The Overload

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Thank you jesus! I passed all my classes and you have no idea how grateful I am.

I started looking for jobs, it’s pretty rough out there. I don’t even have any of my stuff ready, hopefully I get lucky or something. Even though school is done and over with, I’m still pretty much hard at work. There hasn’t been time for rest. I’ve been trying to balance both work and rest, but I’m determined to work hard.

It’s not even the work that’s exhausting, I love doing what I do… It’s just that there’s not enough time in the day. There’s so much I want to learn, there’s so much that I want to do. Benjamin Franklin inspired me to make my life worth living, I feel like I need to do something with my life.

Maybe I’ll be famous someday or just acknowledged for doing something better the rest. I don’t have expectations, but that would be awesome if I do get famous or something.

Anyway, one more semester left. It’s kinda scary. Wow, where did my youth go?

I guess everyone in my year feels the same. After being “legal” there’s not much to look forward to. Well, maybe there is and I haven’t realized yet.

Christmas was great. Didn’t go to mass or anything, but I spent time with the family. Christmas used to be big for me. Now, not so much. I used to count down the days and this year I didn’t even realize.

There’s always next year.

Now that the New Year is around the corner, I need to make a list of resolutions.

1. Working hard next semester (I’m usually good about this)
2. Try not to be annoying because it tends to happen when I rant.
3. Keep in contact with my old friends.
4. Read a lot more. My goal is to read about 30 books. I don’t think that’s too difficult to accomplish, but it’s still a challenge for me since I have other things going on.
5. Give back to the community in one day or another. I’m not sure how I will do this, but I want to do something good for humanity. Volunteer work? Cleaning up?
6. I want to travel somewhere in 2012, some place nice and experience a new setting.
7. Learn PHP and JavaScript (this has been on my list of things to do for a while now)

That’s all for now. I’m not really sure what else I want to do. Maybe I’m not in the mood… It’s a good list to start with. I feel like if I have more than enough, I’ll be overwhelmed and won’t know where to begin.

I hope everyone had a good holiday. Cheers.

Okay so here was my list for 2011.

For 2011, I would like to apply to graduate school and challenge myself more in designing. I would hope to have a mac computer by this year so that I could actually work on my computer. I will try to keep off facebook and concentrate on myself instead of being nosy and focusing on other people’s lives instead of my own. Since I gained a few pounds, I want to tone down and go to the gym more often, and eat healthier. I will be going on a diet and cutting out junk food even though it’s going to be difficult. I will try to be a nicer person and be as accommodating as possible. I am going to maintain at least a 3.0 and strive for a 3.6 by the end of the year. I want to be more social towards people who I don’t completely agree with and try to make friends with those who I don’t normally accept.

1. I am not going to graduate school until I get a job and get some experience. Graduate school seems like something I would do for fun. I love learning.
2. I do have a Mac now, I got it during the summer and I can’t believe I had this on my list of resolutions.
3. I am not a frequent Facebook user and I stopped using Facebook for 3 months. It was a great experience.
4. For one semester I went to the gym four days a week. Lost 30 pounds, toned up and I look forward to go to the gym even more. I have a been a vegetarian for a year.
5. I think I have been a nicer person this year. I’ve met a lot of new people in my photography class and I get along with everyone.
6. I will not have a 3.6 this semester, but I believe that I will still have above a 3.0 which is fine with me.

After looking at all my accomplishments, it made me realize that I did some things right this year. You don’t realize how much you do until you write it out. I’m excited for 2012 to come. I want to accomplish more.

I haven’t been on this site for quite sometime. I really miss it. I can’t believe I went without blogging for the past 4 months. 21 credits really puts a hold on your other activities. I’m looking back at my New Years resolution post hopefully I accomplished something in 2011. It’s been such a long year. There’s a lot of things I want to say about 2011, but this place isn’t the place to do it.

I’ve been thinking about shutting down the overload. Thinking about the future, career opportunities, employers and all that good stuff. This probably isn’t a good representation of who I am. Looking back at these post, I’ve grown so much.

I probably won’t shut down this blog, but I’ve been thinking about it for quite sometime now.

So there’s one more semester left of school and I am really amazed at how fast time flew. After graduation, I feel like I’m starting a new chapter in my life. It’s going to be a routine of work and sleep. It’s weird to think about.

Never in a million years could I see myself looking for a job and here I am doing it. Hopefully I’ll find one. Anyway, just wanted to update.

This summer I had a little goal in the back of my head. It wasn’t really something I was going to follow. You know when you throw some crazy idea out in the open, then you decide to follow it, but not at all serious about it. Well, I told myself that I was going to read six book in the beginning of the summer and I told myself that I didn’t want to follow it because if I didn’t reach my goal, I would just be setting myself for dissappointment.

In the beginning I got into a few books, like the Glass Castle which I really liked. Afterwards, I felt like I was reading simply because I wanted to reach my goal and I wasn’t determined because I felt like I was forced to do it.

After finishing my first book and recommending it almost everyone, I got a lot of suggestions. Soon, I started going to the library and I was interested in reading a lot more. I’m attracted to the self help books or the really inspirational kinds because they tend to push me to do something for myself and the community.

So after one book, it just lead to another.

Here is the books that I read.

Half a Life
The Glass Castle
The Last Lecture
The Great Gatsby
The 100 Thing Challenge
Catcher in The Rye

Shoot me. Shoot me… Blog will be on hold while I focus on work.

Surround yourself with other designers.

