:: Life on Planet Dan-E ::

:: Thursday, December 04, 2003 ::

I'm finally done with finals!!! I have to admit, it went much better than I expected, though not to say it was a cakewalk or anything but I'll take it. Thinking back on my first quarter of art school, it was easier than what I was led to believe. I have been given the reassurance that all following quarters will get progressively harder so I should enjoy this while I can.

One thing I couldn't anticipate was the relationships developed with certain professors. I have respect and admiration towards one, a feeling a of benevolent indifference (if that makes any sense) for another, and deep-rooted animosity towards a third (I'll probably expand on that later). I've also become friendly with some of the school's staff members, as well as the president (Ron Seichrist) of the school since I was one of the regular participants of Ron's Sunday Soccer before I started working. Not that I'm anything special since he's near-universally liked and respected. It's not so much that he's a pioneer in the industry, or a visionary who created a school whose curriculum is focused solely on the commercial arts, or even that depsite all his accomplishments he still manages to be a friendly, accessible mentor-figure, or that he's married to a pretty hot, yet intelligent wife who just happens to be co-president of the school (the last one is an opinion shared mainly among us guys). No, he garners much of that repect from the fact that he's in his 70s and still comes out every Sunday to run around with, and often outplay, the rest of us, most of who are a mere third of his age.

It's still surprising that I don't miss Los Angeles. I miss a few friends and certain aspect of LA that I long for (I could do an entire, fairly lengthy blog about not having a car anymore =/ Hell, I just might.) So as my return date nears, I'm left with bittersweet feelings; glad to be going back to the only place I've ever called home, yet I can't help but feel that the 17th is approaching all too quickly. I plan on thoroughly soaking it in, since I'll probably spend all of 2004 in South Beach.

:: Miscellaneous Ramblings by Dan-E at 4:29 PM [+] :: | 0 comments
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