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I’m so happy! For the first time in almost two years, I’ve created a NEW vid! And I did it in Sony Vegas!! YAY ME!
The last time I went to an amusement park, it was Hershey, and I was about thirteen. It was a school field trip (thank you, whoever linked roller coasters with physics!!), and I was completely a party pooper. I rode exactly two roller coasters: the Trailblazer (turn your sound down, people are screaming like idiots) and the Comet. I cried the whole way through the Comet. I’m deathly afraid of heights and, with my vivid imagination, could imagine all the possibilities of the cars falling off the track in vivid, gory detail.
I’ve since told everyone that there is no way they’d ever be able to drag me on another, no matter how convincing they are.
This year for Leigh’s birthday (happy birthday, Leigh!), she and Tegan and I ended up going to Frontier City, which is Oklahoma’s only theme park. It used to be owned by Six Flags, so it’s not too lame. I informed the other two (who are 13 and 17, respectively) that I would not be going on any rollercoasters, in any way, shape, or form.
Frontier City has four coasters: the Steel Lasso, the Wildcat, the Silver Bullet, and the Diamond Back. Not insane coasters, but better than the previous two I’ve ridden. I’ll have you know I rode every single one. At least twice. And I rode the Diamond Back three times in a row without getting off, right before the park closed, and left with an insane headache but not scared.
Brave New Me is now a monster that has been unleashed. I. Love. Roller coasters. Bring them on!!
Surprise! What do you think? Not only did I completely overhaul the layout into something completely different (and more colorful, I’ll never go greyscale again), but I’ve done a lot of rearranging and rewriting. I’ve really been neglecting my site as of late, and I hate that! So I’ve got some plans, already have made some changes, and have some ready to go.
Anyhow, it’s been a LONG time since I’ve done this. In fact, before Enamored With Israel (which took me a ridiculously long time), it had been a year or two since I had really even touched a design project. For that reason, I would really like some feedback!
Now, I should clarify… every last one of these is mine. A bit narcissistic I’m sure, but for a good cause. I’ve been trying to break through this mental block and come up with a new, magical design for this blog here. Once I get this block out of the way I feel like I’ll be able to tackle this forum that’s been giving me more problems than anything (but that’s another story for another day).
I remember being so much more creative, back before I started worrying about making everything standards compliant and all that, so I decided to dip back into my old archive folders for a little bit of inspirations. I came across some layouts that were absolutely horrendous… I can’t figure out how I ever passed some of these off! But some, I’m still proud of, months and years later, so I thought I’d share eleven of them with you.
Back in the day, when I had a subdomain on someone else’s site, this was probably the first worthwhile layout I ever created. It’s horrendously coded and probably held together with prayers and e-duct tape, but man I was proud of it at the time! The coolest thing about this layout is that it sparked a friendship (yes, I’m looking at you, LB) that lasts to this day, even if we’re both busy ALLTHETIME. It’s not even really my style, but I love it. (more…)
Having a little bit of fun with a newer version of Photoshop (yay!), and listening to my new Coldplay CD (I promise, I’m not completely obsessed with Coldplay!), I came up with this little manipulation. It’s not much, not very polished, but I like the look of it.
The lyrics, by the way, are from Cemetaries of London, a pretty darn catchy song.