Present Joys

• Started a new team project with a new team, comprising people I enjoy and respect. I’m excited.
• Listened to M-Tabs explain the entire plot of Battlestar Galactica to our team class. This only very loosely related to our team project, but it was charming and entertaining.
• Went shopping with Evan—a topic which deserves a post all to itself. We drove all over town to a bunch of vintage clothing and antique stores, trying to find specific items and taking a bunch of pictures. This was in lieu of a normal History of fashion class, and it was much more fun. Also, this was the first time I had ever traveled in a Hummer.
• Wore a polo shirt for the first time this year. Spring’s a-coming.
• Took hilarious reference photos for a new illustration project inspired by pulp fiction book covers.
• Enjoyed a long crit, during which Mr. Mahan suggested that two girls should have a jello wrestling contest to determine the winner of a poster with zombies harassing a geisha.
• Got Polish food with Jason for his birthday.
• Went back to Illustration and finished the day even though it was 76°F outside.
• Finished the week with a knit-n-crit which was surprisingly robust, considering everyone is punchy and slap-happy and ready for some time off.
• Began spring break!

In honor of Jason’s birthday, we had Polish food at the Audubon metro park.

• Drew portraits with Boryana and talked about basic frame.
• Didn’t have any normal classes on tuesday or wednesday!
• Got sophomore-reviewed by Matthew Mohr (who was great) and Steve Gabor (who wasn’t as great). Passed.
• Wore my traffic-cone orange trousers and bonded with Mr. Aschenbrand, who I am growing to love.
• Studied art history with Dana and Dorian in the Crane Café on wednesday. Prepared less than usual.
• Took a perfunctory “liberal arts progress assessment”, which was a bureaucratic waste of time.
• Enjoyed delightful sunny weather on wednesday and painfully rainy weather on thursday.
• Watched clips from the 1961 A Raisin in the Sun film from YouTube instead of doing any actual classwork, causing me to question why I even showed up.
• Took my second art history test, which was extremely fun.
• Learned a fun fact about Mr. Burleigh, who grows cooler with every successive week.
• Turned in my American lit midterm, which is seven pages long and full of things my teacher probably won’t agree with.

• Had a crit in figure drawing! Turned in my first homework piece, which is not terribly good and which I will probably end up re-making.
• Skipped friendship lunch to see one of CCAD’s liberal arts teachers talk very seriously about Harpo Marx. It was more interesting than I’d expected.
• Had presentation day in team class! My team didn’t go first for the first time all year, but it was a great time nonetheless. Literally everyone did a great job.
• During our presentation: performed an elaborate skit in which John played a character called Joff. We made M-Tabs laugh until she cried.
• Took a group photo after our presentations, which is destined to become one of my most prized e-possessions.
• Had a history of fashion midterm! Roughly one-half of the test was accidentally not included in our printed materials, so the teacher had to write all the questions on the chalkboard. I think I did well on it but I really have no clue.
• After the midterm: did a mini-presentation on 1890s fashion. I covered men’s hats.
• Drew a cartoony t-shirt design wherein a family flays a person using knives. It was supposed to be a “scary Halloween design for teens”, so I’d say I did a pretty dang good job.
• Besides the t-shirt design, my wednesday was pretty boring. The upside: I didn’t bicker with anybody all day.
• Did not say anything critical about people’s unflattering Warby Parker frames.
• Had lots and lots of conversations about sophomore review during which no consensuses were ever reached.
• Was late to Burleigh’s knit-n-crit because I was in line for hot water at the Crane Café. But it was okay because half the class was also down there buying goitered-looking muffins.
• Got to go into Mr. Burleigh’s office and get all my old work from last semester. I had to sign a make a list of everything I took so he can get it back.
• Went home and assembled all the things I’m going to take to sophomore review. (spoiler: it is like 50 things.)