By: Abbie Brodne
As a photo major, I wake up (late) knowing I am one of the most normal kids at SCAD. You know when they say “what's the perfect time to go to the dentist” and then everyone responds with “two thirty” and everyone laughs? Well what's the perfect time for a photo major to wake up? Personally I would say that waking up at about 9:30 everyday works for me. (*holding for everyone's laughter) I roll out of my normal bed, put on my normal clothes, turn on my normal music which is obviously "fish swimming in water” sound effects, which is all I can actually listen to because in 2014 I got the iPhone 5c and only downloaded one song to it and it's so old that I physically cannot do anything else on it, but I would dare to say I am hooked. When it comes to breakfast I’d say a solid english muffin and some butter really gets my creative juices flowing. I also like apple juice. I really love apple juice.
Have you ever seen a photo major on a bus? Be honest, because I personally have never taken the bus to photo class and I don't know anyone else that has. I feel like each major has their vices and I think PCP is usually what us photo majors all reach for, which you might ask “wouldn't that make a bus ride fun?” no, it doesn't, trust me. So, I drive my busted vintage hammy down car that I think looks cool but actually just smells. I make my way over to the Alexander and Adler hall parking lot, and looking around its like the ordinary kids convention. If you ever feel out of place at SCAD because everyone is wearing tails, a weird color pallet and smells a little bit like moth balls, take a seat in the parking garage on Indian street and suddenly you're at a state school.
Waiting for class to start, I deleted about 400 photos from my camera roll that I had taken in the past 24 hours, because my phone is on the verge of genuinely exploding with the “no storage” notification flashing every few hours. I'm thankful because I have the mindset of being better than everyone around me in the classroom, oh wait … no, I'm sorry, that's the male photo major behind me. I brace myself for the interruptions from someone who has had the same level of education and the same grade in the class that I do, to say things like “There is an odd amount of this and that in your composition and this and that is off” as if everyone in the room is going to beg for them to explain what they mean but we all really know what they mean. Class is up, we do our classic photo major make out/blood oath ritual sesh and I'm out. I drive home to my roommate making physical artwork because setting up stages is something she is super into I guess. I get ready for her to say “I never see you doing your homework, you're always on your laptop”. Okay let's go over that. I take picture on camera, import to laptop and edit on laptop and keep the photos on my laptop. But no, you're right, I'm never doing anything because god forbid we are all stunned by the fact that we made sculptures for 3D design class and suddenly that's homework.
When it is time for bed, I wash my photogenic face and shower in the dark room liquids. Since I live in the dorms, they design each room with a quirk for the majors living there (just like the disney hotels) and again, me= photo major. They said that the shower will actually stream with a developer instead of water (kinda neat I think). They also didn't give us any windows. Not a single one. I heard they did that so we work on our lighting skills but I think they did it so we never know what time it is, just like those religious retreats that everyone went on in high school, because personally for me, SCAD is just one large religious retreat. That is also part of the different themed rooms I think. Well, I hope you enjoyed living a Day in the life of one of the cooler people at this school, giving some of you a different (more normal and cooler) point of view from your usual day to day.
CYA LOSERS.
Xoxo, Abbie Brodne
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