It's the last day of school! Yea, that's right. I'm basically done with high school. To commemorate this milestone in my young life, I rode my bike to school. I was a friend to the environment, and it feels good--I highly recommend.
So yes, Web Design is ending as well. And with the end of web design, this blog will be interred. Literally put into the ground with all the other abandoned blogs of people who realized they just didn't have that much to say/couldn't believe people weren't following their blog. I just don't have the desire to continue writing about myself. But to the three people who read my blog(overestimate? probably!)--don't worry! I know there are plenty of other blogs about a sarcastic teen's boring life.
Summer is here. I'm planning on reading, getting a chia pet, and patronizing a few neighborhood lemonade stands. Sweeeeet.
To lemonade mixed with powder and ceramic animals that grow foliage,
~Alice
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
a website is forming
Guys! Get excited! My website is actually starting to form. It doesn't look awful! Hopefully I'll be able to finish it in a week...because that's when I'm done with HIGH SCHOOL! YES! I am so excited! There are lots of parties, gifts, and general joyous celebrations in store for the rest of May!
Sorry for the overuse of exclamation points. And for sounding like a prepster. Because I'm not really, at all. Usually I'm sarcastic and a little angsty. But how can you not be happy and excited when summer is approaching?? The other day I went out and sat in the sun. It was a beautiful, mild (comparatively) ninety degree day. I put on sunscreen, of course! No skin cancer for me. Mmm, the smell of Coppertone and sweat. I love summer.
!!!!,
~Alice
Sorry for the overuse of exclamation points. And for sounding like a prepster. Because I'm not really, at all. Usually I'm sarcastic and a little angsty. But how can you not be happy and excited when summer is approaching?? The other day I went out and sat in the sun. It was a beautiful, mild (comparatively) ninety degree day. I put on sunscreen, of course! No skin cancer for me. Mmm, the smell of Coppertone and sweat. I love summer.
!!!!,
~Alice
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
work day
Hello Poppitt! Hahahaha...yes, I make myself laugh.
[insert clever transition to blog about my job]
So I'm working today. I got a job (Qorst idea ever, by the way. No one told me to get a job. I just decided to apply, and now I'm fifteen hours short on free time every week. ) at Red Mango, a delicious frozen yogurt place. It is delicious; I'm not just saying that because I work there. I frequently use my 50% discount to buy tasty yogurt with strawberries, blueberries, and almonds.
What's the point of this post? I'm not really sure. I'm working today from 4-8pm. I'll probably get some fro-yo.
Okay later,
Alice
[insert clever transition to blog about my job]
So I'm working today. I got a job (Qorst idea ever, by the way. No one told me to get a job. I just decided to apply, and now I'm fifteen hours short on free time every week. ) at Red Mango, a delicious frozen yogurt place. It is delicious; I'm not just saying that because I work there. I frequently use my 50% discount to buy tasty yogurt with strawberries, blueberries, and almonds.
What's the point of this post? I'm not really sure. I'm working today from 4-8pm. I'll probably get some fro-yo.
Okay later,
Alice
Monday, May 3, 2010
ummm....
The day has come where I really don't have anything to say. Not even about food.
But still I must blog.
I must blog because I want to get a good grade in website design. Aahh, yes. I care about grades, a lot actually. Who cares that I've learned how to make a website? Not me. It's all about the grade. What a sad, pathetic view of education. At this point, I've basically abandoned the--"I love to learn attitude"--and adopted a "I just want to finish with good grades".
Real endearing, yes?
Too tired to care that she's a total grade grubber,
~Alice
But still I must blog.
I must blog because I want to get a good grade in website design. Aahh, yes. I care about grades, a lot actually. Who cares that I've learned how to make a website? Not me. It's all about the grade. What a sad, pathetic view of education. At this point, I've basically abandoned the--"I love to learn attitude"--and adopted a "I just want to finish with good grades".
Real endearing, yes?
Too tired to care that she's a total grade grubber,
~Alice
Thursday, April 22, 2010
CSS
CSS is the best thing since sliced bread. Seriously.
Sure it's a little hard to grasp at first. But once you've linked a series of pages to a CSS, making websites becomes so much easier. Changes you make to one page apply to every page. Yay for innate continuity and fluidity! Not to mention, you don't have to type in code. Everything can be done in a design mode; it's like working in word except for the internet.
Images, links, and tables. They're all so much easier in CSS. I just need some more experience working with CSS, and then maybe my webpages will start to look legit. Yes, I said that.
