I’m currently working on my first project/test with Design 4 Dot. They’re the design company I was talking about in my last blog. Right now I’m just taking a little break, as I have been staring at HTML coding for an hour now. I’m trying to get the content to look a certain way and it is not coming out, but I know that if I take a little break, I’ll figure it out once I go back to it.

So I called Bright House Networks today and talked with the lady at Human Resources. She scheduled a phone interview with me for Thursday morning. You do not know how excited I am! It would be really great if I can get this as a steady job and then have the D4D as a on-call job, which from what the lady has talked to me about, sounds like it. So, it should be OK. I still have my meeting with her tomorrow, and will be sure to ask her, just in case.

My best friend Dustin, who is currently in the Navy, is coming home again in November! Although I talk to him on the phone a lot, it just isn’t the same. Another good thing is he is coming back just in time for his 21st birthday, so that will be fun. I have to cherish these moments because, God forbid, they can send him to war at anytime. He is one of my and currently only best friend! He’s the best and I can’t wait till he is back home!

Yesterday I got an email from my former teacher at Winter Park Tech about a job offer. Inside it had details of a what the lady sent to her in regards of the job. Of course I was interested and quickly called the lady as instructed. We talked and she looked over my work while on the phone and said she really liked my portfolio, that what she needed was some help on a couple of projects. She said that she was currently “reassigning” her resources (staff) to better the company. So, hopefully I will be a part of that “assignment”. I have a meeting with her again on the 2nd and cannot wait for it. Wish me luck!

In a week or so I will be leaving to Massachusetts with my mother. We will be driving up there and will probably stay a good two weeks. Although, the point for going up there is so that she can see if she can get back surgery, I cannot wait to visit my family. The last time I went up North was about a year ago and was only for a whole day and a half. So, not much was done.

I’ve heard that a lot has changed, not only the city, but within my family and friends and I want to see just how much. I’m eager and hope that God will protect us throughout the journey. Haha, I make it sound like I’m going on some adventure! Meh, maybe it sort of is, since we’ll be going through, what, 8-9 states? Yes, a mission indeed.

On a random side note, Winter Park Tech (my old school, where I took a Web Design class) was featured on Adobe.com! Although it was not my old class that was featured but the print class of Digital Design, I’m still proud that they were mentioned. Also, it’s cool to know that one of the people as your professional references were also featured on the website. Sorry, to me that’s just cool. =P

Here is a link to the article, if you’re willing to read it:

Adobe.com Case Study: Winter Park Tech

Today I went to Full Sail for their ‘Behind the Scenes Tour’. Basically, it’s an open house to all visitors, students and family. They hold this event once a month and talk about not only the program prospective students are interested in, but also all of their programs and events.

I just have to say; this school is amazing! Everything they own is state-of-the-art. The students, teachers, and staff are all very down-to-earth people with a passion for this industry. This school has everything any undergraduate to even graduate could want and then some. The film department just got me a little to over excited when we visited all the rooms with equipment after equipment. I felt like running over to the cameras and playing with them! And, oh my gawd, their sound editing systems were HUGE! Bigger then what I’ve seen in a recording studio, it was crazy! They also showed us the many graduates and their accomplishments through out the years, and I have to say mostly everything you see out there has at least one Full Sail graduate on board. I love it!

Of course, where there is happiness, sadness is always at toe. Finally we get to the end of the tour, where we are able to meet with admission and financial aid representatives and faculty. Their film department in the span of 21 months comes out to be a whomping $69,175.00 dollars! That’s $23,025.00 dollars every 7 months. My mother, who accompanied me on this event, jaw dropped when we were told this. I mean, I knew it was expensive but not THIS expensive. Do you know how many loans I would/will need to take out for this? I’d be in debt before I could even start my life. A year and nine months till I’d graduate and then six to seven months later, I’d have to start paying my dues.

And even after all of this has been said and done, I am still interested in going to this school! Woe is me. =(

Sadly, I did not get the job as Westgate. The man called me back and told me that at that time they really needed someone with expert skills in Flash and action-scripting. I’m not going to lie, I SUCK in Flash, but I do know the program, since I had to make a mock company website using Flash and made a menu made purely with action-script, but I guess it wasn’t good enough for them. My hopes of finding a well off job in web design are sinking fast and I feel that I should just stick to freelancing and find a part-time job doing something else. In the end, I need money, no matter how I get it. (OK so it DOES matter how I get, if you get my drift…ha ha)

So, for the rest of this week, I will be trying to find as many grants, loans, and scholarships I can find and fill out an application for them. God only knows I will need them.