pointless update
Last weekend I went to the closing ceremonies for the MFA shows that were up in the Gallery in FAB and the Focus Gallery in FAC. Molly's installation wasn't as exciting as the one she had in the Warphaus, maybe because she had so much room to fill in the Focus Gallery. In the Warphaus she was basically inside a wall. The prints that were up in FAB were emaculate and so were all the ceramic pieces, really. All in all a really nice set-up. One of Tammy's pieces (she makes ceramic people that have removable cups for heads) got decapitated when her niece or aunt or somebody got a little too curious. That was probably the high point of excitement during the show. I talked to Renee, Tammy, and Molly for the first time in what seems like ages and I'm really going to miss those three.
Recently I've been finding myself too busy to go out most nights, so I decided that when I heard about an aftershow party/cook-out I couldn't refuse, even though I should have been up in the printmaking studio. I went over to Jeremy's house and had a pretty good time talking to the grad students, but realizing that I wouldn't see most of them again next fall kind of bummed me out. When Matt Long got to the party, a small circle of musicians was arranged and they played some old timey music, there was a fiddle, a banjo, a stand-up bass, and a couple of guitars so you can imagine what it sounded like. They played some jam sessions, and a couple of covers (Folsom Prison Blues, anyone?), and Matt Schaffer played guitar solo once for an original--a love ballad about lesbians.
In the end it was a really good time with some really good people. And Courtney kept talking about how she wanted to sleep with one of her former teachers, which I guess was funny?
I can't wait to get out of Gainesville in a couple of weeks. I have a paper to write, a final project to pull out of my ass, and 2 exams before I can go anywhere, but hopefully the process will be relatively painless.
I think I'm going to change my schedule around a bit, so I can take a class on Italian Cinema next fall...or some sort of Anthro class. I despise the thought of becoming an academic but I've been wondering if I shouldn't change majors/get a second degree in something a little less oriented toward creation and more towards interpretation. Like Anthro of Art or something in Forensics. The thought of leaving school and getting a job is beginning to scare the shit out of me. I'd really love to just skip the whole job thing, if i could. And I don't understand these people that say, 'as long as you love what you're getting paid for it isn't a job'. by getting paid for it, it makes it a job, and thus no matter how much I may have liked the activity, it'll always be cheapened and I'll despise it soon enough. I don't give a fuck what it is.
gonna see the roots tonight :)
movies: Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going!, Battle of Algiers, The Shop on Main Street, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Billy Liar, The Red Shoes (awesome), Diary of a Chambermaid, The Third Man, The Vanishing.
Recently I've been finding myself too busy to go out most nights, so I decided that when I heard about an aftershow party/cook-out I couldn't refuse, even though I should have been up in the printmaking studio. I went over to Jeremy's house and had a pretty good time talking to the grad students, but realizing that I wouldn't see most of them again next fall kind of bummed me out. When Matt Long got to the party, a small circle of musicians was arranged and they played some old timey music, there was a fiddle, a banjo, a stand-up bass, and a couple of guitars so you can imagine what it sounded like. They played some jam sessions, and a couple of covers (Folsom Prison Blues, anyone?), and Matt Schaffer played guitar solo once for an original--a love ballad about lesbians.
In the end it was a really good time with some really good people. And Courtney kept talking about how she wanted to sleep with one of her former teachers, which I guess was funny?
I can't wait to get out of Gainesville in a couple of weeks. I have a paper to write, a final project to pull out of my ass, and 2 exams before I can go anywhere, but hopefully the process will be relatively painless.
I think I'm going to change my schedule around a bit, so I can take a class on Italian Cinema next fall...or some sort of Anthro class. I despise the thought of becoming an academic but I've been wondering if I shouldn't change majors/get a second degree in something a little less oriented toward creation and more towards interpretation. Like Anthro of Art or something in Forensics. The thought of leaving school and getting a job is beginning to scare the shit out of me. I'd really love to just skip the whole job thing, if i could. And I don't understand these people that say, 'as long as you love what you're getting paid for it isn't a job'. by getting paid for it, it makes it a job, and thus no matter how much I may have liked the activity, it'll always be cheapened and I'll despise it soon enough. I don't give a fuck what it is.
gonna see the roots tonight :)
movies: Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going!, Battle of Algiers, The Shop on Main Street, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Billy Liar, The Red Shoes (awesome), Diary of a Chambermaid, The Third Man, The Vanishing.