Sure it's a little hard to grasp at first. But once you've linked a series of pages to a CSS, making websites becomes so much easier. Changes you make to one page apply to every page. Yay for innate continuity and fluidity! Not to mention, you don't have to type in code. Everything can be done in a design mode; it's like working in word except for the internet.
Images, links, and tables. They're all so much easier in CSS. I just need some more experience working with CSS, and then maybe my webpages will start to look legit. Yes, I said that.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
making a website
As my web design class comes to a close, we have a new project to design a website for a "client". Well, I asked around and my friend, Betsy, decided that she could use a website. She's kind of a spectacular writing, so I'm thinking that the website can be a way to publish her poems or short stories.
But in the end, it's what she wants that matters. Which should be interesting. Not that Betsy is a difficult customer or anything. I just don't have that many skills in web design. I'm a little worried that I won't be able to produce the "website of her dreams".
Just a little worried, though. I have plenty of other things to stress about. Work, school, the usual.
Peace, love, dove,
Alice
But in the end, it's what she wants that matters. Which should be interesting. Not that Betsy is a difficult customer or anything. I just don't have that many skills in web design. I'm a little worried that I won't be able to produce the "website of her dreams".
Just a little worried, though. I have plenty of other things to stress about. Work, school, the usual.
Peace, love, dove,
Alice
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Assignment
Actions speak louder than words. And there's not a more apt example of this phrase than the representation of Steve Jobs in Pirates of Silicon Valley. The film details the rise of Apple and Microsoft through narration by some of Steve Job's and Bill Gate's closest friends--Steve Wozniak and Paul Allen, respectively. The depiction of Jobs, in particular, is unflattering. His actions in no way reflect his words; Jobs' hypocritical nature vilifies him.
Steve Jobs has these great, meaningful world philosophies in the film. He's all about creativity, love, and peace. It's very hippie, likely influenced by Jobs' stint at Cal Berkeley--infamous (or famous, depending on who you ask) for it's counter culture, rebellious ways. Jobs is depicted at the beginning of the film fleeing a protest at Berkeley of some kind. Immediately after this scene, Jobs declares his intent to be a revolutionary and change the world. I assumed that Steve would undergo this revolution in a Gandhi-like manner, with peaceful demeanor that supported his supposed values.
But my assumption was incorrect. Once the small, garage-based Apple company--that started as some friends just hanging out and making computers--begins to make an impact, Jobs transforms. His physical appearance changes: he shaves his beard in order to be more "bank" friendly ambition, cuts his unruly, long hair, and wears a suit. Even when Jobs resumes his hippy look--he sports cut off jeans and a t-shirt for most of the movie--it's clear he's already sacrificed his personal values in order to succeed.
Or maybe they weren't truly his values at all, rather an idealistic musings. Because just like his physical appearance changes with Apple's success, Steve's personality changes as well. He yells. And yells. And yells some. He ridicules his employees and demeans them; he starts an inter company feud between two project groups. All his peace, love, dove philosophy that was result of his world experience and the basis of Apple is forgotten. The pinnacle of this demonic side of Jobs is his refusal to father his daughter. He ignores his former girlfriend and won't even provide child support. The idealism is gone...and all that remains is hypocrite. ***
**An essay for web design.
Steve Jobs has these great, meaningful world philosophies in the film. He's all about creativity, love, and peace. It's very hippie, likely influenced by Jobs' stint at Cal Berkeley--infamous (or famous, depending on who you ask) for it's counter culture, rebellious ways. Jobs is depicted at the beginning of the film fleeing a protest at Berkeley of some kind. Immediately after this scene, Jobs declares his intent to be a revolutionary and change the world. I assumed that Steve would undergo this revolution in a Gandhi-like manner, with peaceful demeanor that supported his supposed values.
But my assumption was incorrect. Once the small, garage-based Apple company--that started as some friends just hanging out and making computers--begins to make an impact, Jobs transforms. His physical appearance changes: he shaves his beard in order to be more "bank" friendly ambition, cuts his unruly, long hair, and wears a suit. Even when Jobs resumes his hippy look--he sports cut off jeans and a t-shirt for most of the movie--it's clear he's already sacrificed his personal values in order to succeed.
Or maybe they weren't truly his values at all, rather an idealistic musings. Because just like his physical appearance changes with Apple's success, Steve's personality changes as well. He yells. And yells. And yells some. He ridicules his employees and demeans them; he starts an inter company feud between two project groups. All his peace, love, dove philosophy that was result of his world experience and the basis of Apple is forgotten. The pinnacle of this demonic side of Jobs is his refusal to father his daughter. He ignores his former girlfriend and won't even provide child support. The idealism is gone...and all that remains is hypocrite. ***
**An essay for web design.
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