Its Official....

I'M EMPLOYED!

Back in march I decided to be a student host for the career fair at utah state. I dont know what compelled me to do it, but I just felt like I really wanted to. I checked in with my company and they said they didnt need anything from me, so I decided to walk around and check everything out.. it was an engineers dream come true, however over in the corner there was a company called bobunny scrapbooking, and I stopped to talk to them. They were looking for designers, so I filled out an application, and a few days later they called me for an interview. unfortunately I was going to be in Brazil when they wanted me to come in, but after I got back I made the drive down to Layton and interviewed with them. I didnt hear anything back and really just got more caught up in school and graduating to really care, but after graduation happened I realized I was still out of a Job and had no where to go. I started looking for any old job, until I got a call from Bobunny scrapbooking asking me to come in for a second interview. I was shocked. It had been two months since my last interview and didnt expect anything to come from it. I went in for the interview, they looked at my stuff again, and then told me they were going to make me an offer and I should get my contract by monday.

I anxiously waited for monday to come (thinking that it was coming by mail) and when the mail man arrived and it wasnt there I was so disappointed. Later on I checked my email and to my surprise there it was– An email from Vicki– I opened it, read through the offer and was so happy that it was exactly how much I was hoping for! So i took it.

I am now an official employee of Bo Bunny scrapbook and I start on June 7th! YAY!

http://bobunny.blogspot.com/

http://bobunny.com/

Driving with your feet up.

Are you ever alone and see something that makes you laugh out loud and wish that there was someone with you so you could laugh together instead of looking like a crazy person laughing at herself? That happened to me today. I was driving home from a matinee movie in ogden when I drove past a guy that was driving with his foot on the dashboard. I mean I usually pull my left foot up on my seat when I drive, but usually people drive with their right foot, and that was the foot he had up on the dash. So first I pulled out my phone waited for him to pass me again and snapped this quick photo to share with all yall...... then I tried to drive with my right foot up on the dashboard, not that easy... and not that comfortable.

Yup.. that's his foot, wrapped in a green business sock, just hanging out on the dash.

Spiral Jetty

A couple years ago in my art history class we learned about a piece of art that was located here in utah off the coast of the great salt lake (GSL). I was surprised when i learned about its location because I have lived in utah my whole life and never once heard about it.

It was created in 1970 by a man named Robert Smithson and it took him only 6 days to build. There was a drought that year and the water had pulled back, exposing part of the lake bottom where he decided to build it. It only lasted 3 years until the drought was over and the water rose again, covering his work. It stayed covered for THREE DECADES, the water levels fell again in 2004 and it was exposed for less than a year when once again the water covered it up. This spring It was revealed again for only the 3rd time since being built. (wikipidia gave me those facts, so they might not be 100% accurate)

Yesterday A couple of my friends and I decided to take the trek out west of Brigham city to the west side of the GSL to see the land sculpture, the Spiral Jetty.

The group: Amy, Jake, Tera, Me, Logan, Kenny

Logan Frolicking through the salty sea foam

Amy and I

Tera and I

me standing on the spiral
The spiral itself
me with the spiral jetty

Really Gmail?

So I decided now that I have graduated, I better get an email that is not linked to the school. I went to gmail and started to try different combinations of my name. I think sarah jane webb is so common that they are all taken, however Gmail had some really great suggestions.

The bottom one is my personal favorite...


Really Gmail?..... Really? I can just imagine trying to give that one to someone

"Would you like to add your email to our mailing list?"

"Yeah that'd be great, Its sarah, with an 'H' dot sarah jane webb, Webb with two 'b's, dot Webb and the number 628 at gmail dot com"

"wow that sure is a mouth full, can you repeat it so i can make sure i got it all?"

"sure that sarah.sarahjanewebb.webb628 at gmail dot com"

Thats ridiculous. Haha. Just thought I'd share!

Will work for Money

Holy cow, unemployment sucks.

I went job searching today. Mostly just picked up applications from restaurants and browsed the internet for openings. I filled out 7 application today. SEVEN. My had was cramped to say the least. I have been happily working in the same jobs for 2 years I forgot what this was like. I am desperate though, I need money so bad.

I actually considered getting into plasma donating...
that's when you know that I am desperate.

Is panhandling dishonest?! just wondering.

random thoughts at 3:00 in the morning

Even before starting this post, I can already tell this is going to probably be a whole lot of random thoughts thrown into a blog. I dont know why I feel the need to stay up right now (instead of going to bed) and write about life and the thoughts I have had over the last two weeks (which by the way has been an emotional roller coaster) but I do. So here is it: Random thoughts by Sarah Webb.

