Present Joys

• Endured a “you guys really need to start getting your crap together” lecture from Burleigh in Advanced Type. The one weekend I figured I could slide by without doing any homework…
• Had a very normal wednesday at OhioHealth (those are the days I work from 8am–6pm), except for a little lunch outing with Amanda at Jack’s Diner, a very cute, very hidden downtown lunch place.
• Didn’t have to go to my Draping class this week, because Cheryl Steele planned for us to do an offsite homework project (more on that later). Instead, I got in some extra internship hours.
• Celebrated Jason’s birthday on thursday with cupcakes from Amanda and Jen!
• Worked hard to have some actual progress for thursday’s advanced type. Lectures are no fun.
• Celebrated Jason’s birthday (some more) by making our an annual trip to the North Market.
• Took a nice photo of our food before eating it.
• After lunch, drove to Easton to complete that offsite homework assignment for the always-tough Cheryl Steele. I examined dresses at Nordstrom and other stores.
• Then: it was spring break.

I accept and respect all schools of painting which have as their basis the sincere study of nature, the search for the true and the beautiful. As for the mystics, the impressionists, the pointillists, etc., I don’t see the way they see. That is my only reason for not liking them.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

This past sunday, my friend Allison and I drove to Dayton for the annual Ohio Sacred Harp Convention! We sang for hours in a small, plain room! And we had wonderful potluck dinner on the grounds! Here’s a photo of some fellow Columbus friends.

• Registered for the fall 2013 semester monday morning at midnight. Wow.
• Had a pretty laid-back week. Killed more time in monday morning’s package design. Uneventful as always.
• Didn’t have any normal classes on tuesday or wednesday because of sophomore review, which, thankfully, I didn’t have anything to do with this year.
• Instead of going to class on tuesday, I worked a long day at OhioHealth and took wednesday off for homework.
• Had a very fun thursday. Split a cheese danish with Amanda that Jason bought us.
• Checked out some library books and was called “one of our best patrons” by the school librarian. Rock’n’roll.
• Spent lots of time talking to my bff Amanda on the phone.
• Got unnecessarily upset about a dumb flyer a fellow student had posted all over campus. But that’s ok, because if I didn’t get unnecessarily upset, I wouldn’t be myself!
• Visited my jewelry teacher thursday afternoon and had a very nice time catching up.
• Drove straight from school to Riverside Hospital, where I art-directed a photoshoot for a colorectal cancer awareness ad campaign I’m working on with my internship. What a weird week.