I ate at the Applebees in The Empire Mall a couple of weeks ago. In Applebees, they have murals everywhere. While we were being seated, I noticed that there was a huge mistake in one of the images. One scene depicted a helmet and a football field in the background. However, the helmet could have…

I had the most fantastic time over the weekend. On Friday, I was surprised by my partner with tickets to the Stampede Hockey game. I love hockey and used to go to games with my cousin and best friend. They were some of the most exciting times. I hadn’t been to one since I was…

This week in our InDesign class, we learned about trapping. I had no idea what to expect when it came to this assignment. I learned that trapping in printing is the compensation for misregistration between printing units on a multicolor press or even between a color and a particular finish, such as hot foil. We…

House of Flame and Shadow is the third installment in the Crescent City Series. This book came out on January 30, 2024. I was excited about this release because I loved the other two books. I finished the 951-page book in about a week. While that may seem fast, I was actually quite underwhelmed by…

Valentine’s Day is just another day; however, I have been quite excited this year because my partner has many surprises planned. Although I worked on Valentine’s Day, I plan to celebrate this Friday. I am excited to see what he has up his sleeve. I believe we will eat at HuHot, my favorite restaurant, on…

Last week, we started learning how to print the magazines we have been working on. We did some test prints, and then once we made revisions and were satisfied with our magazines, we published them on nice, sturdy paper. I printed five total magazines. After we were taught how to print, we learned how to…

February 8, 2024 Over the past month I read a 4 book series called ‘The Four Horsemen’ by Laura Thalassa. The series was so good! I finished the last book ‘Death’ in five hours. Every time I finish a book or series I fill out a book tracking report that I made for myself. After…

January 27, 2024 As stated before I am an avid reader. I love to read and find it relaxing. I only started taking reading more seriously as of June of 2023. I read about 27 books from June to December. However, my new goal for 2024 is to read 75 books. I am proud to…

January, 27, 2024 This Friday, I spent the day apartment hunting. I plan to move out once I am finished with college. There are so many potential apartments in Sioux Falls that I decided to start my search early. I really loved some of them and some of them I did not love as much.…

January 18, 2024 As a side project, I have been working on a “Nightmare Catcher,” in other words, a dream catcher but spooky. I’ve been working on this project whenever I have some free time. This is just a fun design one of my coworkers asked me to build. He plans to get the design…