Justin Timberlake Broke the Internet
Last night went I went to sleep I went to Wheelock. This morning when I woke up, I went to Harvard. Apparently, Justin Timberlake is filming a movie on our campus this weekend. They've turned our entire campus center into Harvard - changed all of the signs, put up weird posters with the Harvard logo, and added much classier furniture. They've also made it snow. It isn't snowing - raining disgustingly, but not actually snowing... yet there is fake snow everywhere. Our campus isn't very big, so it's not like they're all nicely in a corner being private... they're smack-dab in our faces. And they broke the internet in our dorm, so I needed to duck and cover into the library with the obnoxious mac keyboards that make a lot of noise and don't type nicely. If I was 11 years old right now, I might be excited... but I'm not. I want Justin Timberlake to go home.
I thought I'd be forced to fight for a computer, but the computer lab is deserted on Sundays. I was planning on going into the classroom building and taking advantage of my small lab access to get some privacy, but they were filming and putting down fake snow and being obnoxious in front of the door, so I couldn't get in. I'm in the large computer lab and I don't have any company, so I didn't need to do that, anyway. Everyone is standing in the windows of the campus center taking pictures and being goofy instead. You know something funny is going on when you don't need to wait on a line to use the lab because half the school is updating their twitter.
Anyway, I planned to update today with my most recent artistic endeavors, since that is what I planned to journal about and essentially failed to do. So...
(1) Nanowrimo - yesterday I sat down and plotted. I'd barely had time to get any pre-November planning done so far this month, so it was nice to sit down and actually contemplate the abstract motivations of minor characters - haha. I plan to combine two very small ideas I've always wanted to do - writing a novel about camp and writing a novel about theatre people - thus, my novel is about theatre camp. It should be toasty to write about summer during November in New England (because although it isn't actually snowing today, it has snowed). Basically, I'm taking some unused-but-darling plot points from old "A Drama About Drama" stuff, combining it with fun camp stories, and blabbering away for a month. This will be my sixth year participating, so despite my busy-ness, I wanted to at least attempt it this year. We'll see how it goes.
(2) Musical Theatre - Right now I'm performing in another musical with the MCPHS DNActors. The shows there are quite ghetto in a fabulous way - that's what you get when you attempt to put on musicals in a school for math and science. The theatre budget isn't exactly their first priority ( if you don't believe me, check out the opening number from our last show here: www.youtube.com/watch - you'll notice our set is two baskets and some newspaper. Classy). Naturally, we open in the middle of November, meaning tech week is at the beginning of November. And then I go home for Thanksgiving and get to go see Chris's production of Follies at JSP. So... I predict more theatre than writing this time around, but whatever.
(3) Printmaking - Printmaking is DANGEROUS. I'm doing my advanced independent study this semester, and I've already gouged my thumb and caught my pinky finger in the press. I'm mostly focusing on block printing, using visual narrative and the figure as subject matter. I'm having a lot of fun, despite the blood loss, and learning a lot more than I might have in a traditional class.
(4) Mail art - I gave in and now I'm on Art42. I've promised myself I'll be good and only do one project at a time. I've already done one ATC swap and it was so much fun getting back into that. I'm also doing a minizine swap, and I plan to get mine in the mail sometime this week... meaning I can sign up for another one once I do! It's nice having little projects to work on on the side - and it's a lot more fun checking my mail when I'm expecting some artsy goodness in my mailbox!
(5) Digital Imaging - I heart vector portraits. That is really about all on that front.
(6) Role playing - I've been back on PI since August. Most of the drama has died down and now it's all fun. There is none of the awkward pressure and whatnot that was turning me off last time I was playing on there. I have three active characters, all of whom I adore a great deal, and I'm loving it again. It has been a while.
And... I think that's about it. I never actually posted about it, but I did do a musical this summer at JSP, which was awesome. I also worked as the Art Specialist at camp again, which is equally awesome despite having a CIT who made me want to run repeatedly into a wall - but the kids were awesome. I think I'm discovering that I'd like to work with 9-12 year olds more and more. It's funny, because everyone knows me as the early childhood person, and so many of my best teaching experiences have been with 3-5 year olds. Older kids rock, though - seriously. I still love babies and couldn't live without them, but I've never had a dull time with a 10 year old, either.
