I am a Graduate School Graduate!!!!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Last night I finished my very last classs in the School of Visual Arts Masters program Illustration as Visual Essay. I still have a week left of work to finish my thesis project for our gallery show butI passed my final crit and all my classes so on May 10th I will be receiving my MFA degree at Radio City Music Hall!!!

Thank you to everyone here who encouraged me to take the leap and supported me all this time. Special shout out to asthmaticeog!

:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

Oh and big big ups to my wife CasandraUprising - I could never have done it without you sugarmommy! :loveya:

[buddhamama]

1. fantastic!

Congrats! Best Wishes for a bright future. :toast:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. It's overwhelming

I haven't let myself think about what happens next because it's been so crazy the last few months but with the help of my wife we did it!

:toast:

[VenusRising]

2. Congratulations!

:applause::applause::applause:

[sniffa]

4. big ups to you

congrats. :patriot:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. 'tanks

:thumbsup:

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Yay! w00t!

:bounce: So happy for you! :toast:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. Yay indeed

:party:

[underpants]

8. Regent University?

O8)

[GenDem]

9. That's wonderful!

MFA -- that's fabulous. Will you teach?

:applause:

[Zuiderelle]

10. Wonderful! Congratulations!

:toast: :party: :toast:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. woohoo! congratulations!

:woohoo:

[Efilroft Sul]

12. Congratulations, to DU's top soccer fan!

Time to change the way people see things with that degree of yours!

Rock on!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

19. Cheers!

:toast:

[Magrittes Pipe]

13. Sexy time!

:toast:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. wawaweewa!

[supernova]

14. Congratulations CST

:D :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

That is wonderful news. :D I'm vey happy for you and think you are extremely talented. I'm certain you'll do really well wherever life takes you from here.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

22. aww - thanks

I appreciate it

[dolo amber]

15. You're AWESOME!!

:hug: :loveya: :yourock:

:* to CU as well.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

20. Ha!

:hug:

[bigwillq]

16. Congrats!

:toast: :bounce: :hi:

[johnnie]

17. Very cool

Congratulations!
:toast:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

32. Thank you kindly

:toast:

[Nickster]

18. That is so awesome! Congrats!!!!! n/t

[WindRavenX]

23. congrats!

:bounce:

[kwassa]

24. Congratulations!

Can you post any of the visuals from your essay?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. I will next Friday

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

26. Congratulations, CStT!

You did pretty damn good, guy. :-)

:thumbsup:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

27. Why thank you very much

:hug:

[cwydro]

28. Congratulations!

That's something to be proud of.:party: :toast: :bounce:

[Strawman]

29. Congrats!

I just finished my last paper and final this term. Feels good to be done for four months. If I can handle 10 credits plus a full time job next fall, I'll be on target to be ABD by next May.

[wildhorses]

30. ---

:patriot:

[Fredda Weinberg]

31. Congrats! n/t

[Rambis]

33. Congrats!

I did not have the brain nor the patience to go so anyone that finishes deserves kudos!:beer:

[Book Lover]

34. That is just wonderful!

Many, many congratulations. All my best wishes to you in this new chapter in your life :-)

:toast: :party: :bounce: :thumbsup: :hug: :yourock: :applause:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

35. That's so sweet

I appreciate it truly! :party:

[Book Lover]

36. I remember when you were thinking about it...

As an unschooled artist myself, I just had to encourage you to get formal training. You were living my dream :-)

Now go make good art!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

42. that's the plan!

:D

[Redstone]

37. Congratulation, CStT. A payoff for a lot of work, and you deserve to be proud.

Redstone

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

49. Like I said - big respect to my loving wife CSU - who made it all happen

:thumbsup:

Much love Redstone :D

[Redstone]

54. She's a peach, indeed. You guys make a perfect pair.

Redstone

[ronnykmarshall]

38. Party time at Olive Garden!

Make sure to bring your smokes and a breast feeding woman!

:toast:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

48. Do they have tofu braciole there?

I pray to Mary that they do

[ronnykmarshall]

53. Oh you vegan Catholic!!!

Get ye behind me ....... and you know what to do!!!

Happy Grad, you hunka hunka stud meat! :loveya:

[NC_Nurse]

39. Congrats!!!

I'm so happy for you!! :toast:

[deadparrot]

40. Congratulations!

I'll be doing the graduate school application thing next year. :scared:

[GirlinContempt]

41. YAY

Way to get your degree on my birthday :P sheesh ;)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. Timing is everything

no?

:D

edited for horrible misspellings

[SarahB]

44. Congratulations!

:thumbsup:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

47. woohoo!

:thumbsup:

[HEyHEY]

45. Great....

Now get a fucking job! ;-)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

46. soon enough Obi Wan

soon enough

[MonkeyFunk]

50. That's awesomeous!

Congrats! :toast:

[asthmaticeog]

51. Who loves ya, baby?

:loveya:

You kick the ass, my friend. You. Kick. The. Ass.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

57. Now I have an image of you with a lollypop

and I don't know how to feel about that.

:patriot:

[SPKrazy]

52. Congrats

now get to work!

:woohoo:

[Midlodemocrat]

55. I can't believe you finished already!!! Seems like yesterday that you

got in!!

Congratulations to both of you! I know you worked very hard for this.

:bounce:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

58. Indeed we have. So when the gallery show goes down we're off to

Puerto Rico for our honeymoon which we put off because of school. I can't believe it! :party:

[Nicole]

56. Congrats!

:toast:

[Maine-ah]

59. congrats!

[NewJeffCT]

60. Congratulations

I remember way back way you were getting into graduate school... heck, when you were debating about whether to apply or not.

Good luck!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

61. I remember it too!

Thanks for all your support, man!

:toast:

[mitchum]

62. Congratulations

well done my brother

[bearfan454]

63. Way to go CSTT

Congratulations.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

67. Thank you good sir

:patriot:

[hippywife]

64. ...

You both should be very proud (and relieved!)

[fortyfeetunder]

65. Cheers!

It didn't seem that long ago when you were applying for grad school.
And you are done, awesome!
Congratulations!

:toast:

[Generic Brad]

66. Welcome to the club

I hear we all get are supposed to get some kind of green jacket. It has been over twenty years for me. I'm still waiting for mine.

Just because we are officially smart, it does not make us automatically efficient.