BOOM BOOM BAR?!

i don't think anyone has posted there in a while, but I'll get you access.

"I even get my age wrong sometimes."  -CheesyBread

haha the boom boom bar is not as exciting as it may seem. usually just a place for jasoco to rant.

The Boom Boom Bar was created in 2006 as a place to talk about my lack of a lovelife and problems with the girls I was futile-ly juggling at the time. Once it reached its apex, it lost its appeal since I was no longer posting huge threads about how much I suck at getting girls to like me in that way.

Have fun reading it all. Start with chapter 1. I will probably never read those again as I don't want to remember that shit anymore. Text hidden from non-elite members.

“One of the most prominent icons of modern day Christianity, the Crocoduck is capable of dispelling all arguments in favor of Atheism and Darwinism simply by not existing. Its sworn enemy is the platypus, which, in harsh contrast, is capable of proving god does not exist by existing.”

You guys really bashed Jason pretty hard in some of those threads...lol.  So did you take some sort of seminar or something?

She has a glimmer of Natalie Portman in her.

I went for a long time just being emo all the time. I posted everything on those threads. One day you guys finally made me realize how whiny I was being. At that point it no longer seemed fun posting all that stuff. So I trickled off. I think it was about the time I made Erik an Admin for a day and he went crazy with the cheez whiz and deleted my "first date with a girl ever" thread accusing me of making it up. It was true, but looking back, it was nothing anyway. Things are much better now. It all happened so fast really. I think I did post about it in the Bar though...

“One of the most prominent icons of modern day Christianity, the Crocoduck is capable of dispelling all arguments in favor of Atheism and Darwinism simply by not existing. Its sworn enemy is the platypus, which, in harsh contrast, is capable of proving god does not exist by existing.”

Oh man, Jas I remember that day, I went ape shit and tried to burn this place down... It was all a joke but it went so well...

The good ole' days.

I'm considering taking a break from college and then moving to San Jose with Kelly and getting married...

Budget cuts are screwing up college for me, so even though I don't have many classes remaining to graduate, I still have a lot more time than I should.

On top of that, I'm just tired of college. I've never been good at buckling down and focusing on school, but I've only been worse lately. I haven't put any effort into school, so it's killed my grades.

Anyways, she's going to grad school, so she moved 3 hours away, which sucks. I figure I could probably get a job and do that for a bit, then go back to school though. I mean, I know Apple computers inside and out (I can list of memory the size, location and type of screws in most of their computers from doing this everyday for 2 years) so I could probably get a job at one of the 3 Apple stores in San Jose, right?

The only thing stopping me is that my whole family is really not going to be happy. Even my dad's parents who didn't care that he dropped out of college after like a semester and never went back want me to finish before I get married...

I'm just sick of school. Half the time I'm helping the teacher to teach the class, but they won't let me challenge it because their tests have questions related to the class and not to the content, like "what movie did we watch on this subject."

It's such BS.

Getting married and actually doing worthwhile shit, while actually living with the love of my life sounds so much better.

Most college graduates around here move away as soon as they graduate or get a job at Burger King or a call center.  That's why I said fuck college after just one course.

Communication Design with the option in Graphic Design.

Basically graphic design, but it's under the college of communication, so it has a fancy name. I've met some people that work for Apple in my time working at the bookstore, like the head of campus sales in California, or the head of education related AppleCare for the nation, so I think I might see if I can get recommendations from them and go work at Apple refurbishing and repairing computers. Cupertino is only like 10 miles from where Kelly's grad school is, and I hear that Apple headquarters is a great job.

No, don't get me wrong, I love graphic design. The only problem is that this school is killing it for me. Everything I do for school has killed my enjoyment of it, where everything I've done for myself or done on my own for others has been great. I think I've done maybe 2 assignments for school that I've been proud of. Anything else I've been proud of was for art classes where I had more freedom.

I really think it's the freedom that kills me. They want this specific thing done in a very specific way, with no freedom to develop your own process or much room for style. I hate it when I know I could do an assignment a different way to get similar (usually in my opinion better) results with a lot less effort, but I can't because that's not the assignment.

Oh, I go to Chico State. The school isn't necessarily bad, and some of the teachers are cool people, it's just the way it's all done and what we have to do that turns me off to it.

I don't know; I still love to learn about graphic design, and I have a great time doing my own research. But I think it's just the way most schools work that kill it for me. Part of it is learning a lot of things I already know, and the other part is doing projects that seem pointless to me.

One of the teachers is obsessed with scannergrams, which is his term for using a scanner to do something like a photogram. So a photogram is where you make a picture by setting objects on photo paper, then develop it, skipping the camera. It's kinda fun, as a process goes, and sometimes gets good results, but really most of what it's for is experimenting with light and the process of developing photos. "Scannergrams" are when you place objects on a scanner, then make some kaleidoscope looking thing with it in Photoshop. It's pointless, ugly and annoying. Of course, every class I've had with this teacher—every class—we've been required to do one.

On the other hand, I've had projects where we screenprinted anything we want, or were given text for the local Farmer's Market and  the assignment was to use at least one picture and make a poster. I also saw some good documentaries on people like Claes Oldenberg, or I.M. Pei, or Buckminister Fuller, or Frog Design, etc. that were all cool. So, I mean there's god things about it too. And really, I respect my teachers' experience, but that really almost makes them better mentors than teachers.

I am so interested in it though that I study typography on my own, and color theory, and research famous graphic designers and read what they have to say and watch interviews with them, so I know that learning it is cool. I learn about people like Max Meidenger or Michael Beruit, and I love the works of Massimo Vignelli (he even released a PDF book about his experiences and what he thinks is important for graphic designers to learn)

I guess what all this means is I don't see as much of a point for school (as it is) in this current age of information. As a side note, my buddy just got a job in Colorado working for a company that makes robotic parts, a company that he's always loved and respected, right after he's dropped out from college. Gives me hope that someone will recognize what knowledge I have and higher me regardless of a college degree too.

I say keep religion out of schools.

"I even get my age wrong sometimes."  -CheesyBread

Just making fun of your typo, dude.

But while we're on the subject...fuck religion.

"I even get my age wrong sometimes."  -CheesyBread