Adteacher

I don't know why I always get wistful when I see it raining all day. Maybe it's just that old song from the 70s by The Carpenters that seems to play in my head on cold and rainy Mondays. In case you have never heard the beautiful voice of the late Karen Carpenter, you really should. Press play on the video above, and enjoy. Yep, I'm old, but I refuse to apologize for the music that is ingrained in my soul, and this one is. I always think it's kind of a sad song, but it isn't entirely hopeless. It means that Tuesday isn't far away. On to Tuesday! Even if today is kind of dreary and drippy, there is one wonderful thing to celebrate. My daughter turned 19 today, and my son turned 22 last Friday. I am very happy to wish them each a happy birthday, and I am very lucky that they are all so near that I get to see them often. No reason to be sad at all! Turn loose those animated butterflies now!

A special request came in today from Isaac, Class of '09. He has entered one of his works in a design competition about school bullying. There is $1000 at stake and he would love to claim it! He actually did this poster several years ago in ad design for an anti-bullying assignment in our class, but it fit this design contest perfectly. He would like to ask the ad design students at DJCC and any alumni who may be watching the blog to vote and elevate his piece in the rankings. If you would click through and vote for him, it would be awesome! Create an Anti-Bullying Poster Brickfish The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo . Now, about the two items immediately above...Conner, one of our senior students, was kind enough to share this wonderful video with me. I thought it would be great to share it with you. It is completely computer animated and based on architecture. As you will see when you go to the video (on your home computer... those of you reading this at school...