Thanksgiving...

Everything was new again. One large aha moment.
I have lots of questions, but I think I need to attempt to use the information I have to see how far I can get.
For Thanksgiving I will spend time with my boyfriend's family (they came to Provo area for the holidays) and my brother who is coming up tomorrow. I have no idea what anyone's schedule is like yet, but it will come soon enough. It will be a full, fun week, and I am excited. Yeah holidays!

Christmas music

Everything is an aha moment today. It is a lot to take in.
Are there any tricks to getting my mylar to fit my map. Every change I make seems to make it worse, not better.
I start listening to Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving. Growing up, my family would always drive out in the South Dakota Black Hills to find out Christmas tree, and we would break out the Christmas carols for the drive.

Books

Everything in this program is an aha moment.
I have no specific questions...I think I need to use it first.
The books I have read most recently were over the summer. I highly recommend John Grisham books. They are interesting. I enjoy books in the style of The Client.

My Favorite Place to eat...

This was all an aha moment. I have never used this before at all.
I have no specific questions on what was taught today. I only have questions on things we have not covered.
My favorite place to eat is probably my boyfriend's apartment (he is a REALLY good cook). However, if I were to pick a restaurant it would probably be Macaroni Grill or PF Changs or something like that.

Jokes

This was a really good review. It seems like forever since we have learned several things.
I have no questions at this time.

Jokes...I like the Adam and Eve joke. I can't claim it as my own though.
An Englishman, a Frenchman, and a Russian are walking through an art museum and find a picture of Adam and Eve. the Englishman says, "they are beautiful and in a garden...they must be English." The Frenchman contends, "No, they are beautiful and they are naked...they must be French." The Russian sighs and says, "They have no cloths, they only have an apple to eat, and they are told it is paradise...they are Russian." Have a great weekend!

I learned how to make transparent backgrounds/objects more or less transparent.
I have not questions at the moment. I think I need to just play around with it.

Tell people in some detail what you are doing. Slides should help but not be self explanatory requiring nothing from you. Avoid words such as like, so, um, stuff, etc. Do not talk about things that do not matter to your presentation. Look at the audience, not at the slides. Do not read from the slides. Do not tell about your weaknesses (this is really bad but I included it anyway). Avoid slang. Have all slides matter!

Classes!

I learned how to make larger images. I also tried to fix the quality of my illistrator project on Friday, but it would not work. Knowing about the resolution change option, I now can fix that. Thanks. Sorry it was not done on Friday. I really did try to fix it.
Could post how to embed objects in Illistrator so I don't forget? Thanks!
My favorite class is a tough question. One of the best at college was an International Relations Class with prof. Cooper. It was easy to follow and interesting, so I loved it.

Moving around

My aha moment for the day was pretty all encompassing. I learned the gradient tool, the rotate tool, and how to use the knife, scissors, and eraser. This will be really helpful to maximize time usage on projects.
I have questions, but they would better be addressed with actively doing something.
I have lived in a few places. I was born and raised in Rapid City, SD. When I left for school at BYU my family moved to Tucson, AZ. I lived there for a few months before leaving on my mission to British Columbia, Canada. While on my mission, I lived in 6 different areas of the province. When I came home my family had moved again, so I found myself in Reno, NV. I have loved all the places I lived for different reasons, but South Dakota is the one that feels like home.

Monday Madness

Today I became better at using tools like the divide tool as well as the transparency tool. I also appreciated learning about how to make a cross section. Thank you for providing the USGS colors for us to use in our papers.
Do the same tools apply for making cross sections from scratch, without a background picture to use, or would you approach it differently by creating different shapes instead of dividing one shape?
I had a busy, and fun, but complicated weekend. The semester will only get more involved as time goes on. I spent Halloween with family and went on a double date to Nickelcade on Saturday.