Your Feet, 4. Darren Hayes - Insatiable (downloaded radio version), and 5. Darren Hayes - Last Christmas.

So, it's probably stupid, but I thought it was kind of funny.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12839226/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12839226/ Fri, 04 May 2007 11:40:03 PDT
]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12839076/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12839076/ Fri, 04 May 2007 11:20:53 PDT
I'm torn. I want to do well, but I'm so miserable in my current situation I can't find the enthusiasm. Maybe it's just PMS. I doubt it. I struggle to wake up every morning, my roommate's a bitch, I have to walk 40 minutes to get to classes I'm not receiving credit for and/or seem pointless, drama club is a joke. I don't get to see Steve enough. Or MaryRose. Why can't I seem to keep in touch with people? My family, my friends back home... I just want to curl up ina ball and cry. I feel useless. I feel like all the people around me are useless. I wonder if I should have taken a gap year. I worry about money and what my family must think. I worry about SCAD. I worry about relationships. I curse everone in my head. I feel like crap. I constantly feel like dying, or killing someone else. I'm a mental and emotional wreck, though I think I hide it well enough. I just want to go home.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12813118/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12813118/ Wed, 02 May 2007 08:08:53 PDT I keep having bad dreams that I don't wake up from. This morning I dreamt that everyone I knew had been somewhere, I'm not sure where, and we'd all been taken prisoner. I was in the trunk of a car and out enemies knew it and they shot through the seat. They thought they'd killed me. But I'd dodged the bullet and was waiting in the car. We were on the edge of enemy lines, and a young girl with darker hair and dirty clothes was for some reason allowed to come up to the back of the car. She was so sad that I'd been shot. But I was alive! And she was so happy to see that! Her smile was radiant. Her name was Julie Beggs. I know a girl named Julie Beggs, but she's my age, and has blonde hair. So I was hiding in the trunk of the car and only the little girl knew I was alive. Then we were all being loaded onto trains, but the trains were really short, like only the steam engine and one car. It was all very concentration camp like. I somehow managed to escape being put on one, but I knew they would find me and the few others who had also hidden, and we'd suffer the same fate, if not one worse. I think I dreamt that I died, or knew I was about to. That's the first time I've ever dreamt of my own demise. And when I was in the car trunk, I was frightened, and I was crying. I was hysterical. And I was writing a love letter, a goodbye letter, to Jesse that I wasn't sure he'd ever get, though the fact that I was writing it must have meant that he would somehow escape all the suffering.

I was in a museum, like a modern art museum that also displayed student works, but it was strange and all the things were rainbow-y and child-like. There were pterodactyls and a clay flipbook (that I'd played with before). There were things like the toys we've all played with when we were young, liek those stacked rainbow rings. I'd been to this museum before, in another dream, though I only knew it once I dreamt it again. But this time, a lot of things were down for maintenance. A lot of things were broken. I was still walking around, but half the lights were out, like the museum was closed, and there were maintenance men everywhere. I went out onto a porch, one I hadn't known before was there. The porch was of a medium colored wood that looked almost orange in the light. There were strings of lights, and a lantern. It was night. The porch reminded me of the ones on the back of restaurants on the beach back home, like the ones me and Jesse have been on when his brother-in-law was playing a concert and on our first date. It was night. There were stars in the sky and I was on a porch/balcony, overlooking a big city, the kind of city I'd always dreamed I'd live in. And it was quiet. I turned around, and there was Jesse, looking at me. We talked briefly. He asked me if I was still with someone else, but he didn't say it in those words. I think he asked me if I was alone. I said maybe. He wanted another chance (though I haven't dumped him), wanted to get back together with me, wondered if I was ready to end our break. I said 'maybe' rather coyly because I wasn't single. I was with someone else. But that someone else WAS Jesse and I don't understand it at all. For some reason I was thinking about Jacob. But I was with Jesse.

Two of my friends, I don't know who they were, informed me that Mr. Savage was going to be co-teaching with Mr. Condran at school (which I can only assume was the Art Institute). So we went running down the hill, the same hill, maybe even from the same building that was the museum, to the school, which was darker brown, and made of wood. It didn't look the same. Inside, there were two elevators. One of them had the doors open so you could see down the shaft. It looked very broken, but not in a grotesque way. It didn't look like a metal elevator. It was wood inside. Went went downstairs, or upstairs. I don't recall. All I know was that I was extremely excited to see Savage and these people understood that excitement, the kind that only comes from seeing someone you haven't talked to in years and you know it will be a happy reunion. Savage and Condran are the only teachers I've had mild crushes on. Not serious, just amusing. Maybe they weren't crushes. Maybe they just interested me. They had stories to tell. We never found them because the elevators is as far as I remember us getting. But the city is to be noted. It was my city of dreams. It was the bohemian part of town. The hill was steep, the building were kind of messed up. It had a seriously arty vibe. And yet, like on the porch, there were no city sounds, no people on the streets.

I was upstairs, on the second or third floor of a restaurant that only had maybe two small tables. Wood floors, walls. The same color as the porch. It reminded me of Joe's Crab Shack, but with less toys. It was dimmer than Joe's Crab Shack, but the colored christmas lights on the one wall (bar?) helped. It also reminded me of the inn at the begin... ]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12740070/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12740070/ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:28:18 PDT
It makes me feel vain.

In other news, I'm still waiting on my response from SCAD. Should only be another week or so.... I'm nervous. I don't think I'm going to get enough money. And what if I don't get in at all?

I have a lot of stuff to do, surprisingly. All of a sudden my workload became what it should have been all quarter! Now I have 4 weeks worth of life drawing homework due Monday, a first draft of my short story and a demonstration speech due Thursday, and most likely a finished box model due next Friday. I signed up for several workshops this quarter too. Sign Language on Mondays and Wednesdays, Muppet Puppet making on Monday nights, and Dance on select Thursdays evenings. I'm also trying to start AND finish a short stop-motion film due Week 8 (it's week 3 or 4 right now) so I can enter it into Ottawa. If the joke at the end weren't so adult-oriented, I'd enter it in the Nicktoons short film contest too, but mime sex isn't very family-friendly. Oh well.

