Much like that movie Click, it's like we fast foward a week on February 27th, and here we are now. Things between Jerry and I seem to be relatively back to normal, though I still don't trust him or the things he does behind my back. It just means I have to be on my game for the rest of the semester, which is why I've started locking my door when I leave to go somewhere, because I realize as sad as it is, I can't trust them with simple things. But those thoughts aside, things are ok.
As far as FIDM is concerned, they've completely flipped the script, in a weird kind of way, which isn't bad persay, but it's weird. I was told by Vicki last Friday when she called that the reason they hadn't got back to me was because they were deliberating where they wanted to put in the school. Apparently according to her, they feel like I don't belong in the Visual Communication department and they think it's the wrong place for me. Not that I completely blame them of course, because in the beginning I wasn't even sure of what I wanted to do when I applied to that university in the beginning. To be completely honest, I'm still not sure what it is that I want to do there. I just know I want to be there. And so Vicki informs me that everyone discussed it and they believe it was in my best interest to be moved to the graphic arts department in the school, where they think I'd be better served. To be honest, that kind of work was never the thing I saw myself doing, but I don't think it's bad in the least bit. You hear about people graduating undergrad with a Chemistry degree that go to Grad school and get a degree in Sociology. I don't think there's anything wrong with getting a degree in Graphic Art, and as a matter of fact, I think the concept is kind of cool because it gives me the tools to learn how to do something I've secretly wanted to do all my life anyway. Anyway, the infamous Hollywood trip is now officially a week away, and I'm still a little confused as to what's going to go on. But I've been scheduled to meet Mr. Steven Reaves, Head of Graphic Design at 10am on Friday March 7th. Hmmm hope everything goes like I want. But nothing to do but wait and see.
As far as the FIIV show goes, I've decided I'm not going to attempt this year because we have problems securing a location as well as the fact that the interest meeting was completely bust, but that's okay. I didn't really feel like doing it originally anyway, so it's one less thing that I have to worry about perfecting this year, so I'm over it.
P.S. As a side note, I learned something incredibly shocking the other day from my brother. One of our oldest friends (one that I've known for over half my lifetime) has been convicted for child molestation and is in prison for molesting a little boy. I personally don't believe a word of it, and I think there's more to the circumstance, but I guess I won't know until I ask him personally.
Thursday 28 February 2008
Wednesday 20 February 2008
I'm So Over It. This Is Pointless.
But I still feel it worth while to mention it. While a bad development has come up with the FIDM people (she's saying the people that need to interview me may not be available), Jerry decides he's gonna go all Hulk on me over the fact of a pot. I need to explain. He asked me early at lunch if I planned to put up a pizza pan and a bowl and I agreed but not at the moment, and later I was confronted by Jerry, Brad and Don who all came in over the course of 8 hours to remind me about the fucking pot. By then I had just about quite enough, and I was getting up to do it, after Terminator and he came in the room demanding that I do the stuff. By then I had had quite enough and I became extremely annoyed with the fact, to where he slammed my door yelling all of that. So now, we're not speaking (he'd rather berate me via Facebook) and now commands that I cannot use any of his utensils until I come to him with some version of an apology. Ugh, whatever.
Sunday 3 February 2008
Just Like a Rainstorm
Just like a rainstorm....
And just that quickly with all the hurt and bitterness of last week, I feel it draining away from me slowly (granted it's still there) but I can feel it leaving me slowly as I prepare to for a completely new chapter in awesomeness heading my way. What do I mean? Well two things.
I had the interview with Barry Wyche in the Career Services Offices this past Tuesday for the Workforce Recruitment Program and he was just telling me since I was graduating and since he has evidence of my previous experience with the program itself, that there's a good possibility it would help me land some positions by the end of the semester. Which would be great. It would officially mean I have a job before the semester is done, which would be fabulous in many different ways.
Speaking of Barry Wyche, I have to mention that I was very thrown off by the interview. When I spoke to Lori Simmons last year about the position, she was a perfectly normal lady who was very nice and we just laughed and talked the whole time. It really didn't seem like an interview to me but I found out later that she told her superiors, that I had the best interview of anyone she worked with. Well this year when I went in to speak with him, I don't know what I was expecting, but I was expecting something a little closer to last year and what I got was a guy who was extremely, and I put emphasis on EXTREMELY disabled. He had a really hard time with speech and his body was crooked and warped and it took a long moment for me to compose myself so I could understand what he was saying. But...eventually I did do it and I think it turned out pretty well. So that's good news number one.
