another ocad

So. How did my day go? The day I have been worried about for weeks? The first of a few portfolio once-overs that I have been going on about forever? How did all that go? Huh?
Well…
Pretty good, actually.
I didn’t exactly get what I thought I was gonna get, but that turned out to be ok.
I didn’t get anywhere near anyone from OCAD. Which sucked. Because of Saturday night’s parked-car-minding-its-own-buisness debacle, we were a bit late (oh, and did I mention it was the annual Santa Claus parade [that link is super creepy, check it out], and an Argonauts football game? Downtown was just plain silly with parade-goers and tailgaters). When we got there, there was a line-up halfway through the school for the OCAD room, and it was not moving at all.
Thankfully, knowledgeable art recruiters from the top North American Art schools were swarming the place, so rather than see some people we could easily make an appointment to see later, we went to find something prestigious and exiting - with a short line-up.
So, we ended up in the dreamy-dreamy California room.
I ended up talking to a girl from Otis College of Art and Design. And she really like my stuff. She thought my portfolio was polished and solid (though it could probably use some more life and figure drawing). And she thought if I brought my grade point up, I would probably have a great time at Otis someday (if I ever decide to move to California).
This is super cool, because Otis is an awesome school for three important reasons:

1. Edith Head went there.
2. They have a TOY DESIGN program!!!!!!!
3. I could pretend I was Claire from Six Feet Under, on a regular basis (but without the dorky friends)

So.
My day went well.