the times they are a-changin'

well helloooo there! happy friday my lovelies. hope the first week of school has treated you all well. on my first day, i could tell that my mind/body was definitely still in summer mode and was rebelling against me trying to get ready in the morning. i stubbed my toe, dropped my mascara on the floor, dropped frozen fruit on the floor when i was trying to make my smoothie and then apparently, i've regressed to infancy and forgotten how to drink from a cup, because more of the smoothie ended up on my face than in my stomach. and that was all before 9am and my advanced flash class.... oh boy!! haha

the class was alright, if not slightly intimidating (computer programming and me do not mix, we have a sort of oil and water relationship) but i managed to make a flash animation of a bunch of shapes swirling around and a tiny kitten going across the screen while slowly turning pink. it was a small accomplishment, but something it was quite rewarding, being able to do something that you thought you'd never be able to do in a million years!

then i came home on break with my roommate, and tried to figure out our lame internet situation while eating lunch. we ended up going with this rogers student deal thing for 65, in which we get really shitty cable tv (ch 2 - 28) but super fast internet! sooo i'd say it's worth it because we can just watch all of our tv online. phewf problem solved. no more dropped connections.

then was my sociology of technology class. i think it is going to be really awesome. the prof seems like he really knows what he is talking about, and he is funny and interesting to listen to. reminds me of good old mr. morden, if any of my high school friends are reading this ;) love him.

after class, the plan was to go to sneaks for some late dinner nachos and then go upstairs to dance our butts off. best plan ever i'd say. for those of you who don't know me, i am a huge lover of sneaks. i know, i know, it's a dive bar, it's disgusting blah blah blah. make fun of me all you want, but i think all of its flaws are what gives it its charm, i love the food, and i love all the plaid wearing, pbr drinking, beardy hipster boys... so there. lol.

anyways, the girls were over pre-departure, having a few little celebratory dranks (for finishing our last first day whoo!) and i noticed that something had changed. we were still talking and laughing like we normally did. but it was what we were talking about that really struck a chord in me. no longer were we talking about new bands, shopping, shoes and gossip like we normally did. we were talking about weddings. weddings for god's sakes! we are 21 years old, wtf are we doing talking about weddings, mortgages, and the number of babies we want to have eventually?!?! as appalled as i was, i found myself drawn into the conversation like a moth drawn to the flame. i think that over the summer, something changed inside all of us. that realization that yes, we only have one more year of school left, and after that we are grown ups. adults. "mature." this stuff is actually going to be our reality pretty soon. i think it freaked me out so much because i think the end of school is really that time in which your childhood ends. you can't dick around anymore, stay up till all hours of the night, get up at 11 and roll into class in sweats. this is real life, and it's starting soon. (i want a big poofy wedding dress and 1 baby, most likely adopted haha) 

randy <3

i'm going to take a guess and say that most fourth years are feeling this way, and i'm sure my anxiety is going to rise as each month goes by and we get closer and closer to adulthood haha. just needed to vent about it! today is my first ad centre class, the sun is shining, and it's friday. what could possibly be bad about today? :)

tgif ladybugs! enjoy your sunny day
soph

green light

wow. i feel like the past couple of weeks, i have only had one speed. GO! so much has been going on and i feel like i haven't even had a sec to sit down and write about it. well, let's see... got my first paycheck from the yacht club whooo! not like it wasn't gone in 1 day when i went grocery shopping or anything, but still, it is rewarding to see the results of your work :)

in ad centre, we presented a pretty wicked campaign for lululemon. jacoub brought in an art director from grip, joel, whose sister i believe he said, worked in a high up position at lulu so like, no pressure or anything haha. anyway, it went well, and they said the copy was good so i was stoked! here's one of the print ads:

to see the rest of my campaign, check out my portfolio sophiehebert.ca

on the 19th, my friend vanessa and i took part in the globe and mail young lions competition. we got the brief at 9am on the saturday. it was for the stephen lewis foundation. they raise money and give it to grassroots organizations in africa helping communities deal with HIV/AIDS. they really are doing great things and it was exciting to be able to feel like we were maybe making a difference, even in the tiniest way possible! the brief was a bit hard to crack, as the target was extremely broad, and it had about four single-minded-thoughts... but i think we came up with something good! went to bed at 7am, just as russell was getting up to go to work lol

sunday we spent all day working on our typography project, a type heavy ad for clairol nice 'n easy root touch up. let me just say, gluing fake hair into letters on a page is extremely hard and not something i recommend for a sunday afternoon! anyways, that project was due yesterday, and all the sleeplessness paid off - i think it turned out really well!

needless to say, with all of this going on and many hours of sleep lost, i was beginning to lose my steam as the projects kept piling up. then, yesterday i got some good news.

a few weeks ago, i had applied to the adlounge next gen dinner series. it's going to be this big dinner with creative directors and people from ad agencies, pr agencies, and marketing communications in general. aka amazing networking opportunity! the application was pretty intense, which it should be, when trying to choose only about 60 people for such a great opportunity! so i dove in and filled it out. sent it off and sort of put it to the back of my head. anyways, last night i found out that i have made it to the next round! i have an interview on monday at 9:30 on king st. i am excited and nervous at the same time, but hey what do i have to lose? and i'll be meeting my friend allison afterwards for lunch (she has an interview at blammo the same day, go girl!!!) so at least if it goes really badly, i can comfort myself with a lovely vegan noodle bowl from fresh :) wish me luck!

today, after some running around and getting stuff printed for my book for monday, i went to school to work with my group on our upcoming ad centre campaign, for the mitsubishi imiev. i don't want to give anything away yet, but i think it is going to be really dynamic and interesting! stay tuned for deets :)
then, off to class for a presentation by TBWA president, Jay Bertram. man, that guy loves his job! TBWA sounds like a wicked awesome place to work. their philosophy is really interesting, and it seems like they have a lot going on right now. i never really thought about working there, i guess because huuuuuge agencies sort of intimidate me?, but the way he talked about it made it seem like everyone was really close and supportive. they are definitely on my list now ;) as part of his presentation, Jay went through a series of points on why advertising is exploding now, why it is the best time to be getting into it, and why it is the best job ever. like i needed more convincing? anyways, after that i squealed (in my head lol) just thinking about the future. i know, really cheesy, but i am beyond excited to get out there and start doing this for real!

now i'm home, not having started my essay for my politics elective, and room not cleaned, but i am in my pj's and ready with a cup of tea for a new episode of grey's anatomy! i'm feeling pretty happy that all the stress i was feeling is slightly lessening. it's still there, and will probably escalate again next week as we keep getting more assignments, but all i can do is think about the positive things and countdown to summer!!! going to guelph this weekend, so i think that will help me chill out big time... then back to it on monday! :)

hope everyone is doing well and not getting too stressed out! school is almost over guys, we got this!!

soph

listening: you - the pretty reckless