Present Joys

Day 37: tue, 5 nov 2013. Experimenting with vitreous enamel in a tiny portable kiln in jewelry class.

Insanely evocative snapshots of Sacred Harp singings, northern Mississippi, early 1980s.

• Started the week with a Thurber House client meeting on monday afternoon. It was nice and productive; we toured the house and learned about the organization’s programs.
• Tuesday morning, spent my morning in jewelry sprung little swatches of knitting. I’m going to cast knitting in bronze!
• Turned in 100 logos on tuesday afternoon in Mohr’s class; had a very productive crit. Too bad! Our teacher didn’t like what we brought and assigned 100 more logos for next tuesday. You have got to be kidding me!
• Wednesday morning, I met my Brand and Market Development class once again in CCAD’s MindMarket for presentation day. The usual foolishness abounded, but we made it through safely. This marks the end of a long project about medication.
• Had a nice lunch with Amanda on one of the picnic tables outside the library. After that, I raced to History of Cinema where we watched Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. At least I completed a good chunk of knitting…
• My jewelry teacher overslept on thursday morning and was late to class; most people left, but I stayed and casted my knit swatches.
• After jewelry, I went to lunch with Dana at Portia’s Café for a belated birthday lunch. The food was good and an anonymous do-gooder paid for our meal. Can’t beat it with a stick.
• Following lunch, I went back to school and changed into a really embarrassing outfit in time for my afternoon ad classes. It was a great, surreal afternoon. Mr. Mohr and various classmates brought sweet treats—I ate approximately 100 candy corns. After a short presentation by Theresa, the rest of senior ad was full of pure shenanigans. We took group photos in our halloween finery.
• By the time Portfolio started at 3:30, only about ten people stuck around and I was experiencing a massive sugar rush. We had trouble concentrating while listening to great, loud music while trying to have a critique while still dressed in halloween costumes while still eating a bunch of sugary snacks. It was a glorious time.
• Enjoyed a typically relaxed friday morning.

Last night (1 nov 2013) at the A&R Music Bar, I saw John Vanderslice play a great show. Right now he’s just touring with Jason Slota, who plays drums and Moog, often simultaneously. The show consisted of a few songs from Dagger Beach and Pixel Revolt, lots of songs from Emerald City, a few Bowie covers, and lots of other good stuff mixed in. The best parts: “Kookaburra”, where JV switched from acoustic to electric guitar halfway through in order to play a rockin’ solo; also “Underneath the Leaves”, a personal favorite, complete with pedal-fired synth sample!