[ music ] Key // Devic

Until the five-day weekend is over. Thank goodness for Presidents (well, some of them anyway)!

Well, here’s the layout I’ve been putting off for about a month. Still have to fix the colors for the forms and stuff. Another time. Ever the procrastinator. Anyway, the layout features Alan, a little known J-pop singer who is actually Tibetan. I’ve been listening to her since last year and really want to support her by buying her album (already got her Red Cliff single and, as Sam says, “eat limited edition poster!”), but it’s so expensive as Japanese CDs often are. In this economy…gotta think about it.

Unfortunately, I only received two entries for the tutorial contest, so I will host it again another time when more people have free time. Sorry, everyone! And for the two people who entered, you can use the same entries the next time around.

I just want to say, dam overlegislature. For sophomores in college like me who are not eligible to receive credit for internships yet and who decided to switch majors last minute and is not in the business school yet, getting an internship is tough. Apparently, now firms have to either pay their interns or make sure the intern can receive school credit. So that means a lot fewer internships for me and others in the same situation. And to think, I might have been so close to getting a marketing internship last week, too! It’s really unfair, I tell you. I’m a very diligent worker and a definite team player who learns quickly! Why can’t I get an internship because I cannot receive credit?! I don’t even need the credit, just the experience! Blah!

Oh well, here’s a short poem I wrote listening to the song up there. Inspired by the BtVS episode “Crush,” specifically the bloody brilliant scene at the Bronze. But I may just be a bloody awful poet. *cough*

“Never a Changed Man”

Don’t try to deny —
You’re covered in me
This is how you started, this is who you are.
If I shot life into you,
I could not have been wrong.
You’ve soaked it all up with a final gasp
And now all that remains
Is submission, again,
To your true nature.

By the way, happy Valentine’s Day to those who celebrate it. Where’s my chocolate?!

So here’s the contest I’ve been putting off since forever. I decided to make it a tutorial contest so everyone can benefit from it. Anyway, let me shut up now and proceed with the rules and prizes.

Objective: Write a tutorial (with images) on anything you come up with in Photoshop CS or above (specify which version you’re using). That’s it.

Rules:

• The length of the tutorial is completely up to you.
• I will be judging based on practicality (how useful the tutorial is), creativity (for example, is this a new way of doing something?), originality (has this been done a million times already, just in different words?), comprehensiveness (are the steps clear for users to follow?), and result (does it look nice? :p).
• The format should be the same as all my other tutorials. Start with a very brief introduction of what the tutorial is about, proceed with it step by step, and add pictures when necessary.
• All entries will be posted in the tutorials section after the contest with proper credit given to the creators because sharing is caring. =)
• Please send all entries to anothertragedy@gmail.com in a .doc file (with your images included) or if you have an account on soompi, just PM the tutorial to trashstar (makes my life easier).

Prize: Because I do want to hold other contests in the future, I will not be rewarding things that cost me an arm and a leg. The prize this time will be a $20 YesAsia.com gift certificate because I am a CD collector who supports the artists and thinks all of you should, too. :D

Deadline: February 14th (because it’s Valentine’s Day and gives you approximately a month)

Thanks to: everyone who has made this contest possible by paying attention to the “Support the Site” section to the right of your screen.

Have fun and good luck!