I've been in this weird contemplative/deep thinking mood lately. I keep thinking about things like why we always seem wish for everything that we dont have. Why we want to look different, act different, grow up differently than we did, be in different situation, have different opportunities, or just be a different person all together. I was driving home from st george today analyzing the terrible design of almost every billboard we passed when i noticed that we had passed like 7 different 'image changing' billboards.. day spas, plastic surgery, liposuction, and so on. It always makes me wonder, why cant we just be content? Why is there this need to be a clone of the 'perfect person' and what shapes that perfect image in your mind? Why is it that we were made to desire what we dont have? After finally sharing my thoughts with my roommate, who was driving, and talking it out with her I came to the conclusion that if we werent given this desire to be something better than we are we would never be motivated to do anything in life. As with everything there comes the good and the bad. The bad: trying to change your appearance and personality to fit the 'norm' and blaming the things that go wrong on the situations and the life you were placed in rather than your own bad choices. The good: Having the drive and motivation to become a better person, to get rid of the bad habits that you have formed in your life. To change the world.. or at least to change your world. We wouldnt get anywhere if it werent for the desire to change. Its our own choice to feed the good changes, or the bad.

Next on the list of contemplation is in the area of 'soul searching'. Graduation really takes a toll on you. All you ever hear about is how great it is to finally reach that point. After thousands and thousands of dollars being pumped into a school, you come out with a paper (which of course they charge you 35 dollars for) that says that you did it. But what then? half the people I know just go to more school because they dont know what else to do with life. We are shoved into the real world with no map to tell us where to go next. I find myself considering going back to school only because I dont know what else to do. I wonder if I even chose the right field to graduation it (how freaking pathetic is that right after getting a degree) I dont want to go back to school, I am ready to move on, I just dont know how or what to do. So what are my options?

Find a job? Ok, but where? We spend 4 years studying something we love. We shouldnt have to get a crappy job that we dont love, but we still have bills to pay.. so i am just trying to find any old job. Who the crap is going to hire a fresh out of college grad knowing full well that as soon as they find a job in their field they are peacing out and quitting? NO ONE. So I am stuck.

Go on a Mission? I have been so back and forth on this one its not even funny. I've been having this internal battle with myself for a year and a half now. Go or dont go? I get a prompting to go but have ZERO desire to serve one. I mean I love the gospel. I love sharing the gospel, but something about serving a mission just doesnt appeal to me. So I pray for desire, but it hasnt come yet. I have talked to my bishop about it and almost started my papers, but then i felt like it wasnt right, so i stopped. Three weeks later the prompting hits again. So would that be a go or dont go? I dont know.

Get married? Lets not even talk about that one. My mom wants it. Even though she tries not to talk about it too much cause she doesnt want to seem to pushy, I know she wants one of us to get married real bad. My friends all keep telling me its going to happen to me soon (In the next year they say). News flash though: I havent had a boyfriend in almost two years, and boy does that scares me a little bit. I am growing more and more content with my single life, and I feel like I am forgetting how to even be someones girlfriend. I haven't had to deal with worrying about anyone but myself for so long, I dont know how to do it anymore. I have been on dates with a couple boys I have been interested in, but when i try to show that interest I become awkward and weird, so things dont go anywhere and I continue to be single. So that option is out.
What does this all lead to: The most lost and confused I have felt in a long LONG time.

I guess I will end with the though of how much I hate goodbyes. Any old goodbye is awkward. Getting off the phone is weird, especially if you are talking to someone who has to have the last word. This has an easy solution, just say bye and hang up. Then there is the post hanging out goodbye, where the 'welp, i better get going' line is delivered several times before it actually happens and then after walking them to the door, you give them a hug and thank them for coming over and then there is a little lingering and another awkward goodbye. If you are both outside you continue to yell at eachother until the one leaving has successfully made it to their car and gotten in before turning around and walking back into the house. This is slightly more awkward than the phone goodbye, but still manageable. Then there is the 'have a nice life goodbye'. these ones are the worst. You both know that it will probably be the last time you will ever see eachother. You are both thinking it, but it sucks to say it out loud. I've had way too many of these the last two weeks. Old roommates and friend that I will always keep in touch with, but will probably never see again due to our lives going in different directions. Its really sad to me that so many people can make such a huge difference in my life and then it ends with a 'see ya never, have a nice life'. Yeah, goodbye really suck.

