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First Day of School!
17 years ago
Ahhh.... it never really changes very much, does it? You HAVE to have new clothes and have your hair JUST RIGHT. And accessorize, for God's great sake.
You can actually tell a lot about a person by their shoes. So make sure they match your eyes. Your outfit. EACH OTHER.
But that's not what I'm going to talk about. I'm going to talk about MY FIRST DAY of Graphic Design Technologies.
My MAJOR.
SCARY.
Up until now, it's all been drawing and "classic" design principles. Cut and paste. Add color here. Spackle JUST SO...
And suddenly I'm awash in TECHNOLOGY. I don't even have an iPod. My computing skills are... well, I'm not a caveman, but I'm hardly on that plateau that seems to house the kids that had computers growing up (BECAUSE I'M AN OLD HAG NOW) and played a lot of video games (I put down the joystick after the Dreamcast passed on. Okay, I lie. I played GTA3 and Vice City, but they hardly count. Oh, and I'm up on ALL the Resident Evils so far, but that doesn't really count either. Sometimes I play House of the Dead 4 at Dave and Busters, but you can DRINK there...).
But nevermind that. It's an Art Class, so of course on day one we sat in a circle at the table and talked about our summers.
SPOTLIGHT.
And I haven't had a drink in DAYS.
This is what I said. You should break out knee-pads because you just might be beating the piss out of your legs:
"Ummm.... I'm Derrick. By birthday is June 10... just like Judy Garland!" (I actually SAID that. I wouldn't have gone there, but we all shared our birthdays because it helps our instructor remember our names. Don't ask, it's an Art Class. BUT THERE'S MORE. EVERYONE did something really cool over the summer. One girl made it as an at-home Titans Cheerleader. One guy is working on the mosaic out at the new shopping center. A LOT of people spent time in fabulous cities across the globe. Now it's my turn...) "My summer was mostly uneventful. I spent a lot of time at the gym and working on my tan in my backyard..."
My instructor actually asked me if I watched Project Runway. I SWEAR IT'S TRUE.
The first day is TERRIFYING!
And I still have a Throwing Class to go to tonight!
At least I can use the school gym again...
You can actually tell a lot about a person by their shoes. So make sure they match your eyes. Your outfit. EACH OTHER.
But that's not what I'm going to talk about. I'm going to talk about MY FIRST DAY of Graphic Design Technologies.
My MAJOR.
SCARY.
Up until now, it's all been drawing and "classic" design principles. Cut and paste. Add color here. Spackle JUST SO...
And suddenly I'm awash in TECHNOLOGY. I don't even have an iPod. My computing skills are... well, I'm not a caveman, but I'm hardly on that plateau that seems to house the kids that had computers growing up (BECAUSE I'M AN OLD HAG NOW) and played a lot of video games (I put down the joystick after the Dreamcast passed on. Okay, I lie. I played GTA3 and Vice City, but they hardly count. Oh, and I'm up on ALL the Resident Evils so far, but that doesn't really count either. Sometimes I play House of the Dead 4 at Dave and Busters, but you can DRINK there...).
But nevermind that. It's an Art Class, so of course on day one we sat in a circle at the table and talked about our summers.
SPOTLIGHT.
And I haven't had a drink in DAYS.
This is what I said. You should break out knee-pads because you just might be beating the piss out of your legs:
"Ummm.... I'm Derrick. By birthday is June 10... just like Judy Garland!" (I actually SAID that. I wouldn't have gone there, but we all shared our birthdays because it helps our instructor remember our names. Don't ask, it's an Art Class. BUT THERE'S MORE. EVERYONE did something really cool over the summer. One girl made it as an at-home Titans Cheerleader. One guy is working on the mosaic out at the new shopping center. A LOT of people spent time in fabulous cities across the globe. Now it's my turn...) "My summer was mostly uneventful. I spent a lot of time at the gym and working on my tan in my backyard..."
My instructor actually asked me if I watched Project Runway. I SWEAR IT'S TRUE.
The first day is TERRIFYING!
And I still have a Throwing Class to go to tonight!
At least I can use the school gym again...
