Discovering Digital Media

Finished, FITC, and Freedom

So… I’m officially a real person. Or at least I’m supposed to be. I’ve finished college, but I’ve yet to find a job… or even job prospects! I’ll always look back at my time at Seneca College as a good one. There’s been ups and downs, but I’d have to say I’ve been the happiest the last two years, learning to do the work I enjoy doing with people who share the same interests.

I’d like to thank a few people, starting with Samina Patel, Alex Steacy and Danielle Pepin. You kept me sane, you kept me on track, you were my partners in crime, as well as on projects. You were always there when I needed an ear to bitch to, or just a shout out for help on work in the middle of the night. You listened when times were tough, when I felt like giving up, in school or otherwise. Thanks big sis Samina, thank you ARECKS, and thank you Danielle… cause I never call you anything silly. Derp.

Next I’d like to thank Frank Duffy, without you I’d never have gotten that Flash site together in time, and Kim wouldn’t have either.

Also I’d like to thank Laura Kucharchuk, Amanda Davy, and Daria Magas-Zamaria (not that she’ll ever read this, lol) for being super-awesome.

Lastly, I’d like to thank Kimberley Hollett for spending many an all-nighter on work, cracking the whip (people will lol hard at this, but in all seriousness, I wouldn’t be where I am without her) lighting the fire under my ass (same applies to this) being my partner in almost every project possible, being my partner in dinner preparation, being my partner in Brawl, putting up with my sometimes grumpy moods, and being all around the best person ever. I love you. <3

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With that out of the way, after we finished classes, we all loaded up the truck to take our Senestuff to FITC. FITC was three days full of presentations, booths, swag, and dinners out. I manned the Seneca Booth a lot of the time, answering questions for people that came around, converting videos to show on our screens, and trying to get people to blog. Which they didn’t much. (If anyone’s wondering about the skin, Kim couldn’t get the FTP working with the info we were given. -_-; )

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Now for part three, freedom. What have I been doing, what will I be doing? What is next for Craig Follick?

Well, since I got home on Thursday night, I’ve just been hanging out at home, sort of winding down. I borrowed my friend’s PS2 and I’m re-playing my copy of Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil (one of my top five favourite games of all time) to prepare for the remake of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile that’s coming out for Wii next week. Also, Kim bought me Animal Crossing: City Folk and SSX Tricky, so I’ve been playing those too. In the near future (probably tomorrow) I’m going to start building a website for myself, probably simple at first. Finally, my domain will have a little more than just an “Enter the Blog” button! Tuesday, I’m going to a concert with Kim, Ben, Sonja, and Jess, and then I’ll be staying overnight at my place until Wednesday… I haven’t thought much further ahead than that! Job hunting will be soon after, no doubt.

Anyways, I’m gonna go have dinner with my parents now, then go hang with Cindy for a bit, then hang with Nate, Phil and Shayne for a little belated birthday celebration for Nate. Craig, out!

Tags: Animal Crossing, Birthday, FITC, Klonoa, Seneca, SSX, Thanks, Website

Mobile Post. Woot.

So I’m on my way back to Toronto after my long easter weekend right now. It’s not been a bad weekend… But it has seemed short. At least I finished my layout for print class, and I’ll be submitting it via e-mail when I get home. I’ll also attach it to this post when I publish it. I had a lot of fun doing it, as it’s on Gorillaz… Which is just an all-around awesome subject. I’m slowly catching up on all my work, which is good. GRADUATION IMMINENT!

Unfortunately, graduating presents a slew of new problems. For instance, I’ll no longer be employed by the A/V department, and I’ll have to find a real job. Life is just beginning, which just as horrifying as it is exciting.

Speaking of Gorillaz, I’ve been enjoying a lot of Damon Albarn lately. The Good, The Bad, and The Queen is an excellent album. I’ve also been enjoying Beck’s Modern Guilt of late, which I got from Max in the summer. My favourite song from it is Youthless… I like it’s lyrics and beats a lot. I like music a lot… But I’m really bad  at describing what I like about it. Go me.

I’ve also been getting stomach pain of late… My side to my stomach was hurting all day Thursday, and I’ve had a weird stitch in what I can describe as under my lowest rib on my right side all day today. I kinda felt sick earlier because of it. I hope it’s nothing bad… The last thing I need right now is medical problems… I’ve gotta finish school!

Anyways, that’ll be all for now. Bye, nobody who reads this!

12 Page Book Layout

Tags: Beck, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Intro to Print, Job, Max, Sick

No idea where to put this.

My best friend Cindy’s dad passed away last Friday… I don’t know where else to put this really, so I’ll just put it here.

Thank you, Peter Cheng. Thank you for allowing us rowdy kids to spend hours a day under your roof, and among your family. High School was definitely not a favourite time of my life, and almost all of the happy memories I still keep are of you and your restaurant. I’m the person I am today partly because of the experiences I’ve shared with not only Cindy, but the rest of our old little gang as well, though we’ve mostly all gone our separate ways. I’m sorry that I never made it up to the hospital to visit you, but as my mom said, maybe it’s best I remember you for who you were. I’ll never forget your infectious and hearty laugh, your generosity, your cooking, your wit, or your ridiculous stories. I don’t believe in religion and all that, but I’d like to believe we’ll meet again someday, wherever that is. Rest in peace. I’ll be there for Cindy as much as I can. I promise.

Edit: The funeral was a very fitting tribute to Peter. The streets of downtown Fergus were lined with people, (presumably all the shopkeepers from the small businesses there) for the funeral procession, and the police had blocked all the intersections and were out of their cars saluting. I will never forget going through that, and I will probably never see such a show of community again like that in my life.

Thank you, downtown Fergus.

Tags: Tar Kung (Peter) Cheng