Present Joys

2012 has been a great year for live music. Here is further evidence: October 27, I drove to Chicago with friends Ian and Andrew to see the Mountain Goats. We slept in sleeping bags on Olivia’s apartment floor, got up early and went to Covenant PCA the next morning (which was a beautiful experience in its own right), and drove all the way home! A terrific jaunt. I could go on forever about tMG. They were amazing. tMG forums friend Thom recorded the show, so I’ve got a little memento. It was my first time in Chicago, and though I didn’t see a whole lot of the city, I enjoyed it a lot. The Vic Theatre was a pretty cool venue and I ended up quite close to the stage, which was great. And there’s really no topping a Mountain Goats show. Personal highlights included: “Wild Sage”, the full-band “Mess Inside” and “First Few Desperate Hours”, and (of course) “Tetrapod”. SO WORTH IT.

• Had an offsite friendship lunch which was an extremely nice change-of-pace.
• Enjoyed another productive, encouraging independent study meeting. Concerning my color palette and page wireframe, Lutz said “I think you’re done!” That .
• Stayed late after Marketing to work on our “team project”. We took about an hour and finished the whole thing.
• On tuesday (my birthday), brought frosted sugar cookies to school. Gave a special sprinkle-laden cookie to John, my birthday twin.
• Finished my first bezel-set ring. Polished it repeatedly.
• Tracked down CCAD’s chair of Fashion Design and got signed into two fashion classes for next semester. A real boon!
• After jewelry, went to the North Market for some delicious Polish food with Jason and Amanda. They paid for my meal! and the woman serving us gave me a free extra birthday-portion!
• Drove to school at 9:30pm for a super-late meeting about a pop-up store thing that will be materializing later this semester. I did it mostly for M-Tabs. More on that as things unfold.
• On thursday, made actual progress in ad class. We are supposed to generate ad comps over the weekend.
• Had a nice, reassuring conversation with Mr. Felton about my copywriting skills.

Today was my birthday. After school, I went to Hubert’s Polish Kitchen with Jason and Amanda and ate a ton of good food.

valerie2776:

i keep having a thing that is me watching a million videos of people on waterslides. this is the third time it has happened in the past couple months and i’m confused and worried