A Learning process

As its September now, my gap year is coming to an end. Typically, I've left uni applications to very late. Sometimes I wish applying were as easy and googling the places you're interested in. But I figure i need some more skills before applying to uni. So today I tried learning something I'd been meaning to learn all year!


I tried to learn how to use Adobe Flash.  Its probably the most challenging thing I've tried in a long time. My goal was to learn how to program a button that when you clicked with your mouse, it would take you to the next frame. Probably the most basic of functions on flash.

I think my biggest problem was not being able to understand what each function did. I was following a step by step tutorial I found online. Although it told me what to do with each step, it didn't explain in detail why I needed to do the step.

For example, I kept having to convert the frame into a keyframe or a blank keyframe. I'm still unsure as to what a keyframe is and the difference between a blank keyframe and a keyframe. I also don't know why its important but I am sure it is. =S

But despite that, the tutorial was still very helpful. I think I just need to get the hang of it. So I'll try again later.

Aside from that, I found an old drawing I started this year and I decided to finish it today. To be honest... its not a very good drawing... at all. But I figure my portfolio needs some expanding and I could use some more colouring practise.  Here's a preview of the final product ~ FYI its Captain Jack Harkness

I'm feeling productive today! I think its time to learn how to make wedding cake icing :)

Dig in the dirt and you might find some gold

While cleaning my room today I came across a few interesting things from a long time ago. I found an old poem I had written back in primary school.


The wind blows through the trees,
and comes by me is a simple breeze.
I then freeze and turn into ice,
and trust me it isn't very nice.
I then wait until winter goes,
and then the ice melts including my nose!
I then melt and turn into a melted body,
then I wait for autumn to come
so I can be fixed by Nody.
I turn back into my normal self,
then I become friends with pickle the elf.
Pickle the elf turn out to be a fraud
Then he turns me into ash with his mighty sword
I then died with great regret
I wish that pickle and I never met

On the left there are a few illustrations to go with the poem. A basket ball, a tree in the breeze, someone frozen and a melted body. 

 

 

 

 Apart from the poem, I found 5 pairs of 3D glasses, a lot of stationery and some old photos. It felt really good to go through my old things and chuck out some junk, I should really do it more often. In doing so, I decided I'm going to do some redecorating as well!

My room has a deep aqua green colour on its walls and is decorated with hot pink curtains and trinkets.  On the floor there is a cream colour carpet with a hot pink Little mermaid rug.
 My bed is a queen double with a silver frame and a love heart detail. Its quite high off the ground.
On one wall is a built in roller door cupboard with lots of poster. The wall opposite has a large window reaching the floor. I also have white fairy lights running across the top of two walls. 

I intend to change a few things. I have a round tub that is posing as a bedside table at the moment. I'm going to add some cushioning and put a new cover on it and turn it into a little seat.  I also want to paint the inside of my cupboard hot pink and leave the shelving white but only if my parents let me >.< I'll also be getting a new desktop computer very soon so I have to create some space for that. I'll probably take some photos when all the re-decorating is done!

And on a more random note, my favourite food at the moment is cheesecake. So much so, that when people tell me they don't like it I get offended on behalf of the cheesecake. I think I know how it feels now when I tell people that i am vegetarian and I don't like meat.