Kim Boomershine

Very Interesting...

When I enrolled at Southeastern Community College, it was in the Graphic Communication program. My first semester I took an Introduction to Computers class at the same time I took one of the major software classes that was pertinent to my certification in the  design industry. Needless to say, it was overwhelming and frustrating.

One thing that is not made clear at SCC in the beginning is accessing the college network, Hawknet. For instance, I had been enrolled for nearly a year and working as a lab monitor before I knew that in order to access Hawknet, one must type their whole email address, for instance, mine: kkboomershine@scciowa.edu and then your password. Simple, once you know.
 
The SCC system also makes me crazy with the whole lock out system. After hours people who get locked out cannot access the college network until calling the college and placing a request to unlock the account. That is really un-handy when trying to access an online class. Should this happen to you this may be circumvented by directly logging onto to ICCOC web site. There is a link on the current student page.
 
Another thing that I think would be beneficial to SCC is some common communication system which is kept up to date. For instance, what were the results of the Student Art Show? There was an opening reception, but most of us were not aware of when that reception was, because we were not informed. We have the MISCC, the SCC current students web page whose information is not typically current, and the bulletin board system. Myself, as a student, I check email and current student page often throughout the day, so that seems like the most advanced and common communication tool. Teacher announcements of what is happening on campus that day, before class starts would be a nice reminder also.

On a more positive note: SCC offers a great selection of classes. Being a knowledge seeker, I am often pulled in many directions. I began the Graphic Communications program, became interested in the IT program, and now am being sucked in by the new Animation program being offered this fall. My sensible side says move on, but my curious, learning side says: enroll in the Animation program, it's something you've always been interested in.
 

Well, it seems as if my future is a roll of the dice. I'll let you know what happens, so tune in. My blogging gig here at SCC will be ending, but I intend to get my own typepad account and continue blogging, so add me to your favorites. I also have a web site under construction: kimfix - a web site dedicated to all things KIM. lol. I'll post a link when I get it up and going.
 

 Enjoy the sunshine peeps!

 

 

Deadline

Slipp’in in under the midnight deadline…work’in hard for the $. Lol.

 

 

Someone pass me the barf bag...

These days, I feel as though I am on a roller coaster ride. Some days my arms are in the air, enjoying the ride...
 

other days I have a death grip on the security bar and am paralyzed by fear.
 

I imagine many of you know exactly what I am writing of.

The ups and downs
 
often gives me the sensation that I might toss my cookies which may cause a chain reaction among my readers...
 

Whatever the future brings...
 

I know this…
 

In speech class they say image everyone naked it makes it easier to speak in front of a group, well, here is my vision of the roller coaster...
 

Hold on everyone and have a good one!

TLC

Are you the type of person who commits random acts of kindness? Do you lend a helping hand? Can you say 'no' to another’s needs to tend to your own? Are you less forgiving of yourself than others?
 

My gig is, I expect a lot of myself and therefore expect a lot from others too. This is a grave error on my part and constantly sets me up for disappointment. I want things done right to the last detail. And then, I remind myself that in the finite end none of it really matters.
 

That doesn’t mean, don’t try, that just means be kind to yourself along the way and extend to yourself the common respect, nurturing, and caring that you give to others. During stressful times remember to take a deep breath and stay in the moment. Baby steps lead to giant leaps.
 

 

Let Them Eat Cake

I’ve never been partial to the institution of marriage so imagine my surprise when I realized the royal wedding was of interest to me.
 

I plan on tuning in to watch Prince William and Kate Middleton exchange vows on Friday, April 29^th. 
 

The pageantry and romance seduce me, along with an interest in seeing the wedding cakes made for the event. Charles and Diana had 27 wedding cakes. Here is a pic of one...
 

ABC coverage begins at 4am Eastern time. Seven hundred and fifty million people tuned in to watch Charles and Diana’s wedding, the projected statistics for this event is a billion +.  

As I was creating this blog something occurred to me…I do not know nor do I believe I have heard the surname of the Royal Family, so, I googled it and found out this: The Queen's children, on occasions when they needed a surname, Mountbatten-Windsor is used.

Who is paying for this $50 million dollar wedding? It is a combined effort. The Windsor’s will pay for the wedding and the tax payers will pay for some of the other expenses.
 

This wedding is especially eventful because it is the first time a Royal has married a commoner. Kate comes from an affluent, but non-aristocratic family.

A little fun fact: all kinds of bets are being placed on the royal wedding, from the color of Kate’s bridal gown with odds of 4-6 that she will pick ivory; 7-2 she will pick champagne. There are 100-1 odds that she will wear red. Same for the length of her wedding train – odds: 15-8 that it will less than 8 feet and a 10-1 shot that she will have choose the longest train in wedding  history.
 

The odds are 8-1 that Kate omits the word obey from her vows.
 

Odds are 25-1 that Prince Harry will get drunk...
 

Other bets include: whether the Queen will get drunk (100-1 odds)...
 

some are wondering if Prince Charles will disappear with one of the brides maids...
 

and who will catch the bridal bouquet, bets are on Pippa, Kate's sister...
 

