First beer at GFM is on me.:-) Well done Sir. Have a seat and relax.
Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Done! > > > > Done! > > > > As of now I am officially done with school. After two years (4 > > semesters) and a literally uncountable numbers of hours I have > > finished graduate school. (At least as far as the masters degree is > > concerned, but let's not follow that line of thought any further just > > now...) > > > > I feel as if I'm emerging from a long tunnel or surfacing after > > swimming 10 laps of a pool underwater and finally being able to catch > > my breath. > > > > The last couple of months were particularly intense, since I had two > > major projects to complete. Yesterday I was able to do my first real > > photography since February. It was for a job but it still felt great. > > Since the beginning of the semester I've been following the list > > sporadically and posting even more sporadically and even less > > coherently than usual (and yes, this includes writing a private email > > to Aaron Reynolds and then posting it to the entire damn list: My > > all-time top PDML boner). On the plus side, I won a couple of awards > > at the University that might look good on my C.V. - I took first prize > > in the photography contest and my digital video project "The Last Tree > > on Easter Island" won first place in the documentary category at the > > university film festival. (For those coming to GFM I'll have a new > > 15-minute video of my Grandfather Mountain photography to show there. > > Soundtrack music from it is on line at > > http://www.robertstech.com/files/gfm.mp3 if you're interested - it's a > > 4 meg download.) > > > > Now that school's done I can... well, Lisa has a whole list of things, > > actually. Redecorate the spare bedroom, clean my office for the first > > time in six months, and many others (and I can possibly post to the > > PDML without making any more major blunders and making a fool of > > myself - except for the not making a fool of myself part). Oh yes, and > > I have to get ready for GFM as well. Fortunately, one of my school > > projects is going to serve as the basis for my GFM presentation, so > > that shouldn't be too bad. Hope to have it done this weekend so I can > > just make some prints to bring. > > > > Oh, yes - I also have to look for a job, don't I? Got a line on a > > possible teaching position at a local arts college. We'll see how that > > pans out. > > > > For now, I'm glad just to be re-joining society! (And the PDML - just > > barely - falls into the category of "society" <g>) > > >
