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Wayne Long - 11/03/1957 - 11/28/2009

2009-12-09T16:41:00.000-08:00

"DEATH LEAVES A HEARTACHE NO ONE CAN HEAL, LOVE LEAVES A MEMORY NO ONE CAN STEAL"

-author unknown.

11/28/09 - The saddest day I faced so far.

"If tears could build a stairway

and thoughts a memory lane

I'd walk right up to heaven

and bring you home again

No Farewell words were spoken

No time to say good-bye

You were gone before I knew it

And only God knows why.

My heart's still active in sadness

And secret tears still flow

What it meant to lose you

No one can ever know.

But now I know you want us

To mourn for you no more

To remember all the happy times

Life still has much in store.

Since you'll never be forgotten

I pledge to you today

A hallowed place within my heart

Is where you'll always stay." - unknown

It's heartbreaking to write this. It was so sudden, so unexpected. He was my inspiration, my guide, and my biggest fan. When I think of my dad, I remember all the special times we had together, like when we'd play video games, ride bikes, or even when he would teach me to make breakfast in the morning. It was so much fun- we would end up spending the entire time talking and joking. Those days were the best.

When dad passed away, it felt like part of me did the same. Each day that passes, I find that I miss him even more. But the more I miss him - the more I realize what a blessing he was to me. I guess if you think of all of the years that we had with Dad... That is how long God was waiting for him, and now, God finally has one of his loving children back with him in Heaven.

He was a very special man and I thank God every day for letting us borrow him for a while. He will be greatly missed!

Dad we miss you, we love you, we think of you, we will always have you in our hearts.

I'm old

2009-04-10T00:41:00.000-07:00

So I am no longer the primary target of pop-culture marketers.

22. Weird.

made my day.

2009-04-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

Hopefully I will be getting a few more of these...Or at least snag this one...

April-

Thank you for submitting your resume. After reviewing several applicants, based on your work history, and education, the managers believe you would be a strong candidate for a position. Please give us a call as soon as possible, to set up an interview. I look forward to meeting you!

WE WON!!!!

2009-03-02T13:47:00.000-08:00

So today was the day we found out how we did as a group for our restaurant projects.

and.....WE WON!!!

There were really two competitions, and yes, we won them both.

We had a habitat for humanity fundraiser, and our group raised over 150 dollars, all of the groups together raised about threehundred-something...but we had the most money raised!

Then it was up to what grade we got, our group was the highest with a 95!

woohoo

2009-02-28T19:58:00.001-08:00

its snowing.

MY name is APRIL!!!!

2009-02-24T15:39:00.001-08:00

i have never seen the sign actually say my name. But today- was my lucky day! and yes, I went and got my free rose!

a pic of my pretty rose!!!

Nova Restaurant

2009-02-22T17:52:00.000-08:00

our whole group on presentation day

view from the gallery

uniform design

stationary

gift cards

interior design layouts

i didn't get any pics of the "leave-behind" book...but it was awesome!

branding project

2009-02-17T21:03:00.000-08:00

Phew...we have been working like crazy on this branding project! We basically have to design and think about ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING that you would ever think of - for a restaurant - graphic design wise, and we are working with the interior designers that design everything else!

The gallery has to be finished being set up by tomorrow night, everything printed, matted, painted, etc. Then we can't touch it & the judges have to look at it, and then Friday we present our proposal for the restaurant. Saturday there is a reception that is also a benefit for Habitat for Humanity - Then we can all breathe again. Until then....

Work Work Work!

(Pictures from the show will be posted after this hectic week is done)

i hate painting class.

2009-02-03T16:21:00.000-08:00

well the first still life painting is due thursday - im not going to work on it any more though - im through with the achromatic teapots.

anyways - here mom. haha.

here's what its supposed to look like.

2009-01-27T15:41:00.000-08:00

I think our ceiling is gonna fall on top of me one day.

it has been raining all day, and the bucket already filled up with water...

p.s. today I received an email that said:

April Lynn Long:

You are approved to receive a BS in Graphic Design on May 9, 2009 provided you satisfy all graduation requirements by that date.

WOOHOO

happy new year

2009-01-01T12:21:00.000-08:00

May your worst day of this coming year be no less than your best day in the year past.

art stuff

2008-11-06T07:51:00.001-08:00

This is the showcase at the top of the stairs in the art building.

My posters are on display for everyone to see!

This was our first etching print- it was a landscape view...and I rightly named it stumped - because 1) there was a stump in the etching, and 2) I was stumped on what to do and how to do it.

