the waiting game

hi. my name is eric and i'm a... mac.

hahah i guess i finally made the switch. i would have to say, i'm pretty pleased with my new machine. as of now i'm waiting to get my hands on a couple of software such as adobe creative suite cs4 and microsoft office. from there on out, i should be pretty much set for the things that i need for this thing.

it seems to me at this point of the summer, i'm playing the waiting game. i'm waiting for the softwares for my mac. i'm waiting for the callback or the email notification from the interview for the layout intern. i'm waiting to start new art projects. i'm waiting to start learning the guitar. I'm waiting to drive back up north. i'm waiting for the new school year to start. i'm waiting... i'm waiting... i'm waiting...

but it's not like i just let my time dwindle away. i've kept myself occupied... soo i've finally got busy working on my portfolio website that was supposedly "started" since may. it's going pretty slow, but thorough. been looking through tutorial websites and sample websites to get some inspirations. hopefully, i'll be finished working on this template by this weekend. hopefully, i'll put this website up by the end of this month. which reminds me, need to register the domain name and get a hosting server.

like playing with dominos, i've setted up all the necessary pieces for the rest of my summer through this waiting game. now, it just needs to start with a simple push onto one piece to get the whole thing moving. i've already pictured out the outline of the "outcome" of this waiting game that i'm playing, but it'll be something to enjoy and see it all completed once it is finished.

A Splurge into Simplicity

My summer has finally started. No more summer session classes. No more free-writes. No more artist statements. No more math homework. No more studying. No more multi-variable calculus. Nada. Summer has finally kicked into gear, and what great way to kick it off by relaxing in Vegas. Interesting enough, my summer session began with Vegas and simply ends with Vegas. Although, I wish my "winnings" would end the same way that I ended on my first trip (oh wells). It seems everything is perfectly balanced now...

With no summer school anymore, it's hard for me to change my thinking from "what I need to do" to "what I want to do". With so many ideas and plans that I want to do, I don't even know where to begin. One thing's for sure... what the hell happened to working on my portfolio website? I guess that's an item to start with for my summer. Hopefully I'll finish and post it up by the end of this month, but ideally up by end of the 2nd week of this month.

Aside from working on my website and pursuit of an internship and part-time job, I want to take this summer into simplicity. In essence, to relive it as a kid that I used to be. To relive those moments of just waking up and enjoy the atmosphere of summer. Just keeping things simple. Work on one thing at a time. Not so much worrying about what needs to be done or future events. To simply just work on art, chill out, indulge in music, refresh myself with delicious edibles. And most important of all after my recent awakening about Grace within me, to thoroughly relax and enjoy Jesus Christ. Life seems to slow down in the summer, and there's no greater opportunity than to savor it with Him. With exodus3's VBS approaching, I definitely want to see Grace work itself within me and upon the little kids.

Overall, I definitely want my last summer as an undergrad student to dive into simplicity and into sheer enjoyment.