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!)

• 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.

• Learned the hard way that pretty much nobody in town can do a coil bind longer than 11”.
• Was told that my drawings look like Ingres’, which is something teachers keep saying to me.
• Took my last anthropology test, which I felt really unprepared for but ended up doing well on anyway.
• Locked my keys in my car and had to have CCAD security break into my car (and they did an excellent job!)
• Turned in my final project for the Worst Class of the Week, ended up getting 100% on it! What a relief!
• Turned in my photo portfolio and said goodbye to Barb.
• Took my fourth and final science test, which seemed to go really well.
• Presented the final of my team’s seven-week-long signage redesign project, which also went shockingly well.
• Ate Christmas cookies and chocolate milk brought into class by Mrs. Tabler.
• Finished my illustration class with a short 90-minute crit.
• Visited Ian’s ceramic studio space where he gave me two amazing teacups.
• Had one last on-site friendship lunch where Dana also gave me an amazing teacup. (My friends are the best!)
• Re-printed, mounted, and wrapped all my work for Burleigh so I could turn it in for extra points. Ended up using the cheapskate mounting technique™ for several boards—don’t tell!
• Brought homemade gingerbread cookies into Burleigh’s class, which ended up getting kinda upstaged by Audrey’s Panera leftovers-in-a-trashbag. But that was ok.
• Didn’t have to go into class on thursday until 12:30; had an extremely short knit-n-crit.
• Said goodbye to absolutely everybody.
• Gave Mr. Burleigh a hug (not as awkward as you might think).
• In summary: WHAT AN AMAZING SEMESTER.