Stuff to do! Stuff to do!

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12689409/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12689409/ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:28:57 PDT
gave me a W.

1. Watermellon
2. Wal*Mart
3. Western themed things, like Oregon Trail, Big Thunder Mountain, and proms
4. Witches
5. Wicked (the musical and the book)
6. Whales
7. Washington (the flash animation) [link]
8. Waterfalls
9. Wind Chimes
10. Wandering

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12658307/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12658307/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:33:19 PDT I know you want to be experimental and try out new things, but you've already got great things going for you and they'll only get better if you accept them and nurture them. Believe me, you're not missing out on much. Remember, a lot of the things you think might be cool are often disappointing.

Love, Amanda

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12555154/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12555154/ Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:00:19 PDT
Thought maybe I should update this thing, eh? Though I did like the title of the last journal....

Okay, so I should really try to memorize my script in the next couple of days considering we're supposed to be off script on Sunday. Eek!

I've been working on a painting that I started at the end of senior year, but right now I don't really like it. There's broken anatomy and my brushstrokes aren't really very smooth. I was never good with smooth. Maybe once I put the music notes back in it'll look better. It'll be busier at least, which will take the eyes off of the central figures. It's a great concept, but with mediocre execution. I've also taken a reference picture for a self-portrait. I was planning on making it ikonographic, but the way my head is, I'm not sure the mandorla will fit the way I wanted it to. Oh well! There's other paintings I can do of myself as a torn Virgin Mary.

Things keep losing their credibility in my eyes. The other day my roommate was talking about how her junior year essay was just published in a Harvard medical journal. I guess that's cool, if she were really smart. Maybe she is! But from what I've seen, I wouldn't guess it. Not when she's dating someone at least 10 years her senior who is in a position to kick her out of her dwelling and fire her from her job should they have a messy break-up. Not when she tells me she gets drunk twice a week and her parents send her gift cards because they're worried she's spending money on drugs. Not when she claims she watches Jeopardy EVERY DAY and still doesn't know as many answers as I do. Oh well. That's life.

My apartment smells like mashed potatoes.

I want to get my busking liscense when I move to Savannah. It'll be warm there. Maybe I'll find someone else with similar interests and we can be living statues together or do some other crazy stupid street performance.

Speaking of street performance and living statues, the Dresden Dolls are going to be part of the True Colors tour with Cyndi Lauper. It's a gay rights thing. I'm not gay, but boy do I love me some Cyndi Lauper and Dresden Dolls! They're going to be in Atlanta a couple days after I move back to Florida (June 16th) and I really want to go.

Also, I cannot WAIT until Darren Hayes' new album comes out in August.

Okay, well, I should be cleaning my house, painting, burning a DVD for Savannah, and various other things.

But before I do, let me just say that it's weird being thought of as funny. A lot of people laugh at things I say, call me funny, list humor as one of my good qualities, but when you give a speech about yourself to a group of strangers and they all laugh at your jokes, it's a bit unsettling. I can impress a divorced man covered in tattoos and piercings who's hung upside down, bleeding until he passed out just to see how much pain he could take. Yes, a bit unsettling. Now if only I could impress people with my skills of an artist.

(TROGDOR!)

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12470290/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12470290/ Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:39:15 PDT
It could work. It needs more serious thought. There are a lot of potential kinks.




and the _____ getting all caught up in it.....

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12403517/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12403517/ Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:40:32 PDT

The Rules Are As Follows
1. You shall put your music player on shuffle.
2. You shall press forward for each question.
3. You shall use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. You shall give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.


How are you feeling today?
The Collector by Nine Inch Nails
It's true. I feel like I have too much crap. XD

Will you get far in life?
Rhythm of the Night by Valeria
Does that mean that I'll be dancing all my problems away? Or that I'll be blue and need friends to bring me out dancing because I have too much to do?

How do your friends see you?
Do You Want To by Franz Ferdinand
Oh no! This is a song about hating pretentious people!

What is your best friend's theme song?
The Reflex (2006 Club Mix) by Duran Duran
Huh?

What is the story of your life?
Want You More! by Duran Duran
I suppose that's true. Liking manipulative people...

What was high school like?
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by Ra
Well, the song's a cover. I guess it fits because someone else experienced everything I went through before I did. And my life before was tragic..... then Jesse. Magic.

How can you get ahead in life?
One Day I'll Fly Away from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack.
I suppose I'll never get ahead in life. Haha. One day I'll fly again. One day...

What is the best thing about your friends?
What's This? by Fall Out Boy, from the new Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack
They can give old things new life?

What is in store for this weekend?
Today by Eiffel 65
It looks like I'm just going to try and deal.

To describe your grandparents?
Oh What A World by Rufus Wainwright
Haha. That so works! "Men reading fashion magazines... Oh what a world it seems we live in!"

How is your life going?
Your Love Is Sweeter Than Wine by Black Tape For A Blue Girl
Life is beautiful and chill.

What song will they play at your funeral?
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore by The Smiths
That's actually quite fitting.

What do your friends really think of you?
Pencil Thin Mustache by Jimmy Buffet
I must be old fashioned.

Do people secretly lust after you?
Nightmare by Eve 6
Hells yes, they do! In their nightmares!
"I don't need to stay awake. In my nightmare I feel so alive."

How can I make myself happy?
Come Monday by Jimmy Buffet
I can make myself happy by being with Jesse again.
"Come Monday. It'll be alright. Come Monday. I'll be holding you tight. I spent four lonely days in a brown cloudy haze and I just want you back by my side."

What should you do with your life?
Bat Dance by Prince from the Batman soundtrack.
Here it is! Musical proof that I should work with Tim Burton! Or at least make movies. Hahaha.

Will you ever have children?
Going To Dance All Night by Eiffel 65
Yes. My life sounds hectic. It's another song about having to go out dancing to get away from everyday stresses.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12359137/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12359137/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:16:57 PDT
So I got my grades online today and they're slightly better than I expected!

