Present Joys

I interviewed with OhioHealth for an in-house graphic design internship last fall and started working there in january: downtown Columbus, a few blocks away from school, on the 30th floor. And today was my last day there! The people were, for the most part, kind and enjoyable. The whole experience was educational and edifying. I will miss it lots and lots.

To celebrate the end, I took lots of photographs. Also, I finally broke down and went out with fellow interns Lindsay and Audra for a delicious sushi lunch. A terrific ending.

So long, friends. I’ll be back to visit, hopefully! I still have my id badge. (don’t tell anyone!)

Oh! I forgot to post this picture of Mr. Burleigh and me that I took on the last day of the school year. Two years together!

• Didn’t go to school at all on monday; instead, spent all day working on the White Castle presentation.
• Endured my last tuesday: sat through three hours of presentations in Ad and Advanced Type. Presented the mondo White Castle project.
• Turned in final work in Advanced type.
• Went to draping. We spent an hour and a half critiquing our final garments before Cheryl Steele dismissed us for an hour-long break. So I sat in the garden by the library and relaxed, then went back to say my final goodbyes.
• Had my very last class on thursday morning with Mr. Burleigh. I gave him a card then drove straight to Great Clips to get a buzz cut.
• Went back to campus on friday afternoon to see the newly-put-up end-of-year show. Ran into Ben Mahan.

• Turned in my final package design project, which I spent all of three weeks on. Mr. Hazlerig gave us an insta-grade™ and I got an A, so I’m not complaining.
• Did some homework at a table with Colleen, whom I hadn’t seen in ages!
• Had friendship lunch at the Hills. It was just me and Ian this week; some of the others were at a lecture about Family Guy, which I did not attend.
• Had a White Castle-themed meltdown with my team on tuesday morning.
• Made actual in-class progress on a project in Advanced Type. There must be something in the air this time of year.
• Took my “final exam” in Draping, for which I had to drape and create a pattern by looking at an illustration. I haven’t got my grade back yet, but I’m sure I did poorly.
• Forgot to take a crucial piece of draping homework with me, causing me much duress.
• Used my charisma at the CCAD library to access their button-making machine (for White Castle purposes, of course).
• Finally heard back from Cheryl Steele about the mysterious lost draping homework. Had to invade a senior fashion crit to get my work back. On the plus side, Cheryl Steele texted me, which was practically on my bucket list.
• Got annoyed at the warm weather all week.

• Had a very disappointing monday, consisting of an extremely dysfunctional package design class followed by an ill-planned friendship lunch. (Turns out the tiki bar on Grant is closed on mondays.)
• Managed to tweet about White Castle a whole lot, but didn’t do a whole lot of actual work. This project is shaping up to be quite challenging.
• Almost broke down into tears in Cheryl Steele’s class after realizing the true amount of work due. It doesn’t help that the class is full of fashion majors to whom I cannot relate on any level.
• Finished up my package design project in a hurry on wednesday night with copious amounts of glue gun, all so I could use the shrink-wrapping machine at school on thursday. You see, I have all these things planned out very carefully.
• Had some nice old-fashioned group critiques in Advanced Type both tuesday and thursday. It is nice to sit in a circle and talk about your work.
• Braunschweiger sandwiches.
• Worked on my final garment for Draping. Lots.
• Drove back to campus friday evening for the opening reception of the senior graphic design thesis show. Introduced myself to one of the senior ad teachers; ate cheese; awkwardly misunderstood sarcasm; criticized and lauded people’s work with A, my critique cohort.