Posts Tagged ‘graduation’
Harvo!
Congratulations, bro!!
It’s been a year now.
Wow. It’s really been a year since I graduated college. And in this year, what have I accomplished?
Attaining a degree.
That’s pretty important and its kick-started this time frame. I can’t say I’ve ever done it before who knows if and when I’ll do it again?
Been financially independent.
Except for borrowing money to pay off my smaller loan in full, I’ve paid for all other expenses on my own – and am chipping away at the loan chunk, as well.
Was hired full-time.
Although my first “big-girl job” doesn’t require a college degree, it’s still a real-deal, full-time job with benefits.
Photographed a wedding.
My mom’s co-worker needed a cheap photographer – being new to the field, I couldn’t charge much. April was satisfied. I’m available for freelance – I’ve just got to practice my stealth ninja skills.
Made a book.
Funny that I accomplished the task of making an actual book before I could complete writing one – and I’ve been writing for years.
Shot enough photos to make a small gallery.
And now the gallery will be available for viewing at my new apartment for a small cover of $3.
Read my poetry aloud in front of strangers.
Last May, there was a memorial service who my grandfather who passed away in January. As a result, I wrote a poem, which I titled On Portraits of People (acronym from Opop, which we called him). My brother and I collaborated and performed during the memorial service.
Discovered 120 film.
With my ThankYou points from my credit card, I purchased a little plastic camera called Diana F+ which I have grown to cherish. This camera took 120 film (medium format, square film) which I had never worked with before. In the year since this discovery, I have become even more fond of this type of film than 35mm. I now see photos in square format.
The gallery begins!
Sorry for all the delays in postings, friends! Sean and I have successfully moved and are slowly but surely getting unpacked and presentable! The neighborhood is great and the neighbors are even better. I’m thinking it’s going to be a great year!
Sadly, there won’t be any Cabermuckly and Resonhoe cohabbing… but in the age of the internet, we are still quite unstoppable!
I just got in from Michaels (Art Supply Store) and now have a MASSIVE haul of frames (28!!!) since there was a super awesome sale (plus a super awesome coupon!). There’s definitely no stopping the gallery creation now. Well, the lack of nails might, but that’s only a small problem!
I’m also contemplating a series of photos to start on for the fresh new (lease) year.
Once I’m more settled at home, be sure to be on the look out for a flush of entries – including a year’s wrap-up since graduation and the beginning of a story I’ve been working on.
Is this real life?
Enter 2010.
I’m not one for year end of the year surveys. Instead, I just want to reflect on 2009 and what I’ve accomplished.
In 2009, I:
- graduated from Towson University, Cum Laude, with a B.A. in Mass Communications. I was short one course of completing a creative writing minor.
- completed two small websites – one which featured a multimedia project on Baltimore.
- created ShleeVincent.com and began to create and manage a blog and online portfolio.
- got a plastic toy camera called Diana F+ and began experimenting with medium format photography and film.
- attained a full-time job at a portrait studio.
- moved in and began collaborating with Kerri O’Neill.
- documented the Whartscape Festival for DTR Webzine.
- used my passport and ventured to Montreal.
- was inducted into Lambda Pi Eta (a mass communications honor society).
It’s been an interesting year and with no concrete plans for 2010, I can only say, “Is this real life?”