The Final Countdown

I can't believe it, we are basically there. Graduation is so close and this past week has been a roller coaster of emotions. I teared up watching End Game, Jaw a gape with Game of Thrones, and cursed a couple times printing and assembling my Senior project. On top of that, I have some gen eds to take care that have been on the back burner since basically this entire semester. Let's kick off my last blog post of the semester with my stressful/fun week!

THURSDAY: ENDGAME

(SPOILER FREE) Thursday night, a group of friends and I headed to Grand Prairie AMC and watched Avengers Endgame. Now, I haven't seen all the Marvel movies that are canon to the timeline of Avengers (sorry, I am not a true fan, I guess) but I consider myself a casual watcher of the series and I have seen the most recent films, so not watching Endgame would be a crime. Surprisingly, the movie was able to make me shed a few tears and I normally don't cry during movies. However, my friends beside me were sobbing and I questioned whether or not I had a soul for not bawling my eyes out. The film was really good and the audience's reactions added to the experience of the movie. I only wish I hadn't drank a large Icee during it because I had to pee really bad BUT I refused to leave the theater and potentially miss anything good.

SATURDAY: ESA FORMAL 

Attending a formal was a good way to blow off some steam from all the stress of school work I had been dealing with lately. The formal was for Bradley ESA and it was held at the Countryside banquet facility in Washington Illinois. The weather was a bit chilly for my preference but the event itself was "indoors". By that I mean a pop up rental tent. The formal itself was decent. I had a really fun time dancing to throwbacks like an idiot with my friends, but I was too tipsy to care. Formals are always awkward at first because after everyone has eaten and all, you patiently await the first table to hit the dance floor. That can also be the best part when people see how bad of a dancer you are. 

SUNDAY: FINAL TOUCHES 

This day was hopefully one of the last stressful days I'll have to deal with in College. I mean, I know there's graduation, finals, and all, but that's a different kind of stress. I'm talking about assembling your portfolio while everything around you is falling apart kind of stress. I'm not exaggerating. When I finished designing my portfolio, I found out GCC's printer had went down. Mind you, the name of my class's Portfolio show is titled "The Unlucky Thirteen". So with all the printing issues going on with me that day was probably not a coincidence. Eventually, the printer was fixed but the bad luck kept coming. Another designer's nightmare, is finding typos in your work, so in case you were wondering, I had to print a few more runs. Goodbye quickcash, it was nice having you. If you have time, please come check out our show! We've worked really hard and encourage anyone to come check out our work! https://www.facebook.com/events/279789052960023/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1556157917841985

Also, I'm just going to throw this out there, Bradley should REALLY grant free printing to the graphic design students. Anyway, my portfolio is complete but it will never be "done" done. I'm basically going to be replacing projects as the years go on so that's cool.


Well, there you have it! That was my semester and life as a Senior in College. I really enjoyed this blog series because it's kind of my reflection of the week and I get to share my struggles, happiness, and rants with you guys. There's just a bit left to cover this year and that's basically, finals and graduation. Good luck to all graduating Seniors and to everyone else! I'm sure your daily lives are just as stressful or even more! It's been a good semester. 


PSA tomorrow...