AOII - COLLEGE MEMORIES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAlPMOakFTo

Class Projects - eportfolio

All these projects I did over the course of this semester, I worked really hard on them all. Enjoy!
Podcast:
Check out my podcast I made for mcom 63:
reality check

InDesign:
Check out the graduation pamphlet I did in InDesign:
allison_graduation

Photoshop:
This is the banner for my blog:
allison_banner

Website Link:
http://www.jmc.sjsu.edu/student/newmedia_fang/s2009/allison-space/

Just Thinking

So I was thinking about how college has impacted my life. You have the good times and you have the bad times, but the good times always for me at least outweigh the bad times. I am so lucky to have the college experience I did, I have definitely made friendships with different people that I know will last. These people have been with my through the thick and the thin times. Its amazing the connections you can make with people.
To be honest I never knew I would make lifetime friendships with people here in college, I really don't know why that is our why I thought that. I guess I was always told you find your good friends in high school and in college you make convenient friends. But in my opinion I feel that I have merged my two worlds together. My college friends and my high school friends are all important to me. Now I just have more friends to hang with and have a great bond with for many years to come. I know I am probably getting all cheesy but really I am sad to go, I know I won't miss the work part of school but I will definitely miss the social aspect of school.
Now what do I got to look forward too... well bills to pay, health insurance to pay - since now I am no longer in school full time, parents eventually cutting you off - because well its just that time to learn to grow up, and lastly getting the big J-O-B!
Man how your priorities change once you get to the last of the weeks of school.

FINALS!!

So today, I have started prioritizing on what I need to do in the next week and a half. I have three finals and a project due. The stress of studying and being in the library for hours on end does not sounds appealing to me. I am very nervous going into finals, not because I won't do good, but because they are my last finals for my college career.
I began thinking to myself today, I can't believe it, I have made it. What an exciting feeling. I never thought as a freshmen I would finally be able to take that leap into the real world. I honestly knew college wouldn't last forever but I couldn't believe that spring 2009 was my year to graduate. This next week and a half is going to be torture but I know it will be well worth it in the end. I know the long nights of studying and the rushing to get the finals projects done will be worth it in the end.
I can not wait to May21st and be out on that lawn.

CINCO DE MAYO

Yes! I finally got the chance to hang out with my friends and go out and enjoy myself. I got all my homework done last night and made the decision to go out and celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
I had a blast, it definitely took me back to the good old days of when I first started college, not really a care in the world. I was trying to meet new people, see the party life, and have fun.
Nowadays it is rather harder to get out and about in the party scene, now I am more grown up. I actually have more responsibilities that your average 18 year old. Also, the classes I have been taking are increasing in work load. It is amazing to see how much you can party, hang out, and do anything else but your homework and still manage to pass. If I tried to get away with that now, I do not think I would be able to say that I am graduating in a few weeks.
I am definitely not the same 18 year old who started here at SJSU five years ago. Now I am the 22 year old graduating and moving onto the real world. I am just shocked that 5 years has gone by so fast! I am sad that it has gone by so fast, I wish I could slow down the time and be able to relax. I am almost even jealous of my friends who are not graduating, but then there goes my conflict again. HaHa why would I want to stay and do more homework and projects, when I could be out in the real world and making some big bucks, or at least I hope I make the big bucks.
I tell you, graduating definitely is one of the happiest/saddest times I will have as a college student!

2 weeks

There are only two weeks left, the clock is ticking. It seems like that would be enough time to get everything done. WELL IT'S NOT! I am getting rather worried and frustrated with everything that is piling up. I hope I get through this.
I look at my other friends who aren't graduating and I see they are stressed but not to the point I am. I have never felt this stressed at the end of the semester? Is it because I have the added pressure of this is my last semester and I will not get another chance to make up for a class or is it that I am trying to work harder than ever to keep my GPA high and leave with a bang? Either way these college days are definitely not fun anymore.
I need a break to just breathe and hang out with my friends. Hopefully, I will get that chance soon. I need to remember GRADUATION is right around the corner. Just keep my focus and I will succeed!

MeMories

Best Graduation Presents

1. Money
2. Trip
3. ipod
4. Handheld Device
5. Laptop
6. Digital Camera


Info found at: http://www.catalogs.com/info/gifts/best-graduation-gifts.html

Last 3 Weeks of School

These last three weeks of school have been the most stressful for me. I honestly can not wait to get out of school and start working. I have already been on two job interviews, I am rather hopeful. You can always tell when it is getting to the end of the semester when the library begins filling up and students look stressed out constantly! I am almost there... the count down has definitely begun!