Character and Object: C+
3D Modeling I : B-
Digital Editing: A
Cross-Cultural Psychology: A

I thought I'd get a straightout C in Character and Object, some kind of C in Modeling (my final REALLY blew), and was worried my final would have brought my Psychology grade down. Apparently it was acceptable. Hooray!

Oh, and just in case you missed my editing final: [link]

Yesterday I went out on the boat with Jesse and Eric. That was cool. I have a few landscape photographs that I'll probably post soon from that trip, especially since I can't stand looking at my page right down because the recent deviations look mediocre when put beside eachother. I have one picture that makes Eric and Jesse look like Savage Garden.

In other news, I've had this little canker sore all week (webMD says they may be caused by stress), but it's not on the inside of my bottom lip like they usually are. Of course not. I must've been really stressed because mine appeared on the top, above the gums, right in that kind of folded area where the skin of your mouth connects to your skull on the inside of your mouth.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12334639/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12334639/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:27:36 PDT
At least I have my movie trailer for Editing class!
[link]

Maybe I'll post my final for Character and Object on here in a couple days, but maybe not. I'm not sure I like it. And I'll put the head of my puppet for Psychology in scraps at least.

Blah.

I went to Busch Gardens Saturday. That was cool. But once again I rode rides instead of taking pictures. Haha. But honestly, the Sheikra is probably my favorite ride there. It's scary as all hell right before the first drop, but after that it's great. Really a smooth ride. The smoothest of all the rollercoasters there.

I won a bear and a cheetah while I was there and Jesse won a Family Guy stuffed animal. It was all good. ^__^

Going to go see Emily really soon. As soon as I finish writing this journal entry actually. So... off I go!

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12332737/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12332737/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:00:16 PDT
The quarter is finally over, and seriously, it has been the worst. I think a lot of it had to do with my attitude, though. I felt like stabbing someone almost all quarter. Winter downs maybe? First real winter in what? Seven years? Yeah. The cold and bulky clothes hurt me in more than just my academic pursuits. It dried out my skin, lowered my self-esteem, and brought my tolerance levels WAY down.

I'm still feelin' it too. I feel annoyed and exhausted by everything. Plus wondering what Jesse thinks... I think I need a week of solitary confinement. Just me, my music, some food, my telephone and a nice warm bed. 'Cause holy crap, I feel worn out. Last night I felt incredibly fat and selfconscious.And my parents' comments don't help a whole lot with my mood.

I feel like I've killed a lot of brain cells this past year.

But I'm relieved to know that I am not the only one who uses the phrase "bookin' it".

I wonder when my grades will be available. I'm sure they're not stellar. I think I totally bombed all my finals.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12092035/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12092035/ Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:36:05 PST SCAD Application:
Application and fee
High school transcript w/ SAT scores
College transcript
AP scores
2 or 3 recommendations (Asked Marlo and Mr. Cantella)
Statement of purpose (needs tweaked)
Portfolio (would like a more recent piece, if possible. Miss Love's final?)

Things to Do (in the next two weeks)
Clean House
Ink koala filmstrip
Redo Ann's model sheet
Ask about Memoirs
Watch Donnie Darko, take notes
Capture footage
Make movie trailer
Write paper on Memoirs
Movie trailer for Memoirs
Make Bunraku puppet
"Moksha" board game
Ottawa shorts
Swordfighting
Play practise
4 thumbnail sketches and 4 color schemes for each
Make grayscale copies of all color thumbnails
Final for Miss Love's class
Finish room for 3D modeling
Essay on FGM

I know it doesn't seem like a terrible lot when put in this kind of list, but...

Today through Sunday = 120 hours.
Sleeping (stay up til 11 every night) = 47 hours
Work = 16 hours
Play pratise and swordfighting = 8 and a half hours
Church = 2 hours
Class = 2 hours

Which leaves me with a grand total of 44 and a half hours in 5 days in which I must accomplish transportation, eating, breaks, homework, and cleaning up after myself.

In that 40 hours, I'm sure a majority of it will be devoted to Miss Love's homework. It takes me forever to 3D model anything. And I have to do all the research for all of these projects too. I'll be lucky if I can follow the schedule I've made for myself. I have no free time. I shouldn't even be writing this as we speak. Blah! So much for doing that painting I wanted to do, or making Shreve into a stop-motion puppet.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12037040/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/12037040/ Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:17:17 PST
I wish I had less homework, or at least the desire to do it. I made a schedule for the week yesterday while I was at work and I've already deviated from it because Andrew was locked out of his apartment and came over here so I felt the need to entertain him instead of redoing my model sheet for Miss Love's class. But at least I only have one model sheet to do. unlike a lot of people in the class who had to redo both of them.

I'm afraid I'm going to get a C in that class.
That makes me sad because I need a B in there, and A's in everything else, to get my overall GPA up to a 3.8.

I was looking through Absalom!, Absalom! for character descriptions. There are two or three in there that I could use, but I'm going to look through Frankenstein too in case Faulkner's not good enough for her highness.

It's kind of sad when the biggest joy I get out of school is from sword fighting practise.

I'm reworking Ann's poses for the model sheet right now. I think I fixed the arms for two of the poses, which is great. One of them looks A LOT better now. So now I just have to take another look at her two-handed pose and her running pose. Once I have those done I can start inking. I just hope I have enough bristol board. I think I used more than half of it trying to do my model sheets the first time, and another piece last week. At bare minimum I need three pieces: one for my model sheet redo, and two for my animal filmstrips. Still have no idea what I'm going to do for those motion studies, but my schedule says that I need to have those all sketched out and ready to go tonight so that I can ink them tomorrow. BLAH!

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11937470/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11937470/ Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:47:19 PST beautiful drawings due in ONE week. And it doesn't help that Jesse's here. I love him, but he's distracting me. I'm PMSing and I'm too warm. I'm too stressed.

At least my taxes are done. I just have to print thme out and mail them. I'm getting about $150 dollars back. Hoo-ray!