I will probably post some pictures soon to show you a happier side of my life :) but for now, I think I should go to bed.

7 days, 9 restaurants...sick

I thought this week would be nothing but eating in and getting rid of all of my food, but it has been quite the opposite.

Yesterday We went to dinner at Cafe Rio as roommates to say goodbye to Ashlee cause she is leaving to North Carolina tomorrow.

Today I went to Einsteins for breakfast because facebook is giving away a free bagel (who can pass that up). Then Tera treated me to Old Grist Mill for lunch because its out last 'pumpkin chocolate chip day' tuesday. For dinner: Joy luck with the parents. I ran to kaysville to drop off some stuff and to grab the vacuum.

Restaurant count so far this week: 4

Tomorrow I am going to dinner on a date with my friend Brandon. I dont know where we are going.

Thursday is the office dinner party with the other designers and Allie. I think we are going to Callaways or something

Friday is my BFA show (you should all come if you are in the area) and we are having cafe sabor cater the event.

Saturday is graduation and after I walk and receive my diploma, my family and I will be eating at Hamiltons steak house.

Tune in next week, when I will be on vacation and eating out even more.
The food baby is growing exponentially.

Girls Night

What happens at a girls night has been a mystery to boys for a long long time... I'm here to shine a little (but only a little) bit of light on what goes on at these perplexing events.

Wednesday night, all of my roommates had one last party together before we part our ways. We started the night by buying a plethora of candy and 2 pizza's. We devoured them in minutes along with 1/2 the bottle of ranch... gross.


We proceeded to build the sweetest fort you will ever see in your life. we attached the middle blanket to the ceiling fan clicker then pinned and rubberbanded other blankets to the wall, broomsticks, and each other.


Next event: prank calling. You think this is a childish thing to do? think again. Its even more funny when you are older and thinking through your story, which goes to show that you get better at lying as you get older. Here is a video of one of the pranks.



We played MASH and mad libs, read part of my 6th grade journal, had virgin margaritas, watched some kind of wonderful, and the night ended with liz's boyfriend, Brock, coming over entering the house saying "someone called about a leaky pipe?" when the provocative music started he danced while taking off his carhart pants, cowboy boots, a handkerchief and a hard hat, after ripping off a plaid shirt (the buttons went flying) he stopped just before he removed his aggie jersey and cut off basketball shorts. I have never laughed so hard in my life.


These girls are some of my favorite people in the whole world. I am going to miss them so much after next week when we are all leaving each other. You girls are awesome!

A funny email

So I got this email today forwarded from my teacher, Alan. Everytime he gets emails about jobs, he just sends them to me. This is one I got today, and its HILARIOUS... so i want to share.

Alan!!

Been a long time since we spoke. I missed you in New York due to absolute insanity at work. And you know what? It hasn't died down at all. Which is why I'm talking to you. Because I'm the kind of guy that only contacts the people he knows when he needs something. Yes...I'm one of THOSE people.

So here's the deal. At Vicarious Visions, I'm in charge of the User Interface department. I basically handle all of the UI artists here and am in charge of making sure things go swimmingly in the land of interface in our evil video games that are making children around the world fatter and more belligerent. Yay Violence!

And right now we have a lot of work to do. And we need more people. And as crazy as it sounds, hiring User Interface artists is difficult. Mostly because if you're any good...you already have a nice cushy job...because people in video games tend to hate UI....because they don't understand design. They hate type. They hate composition. It's kind of wierd.

Here's where you come in. Do you know of anyone who has recently graduated who is looking for work? We need to hire a couple of people...full time. This will be for a permanent job in this stupid industry. We're looking for people with a real knack and ...sigh, here comes a buzzword...."passion", for graphic design. We understand if they have no gaming experience...we can teach that shit to monkeys. What we can't teach is taste and talent.

So if you know of anyone, just let me know. I'd love to look at any portfolios. I'm sure your incredibly busy as usual...but frankly, my selfish and capitalistic needs come first.

Thanks!

This just in: the American culture is LAME

This year I've been exposed to my fair share of multi-cultural events and the more I see the more I realized that the American culture is way lame. Last night I went to the Polynesian student union Luau, and it was awesome. Why doesnt America have cool dances? Why is living the american dream owning HUGE houses and nice things? We're work-aholics. 60 is the new 40 when it comes to hours in a work week? That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I've officially decided I need to marry someone of another culture so I can be a part of the amazing traditions other cultures have.

And with that, here are some videos from last night. (I just recorded bits of it because I wanted to watch and not pay attention to my camera)