My bets are placed, the champagne is chilling, my tux shirt is pressed, and I am ready to celebrate in royal style...
  
 

 

Peeps

Today, I sit here thinking, “I don’t have time to blog,” studies, family, work, moving, the holiday, primary relationships, secondary relationships, friends, and having too much life in general is preventing me from posting.

And then I remind myself to stop, take a deep breath, and relax. Handle things as they occur, and don’t invite trouble by worrying.
 
Easier said than done, but I am going to take on a new attitude and throw it all to the wind, let things happen by chance and see how it all works out.
 

Have a good one peeps! ;)

P.S. which reminds me, I did put some peeps in the microwave, an Easter tradition, here is a simulation...
 

 

The Things We Do

We run to and fro, consuming large amounts of caffeine to stay productive and accomplish the daily tasks of life.
 
Often times this is overwhelming.

When I find myself ignoring my own needs and not properly caring for myself by getting enough sleep hours and healthy food into my body, an inner siren sounds alerting me. Once conscious, then I try to make the appropriate changes to restore balance.
 
I tend to run in extremes, so for me balance is essential.

So important, as a reminder I had the Buddhist Ohm symbol tattooed on my neck.

Each time I gaze into the mirror the visual reminds me to strive for balance and keep things in perspective.
 

What's New Pussycat...

I have three cats that live with me. Each has a very different personality from the other. LaQuita is loving and wants attention on her terms only. Usually it’s a stroke or two on the head and then a hiss, hiss, puff, puff, ending the display of affection. Disregarding her displeasure typically results in a hard nip or bite to the hand.
 
Affectionately known as Quita or Qeats, she is independent, fairly anti- social, and likes to cat nap in the sunshine.

Anna Banana on the other hand is a copy cat. As she observes the other cats activity or their favorite place to lay, she copies their movements or steals their favorite snuggle spot. She is also the social kitten, is quite vocal, stating what is on her mind. She is also the partier of the group. 
 

Jen-Jen, who I nicknamed Benny, is my loyal, loving, lap cat who follows me from room to room and eyes adorningly my every moment.
 

They have run of the house when I am away. Sometimes I’m gone a week at a time and I often wonder what they are up to…here’s a taste of what runs through my mind...
 
 

 

Bad kitties on the lamb, hopped up on cat nip! Lol...What's new pussycat?
 

The Joke's on Me!

In one of my recent posts, I blogged that my vehicle had been vandalized, a rock thrown through the window, the glass shattered and the perpetrators made off with cash and merchandise,
 
along with my house keys and extra set of vehicle keys with remote. I was being uber organized, packing my car the night before a planned road trip,
 
hoping to get an early morning start and burn up some road since I was on a tight time frame and traveling 1200 miles one way. A plan, that certainly went askew.

Now I am dealing with the insurance company after filing a claim. They separated the claim
 
into household and auto so there is a $1000 instead of $500 deductible and, they do not cover any items that were not mine and I had borrowed a GPS from a friend and was transporting some high end media equipment that needed to be delivered to the same destination.

I ponder the lessons I learned:
 
and insurance, is the great American rip-off, established under the guise of a legal business.

As a consumer I am sick and tired of all the disposable products and the legal clauses that businesses use every day to break the backs of blue collar Middle America.
 
I am pondering the ethics that we discuss in classes. We are prompted to do the right thing, and make wise choices, that benefit both persons, not just one, so that both feel good about situation. I for one am going to make my consumer dollars count.

No more shopping at Target; Mediacom, due to poor service; Walgreen's - every trip requires a return trip to the store because the cashier does not ring up the sale price of any of the featured weekly sale items; and now, State Farm Insurance Company. 

I am done doing business with and giving my money to companies that do not deserve my consumer dollar. So, when I am done posting this blog, I am going to promptly cancel my policy with State Farm Insurance, but only after I check the fine print to see if I terminate my policy, does it cancel my claim.
 
The jokes on me for not reading the fine print and not knowing the proper questions to ask to assurecoverage should mayhem occur. I mistakenly thought that my agent would help me create a home/auto/personal insurance package that would protect me but instead after I was violated and robbed by a thief and I was then raped by the insurance company. A true case of adding insult to injury, or vice versa.

Curious, I googled to find out if in blogging about such matters if I need a disclaimer, and I do… “If you have a blog, website, ebook or other information product it’s a good idea to include a disclaimer for such things as earnings, warranty and limits of liability.”

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A little bit me and a little bit you...

I’ve always had the reputation of being a bad girl. And, I have a very good friend who is considered a good girl. We are a clash of Joan Jett and June Cleaver.
   

Noticeably some of my bad girl attitude and vocabulary has rubbed off on her.
 

She made a comment to me one day that she felt as if she had not affected any change in me. “Golly…really?” I replied, an utterance totally out of character for me.


We laugh about these changes and sometimes ponder what they mean as we observe the stars in the night sky, talking softly about the world and how we fit “in” the scheme of things. What I didn’t say to my friend is that she has had a profound effect on me. She is the most decent, honest, kind person I know. She restores my faith in humanity, a feat not easily accomplished.