News Number Two: I emailed the fashion school on Thursday because I hadn't heard anything from them, so I emailed just to make sure that they had receieved the packet and to ensure there weren't any questions involved. The response I receieved from Vicki (fairly quickly, I might add) is that she receieved and was impressed by the contents which is good news for me. However now she wants me to take it to the next level and I have to send her information about my disability (which my mom has) and she wants to physically come all the way to the school in LA. Well I had no intention of traveling to LA since I thought that the interview was going to be conducted via telephone over a long distance conference. However, she says it's neccessary to see if the school will fit me and since I have to have a meeting with them anyway I should probably go ahead and come down. So what does that mean? That means that I'm going to HOLLYWOOD for Spring Break!!!!! The reason being, I don't have any other time to go over there that I'm not missing class, and the concept of missing more of Sally Valhabla classes is not very appealing. Her damn concept of Physical Science is very different from anything I've ever had so it's gonna take an actual ounce of concentration to pull off something good in her class. Speaking of which, I just had two tests this past week and I think that they were pretty good on the whole. One of which I didn't study for (World Lit.) and I probably should have. But I won't make that mistake again, for sure.
So anyway about the Hollywood trip everything is set up and ready to go. I just need to do the hard part and wait for the day to come around. I'm going on March 5th, (which is in the middle of Spring Break) and me and Matt are gonna drive up to Raleigh where I'm gonna leave from RDU at 10:30 in the morning and I'll be flying to LAX by 4:30 in the afternoon. The hostel I booked a room at is right in the Entertainment district of LA so it's right there with everything. It gives me a little time to go gawking on Wednesday evening. I'm trying to set up an appointment on Thursday morning/afternoon at FIDM giving me the rest of the day to look and then I'll have all of Friday to gaze at the city. In a word, I think it's gonna be AWESOME!!!!
In conjunction with that, I just talked to my parents and they confirmed that they will send me to Puerto Rico for my graduation present, if that's what I want. So I think this year is shaping up to be quite interesting. Quite interesting indeed. And it's only getting started.
Oh and by the way, somehow the girls here have convinced me to pull off another F & I show here at UNCP. So we'll see how THAT one goes. Later!
And just that quickly with all the hurt and bitterness of last week, I feel it draining away from me slowly (granted it's still there) but I can feel it leaving me slowly as I prepare to for a completely new chapter in awesomeness heading my way. What do I mean? Well two things.
I had the interview with Barry Wyche in the Career Services Offices this past Tuesday for the Workforce Recruitment Program and he was just telling me since I was graduating and since he has evidence of my previous experience with the program itself, that there's a good possibility it would help me land some positions by the end of the semester. Which would be great. It would officially mean I have a job before the semester is done, which would be fabulous in many different ways.
Speaking of Barry Wyche, I have to mention that I was very thrown off by the interview. When I spoke to Lori Simmons last year about the position, she was a perfectly normal lady who was very nice and we just laughed and talked the whole time. It really didn't seem like an interview to me but I found out later that she told her superiors, that I had the best interview of anyone she worked with. Well this year when I went in to speak with him, I don't know what I was expecting, but I was expecting something a little closer to last year and what I got was a guy who was extremely, and I put emphasis on EXTREMELY disabled. He had a really hard time with speech and his body was crooked and warped and it took a long moment for me to compose myself so I could understand what he was saying. But...eventually I did do it and I think it turned out pretty well. So that's good news number one.
News Number Two: I emailed the fashion school on Thursday because I hadn't heard anything from them, so I emailed just to make sure that they had receieved the packet and to ensure there weren't any questions involved. The response I receieved from Vicki (fairly quickly, I might add) is that she receieved and was impressed by the contents which is good news for me. However now she wants me to take it to the next level and I have to send her information about my disability (which my mom has) and she wants to physically come all the way to the school in LA. Well I had no intention of traveling to LA since I thought that the interview was going to be conducted via telephone over a long distance conference. However, she says it's neccessary to see if the school will fit me and since I have to have a meeting with them anyway I should probably go ahead and come down. So what does that mean? That means that I'm going to HOLLYWOOD for Spring Break!!!!! The reason being, I don't have any other time to go over there that I'm not missing class, and the concept of missing more of Sally Valhabla classes is not very appealing. Her damn concept of Physical Science is very different from anything I've ever had so it's gonna take an actual ounce of concentration to pull off something good in her class. Speaking of which, I just had two tests this past week and I think that they were pretty good on the whole. One of which I didn't study for (World Lit.) and I probably should have. But I won't make that mistake again, for sure.
So anyway about the Hollywood trip everything is set up and ready to go. I just need to do the hard part and wait for the day to come around. I'm going on March 5th, (which is in the middle of Spring Break) and me and Matt are gonna drive up to Raleigh where I'm gonna leave from RDU at 10:30 in the morning and I'll be flying to LAX by 4:30 in the afternoon. The hostel I booked a room at is right in the Entertainment district of LA so it's right there with everything. It gives me a little time to go gawking on Wednesday evening. I'm trying to set up an appointment on Thursday morning/afternoon at FIDM giving me the rest of the day to look and then I'll have all of Friday to gaze at the city. In a word, I think it's gonna be AWESOME!!!!
In conjunction with that, I just talked to my parents and they confirmed that they will send me to Puerto Rico for my graduation present, if that's what I want. So I think this year is shaping up to be quite interesting. Quite interesting indeed. And it's only getting started.
Oh and by the way, somehow the girls here have convinced me to pull off another F & I show here at UNCP. So we'll see how THAT one goes. Later!
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