I've got spirit! Yes, I do! :-P

School spirit, that is... Lol.

I joined some clubs at El Camino and I'm excited because I meet with my first one today. ^_^ I joined the Fashion, Graphic Design, and Rotaract clubs. (FYI: Rotaract is community service... I may or may not go to this club regularly simply because the other two seem like more fun.)

Today's meeting is the for the Tailor Made Fashion Club. (I don't like the name... It reminds me of that dude from I <3 NY, but I'm sure they had their name first, so I'll get over it. >_>) I'm so excited! Their fashion club sponsors (or, whatever...) fashion shows at El Camino 'n' stuff! It will also be good to meet other people that sew, because I can probably learn some new things from them or collaborate or whatever...

Yeah... I'm just really excited... I wanted to join clubs at LACC, but they didn't have ANY that I liked; they were all pretty whack. They had, like, 3 different Christian clubs, a Buddhist club, a club for African-American and Asian students, etc... They didn't have anything FUN or beneficial to me, like a FILM or ART club. Pfft!

Other than that, I have my second German class next Tuesday. So far we've been learning about family titles, nationalities, and a few other verbs. I'm kind of excited for this as well... I REALLY want to get an A! >_<

(Son of a b****... I just realized that my hands are kind of shaking from all the weight lifting in PE class. 0_0 Hm... I don't think that's bad. I think they just need to rest and typing is not restful. NE-wayz...)

That's all for now!

The Jazz Train is Back in Town! w00t! w00t!

So yeah, I started my Fall semester at El Camino. Yay!

I am taking full course-load that includes Pre-Algebra (which is lame, but I have a hard time when it comes to reg. Algebra, so I figured taking a step back would help. I hope it works. 0_0), German, Film/Video Production and Clothing Construction. (I also added a couple PE classes, so I'd be able to work out...which I miss doing.)

So far, I've had a good first week.^_^ The only thing that bugs me are my Math and Clothing Construction classes because I am advanced in both, and I can't stand waiting until we get to the more challenging stuff. Like, in CC, for example, the first thing we make is a needle book...which is HAND SEWN and hate hand sewing. >_< THEN we make kiddie PJ pants, which is lame, 'cause I already know how to do that too. :-/ *sigh*

BUT, NE-WAYZ...

The COOL thing about CC class is that it's practically MANDATORY for me to go to JoAnns. YAY! X-D Next Tuesday, we have a mandatory class field trip there, so the teacher can help us (and by us, I mean the n00bie, inexperienced sewers >_>) get supplies. I, being the good student that I am, went earlier today and got some supplies. (I already owned a vast majority of what was on the list, so I didn't need to get much.) All I need are fabric markers (the kind for marking patterns), proper sewing shears, and some other odds and ends that I can get at the $1 store. SPEAKING OF SEWING SCISSORS, I just ordered some Ginghers from JoAnn.com. ^_^ I remember Mom had a really nice pair that I kept sneaking and using when I was in middle school...and I'm sure she blames the dullness of the blades on me. 0_0 (Although, if she hasn't gotten them resharpened by now, it's no longer fault. Just saying, Mom.)

I will go back tomorrow to get a couple more things on my supply list, as I have a coupon that I could not use today. ("Savings effective 9/05/2009 >_<)

ALSO! My new job as a Laser Tag Party Host is treating me very well. It's a lot of fun and I meet a lot of nice people and families. What's even cooler is that I'm allowed to play my music during the laser tag games (which awesome, since the music they had before mine was LAME and not good, laser fighting music at all. >_>) AND the synthetic hair in my braids is UV reactive, so they glow UBER BRIGHT under the strobes and black lights. (It was not intentional, but is still cool and the customers get a kick out of it. :-D)

Adrian has moved in with Ryan. It bugged me at first, 'cause I got attached to him being here, but at the same time, he needed to make a change in his life. I hope that Ryan can (physically 8-|) push him into doing more with his life than working minimum wage to support his WoW habit.

In the mean time, I am working (somewhat) toward saving for my own place. My friend just landed a new job, so we're gonna save up to move into a little studio together...at some point in the future, anyway. I JUST finished getting all of my books for school, so I can OFFICIALLY start saving money.

Sooooo.... That's all for now. I gotta go to bed, 'cause I have a class tomorrow morning (which is WHACK, 'cause it's Friday, but whatever).

