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What I did this week (4 apr 2014)
Motion graphics was cancelled on monday, so I stayed home. I’ve got a lot of different things going on, so that was fine.
Tuesday, I frantically worked to carve some waxes. Literally nobody showed up to our customary friendship lunch at the Hills (busy times!) but I met up with Dana to look at a few fine arts thesis shows, so the time was redeemed. Mr. Mohr brought a bunch of MaKey MaKey devices into Senior Ad, ostensibly to encourage us to consider including interactive technology component into our thesis projects. We spent an hour or so playing around with the things, which was fun. He let us out of class a little early so we could enjoy the warm weather. It felt irresponsible to relax outside, even for just twenty minutes.
Wednesday, I worked all morning on sweater-making for thesis. I dropped by the CCAD Archives office to meet with Leah. We had a really great conversation about my progress. In motion graphics, we messed around with camera tracking in After Effects. I came home and kept working on thesis sweaters, then stayed up extra-late working on materials for Directions. It was a satisfying day.
Thursday was rainy and dreary. I discovered a pea-sized hole in the sole of my loafers about 5 minutes after I got to school—bad news. In jewelry I cast some doodads in bronze. After that, Jason and I had lunch at Hubert’s Polish Kitchen in belated honor of his birthday. All three hours of Senior Ad were spent watching presentations of some sort: Mr. Mohr talked for a while about job interviews; Julia shared about a business trip she’d taken; we spent the rest of class watching classmates brief us on their thesis projects and engaging in unusually rancorous discussion. Everybody’s about to explode, I think.
Day 93: thu, 3 apr 2014. Mr. Mohr and Julia sit on a table, chat with the class. Probably the cutest photo of the whole semester.
Day 92: wed, 2 apr 2014. Adam creates explosions, solves Rubik’s Cubes in Motion Graphics.
What I did this week (28 mar 2014)
Monday afternoon, I recorded two oral history interviews for my thesis project, which is coming along albeit slowly. We had a work day in motion graphics. Our teacher spent most of the time talking about Taco Bell’s new breakfast menu, leading me to believe he is in fact a paid representative for Yum! Brands.
After a frazzling tuesday morning commute, I worked in silence in jewelry all morning. After friendship lunch at the Hills, I went to Senior Ad where we sat through a few hours of presentations and worked in class. I left early to record yet another thesis interview, which lasted a good long time.
By the time my interview meeting was finished, I was 40 minutes late for History of 2-d Design—and it was snowing hard! I ran across campus to make the rest of class. We had a study session for an upcoming test. By this point, it was practically time There was a reception beforehand, where odd hors d’oeuvres were served. Lots of friends. After Draplin’s very enjoyable and entertaining presentation, I checked into the afterparty at the MindMarket. I didn’t stay long; 14 hours on campus is long enough for one day.
The fun continued on wednesday. Back in the MindMarket, I had lunch with Aaron Draplin and about 20 other kids, where I served as official question-asker and conversation-starter. We enjoyed a very pleasant repartee! After lunch, I did homework in the school library for a few hours (a cozy place), turned in my motion graphics project in class, and headed home.
I had lunch with Marcia Tabler on thursday. We mostly talked about thesis, and she was tremendously reassuring. It’s nice to have lunch with people who can calm you down. Senior Ad was its usual dysfunctional, fun self—after some presentations, we played tunes and worked on projects and had good conversations and enjoyed each other’s company. After that, I took a test in History of 2d; then the week was over! Graduation will be here before I know it.