(no subject)
See! I'm serious about never thinking to update. It's been a whole month, and way more than that since I've written anything of substance.
I've been thesising a lot lately. It is good. I finally started printing on Saturday (after months of carving), and suddenly I find myself wondering what I have been wasting all of my time doing of not printing constantly, because it is so nice. Every press run gets better and faster. I have encountered some minor linoleum catastrophes, but learned a lot from the first set of prints and avoided similar problems the second time through. I'm currently at a thesis standstill though, as Mare accidentally ordered the wrong color of paper for me, so I now have to wait for new paper to ship before I can print any more.
Other than that, life is still good, if hectic. Right now I'm waiting to hear back from the Northwest Institute for Social Change as to whether or not they have picked me for their summer program. I interviewed on Monday (one of 18 interviewees for 12 spots) and will hear back by Friday. I've been checking my email obsessively. I probably shouldn't say anything about this until I've heard, as I won't really want to say later that I didn't get it, but oh well. Too late. They'd better pick me now. It looks like an extraordinary program. Only drawback is that I would have to take a Chinese class that would end before June 22 (when NWISC starts), and the only really workable option I've found so far is a class in Pullman that starts two weeks before graduation. Crazy, but do-able.
And I guess I haven't written this, though I feel like everyone knows by now: I'm teaching English in China next year at Northwestern Polytechnical University, which is in Xi'an. I leave the country on August 29 and don't come back for about 10 months. Hopefully in time for Paige's wedding. It should be quite an adventure. I'm pretty intimidated by the prospect of being in charge of whole classes of students while living in a country where I don't speak the language, but that's really exciting at the same time. Being in a long-distance relationship is going to suck hardcore, but Steve and I are prepared to deal with that, and know that it's worth dealing with.
Things are good with Steve. Better and better all the time, really. He came home with me for spring break to meet the family and friends, which went really well. I'm under the impression that everyone liked him a lot. The only real problem with him is that now that debate is over and his thesis is turned in, he has scores more free time than I do, and I'm jealous. Bah. He is helping direct the Vagina Monologues though, so at least he's finding worthwhile things to do while I am in class and at the printing studio all day long.
Speaking of which, time for class! Time marches on!
I've been thesising a lot lately. It is good. I finally started printing on Saturday (after months of carving), and suddenly I find myself wondering what I have been wasting all of my time doing of not printing constantly, because it is so nice. Every press run gets better and faster. I have encountered some minor linoleum catastrophes, but learned a lot from the first set of prints and avoided similar problems the second time through. I'm currently at a thesis standstill though, as Mare accidentally ordered the wrong color of paper for me, so I now have to wait for new paper to ship before I can print any more.
Other than that, life is still good, if hectic. Right now I'm waiting to hear back from the Northwest Institute for Social Change as to whether or not they have picked me for their summer program. I interviewed on Monday (one of 18 interviewees for 12 spots) and will hear back by Friday. I've been checking my email obsessively. I probably shouldn't say anything about this until I've heard, as I won't really want to say later that I didn't get it, but oh well. Too late. They'd better pick me now. It looks like an extraordinary program. Only drawback is that I would have to take a Chinese class that would end before June 22 (when NWISC starts), and the only really workable option I've found so far is a class in Pullman that starts two weeks before graduation. Crazy, but do-able.
And I guess I haven't written this, though I feel like everyone knows by now: I'm teaching English in China next year at Northwestern Polytechnical University, which is in Xi'an. I leave the country on August 29 and don't come back for about 10 months. Hopefully in time for Paige's wedding. It should be quite an adventure. I'm pretty intimidated by the prospect of being in charge of whole classes of students while living in a country where I don't speak the language, but that's really exciting at the same time. Being in a long-distance relationship is going to suck hardcore, but Steve and I are prepared to deal with that, and know that it's worth dealing with.
Things are good with Steve. Better and better all the time, really. He came home with me for spring break to meet the family and friends, which went really well. I'm under the impression that everyone liked him a lot. The only real problem with him is that now that debate is over and his thesis is turned in, he has scores more free time than I do, and I'm jealous. Bah. He is helping direct the Vagina Monologues though, so at least he's finding worthwhile things to do while I am in class and at the printing studio all day long.
Speaking of which, time for class! Time marches on!