my soup is too hot to balance on my knee the way i normally do. instead of eating at a table like a normal person, i have decided to use my sock as a heat-blocking device so my knee doesn’t develop 1st degree burns.
i don’t have class until 6:00 on tuesdays guys. i can’t control myself. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BALANCE ON MY KNEES?
MY JUGGLING STUFF IS HERE!
now i don’t have to mooch juggling props off of sean or matt :D
OH MY BEAUTIFUL RED 85MM TAPED HANDLED BABIES, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?
the awesome wand i got at the renaissance festival today.
legitimately took my time picking it out.
I LOVE JUGGLING.
Sherri took photos of me a couple weeks ago, I paid her in food. I absolutely love how she shot them!
This photo is going to be used in the Juggling section on my website (that Charlie designed)! I can say with absolute truth that Sherri shot the perfect photos for me and I’m super excited to give her work credit on my website and I need to tell everyone on tumblr that she’s a great, fun and talented person to work with and that you should really support her and check out more of her work! Sherri, you know you my girl.
Due to the overwhelming amount of questions from mcad folks, here’s the scoop on my current post-secondary education status. I hope this takes care of everyone’s curiosity.
As of friday, I am no longer attending MCAD!
Around may I decided to take summer classes with the intention to graduate early and proceed on to an MFA program for Art History or Museum Studies (since my ideal job is to become a museum curator). After some massive amounts of thought and many talks with my mother, I decided that having a BFA in Photography is not going to get me into the door for museum work, especially if I can’t go to grad school immediately upon graduation. So, I started applying to colleges, and ended up freaking out when I looked at all of the programs Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York) offers, which included a Museum Studies MAJOR, that I could supplement with an Art History minor. I applied and was accepted into this program.
About a month ago, my family and I went to visit RIT, fell in love with the campus, and found out that they were able to transfer all 90+ credits I had accumulated while at school at SFAI and MCAD. They even offered me an achievement scholarship and a grant. I accepted my spot as a RIT student.
BUT I did all of this at the beginning of August. Classes are starting now. I had no summer break to prepare for the move to NY, and we just got the final financial aid package two days ago (two days before classes start!) Because of the lack of time to plan, I decided to start school during RIT’s winter quarter (they’re on quarters, not semesters) which starts at the end of November, two days after Thanksgiving. Since it starts during MCAD’s fall semester, I am unable to attend classes in the fall. So, I get my summer break, but it’s happening in the autumn.
I am still working for Bill Cook in the first two weeks of school, but after that, I have no official business on campus. I’m still living on 3rd ave, but looking for someone to rent out my apartment, since I’d like to move back in with my folks to save the rent payments for my RIT housing. (Want to move in? Message me!) I’m so excited to be a part of this program, but I want all of my artsy folks to know that I am NOT GIVING UP PHOTOGRAPHY. I’m doing what I believe is right for my life, for what I want the rest of my life to be. And hey, it’s probably great for you MCAD folks too! Knowing someone who works at a museum can’t hurt your chances of having your work collected/shown!
I’m still going to as many free MCAD events til I move. I need to see all of my people!
bought a kendama today from sweets kendamas at the mn state fair. i cannot put this beautiful baby down. i’ve gotten pretty good at catching the ball in all three cups and on the peg just since getting it today. charlie is actually better than me at getting the ball onto the peg. it was really fun to meet matt and have him instruct us on how to properly use the kendama :D i’m going to carry this around everywhere!
new addition to the bedroom: half of the moon.
“i cut the moon in half and stuck a piece to my hair, it made the back of my head glow.”
crappy photo quality. both of my cameras are at mcad, so photobooth for now.
the orchid angraecum sesquipedale has a long nectary that charles darwin predicted would be pollinated by a then undiscovered insect using an equally as long proboscis. 21 years after darwin’s death, the moth xanthopan morganii was discovered in west africa.
this sort of symbiotic relationship is mentioned by john laroche in one of my favorite movies, adaptation.
“when you spot your flower, you can’t let anything get in your way.”