I promise to update more now that I'm actually DOING something nowadays. 0_0

Later!!!




PS: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS SOME JOANN GIFT CARDS, BUT SENT TO ME B4 THE END OF OCTOBER, SO I CAN TAE ADVANTAGE OF THE HALLOWEEN SALE BECAUSE THEY SERIOUSLY HAVE SOME AWESOME FABRICS THIS FALL! OMG, THEY'RE SO AWESOME! I GOTTA POST PICS OF THE MUMMY FABRIC I BOUGHT!!! X-D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Jazzy

NTHS Junior News Project for Class

This is Hector's 90s Current Event Project... I've been helping him (A LOT) with it this past week. It still needs bit of editing, but, so far, it came out pretty...amusing. I really wanted to share it with everybody...so enjoy.

The finished version will be just as entertaining... (Hector is putting the finishing touches on it right now. Since I've shown him how to edit video on PowerDirector, he's hving some fun with it.)



FUN FACT: I start my Video Production class at El Camino tomorrow. :-P

Resolutions Were Made to be Broken

Soooo...

I've been back from TN for a little over a week. (It feels like longer. 0_0)

It was good to see mom again... Hopefully next year will be more eventful though, 'cause being stuck in the house was kinda lame.

Aunt Teresa, I'm sorry that I had to miss your wedding. I was HORIBBLY, UTTERLY bummed that we couldn't go (although it turned out that we COULD have...which was an even bigger burn)that I practically wallowed in disappointment for most of the rest of my time in TN. (Seriously... I did. :-( ) NEXT year, mom and I WILL be there though (even though it won't be for a wedding...*sigh*) because missing family get-togethers is LAME.

-Also, I have to send your x-mas presents via snail-mail now... DAMN I hate going to the post office...

AND NOW FOR MY 2009 RESOLUTIONS!!!

*I'm happy to announce that I started the year off with an internship at a small film/production company called FormTV. (Yay!) I plan to be all up in their grill until I get a part or full-time job from them in the future.(If not, at least the experience will look good on my resume and I can obtain a similar job at a different company.)

*I exit JobCorpse (lol) Feb. 17th! I was nervous about it at first because my living situation/issues were a bit shaky, but I'm actually look forward to leaving... I'll be moving back in with Aunt Jonna and Grandpa temporarily.

I tried to find a roommate to move in with, but since I couldn't this is my only option. However, I'm gonna take Aunt Jonna's advice and try to find a roommate via internet because, although it'd be nice to see her, Adrian, and Hector more, the house is a bit crowded and I need a place closer to work and school. (I'm not trying to bust a 2.5-3 hour commute all the time like Adrian does... I already had to put up with that bull**** when I worked at Joann's and it SUCKS.)


*School has become...a bit complicated for me. Not hard and unbearable...just complicated. I'm one semester away from completing my Graphic Design requirements, but now that I'm almost done, I'm not 100% it's what I want to major in when I go to a 4year. Since I wont have Job Corps to answer too anymore, I'll finally be able to explore other potential majors...which I find exciting, especially since I have all of my General Ed crap out of the way and can just do stuff for fun. I'll probably end up in Junior College for another year or two, but I'd rather take the time to explore my options than do my "soul searching" at a 4year and change my major a bunch of times because that would end up costing be butt-loads of dinero.

In Fall 2009, I'll be enrolling in El Camino college and taking Fashion Design (which I never knew they had... I don't know why LACC doesn't have it!)

*Although I hate slangin' pizzas for a living, I'm obviously stuck with this job for a while longer. *sigh.* I will still continue looking for other part-time employment that is flexable and will put up with my freaky hair colors. 0_0

*Lastly: After putting a lot of thought into the "make your own online business" thing ('cause more people than expected keep suggesting it). I have already cut out some patterns for stuff to sell. I'm gonna start of with hoodies (yeah...I can make those. I'm awesome.) 'n' stuff since it's winter... When I have more time, I'll tackle things like pants and shorts ('cause DAMN they take forever to make).

Other Goals for '09: 1.)Finish my friend, Brigitte's, Luigi dress-I got the top part done... I just need to sew in buttons (which I hate) and finish the skirt (pleats scare me). 2.) Find and affordable room for rent...somewhere that doesn't suck. 3.) Find a productive way to curb my fabric, craft, and movie-buying addiction...s. 4.) I have 4 large bags of fabric and craft stuff. Damnit, I'm gonna make something...s out of all that crap!