Anyway, I've changed my mind about NYU. I think I want to go to Savannah College of Art and Design, despite what I might have said negative about it in the past. Right now it's looking more and more appealing with every new thing I discover about it.

It's in Georgia. Close to home, but far enough away. And warmer.
Two hours away from my sister's school.
Summers off, so I can work on personal projects.
Fridays are never a class day, but they have life drawing sessions at school ALL DAY LONG, you know, so you can practise. And not be graded on it.
Impressive student work on website and YouTube.
They offer stop-motion animation classes.
Senior Project. Two quarters to work on a special something for your reel.
Transfer student scholarships: $5,000 a year for a 3.5 and above. $7,500 a year for 3.75 and above. That works out to 20 or $30,000 free money for me to go there.
Plus there's a few $15,000 scholarships available for transfer students IN ADDITION to the other 20-30,000.
I can have my car up there.
They use Maya instead of 3ds Max.

I activated my credit card today. I should pay for something with it. It's time to accumulate a credit history! (which I will need when I go to take out a loan in a couple months)

I put my regrade lathe and fish projects for 3D modeling into Mr. Catizone's folder, so I'm all set for that. I just need to make sure I get an A in that class and manage to bring Miss Love's grade up to a solid B so I can have a 3.8 GPA and get some major moolah.

Me and Jesse went to go see the Oscar nominated shorts at the Harris Theater last night. They were pretty good. The first one was cute, about a Danish poet. The cow was hysterical. Maestro was brilliant. That's all I can say about that one. The Little Matchgirl was kind of disappointing. Sad, but not nearly as poignant as it should have been. The Ice Age one was funny, but alittle unorignial concept in concept. The Honorable mention shorts were just as good as the actual nominees. The stop-motion one was good, and even better when the credits said it was done by a student at the University of California. The dueling medieval robots were good. And Bill Plympton's Guide Dog was just as funny as the other short featuring the same fat, bouncing dog. I'll have to download them all on iTunes, cause they were fabulous.

I've resheduled my classes so as to take as many classes that might transfer to Savannah as possible. So now I've got Life Drawing for Animation, Creative Writing -Fiction, Speech, and 3D Modeling and Computer Animation 2. Life Drawing and Speech will likely transfer, Creative Writing probably will if English 2 isn't counted as an elective, and 3D Modeling is more a class to take so I can put on my resume "Some knowledge of 3D Studio Max" in addition to my will have Maya skills.

So yeah, must be back to homework now.

Ciao.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11868212/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11868212/ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:01:40 PST
So I'm going to get my portfolio and stuff together to transfer to NYU's Film and Video program. I want to visit the school before I say 'yes' (assuming they want to accept me), but I'm pretty sure that I'll be better off there.

So wish me luck! I need it.

The application and portfolio due date is April 1st. The FAFSA has to be in by March 1st.

I need:
Application
FAFSA
Letter of Recommendation
Essay
Personal Statements
$65.00 Application Fee
Statistical Form
College Transcript
High School Transcript
SAT Scores
Resume
10 Photographs of photos, sculpture, art, etc.
Dramatic Essay

That's a lot! But I think I can do it. I'm going to try to make at least one piece before submitting the portfolio, so I have some more recent stuff. But yeah. Woo7! I might be blowing this popsicle stand! Oh snap!

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11852493/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11852493/ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:53:13 PST
NYU was one of my top choices when I started my college search. I don't know why I decided not to pursue it. Looking through their course catalog for the Film and Video school, it seems to be the best fir for me. It's exactly what I want. They have stop-motion animation as a class, the classes are a semester long instead of a quarter long, they offer independent study and study abroad, they'll teach me about screenwriting, encourage me to conceptualize, allow me access to their video equipment.... I'll be able to observe their dancers for inspiration and live in an animation hub, I won't have to move after graduation (at least not until 50 years from now when the waters of a globally warmed ocean system creeps into the very streets and devours the Big Apple like a gigantic, viscous worm!). The school hosts a film festival!

Look at the course description of this one class, Experimental Animation. [link]

Abstraction! Symbolism! Personal Mythologies! Analog-based film! REAL film! The kind you can scratch and mutilate and run through a REAL camera! Budgets! Grant Writing! No way in hell the Art Institute will address these things! Maquettes! At AiP you have to attend a specific workshop to learn that and then you might not be able to go to the workshop if they have it on a day you already have class, or if they don't have it at all! CRITIQUES! CRITIQUES! CRITIQUES! Your two best works displayed in the school!

They offer a class called Females in the Director's Chair! And Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry! How wonderful would it be to have an instructor who encourages students to avoid taking pictures from Google because it's copyright infringement, not because the pictures will be too small! There's a whole class on Art Direction and another one on Vampire Films!

THE STUDENTS USE MACS!

The school has its own health clinic, so no outrageous doctor's fees if you get sick. And a cafeteria! And a football team! And all the other things that colleges are supposed to have!

I mean, there are some great things about the Art Institute (mainly the drama club), but all the minor inconveniences and all my minor objections pool together to create an enormous, gaping hole in my college experience!

I want to be a stop-motion animator! I want to work with Tim Burton and Henry Selick! I want to make a live-action version of The Sound and the Fury! Here I will recieve no instruction in the art of stop-motion or in using film and video equipment.

Not to mention the social scene here. I'm not generally a social person as it is, but how can I be when the students at AiP are generally gamers, potheads, or anime-enthusiasts? I was over my anime phase almost four years ago! It's like watching Pee-Wee Herman for 16 hours at a time. It's like freshmen year of high school but with sex and no regard for whether people "might find out" if you talk too loudly about your drug and alcohol based escapades. I'm trapped in a world where Magic: The Gathering is "cool" and "random" is a great personality trait! I'm surrounded by hoighty-toighty Daddy's money fashion "design" majors who don't break any new ground with their clothes! You're a fashion MARKETING major, dumbass! You've never sewn a stitch in your life! I'm enveloped in a creatively stagnant air breathed by people who settle for less. I feel intellectually stifled and socially obtuse.

