Thao & Mirah performing “Little Cup” at KEXP.
I didn’t listen to the Thao & Mirah album when it came out last year, but I am now. And it is very nice.
What I did this week (3 may 2012)
- Had the third and final crit of my figure drawing class with Boryana. I turned in three pieces that I’m pretty proud of. We drank apple juice and ate cookies and had a good time.
- Went up to the fourth floor of AMF to visit Jason Clary (my freshman painting teacher), who was just as kind and wonderful as ever.
- Had an off-site friendship lunch at The Warehouse Café, which is a cute little lunch place within walking distance from campus.
- Went to visit my friend Carolyn in her millinery class and got to meet the teacher. I’m hoping this will pay dividends for me later!
- Put the finishing touches on our board game; Met with my Kelsey and John for a last-minute team meeting.
- Finished watching Vertigo in my American lit class on tuesday morning. And then I was done…
- Had the last lecture of my 19th century art history class, which basically consisted of a ton of Rodin’s sculptures. It is sad to see it come to an end.
- Had our game-playing day in team class! M-Tabs brought in candy for us to eat, and we played board games and filled out little questionnaires. Tons of fun.
- Watched student presentations in my History of fashion class. Worked on my new fair isle sweater the whole time. It was quite a nice time.
- Did the usual thing in Illustration class, except this week our teacher brought in chocolate-chip-cookie bars and chips and salsa for us to eat! I didn’t really do illustration work in class; instead, I agonized over my finals for Burleigh.
- Spent all wednesday night doing more work on finals for Burleigh, despite the fact that they were due less than 24 hours later. This is not something I typically do, and it stressed me out a lot.
- Had a very cursory “private meeting” with my American lit teacher regarding my final project, which I have yet to begin and which is due next thursday.
- Printed, mounted, and wrapped my finals for Burleigh during my lunch break on thursday morning. I did all of this in the little couch area in Kinney where literally every other person at CCAD also had to print at the last minute.
- Ran into my 19th-century teacher and Ian and Dorian on the quad and hung out with them for a while, which was really fun.
- Had one last knit-n-crit with Burleigh. Finals turned out okay after all.
- Took a bunch of photos with teachers, which I will definitely share later!
This is a series of three small (7.5 in. × 5 in. each) drawings I made as homework for my figure drawing class this semester.
Ford Maddox Brown. Eglon assassinated by Ehud. 1908.
This is a great illustration of Ehud killing King Eglon from Judges 3. A great artist, a great illustration, and a great story.
Last sunday (22 apr 2012), Ian and I went to see Lambchop play at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland. We got to the venue with some time to kill before the show, so we went to check out the record/vintage clothing store in the basement of the place. There, we ran into Kurt Wagner himself, who was also shopping for used records. We were able to talk to him and tell him how excited we were to see him, and he was really kind and friendly and down-to-earth.
The setlist included nearly all the songs from Mr. M and every one of them sounded amazing. Overall, this was one of the quietest concerts I’ve ever experienced. We were standing at the very front of the stage and I could hear acoustic sound coming from the instruments themselves, which was a really unusual experience. All the musicians were amazing, especially the drummer. And they played “Soaky in the Pooper” as an encore! Ian and I had parked around the back of the building, and as we were leaving after the show, Kurt had just come outside to light a cigarette. He recognized us from earlier and thanked us for coming. It was all a really very nice experience.