I have been having a crap week. Among the highlights ( Read more... )

I find myself in the unenviable position of having finished all my liberal arts general education requirements. Which means… it's studio classes all the way down.

Sculpture I, Variable Topics In Drawing, Historical Pattern Drafting and perhaps Ceramics II - forget about erst wenn die Wolken schlafengehn, I won't even get to sleep until my exchange ( Read more... )

Folks who have had the misfortune to meet me in person will realize that I dress like a hobo with a surprising amount of indifference to actual fashion trends. That's mostly because I spend so much time being a studio artist that there really isn't much of a point dressing pretty.

( Art major wankery about dress and perfume )

( The stole that will not end is complete! )

- I'm probably not going to finish that shawl by July because crap happens. It's about 50% done, but that 50% took me most of the month to knit. X_X ( Read more... )

When you advertise a promise to insure everything you've packed and shipped, and then break the fucking sculpture in half, do not try to weasel out of sending the claim in when the irate artist shows up, receipt in hand ( Read more... )

UPS broke the statue I'd shipped in half. IN HALF.

Now I have to fly to Portland to repair it, and I am going to hold them to their stupid pack and ship promise.

I mean, I'm glad I get to see a nice city, but FFFFF- my first sculpture sale! FFFFFFF-

- Mel

I started on the SIL's wedding present, a knit lace stole that's supposed to wind up 15 inches by 64 inches when complete. Note, that is taller than I am ( Read more... )

( Six inches of scarf. Bring it. )

It isn't often that a news article forces me to re-evaluate the plot of an ongoing fic, but the recent news on a new protease inhibitor for Hepatitis C treatment having an 80% cure rate... is taking a lot of the doom out of The Bullet Catch.

I am grinning evilly at the nihilism whiplash our little crew are going to run into once they get the news ( Read more... )