The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England

I went today to visit my exroommate Nana who now lives in an apartment in North Hollywood. I hadn't seen her since she graduated because she was gallivanting around the world (England, Scotland, Thailand, and Australia) on her post-graduation trip. We went to get pizza and she showed me all her pictures from her trip. I told her how jealous I was that she got to travel all those places AND study abroad for a whole semester. The fine arts major at USC is huge and I can't spare the time to study abroad and I cant study abroad during the summer b/c I need to intern to stay competitive with the job market. She said to me "Well, why don't you intern abroad?" At the time this sounded a little far fetched but when I got home I went online and actually found that there are places that are like the office of overseas study, only instead of studying abroad they help hook you up with places to intern. You have to find housing, food, and flights on your own, but they get you in touch with businesses there where you could intern. So not only could I graduate on time, but I could get the experience of interning in a foreign city. They even offered graphic and web design internships. After this year's Sony internship fiasco, there's no way I'm going for an internship at a big company. The program usually lasts 8 weeks so that would be the perfect amount of time to be away. European design is done pretty differently depending on what countries you go to, so to be able to intern somewhere out there would be amazing. I would probably choose to do it here in Edinburgh or in London, although living in Edinburgh is sure to be cheaper.





Anyways, it's just a thought now, but besides the extra money to live abroad rather than at home for 2 months, it seems to allow me everything I could want for next summer. I'll look into it more and see if it would be a good idea.

Anyone want to come with?

Down here all the fish is happy

I've spent the last week studying these guys in my oceanography class.





I really hate fish. I used to keep an aquarium with small tropical fish when I was in grade school. I started hating the sight of fish when I looked into the tank unexpectedly and saw a dead fish floating in front of my eyes. Since then, I dont even really like looking at the live ones. I'll admit, the ones that glow neon yellow and blue and that you see in the large fish tank in Caesar's Palace are cool, but I hate staring at fish eyes looking back at me...gives me the creeps. But thanks to this class, I've learned a lot more about fish than I could ever want to know and more about the types or organisms and pollutants in shoreline water so that I'll probably not look at the beach with the same mystery anymore...or readiness to jump right in. Our class took our field trip (i havent had a field trip since I was little) on Thursday and we went to the Cabrillo Aquarium. My favorite part was poking the sea creatures in the tide pool, and watching the jelly fish float around under a black light. All in all, the class turned out to be pretty interesting, but I'm still glad that it's almost over.

Our new puppy is home! It's the cutest tiniest thing. The drive up to Sacremento was the longest I couldve imagined and we arrived there at 2 am, but it was all worth it to pick up the dog and save him the trauma of being shipped to us in a crate. He's a very smart, well behaved dog and already seems to be getting the hang of potty training. His bark sounds like a squeek toy, but he doesn't bark much. He's friendly and if anyone is in the area and would like to visit, you're more than welcome.



As a last fling before my season pass ran out, I went to Disneyland with Jessica and Amy. We had a great time running around taking ridiculous pictures. I also got to ride Space Mountain for the first time since it reopened, and I was really happy with it. I actually can't remember very well what it was like before so I can't really compare, but I think the improvements were good and they didn't completely change the concept which I was worried about.

Invention is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple

I used to update much more frequently, but with the bulk of oceanography trivia that is swirling in my brain, there's not much room for any other activity. My class only has 2 1/2 weeks left. It's amazing how quickly it went. What is even more amazing is that I have been calling housing office to get my internet fixed for the entire time I've been here, and realizing I only have a matter of a few weeks left, I've given up and have resorted to sharing Megan's the entire time. I got my grades back on my first midterm. I got a B. He asked a lot questions about specific currents and percentages. I'm not happy considering this is the only class I have to study for so I shouldve done better, but hopefully I'll do better on the next one.

The last few weeks have been marked by finishing the ADPi website I have been working on for a long while. It's nothing amazing, but through all the frustrations of html and things that shouldve worked but didnt, I've learned a lot about creating web pages. So now I'm starting to work on my own personal site to use as a digital portfolio of any graphic design work I might want to show. I'm kind of excited about it because you aren't tied down to a group image or what you think the most people will like or respond to. My personal site can be designed however I want. You can check out the ADPi site at www-scf.usc.edu/~adpi

I'm going all the way up to Sacramento this Thursday and Friday to pick up the new puppy. We're finally getting one! We were originally going for a beige colored one, but they had a picture up of a scruffy little black one with a white patch on its chest and I fell in love. I figured the color doesn't really matter, he'll still be lovable and cuddly. So he'll be around this weekend if anyone wants to visit him.

Right now, I'm looking at some postcards I have from various places: the victorian houses in San Francisco, a pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay, Redwood trees, a light house and the fog. I'm thinking about how much I want to be in San Francisco. I really think that after college it'll be time for a move. Maybe I'll apply for jobs in san francisco area. It's close enough so that I can still see my family too. Won't be for a while, guess I'll have to be content with the sound of police sirens in LA for now.