I’ve heard this so many times and ignored it, but I realize it’s really important. I hate sharing my ideas, but I think I need to let that go. I’m trying to accomplish more as a designer this year. Hopefully things go well. In 30 days, we’ll see. I have a surprise, I’m not supposed to tell anyone. If it fails, then I’ll tell you my initial plan.

I read a book that changed my life and my mentality of thinking.

I was once selfish, but now I can’t help but do good for other people because it makes me feel good. You know it works out both ways until someone takes you for granted. I’m always happy or willing to help out a friend in need and I don’t expect anything in return. The only thing I do as is appreciation.

Okay, it’s officially over and I am so glad to have my life back. Finals were taking over and it was not healthy. I split my thumb on Sunday trying to make a book for my project. Did I finish? Of course. Was I upset? I’m not sure, I was more tired than anything and I passed out. I was supposed to get stitches, but because it healed a little, they refused to give me it. Instead, I had some glue sprayed on to my thumb so they can piece the meat back together. After that, they gave me the steri strips and a tetanus shot that prevents infection. Going back to the health center tomorrow as a follow up.

So my friend Chris introduced me to this awesome game called phase 10. It’s such a good game and it’s a fairly simple card game. I usually love card games because they’re easy to follow. I think I might buy the game for family vacation, it’s definitely a family game. Taboo is getting overrated so, I think I should switch things up a little.

Tomorrow a bunch of friends and I are going to Kennedy Fried Chicken tomorrow. Even though I’m a vegetarian, I can still eat the unhealthy fries. I haven’t been running as much anymore, I started to go swimming. It’s nice to swim with a bunch of friends because you get to stay feeling nice while working out. I think my body is more in shape, maybe if I push a little harder I can start really defining my body. Well the image doesn’t really matter to me, I’m just saying…

I spoke with my dean today and when I first entered he kinda gave off that scary impression where things are about to get serious. After telling him my situation, he ended up being really nice. He then says “I bothered you enough for the day” then we started talking for a bit. His personality is serious and pretends to be very knowledgeable. I hope I don’t turn out to be like him because people would be afraid to approach you if they feel intimidated. I need to learn to have a sense of humor and perhaps relax a little.

I’m starting my senior thesis in the fall semester. We apparently have summer homework, which is a lot of research. Now, should I take this as a big deal or blow it off like I usually do? When people make a big deal out of things, I begin to shrug things off and tell myself… what makes this course harder than the rest of my other courses. I’m still going to put in my 100 like I always do, so what’s the point in being worried. I look at it this way, if I fail for having made something I personally like, then I’ll be happy regardless of a grade since I reached a personal achievement.

In the book The Art of Non-Conformity (which changed my life), I realized that if you are extremely happy with something, no one can really take that happiness away from you. Regardless of the obstacles that you face from the public, you are internally happy and nothing can take that away from you.  You become invincible, meanwhile people become jealous of your success. When that happens, you need to re-evaluate your friendship list.

Oh, why do I sound so wise? Probably because I’m going to be working in the real world next year. Quite odd, never ready for anything and I think I’m going to miss school.

The fun times I have hanging out with friends are always more than working hard. I would like to go to school everyday of my life, work at a nice little job serving coffee and being content living comfortably. I strive to make a least 80k by age 30, depending on whether or not I like working. I like to spend and donate money, so it keeps me going. The more I work, the more I donate and the better I feel. Perhaps I don’t need to donate money (even though it’s versatile), I might just volunteer my time to make public advocate posters.

Life, it’s going way too fast.

I’m so ready for summer.

The first day of May was definitely a good one.

Yesterday night I had Indian food. It was pretty authentic and we got to take off our shoes and sit in a little dimly lit nook. I had a great time hanging out with everyone! Every dinner occasion with a group of friends allow us to get closer and more personal. I can’t wait to see how people turn out 10 years from now. I’m going to edit this when I’m 30. Take note of this future Dennis, don’t ignore this message. Learn from the past you and don’t make the same mistakes. This is a reminder of everything you’ve gone through at this point.
Anyway, not to stray off from my initial thoughts; I ended up visiting Howard for night hosting because he told me it was terribly boring. Since his coworker forgot that it was her shift to work, she wasn’t there. Howard, Winnie and I squished into a small couch for two and watched a scary movie. We watched case 39, which was pretty intense. After watching a bunch of horror flicks, things don’t phase me anymore. Kenny ended up coming later on around 3AM.

I left around 4:30AM and got ready for bed.

Woke up at 11:30AM and quickly got ready for a suicide walk. I wanted to thank everyone who donated, I’m so appreciative for the people in my life. I really love how it was two days before that walk and I ended up raising over my expected goal. I couldn’t have done it without my family and friends. Even a dollar helps. At the walk, I met new people with similar interest. One of my friend’s friend was there and we ended up talking for a while, which helped the time pass by even faster.
After the walk, I went to see a club on campus called Epic Glee. At first I wasn’t going to attend, but since my friend was performing, I decided to show support. I’m glad I came because it was a great performance and it would’ve been sad to miss. I made some awesome signs while I was there as well.

As I was doing laundry today, I thought about how small the world is. Since I take forever to fold my clothes, I kind of had a self evaluation and came to realize that my experiences can not be a coincidence. I mean, meeting my close friend’s friend was one thing, but something else happened to.

I was looking at design conferences in NYC and one of the guest speakers who inspired me to do the walk in the first place was speaking! He’s speaking next week and the tickets are really expensive. I probably won’t be able to see him, but it was weird how all my experiences this week intertwined with each other.

That’s all for now. The school year is almost ending, I’m excited for summer.