i'm slowly recovering from the cold i caught from stephen two weekends ago. i have a metalsmithing project due on valentine's day that is going to require more silver (= more $) and even more labor, and i already have four blisters on my hammering hand. martin is suffering from fin loss, so i'm going to replace the castle in his fishbowl with ( Read more... )

i just spent my afternoon pricing supplies for a metals workshop at collins. i won't be proposing it to arts council at this sunday's meeting, but at the next one.

i'm fuckin' excited, kids. come make jewelry with meeeeeeeeeeeeee!

so. i wanted to go to chicago to see blonde redhead on april 14th. but noooooooooooooo. it's the same day as fucking culture shock.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhh.

i desperately want a subscription to this magazine. it embodies the clean, modern aesthetic that i love so much. i mean, this is the shit i aspire to create myself -- when i have the money to invest in the materials and the confidence in my skills to not fuck it up.

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l'esame finale del corso di italiano mi ha uccisa. non sono soddisfatta. spero che i voti sull'esame siano curved. ho voglio di dormire tutto il giorno, ma ho l'esame finale della storia medievale all'una e mezzo perché sono molto stupida ( Read more... )

i just called steak 'n shake ( Read more... )

point one: it has been far, far too long since i was last in chicago (for lollapalooza, this past summer), and i'm getting the itch. bad. real bad.

point two: i have never seen so many dynamos live. this is a situation that has been in desperate need of remedy for much time.

point three: they are playing an 18+ show on a friday (january 26 ( Read more... )

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well, my twentieth birthday went off without a hitch. my parents took stephen and me out to brunch this morning (return of the cornmeal pancakes!), during which i became $200 richer (and probably some pounds heavier, due to the amount of candy i received). i dragged poor stephen (i say "poor" because he seems to be coming down with a cold and ( Read more... )