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[Jul. 8th, 2006|11:39 pm] |
What news, what news!
Andrew has landed a job at Sigil Games designing for their upcoming MMO Vanguard, and is headed to California in a matter of days to look for a place to live. Well done Andrew!
And I have been accepted to the Savannah College of Art & Design's MFA program in Interactive Design and Game Development, with a combined academic/artistic fellowship, and will be enrolling this fall. Well done me!
So, life is taking off again! After these tempestuous summer months it is exhilirating to have my life headed towards a career goal again. But, at the moment of my exultation, I am deeply saddened to have to spent so much time apart from Sarah. We've had a rough go of it this past June, and things were really looking up when she came for the wedding. I am so excited about this girl, so very much in love. It will be hell. It already is. But I must go. To miss this opportunity would be a mortal blow to my soul. We will persevere. We always do :)
But! For those of you in Georgia and Florida (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kittikins, kicue, Tiffany in Atlanta), this means I'll be a short day's drive from you! (200 mi to Gainesville, for example) I'm excited to be able to drop in and visit, and vice versa. Friends from Trinity are always welcome :) |
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[Jul. 7th, 2006|09:05 am] |
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On the same day: New York strikes down gay marriage in what is surely the most insulting and narrow-minded ruling in recent history, and Georgia overturns a lower court decision protecting gay marriage, again claiming lack of adherence to the state constitution. It is a sad, sad day. What might have been accomplished in merely a decade, following the landmark Massachusettes decision may now take twenty years or more. Woe to gays, lesbians, and bis everywhere! |
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[Jun. 6th, 2006|03:58 pm] |
For some reason, I am compelled not to relate my present circumstances. I don't know why. I am simply not ready to talk about it. But I can say this: job hunting blows. At this point, I'm not certain whether to simply wait and see if any of the twenty of so applications I have out pay off, continue searching for and applying to mindless automaton jobs in the hopes that I find someone desperate, or tap my family's connections and take whatever I can get, no matter how unsavory. The one positive aspect of the experience? I am now irrevocably determined to return to graduate school and acquire qualifications to do game art. I'm not staying locked into this pathetic existence for a day longer than I absolutely have to. But of course.. that's just the job part of my life. There are other parts, with contrary motivations that befuddle the situation awesomely...
It's funny: most of the people whose posts show up on my Friends page aren't recent graduates, yet the tone of upheaval, adversity, and strife is all-pervasive. Strange.
( Meme... ) |
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[May. 31st, 2006|09:01 pm] |
Bad news, I'm afraid. Stardock isn't going to be hiring me. They cited 2007 as the earliest they would be adding to the art team, but it hardly matters. Either way, I need a new plan. Looks like I'm back to considering graduate school, which means I need to consider where in the country I want to spend the next two years and what I want to have to show for it at the end. I also need a job for the interim. I vowed never to do anything for which I am overqualified, but the economy being what it is, and with my art skillset generally unpolished and unsuitable for just about anything, I'm forced to examine the truly mundane in the feeble hope it'll help me just pay the bills for a few months. I've scarecely been so depressed, despite the warm presence of my family and my childhood home.
At least I had an idyllic visit to Michigan and Sarah's waiting arms. I've only been back for twenty-four hours, and I'm ready to turn right around and head straight out again. More and more I find my unwillingness to live without her becomes an inability to do so. I fear I have taken to bleeding inwardly, washed ashore two hundres miles to the west... |
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[May. 18th, 2006|09:50 am] |
May 14th was the series finale for the West Wing, an eerie coincidental parallel to our own finale--graduation. I started watching the show freshman year, when I downloaded the first two seasons in the triple on Winn 3rd. I can remember watching it at Bard during the cold lonely winter months, and re-watching old episodes during the summers while I wait for the new season to premiere in the fall. I've gotten dozens of people hooked on the show, and at one time or another was the campus-wide "server" for eager fans to copy episodes from my computer. And now, there will be no more. Seven seasons, one hundred fifty-five episodes, now just names and numbers in an archive.
So many things ending, changing, moving on to the "what's next?"... how sad, how unendurably tragic. And yet how wonderful, amazing, inspiring! What will be next, for all of us? How will we rise to meet it? I look ahead with baited breath! |
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[May. 16th, 2006|03:10 pm] |
The paranoia meme, in which you say things about 10 people on your friends list but don't say who you mean:
(1) Hehehehe... very like a sister, though I daresay she could stand to relax a bit, be a tad less self-centered.
(2) A strange relationship, only because it seems so improbable. Or maybe not...? Glad to know him.
(3) Though we never got chummy, I've gained respect for him this semester.
(4) She's fiesty. I wonder what she really thinks of me now.
(5) I never know what he's really thinking... unless, you know, he tells me. And I never know what he'll do next.
(6) Truly one-of-a-kind. She's better than any of us deserve.
(7) Cute and friendly, but her life only barely intersects mine. Sometimes I wonder why.
(8) Witty, charming, ruthlessly sarcastic... too bad we didn't have more time.
