Got an A in color photography!

We learned to develop color slides (VERY cool!) and print color negatives. The chemistry for developing negatives is too expensive to be economical for small-scale processing, so we went to Walgreen's or Walmart and would have them developed but not printed. We'd get an index print to serve as a proof sheet, I also always got a CD of my stuff.

Had an excellent reaction to my final portfolio, also to my work in the student show last Thursday. I'm hoping to do some work on those jpegs over the winter break and post them in the near future.


Photoshop, I might have dropped to a B, dunno yet. I got an A on my final project, but I got a C on my final skills test. I did most of the work on my laptop, an IBM/Windows machine, as opposed to the lab's Macs and I think the monitor calibration might have cost me some points. With the exception of one B, I was consistently running A's on projects plus a 95%~ on my mid-term test, so we'll find out tomorrow.

I had to *facepalm* last night when I walked into my color class -- the teacher asks me why I wasn't in my/her Photoshop class for the final critique! I thought everything for Photoshop wrapped Thursday, turns out I was wrong. I was on campus, but I was working in the computer lab. *sigh*

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Thanks, Karyn!

Would you hire this person?

All of our lab aides are students. I'm a student, the other part-timer is a student. The two full-time people in the computer lab are not students. Friday comes, the guy who works afternoons comes in and says he's heading out. I go and check the schedule and find that Sarah is supposed to be in for the rest of the evening. She's supposed to be in as the previous aide leaves. She isn't. In fact, she doesn't turn up at all. Saturday: no Sarah. Sunday: no Sarah. Apparently she called the boss and said that she couldn't come in because she had to study for finals.

Oh, and I guess all the other students who work here had nothing better to do?

I wasn't very happy about her no-show Friday night because I wanted to go out and get some dinner. But here's the capper. I heard a story about her today: she got caught cheating in a chemistry test! She had a programmable calculator loaded with things that shouldn't have been there. And the best part? She was about to be expelled, as well she should, when she pulled the race card! She's Turkish, and threatened to sue the school for discrimination against Arabs.

*sigh*

Fortunately the boss is not going to endorse her student aide waiver, so she ain't gonna be working here next semester.


I was at work early today to make up time as I won't be here part of next week. I thought the boss was gone, he wandered back in to get some equipment that he needed. Some comment was made about Sarah, and how it's so nice that she got some time off to study. Apparently she was seen making out with some guy in the parking lot. The person who reported this said that he was tempted to walk up to her and the guy and say "Oh, is this your husband? I didn't know he was back!" Her hubby is serving in Guam right now.

I ain't gonna shed no tears that I won't see her no mo.