Present Joys

Day 40: fri, 8 nov 2013. On assignment at the Thurber House. Josh takes actual photos; I stand around and take mirror selfies.

• Had a long tuesday. Enjoyed caramel apple suckers and sent approximately 1,000 clever pun-themed Snapchats to Julia during class. Truly, a worthwhile use of time.
• Celebrated my birthday on wednesday! Left the house extra-early and drove in the freezing rain to meet John at the DK Diner, where I put birthday candles on our breakfast food.
• Then, we went to Jim Johnson’s class and started work on a new project. Brian Spain was there. During class, I walked over to the Thurber House with Alix and Josh, where we had a lovely little meeting with the executive director.
• Lunch with Jason at Hubert’s Polish Kitchen (a tradition)! Then, back to school for History of Cinema where we watched Blue Velvet together, which was exactly as uncomfortable as you’d expect.
• Endured brutally cold weather on thursday. I am doing an intensive technique study on enameling, so I spent most of the morning in jewelry reading heavy enameling books.
• Walked over to the Grass Skirt for another nice lunch with friends. It was warm and dark and cozy—the absolute perfect place for a wintry lunch with good friends. Anna gave me an amazing mixtape.
• Began working on a new senior ad project. I am doing a hypothetical rebrand for my favorite tea company. While doing research, I called them up and talked to the company’s owner for a half hour!
• Slept through my alarm on friday morning and woke up fifteen minutes into my only class. When I apologized to my friends for being late, they made fun of me for caring. We are struggling to stay engaged.

Day 30: wed, 23 oct 2013. Kicking off a new team project for Jim Johnson’s class with Josh and Alix, we take a little walk to Columbus’ beautiful Thurber House (our new client).