I’ll update the moment I get a prototype up and running.

I’ve got the grades. 90%+ average for the past year or so. Highest grades of my class last year. I can do this.

My goal this year was to achieve at least a 90% average anyways. If that could result in my getting money for school, I say, why not?

My mom thinks I’m way too over my head. I am pretty crazy; but this is life. University is expensive, and grades are not that hard to keep up, especially in my situation.

I’m reaching for the top.

This year (for the first time in so long), I made New Year’s Resolutions. They’re big, and they’re going to be tough to keep, but I’m always up for a good challenge.

This is what came to my mind when I decided to make my resolutions last Thursday:

1) To be a nicer person.
2) To calm down, and try to get over my anxiety at school.

Of course, being a nicer person seems easy. I try my best to be polite (i.e. holding doors open for people, saying “Thank you”, etc.), but what I’ve noticed is that I’m rude to the people I love. So, instead of just being a bummer, I’m making changes. Apparently, I’m doing well. Most of my peers said I’m getting better. Improvements shall ensue.

Calming down is more of the main issue. I freak out over everything. In other words, I’m crazy. I do well in school, yet I worry about the stupidest little things. I’m trying to change this, however; let’s just hope it’s not that constant worry that helps me keep my marks up. Chilling out might just improve my health, too.

I’m going to make the most of the remainder of the school year. No more sickness keeping me away from school. No more running away from my never-ending anxiety. Starting today (well, technically three days ago), I will be a different person.

I finally updated the layout of this site. Yeah, of course I loved my little birdie logo and my wood background, but I’m going from something a little more simple looking. This summer I’m going to be doing some freelance writing to get my work published (for my applications portfolio to Ryerson). I’m kind of enjoying the green right now, but it can always be changed just in case I decide I hate it.

Since school has started, I realized I made some mighty fine course selections. Although I thought I was going to regret taking American History, I’ve come to somewhat enjoy it. Mr.McKay gives a lot of assignments, which gives me the chance to work on my writing a lot more than I would have in any other class. I’m also taking Web Design this year, and I have to admit that I LOVE it. We’re going to completely revamp the school website. At the moment, we’re working on Wordpress themes; they give people a chance to become more comfortable with CSS, so it should be fun. The only class I’m dreading is Entrepreneurship. I hate that I got stuck in it. It’s one of those “joke” classes, and it’s really not my ~thing.

Once I get my Wordpress Theme done, I’ll start to update my portfolio more. I’m going to be joining the Newspaper club as well, so that’s when I’ll begin adding work to the “writing” section.

Hope everyone is doing well. I know I am :]!

Love always,
Erica.

Foreign grandparents seem to have a knack for all things scientific, which probably explains my oma’s dire need to watch the Discovery Channel every night before bed.

It’s a good thing that both my mother and I are educated enough in science to assume she was talking about asteroids, or else we might be shitting some bricks over those poor astronauts dying.

On a lighter note, the site seems to be going well. I think I’m going to start hunting for some affiliates one of these days, and hopefully add some more content whenever I get a free moment. Other than that, things are looking good

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to try and decipher my oma’s tale of some white horse biting people in the US..

Erica xo

I’m sure everyone has felt it at some point. I know I have. And of course, being who I am, I would get it while I have 40 needles sticking out of every pressure point in my body. Damn you, acupuncture.

I know acupuncture isn’t painful, but damn. Having an annoying itch on your stomach for 40 minutes while you lay there trying to “relax” really defeats the purpose of it.

I was never really for jabbing a hundred needles in my body until I became desperate. I had endured about two weeks of constant dizziness and nausea. When the doctor had ruled out anemia, we were certain it was vertigo. I was told to take Gravol to relieve the nausea but all it would do was knock me out and when I would wake up, it was hello, barfbag. My mom suggested to go to a friend of my grandmother’s, who is this ~asian voodoo lady~. I was skeptical, but went anyways. She gave me acupuncture, et voila. Dizziness be gone.

Anyways, speaking of itches, today I got a little surprise that left me scratching everywhere. I was supposed to see Harry Potter with Monica but got sick through the previews (blah.. of course I would). I ended up leaving the movie and paying Monica back for my ticket and I felt horrible. We were waiting outside and I was sitting on the floor when a spider crawled between my legs. I stood up to shake it off my pants when I realized it started spinning a web toward my vagina. It left us both scratching everywhere because we both hate bugs. Monica says I’m so old that I have cobwebs between my legs. Haha, very funny…

To finish this off, I’d like to add that I have finally completed the new layout! I’ve also updated the resources section so feel free to check it out! Let me know what you think of the new version here and people interested in affiliation, check this out.

Love always,
Erica xo

Anyways, considering I NEVER update my site, I thought I’d write a little something.

I’ve been working on the new layout for the past week or so. I actually like how this one is coming out! It’s simple, sleek and professional, which will work good if I do decide to take up some paid web projects over the summer. It’s always good to have a professional looking portfolio, mais non?

I’ll just have to work on the new updates layout, and create some actual resources (textures, etc.) for the section and I’ll be all done. I’m really proud about my coding lately too; the upcoming layout was coded in strict, valid XHTML and CSS, which is a true accomplishment for a web designer, y’know? I’ll be sure to show that off once I get the next version uploaded.

I’m also working on a new project for the site.. I’ve recently gotten inspired to do some pixel art work and I thought it’d be cool to do a ~community sort of thing. More to come later this year.

Anyways, that’s about it. Comment or whatever.
Erica.

I started working on this site to pass the time over Christmas break. Then I ended up getting a domain, and I set up the site mainly as a portfolio because all these ~hoes were asking me to do work for them, and I figured I might as well make some money for it. Andddd if I wanted to make any money at all, they’d probably want to see some of my previous work. Hence, this site.

Eventually, I’m going to add some resources and whatnot. I’ve been super busy with school and stuff, so this site isn’t actually complete. I wasn’t even planning on using this layout.. haha, so it’s temporary. Something more.. hm.. sleek, professional (dare I say?; imagine the logo from the enter page meets a notebook theme..) will be coming, whenever I find a spare minute to sit down and use Photoshop the way it was intended to be used.

Anywho.. to introduce the actual site—it’s supposed to be a portfolio/resources/blog (for entries that are suitable for everyone to see [because the rest are in my lj, duh]). I hope this isn’t too boring/ugly for your taste. Enjoy. Let me know what you think. Tell me if you think I’m a retard. It’s all good babydolls.

I love you all,
Erica xo.