"I wish I could change my Username" (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chibiqueen) wrote,@ 2008-05-08 09:59:00 |
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Life
Man, I've had some busy times lately; Disney World, going up to Vermont to see Megan, finally working on Five Star again regularly (and actually making a few pages so far that I don't hate!) and of course, worrying furiously about school plans.
I called the school I was planning on attending, and they told me that it's going to be a challenge to get in with a cartooning/illustration portfolio. The woman I spoke to on the phone said right out that the portfolio review board is "prejudiced" against that kind of work. Something about the master's thesis show. She made it sound like the major reason was because they liked the show to look good, which is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard. What does that have to do with teaching? Maybe I don't want to go there after all. Also, she said that the program was very intensive, and they wanted students who would be prepared for that. How does my genre of work reflect how prepared I am for study?
It made me pretty angry.
To counteract that, the most surreal moment of my trip to Disney World: standing in the World Showcase in EPCOT and realizing that the familiar sounding song on the sound system is in fact, by Hedningarna, one of my favorite Scandanavian folk groups. Somehow, I just never imagined hearing "Bierdna" outside of my headphones.
Man, I've had some busy times lately; Disney World, going up to Vermont to see Megan, finally working on Five Star again regularly (and actually making a few pages so far that I don't hate!) and of course, worrying furiously about school plans.
I called the school I was planning on attending, and they told me that it's going to be a challenge to get in with a cartooning/illustration portfolio. The woman I spoke to on the phone said right out that the portfolio review board is "prejudiced" against that kind of work. Something about the master's thesis show. She made it sound like the major reason was because they liked the show to look good, which is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard. What does that have to do with teaching? Maybe I don't want to go there after all. Also, she said that the program was very intensive, and they wanted students who would be prepared for that. How does my genre of work reflect how prepared I am for study?
It made me pretty angry.
To counteract that, the most surreal moment of my trip to Disney World: standing in the World Showcase in EPCOT and realizing that the familiar sounding song on the sound system is in fact, by Hedningarna, one of my favorite Scandanavian folk groups. Somehow, I just never imagined hearing "Bierdna" outside of my headphones.
