Merry Christmas

Resolutions

A new comic for the new year. I'm much happier with the drawing I did on this one. It's not perfect, that first image could use a little work, but I like it much more.

I'm going to try and keep updates as regular as I possibly can, though I do have a very busy semester ahead of me. I'm working as web content manager for iComm Student Media specifically over I-News, so I'm updating I-News Facebook and Twitter posts, as well as giving final approval for all I-News stories that appear on the icomm website. I'm also planning on restarting the I-News podcast and making it available to subscribe to on iTunes. I'll let you know when that becomes available, because there are still details to work out with that.

I'm also in IBC (Integrated Business Core) this semester. IBC is a class where, with a team of other students I will be developing and running a small business on campus during the semester. We're still in the early planning stages for our business (so don't ask me what it is because I don't know yet) but that class should keep me quite busy. I'll keep you updated on how things are going with that.

Nachos

It's been a while since my last post. And I know that (all seven of) you can't function without getting to read comics on blog. So I thought I better help you out and post something up.

OK, OK you don't actually need a posting from me, but I do feel somewhat bad when I neglect the blog for a bit. I just haven't been able to make the time to sit down and draw, and then post. I've actually been sitting on this comic for a week or two now. I the lack of me regularly drawing these characters is showing too. These frames aren't consistent with each other at all. But hey, the joke is still funny. Well to me at least.

A big part of the reason I've been posting less frequently is just how busy I've been with other projects this semester. I was heavily involved with I-News this semester working as a producer, you can check out my video projects at my other blog. I also took an HTML class this semester and spent a good chunk of time designing some websites. The main one being my portfolio. It's still a work in progress. I'm adding content and still trying to get things to look right, but I'm fairly happy with it. Well, to be honest I'm already thinking about overhauling it, but I need to find the time to do that and find a design that I like better as well.

You'll find the other sites I designed this semester under the web design tab. The first one is really a rough looking site. The second I'm happy with but I used some fonts that aren't common to most computers so chances are you'll be seeing it in the second or third choice of font, which is not as strong as my first. I have my last class project site finished though it's not yet linked on my portfolio. It can be seen at paul-e-reilly.com/lessons. There are some typos and a few other things that I need to iron out on that site too, but I'm happy with the overall look of it.

My other blog will be receiving more updates soon. I'm covering the dedication of the new auditorium here on the BYU - Idaho campus for I-News. That includes a press conference and the actual dedication. So those will be up. I also produced a short documentary on the Legacy Flight Museum in Rexburg, Idaho for my senior project. That will be up there soon as well.

The semester is coming to a close. I have my last two finals on Thursday, which considering it's only 10 minutes from midnight I guess that means they are pretty much going to go down today. Wish me luck.

Peanut Butter

The fact that the peanut butter you get when you buy a jar of Reese's Peanut butter is not like the peanut butter found in the candy seems almost like false advertising. But then again it would be pretty gross to eat the candy peanut butter on a sandwich so maybe its a good thing.

I've updated my other blog. You'll find my latest news package there as well as a link to the latest full I-News show that I produced. Check it out.

Flying

The latest full I-News Show that I produced is now up. A link can be found on my other blog, or you can just go to byuicomm.net and check it out now.

I picked up Guster's newest album "Easy Wonderful" the day after it's release and have been listening to it almost non-stop. The title is right, the album is wonderful. There is one song that doesn't do much for me, but the other eleven tracks are excellent. I highly recommend checking it out. And hey you can preview most of the album for free thanks to the Easy Wonderful website where Guster has been posting music videos for each song. My three favorite song off the album all have videos up. They are "Architects and Engineers", "What You Call Love", and "Jesus and Mary".

Time Travel

When I was working at Hobby Lobby this summer the Christmas stuff started going up in July. . . and the Halloween stuff started going up the next aisle over.

Elephant on Couch

I have a new video up on my other blog. It's about the seven cities open house that happened here on campus this past week. I'm currently working on getting my first show that I produced for I-News online. I've been having some difficulties. But when I get it up I will post on my video blog about the whole experience and include a link directly to it. You can check out all of I-News at byuicomm.net. I produce a show every other week.

I went with a friend to Sammy's, a new burger joint in Rexburg, last night. Sammy's apparently has another location in Provo. It opened a couple of weeks ago here. The reason that I went was to see Allred play. Sammy's has a side room for performers to do shows in. Since I was there though I tried the food. I had a chicken sandwich called a "Hey Nikki Your So Fine". Basically its a grilled chicken sandwich with BBQ sauce, lettuce, tomato, and two onion rings on it. It was delicious. I also tried one of their pie shakes. The pie shakes are apparently their claim to fame. They blend a piece of pie right into your shake. Not low calorie by any stretch. But it was good. Not the best I've had. I think that I'll be happy with drinking soda when I go back. I'll skip the shake.

Allred was great too. I've been enjoying Allred and his music for a couple years now. His shows have always been interesting since he overdubs on stage. Recording bits then looping them to create a full song by himself. This show he was backed by a band for a good number of songs. He just released his latest album called "All We Are." On the album I think he uses the band to back him. It's his best album to date. More upbeat than his past offerings. The band adds a nice dimension too. He still did some looping on stage by himself. But the band added a nice element -- read, more energy -- to a number of his old songs. I've mentioned Allred on this blog before and if you haven't checked him out yet then take a look at "All We Are."