Chinn Music: I don't wanna grow up, I just wanna be a SD kid.

After 5 1/2 years of gracing us with her lovely presence, I think I speak for most when I say "BOO!!" to Allisaughn's departure back to Chesterton, Indiana. Don't worry we all understand that it's the right thing to do, starting your life after college with a "degree-inspired" job position is what's expected of graduates. These days, finding a personally satisfying job in San Diego with a marketing degree is like... well no metaphor equivalent to that stress level comes to mind, but I'll just say becoming a carny might be a better option.

So just to prove to Al that San Diego has other options for career goals, I threw a couple of ideas her way...

OPTION #1: Found this one on craigslist.org (love that site)...

"We can only pay a very minimal salary at this point, but we promise copy and credit, and a potential for this to turn into a long series of projects with the possibility of higher pay a long way down the road. This is a terrific opportunity for anyone just starting out.

By this Friday afternoon (5/22), we need the following:

1. We start from a shot of a character's hand with a blue-footed booby on it (we will provide the initial hand shot), and the camera pulls back very slowly away from the earth to reveal galaxies and the universe, all the while following the bird as he flies into infinity. This shot will last approx. 3 minutes.

2. We need a fake time-lapse sequence of this same bird hatching from an egg and growing into adulthood. Would prefer for the background/environment to look like time-lapse, so we'd need the lighting changes of days passing and seasons changing, over the course of a year. Keep in mind that his feathers will have to go from baby chick feathers to adult ones, through several molting stages. Perhaps growing and dying flowers in the foreground, to signify the time passing? I don't know if there will be time for that.

3. We need a shot of the Transformers fighting, but we will change their faces a bit. Similar style to the movie. Also refer to Narnia as a reference (the robot parts, not the animals). These shots will have to be photo-real in order to match the rest of our film, which is photographed with a film camera. I still don't know much about computers or animation, but I assume we need someone with a good familiarity with Photoshop, or maybe Flash or Shockwave Director.

Thanks for your help, and if anyone has time to work on this, please have them email me!"

I thought Allison would like this one because she's always doing fun projects on Photoshop, but I guess not.

OPTION #2: I actually thought this on was pretty realistic, seeing as how she lives DT (another craigs ad)..

SAN DIEGO NIGHT CLUB SECURITY GUARD
Looking for people for nightclubs downtown and various other locations. This is a part time position and you must be available Friday and Saturday nights. This is a customer service orientated position. This position requires a CA Guard Card but we can assist in getting one. Prior nightclub experience is a plus. Females are encouraged to apply. Please reply with a resume and cover letter. Compensation: 10 dollars per hour.

But after weighing the options (110 lbs, to be exact), we immediately realized this wasn't the best option.

OPTION #3: I heard she makes a mean BLT (my personal favorite ad)

After some serious searching, debating and trying to convince Allison to stay - even with her very own party at a HUGE mansion with tons of rich people there, buff, hot guys

and cool stuff like that, she stuck with her decision: to go home. So to wish her off with the best of luck on her solo drive of "soul searching" we ate fish and rice rolled together and drank martinis and off she went!... Obviously after sleeping off the martinis people, c'mon. The emigration of another awesome person out of San Diego marks a sad day for all of us, but it just gives me a new #1 reason to visit Chi, a very close 2nd: meeting Lupe Fiasco, of course, and a little more distant 3rd: Prochnow and La la la loooooooke.

BYE ALLI - SAN! BYE JEEP CHEROKEE!