do a lot, do a little, get it done

Oi vey. Sleeping in I think is my form of panic. It is my safe space. I get all cozy and I know once I leave, I'll have to start working on stuff. Instead of panic attacks and freak outs, I just ignore it with plenty of bed rest. For better or for worse.

So yeah, took a while to get started. And transcribing my speech took a long time as well. about 2 and a half hours. Didn't get to school till 7:45. Got some bread and hummus and a fizzy drink and practiced with Karen, Leah, and Mel in the print studio. They all agreed that it indeed sounded like something, not nothing. My big fear is spending half an hour talking about nothing. I just need to add a bit about observational drawing and figure out exactly what I'll say about my pieces. The break between lunch and the 4:30 proposals on Tuesday is uber practice and figure stuff out time. And then after that proposal, more practice and stuff. Might miss the practice, if it seems like that might be necessary. I listened to We Buy Diamonds do a run through of their performance. They rock so hard. I printed up some more sloth bands. Then headed home.

I feel pretty good about where I am. I need to stick to my schedule pretty dead on for the next two days, but that is just two days. And it isn't the hardest schedule.

Spring Focus Week 2011 begins. My final semester at PNCA comes to an end. My four years at PNCA are almost over.

Todays Portrait Is: Stephen Graham.

sloth spirit

my bruvver

Ohh boy. The stress is destroying my appetite. Could only eat about a third of my scramble. It was a bit oily. Nathan and Rubie are in town, Rubie was off doing whatever but Nathan was able to meet up. We met at my studios at 2:30. I printed my outline out. Showed Natey around the studios. Introduced him to Eva and Mel and Dom and others. Practiced my speech. Got some good feedback. We walked down to Cool Moon and got some ice cream. I got mint chocolate chip and he got kulfi and lychee flavored. Nate is daring like that, I suppose. It was a beauuuitful day. Sunny and just warm enough. Nathan has a jump on the family freckles, but I'll catch up.

We parted ways and I organized 20 complete poster sets, now I just need to tie them up. I found some friends and listened to Dom practice but I headed home to work some more. I can't tell if I am saying something or nothing. And it is so bumbly. I think I need to read less from an outline while practicing, because it is too much improv. Tomorrow I'll transcribe the recorded speech I have thus far and add to it and practice practice practice. I'm running out of time so fast! Where did it go?

Watched Doctor Who (which was FANTASTIC) and cut up more scraps for Save the Sloth bands. Gotta have some non thesis task to do every day.

Todays Portrait Is: Dexter Fletcher.

our slothiness

Goody goody, Thursday. The best day of them all because I have to get up early and do stuff mostly all day long.

So I got up. Had a mediocre breakfast. Got to school a couple minutes late but didn't miss much. Class was filled with work time on a sort of thank you collaboration for the people who came in and talked to us during the semester. Kristen W and I walked to Quiznos and I got a sammich. Then we returned to class. After lunch Martin came in and fielded some questions about thesis week. Kristen RB brought us cookies and showed us some of her current work, which as cool to see. Then it was early out of class time. I went to the screen printing studio and printed some Save the Sloth bands. The Sloth is PNCA's mascot and there is a vote to change it to, like, a narwal or something. So Karen, Morgan, myself, and many others are lobbying for the continual presence of the Sloth. Tradition! Heritage! And it isn't that bad of an image, considering how long sloths have stuck around despite all the odds. Reason would dictate that an animal that metabolizes food so slowly and thus moves so slowly would have died off ages ago. But it still prevails! Sloths are almost against the laws of nature and survive. Just like artists. Anyway, so I cut up some old shirts and printed on them. Some of the bands were a bit short, but they work for arm bands as well. I printed 30 and by the time I left school, I had given them all away. Only one person wasn't in support of the Sloth. They were in the "everything changes" camp.

I wore my headband with pride.

Yoga had a very long final pose and I just went into it. It felt so very good. Last yoga till after focus week. Hung out with Karen afterwards. Then went home. Watched Community (which was FANTASTIC) and Parks and Recreation (which was adorable).

Now I'm extra tired and have a long day ahead of me. The thesis speech practicing begins.

Todays Portrait Is: Tamsin Greig.