We use PCs for our work even though we're taught that Macs are better for graphics. We use Adobe Premiere instead of Final Cut Pro (maybe because Final Cut Pro isn't compatible with PCs yet). We use 3D Studio Max instead of Lightwave or Maya, despite the fact that Maya is installed on most of the computers. What kind of backward ass school am I attending!

My Aunt Darla's brother graduated from the Art Institute. You know what he does now? He's a fireman. Pretty far from his Photography degree, eh?

I went to graduation, to portfolio review. I wasn't even displaying anything and I was embarressed. Mr. Warburton, creator of Codename Kids Next Door came to look at the student work. He stayed for 15 minutes before complaining that he was bored.

Apparently 60 percent of students transfer schools before recieving their bachelor's degree. I may be one of them. I just don't know... ]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11769373/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11769373/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:51:18 PST
Went to Wal*Mart last night and got some food. I got a steak to cook when Jesse's here because he likes steak, but I have no idea how to cook it. I got a lot of good stuff. More Valentine's Day decorations to make my room all happy and pretty... Couldn't find any poster frames, but I did find a fabric that will likely work well for Shreve, the build-up puppet rabbit I'm planning on making assuming I ever get any free time. I want to experiment with mold making for my puppets so I can make multiples of the same one, but the materials are a bit expensive.

In other news, The Dresden Dolls are taking a break. Amanda's going to record a solo album and Brian's going to go on tour with HUMANWINE. It makes me so sad. When bands take 'breaks' they generaly end up breaking up and then have a reunion tour or two thirty years later. :sigh: If they break up I'll just die!

I should be going to church in 15 minutes. I guess that means I should dry my hair and get dressed. I'll finish this entry later.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11619237/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11619237/ Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:21:45 PST So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.. (XD)

Opening Credits: Morning Time by Eiffel 65

Waking Up: 2-3 Jours A Paris by Mickey 3D. Way mellow. I guess it's going to be a good day.

First day of school: Bold As Love by John Mayer

Making your new best friend: Hidden Track on the She Wants Revenge album. Wow. Guess I'm going to be best friends/lovers with an ex-enemy?

Falling In Love: Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield. How perfect is that? *dreamy sigh*

Breaking Up: La Treve by Mickey 3D. My life takes a darker turn apparently.

Prom: How It Ends by DeVotchKa. And still depressing at prom, but with a note of hope.

Graduation: Fight Test by The Flaming Lips. Coming to grips with the break-up?

Life's Okay: Figli Di Pitagora by Eiffel 65. Not sure what Italian pride has to do with life being okay as I'm not Italian, but okay.

Death of a close friend: Tristan by Patrick Wolf. It's funny because the refrain ends with, "My name is Tristan. And I am ALIVE."

Mental Breakdown: Midnight Show by The Killers. I guess I resort to hanging out with creepy boys who only want sex when I have a mental breakdown.

Driving: Of All The Gin Joints In All The World (Tommy Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Retouch Remix) by Fall Out Boy. At least that's a happy song. Haha. Not. The lyrics aren't.

Flashback: Sally's Song by London After Midnight. *gasp* Did we break up because he thought a friend was better than him for me? That would fit in well with Jessie's Girl.

Getting Back Together: Qui? by Mickey 3D

Birth of Child: Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine by The Killers. That's kinda dark? And WAS? Did the kid die at birth?

Wedding Scene: (I like how wedding comes AFTER birth a child. Fucking modern society....) Ordinary World by Duran Duran. Getting over the affair? Or deciding that I need to go back to the first Killers song guy?

Car Accident: The Wizard and I from the Wicked soundtrack. That doesn't make sense at ALL.

Final Battle: Pencil Thin Mustache by Jimmy Buffet. LOL. A nostalgic, happy, mellow song about wanting to have a pencil thin mustache.....Okay.

Death Scene: I'm Not That Girl from the Wicked Soundtrack. Well I WOULD die if Jesse chose a blonde girl over me! Had that happen once already, thanks!

Funeral Song: March of the Witch Hunters from the Wicked Soundtrack. What? Are my friends going to kill him for leaving me and causing my death?

End Credits: Defying Gravity from the Wicked soundtrack. At least the end's uplifting?

My life sucks. Jeez...

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11574640/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11574640/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:04:57 PST Eric's Present
Heigh-ho for Halloween
Birkenstocks
James and the Giant Peach
The Black Cauldron

I haven't really blogged anything on here in awhile so I figured I might as well give an update.

I'm into week 3 of school, or rather, I'm finished with week 3, actually, and I have a pile of homework that I've barely scratched the surface of. By Monday I need to have a finished, edited piece using the cowboy movie clips that Cantella provided for us. I've watched all the clips two and three times, taken notes on them, and saved them to my USB camera card stick but I'm not sure how I want to put them together. We're supposed to keep it in chronological order and use soft cuts. Also Monday I have to have the questions about the effects of China's One-Child policy on the up and coming generation of Chinese society. I think they should be typed. I'm halfway done with those. Tuesday I need to have a pretty much finished 3D fish for 3D Modeling. We'll have time in class to work on it, but I think I want to start mine over because I'm not sure I like how mine is turning out. When I put the mesh smooth on there's suddenly a hole in the fish and it's bottom fin is disconnected from the body. Tuesday I also have Character and Object and I have to have the two character construction front views, several drawings of them running full-tilt and at least one drawing of each character holding something with both hands and another drawing on them in 3/4 view. TONS OF WORK.

Tonight is supposed to be sword-fighting practise for the play, but I think I'm going to call or e-mail Michael and tell him I can't go. The play depresses me. I blew my audition because my phone rang in the middle of it and it made me even more anxious than I already was when I started my monologue over again. I'll probably go to the read-through Sunday night and that'll only depress me more. FACULTY members auditioned for the play and got better parts than I did. Julie (sweet girl) came to auditions without knowing we needed a prepared piece, sang a song, and got a better part than I did. I almost sang a song for my audition but chickened out. So it's really bumming me out that I'm such a minor character. And that wouldn't be such a big deal if I didn't have a ton of homework to do each week and have to go to two three hour practises AND work. It's almost 1 'o' clock already and what have I accomplished today? NOTHING. I did half of my Psychology questions. Whoopdeedoo!

