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Wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.  Hope you have a great tomorrow (today?) and here’s to a fantastic 2010. *cheers* *clink*

Short story:

Yesterday I downed champagne – had to treat it like herbal medicine.  I’m teetotal and was offered a drink but the automated Annie said, “Thank you” instead of, “Sorry, I don’t drink”. :/  Thankfully I was in the workshop alone, otherwise my actions would have been mistaken for something much different.

Eep, did not realise my layout looked a little funky in IE.  It looked fine on my laptop…?  On the uni. computer it looks awful though. :/  Just when you think you’ve sussed it out…

To do (mainly IE issues):

1. Fix footer;
2. Add padding on main menu links;
3. Change colour of main menu links (I realise that they’re not easy to read);
4. Do something about the “Quaint” link, to make it look more visible;
5. Add more to to-do things as I’m sure there are more problems elsewhere.

By the way, is anyone else having problems with Firefox crashing – quite frequenty as well?  It’s such an issue that I’ve been tempted to temporarily revert back to using IE. O.o  Not a good sign for any browser when users are being reduced to that, is it?

I’m pretty sure if hamsters did turn wheels in our heads mine would have passed out. I’ve been at uni, going to the lectures on Monday morning, being more creative for one project and concentrating on getting my puppet project done. I only have about three days left. :S I’ve only just started! I’d feel more at ease if I had a complete workbench at home. I blame my indecisiveness for the late making process – I wasn’t sure whether to do a top-hat man puppet or a flower. I went for the latter, now I regret not going with my gut instinct. My puppet (with limited movement, heh) is a little tricky to make but I’ll manage. I have to. Before next Friday anyway.

The one thing that really hits my nerve is when people assume my course is a doddle. An art/craft course is not a stroll in the park.

Anyway, back onto the point. I’ve been getting home late…about half 6. Strangely enough I’m not tired even though I woke up at 3 in the morning (yesterday), sometime. I did have my reservations about whether four hours sleep would be safe enough on the road but I felt very awake and chirpy, which is good for other road users. To be honest, I don’t mind coming home late during the winter because I quite like driving at night.

So, when I’m not at uni, I’m either at work (sometimes Saturdays as well) or working on projects. I’ve not seen my best friend for what seems like months. I’ve not even had a chance to visit my sister at her uni. There is no way I’m driving to Leeds by myself, no way. Especially since I lack any sense of direction.

Oh, and I’ve got an exam at the end of this year. O.o I’m quite bad at exams but the fact that it’s to do with history…is just the icing on the cake. Exam > Annie (hah).

Here’s a question: if I were to design and make a keyring, what would you want? I’m pretty sure my manager wants it in silver and there’s two key fobs. Any ideas? Anyone can make a suggestion, I’ll let you know my boundaries as the suggestions come but just as long as it’s nothing too complex I’ll be okay.

My entries are very choppy… /end of randomness

Tools

You need to use Friday to purchase necessary tools for the first project and you are
strongly advised to ensure that they are colour coded in some way for ease of
identification. You will need the following tools to begin with:

• Dividers
• Scribe
• Centre punch
• Steel rule
• Engineer’s square (optional)
• Piercing saw frame
• Saw blades
• Drill bits
• Emery paper and buff sticks
• Hand file
• Needle files

Phew! I’ve still got them from my first two years of uni. 

In readiness for Tuesday you will need to collect visual images to inspire the design
for a Puppet using one of the following themes:

• The human being
• Animals
• Insects
• Flowers
• Aliens

These can be in the form of magazine cuttings, photocopies, Internet research,
photographs, sketches etc. The images should be selective and provide you with
shape, form, and detail from which you can develop a character with interesting
features and personality. Bring these with you on Monday along with a sketchbook,
pencils and coloured media of some description. You will begin to create a mood
board based on your chosen theme, which will provide design inspiration for the first
project. The inspirational mood board should not be smaller than A2 and should be
displayed in the studio.

Was given this project on Friday, worked on Saturday. Even if Saturday was free I think I’d still be lost for inspiration. I’m definitely ruling out aliens as a source of inspiration – I’m narrow-minded like that. Now, if only I had a magic 8 ball…