New Art 12/29/2010

I would assume that if you are checking my blog that you keep up with my website but just in case, I thought I would post my new artwork here too. :3




I had a very pleasant surprise this morning. <3 My cat Mia, who had been missing since Thursday afternoon, came back home! ^o^ I was so surprised and relieved at the same time. I am assuming she must have gotten stuck somewhere and couldn't escape... she apparently hasn't been able to eat anything because she is super skinny and has the appetite of a lion!

This afternoon I will be leaving with Ben to go to Houston to visit my Dad for a late Christmas. :3 I am very much looking forward to it. All I need now is some coffee. X3

Christmas Weekend

Well my Christmas weekend was fun. u__u'' I had the flu for Christmas... yippie. I knew I was getting sick on Wednesday but I hoping it was just one of those 24 hour bugs. Sadly, it wasn't. x_x'' I went to Arkansas with Ben to visit his sister and her kids. I would not have gone with him had I known I actually had the flu. I threw up on the plane, threw up at their house, in their van...

On a brighter note, I am feeling better now. :D Monday I started to feel much more stable and yesterday I actually able to get out of the house and get some things done. <3 Last night Terry and I painted the ugly bathroom that is supposed to be the guest bathroom. xD It's so ugly! Or at least it WAS ugly. Now it is just kinda ugly, lol. We still have more painting to do tonight. All we painted was the cabinets. Tonight we are gonna paint the walls. <3 It's gonna look soooooo much better!

Hey Boudewijn, what's up with that comment you left me on my last post? xD Spam? Seriously? No, I really do have CS5! I got it for my 23rd birthday just a few months ago from academic superstore because I get a huge discount as a student. I also started playing Minecraft after Ben showed me how awesome it was. ... wait, were you just pulling my leg? :p

Game Booster

Hello again! Today I am going to share with you all a wonderful piece of software that I just discovered the other day that I believe can help any of you who like to play a lot of games on your computer!

This software is called "Game Booster", and is available from cnet and is totally free to use. PC only, however I don't know too many Mac users who like to game a lot anyways. xD The link is right here - http://download.cnet.com/Game-Booster/3000-18512_4-10913645.html

So what is Game Booster? It's basically a utility that functions to shut down any unnecessary background processes running on your computer in order to reserve RAM and PC usage to whatever game you are playing. It's also very easy to use. I downloaded it last night to use with Minecraft and it was very easy to figure out and navigate.

Not only does it shut down processes for you but it also has a nice handy lil' system monitor section where it shows you exactly how much CPU and RAM you are currently using.

What surprised me was it also has a system scanner that can detect outdated drivers and gives links to the web page that provides the driver update you may be missing. Awesome! I hardly ever think about keeping up with my drivers... now a handy program can keep track of all that for me. This software also lists different things that are also handy to have with certain games like TeamSpeak, Ventrilo, etc.

Cnet and users gave this software a 4/5 star rating. ^_^ I agree!

BTW - I tried this software with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and it improved it's performance greatly!

On my way to greater things.

(and much more difficult!)

^_^ So as promised I am posting the results of my graduation from KC. Sadly, I only got a 3.19 as my final GPA...which cuts me just short of qualifying for a certain scholarship I was hoping to get for UT Tyler. The process of moving and such during last semester kinda threw me off I guess. x__x''

But alas, there is some good news. ^^ I spoke with a adviser from UT last Tuesday and it turns out that all my credits from KC transferred but two electives! Yay! That is very, very good news. Even better news is that I found out I could substitute my biology classes for the chemistry classes listed under the BA of Computer Science degree. Originally I was going to go for the Computer Science degree but I changed my mind because it had chemistry listed as something I'd have to take. So then I switched to Computer Information Systems because it was less demanding...(but not nearly as good as the computer science degree). When I found that out I quickly went back to my original plans and switched to the Computer Science program and even decided to get two security certifications along the way! I'm so happy that everything worked out so well!! Praise God!! :D

So now I will be studying up on Java and reviewing C++ in the meantime while I wait for classes to start in January. <3 Oh what fun. xD I am going to be having dreams about codes.

Speaking of codes, I've also been messing with Ubuntu Linux. It was a interesting idea that I thought I would try since Windows runs so heavy on my poor little laptop. I'm still working out the bugs and all but I can't ignore the big difference in boot time verses Windows 7. 48 secs to boot completely in Ubuntu verses 3:50 min. <___<'' The only drawback is that there are many different things that do not work out of the box that I have already had to go get drivers for. (and install them via the terminal @_@) If I make any astounding progress I may make a post about it someday. Right now I am struggling with the big issue of my laptop overheating because it doesn't know when to kick on the fans... lol.

Finals over!

Finals are finally over! YAY!

I thought these two days would never end. @__@ But they did, and quicker than I thought they would, in fact. <3 This Friday is my graduation.

Soooooo Tuesday I am going to be talking to a adviser from UT Tyler about what classes I should be taking there in the Spring! I'm so excitied. ^^ I'll post more details as they come...I don't have my grades back yet but when I find out how I did I'll post them.