(9) Faithful and energetic, but a wee bit socially clumsy. I wonder if she ever really hears what I'm saying.
(10) She is everything. Sorry to be so obvious ;)
Your turn. Enjoy! |
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[May. 15th, 2006|11:22 pm] |
Back home, safe and sound, with no loss of money or property.
The nostalgia has not hit yet, but I can see it coming. |
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[May. 13th, 2006|12:14 am] |
05/13/06 Trinity University Page 1
Academic Evaluation
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Student............: David I. McDonough
Program............: Bachelor of Arts in Art (BA.ART)
Catalog............: 2003
Ant Completion Date: 05/06
E-Mail Address.....: David.Mcdonough@trinity.edu
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Primary Advisor..: Elizabeth D. Ward
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Program Status: Complete
Combined GPA....: 3.777
Magna Cum Laude! |
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[May. 11th, 2006|10:39 am] |
May the Eleventh. I graduate in a day and a half. Funny.. it seems just yesterday I was wearing a red gown and tassel, for graduation from Shorewood High School. As the past weeks have unfolded with their farewell parties and last handshakes, I look back at my college career, thinking of the strange places it has taken me. Just at Trinity, my studies have been a "Tour of Academia," spanning a wide variety of subjects and disciplines. See for yourself:
Pre-college: AP Art, credited as 2-D Design and Composition.
Fall 2002:
HUMA! Humanities 1600, the joint Freshman Seminar/Writing Workshop course and learning community--the origin of the friendship of Dave and Andrew from that filthy triple room on Winn 3rd.
Principles of Algorithm Design I (PAD I) - Dr. Lewis!
Intro to Acting
Stellar & Extragalactic Astronomy - I got 110% on the quizzes because he kept curving them up :P
KRTU - DJ Apprenticeship
Spring 2003:
American Politics - Dr. Crockett!
PAD II - Dr. Lewis again! He almost convinced me to double major in CSCI, but alas: his loss is my gain :)
Political Communication - a 4000-level Speech class that the brand-new Dr. Hansen agreed to allow me to take. I pulled a B, and earned his everlasting respect and friendship :)
Intermediate Drawing - my first art class at Trinity! Origin of my contact with Liz.
3-D Design and Composition - second art class... total BS, except for the cool sculpture I made with 424 computer keyboard keys.
Fall 2003:
Beginning Voice - the beginning of my return to music, despite Dr. McNeil's instruction.
Advanced Drawing I
Art History I: Prehistoric to Medieval - The Egyptians! The Greeks! The Romans! I almost picked up an art history minor.
Theatrical Scene Painting - easy as pie, and Steve fights valiantly to steal me from the steel shop to be a scene painter. But Tim prevails! I remain Metals Foreman.
Intermediate Painting - I get waived into the class after showing off my AP Art porftolio, and Jessica (the visiting artist for the year) becomes on of my most valued professors.
Digital Art - likewise, total BS, but much fun.
Spring 2004:
BARD COLLEGE! I transfer for one semester, to the eyeball rolls of everyone I know. While there, I take only twelve credits:
Art History: American Art 1865-1945
Intro to Microeconomics
Voice II
I sing lots of good songs, including one by Debussy and the female part of a German love duet, and I become so fascinated with economics I resolve to develop it into at least a minor.
Fall 2004:
The Triumphant Return! Everyone is glad to see me, I am certain of it.
Thinking About Politics
Review of Elementary Spanish - Profesora Heil! She's a delight :)
Art History II: Rennaissance to Modern
Beginning Photography
Advanced Drawing II
University Chorus - my first semester in choir! I am inspired by Melanie and the chorus' performance of "O Magnum Mysterium" the preceding Christmas.
Ballroom Dance I - Katie! Bwaa ha ha ha ha... fourteen-inch difference in height, and the origin of the nickname "Tiptoe." And Tom and Heather, displaying the first glimmers of future developments...
Spring 2005:
Issues in Contemporary Art
Intermediate Spanish - Poor Garrett! This is our second semester of Spanish together. I help him study; he needs it.
Advanced Study in Studio Art - I draw "The Wish" series!
Mass Media
The African Experience
University Chorus
I also produce the "Slicks" series--my deck of cards featuring fourteen friends, to the approval of all.
Fall 2005:
STUDY ABROAD! I go to Scotland and have a terrible time at the Glasgow School of Art, but I redeem myself by discovering a latent talent for and love of teaching, when I get to administer a 5-day program for Drochduil, the tiny little Scottish Primary school in Dunragit, and my five charming 10-year-old students.
Spring 2006:
Senior Studio
Intro to Asian Religions
Intro to Philosophy - I love it!
Ballroom Dance II - Katie again!
University Chorus
Trinity Choir - Smac brings me up from UC; I am deeply honored :)
Which brings us up to date.
