Today MATC had an event where the different progams show what they are about to students from highschool who are learning about their options for college. I helped out at the ViComm booth, and sat and drew in Illustrator with a monitor mirroring what I was doing faceing the people coming around to check out the booths. I drew these live in front of people:
I got quite a few watchers at times. It was cool.
I am working on an interactive teaching tool for Medical Rescue students at MATC with Sam. This is the first thing I have done for it, and it took about 2 hours. This project will involve all kinds of such Illustrations and I think we might have to sacrifice quality for time (and sanity).
Time, Money, and Quality. Always fighting each other.
Still working at SVA, not been too creatively motivated after work when doing it for 8 hours during the day. Quite a lack of updates here.
I will be starting school the last week of August and am looking forward to that greatly.
I had a small severe bout of depression this Monday, I woke up from a dream that made me feel so lonely and depressed I did not have the energy to even get out of bed. I know when it is plainly written like that, it seems impossible to feel that shitty, but it is. Hopelessness is quite heavy. Because of this I missed 2 days of work. The good news is I am feeling much better, and my boss was quite understanding about it. Along with my co-workers. Marcomm dept ftw.
Sheep in the Big city is so damn punny.
Halo 3 will be amazing.
Heat sucks.
My first week at SVA (Suby, Von Haden & Associates) finished last week! I am an intern in the Marketing dept. If you look at their website you can see what kind of stuff they do. And they do a lot.
We do internal items for people in the company, lots of invitations to events. And corporate collateral. So far I am getting my bearings and getting a feel for how things work and what I am doing. And as of now, it seems like I am going to like doing this for the summer.
Thanks go to all who helped me get this Internship!
I have been having fun the past few weeks. Last week after a trip to Madison with Tim we went to The Show Boat with Tony to see Swing Crew. They are a drinking band from here in Wisconsin, and they play every tuesday during the summer at The Show Boat in Wisconsin Dells. Tim liked them so much he decided to come along to see them during Canal Days on Friday. At one point we got him to go up on stage with them to do a song. He played the Belly Bongo during the song “My Ding-a-ling“. We went and saw them this past Tuesday too, and plan to next Tuesday!
In other news, I have a job! It is a full time job working in the in-house design team of SVA. I will be mostly doing production work, and a little designing. I think it will be a great opportunity for me to get into the industry and see what it can be like. I start on June 11th. Time to get my sleep schedule fixed! 
I never made a post about the Party my teacher Emmalee had at the end of school for the ViComm students. It was tons’o fun. I learned I like Hummuse and Chunky Guacamole, at least the kinds Emmalee makes. The stuff in the Wikipedia link looks nothing like what she had there.
Afterword I went and hung out with some of the ViComm peeps. That was a blast. Though I now know Fleischman’s can give you a nasty head-ache the next day. I need to find a time to hang out with em again :). Also can’t wait for game night at Emmalee’s.
Things are looking good on a few fronts. Job search is shaping up nice. Mood is rebounded nicely and things are looking great. I have not felt this good in years.
This past weekend I went to Sheboygan to hang out with Darryl for the Memorial Day weekend. It was his Girlfriend’s birthday, and Memorial day, so it kinda made sense to find the money to do it. I had a lot of fun, and made a few new friends. Darryl’s little girl is so cute.
Good stuff.
Well, tomorrow is the first day of classes for the fall semester at MATC. I will be going back and taking 3 classes this semester. Each has session on Mondays and Wednesdays.
This semester will work! It has to! New classes, new Program, new Plan. … Now I just need a job.
Well yesterday on the ‘Wings Run’ I stopped by MATC and picked up an application for a graphic designer position at MATC. Job duties:
Create posters, promotional materials, logos, and other graphic design projects for student life and involvement activities and services.
Develop video bulletin board slide presentations to be broadcast throughout campus.
Among other things…
I am turing the app in tomorrow (as in today, since it is 5:00am), I hope it goes well. Wish me luck! And thanks go to Nick for letting me know about the opening.
So today I am going to a Job interview. It seems the newly built Family Video will be having walk-in interviews today from 11:00-2:00. So I thought I might as well go over and see what happens.
I applied on their website, like they said I should, awhile back. Nothing came of that though… I dunno, I think it could turn out good. I think I would do fine in the video rental business. And I really, really, need a job I can stand. Then I can make some money and pay off these damned bills.