2009 Shopping List: iBook with Adobe programs (to work on portfolio's), iPod ('cause I miss having one, damnit!), more of Terry Pratchett's books ('cause I need to read more), a new DVD player ('cause mine is a NAZI and will only play X2, Stardust, and Perfect Creature and I wanna watch more than three damn movies!), my own table that is the proper heigh for sewing (because coffe tables are too low for me to sew or do any kind of work on and I don't want a hunch), and 20-eyelet Doc Martens (though I'll be happy to settle for a cheaper, knock-off).

HAPPY 2009 EVERYBODY! MAY THIS YEAR BE BETTER THAN 2008 (which wasn't really so horrible, except for the job market)!!!!!

Runnin' On Empty

In the aftermath of Ike, the Colonial Pipeline that supplies Tennessee's gas is running at only 25% capacity. So what does my fellow Tennesseans do? Why, they panic like very one else of course and rush out to the pumps to wait in long lines with tempers flaring, thus unnecessarily burning more fuel and suck them gas stations dry. I have never seen anything like this since the Carter administration. I refused to buy into it and did not top off my tanks this week. No problem, it was not my week to drive the carpool and there was still plenty of gas to be found in my neck of the woods, as long as you wanted to pay a premium price for it. Plenty of gas station closures were to be found else where but once the initial panic subsided it wasn't all that bad. One week later and another crop of scary news stories about our ever dwindling supply they have done it again. And this time they reported that there was still gas north of town. Meaning my neck of the woods. I'm trying very hard not to join the mass hysteria myself as my tank is getting low. I'm going to have a real fun vacation now. I suppose Gary and I will have to settle for watching the grass grow or the turkeys cross the road. Thanks a lot buttheads.

What The?

I am seriously starting to wonder about my net worth. As I was getting ready for work I realized that the six dollars I spent on my dog's brush was triple the price of my own personal little dollar store hairbrush. Why, I don't know. Besides being remarkably similar in construction Sheba does not have a job, cook or do laundry so why should she have a six dollar hair brush when I don't? Anyway, it brought to mind something else to mind that my old boss told me years ago as She was paying the $15 license fee that the City of Gardena charges them for the privilege of having me work in their jurisdiction for a year. "Do, you know that they charge me more for Puff's license than they do for yours?". Okay, so Gardena thinks a Bichon Frisé is worth more than me even though Puff never held a job in her brief little life. Now, on top of that I received a paycheck stub for the amount of zero dollars and zero cents. WTF???

My All Time "To Do" List

Nothing new is going on here besides yardwork. I've been trying to get motivated to get at least a rough draft of a will written just in case I meet an untimely end. I may be young, but you never know what tomorrow brings. I might get ran over by a Mack truck, attacked by rabid clowns, or who knows what and I got to make sure the kids are taken care of. As always, my mind has wandered on to other things. So anyway, it got me thinking of what I would like to do with my life before I croak. I know I should have some deep meaningful goals in mind, but that just didn't happen. So far I've come up with (in no particular order):

Have at least one last reunion with all the extended family.
Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
Water bomb a presidential motorcade
Take a walking tour up the California coast
Push a bunch of Slinkies down the "up" escalator at the Cool Springs Galleria
Break into the trophy case at work and replace the Malcom Baldridge Award with one of Lea Anna's nappy headed Barbies
Go parachuting
Learn to fly
Paint over all the graffiti downtown with fluffy things like daisies and rainbows.
Visit some nice sunny tropical island

Okay, maybe tomorrow I'll start on my rough draft. I just better watch out for those crazed clowns in the mean time!

Just when you thought I died and went...uh...Somewhere

Sooooo….

What’s been up with Jazz?

I want to say, “nothing much,” but that wouldn’t be true. It seems like “nothing much” to me just because what I do, I do every day, so….yeah.

Well, I became a Corteo Follower and still work at Cirque du Soleil. I’ve been carpooling with my friends and co-workers CJ, Monserrat, Dijanna (I think that’s how her name is spelled), and Fatirah.

I don’t really know what else to say about that, other than I LOVE my job and I’m happy I didn’t have to quit after Los Angeles.
One of the coolest things about being a Follower is that I’ve gotten more chances to talk to the performers. A few of them are really cool. I even bought this guy named Hideto (he’s a performer in Corteo) a bottle of Sailor Jerrys Rum to share with Sergai (a juggler). (I got really buzzed at a BBQ Corteo had and kept bragging about how awesome it was, so I got him one.)

