Archive for October, 2007

So, hows school, Mike?

Published by -MiKe- on October 27, 2007 in College. 1 Comment

Wow, I am so glad you asked.

It’s hot and cold actually.

In one corner you have Intro to Algebra, which is a crap course. As a matter of fact, its SU’s fault I’m even in a math course (mine for what I chose…). Basically, NESCom needed me to get another Math credit, and I wasn’t about putting a whole lot of effort into something I didn’t really need to, plus, it fit with my schedule…

In the world of bad choices… Yeah. For those of you out there looking to head into college in the relatively near future, don’t simply pick easy courses. They lead you down the wonderful roads of self-mutilation, and earnest quests towards suicide…

Then you’ve got Copywriting, which, unlike Copyrighting, has a “W” in it, and falls in the “writing intensive” category.

Actually, for all its faults, it’s actually a great class (when I decide to write). Much better than Marketing, which falls dead betwixt the two (primarily the fault of the teacher IMHO). The class I can put hours into, and fail in comparison to those who bullshit moments before class…

So you have got those three on one side, with and Graphic Design I, Web Design I, and Scene Study one the other end, doing all they can to maintain the very foundation of my sanity. Continue reading ‘So, hows school, Mike?’

Business Card Mock-Ups

Published by -MiKe- on October 24, 2007 in Photography. 1 Comment

Ok, upswing time.

I purchased my first set of business cards this weekend. Not only did no one around and close to me see this coming, neither did I!

I happened across a blog entry, somewhere in the etherweb, about memorable business cards, and it got me thinking. For years I have had “business cards” through some entity or another (either through the beach, or more recently, through Miss Maine), but I have never had one to call my own. Until now.

This weekend I put my foot down. This is what I want to do, and I am doing it. You can’t ignore it now, CoverThis Photography is out there, and it’s going to get you.

Below are some mock-ups of the business cards I designed, and will be receiving in a week or so.

Business Card Mock-Ups

The front is white (off-white in the mock-up) with the CoverThis Photography logo in the bottom right. It is printed in black raised thermal ink, and purposely off-set so that the bottom and right sides of the lens will be trimmed off.

The back is “nearly” black, with my name and contact information printed in “nearly” white, accompanied by appropriate icons for each field (a little person next to my name, a camera next to “Photographer,” etc…). The text is formatted to fit into an exact rectangle, making for and “interesting” text layout…

Admittedly, I did get one comment that the back is confusing at first, yet I am happy with it, and chose to go with it after a good long thinking…

It sure isn’t one of “those” business cards, but I think it is sufficiently different, and from what I have gathered from others, I believe it will work in the end.

Shit-Storm

Published by -MiKe- on October 24, 2007 in Personal. 0 Comments

What a wonderful few days I have had. I suppose things aren’t as together as I would have liked to think they were.

It’s a lot of personal stuff, that centers around Jennifer and I, and communication and (my) lack of time management. That said, I don’t really want to get into it much, but it seems we’re doing better, so fret not.

On a happier side, dinner went well this Saturday. Jen decided not to go on the Canoe trip, in favor of keeping our prior plans for Bowling on Friday night, and an awake, and timely, diner, Saturday. Unfortunately, this didn’t work quite as planned, with the other couple we had been planning on going bowling with canceling last minute.

We made the best of it, though, watching the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” with Ben (and drinking a small bit…). Actually, I think it worked out quite well. It turns out the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is actually a fabulous movie. Kind of wish we could show it as a school. Problem is, it’s a bit too “graphic” for Husson’s taste. Anyway, we had a good time of it, and it was nice to just hang out…

Back to Saturday.

I took Jen out to Ichiban, a local restaurant with Sushi Bar, in Bangor. It’s one of the better sushi joints I’ve ever been too, and we are both INSANE fans.

It went awesome. We had a really good time, ate a lot of good sushi, socialized a bit with other patrons… It was good.

We made a good night of it, and even Jen admits it was nice being able to enjoy dinner, knowing that we had gotten some school work done, and not being tired and cold from being on the water all day. Honestly, we probably could have done dinner, even if we went on the trip, but it was nice to be productive a bit…

In other news, I may be taking an independent study next semester.

More at 11.

:-)

Happy Anniversary!

Published by -MiKe- on October 17, 2007 in Photography. 1 Comment

So, someone had an Anniversary yesterday, and I’ll give you three guesses who it was.

Anniversary Gift from Jen

Hell yes, it was Jen and I, and it was amazing! Continue reading ‘Happy Anniversary!’

My new obsession.

Published by -MiKe- on October 2, 2007 in asides. 0 Comments

Those of you who know a thing or two about me know I have been fairly obsessed with a little game called [tag]EVE[/tag] for the better part of two years now. You also know that, much like Dr. Jekyll, there is a small portion of my soul which wishes to be rid of the monster.

Well, unfortunately, I haven’t quite gone cold-turkey from the bitch yet, but I have found something which very well may ween me off the addiction. [tag]Bulfleet[/tag].

Bulfleet

Now, I’m not going to give a review on Bulfleet yet, so you going to have to check it out yourself. In a nutshell, it’s free, it’s an MMORPG, and there is no software to download. Enjoy.