FUCK YOU WORLD!

Excuse me for my rude title, it has no relevance to anything!

So, I am now finished. I handed my work in at 10am on Tuesday and there is no more to be said or done about it!

It was a bit of a frantic morning, hooned it into school for 9am to knock out one final print I wasn't happy with and to do a last bit of sequencing before I placed my portfolio box onto the shelf bearing my name...ready to be assessed last week.

It was probably one of the greatest anti-climaxes of my life! I felt there should be a brass band that trumpeted up when I handed in, but alas, no such event took place. I just stood around confused for a while wondering what I should do and whether I could have done anything better (I could have, of course!).

Its funny, you work for three years and it culminates in the moment yesterday of submitting a final major body of work that I began in September last year. The longest ongoing project I have ever worked on. The sum total of three years work in effect as everything before hand was preparation for the major piece. An odd feeling for sure. I wonder if its the same for courses that are assessed by exam?

Following the hand in, I went to Spectrum who are one of the major pro labs in the country. They are printing and mounting my five images that I will show in the exhibition and they were ready for me to go and check. Rather splendid they looked too. they are printed on 20 X 24" paper and looked great that large. The printed had done good too and followed all my instructions, I was happy! Its a shame I didn't print them myself really, but time was too much of an issue and to releive that extra stress I though bollox, may as well get it done properly! What is more, they are professional printers so I would hope they can do a better job than me! They will now be mounted onto sheets of Aluminium (pronounced the British way please). Its most exciting...if not costly!

Then I was at the biggest loose end of my life waiting to get drunk! And drunk I got.

Me and Hannah went to Wagamama and had a feed at about 6pm and drank a few cups of Saki. We followed this with a Manhatan at the Great Eastern before hot footing it to some pub where my course had hired the function room. Henry and Rodney came along later to join in the merry making and making merry we did. I drunk more than I have in a long time, gallons of JD and a fair few shots of Tequila. Ironically it was the most studenty night I have been on since being a student.

I was rather drunk, but still standing which is nice!

It was a top evening and a great way to mark the final day of degree work.

Today I feel like absolute shit.