Corteo’s next stop is in San Diego and I really want to follow the tour there. I’m going to help Fatirah, Amber, and Monserrat find a place to rent in San Diego, so that I can go there on weekends and work. It will only be for a little more than a month…2 at the most. Once Corteo is out of San Diego, I will no longer be a Follower and will be forced to find a real job. *sigh* However…

Cirque du Soleil’s KooZa will be in LA in 2009. Since I loved working at Coreto so much, I’m going to save my money, so that when KooZa comes to LA, I’ll be able to follow the tour for a few cities.

N-E-wayz… Enough about my job! My classes at LACC are going good. I’m struggling in French Language, but that’s it. The worst I could do in that class is get a D. I would rather NOT have a D, but hey, some things just don’t come easy the first time. I’m going to re-take it in the spring. If I can manage a B in French next year, then I’ll feel better about taking German Language (since I’m sure it’s a lot more difficult).

My art classes are great. One of them can be boring at times, but only because she makes us do retarded exercises before we do our main projects. I can’t wait ‘til I’m finished… I’ll be sure to post a bunch of them for my loverly friends to see! (Besides, they’re way better than the Parrot and Gay Potato that I posted awhile back.)

PS: November hasn’t been a great month for shows… All the good ones that DID happen, I had to miss because of work…and I got sick at some point, which was very lame.

POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT!!!

Sooooooo, I posted my resume on Monster.com and the NEXT DAY I got a call from a woman named Elinda...

I called her back and talked with her for a bit and...

I HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH Blair Graphics!!! THEY SPECIALIZE IN PRINTING!!!!! (BlairGFX.com)

THAT MEANS I HAVE TO GO GET MY NIFTY POWERSUIT FROM GRANDMA'S AND DO MY HAIR AND PUT ON HEELS!!!!!

NOT EVEN THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO DRESS LIKE A SECRETARY (with heels...poo...but they're the only nice shoes I have!) CAN SHATTER MY GOOD SPIRITS AT GETTING A JOB INTERVIEW AT A PLACE THAT'S NOT TACO BELL!!!

w00000000t!!!!!



I'LL BE SURE TO POST A PICTURE OF ME ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO WORK FOR "THE MAN" TOMORROW!!!

The Abomidable J-A-Z.....Z

Sooo...

I'm about to finish my 2nd semester of college. It's been A LOT of fun and I LOVE my art class!

In Art 201 (DRAWING), our first mid-term project was a pencil drawing. I drew a woman standing in a cemetary and the teacher liked it so much she chose it to go in her class' display. How cool is that?!! Now, when you walk down the DaVinci Hall at LACC, you see my picture! w00t!

Our second project was an ink cross-hatching portrait and I did my friend, Emerald's, portrait. It came out so cool! I'm going to give it to her as a gift when I get it back from my teacher. I hope she displays it...just because I think it's awesome and feel particularly prideful when I think about it.

The only class I'm not doing too great in is Economics001 because it's A LOT harder than I thought... No matter how much I study, I always get all those stupid little terms mixed up AND the class is SOOOO boring, I keep dozing off.

Oh, well... Maybe I'll get lucky and pass with a C-...when hell freezes over.

NE-Wayz..

I know I have posted pictures of my hair in awhile (I beleive, the last colors you saw were the Christmas ones...), so here they are (because you know they're NIFTY)!!!


*After my X-MAS colors I got Pink, Black, and White. Originally, I wanted Black and Magenta or Black and Turquoise, but the place I went to get braiding hair barely had ANY colorful synthetic hair... The chic helping me was showing me all this CRAP, so eventually I got tired of being there and just took what was lying on the counter.



It didn't come out that bad, but I was glad when I finally took them out because the white was getting ugly and the pink was getting on my nerves. (Also, I had them in for almost 3 months because I didn't have the money to get them redone, and when I did, I spent the $$$ on concert tickets..... I regret nothing!)



*NOW they are black, red, and grey. These are THE COOLEST colors I've EVER put in my hair (other than purple)! The BEST part about it, is that the braids now match ALL of my clothes (becuase a vast majority of them are balck and/or red), so everytime I walk out of the room, I'm UBER color-coordinated!!!