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And we’re back.

Published by -MiKe- on April 20, 2007 in Personal. 1 Comment

So, looks like summer decided to get off its fat ass and show up…

The first shot is from two weeks ago, but really, it looked the same up until last Friday. There was snow on the ground until just a few days ago…

Husson a few weeks ago...

And this one is of the exact same branch, at the same angle at the same focal length… This afternoon… It was like 70+ degrees out… Well, actually, I guess I was a little closer in the second shot, but whatever…

Oh what a beautiful day...

It is about damn time…

I have a SHIT ton of work to do this weekend. I have a business plan to write up by 5 this afternoon… Did you catch that? :-( I have a video to finish by April 10th… I have a video to shoot by next Tuesday. I have a research paper to write by Monday. I have commercial product shots to shoot by Tuesday. I have two sites to design by Monday. I am shooting the hypnotist this evening, and I need to set up at 8:30. And to top it ALLLLLL off, it is Jen and I’s 6 month. Well, it was the 16th, but we agreed to celebrate this weekend…

Wow… It seems like an awfull lot of work when I writ it out like that… Gah…

Tims are no good for rain…

Published by -MiKe- on April 16, 2007 in College. 1 Comment

If you know me, you’ll probably know I have a nice pair of red suede Timberlands that I just adore. You’d know this because I wear them alot, and they kind of look like a set of clown shoes…

Well, come to find, although such things are marketed by Timberland as “boots” they actually serve no such functionality at all. And when faced with even a mild shower, such as the one we are receiving today, they like to let your feet get in on the fun too.

Gah! Some weather. At least what we are getting now is more in tune with the whole “April showers bring May flowers” thing. Its just a bit cooler, and comes accompanied with a dash or two of snow…

So, I’m in Digital Imaging for the Web I right now… Some kind of crap class…

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Shady Acres - skyscraperShady Acres - squareOur last project was to design six animated gifs, and now we have to design two splash pages and three content pages for our final project. Our final project is to pick one of each and make a “functional” web page. I quote functional because I suppose its up for interpretation. If your idea of “functional” is a page that meets minimum design requirements for 1998, then your set to sit in this class…

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The pages we are to create are essentially just sliced up Photoshop documents, exported to HTML. Which is hokey-poky, HTML 1.0, table crap. And the kids in my class act like it’s the end of the world…

My company (fictional, and if there is any likeness to ANY site on the net, it’s an act of God) is Shady Acres, Assisted Living for old People. These flashy things are my animated gifs… Hope you have a seizure…

I already threw together the design I am going to use for my final project. You can find that here. As for my splash page, give me a minute… I am sure it won’t be hard…

I’m going to throw a few “templates” together in the next few moments, wish me luck… ;-)

I’m an RA!!

Published by -MiKe- on April 13, 2007 in College. 2 Comments

And there you have it. The end of the world as we know it.

April 13, 2007

Michael Mulligan
New England School of Communications
One College Circle
Bangor, ME 04401

Dear Michael,

Congratulations! you have been selected to flil a 2007-2008 Resident Assistant position. Your request for a hall and floor has been taken into consideration.

If you accept this position you must be available on the following dated. The dates listed below are required for this position.

  1. August 17th, 2007 - September 4th, 2007 for Resident Assistant Training and New Student Orientation.
  2. November 20, 2007 at 8pm you are able to leave for Thanksgiving Break.
  3. November 25, 2007 at 8am you are to return from Thanksgiving Break.
    * Unless scheduled for key duty on November 25, 2007 at 8am, you are to return November 24, 2007 by 8pm.
  4. December 22, 2007 at 8am you are able to leave for Winter Break.
  5. January 12, 2008 at 5pm you are to return from Winter Break.
  6. March 1, 2008 at 8am you are able to leave for Spring Break.
  7. March 15, 2008 at 5pm you are to return from Spring Break.
  8. May 11, 2008 at 8am you are able to leave for Summer Break.

Enclosed is a document to accept or decline this position, which must be completed and returned to the Student Life Office in 104 Peabody Hall no later than Monday, April 16, 2007 by 4pm.

Sincerely,

Fran Tracy
Director of Student Life

HA! Good RIDDANCE Old Town! After May 11th I will have no more to do with ye! No more driving back and forth, land-lords, utilities, unpaved driveways, disgusting roommates… Hallelujah!

Now, I know its not going to be a walk in the park, but I think I can handle it. I have found through past experience that the more I am challenged, the better I do. It’s when I am not challenged that I fall to the wayside. We’ll see.

Really, this is going to be such a great opportunity. I am excited beyond words.

A Thought on Raising the Dead…

Published by -MiKe- on April 5, 2007 in Blogging, College and Design. 1 Comment

Is there a particular method to coming back from the dead? I like to think not. First, it’s a fantastical occurrence (doesn’t happen… often…), and thing like that don’t really have methods. And second, when I wake up from a bad dream, as I would venture to assume death seams, I sit square up in my bed ready for action… I don’t just lay there in a lazy stupor, like I do most mornings…

This in mind, I suppose running right back in to blogging after over a months hiatus is similar to hastily frying up some eggs at 2am after waking with a start from a truly terrifying dream… Or something like that…

I’m game… I’m back from the dead… I just want readers.

In a similar vein, it seems as though winter has risen from the ashes as well. I woke this morning to find just about a foot of snow covering everything. Not something I like to see five days in to April, or in April at all for that matter. What the hell is going on? And I hear rumors of more on the way… Not a happy camper.

So I took pictures… :-D

Isn't it Supposed to be SPRING!?

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Meg AllisonSteve ByrneOn another note, more of my posters got approved during the Student Government Social Committee meeting this afternoon. Now Pam has no excuse to not use them.

