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CheshireCat

CheshireCat

Los Angeles, CA
January 2004

JUL 18, 2008 03:17 AM

I am sure that I am not the only pretentious artist on this site, so I am wondering who else has been or is attending a specifically designated art school.I had been putting this off for years, but finally decided to go and give it a try.I have always felt art was something given not learned,so far I feel as if I am living in that movie "Art School Confidential."

Hinata

Hinata

USA
November 2005

JUL 18, 2008 05:29 AM

It's because you ARE living that movie. There's no way to take the snobbery or the facade away. That's why I only lasted a year before going back to mainstream uni.

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUL 18, 2008 05:34 AM

I had a couple of friends who went to art school. I visited them once...once. I just could NOT stand the Ultra-Mega-Douchebags who inhabited the place.

When you're accepted into art school....do they give you a douchebag-do-it-yourself kit?

Hinata

Hinata

USA
November 2005

JUL 18, 2008 05:53 AM

Actually, they did.
It came with a carton of Marlboros and a lighter (to get them through the first day or so), five spiral-bound black sketchbooks, ramen noodles, cheap vodka, a travel-sized tube of gesso for clean clothes, trial-sized versions of black oil paint for that just-woke-up-and-came-to-school-without-bothering-to-wash-AGAIN look, a brochure about how showering is optional, and a schedule of orientation activities to brainwash you into thinking you know everything there is to know before you ever step foot into a classroom. There was even a rule about how everyone must stand outside smoking but not speaking to one another and there was one student for every subject who bullshitted their way through the application and was awarded a scholarship for their efforts.

Also, a prerequisite for some classes was that one didn't pay for one's rent, nor did they know its cost. Because mum and dad were taking care of it.

J24U

J24U

Danvers, MA
February 2006

JUL 18, 2008 06:46 AM

Never went to art school, but I spent 6 years hanging around Montserrat college of art as most of my friends and my brother went through there. It wasn't douchebaggy, though it had it's share of odd folks. It was a cool little place with awesome teacher/student ratios (like 5:1) that kept the whole deal very informal. Cool halloween parties as well. To this day many of the graduates and some of the teachers think I was a student, so I guess that speaks to how much I liked the place if I was around that often.

Hinata

Hinata

USA
November 2005

JUL 18, 2008 07:04 AM

Lucky! tongue

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

JUL 18, 2008 08:30 AM

Makes me think of an episode from Red Dwarf where Lister claims he had no education. When pressed he admits that he went to art college.

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

JUL 18, 2008 08:38 AM

Hinata said:
Actually, they did.
It came with a carton of Marlboros and a lighter (to get them through the first day or so), five spiral-bound black sketchbooks, ramen noodles, cheap vodka, a travel-sized tube of gesso for clean clothes, trial-sized versions of black oil paint for that just-woke-up-and-came-to-school-without-bothering-to-wash-AGAIN look, a brochure about how showering is optional, and a schedule of orientation activities to brainwash you into thinking you know everything there is to know before you ever step foot into a classroom. There was even a rule about how everyone must stand outside smoking but not speaking to one another and there was one student for every subject who bullshitted their way through the application and was awarded a scholarship for their efforts.

Also, a prerequisite for some classes was that one didn't pay for one's rent, nor did they know its cost. Because mum and dad were taking care of it.


There was that whole semester that focused on making really annoying paint splattered pants to wear in public. The suits HATE seeing those pants.

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

JUL 18, 2008 08:46 AM

I really like it when Hinata posts.

cpkz

cpkz

Portland, OR
September 2006

JUL 18, 2008 09:04 AM

Fucking hated "Art School Confidential," minus the fact that it hit so many of the stereotypes right on the head.

Hinata

Hinata

USA
November 2005

JUL 18, 2008 11:10 AM

MisterLinguist said:
I really like it when Hinata posts.



Thanks, biggrin

Now I'll probably go and say something forgettable in my next post.

Roethke

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUL 18, 2008 11:53 AM

Cash said:
I had a couple of friends who went to art school. I visited them once...once. I just could NOT stand the Ultra-Mega-Douchebags who inhabited the place.

When you're accepted into art school....do they give you a douchebag-do-it-yourself kit?



I was accepted into quite a few art schools, and the U.M. Douchbag kits were pretty incredible at some places. One came with instructions on how to arbitrarily choose a fashion rule and stick to it ruthlessly (all children's clothes, or all animal themed clothes, and for the advanced douchebag, only wearing clothes that are both animal themed and covered in paint). Also, smokers were instructed to stick with one very hard to find and pretentious sort of cigarette. Sadly, most schools will let you keep the kit even if you decide to attend somewhere else.

