So, after a month of goofing off, I find myself sitting here, the night before classes start, piecing together the first of my summer internship applications. I'm applying to the National Gallery because, well, it's the National Gallery, and it's paid, and did I mention it's the National Gallery? But man, it looks competitive. I got shut out of all ( Read more... )

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I love going on YouTube to watch old videos of legendary concert pianists. The other day I came upon a recording of Martha Argerich playing Chopin's 3rd Scherzo, which is just wonderful. She's an Argentinian pianist who isn't very well-known (because she hates the press and never gives interviews) but is regarded as one of the best pianists of the ( Read more... )

I made some really yummy cookies today with my friend Liz, based on the Silver Palate's chocolate chip cookie recipe. I was just in Philly over the weekend visiting my best friend, who lives near the Italian Market. There's a little shop there that I love, called the Spice Corner, where they sell tons of spices, tea, and baking supplies. I got some ( Read more... )

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Someone mentioned LiveJournal to me the other day, and it occured to me that I haven't posted in many (7, it turns out) months. Not promising that I'll post regularly again, but I thought I'd give an occasional update ( Read more... )

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I took pictures of my paintings from class today... most of them were kind of crappy and the colors were off, but I'm posting the few that came out okay. Mouse over for descriptions.
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So, I was pretty disappointed to learn that the gay marriage ban in Tennessee passed with EIGHTY FRIGGIN PERCENT, and that Corker (Frist Lite, Mr. Sellout, whatever you want to call him) won, but let's look on the bright side ( Read more... )

I finished this painting today (artistic nudity behind the cut):


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