Ball and Bugs

So its been a bit since the last post, and I have to say it is not because I have forgotten. It has just one hell of a crazy time. The past couple weeks have been filled with work, school, work, work, oh and work. And maybe a few times of play in there for good measure. Let's see shall we begin? Alright here we go...

So for the last few weeks, Chelsea and I have been attending The Lady and Sons Company Softball games to cheer on the team. It is basically an excuse for us to get out of the house and enjoy some softball. We cheer for the losing team, as it is always the Lady and Sons. Never really having a lick of practice it is pretty funny to watch them play. Hell, they try though. The first game Jamie and Bobby (Paula's sons) played and so I got to meet them and such. When we are out there at the field I have to say it is a battlefield. Not on the field per say but in the stands. Our enemy, the sand gnats that come with warmer weather and their affinity for swarming and biting. Now in Tucson, we had gnats but never to this degree. I means its like a million of them. We try every type of insect repellent to heed off their attacks but to no avail. But we suck it up and try not to let them bother us. They are usually a good excuse to complain about rather then seeing the team lose by another 10 points. Good times, Bugs and Ball.

Two weeks ago, I was hired as the Art Director for A-5, a student run ad agency here at SCAD. We basically have meeting every Friday and go over our upcoming projects and work on current projects. Right now, we are working for a poster campaign for a organization called PATHS. Not really sure what that stands for but they deal with educating people about teen pregnancy. My role will be to create a web splash page for the roll-out of marketing material we are creating for May. It is pretty cool stuff, and has been well received in all the right places. This should be an exciting opportunity to get some more experience. Especially since I haven't really done advertising work before, sort of like a new field for me. This should keep me busy while I attend SCAD anyway.

SCAD is going pretty good, I've been calling this my 'boring' quarter. These are basically my filler classes until I start going into my major classes. Right now I am taking Speech and Public Speaking, Math, and 20th Century Art. Speech class is rather interesting as I am not one to get up and speak (when asked to make a statement I tend to whisper). But nonetheless, I must do what is asked of me. Actually, it was funny because Becca, from catering, actually said I was a pretty extroverted person (wha?!?) Quite the opposite I would say. We have given two speeches thus far and whenever I reach the podium to deliver my words, I usually forget half of them. Luckily, I prepare about 50 times beforehand (much to Chelsea's dismay) so I am able to recover a bit and finish it up without anyone noticing what I missed. So far I've gotten a 50/50 and a 99/100 on the two speeches. The one good thing about this schedule is I have found that I have little homework (compared to the multiple drawing projects of the last couple quarters). This has given me time to focus on professional things like A-5, SCAD Catering, and some Freelance. But more on that later...

Last Friday was the opening game for Savannah's minor league team, the Sand Gnats - seriously they are called the Sand Gnats. Having been prepared from our softball experiences, Chelsea and I loaded up on insect repellent. Two different brands coated our bodies before we left the house. Knowing that it would be busy, we called Blaine and Ginger to see if we could park at their house as we thought they would be out of town. To our surprise, they were in town and also going to the game. So to our fortune, we joined them. We got to the field and I had to get a hot dog because its sort of a requirement at any ball game. We also got a soda to split, which broke my rule of no drinking soda (but hey it was a special occasion). I think it had been a couple weeks since I last had a soda so I was doing pretty good. I am hooked on the green tea though (Go Twinnings!) I am back to my rule again so that is good. As for the night, We mostly just hung out with Blaine and Ginger - the game wasn't that great and we lost. Earlier that night, I had finished about three projects for catering marketing and was waiting on receiving information from a client for freelance so I was able to relax and just enjoy the game. No worry about work. And also at the field, no bugs (except for the ones playing) so we have yet to test if our deadly repellent combo works or not. Good times, Bugs and Ball.

Like I mentioned earlier, I have been doing a lot of work for SCAD catering - marketing and events. For the past couple weeks I actually didn't really have a weekend. I had been working events for most of the day. A while back was SCAD day and probably one of the busiest days for us. What made it worse is we had another event that day and people started bailing out as they had prior engagements. By the end of the day the team was just three of us - running around downtown trying to get everything in order. After a 12 hour shift it was over and I was beat. It was the end of three days straight of working on different events. Tiring stuff. I have also been working on some marketing stuff for them. This Friday is a speaking event called Inspire, its a collection of speakers from around the country that are leading professionals in the realms of design, interactive design, advertising, etc. We are doing a after party thing for them and so we decided to create custom (and light up serving trays) I created a design and we are going to try printing on a translucent material that light will be projected through to create this glowing tray. I have no idea if it will work but in theory it sounds awesome. I created that the other day and should finish them up in the next day or two. I have also created a few other things as far as marketing goes and soon I shall start on their web page. So it looks like I will be kept busy with things they will need. I am enjoying doing this stuff and I know some of you have seen a bit of my concepts so I can only promise that their will be more to come later (mostly in that same style).

As far as my 3rd and final job goes, that is freelance and it is a beast of a job. In the last weekend I have created basically a whole new website for a client, that includes a product database and online store. I am still trying to iron out the details of it but it has mostly consumed my free time as of late. Can't really go into much detail right now, but I'll probably share the inner workings when I am finished. Until then my friend, good night