on commencement and what that means.
well, i am finally a college graduate. i don’t know how my grades turned out for my final quarter but they were good enough in winter quarter to earn me an extra tassel on my hat and a “cum laude” announced after my name. it all feels kind of rushed and not quite real yet. i don’t consider my senior project really “done” so you won’t be seeing it here for some time (especially since it and most of my belongings and i are not going to be in the same state for a few weeks). i’ve got some sketches i can show you in the meantime. and i am going to make myself draw in that sketchbook some more. i might make a weekly sketch post from now on to keep my hand in and also give whoever might be reading this some incentive to come back regularly.
being out of school means a lot of scary things right now. it means in six months i am going to have a pretty expensive monthly payment on my loans for several years. it means that if i don’t draw enough, instead of my grades suffering i won’t get a job in the comics industry. it means that until i can get a job in the comics industry i’m going to have to do something else to make ends meet that will still allow me time to draw. it means that the nice sum of money my extended family has given me needs to me responsibly invested in my future rather than in some fun things that i want right now. it means i have to grow up a little bit. but hopefully not too much.
it also means leaving savannah, if not for good at least for the foreseeable future. it was a nice little place to be. i enjoyed walking every day to get places and the interesting things to look at as i walked by them. this entry is turning unnecessarily maudlin so it might be best to leave it for now.
oh one last thing: if you are one of the many people i foisted my card upon in the last couple weeks of school, could you leave me a little note so i know you found the place ok?