This was our color etching, I like etching way more than woodcut printmaking...which is why those are not on here for people to see, haha. This is one of the first prints that I am actually close to proud of. It's a cityscape view of Rome.

the shoot pictures

2008-10-21T14:47:00.000-07:00

the group - day 1

halloween decor

2008-10-13T20:36:00.000-07:00

isn't our house so cute for halloween?

we have a little scare crow guy too...but we're gonna put him up later.

my foot

2008-09-23T20:33:00.001-07:00

I sprained my ankle.

I've tried to think of a million things to blame it on: school, work, weather, etc. - but no such luck.

the pain is no bueno.

blah.

2008-09-04T21:03:00.001-07:00

today was bipolar.

good morning- went to class, no problems, happy times... actually had a (small) break to get some lunch...went to my afternoon class, it was alright - drew a lot of skeletons...went to work for about an hour and a 1/2..it was good - went by fast and was chill.

then the day gets even lovelier.

I went home after work and called my mom for a few - and while talking to her I remembered, I had a good amount of homework to do tonight. I wrote everything down that I needed to do:

Read for Bible class- (8am)

Cut mat board- and mat print (due-10am)

Study for Graphic Design 2 exam (12pm)

Read and post questions online for Graphic Design History (1pm)

Read for Art History/ workbook (2pm)

**not homework- work on logo design for internship (3pm)

So I had to go up to the school anyways to bring Lyn some shoes...the mat cutting room was open, I had matboard, so I figured I would do it today instead of before classes tomorrow. First cut - wrong size-way too small. Second cut - wrong proportions -also too small. Third cut -correct size, and no more matboard left. But that was ok because it was the right size- or so I thought. I marked out where the window of the mat needed to go, and then began to cut with the bevel razor. No, I did not have a new razor to put in the mat cutter, and yes I used the blade that was in there. My bad. I didn't even notice when I cut the first part of the window...but as I continued the edges only got worse and worse - along with my anger and frustration. So when the window is all cut out, the edges look like a mouse chewed them for me. How nice. So then I had a fit which included screaming, ripping matboard, and my face turning red. I then gave up. I went home - did the rest of the homework that I could do, and now i am going to bed in my room- that i need to tidy up - it is messy - but i can't force myself to do anything else today.

goodnight.

word.

2008-09-01T10:06:00.000-07:00

2008-08-30T18:33:00.001-07:00

lyn says i need to update.

elena said i should start blogging again.

maybe they're right.

im back to school. its ok so far. we'll see how this semester goes. big class load- plus an internship - yay.

anyways.

Art Show

2007-11-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

well- the art show is finally here. Everyone went and framed what they thought should be in the art show- then everyone's stuff was voted on. I had three pieces make it in to the show. My self portrait collage, my eraser portrait, and my night scene. I felt pretty good about all of those. So im happy they made it. Anyways - I took some pictures at the show, but i'll have to go back and take some more with the flash off. Some of them were really glare-y. But here are the ones that turned out.

my name on the list of artists!

me with my 3d self portrait

zoomed in view of my self portrait collage

***updated***
these pictures aren't much better....but a little bit.

my night scene (Frankfurt Germany)

(got some of reflection in this picture)

my eraser portrait (Joey)

ROME Italy

2007-10-09T08:42:00.001-07:00

my favorite picture from Rome - beautiful sunset.

The arch of constantine - right before i actually posed to take a picture.

The Tiber

ruins of the colums at the temple of venus and roma

The Spanish Steps

another view of the Tiber

Pantheon

The Colosseum

Fontana delle Naiadi outside Termini station

Colosseum

St Peter's Basilica

Me and joey in Vaticano

Free travel group - Jared, Joey, me, Matt, Shannon, Kevin, Ashley, Allie.

he's not real.

Circo Massimo

St. Angelo's Castle

Trevi Fountain

Me at the Trevi Fountain

Frankfurt, Germany

2007-10-03T20:21:00.001-07:00

pictures from free travel.

the apartments on the American base where Leeanna lives.

haha

joey me leeanna

me and leeanna

joey and me - sad that we were at the airport at 4am.

amsterdam

2007-09-18T09:35:00.001-07:00

a little late...but im finally getting some more pictures uploaded.

downtown amsterdam

boat tour!

on the boat tour - thats a Chinese restaurant on the water

this was our "room" at lucky lake hostel, more like a box.

another view of our luxurious hostel.

these were pretty cool

kfc- their building is a BUCKET OF CHICKEN!

Madame Tussaud's

we went to the fair- and i didn't throw up!

2007-09-12T15:00:00.000-07:00

TILT-A-WHIRL

white county fair

ferris wheel

joey got me on the swings haha.

