Present Joys

• Tuesday morning, I took 40 minutes to get downtown because of the snow. Jewelry was laid-back; we had a crit for our final project (tea infusers) that lasted the whole period. After that, I met up with Dorian, Don, and Ian for friendship lunch at the Grass Skirt.
• At 12:30pm, I went to Senior Ad, which consisted of licorice and a long, wide-ranging conversation about the senior thesis project we will be doing next semester.
• Wednesday morning, we had presentations in Brand and Market Development. Our teacher brought props, and I brought my accordion so I could play a song for my friends’ presentation. Apparently, this was very popular on Instagram. I also gave Anna a mixtape I’d made to answer the one she’d given me. A nice morning!
• Wednesday afternoon in History of Cinema, we had a very schismatic discussion about The Hurt Locker (last week’s screening), then took a final exam. In hindsight, I probably studied more than was necessary.
• Thursday was the coldest school day of the entire year—and one of the most unusual! I got to school around 9am, in time to pick up my jewelry final. I crashed at the school library for a few hours to work, and at 12:30pm, I went to my very last Senior Ad class of the semester. Mr. Mohr used 80 minutes of class time to play a documentary about people doing weird things with their dead pets.
• After the documentary, Mohr took all our portfolios away for final review and grading. Left with a few hours to kill, a bunch of us walked over to the Grass Skirt, where we hung out for a while. Faced with even more time to kill, Theresa, Karl, Evan, and I, had dinner at the Little Palace.
• At 6pm, Theresa and I got into the Kinney Hall photo studio where she shot portraits for me for three hours. (I think we got some really good stuff! But T wouldn’t let me see much.) We finished up the night by visiting Evan’s apartment, where we listened to Thriller on his vintage turntable and watched “Antiques Roadshow”. A good time was had by all.
• Friday morning, we had our final Thurber House client presentation, which ended up tanking. But it was okay because Jim Johnson ended up liking me. I gave everyone hugs and then we were done. For now.

Matthew Mohr used our final Senior Ad class of the semester to play us this documentary, Furever, in its entirety. It was very… odd.