Scissors

Cryptic title, yes? I got a haircut! It's short. Really short. I got about five inches cut off, and my hair now comes just below my chin. And that's when it's wet. My hair is curly, and when it dries it is most definitely above my chin. I haven't had hair this short since I was six and I had a chili-bowl haircut--I looked like a boy).

I don't think I look like a boy now; I just look different. My mom says I look collegiate, but I'm not sure. I'm just a little freaked out that I can't pull my hair back into a ponytail!!

Free of five inches,
~Alice

Veggie Time

So I have been officially meat-free for a week.

And let me tell you, I want a cheeseburger. Just kidding...well sort of. But really going vegetarian for Lent has been fun. I like figuring out my meals, working in different sources of protein. Alleluia for hummus! (oh...not supposed to say that during Lent)

Here's a typical veggie day:
Breakfast: 1 egg+ 1 egg white+ goat cheese in whole-wheat tortilla
apple
Snack: 2 clementines
Lunch: salad + whole wheat pita+hummus (I have been totally digging Mediterranean food)
Snack: brussel sprouts (....they're delicious!)
Dinner: pizza (always a good vegetarian option--pasta too)

I do miss meat. Some chik-fi-la sounds really yummy right now. But I'm managing. Only like...30 more days of no meat.

Beating the beef blues,
~Alice

Pictures, Images, and Photographs

No one says photographs anymore. It's always pics, photos...what's with all the abbrevs! I like that photograph. Will you photograph us? Photograph is making a comeback. I'll will def( be saying it more often.

Anyway, assignment time. We've been learning how to put images on a webpage. Finally, my webpages aren't the most boring things ever! I have a striped pink background on one. I even made a logo (hence the logo discussion a few posts below). Maybe next I will put a photograph on one of my pages. I'll be using a raster image, because they are compatible with photographs. And I'll probably use a jpg, medium quality; high quality will make my website load super slowly. My pages are already not the best or most interesting. A long loading time will make my page both frustrating and boring.

Maybe I should start photographing. That way I'll have plenty of photographs to place on the webpage. I'll just go get that camera my parents got me for my birthday...oh wait, that didn't happen.

~Alice

Technology

Wow, I'm just whipping out the posts this week.

So not! We've just had a lot of assignments. And this assignment is about the interplay of school and technology. Specifically using your phone and other portable gadgets to study/organize your life. Well, I am not one of the lucky ones to have an iphone or a blackberry or a droid. I have a simple little phone. It used to be super cool! I have a LG chocolate. Aaaand I don't really do anything but call or text message with it.

But! My phone does help me out with school. For one thing, I frequently mass text message my friends to find out what the homework assignment is. Also, my technologically savvy physics teacher sends out text message reminders about class meetings or free dress days. And most importantly, when my eyes are drooping and dozing off whilst studying biology is inevitable, I set an alarm on my bright blue LG chocolate. When I happen to rest my eyes for a second, I'll wake in an hour, rather than nine at night.

It may be lame, but it's my phone! I'm glad to have it as an alarm.
~Alice

Dallas and Snow?

It's been snowing now for...more than three hours. Ummm, I live in Dallas. This DOES NOT HAPPEN. Let me repeat--it does NOT snow in Dallas. I would say about once a year it ices. School closes for a "Snow Day", but really it's just frozen rain. But today, flakes are falling. I'm walking in slush. There are giant eight-feet snowman cropping up (check out Blair's blog for a pic Big Red Bow).

I like the snow..I do. But birkenstocks and a sweatshirt are not the proper snow attire! Maybe that's why I'm being kind of a crabby apple, as my mom would say. I don't know. Snap out of it Alice! Enjoy this once in a lifetime snowfall. Goodness gracious!

~Alice

an assignment

I have decided that logo designers are legitimately geniuses. The amount creativity and business savvy it takes to create a logo is...well, a lot!

A logo must be:
*Distinctive/Recognizable. You can't just rip off another person's idea. If your new soda's logo looks like Pepsi's logo, any advertising for your soda will be associated with Pepsi. The well-established brand always wins. (And copyright issues?). Plus, you want to be creative and distinguish your product from the other products available. Oh that soda with the crazy cool turtle logo? Love it!
*Clean/Crisp/Simple. A log can't be messy, with jagged lines and randomness. Because of it's potential wide use, it has to be stream-lined. Concise, if that word can be applied to a graphic.
*Relate to your product/company. You may have the best flower design for your logo, but if the subject is monster trucks...that doesn't really make sense. Unless the monster truck rally is called flower stomp or something.

To end this little logo assignment, here is a picture of the FedEx logo. Very recognizable (because it has the name in it) and secretly clever. Did you ever notice the arrow between the E and the x? I didn't until now!