it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life, and i'm feelin good

go kat go comm design woooooo! you can do it!!! and remember: uncle carlo awaits! : )

today in vis comm, this guy presented to us and he was really imspiring. he made me feel like there just might be a place for me in the design world... he kind of looked like a shorter, slightly stouter version of george cloony. he talked a lot about rejecting stereotypes and his refusal to fit into any one box. he said when someone applies for a job at his design firm, before he even looks at their book, he sits down with them for an hour or so and so he can assess them as a person first. he also said the most important things he looks for in a designer are emotion & collaboration. i got your emotion right here, bitches! i'd also like to think that the d.o. has prepared me to work in just about any collaborative situation imaginable.

tuesday in existentialism, mooney talked about nietzsche's concept of lifes stages as camel>lion>child. the camel being the stage where you bear life and other's burdons, the lion where you roar against 'thou shalt' and the child being innosence and exploration. leyla said i cycle through those on a weekly basis. seems more like daily at this point... lion roar! (mrrow)

lightworks is going to pay me to tutor some professor on how to use his digital camera for 10 bucks an hour. woo hoo! i get to show him how to use a histogram and some basic photoshop work which i'm really excited for. i like teaching, and i'd like to think i make a pretty good teacher (most of the time).

tomorrow i'm going to light a water bottle on fire to demonstrate 'plastic in action' for my plastics class. don't ask me what it means, i just want to see what happens when i burn a water bottle in the middle of the comm art parking lot.

jeff stopped by today to talk about my upcoming photo project which i'm super excited/super nervous for. we're going to be shooting friday around noon and it's going to involve lots of lighting which i've never done before (hence why jeff is helping). i'm also going to need to sew me some chicken skin thursday night... hehe. kat said for a vegetarian that's pretty die hard.