~dewi

I'm getting impatient. I've got one week of work, then one week off, then off to school.
Oh yeah, I ended up going with Rochester Institute of Technology. The major is Biomedical Photography. I'm looking forward to it.

Even though I can't wait for work to end, the same time it's kinda cool. I can get away with pretty much anything because they're hurting for people and can't afford to lose me early.

Anyone out there use Mac computers?

I have a hair growing out of my forehead. Front and center. And it's blonde. I'm not blonde. WTF.... It's sorta cool in a really weird way...

I've got the schools I want to apply to pretty much locked.

Columbia College [link]
Penn State [link]
Rochester Institute of Technology [link]
Drake University [link]

Just for shits and giggles I think that I might apply to Lawrence University [link] But I don't really have the acedemic background for acceptance, it's a very rigorous school. But I've always drempt about it.

It's odd, it seems like every school I'm interested in, i'm interested in for completely different programs.

Also, I got a new car. 2001 Audi S4 Quattro. Whoah, what a machine. I knew that the S series was the Audi performance series, but that car is nuts. I drove a corvette once as a valet driver, and this is the only car that can compare on any similar level. But since it's an Audi, it's subtle and subdued in it's design, so it's not too flashy. But still very sharp. Very cool.

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lolfooter

Mood: Dewified

Well, I've pretty much chosen the schools that I want to shoot for. While not my first choice(but still a good one) I just applied to the Brooks institute of Photgraphy In Southern California. For the most part, I'm more interested in a liberal arts degree from a 4 year university, but if brooks would accept, then I might accept. Right now, Columbia College in Chicago is the definite preference for media schools, but we'll see what happens. As far as trad 4 yr schools, there are a few that look good, but Valpo is sort of a dream pick that I'm looking at, though not really expecting an acceptance letter. They're top notch IMO.

Man, Over the past few days I never realized how hard applying to schools is when you're not straight out of Highschool. Everyone thinks you either have an agenda or thinks you're a slacker. Oh well, to a certain extent, I suppose that is partially my fault.

Also, if anyone is feeling generous, I wouldn't mind a brand new car....

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lolfooter

Mood: Dewified

Long overdue......


Journal update!

Some great things have happened recently and I have become infinately blessed and am now actively trolling the internet, advice of friends and family and other resources looking for another home for the next four years in the form of post secondary education. Before I had relegatd my college prospects to community colleges in something pragmatic that would pay the bills. Now I've got the opportunity to expand that ambition(for lack of a better word) into finding a place where I can nuture the one thing that I truly enjoy, photography.

Due to this change, my presence here will alter as well. For one, I plan becoming a regularly present person once again and using this page as growth tool. Also, i've generally used my journal as more of a bulletin board in the past, but now it's going to act more as a real journal or blog. Mainly for my own posterity and reference. But still, if I actually have any watchers left, feel free to comment, advise, critique, or be smarmy, what ever you feel like.

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lolfooter

Mood: Dewified
Reading: Basque History of the World
Watching: Munich

It's been a little over a month now since I formally wore my uniform for the last time. And it's been an odd month, to be honest. Ironically, my life style hasn't changed much. I don't really do a whole lot from day to day, except now I come home to an actual house and not a dormroom.

Ther most interesting thing that's changed is my perspectives on life and society in general that have developed over the past 4 years. It's so much more noticable now that I don't have a peer group to interact with who lives that military lifestyle. It's amazing how much i've changed and but I suppose not suprising that only now I'm starting to appreciate how great that change has been.
Case in point. Two weeks ago a very good friend of mine was killed in Afghanistan. Ironically he was on a combat patrol, but died in a cave-in up in the mountains. The way I reacted to this news was so much different than the people around me. For one, I felt bad for Mike, that somehow he was robbed of a certain honour or dignity that comes with dying in combat. This was articulated very well by a friend of mine who used the phrase, "he didn't even get the dignity of being shipped by an AK-47." I suppose it sounds cold in some sense, but it's accurate, nonetheless. Also, I awoke on Memorial Day to the big Corporate Extravaganza on Network TV combining memorials of fallen soldiers and good braut recipies for the backyard grill. Mike was one of the ones mentioned, only briefly, though. It put put me in a bad mood right through the rest of the day. I was just pissed off. It made me mad for some reason, though I don't know why. It probably had something to do with the fact that I never had to go overseas, never had to face any sort of dangerous situation. Shit, maybe it's a sort of twisted and ego-driven jealousy.
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I'm in the process of job hunting at the moment. I haven't been working too hard at it since I still have another month of pay and benefiets left. Since I lived, ate and breathed security functions, I've been looking into and applying to companies in that field. Mostly government contractors and the like. Lots of interesting and exciting options out there, but nothing has solidified yet.

Also, I've been much more active with the camera as of late, and am hoping to actually submit some stuff again. Anyhoo, have a good one all.

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lolfooter