Hanging Lights
by The Door StoreSelection of Deco schoolhouse and drugstore lights. More here.
These do a lot for me. I’ll take one of each.
What I did this week (1 feb 2013)
- Enjoyed a typically brief time in package design and then spent monday morning in the fashion lab, which afforded me a serene and beautiful view of Broad Street in the pouring rain.
- Had knit-n-crit in tuesday’s ad class. I was the very first person to give my presentation. Then: I just sat and watched everyone else.
- Watched Cheryl Steele demonstrate front bodice dart variations in Draping! It was tons of fun.
- Did lots of actual work for my internship at OhioHealth. Worked on graphics for a health-related Facebook app; sat in on a corporate-sponsorship meeting. The usual office stuff.
- Dealt with crazy weather all week. On tuesday it was so warm I was sweating in a blazer and scarf; on wednesday it was raining cats and dogs (I had to wear rubber boots to work and change into loafers when I got to my desk!); on thursday it was freezing cold and snowing.
- Gave Amanda advice about her outfit and received equal parts grief and gratitude.
- Bought soup at the Crane Café (my first soup purchase of the semester!) Made a snarky comment about eco-friendly packaging which Richard, the food-service boss man, interpreted seriously.
- Ran into Bob (CCAD’s greatest model and a swell guy) reading the newspaper in Crane and learned the story of his long hair.
- Ended my week the way I started it, in the fashion lab working on Draping homework, with an equally beautiful view of downtown Columbus during snowfall.
Amazing.
I didn’t take this photo, but I did see Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy at the Wexner Center a few days ago (25 jan 2013). The show had a sterile vibe, even by Wex standards: there was no opening act and the show started right away at 8pm. But the sterile vibe was a perfect presentation for the band’s very tight, acoustic set. Everything was great, from the very first song, “May It Always Be” sounding exactly like the original recording on Ease Down the Road. It was super super super.
This was the second time I’d seen BPB, and this show was much more intimate. I remember at the show in Nelsonville, there were enough people playing instruments that Will only played guitar about half of the show, spending the rest of his time dancing around instrument-less. This time, he played guitar the entire show, so there was a lot less monkeying around. I found this to be something of a mixed blessing.
A bunch of my friends decided to come with me with basically no background knowledge, and I was a little worried about Will’s general weirdness being a turn-off. Thankfully, I think they really enjoyed it and were not too weirded out by things. One last thing: Emmett Kelly is a really cool dude.
What I did this week (25 jan 2013)
- Didn’t have class on MLK Day; consequently pretty much completely forgot about my Package design homework. (Hmm, I still need to do that…)
- Spent most of tuesday morning’s ad class chatting with John and Carly about internships and school and life. It was a lovely time. I confess I’m a little jealous the food perks that John and Carly get working at Charley’s Grilled Subs.
- Hurried over to Draping, my only fashion class. I’m still getting used to it! Felt very rewarded when Cheryl Steele drew a red checkmark on my front bodice piece.
- Worked at OhioHealth for a few hours on tuesday and for ten hours on wednesday. Did some serious graphic design/layout work, which was a refreshing change!
- Ran a downtown errand during my lunch break on wednesday. I felt very businessman-like.
- Spent most of thursday morning’s ad class in the hallway talking to M-Tabs and then Michelle. (A superb use of time!) Most of that time was spent complaining about senior year ad classes, unfortunately.
- Worked at OhioHealth for a few more hours; spent time trying to write headlines for a facebook page (ironically enough for me, a facebook-hater!).
- Went back to school to do some draping homework. While there, I encountered the always-super-cool Kelly Malec-Kosac just as she was getting off work, and I overheard Suzanne Cotton tell a story about meeting Diane von Fürstenberg.