So these past two weeks haven't been spectacular. And to top it all off I'm bloated. So there's your update. Happy now?

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11479419/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11479419/ Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:02:17 PST Things I'm Waiting to Recieve in the Mail:
Eric's present
Jesse's package?
Birkenstocks
Heigh-Ho for Halloween
James and the Giant Peach
The Black Cauldron

I need to mail Eric's present and Jodi's. I forgot Sara's at home. So I can't mail it. I need to contact Victoria's Secret or my family or something and get my check. I can't go to Greensburg this weekend. Holy shit it's Thursday already! Goddamn!

And if anyone happens to have any episodes of Big Wolf on Campus on DVD or VHS or knows where I can download episodes of the show BESIDES YouTube please let me know.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11431468/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11431468/ Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:26:33 PST
Somehow I became involved in some kind of plot which put my life in danger. I was on a ship in a vast expanse of water, though whether it was an ocean or not remains unseen. The water was impeccably blue. But before that I was in an alleyway and I'd left my supplies in my backpack in Craig's car but there wasn't time for us to run back to the parking lot and get it so all I had was my textbook for Cross-Cultural Psychology. He had to go to another class, but I went on ahead to Arithmetic which, like the other classroom, was a typical elementary school classroom. I said that I had to go back and get my stuff, or at least I was about to say so, but the teacher (who seemed more of an authoritive figure than a real teacher) began the test which had nothing to do with arithmetic at all but instead consisted of reading passages that were followed by questions about Moby Dick. I think my dad might've been in there.

Then somehow I was on the ship, which somehow was simultaneously part of the same street (but the other side of the street and down a bit) that my lottery booth had been on. Me and few others whom I knew but can't remember now were wanted. We were in so much trouble. They were going to killl us. Kill us good and dead and I didn't for the life of my understand why. There was at one point a trip through the miniature golf course where the water beneath the holes had been removed, making tunnels beneath which we crawled through, only yo end up face to face with the enemy whom one of us (not me, maybe me?) tricked into some stupid thing that let us get away, if only for a few moments. Then we were in a dim room in the bowels of the ship, the walls covered with a brown, dirty fabric poorly stitched together, like Frankenstein's monster and they accused two of our group of escaping death on multiple occasions and showed a piece of paper with a geometric design on it with yellow spatters which I assumed were meant to be where bullets should have pierced them or something. I think they knew that somehow the drawing had protected them, but gave it back, I assume because they didn't believe in its power. But the boy beside me (one of the ones who knew about the symbol, there was a girl and a boy) started scribbling things on the bottom of it as the head evil man talked. He let me look. The man mentioned 51 soldiers. The boy made a hasty '51' and a line that attached it to a tiny drawing that resembled a beach ball which was attached to the whole larger picture. I think that in writing the numbers down, he was protecting them from harm.

Then I was with my comrads, backs against the wall of a building. I had my purse and my backpack, but I knew that neither of them would probably make the journey because we were going to be thrown into the sea. I got the piece of paper with the symbol on it and tried to hastily copy it down on a piece of paper that I scrambled for out of my purse or bag. Mine came out awful. I wonder if I was trying to copy it down because I was afraid and didn't trust that the boy had connected me to the larger picture to be saved? Either way I didn't finish my drawing before a man, older, shaggy hair, had once been attractive before some terrible event had befallen him was led by a despicable store owner down into a below the street shop that I was standing near that I had thought had been abandoned. Immediately I knew that the place was where that man would die. The owner was going to kill him for sure, in horrible, non-sterile ways, like in Hostel. I stood a while longer against the wall. Then I woke up.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11409260/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11409260/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:51:42 PST
I've recently been on a Wicked kick. I read the book, read the sequel to the book (Son of a Witch), downloaded the musical songs and now I REALLY want to actually go see the musical. And it just so happens that it's playing on Broadway at the same time a pretty prestigious animation conference panel thing is in New York City that I want to go to. But it figures that I can find 55 and 75 dollar tickets (as opposed to $110 ones) only on the same night as the conference. Shit, right?

Jesse's all worried about me going to New York. I was going to go to Philadelphia without him and he was afraid I'd be mugged or something so he flew up just for the concert. But he wouldn't be able to fly up for this so he's doubly worried. I kinda flew off the handle at him on the phone last night. It wasn't his fault, really. It's me, reading books and stuff. I'm dependent. I always feel like I need someone's permission almost to do things, like I always need somebody to go with me. I don't like to do things alone. And then when I ask people to go places with me they don't want to do anything, or at least aren't interested in what I want to do and I end up bugging them to no avail and then I don't go anywhere. I need to be more independent.

But thinking about this is making me feel....... blah. But that's partially because I'm on the computer too. I should go to Improv Club tonight. Will that make me feel better?

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11298170/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11298170/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:00:53 PST Jurassic Park and Jerlayne and Fahrenheit 451! And lo and behold! Christopher Pike's Spooksville series numbers 9, 20, and 21! Alas! I was unable to find The Black Unicorn, Night of the Goat Boy, Madness at the Mall, The Vampire's Promise and a few others. I'm afraid they might have been sold at a yard sale. The last yard sale my family had that I attended, my mom put that box of books out. The box of my childhood favorites! I, of course, dragged it back into the garage.

When I was younger I used to read nothing but scary stories. (I also found about 12 scary stories books in my book boxes.) I had this beautiful, hardcover, gold-edged pages volume with Frankenstein AND Dracula. There were these fabulous illustrations for both stories too, probably about 12 pictures? and I lost it when I moved to Florida. I had a stack of Anne Rice books and a TON of Goosebumps and Goosebumps knockoffs. I had books like Werewolf Tonight and other weird shit.