Anyway, that's where I'm at artistically! I'm missing working with children this semester, but hopefully my theatre will save me! Wish me luck!
I thought I'd be forced to fight for a computer, but the computer lab is deserted on Sundays. I was planning on going into the classroom building and taking advantage of my small lab access to get some privacy, but they were filming and putting down fake snow and being obnoxious in front of the door, so I couldn't get in. I'm in the large computer lab and I don't have any company, so I didn't need to do that, anyway. Everyone is standing in the windows of the campus center taking pictures and being goofy instead. You know something funny is going on when you don't need to wait on a line to use the lab because half the school is updating their twitter.
Anyway, I planned to update today with my most recent artistic endeavors, since that is what I planned to journal about and essentially failed to do. So...
(1) Nanowrimo - yesterday I sat down and plotted. I'd barely had time to get any pre-November planning done so far this month, so it was nice to sit down and actually contemplate the abstract motivations of minor characters - haha. I plan to combine two very small ideas I've always wanted to do - writing a novel about camp and writing a novel about theatre people - thus, my novel is about theatre camp. It should be toasty to write about summer during November in New England (because although it isn't actually snowing today, it has snowed). Basically, I'm taking some unused-but-darling plot points from old "A Drama About Drama" stuff, combining it with fun camp stories, and blabbering away for a month. This will be my sixth year participating, so despite my busy-ness, I wanted to at least attempt it this year. We'll see how it goes.
(2) Musical Theatre - Right now I'm performing in another musical with the MCPHS DNActors. The shows there are quite ghetto in a fabulous way - that's what you get when you attempt to put on musicals in a school for math and science. The theatre budget isn't exactly their first priority ( if you don't believe me, check out the opening number from our last show here: www.youtube.com/watch - you'll notice our set is two baskets and some newspaper. Classy). Naturally, we open in the middle of November, meaning tech week is at the beginning of November. And then I go home for Thanksgiving and get to go see Chris's production of Follies at JSP. So... I predict more theatre than writing this time around, but whatever.
(3) Printmaking - Printmaking is DANGEROUS. I'm doing my advanced independent study this semester, and I've already gouged my thumb and caught my pinky finger in the press. I'm mostly focusing on block printing, using visual narrative and the figure as subject matter. I'm having a lot of fun, despite the blood loss, and learning a lot more than I might have in a traditional class.
(4) Mail art - I gave in and now I'm on Art42. I've promised myself I'll be good and only do one project at a time. I've already done one ATC swap and it was so much fun getting back into that. I'm also doing a minizine swap, and I plan to get mine in the mail sometime this week... meaning I can sign up for another one once I do! It's nice having little projects to work on on the side - and it's a lot more fun checking my mail when I'm expecting some artsy goodness in my mailbox!
(5) Digital Imaging - I heart vector portraits. That is really about all on that front.
(6) Role playing - I've been back on PI since August. Most of the drama has died down and now it's all fun. There is none of the awkward pressure and whatnot that was turning me off last time I was playing on there. I have three active characters, all of whom I adore a great deal, and I'm loving it again. It has been a while.
And... I think that's about it. I never actually posted about it, but I did do a musical this summer at JSP, which was awesome. I also worked as the Art Specialist at camp again, which is equally awesome despite having a CIT who made me want to run repeatedly into a wall - but the kids were awesome. I think I'm discovering that I'd like to work with 9-12 year olds more and more. It's funny, because everyone knows me as the early childhood person, and so many of my best teaching experiences have been with 3-5 year olds. Older kids rock, though - seriously. I still love babies and couldn't live without them, but I've never had a dull time with a 10 year old, either.
Anyway, that's where I'm at artistically! I'm missing working with children this semester, but hopefully my theatre will save me! Wish me luck!