Art project numero 3

2007-09-11T23:01:00.000-07:00

original lantern

april's lantern

more pics to be uploaded soon.

2007-09-01T16:32:00.001-07:00

UK Telephone Booth

We rented a motorboat in Windermere.

Scotland

A Museum in Scotland

Scotland

some of the art from europe

2007-08-16T13:23:00.001-07:00

Self Portrait - Mixed Media

Stick and Ink - done at Russel Park, London

Pastels... at a beach in Windermere, England

haven't been able to update lately.

2007-07-29T08:09:00.000-07:00

we have one computer that gets internet at this hostel we are staying at...for the entire hostel to use.

so haven't been able to put pictures on or update - but here is a picture of the view we have from the hostel in the lake district.

tried to get everything in today - since we leave london tomorrow!

2007-07-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

The Tower of Big Ben

Me, Kev, and Ben

HAHA!

random guard on a horse - unfortunately
i don't remember what they were guarding.
Buckingham Palace

2007-07-19T19:42:00.000-07:00

Some of us (5 and Mr. Clayton) went to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to see "The Merchant of Venice"

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

not so great quality picture of me and jared

me and janelle - right before debbie took this, janelle said for us to do our "model" poses - apparently these are them.

2007-07-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

Canterbury Catherdral

thought this was funny - starbucks right next to the old architecture.

Dover Castle

The White Cliffs of Dover

View from the London Eye

Another view from the London Eye

A "living" statue

on the london eye

Windsor Castle

Changing of the Gvard

2007-07-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

The London Eye
At Bath
Stonehenge
Hyde Park - getting a free hug

London's pretty much awesome..

2007-06-21T08:11:00.000-07:00

London is amazing. Sunday we toured the town on the double decker bus. We went to get on the boat but then got right off again - because all 4 of us were feeling sick on it. Monday we had class in the morning and then went to the British Museum, Tuesday we had class and then went to the National Portrait Gallery. Wednesday we went to Bath, and saw where they used to bathe in for the "healing" waters. Then today we had drawing class in the morning then a devo and lunch in the park.

2007-06-15T08:05:00.000-07:00

we're in London! we got here about 6:15 am this morning - pulled into the port i mean, then we took a bus, a train, then another bus to get to our "flats" I am in one with 4 other girls - its three stories - the floor you walk in on is a bedroom for two of the girls and a bathroom, the up stairs floor is the room for three that I am in - and another bathroom - then there is a floor below the one you enter on - and its the kitchen and living room. So we can finally fully unpack our stuff and quit living out of a suitcase for a good while. We went to the grocery store today too - and got stuff to make so we don't have to eat out every meal. :) Now we are touring the school facility and of course we all took time to stop and get on the internet - we will have wifi at the flats though so I can put pictures on and etc. I'll write more soon...

Love you all - April

2007-06-13T05:21:00.000-07:00

Hey guys - sorry i haven't upated lately - we haven't had internet service at the hostel we are staying at in Normandy. I am at an internet cafe for a few mins - and sorry for any typos the french keyboards are set up a lot different. I will update soon with pictures and everything - we leave for London Thursday night.

Love you all - April

***edit***
so while we were in Normandy the 2nd and 3rd day we went to Mont St. Michel

Here's a picture i took from up top of it.

And here are a few of the girls in a stair case

The second day we were there was to do some art - see mom - we really do have homework!

The next day we went to Saint Malo - it would have been cool if it wasn't raining because it had a beach - it was a walled off city - but i didn't take any pictures since it was raining.
I'll update the last few days tomorrow - a little tired right now.

*edit* more updates

The next day - Friday we got up early and packed the bus and stopped at the Dday beaches and the American National Cemetery then Bayeux - where we went and saw the tapestry about William the Conqueror and Harold, the men who led the Norman and Saxon armies in 1066. Then we went to Caen and after a few hours we got on the ferry headed to London.

*pictures*

Love you all - April

Yesterday and Today

2007-06-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

***i added the pictures!

Yesterday (Thursday)....I went to the National History Museum/Army Museum/Where Napoleon's Tomb is. Jared and I went there in the morning walked all through the Army part and the history part and still hadn't seen Napoleon's Tomb - but we learned it was in the Dome Church which is connected to and part of the museum but you had to know that before you could figure out how to get there. So after a few hours there - I walked from there to a really cool fashion museum, and then walked to the national library where there were really cool fountains and statues. Then I walked from Strasbourg to the nearest metro station i could find (MY FEET HURT) and went to the hotel - I finally did some laundry - and then the professors took about half of the group, the ones that showed up for the meeting anyway - to get ice cream. I have lots of pictures from there - but check back later for them...

