One of the things I miss most about university is having someone to read over my papers and correct my grammar mistakes. My professors - especially Dr. Junkerman and Dr. Movassat - were fastidious in their editing, and my writing improved enormously under their tutelage. Dr. Junkerman was great at recognizing patterns, and opened my eyes to ( Read more... )

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Last night, Jeannie and I decided to try something new.

Every month, San Jose has an art walk on the first Friday of the month.  As they describe it, South First Friday is "a self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, and independent creative businesses featuring exhibitions and special performances."  Although I often heard about it ( Read more... )

I took my last final today (California Architecture) and turned in my last paper (Dr. J's seminar) and I am DONE WITH SAN JOSE STATE!!!

I mean, assuming I pass everything.  I should pass everything.  Right?

I won't feel fully confident 'til I get the actual grades, but for now I'm feeling pretty good because the stress and the worry from one of the ( Read more... )

Indulge my whining for a moment.

I had a paper to finish today, and it's rather urgent.  In preparation, I asked Janelle to cover me at work, but unfortunately she got a killer migraine so she wasn't really able to work.  She asked my boss if we could close the office early, citing a health emergency, but she was shot down: boss said either she had ( Read more... )

I managed to knock out two papers today.

The first was for my Baroque Art class.  It's about the European influences on Japanese art during their seclusion period.  The most interesting bit focuses on maps and how European images of the world appeared on Japanese screens, but I also talk a bit about ceramics and lacquerware.

The second paper was my ( Read more... )

So one thing that you've got to know about art historians is that they get really passionate about their subjects, so they can gab on for hours and hours.  For example, in my seminar class with Dr. J our final was to give a 10-15 minute presentation on whatever topic we've been working on all semester.  Last week, one of the masters students ( Read more... )

It's the last day of classes at SJSU. It's my last day of classes as an undergrad. Wow ( Read more... )

The semester's coming to a close so quickly that I almost can't believe it ( Read more... )

Tonight we finally had the panel that we've been working on all semester in my art history seminar.  A group of students and faculty from SJSU addressed questions related to the theme of contemporary artist: What is life like for the twenty-first century artist?  What kind of training does he/she need?  What is his/her role in society?

We weren't ( Read more... )