She's Cold Blooded, check her and see...

She's got a fever of negative three
Come on, baby, snap out of your trance
You're Cold Blooded, Cold Blooded

- Suggestions/Additions? Post them to the comments section.

Ciao,
Bill

Classwork Gallery - "KAPOW!"

Just a quick note about the "KAPOW!" image in the ABOUT ME section to the right. [NOTE: image added to this post on 2008/02/19.]

I will post images of my classwork to prove that I really am studying Graphic Design at Bunker Hill. I will change the image every so often and will hopefully create an image gallery of past pieces.

"KAPOW!" was the first piece I did for my Graphic Design Applications 1 (read: Adobe Illustrator) class. I can already do a lot more. We are allowed to tweak things as we go, but this is pretty much done.

I already had a working knowledge of Photoshop and InDesign, but could only do the simplest of things in Illustrator. After this semester, I will be much more confident as a designer.

Goodbye to Romance

I am no longer playing the lottery (PowerBall-type games, scratch tickets, etc) hoping to resolve all of my dreams/dreads.

I took a few breaks in the past when I realized I was focusing on it too much. There was one evening when I "knew" I was going to win. I was laughing at myself seconds after. I started back up when I felt I could handle it again.

The odds of winning are, of course, minute to none. But as barely non-zero as they are, that chance is still there.

But I'm done. I've given up dreaming about becoming a millionaire. It would have been cool to be as generous as I fantasized about, but I need to focus on making things happen for myself.

It could still happen, though. I still plan on writing screenplays and I may still move to SoCal to work in the movie industry. The focus would not be on the jackpot, but I would still be on the look out for it.

That being said, if I hear that the Monster-Mega-Money Jackpot is up at record levels, I will drop a dollar for another chance. Risk/Reward-wise, a buck is still a tiny price to pay for the chance to win millions.

Along those lines, McDonald's is doing their Monopoly stamp game again. That's not why I chose to eat there, nor will it be in the future. I left the Baltic, B&O, and Illinois game pieces for someone else to waste their time with.

I did keep Park Place, though. If someone else gets Boardwalk, I'll split the after-tax prize money with them 70/30.

To clarify, that's 70% for them, leaving 30% for me. $300,000 is still a lot of money.

Just because I've stopped dreaming about the pot of gold, doesn't mean I should ignore rainbows.