So lets see here. School…I spent some time over my vacation working on my final project for Digital Typography. I got it most of the way done, but I need to do some more tweaking and proofreading to make sure everything is all set. I also have 2 images I need to add that I somehow forgot to spec out when I was doing all the measuring stuff. I’ll probably get around to doing that tonight.

Speaking of school, I can’t remember if I mentioned registering for next semester’s courses, but I’m going to be taking a photoshop class which has the potential to be really, really boring. At least the first bit is, considering I generally know the basics of Photoshop so it’s not exactly going to be anything ground breaking to start. Could get interesting towards the end though.

After that I’m not sure what I’m going to be doing. There’s a digital photography course that tends to run when I can take it but, as I mentioned earlier all of the core graphic design courses (the one’s I’m really interested in) only run during the day, when I’m at work. And I’m not in a position where I can really reduce my hours or quit my job or whatever to go after that realistically. So I’m not really sure what to do from this point onward…

On the brighter side of things, Wassy mentioned last night about having an idea for a new piece of Frost artwork (a christmas-y themed piece, which would fit the character perfectly) once she gets some time which I’m quite excited about. She’s really improved her abilities over the course of this semester, so I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do with the character now. Added to the fact that I love getting new gift arts and it’s a definite “win” situation.

I’m also simultaneously looking forward to and saddened by the return of the TV show Dollhouse this week. Happy to see it come back because I enjoy it (and Summer Glau is joining the cast) but saddened because it’s being canceled. It’s not a great show, and not up to the standards of , say, Firefly…but it was solid and had so much potential which seemed to be tossed away. I blame the network for  imposing a bunch of 1 off stand alone episodes when the series screamed for a story arc and the creators of the show for continuing that line of thinking into season 2. Hopefully it ends well, considering they were given enough notice to wrap things up nicely. And hopefully some of the actors (especially the guy that played Victor) get work elsewhere. Because there was a lot of really great talent there.

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I finally got around to watching the first episode of Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse last night via Hulu. In fact it was a Hulu commercial on during House that reminded me of the fact I needed to watch it.

If you have not seen it the basic premise, as far as I understand it, is that there's a group of young women called "Dolls" who have had their personalities wiped for the purposes of being able to be implanted with various other personalities. These Dolls are hired out to do various jobs with support from their ever changing abilities and personalities. After they're done, they get wiped back into a clean state and await the next job. All of this is, of course, highly illegal. The show focuses on one of these Dolls, named Echo.

The first episode was…intriguing. There's a lot of potential for good stuff happening and there's enough mystery where they can really uncover some interesting plot twists along the way. I haven't watched the second episode yet, but people have mentioned that it's even better than the first one is.

However, this show being on FOX, who has an itchy trigger finger when it comes to show cancelation has me worried. Especially since it's Joss Whedon show…but the ratings seem decent. I just hope they let the show grow a bit before they think about canning it (RIP Firefly…RIP…)

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