New blog!

I'm going to be moving to another blog! The URL for this one is a bit long and cumbersome, and I want something easily accessible to anyone that wants to read it. So if you're reading what I'm writing here and want to continue to follow me, please go over to

http://roseclear.blogspot.com

and meet me there!

One of those quotes to remember.

"Your dreams deserve better than a half-hearted effort. Meet your goals with a weak handshake and they'll soon be waving you goodbye. Since you probably don't want to look back on a life full of "almost made it" memories, it's time for total commitment. Leave it all on the field, don't hold anything back. Is there anything more satisfying than pouring out your entire being, straddling the cliff, reaching your total limit, then looking up and realizing that oh-my-gosh-I-can't-believe-I-really-did-it? And is there anything more tragic than failing and realizing you could have done more? If you feel "tuned out" of your current life, that's okay. Make your first goal to build a life that you can get "in"-to. Then don't look back. Make every day count and live purposefully, live energetically, live completely."

Oh, la de freaking da.

Half of the time, I don't know what to write here. I write so much in my LiveJournal that it kind of overwhelms me and I'm not much one for repeating myself in two different blogging spaces online. But my LiveJournal is more on the private side, that's something that hasn't changed since I started using one, so at least it's still a nice, quiet place to write. I still have friends there who trust me and who I can trust, and really that makes me feel a lot better about using it than I admit to myself. It's nice to have that kind of comfort and privacy.

Anime Matsuri is the weekend after this coming one and I think I'm starting to get a little bit addicted and attached to being around my friends as often as I have been in these past couple of months. Dallas isn't far away but since I don't exactly have free access to a car, I don't get to travel as much as I would like. Hopefully that will change soon, but for now I'm just glad that almost everyone will be making it down to the Woodlands to hang out. We'll have a great time!

I think, oddly, that's about all for now. I'm still recovering from being sick and so I'm a little under the weather, but I really love writing over here so I wanted to come over and post something up! Hope everyone's doing well!

Easter weekend.

I'm really looking forward to Easter weekend, partially because of the convention and also because it means it's a holiday weekend. There's something special about the holidays, about knowing that there isn't any pressure to have to go in to work - the store's closed on Easter Sunday - and that we can just sit back and take a little time off. Of course, I'll be out in the Woodlands if all goes well but that's all par for the course. I love being out at conventions and seeing everyone, getting to spend time just catching up and having fun. It's nice to have close friends that live in the Dallas area because it's only about four hours away for them, and for me when I go up there. Candice is supposed to come out to the convention with me, and Saturday night Cat will be driving up. I know Jesse will be there, and hopefully Mike will make it, too. I'm just really looking forward to seeing everyone. It's funny that you don't notice how much you miss your friends until you don't get to see them for about a month. Granted, that isn't too long of a time but I got spoiled at All Con by having everyone around. :)

That's about it for right now. I'm going to head home from school and see what the rest of the day brings!

Unlimited - my future is unlimited.

"And I've just had a vision just like a prophecy.
I know it sounds truly crazy,
and true, the vision's hazy -
but I swear, someday I'll be
flying so high - defying gravity."

Shine On

I came back just the other day from one of the most amazing weekends I've had in awhile, something filled with more spontaneous actions and ups and downs than I've let myself get involved in, and I actually think I came back better for it. It's a little bit amazing what going out and trying new things can do for a person's mindset. I was used to staying inside and keeping to myself, not really going out and putting myself into situations with groups of people, and this weekend was something completely out of my comfort zone. I owe a lot to Candice for being so fantastic from the beginning until the end. She's a great friend, and even though there are ups and downs we've just known each other too long to cut each other much slack. She isn't afraid to tell me when she thinks I'm being one way, I'm not afraid to counter her, etc. etc. and still we've just known each other for too long and been through too much to not work through it together. It's comforting to have a friend like that.

I'm not sure what I'll do today. I'm not much for going out and delving into the world of green, but St. Patrick's is today and there's going to be a good deal of partying going on in there today. I'll probably take the less than exciting take on the day and keep it all close to home, but I'm still feeling pretty good. It's weird and I know this post is disjointed, but I'm actually feeling better about things than I have in a long time.

Spring Break '09

And not quite the conventional way of spending it, either! Instead of hitting the beaches or going to someplace warm, Candice and I are packing up her car tonight and heading up to Dallas where the high temperature is expected at sixty-eight degrees and we might be facing some chilly rainfall. She prefers to drive in the wee hours of the early morning, so we're aiming for a three a.m. departure time, and I think that might actually end up happening. Everything is just about ready to go, and I only need to decide if I should lighten my duffel bag by one pair of shoes or not. The plus? I'll have a more comfortable pair of flats to shuffle around in. The down side? Heavier duffel bag. But at the same time, Candice's car has plenty of room in it so I think I'll end up erring on the side of caution and going on the heavier side.

Yes, I am that much of a girl, thank you for asking!

I'm in my night class right now, and we're discussing Apple's wonderful piece of software known as Compressor and all of the lovely things it can do and get away with. I love Compressor - I'm not really sure where I'd be in my realm of editing without it. Converting that much Doctor Who from .avi format to .mov would not have been easy without it. Granted, there are other ways of doing that but Compressor gives a nice, crisp output and I'd rather go with something like that instead of cutting corners and have to worry about the output. Compressor is also going to offer an option in the near future to output to Blu Ray format, and that makes the geeky part of my heart swell up. I still lack a Blu Ray player and television that will play that kind of format but I think it's only a matter of time before I change that up and join the higher definition realm.

I really am looking forward to this weekend. The trip is coming at an excellent time, with midterms nothing other than a memory and an overall sense of accomplishment in my heart because that's what comes with feeling a job has been well done. I won't know the result of my law and ethics test until after the break, but I walked away from it happier than I thought I would feel so that has to be a definite plus.

On another note, Janine and I think that we should try and bottle up our professor's energy. This man has a great personality, and he's just so full of life. Every time I get to take one of his classes I feel lucky for the chance. He teaches us so much, and he really cares about what he's teaching. That's hard to come by in college.

I think I'll go ahead and close this out here. More about the trip will be coming soon!