20: aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

1. Dear God, what am I doing?! I could be making money, but NO! I decided to waste TWO YEARS OF MY LIFE at a school that sucks my soul! I don't even like Advertising! There's no point! And at the end of the day, I'm going to get yet another degree that says Master of SCIENCE and no one is going to hire me because I'm a hack. HACK HACK HACK.

I probably have this thought once a day. It really came through on Thursday when I was working on a particular project that will remain nameless. I felt like I had nothing left to give. I know others felt the same way that night. While our fellow comrads were celebrating a professor's birthday and other's were hobnobbing with big name Ad people, there were a handful of us stuck at the Adcenter, trying to solve the same problem.

Then Friday came. I never wake hating the Adcenter. In fact, I oddly embrace it again. How can I hate a place that is pushing me to something awesome. Alright, Adcenter, you win yet again. I like you.


2. My Thursday project gave me an opportunity to step inside a big league meeting - the Adcenter Board Meeting. Not important for some I know. But, I won't lie, I get star struck when I see the heavy hitters of Advertising. So sitting next to Bob Greenberg, was AWESOME!

I also got to watch how our Thursday projects came together. As my partner and I were struggling, another group had a tougher assignment - one I'm not sure I could have solved in the 8 hours they were given. I probably had never seen better writing from those two people - or at least what I could remember.

Alright, so maybe I did miss out on some fun events. But I did get to go to the board meeting and see our work come alive. That was pretty awesome.
Maybe I like advertising after all...

3. Ok, the most awesome part of all!!! First, I must say - I play my ears. Yep. I can fold my ears into themselves and when you see it for the first time, it looks like I'm missing part of my ear. I do it when I'm shy, thinking, or awake. Anyway, I was playing with my ears, and the amazing Bob Greenberg goes to introduce himself to me.
Bob: (sticks hand out to shake mine) - Hi, I'm Bob
Candice: (pulls ear out so he won't notice) - Hi, I'm Candice
Bob: wait, what did you just do to your ear?
Candice: oh...it's...uh...I'm nervous, that's what I do when I'm nervous.
Bob: Can I do that? (plays with his ear)
Candice: no! no it hurts, you have cartlidge in your ear.
Bob: Oh yea, well look what I can do! (flips eyelid out)
Let me remind you that this man is founder of RGA. This man could maybe hire me one day, maybe, I hope. This man is AWESOME!!! AND I JUST FASCINATED HIM BY FLIPPING MY EAR, HOLY CRAP!

The meeting goes on and my professor presents our work, and he did a great job.
Then
Kelly (another professor at the Adcenter): I think we should thank the people who are here for the good job. - (this is paraphrasing).
Group: (claps)
Bob: Wait, wait! You got to see what she can do!
Candice: (FOLDS EAR IN FRONT OF BOARD - THE BOARD CONSISTS OF ALL OF MY PROFESSORS, THE CHAIRMAN, BOB GREENBERG, GUY FROM CRISPEN, LADY FROM USA TODAY, BRIAN COLLINS!!!!, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE PEOPLE I LOOK UP TO! OMG!)
This made me like the Adcenter a lot more. If I don't get anything else from this place, I feel that I've made my mark with my ears.

I have a play review, but I'll save that.
Adcenter...sigh....