Present Joys

I showed up for motion graphics on monday. A half hour went by and our teacher didn’t show up, so I took a group photo of the whole class and passed around a home-made sign-in sheet. Everybody left except me, John, Luke, and Alix, so we sat around and did homework and complained about Directions.

Tuesday, had jewelry; stressfully realized deadlines are closing in on me. I worked on jewelry through lunch, giving myself countless small injuries in the meantime. After that, senior ad was great. I went to interview Ron Tardino at 3:15pm, which lasted so long I completely missed History of 2-D Design. (That’s okay.) Instead of going home, I went back to the jewelry lab to pour a silicone mold. 24 hour curing times are a real drag.

I got to school several hours early on wednesday so I could print out a ton of stuff and pick up a mannequin from the bowels of Design Studios on Broad. Then, we had motion graphics as normal.

Jewelry on thursday morning was exasperatingly underproductive. I met up with Dana at lunchtime, and we looked at fine arts thesis shows together. In Senior Ad, we had a rousing/upsetting/overwhelming conversation about job interviews and salaries. After that, in History of 2-D design, I participated in a group presentation about iconic WPA posters. It wasn’t very good, but our teacher was positively overcome with joy at our efforts—so that was a nice relief. In what is perhaps the best possible demonstration of my mental state, I forgot to take a snapshot.

I was back at school for all afternoon working on thesis and jewelry business—can’t stand to be away; can’t stand to be there, either. Lots to do for Directions and thesis and graduation. Oh my.