Present Joys

We didn’t have motion graphics again on monday; our teacher was out of town. He recorded a video of his screen and made a short lesson for us. Even with no monday class, I was up working well into the night.

Tuesday morning, I messed around with casting resin in a silicone mold I’d made (it went terribly, but I’ll keep trying). I also spent some time readying some wax rings for casting.

Over my lunch hour, Mr. Mohr and I had a conference call with the owner of my favorite tea company to try and sell him on a hypothetical rebrand I’d done. He loved the work—so much that we’ve planned for me to fly out and visit over spring break. Such exciting news!

After that fun conference call, I got back to drudgery. Tay and I took our One Show work over to the Hills Market to try and make progress in a quieter, calmer space. After a few hours of that, a few hours of history of 2-d design, and a bunch of hours of work at home, I rewarded myself with a slightly earlier bedtime.

There was motion graphics on wednesday. Even so, One Show kept half the class from showing up. Thursday morning was spent in relative ease. I cast a couple rings in bronze and worked on fabricating some new stuff. After jewelry, Tay, Jen, and I spent an hour putting the finishing touches on our One Show project. We had a laid-back crit that took up most of class, and then we were done! After a celebratory drink with a few friends at the Grass Skirt, I (narrowly) made it to History of 2-d on time. We spent an hour and a half looking at Viennese Art Nouveau posters—a calming dénouement.

But I guess I can’t really call that a dénouement because that isn’t the end. I drove home, played accordion for a while, changed into my dinner suit, and headed back downtown for Columbus’ 2014 American Advertising Federation awards, where I received awards and partied hard. What a week!

Day 80: thu, 27 feb 2014. At long last, presenting our One Show projects.

Day 46: wed, 20 nov 2013. Class presentation day. Audrey is a big fan of froyo.

• Started the week with a Thurber House client meeting on monday afternoon. It was nice and productive; we toured the house and learned about the organization’s programs.
• Tuesday morning, spent my morning in jewelry sprung little swatches of knitting. I’m going to cast knitting in bronze!
• Turned in 100 logos on tuesday afternoon in Mohr’s class; had a very productive crit. Too bad! Our teacher didn’t like what we brought and assigned 100 more logos for next tuesday. You have got to be kidding me!
• Wednesday morning, I met my Brand and Market Development class once again in CCAD’s MindMarket for presentation day. The usual foolishness abounded, but we made it through safely. This marks the end of a long project about medication.
• Had a nice lunch with Amanda on one of the picnic tables outside the library. After that, I raced to History of Cinema where we watched Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. At least I completed a good chunk of knitting…
• My jewelry teacher overslept on thursday morning and was late to class; most people left, but I stayed and casted my knit swatches.
• After jewelry, I went to lunch with Dana at Portia’s Café for a belated birthday lunch. The food was good and an anonymous do-gooder paid for our meal. Can’t beat it with a stick.
• Following lunch, I went back to school and changed into a really embarrassing outfit in time for my afternoon ad classes. It was a great, surreal afternoon. Mr. Mohr and various classmates brought sweet treats—I ate approximately 100 candy corns. After a short presentation by Theresa, the rest of senior ad was full of pure shenanigans. We took group photos in our halloween finery.
• By the time Portfolio started at 3:30, only about ten people stuck around and I was experiencing a massive sugar rush. We had trouble concentrating while listening to great, loud music while trying to have a critique while still dressed in halloween costumes while still eating a bunch of sugary snacks. It was a glorious time.
• Enjoyed a typically relaxed friday morning.

Day 20: fri, 27 sep 2013. Presentation day in the CCAD MindMarket starts early, while morning light is still breaking.