I think I'm on a kick right now about reviving the camp of '90's juvenile horror. I think Chad has the same idea. It's time for a turnaround. The people who are watching the Saws and Hostels are the same generation that grew up on Big Wolf on Campus and Goosebumps and Scream and Are You Afraid of the Dark?. I can't help but think that I'm not the only one who thinks that mutilating people for fun on the big screen is getting too gruesome. I need a little lighthearted horror fun. I need a laugh. And not a laugh at someone else's expense because they deserve to be tortured for whatever reason.

I think I'm going to start designing some characters for this purpose.

And I'm on a hunt now. I need to find some good used book stores up in Pittsburgh (with kids sections and old, old books) so I can continue my search for Christopher Pike's Spooksville series. I found #1 down here in Florida and I already have #s 9, 20, and 21. I think there's something like 35 of them total, though I can't be sure. I found a few of them on Amazon, but some of them are selling for 25 bucks a pop while others are for sale for a dollar. It's the same case with the other book series I'm trying to locate (which may be harder as it went out of print in the late '70's as opposed to Spooksvile which went of of print in the 90's). I'm looking for Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators, a mystery series much like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, which actually isn't really written by Alfred Hitchcock. I don't have ANY of those, but I've read some of them and liked them.

So yeah, getting back to my roots. 90's juvenile horror fiction. So if anyone happens upon any cheap R.L. Stine, M. D. Stamper, or Caroline B. Cooney books....

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11287663/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11287663/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:56:24 PST Amandorla
Quentin (will finish in April? Bring Frankenstein and Seigfried up with me too)
Finish Play On My Heartstrings
Love Affair
Find JB, Absolut Hypocrisy
Take More Pictures

I finished Wicked last night. I don't think I fully understand the ending. And I'm not especially excited about setting up for semi-annual sale tonight. And I'm especially not looking forward to Barbara trying to get me to work tomorrow. No. That's not happening. I didn't do ANYTHING today and that pisses me off. I have places to go, people to see. I still need to have lunch with Eric, see my grandparents, give Sara her Christmas present, go to the beach, and take pictures. Arrggghh!

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]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11185323/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11185323/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:54:52 PST
Answer the Following Questions Using Song Titles of Only One Artist

Pick an Artist: The Dresden Dolls

1.) are you a male or female? Girl Anachronism
2.) describe yourself: Half Jack
3.) how do you feel about yourself? Necessary Evil
4.) describe your ex boyfriend / girlfriend: Backstabber
5.) describe your current boyfriend / girlfriend: The Perfect Fit
6.) describe your current location: Mandy Goes to Med School
7.) describe where you want to be: Shores of California
8.) your best friend is: Mrs. O
9.) your favorite color is: Colorblind
10.) you know that: Christopher Lydon Missed Me
11.) what's the weather like? Good Day
12.) if your life was a television show, what would it be called? Glass Slipper
13.) what is life to you? Dirty Business
14.) what is the best advice you have to give? Sex Changes
15.) if you could change your name, what would you change it to? Delilah

Pick an Artist: Savage Garden

1.) are you a male or female? I Don't Care
2.) describe yourself: Carry On Dancing
3.) how do you feel about yourself? I Don't Know You Anymore
4.) describe your ex boyfriend / girlfriend: Crash And Burn
5.) describe your current boyfriend / girlfriend: Mine
6.) describe your current location: This Side Of Me
7.) describe where you want to be: Chained To You
8.) your best friend is: Tears Of Pearls
9.) your favorite color is: Violet
10.) you know that: You Can Still Be Free
11.) what's the weather like? Fire Inside The Man
12.) if your life was a television show, what would it be called? To The Moon & Back
13.) what is life to you? The Best Thing
14.) what is the best advice you have to give? Love Can Move You
15.) if you could change your name, what would you change it to? (Santa) Monica

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11147646/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11147646/ Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:30:22 PST
From 's journal:

First 10 people who comment to this journal will be featured. I will go though your gallery and choose three of your deviations I like most and post them in my journal for everyone to see! Just be the first 10 to post and voila!

1. ~CSStriker


2. ~wbrooks


3. ~morbidmongoose


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]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11115288/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11115288/ Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:45:48 PST
Got my grades today! They're not as bad as I thought! Hoo-ray!

History of Animation: A
Drawing and Anatomies: B-
Visual Indication: B
Digital Imaging for Multimedia and Web: A-
Math: A

That puts me at a 3.5 GPA for the quarter, 3.7 cumulative. Not bad. Not bad. It's not Dean's List, but hey! I'm fine.

I've got a headache.

But yeah! Getting more used to my house now. Gotta call Emily and charge my camera battery. And I was looking through my closet today (Wow! My mom just threw EVERYTHING in there!) and I found a bunch of my art. I'm looking for a few specific pieces still ( ) but I think I know where a couple of them are. I'm going to bring most of them back to Pittsburgh to inspire me to actually do shit. I'm going to work on getting a show at the 707 Gallery. First steps? Get art at Beehive and Common Grounds and something in the City Paper.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11113520/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11113520/ Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:57:50 PST
I missed home. I really did. Being in Florida is just so.... There's a certain smell in the air, the smell of ocean and Bermuda grass. And it's really something working on a PC again.

The movement of my bed really threw me off though. It's usually on the other side of the room. When I went to get dressed for dinner last night I found myself looking behind me so that I could stand on my bed and look at myself in the mirror (because I can't see my bottom half without standing on something because I'm short) and my bed wasn't there. That bothered me. But I have my 6' x 2' (yes, that's feet not inches) unfinished painting staring at me like it wants to be finished. I think I might do that over break.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11091378/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11091378/ Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:30:27 PST Things You Learn in College:

Bring more towels, less dishes. (Towels pile up to get washed, but at least they don't smell nearly as bad)

Don't work a lot unless you're sure you can handle it. (Your shitty job at Best Buy shouldn't make your homework suffer. You're making a huge investment going to college; make the most of it.)

On that same note, get a job early. Then you'll be in the habit of going to work AND school and you can spend your pitiful earnings on basic things like food while leaving your bank account pretty much intact.