So.... now what? |
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[May. 5th, 2006|08:04 pm] |
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If anyone knows how to get ahold of Elissa, please tell me. I need to talk to her, but she's stopped using her Trinity email account. |
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[Apr. 27th, 2006|12:06 pm] |
"What, that's it? You solved it. You just brought me out here to rant because faith annoys you?"
"Mm-hmm!"
"You know I get it if people are just looking for ways to fill the holes. But they want the holes. They want to live in the holes! And they go nuts when someone else pours dirt in their holes! CLIMB OUT OF YOUR HOLES, PEOPLE!"
"Isn't it interesting that religious behavior is so close to being crazy, we can't tell them apart."
-House |
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[Apr. 19th, 2006|10:01 am] |
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It's April 19! I am twenty-two years old today. Happy Birthday to Me!
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[Apr. 16th, 2006|02:25 pm] |
The service this morning at University Pres wasn't bad. Still uncomfortable... that's not changing for a while, I predict. But the pastor gave a somewhat original sermon, a thought-provoking homily. Not the best delivery or writing, but an original theme.
Otherwise, a few verses for Christians to remember, on this the day of their Lord's rebirth:
James 1:19-20
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 4:32
"This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.'"
Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil.
And if you don't believe them, take it from John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. |
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[Apr. 9th, 2006|09:21 pm] |
Go to Wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year).List a few interesting facts, two births, and one death in your journal, including the year.
1909 - Joan of Arc receives beatification.
1928 - The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1971 - Charles Manson is sentenced to life in prison for the Sharon Tate murders.
1993 - The 50-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.
1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168.
Births:
1903 - Eliot Ness, American lawman
1946 - Tim Curry, British actor
Deaths:
1768 - Canaletto, Italian artist
1882 - Charles Darwin, English biologist |
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[Apr. 8th, 2006|07:06 pm] |
Friday was "Handshake Day:" The day all the core technicians stand around 'Magnificent-Seven'-style, admiring the completed set, hours before Opening Night. It is judged to be good, and Tim gives us each a handshake and a word of thanks for another job well done. And this job was a big one--many things to be done well. But for me, and the other seniors, it's also the last handshake. A "thank you"... and a "we'll miss you." In my case, Tim made extra clear how much I will be missed. And I'll miss him, too. Not the work, certainly not the work. But the camaraderie, the community, and above all Tim. It's been truly a pleasure to work under, and eventually with, Tim Francis, and I will miss being his employee. This the end of an era. I am the last soldier of the 'old guard,' a chain of dedicated and talented technicians beginning before my time and passed down through my friends, through George, and ending with me. None who remain are part of this chain. Some of them are good techs, some will be gone after a semester. Even Sam, our new welder, is graduating in January. Who will inherit the steel shop, I wonder? At least the next season is relatively light--nothing insane like a musical to produce. Tim will have a chance to cultivate a new line of welders and carpenters, to make their own imprint on the life of the scene shop. My time is done, and I am ready to go. With the close of this season comes the close of my career as a professional technician. Begun in 1999, as a sophomore in high school working on "The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe" at Shorewood High, it has taken me far. Stage Manager for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" as a senior, carpenter at Mount Washington Valley Theater Company in New Hampshire, A/V tech at Bard College for Summerscape, fighting the corporate paradigm at SeaWorld... and the only constant occupation of my college years. Even at Bard, I worked as an electrician. Only the semester in Scotland saw me unengaged with technical theater. I want to pause, now, and recap what I've done at Trinity:
Freshman Year:
Tango
School For Scandal
Big Love
Hedda Gabler
Secondary Welder under George Matthews, identical to me in every way except physical appearance. We are an excellent team, and I establish myself as a competent welder and reliable technician.
Sophomore Year:
At Trinity:
Our Town
Measure For Measure
At Bard:
In A Pig's Valise and assorted dance and musical concerts
Promoted to Foreman in succession to George, until I transfer to Bard (a great mistake). I also act in a small role in Our Town and various directing scenes, most notably Caleb's excerpt from Luther.
Junior Year:
Dancing At Lughnasa
Dracula
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
Mariette In Ecstasy
A simple, straightforward year, with the notable exception of the elevator project. I was tasked to design and build an eight-foot working elevator, to be installed in the pit and capable of silently raising Dracula and his coffin (a 300lb load) through a trapdoor onto stage level. I do so, and it is awesome.
Senior Year:
Fall Semester in Scotland
Triumph Of Love
Anything Goes
Return triumphant from Scotland to take the reins of the steel shop again, just in time for Anything Goes the most complex and difficult set of my undergraduate tenure.
Total shows at Trinity: twelve, with two from Bard, bringing the total number of shows worked in my entire career to more than fifty. An impressive resume, for a tweny-two-year-old, I think. And now, I am retired. I hang up my drillgun. Let the torch pass to the next in line, and good fortune to them! |
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[Apr. 3rd, 2006|10:06 am] |
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She's away! The resume and portfolio are complete (and can be checked out at http://www.boogaloogames.net/david, if you're interested) and have been send to Stardock Co. Let the freaking out commence! :( |
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