Today - We got up early and went to Chartres. We toured the Cathedral and walked through all the bugs outside (there were tons and they were like little lovebugs that just stick to you) and then rode the train back. (About an hour away)

Then we went to a Greek restaurant to have a group dinner and we were the only ones there for a little while but then a big group of people from germany that were really nice showed up. We talked to them and they were soooo funny - and they were singing and dancing - it was a riot! Then they sent us back to the hotel to pack- because we leave for normandy tomorrow!

Ill post pictures on here later!

Love - April

Where did I leave off?

2007-06-07T00:49:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't had a chance to update...

Sunday we went to Saint Sulpice in the morning it was a beautiful church and had a HUGE organ - some of the group stayed after to hear the organist play - he was really good. I think that was sort of the reason we went there. :)

We walked around the city for a while...a long while... then we went to an Eglise de Christe...

And after that we went to the Sacre Couer - here's a picture i took of the view from up there....it was a lot of steps to the top - i lost track after about 250.

Monday...
We went and saw the Pompidou Museum

(which is my favorite museum of the three we went to) walked through a really cool fountain thing...

Then me and Jessica walked through the Notre Dame this time instead of just looking at the outside of it. :) It was really pretty... then we took a boat ride around Seine River to the Eiffel Tower and went all the way to the top.

Tuesday -We went to the Musee Orsay which had a lot of academic art and impressionism.....
Then me and Joey went to the Arc de Triumph -

and right before we went up we saw a really cool break dancing thing - which we stayed and watched for a while - those guys were awesome. Then we went up the spiral stairs up inside the Arc de Triumph

(I was dizzy after that) and stayed at the Top for a while..

Then Jared caught up with us and we took a night boat tour of the whole river -
and when we got off at the Eiffel Tower the Lights had just came on and they were sparkling - it was really cool.

Wednesday -
We got up early and went to Versailles and went through the museum, the gardens, and then we saw the Queen's Quarters. We stayed there and sketched for a while and took lots of pictures - those aren't uploaded yet. :)
Then we went to the Louvre at night and took a (half of the) group tour of two or three of the wings really quick. I wanted to go back and take a picture of a statue I saw - but there was a suspicious object so that part was closed. Then we walked down to the Latin quarter and most people went to eat - but a few of us walked around listening to music and just seeing that part of town.

Today I'm hoping to go the the museum of natural history, not that I don't love seeing all this art. :) But I was kind of interested in seeing that so - that's where I plan to go today.

Love you all!

April

2007-06-02T11:26:00.001-07:00

Today I went to Pigalle to see the Moulin Rouge…

You can walk in the front part of it - where the posters are and there is also a souvenir shop that was open when I went - I got a brochure - haha.

After walking around Pigalle – I went to the Louve. IT WAS AWESOME! BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL! Then we went to an underground mall and walked around, and then got a drink at Starbucks. Sorry It's a short post talk to you soon!

Love you all!

Bonsoir!

2007-06-01T13:41:00.001-07:00

We got in Thursday at about 8:15am here, and after we dragged our luggage through miles and miles of trains, buses, and metro stations, we had to walk about a mile to our hotel. When we finally got there – which took more than our professors thought it would – almost everyone went to sleep for a few hours – I walked around Makaloff the neighborhood outside Paris that we are staying at…and showered... and then Megan, Angela, and I went to get a bite to eat. Nothing amazing or even French – we had Pizza. Haha. We came back after walking around Chatelé and CRASHED.

Today our whole group went to the Eiffel Tour and had lunch around there – and then we went to the Notre Dame. We walked around a lot of the cities we’ve gone through – and taken the bus/metro/train so many times that I think we are better at it than a lot of the parisans here. :) After that Angela and I ate at Luxembourg and came back to the Hotel. It is still really bright outside and I think it is about 10:30. I will post pictures later – I love you all and will talk to you soon.

Au revoir!

The Eiffel Tower - and me!

Me, Jess, Megan, Debbie, Angela under the
Eiffel Tower

The Notre Dame

They were having a wedding there!

Me and Joey at Jennifer and Kent's wedding.

2007-05-25T22:08:00.000-07:00

Pictures from my SURPRISE party

2007-04-11T19:26:00.000-07:00

They got me pretty good.
These are a few of the pics from my bday night.

"A birthday in my mouth"

Joey and me at the BDAY celebration.

I was reading a goofy card.

Here's what was left of the group before we left

from left to right -top to bottom (sort of)
joy, mylah, kevin, luke, joey, josh
jared, lyn, me, and caleb.