Your extended family? The ones you never used to talk to except at holidays? Yeah. They want you to call them, especially if you live nearby now. They'll say they'll call you and then when they don't they get pissed off at YOU for not calling to see why they didn't call.

Thank people for Christmas/birthday gifts early.

CHECK YOUR VOICEMAIL!

Long distance relationships are hard.

The things you did in high school mean absolutely SHIT, especially if you're going to a school where you know NOBODY. You need to re-establish yourself at the top of the mountain.

Make friends with people early. It's hard to make new friends the further you get on in your college career. Hang out with positive people and avoid the ones with tons of drama (though it's okay to talk to them occasionally).

Roommates are WEIRD creatures that should be dealt with in the most helpful of manners if you don't want them to bite.

Keep your room clean. It's much easier to study and relax in a clean environment and less embarressing when you have people over.

Go home as often as you can if you opt to go to college far from home.

You will not eat even half of the canned goods in your cupboard. And Ramen doesn't get old if you eat it sparingly. Or put canned peas or corn in it. XD Same with macaroni. Pepper and tomatoes do wonders.

But on that same note, don't keep a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables unless you're sure you'll eat them. They go bad faster than you think.


I'll probably add more to this as I think of them, but for now I think that's pretty comprehensive.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11061147/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11061147/ Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:17:07 PST

In other news, it annoys me everytime I browse the Animation category because people submit things there when they don't know where else to put things, so there's a whole bunch of still images in there that don't belong. And I've been searching for a couple of the stock images I used in one of pieces and I can't find them. When I go to Browse > Resources > Stock Images and search for "stained glass" or whatever it will tell me there are a couple hundred results, but then it'll only show me the first 120. The Next Page and Previous Page links are grayed out. Is anyone else having that same problem browsing things?

I finally broke down and put a nail in the wall to hang up my Toulouse-Lautrec print. It looks really nice on the wall. It makes me want to frame all my posters so they look just as nice.

I go home on Monday. Real home. In Florida home. I'll get to sleep in my big, soft bed and eat real food and drive my car and see my friends and family. I'm looking forward to it. I think I'm nervous about riding the airplane all alone though... Thank goodness it's only a 2 hour flight. I'll have to buy some bubble gum beforehand and a drink so that my ears don't pop.

Before I go home I need to finish cleaning my house and do my laundry so I can come home to a nice clean place. I need to pack too. I need to do laundry so I can bring my panda shirt home. I'm not sure if I'm going to bring just the big suitcase or if I'll bring the small one too. I have to bring a bunch of stuff home for my family. I hope I'll have room for my clothes and stuff. Haha. But at least that'll force me to leave room so I can replace that stuff I'm bringing home for my family with Christmas presents.

Oy! Next quarter I'm going to have so little time for anything! And I hate to admit it, but I think I might have gotten a little bit better at figure drawing from Pionati's class. I have him again next quarter, which means a TON of homework again. Blah! And I'll have tons of homework from Love too for Character and Object. I also heard that Digital Editing has a lot of homework too. Which is understandable. If I'm shooting a short film. Which I am. And a music video. And a 30 second commercial. All in 11 weeks. Plus all my other homework. And the fact that I'm working 5 days a week next quarter. Ah!

Monday: Work 8-12:15ish, Cross-Cultural Psychology 2:45-4:45
Tuesday: Work 8-12:15ish, 3D Modeling 12:45-4:45, Character and Object 6-9:35
Wednesday: Work 8-12:15ish, Cross-Cultural Psychology 2:45-4:45
Thursday: Work 12:30-5
Friday: Work 8-12:15ish, Life Drawing 12:45-4:45

I have no daylight except on weekends. Yuck. Tuesdays are going to suck. And Pionati assigned us homework over the break. I fucking hate him.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11037181/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/11037181/ Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:37:55 PST

Ah! I haven't slept since yesterday, but I'm feeling fine (besides my dozing off in Photoshop class, but we weren't doing anything in there anyway ) But seriously, had I known we'd be allowed to use this class time now to finish our projects I wouldn't have been 20 minutes late to class because I was making the third and final piece when I should have been getting ready for school.

I'm really surprised I got A's on all of them. And it figures, the one I like the best of the three got the lowest grade, a 370 out of 400. It's in my gallery, called, "Evolution". You should favorite it. You can see the other two pieces in my scraps if you feel like browsing. I like my scraps. There's fun stuff in there. Including Sailor Harry, and funny pictures I've taken of myself in various mirrors.

I was up all last night doing my stop-motion project. Didn't use the lunchbox because Norris ended up being too big for it. But I don't like the lunchbox anyway. The arm that holds the camera gets in the way of the shot. And it's a biyatch to add audio to it. So I burned my first DVD with my computer this morning. I'm so thankful that it actually works. And I was playing around with iDVD, making my menu pretty and everything.... I started the animation probably around 9:30, 10ish, didn't get done burning the DVD and all that until 5:30, 6ish this morning. But it's so worth it. I have a whole 33 seconds of brilliance. I'll post it up here tonight.

Tomorrow morning I get to sleep in. Then I go to Visual Indication, which I'll probably finish with a B in. Not sure what I got on my final, probably a B, but I do believe that my final was the best thing I've turned in for that class. My marble rendering was awesome.

So I've got my History of Animation final in 2 hours. I'm not sure if I have all the notes. Maybe I'll go home and check? Not that I'd be able to find them in the pigsty that is my house right now anyway. I really need to clean up. And I need to apologize to Michelle for being cranky.

]]> ~JasperCorel http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/10901164/ http://JasperCorel.deviantart.com/journal/10901164/ Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:59:26 PST
I don't know what I'm doing...

Things To Do:
DRAWING HOMEWORK!
Practise textures for Visual Indication
Puppet shoot Friday at 1 with Josh (~Boshudolor )
Build set
Build puppet
Math homework
Photoshop pieces
Clean house
NBC-Fellowship DeviantART contest
Send Duran Duran CD copy to Aaron
Paint something more personal
Start Dirty Business music video

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