Present Joys

• Experimented with resin casting in Package Design. I’m designing packaging for a line of solid perfume centered around molds taken from an ornate Victorian doorknob.
• Had a particularly satisfying experience in the school cafeteria this monday. The special, gumbo, wasn’t spicy enough, but even so there were lots of good things! Thanks for not being terrible, cafeteria!
• Received a perfect score on my Draping homework (I made five bodices, all shaped using different dart and gather placements). In class we worked on draping a basic skirt! I’m actually having fun making women’s clothing—it’s a miracle!
• Got into quite a nice groove at OhioHealth. The key to doing the 10-hour work day successfully is taking a very late lunch.
• Started organizing some portfolio pieces and came to a startling revelation.
• Received a fantastically-cute, two-months-late Christmas photo from Amanda with a very sweet message on the back. (#bffs)
• Killed time in Burleigh’s class while we were supposed to be working on our portfolio layouts. Spent a lot of time in the classroom next door talking to John.
• Listened to a non-creative CCAD bureaucrat give a presentation in which she repeatedly used the word “charrette”, causing me to convulse on the floor.
• For my Advanced type class, I set and printed a pangram of my new alphabet, a brushy, midcentury sans-serif caps.
• Milled around and wrote comments on other people’s projects in Advanced type while our teacher skipped out of class to go to a meeting (true story, apparently?). Then I participated in a rare Advanced Type knit-n-crit, during which Amanda and I whispered about classmates we’d like to befriend.

• Enjoyed a typically brief time in package design and then spent monday morning in the fashion lab, which afforded me a serene and beautiful view of Broad Street in the pouring rain.
• Had knit-n-crit in tuesday’s ad class. I was the very first person to give my presentation. Then: I just sat and watched everyone else.
• Watched Cheryl Steele demonstrate front bodice dart variations in Draping! It was tons of fun.
• Did lots of actual work for my internship at OhioHealth. Worked on graphics for a health-related Facebook app; sat in on a corporate-sponsorship meeting. The usual office stuff.
• Dealt with crazy weather all week. On tuesday it was so warm I was sweating in a blazer and scarf; on wednesday it was raining cats and dogs (I had to wear rubber boots to work and change into loafers when I got to my desk!); on thursday it was freezing cold and snowing.
• Gave Amanda advice about her outfit and received equal parts grief and gratitude.
• Bought soup at the Crane Café (my first soup purchase of the semester!) Made a snarky comment about eco-friendly packaging which Richard, the food-service boss man, interpreted seriously.
• Ran into Bob (CCAD’s greatest model and a swell guy) reading the newspaper in Crane and learned the story of his long hair.
• Ended my week the way I started it, in the fashion lab working on Draping homework, with an equally beautiful view of downtown Columbus during snowfall.

• Didn’t have class on MLK Day; consequently pretty much completely forgot about my Package design homework. (Hmm, I still need to do that…)
• Spent most of tuesday morning’s ad class chatting with John and Carly about internships and school and life. It was a lovely time. I confess I’m a little jealous the food perks that John and Carly get working at Charley’s Grilled Subs.
• Hurried over to Draping, my only fashion class. I’m still getting used to it! Felt very rewarded when Cheryl Steele drew a red checkmark on my front bodice piece.
• Worked at OhioHealth for a few hours on tuesday and for ten hours on wednesday. Did some serious graphic design/layout work, which was a refreshing change!
• Ran a downtown errand during my lunch break on wednesday. I felt very businessman-like.
• Spent most of thursday morning’s ad class in the hallway talking to M-Tabs and then Michelle. (A superb use of time!) Most of that time was spent complaining about senior year ad classes, unfortunately.
• Worked at OhioHealth for a few more hours; spent time trying to write headlines for a facebook page (ironically enough for me, a facebook-hater!).
• Went back to school to do some draping homework. While there, I encountered the always-super-cool Kelly Malec-Kosac just as she was getting off work, and I overheard Suzanne Cotton tell a story about meeting Diane von Fürstenberg.

• Went back to school; starting with second-semester Package Design on monday morning at 8am. We were assigned a new project and dismissed by 8:30am.
• Went to the library and picked up some new books; got some reading done.
• Had the first friendship lunch of the semester, which was well-attended and wonderful.
• On tuesday morning, had the first Burleigh’s ad class.
• Moved one classroom next door and did Advanced type, also with Mr. Burleigh.
• Went to Draping, a once-weekly class taught by Cheryl Steele, a person I really like. It’s required for fashion majors but I was allowed to join. It looks like it’ll be lots of fun!
• After that, started my new job as an in-house graphic design intern at OhioHealth. Worked for literally two hours and went home at quitting time. Tuesdays are long days.
• Went back to OhioHealth on wednesday and worked a ten hour day (8am–6pm). It was draining.
• On thursday morning, had my back-to-back Burleigh classes again.
• Went back to OhioHealth and worked for three hours. (I have to work fifteen hours a week. How’s that for distributing my time evenly?)

Jewelry class. What a time we had.