Response: Cheers to you guys. You're brilliant.

We are designers. We are brilliant.

Every day for the past two weeks I've woken up and thought, "Oh thank God, I'm one day closer to being done with school."

Now that the culmination of our undergraduate studies is finally upon us, I'm not so sure I like it. Of course I won't miss the huge load of schoolwork and sleep deprivation that comes along with it, but I'm definitely a lot more hesitant about the part where everybody moves on to the next chapter of their lives. Separation anxiety is inevitable.

I know that we've all been really stressed lately what with finishing up our magazine prototypes, iPad apps, mini portfolios and websites, but I propose we all take a step back and try to enjoy the time we have left together, even if it does involve mag editing, haaaaa. I'm going to try really hard to fully appreciate the short time we have left together before graduation.

It can't be denied; our capstone class has become a creepy cult-like family over the past month. We do perfect impersonations of each another. Our jokes make little sense to anybody else. (Trust me, I've tried. People don't get design humor. Or, in many cases, design itself haaaa.) Shoot, half of us are in the design lab right now ordering Gumby's and laughing hysterically about something insignificant. IT CANNOT BE DENIED.

As a lot of you probably know by now, my immediate plans are to stay and work in Columbia, so if any of you will be in CoMo this summer, please let me know. I'd love to keep in touch and get together for "social outings."

I wish each of you the best of luck in your future endeavors, wherever they might take you. No matter where you're headed, remember this: "The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time."