once upon a time i taught some courses in the school of art at OU. this was usually a bit weird for me as i didn't really feel i was grown up enough to be teaching college-aged students. i mean, i know i'm _ancient_ and all, but i don't typically act my age. therefore my classes weren't really all that ... well, structured, let's say. and i often became friends with some of the students and kept up with them after. vincent is one of those.

he's this really great guy, very smart and extremely motivated. don't get me wrong, he wasn't one of those goody goody suck up types. man i hate those. no, vincent was even late most days. :) i pretended to care, but i think he knew better. anyway, he was the type of student who just thought it would be fun to learn adobe after effects, so he created a short video promo for SIN, the student information network where he worked. did i mention that he did that for fun? after effects. yeah.

vincent gained more cool points when he gave me and jerm a poo-chi as a wedding present!! and man i used that thing to annoy the crap out of everyone who came into my office. (i was so successful at this in fact, that at some point i had to put poo-chi in a drawer in my filing cabinet cause he would not shut up.)

so a couple of weeks ago, i get an email from vincent with an update on his post-graduate condition. and i'll be damned if he isn't working for turner broadcasting in atlanta. yes, this is the company that brings you cartoon network, friends in syndication, monday night football ... holy crap. right out of college. not bad at all. although in reality i expected nothing less. and i fully intend to make him take me on a tour of the 'turner campus'. next time i'm in georgia, that is.

and to answer your question, no, that doesn't make me feel like a slob. honestly. i have come to the realization that i have absolutely no career ambition whatsoever. i mean, i don't know that i ever really had any. in high school, all my friends were talking about going to college to learn to "become" something: a teacher, lawyer, doctor, whatever. i just really went to college cause i couldn't think of anything better to do. and i just took classes that i thought would be interesting. and now i just sort of work cause that's what you have to do to get money. legally, anyway. doesn't bother me one bit. and i'm thrilled for ambitious people like vincent when great things like this happen for them. me? i get excited about having a really good venti latte, or hanging out with the dogs and the cat. i'm easy. but don't spread it around.