Cultivated and affected weirdness was mainly why I decided to attend a mainstream university. And also, I hate those damn pants.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

JUL 18, 2008 12:09 PM

Was accepted to the Art Instute of Chicago in 1996, didn't go. Was a fine art major (painting) for three years at a state school.

Self-involved douchebaggery ran rampant.

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUL 18, 2008 12:15 PM

See? And some people act like Greeks are the only college-level douchbags. wink

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

JUL 18, 2008 12:22 PM

Cash said:
See? And some people act like Greeks are the only college-level douchbags. wink



whereas art-school students, or Art-Fags (regardless of preference) dole out douchebaggery they do so singularly, or at the least, quietly smoking while wearing way too much black clothing.

greek douchebaggery is unforgivably loud AND obnoxious.

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUL 18, 2008 12:25 PM

attn_ho said:

Cash said:
See? And some people act like Greeks are the only college-level douchbags. wink



whereas art-school students, or Art-Fags (regardless of preference) dole out douchebaggery they do so singularly, or at the least, quietly smoking while wearing way too much black clothing.

greek douchebaggery is unforgivably loud AND obnoxious.



where I come from...being a douchebag is being a douchebag.

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

JUL 18, 2008 12:25 PM

Cash said:

attn_ho said:

Cash said:
See? And some people act like Greeks are the only college-level douchbags. wink



whereas art-school students, or Art-Fags (regardless of preference) dole out douchebaggery they do so singularly, or at the least, quietly smoking while wearing way too much black clothing.

greek douchebaggery is unforgivably loud AND obnoxious.



where I come from...being a douchbag is being a douchbag.




Fixed for Greek grammar.

Coyotemike

Coyotemike

USA
May 2006

JUL 18, 2008 12:27 PM

Cash said:
See? And some people act like Greeks are the only college-level douchbags. wink



Oh, douchery finds its way into all levels of college society. We've discussed the art-snob douches. And the frat/sorority douches are evident. But there are plenty of others. There are the writer douches (the one that springs to mind is the guy here who always wears a kilt and has a long beard, who always reads the same damn story at open-mike nights). There are the science douches who scour the world for geek-chic fashions. There are the sports douches who wear workout clothes every day, but change before they workout. There are the psych douches sitting around with whispy beards, trying to smoke pipes and discussing Freud vs Jung. There are the language douches, who start spouting off French and German terms in non-languge classes. There are the church-douches, who can't enter an argument without using the Bible as a source.

And then there are we teacher douches who can't stop laughing in their faces tongue

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUL 18, 2008 12:28 PM

MisterLinguist said:
I am an annoying sack of smashed-assholes




Fixed for accuracy.

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

JUL 18, 2008 12:30 PM

Cash said:

MisterLinguist said:
I am an annoying sack of smashed-assholes


Fixed for accuracy.


Sticks and stones, beersipper.

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

JUL 18, 2008 12:40 PM

Cash said:

attn_ho said:

Cash said:
See? And some people act like Greeks are the only college-level douchbags. wink



whereas art-school students, or Art-Fags (regardless of preference) dole out douchebaggery they do so singularly, or at the least, quietly smoking while wearing way too much black clothing.

greek douchebaggery is unforgivably loud AND obnoxious.



where I come from...being a douchebag is being a douchebag.



you would be wrong.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

JUL 18, 2008 12:43 PM

attn_ho said:
whereas art-school students, or Art-Fags (regardless of preference)
...
quietly smoking while wearing way too much black clothing.




*looks at head-to-toe black clothing*
*looks at vanilla cloves in purse*


... shit.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

JUL 18, 2008 12:45 PM

Shalome said:

attn_ho said:
whereas art-school students, or Art-Fags (regardless of preference)
...
quietly smoking while wearing way too much black clothing.




*looks at head-to-toe black clothing*
*looks at vanilla cloves in purse*


... shit.


Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaah....

*shuffles feet*

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

JUL 18, 2008 12:50 PM

bean said:

Shalome said:

attn_ho said:
whereas art-school students, or Art-Fags (regardless of preference)
...
quietly smoking while wearing way too much black clothing.




*looks at head-to-toe black clothing*
*looks at vanilla cloves in purse*


... shit.


Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaah....

*shuffles feet*


BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUL 18, 2008 12:51 PM

attn_ho said:
you would be wrong.



You don't know anybody from Bensonhurst...do you.

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