Good Job

Well, as you all know by now, my summer stint of leisure studies is over. I think that I am a professioal now (in leisure studies that is). I have moved on to other things. Now I am working (I am trying to pretend that I am a normal person). I took a full time job in Graphic Design. The funny thing is that I had 2 majors in college and never once took a class that had anything to do with computers. I have done freelance design for the past several years on the side, but this is a first for me to hold a job like this.

The funny thing is, it is a dream come true for me to do what I do. The summer I was 15, somebody asked me what I was going to study in college and I replied "graphic design." I surprised myself, because at that time, I knew nothing about the field. I only knew that I really liked all forms of art and I was fascinated by computers, so it sounded like a good answer, even if it was made up on the spot. The next summer, I was in Switzerland and I was playing in a band. We did a show in a city square with a huge stone cathedral as a backdrop. There was a guy with a projector and a computer and he projected video and all kinds of abstract stuff behind us while we played. It was the best show we played, and I was sure that our success was a direct result of the aesthetic surroundings. I talked to the guy who had been doing the video after the concert. I asked him what he did for a living and he said "Graphic design." When he asked me what I was going to do, the answer just popped out again.

So, years later, here I am, working in graphic design. I love it. It is all and more than I hoped. Cool right?