This is me.
in Games, Geeky, Miscellaneous
Although I’ve had this website for several years now, I have never really written much about myself personally. For the most part it has simply been an art post every once in a while, so let’s change that. Let’s start at the beginning, or at least with an introduction.
My name’s Jodie. I’m currently a fourth year Visual Communications Design student. In just five more months I’ll be graduating with a Bachelor of Design, majoring in Character Design. I’m originally from a little township in Ontario called Oro-Medonte and went to high school in the lovely Sunshine City, Orillia (click on that link, I dare you). I moved out to Alberta all by my lonesome to attend ACAD and obtain my degree. As for what I’ll do after I get my degree, well, that’s still up in the air. I suppose we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
I don’t do a heck of a lot of web design these days, but I still do a lot of web development coding (mostly custom back-ends and small applications). My next web project (after finishing the secret one I’m currently working on… shh) is to give this site a much needed design overhaul. It’s been sitting around being stagnant and boring for far too long.
So we have art here, we have general internet geekery… ah, and then there’s one other thing. This site, as well of all of my other sites, have all been a part of something much bigger: a quest for knowledge. I am by no means searching for the holy grail. I’m just looking to learn.
Along with wrapping up my degree, I’ve also been undertaking a few more things. One thing I’ve been working at is trying to learn Korean. It is a really beautiful, and not to mention, logical language. At the moment I’ve almost memorized Hangul (the Korean alphabet) completely. With that first step under my belt, I’ve started to put together a very basic vocabulary list. Once I’ve got some basic words committed to memory, I’m going to get to work actual grammar and sentence structuring. I’ve got a vague handle on it already. So far it’s been really fun. :)
Another thing I have been pulled into is playing Dungeons & Dragons. It sort of felt inevitable, and by simply agreeing to play I felt my nerd cred rise by about twenty points. I’ve never played DnD before in my life. However, I’m willing to at least give it a try. I found it a little surprising how much I actually knew about DnD through other games. I’ve always been a bit of a gamer (predominantly consoles & handhelds). Anyway, so far all I’ve done is create my character. It’s some sort of creepy Tiefling Rogue critter. My DM is either going to love or hate me. I’m probably going to end up getting either myself (very likely), or my entire party killed.
Have I mentioned that I’m a girl yet? And single? Hahaha.
Here’s to new beginnings.
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I’m glad you posted something like this, Jods! Here’s to new beginnings, indeed! Did I mention I got ill the other night when we went out drinking? That last cider was a baaaad idea. hehe. You should teach me how to do this mirrored entry thing though.
Poor Spenny. I was pretty drunk too (was giggling to myself while alone in the washroom because I couldn’t walk straight), but I’ve gotten better at knowing what to avoid. So no sickness or hangovers for me.
Also, tequila is a wussy drink.
Yay d&d! I haven’t played in over a year. =/ I miss it.
Also, you’re a girl *and* single?! I wouldn’t go telling the world, you’ve got qualities that billions of nerds are interested in. ;P
I’m at an interesting point in my college career where I need to pick up a language, as I’m changing my major from Art to English. Arabic, French, Spanish, and Italian are my only options, unless I find transferable options elsewhere. How’s learning a language with an alphabet you’ve never really dealt with (assuming it isn’t)?
Well I’m going to be playing the 4th edition of DnD, which I’m told is rather dumbed down in comparison to previous versions. Still, considering the people I’m going to be playing with, I think it’s going to be pretty awesome. :)
Yes I am! Don’t let my slightly gender ambiguous name fool you, lol.
It must be tough changing majors. I’m kind of glad that I’ve got the rest of this semester and next pretty much all planned out for me. Learning Korean actually hasn’t been too bad. I’m finding it a lot easier than when I was trying to learn the basics of Japanese. It all seems pretty straightforward.
x) Hooray for new beginnings.
I’ve just finished my first semester as an Illustration hopeful at an Art school.
How did you possibly learn all of the coding to make all of the wonderful thing you do? I know HTML and very basic PHP, but I’m not sure where to go next. I’m in serious amazement of your web development knowledge.
Good luck with Illustration. :) As for learning how to code, I’m all self-taught. All it really takes is finding the motivation to teach yourself. If you’re interested in learning PHP, PHP.net is an invaluable resource. There are countless other resources out there though. If you want to learn something new, try checking out AJAX/various JavaScript frameworks. A lot of sites make use of that now.