I really am back now.
I am now back in town for a while. I had a couple of great trips, but it is nice to be back here. I like it out here where we live.
I went to a big graphic design conference out in Chicago a couple of weeks ago (Mac Design 2). It was so awesome, I can't even describe how fun it was to be there. There were about a thousand other computer nerds there who all love to create things with computers. It was so cool. There were graphic design superstars there (people were literally crowding around and asking them for autographs. I bet you didn't know there was such a thing as a graphic design superstar). I went to three days of workshops on photo-editing programs, digital video, and web design. About half way through the conference I had a pretty cool realization. The people at the conference all work in marketing, web design, magazines, hollywood, and other agencies that create visual art (there were lots of people there who do art for the sake of art as well... just for fun). Anyway, I realized, "Wow, these are literally the people who make the world around us look the way it does." The people at that conference designed the appearance of things from magazine covers, to food wrappers, to billboards. I felt very lucky to spend 3 days learning fromm all of them. I got all charged up to come back and start practicing everything I learned. I have so much fun with that stuff.
So that is the short version of the first part of my trip. I will tell you about some adventures that came after that, but all in good time. Bye.
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You know, that reminds me of some philosopher that I studied in school (I can't remember who it was, some European one), who stated that the relationship between the upper class / royalty and the middle / lower class is a very curious one because while the upper class likes to insulate itself and put itself up on a pedastal, in fact the world that they live in is created by the lower classes, whether they be the gardeners, the cooks, the carpenters, the blacksmith, etc. So it's like for their very existince they depend on the people that they look down upon. Always struck me as profound.
Collin, I have a hard time calling you a computer nerd..
Jasonjaz, I agree. I am not claiming to be the biggest computer nerd or anything, but I do love working with computers and creating things on them. They are amazing inventions and there seems to be an endless amount to learn. But you are right, I am not that hardcore... more of a computer fan than a nerd.
Hey Collin, I'm glad you're back. I've been busy with my full time job the whole time that you've been gone. Yup. I spent hours every day playing my guitar, drums, and other random insturments or just sitting in my basement thinking boring thoughts. My full time job is to play music/do nothing. But speaking of work, i have to go to bed, 'cause I'm working tomorrow. Tomorrow I will get up at 8am and it's 2am now. fun. Glad you're back.
~Shane
Jason,
Isn't that kind of what Project Mayhem in Fight Club was all about? All the People who really shaped the world getting together and working for some recognition.
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