AVT 4 MARIE

Hey Guys!
I want to begin getting the team geared up for our second year in the annual Light the Night event. The event this year will be held on October 17th, so please mark your calendars. I'll continue to keep everyone posted as I get more information. Again, I encourage everyone to speak to their employer. Company's always jump at ways to donate to tax deductable organizations like the LLS so I doubt they'll say no to a large contribution.

http://pages.lightthenight.org/nca/WashDC09/AVT4MARIE

Everyone who reads and writes on this blog should have already received an email invitation to the team. If you have not please use the above link to join.

Obama for Breakfast

I know we've posted multiple images of Obama made from food, but here's another one made with cereal. Just looking at it reminds me of my childhood and many Saturday mornings of overflowing bowls of Fruit Loops and milk. Ahh nostalgia.

new skooter?

If anyone knows anyone who wants a 150 brand new skooter my cousin is selling hers for 800.00 give me a ring

Photoshop World!!!

Hey All,
I'm at my first Photoshop World in Boston. It's so exciting. If anyone's here give me a ring :)

So far today, I took 2 classes: Painting with Photoshop and Illustrator Down and Dirty Tricks. I got some cool new tips and techniques but overall I'm just excited about the new CS4!!! Also, Wacom announced a new revamped tablet today. They have a bunch of demos on the expo floor which I hope to check out later today. Well that's about it for now. I'll be heading back in about an hour after my lunch break but if I come across anything exciting I'll be sure to post it.

FREE TREATS!!!

In my mind there's no better word than free. Mark your calendar for these upcoming free sugar fixes!

April 21
Ben & Jerry’s
One free cone

April 29
Baskin Robbins
A scoop for 31 cents

July 11
7-Eleven
A free 7-ounce Slurpee

September 24
Coldstone Creamery
A free ice cream treat

LOL

ok I had to post this cause it made me jump. Last night I went into the computer room here at mom's were Im sleeping to go to bed. We had been to a neighborhood party but I was being good and wasn't really drunk. As I was changing I turned to look at mom's computer monitor and there was a picture of marie waving at me on the screen. LOL mom has a slide show of all of her pictures and I had a folder in her computer of some of my pictures and alot of the avt parties pictures were in it. SO I edited her pictures folder so none of my pictures were on there.

Finally relaxing

I am here in NC visiting mom and I feel like I am finally relaxing. The past 3 weeks have really gotten to me I guess and I was just tired all the time and pissy at everyone. 2 more days and I will have to go back to reality but then it's another month and I actually have a weeks vacation coming up.

The Periodic Table of Typefaces

Since most of us who post/read this blog are designers of one kind or another, I thought this to be quite appropriate to post. I love it and wish I had full size poster for my wall. Yes I'm that dorky. This was created by Squidspot. They also have lots of other neat ideas/designs. Happy Friday and enjoy your weekend!

Attempt FAILED

I spend 8 hours a day infront of a computer working but while I work I have cnn/live going on my screen the whole time. I don't know if I just need the background noise or I just want to stay generally informed. Most of the news is bad news, but every so often you get those golden nuggets. Today's nugget was a bit sad but I just couldn't stop laughing.

This dude attempted to commit suicide by jumping off Niagra Falls. A nice way to go out right? SIKE! Not only did his suicide attempt FAIL but because of the force of the fall authorities found dude without any cloths! AAAAAHAHAHAHA! Is something wrong with me for having laughed at this? I mean this news report was literally the high light of my day!

I don't even like Cinnamon Toast Crunch

but I thought this commercial was adorable.





anddddd, move over evite. PINGGGGG!

the day in photos

always a favorite of mine, the washington post's link to their pictures of the day. i love looking at them -- some put me in a happy mood and some give me a better perspective. enjoy the link~! oh also, is a link to my other page, since i don't particularly post alllll my boring secrets over here. tee hee. hope you guys are enjoying the wonderful weather~!

1. the day in photos
2. the other page...

p.s. i've been dying to try out nasreen's new page with the photo combos but i've been uber busy at work and i don't have photoshop at home anymore. womp wompppp :-(

Waffles, Levitations and clips of Mike dancing.

Also, if you missed it before.

BOYCOTT BLOCKBUSTER

If you rent from Blockbuster, STOP. This is the last straw, I've had it with them, and I'm calling for a group boycott. First they made a stink about adding my sister to my account, then they demanded that I hand over my bank account so they can fully charge me for any late videos, they hiked up their rental fees to a ridiculous amount and THEN I got a headache after getting in a fight with the store manager over the weekend. So again, if you rent from Blockbuster, don't! Explore Redbox [they're awesome], Netflix, or your local video rental. For the most part it's only $1 to rent and the local redbox isn't gonna be rude to you.

I should be Happy

I should be happy about the snow but I am so sad. I had to put Frecks to sleep on Saturday!!! I can't believe I had to put two dogs to sleep within a year and a half from basically the same thing!!!!!!! He fought the whole time he was on the table-he hated anyone touching his paws. After the second attempt I ran out of the room. I still look for him in all of his places in the house and hear the regular house sounds tht I guess I assumed were him and then realize it's not. Well it will take time I guess-he was my best friend and protector since I was 10 years old.