This is Chester.
He's my roommate's giraffe.
We stuffed him ourselves last year. :]
Thanks for all the comments about my last blog, I really enjoyed reading them. Blogger doesn't have a very good way to respond to comments, so I never really did, but I have started to now... so if you're interested you can check back and we can keep the discussions going on any post. :]
This semester is a stressful one. One of those semesters where you're always on your toes, and if you pause to think for a second you'll miss something and fail miserably. Well, last night it was all getting to me in bed, and I literally felt like I was having a mini panic attack. This morning when I woke up, I decided that it was going to be a GOOD day. And it was. In every way.
Things were falling into place, corespondents were finally getting back to me, assignments were finally getting organized and manageable, I was productive nearly all day, and I had fun conversations with fun people. Oh, and also... I got the job I interviewed for. Do you know what this means? This means I'll have money going into my account. What an interesting concept!
Then tonight, I had to go to an artist presentation. This was... interesting. Fascinating... but.... interesting. Her medium is hair. She makes sculptures out of hair. She screen-prints words on hair. She makes replicas of rugs out of hair clippings. HAIR. Her work was amazing, but oh my goodness. Fake hair.
I kind of felt like gagging. In a not mean way.
This is a link to her works page. It doesn't have any of her screen-printing hair works, which I found most fascinating, but it gives you a taste. And the answer is yes. That IS hair!
Oh and to top it ALL off, the whole PACKERS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL excitement definitely hasn't worn off yet. This hasn't happened since I was in like 2nd grade. I remember having a tiny "Superbowl Champions" sweater (probably size 6X) that would be totally handy right now.
So, it's all good here in the hood.
that is the most adorable stuffed giraffe i've ever seen. i'm having a semester like that too :/
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting the job you wanted! I hope your semester eases up a bit once you settle back into the workload.
ReplyDeleteI AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PACKERS!!! I have a lot of friends who live/go to school in Green Bay, so some of them went to welcome the team back.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to hear you had a good day! That giraffe is adorable and looks super cuddley.
What was the job you got?
Oh man, things made out of hair! Hair is one thing that I find disgusting. I saw somewhere once someone who made things out of human fingernail and toenail clippings. If I would have seen those in real life, I probably would have gagged.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear you had such a brilliant day! =]
ReplyDeleteHurrah for income! Congratulations on your new job!
Hooray for the adorable giraffe, grossinteresting on the hair art! I don't think I could handle making art out hair, the texture is just so weird!
ReplyDeleteI sent you an email :D
ReplyDeleteWon't lie, that whole hair thing is kind of disturbing. I mean, to each her own. But... hair? I looked at the website and the pieces are cool. But I think it would've been better off if one didn't know they were made from hair.
ReplyDeleteGO PACK GO!!! I'm so excited. The Super Bowl is the day before my birthday. And that's all I want for my birthday. For the Packers to win. I'm from the land of the Bears, so last week's win was amazing alone. I just loved gloating to all the Bears fans at school on Monday. HA!
I believe it was just yesterday or two days ago that Will and I read about Alexander and his day that was not-so-much like your day.
ReplyDeleteI like your story better. :)