Designated Doodler

I share too much, or so I've been told. I've been warned about internet creepers and creepers in general. But before my birthday, I like to look back at the past year and see what's been accomplished/what I'm grateful for. It's good to write this shit down now, before I forget it. 1) Landing two awesome jobs. One full time, one part time. My coworkers are awesome at my real job and at my less real job, I've learned that I've got what it takes to guide 50+ tipsy adults through a painting. 2) Getting published twice. Once in a poetry journal and once in "Review of My Cat," which you can buy HERE . 3) Having an online presence! My little baby blog surpassed 11,195 visitors this year! AND, a grand total of 48,475 have read my fanfiction, from last December to today.       My favorite drawing from this year: My favorite painting from this year: 4) Being in a TV commercial and working at a place where there is an abundance of...

Strings of streetlights glow around the night's neck Crate-myrtles reach their wooden fingers to the sky And I glide along in the dark, a toy car in a plastic play set Pulled back and let go on a grooved track The apartment's dark, and I leave it that way Walking past light-switches with their heads bowed It's amazing how quiet can sound so loud The night, the silence, it all presses down On this makeshift home, in this lego town November stretches it's cold black fingers Digits fanning apart, threatening to reach out To pull me in, and never push me back

I was a die hard Apple fan. I still have a mac and an iPad, and I was hesitant to switch phones. But the new iOS 7 murdered my phone. I had no memory left, I had to delete a bunch of crap to download the upgrade, and then once I got the upgrade, it sucked the life out of my already crappy battery. My iPhone was under 2 years old and it was struggling just to get through the day. I wouldn't even touch it during the day, save to make a phone call at lunch, and it would be down 20% or more after lunch. I was charging it four times a day and constantly closing every running background task. It was a hot mess. So I got fed up and went to my phone provider, who handed me a Note III and told me that it has the best battery life of any phone out there. The battery itself is nearly as big as the iPhone - and I love it. It's functionality and capabilities are unmatched, and all of it is supported on a battery that won't poop out on you after checking Facebook once. One of...

I remember playing dodgeball when I was in elementary school. The gym seemed huge and the bright overhead lights flooded the light wood, polished floor that squeaked when I pressed the toe of my shoe on it and slid it across. There were lines on the floor and I didn't know why. I remember how often I was frustrated by my peers. Sometimes they'd say things that were nonsense, or they wouldn't listen to the teacher, or even each other. Looking back on it, I realize now that organizing a group of six year olds into cooperating, must be like herding cats. We fluttered around the gym, ready to play the game that was just described to us at length. Throw the ball to the other side of the line and try to hit someone, then they're out of the game. But if they catch it, you're out. As we grew up, I think it got more complicated…something about freezing people…but those rules were yet to come. This was dodgeball, straight up. It was all our little brains could process...

Okay, so about a month ago, I purchased the Samsung Note III (which I will review later) and more recently, I decided to get the Galaxy Gear Smart Watch that goes with my phone. I've read plenty of reviews and the majority of them seem to be negative, which is nuts! People want better app capability and for it to like...wipe their butts or something...but it's a watch! And it does what it's supposed to do perfectly. Let me tell you people... smart watches are here to stay, and this one isn't remotely as bad as many reviews claim it to be. Functionality On a scale of 1 (very poor) to 10  (freaking awesome), I'd give the functionality of this watch a 9. It does exactly what it needs to do! You can send texts using S Voice, you can make calls (it stores all of your contacts), you can take pictures/video, you can see the weather, you can use the pedometer, and you can receive notifications. And it's uber cool how the watch comes out of sleep mode when you...