My final presentation is over! I am happy! Exceedingly happy. Last night was a good night of sleep. It was the first time in a week and a half that I have slept without dreaming/nightmare-ing about the wattage in my kitchen not calculating correctly, the custom cabinetry I designed falling down, somehow getting to class and forgetting my presentation boards, etc. I love design school because I honestly can’t remember the last time that I had to take a written test. I get major test taking anxiety. I sit down to take the test and forget everything I ever knew about whatever I am being tested on. The beauty of design is that I give presentations to prove my knowledge and don’t have to worry about those yucky No. 2 pencils or Blue test books.
I think I also slept so well last night because yesterday didn’t quite go according to plans. I was supposed to wake up at 5am to tie together some loose ends and get ready for an 8am conference call for work. Instead I opened my eyes at 7:15am marveling at how bright it was outside. Then I realized, “OH MY GOSH, it is already bright outside!!! What time is it?” I quickly bolted from my bed and made a phone call to my boss telling him that I would hurry but I might be late. I left the house 15 minutes later. That has to be some kind of a record, considering I packed up my laptop, 4 heavy presentation boards, dressed myself in a reasonable looking outfit, and brushed my teeth. The beginning of the day set the tone for the way the rest of it went. I rushed and crammed and got to school on time, thank goodness.
The presentation went well. I got a lot of compliments on the way I laid out my boards. I always feel like I am experimenting when I put together presentation boards. I have learned some things that do and don’t work but I am always a little nervous that it won’t come across correctly. Saturday as I was spray gluing some photos onto foam core we were having huge winds. The spray glue was flying back at me and covering my shoes in a sticky film and I was panicking that I was going to get more dirt stuck to the pictures than foam core. The photos survived and so did I. I will post pictures of the boards soon.
I am off to plan what to do with my evenings this summer. I am so used to going to work all day and school all night that when I have free time I freak out about it. I only have one class that meets for five weeks! Unfortunately it is with the most arrogant professor at the school, BUT it is only five weeks. I am planning to do a lot of organizing this summer. I need to get rid of a lot of stuff and find all of those unfinished projects that I saved for a rainy day. I am also planning on reading a few books that I have on rendering and then re-rendering a few pieces that I have in my portfolio. I think this is a skill that I could use some improvement in. It would really help my portfolio to have some strong renderings, so I plan to spend a lot of time with my hands covered in marker.
That was a lot of thoughts all garbled into one post. I guess my brain is starting to relax and needs to spew thoughts to do it. YEAH for finishing finals!
Yay! Isn’t that an awesome feeling!