Also, come to find out, she doesn’t really like anybody, and nobody really likes her.

Glad to hear I’m not the only one…

It had to snow…

Published by -MiKe- on April 3, 2007 in Personal. 0 Comments

It’s freakin’ APRIL! Gah… It’s been nearly shorts-weather for the past week, few weeks, and now its just as white outside as February… Ew… It’s not even cold enough! It’s still kind of warm out…

Whatever.

I feel I owe you, dear reader, an apology.

It seems my “update” yesterday was more of a rant than an honest, all encompassing, update. And I am sorry…

Sure, some bad stuff has gone down, but things have been on the up ‘n up too. And here’s where I get to boast…

Continue reading ‘It had to snow…’

The long awaited…

Published by -MiKe- on April 2, 2007 in General. 0 Comments

So, it seems the powers-that-be find an update is in order. So an update they’ll get.

Hello dear reader, its been a long time since I’ve seen you last… The clock’s gone by, tic-tock, tic-tock, tic-tock…

No, I didn’t die over the past few, long, weeks. I did, however, come very close one day. And since I really don’t know where to start, I’ll start with the most interesting.

I got into a car accident a few weeks back. Kind of sort of beat the hell out of Jen’s car too.

I was heading back to school one morning in Jen’s car (Jen in tow), when I, for some reason, decided it would be a wonderful idea to rear-end a Ridgeline… Well… Not so much.

Continue reading ‘The long awaited…’

Featured: the Spectator, Pumpkin Bowling

Published by -MiKe- on November 18, 2006 in Personal. 0 Comments
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Some of my photographs were featured in the Husson College Spectator last week.. The photographs are of one of the events hosted by the Student Activities Committee on Halloween: Pumpkin Bowling. Unfortunately I was not able to attend the entire event, and thus two of the four photographs, although taken on my camera, were not taken by me.

What I was there for was quite a bit of fun, and I have posted the two photographs that got published and were mine. They are to the left, hope you like them.

Jen’s Midterms

Published by -MiKe- on November 9, 2006 in College. 0 Comments

So yeah, Jen’s midterms just came in. She’s kicking my ass right now…

Course Name Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Grade
Speech A+ A
College Algebra A+ A
General Psychology A+ A
Chemistry I B B
Chemistry Lab I n/a A-

I suppose its my own fault. Skipping classes, handing in late papers… I mean, Jen skips some too, but she gets her work in on time. But then again… I wouldn’t be a guy if I didn’t. Its part of my charm. ;-)

So Jen’s birthday is this weekend. As of Saturday night Jen will be one year closer to not quite 21. Then, Sunday morning, just a year out… HA!!! Still not 21!

I kid… I’m really crying inside…

So, for her birthday I am getting her one, and only one presant. I’m going to fix her laptop. Shhhhh, don’t tell…. ;-)

No no no. I’m going to get something, something good too… I just… Don’t know yet… :-/ Well, I do. I have a list, and I will be checking it twice on Friday, while she’s out with the gurlz.

WTF!? What IS a “Girls Night?!” All I know is I’m not involved… Which is a good change from previous relationships, where “Girls Nights” were virtually non-existent… Gets the woman out of my hair for a night… I’m kidding. She’s even offered to stay a night out of my hair before… Actually, I take quite a bit of flack from Caleb for not taking her up on the offer. But if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. :-D

Jen just got elected to take over the Husson Writing Center website. Did I ever tell you she’s perfect?

Other news. Tomorrow night Caleb, Danny Boy, and Myself will be checking out the place where we’re going to live next semester. I’ll take pictures and post them tomorrow evening. The rent is going to be super cheap. Like $350 a month a piece cheap.

For those of you playing along at home, that $200 a month cheaper than living on campus. That, with a part-time job, will get me a shiny new MacBook Pro some time this December… Thats my plan anyway.

Also, Jen and I are going to go swing dancing this Sunday (hopefully), and maybe we’ll get my laundry done some time before then too… Before it eats me.

And for those of you wondering. Rechecked the wedding audio on one of the SL1’s, and the sound is perfect. I’ll start on that tomorrow.

PEACE!

-MiKe-

Mid-Term and Next Semester.

Published by -MiKe- on November 2, 2006 in College. 0 Comments

So, half a semester down at the good old N.E.S. of C.O.M. Lets see what the score is, shall we?

Course Name Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Grade
Interpersonal Communications B A-
Introduction to Theater n/a B+
General Psychology A+ C
Digital Photography n/a C
English Composition B B+

All in all I am pleased with my grades at the mid term. General Psychology is low due to the fact that there has only been one assignment in that class, and the paper was late… Digital Photography on the other hand, there is no excuse. I practically own that class, I just missed an assignment.

As for next semester, I wrote my schedule on Tuesday. Here it is:

Course Name Days Times
Video Production I Mondays 9:00-11:00am
Digital Imaging for the Web Mondays 5:30-8:30pm
Approaches to Literature Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00-12:15pm
Digital Photography II Tuesdays 9:00-12:00pm
Video Production I [Lab] Tuesdays 1:00-4:00pm
Intro to Media Thursdays 6:00-9:00pm
Adbsolutely Nothing Fridays All Day

There you have it. Looks like its going to be a pretty sweet semester. Next we are all looking for a house. Doing the math, a student at NESCOM would be making pure profit if they were paying $530 or less per month on housing. That leaves our options WIDE open… So we’ll see where that takes us.

Also, I found a place to Intern/Work next semester (I hope). Image Works. I’ll tell you more about them later. Basically, my room mates brother works there, and with any luck, my room mate and I will too.