My Thoughts About Design

Design is definitely not my thing. Its not that I don't think it could be fun, but I just am not good at it. It seems like everyone else in the class knows what to do and when to do it right away. I just take a little extra time trying to figure out what the heck is going on.

My Friday

Today, I have baseball practice after school until five, but after that, my friend and I are going to Chicago to see Purdue in the NCAA tournament. It is the first round and they are playing a relatively weak opponent, but you never really know what will happen. Hopefully, since I am a Purdue basketball fan, they can pull off the victory like they are expected to do, and move on to the next round. I am also hoping that both Notre Dame and Purdue win the next to games because that would lead to them playing each other in the elite eight. The in-state rivalry would be a really cool thing to watch. Maybe Purdue will make it to the final four or National Championship this year. You never know.

March Madness

March Madness is one of the greatest sporting events of the year. It is really fun to compete with other people in filling out a bracket. My picks are usually wrong, but it is still fun to try. I get the best satisfaction when I pick a major upset that nobody would believe could happen. For example, this year I picked Richmond to upset Vanderbilt who is the five seed. Amazingly, it actually happened, and I got to rub it in the faces of everyone that doubted it would happen. Most of all, I love watching the intensely close contests that often end up coming down to the fine shot. Because of the sheer excitement, March Madness is on the list of great American sporting events.

Jeff and His Ragged Beard

If you see a big hairy caveman in the halls, it is just Jeff. Don't be to frightened by him if you can, though it may be hard to not want to just shave it off right there on the spot. If I had a razor in my hand at this moment, there is no doubt in my mind that I would personally take responsibility for Jeff and the hairy beast that is growing from his face. He just happens to be sitting next to me right now, and he is trying to write a blog about me in a negative way. Don't listen to what he blogs about because it is based on foolish rage and is in no way truthful. At this moment, I am string at his beard, and all I can think about is just cutting the darn thing off. I vow that someday I will be the one to take Jeff's beard from his face and burn it into ashes.

Jeff Emond

Jeff Emond is a person that I met at the beginning of the year in my journalism class. When I first talked to him, he struck me as a rather interesting human being. As the year progressed and I got to know him better, I began to learn that he is a very philosophical person. Jeff is so philosophical, in fact, that his philosophies have just become a part of his daily language. I guess now after talking to him more and more I have become used to it, but for someone first meeting him, they may find him to be maybe too philosophical. He also likes Johnny Cash. A LOT! That is all I need to say about Jeff for the time being.

Design

I really don't know what to expect when we start our lesson on design pretty soon. I have a feeling that it will either go great or terribly wrong. I have never thought of myself as someone who would be good with design, but who knows, maybe I will be good at it. The one thing that I am looking forward to is probably just learning about all the different features and things that can be used to design something. I guess I have always been sort of curious about how magazines and yearbooks turn out the way they do, but I guess this is my chance to learn. Hopefully, the design lesson won't be too challenging.

Photography

I kind of had mixed emotions about the photography portion of the class. When I find and capture a picture that is really cool, then I like photography. When I don't like it is when I get really frustrated trying to get a good picture when it just is turning out right. I don't really think that my career is going to have anything to do with photography, but I guess you never really know. It is still probably a good thing that I learned about it though since it may come in handy at some point in my life.