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85 posts between September 2011 and May 2014

What I did this week (1 mar 2013)

  • Spent monday morning pouring more plastic. If that sounds exactly like last week, that’s because our teacher has given us no due date for the current project and we’re all stuck in a time warp.
  • Discovered that the new Crane Café barista lives in the same apartment building as Jason; started making plans with Amanda to induce romance.
  • Got out of advanced type 40 minutes early on tuesday because Mr. Burleigh misplaced all the files for our new project. I used the extra time to prepare for my ominous draping midterm.
  • Took my draping midterm, which was not actually a midterm but instead an intense two-hour timeframe during which I had to interpret a dress from a randomly-selected illustration and create it on a dress form. It was a fun-yet-physically exhausting experience.
  • Almost went to Wendy’s during thursday morning’s ad class, but didn’t.
  • Despite not making a Wendy’s run, killed lots of time with Amanda and Jason during ad.
  • Used the microwave in the student lounge—a thing I don’t typically do—and talked to a friend I don’t typically see. Ended up missing the first fifteen minutes of advanced type, but nobody seemed to mind.
  • Had an “ice cream frozen yogurt social” at my OhioHealth internship, celebrating ten years.
  • Finished the week by having a very nice meeting with Mr. Mohr about fall classes.
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What I did this week (22 feb 2013)

  • Poured a bunch of plastic in Package Design. (Remember, I’m designing little perfume containers?)
  • Had another highly disappointing turnout for monday friendship lunch. It was just me and Dorian this week. I guess everyone is just too busy!
  • Stayed extra-late monday afternoon to print portfolio pages in the digital print lab. It was not a fun time, but I got the job done haphazardly.
  • Stayed even later monday afternoon to do my draping homework. Women’s clothes are a drag.
  • Turned in my junior portfolio tuesday morning; had a one of those walk-around-and-write-on-paper-style critiques. I received unusually positive feedback! Huzzah.
  • Had a laid-back thursday morning ad class. Spent a half hour playing hooky on a couch with Jason and Amanda on the first floor of Crane.
  • Turned in finals for Advanced Type. We finished up the class week with a very pleasant knit-n-crit of our finals. We conducted the entire crit with digital files; Burleigh sat behind the computer and went through our pdf presentations. To see him in action, you’d think he’d never used a computer before…
  • Started thinking about fall semester classes; started stressing out big time. I can’t wait till all this is finally over.
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What I did this week (8 feb 2013)

  • Experimented with resin casting in Package Design. I’m designing packaging for a line of solid perfume centered around molds taken from an ornate Victorian doorknob.
  • Had a particularly satisfying experience in the school cafeteria this monday. The special, gumbo, wasn’t spicy enough, but even so there were lots of good things! Thanks for not being terrible, cafeteria!
  • Received a perfect score on my Draping homework (I made five bodices, all shaped using different dart and gather placements). In class we worked on draping a basic skirt! I’m actually having fun making women’s clothing—it’s a miracle!
  • Got into quite a nice groove at OhioHealth. The key to doing the 10-hour work day successfully is taking a very late lunch.
  • Started organizing some portfolio pieces and came to a startling revelation.
  • Received a fantastically-cute, two-months-late Christmas photo from Amanda with a very sweet message on the back. (#bffs)
  • Killed time in Burleigh’s class while we were supposed to be working on our portfolio layouts. Spent a lot of time in the classroom next door talking to John.
  • Listened to a non-creative CCAD bureaucrat give a presentation in which she repeatedly used the word “charrette”, causing me to convulse on the floor.
  • For my Advanced type class, I set and printed a pangram of my new alphabet, a brushy, midcentury sans-serif caps.
  • Milled around and wrote comments on other people’s projects in Advanced type while our teacher skipped out of class to go to a meeting (true story, apparently?). Then I participated in a rare Advanced Type knit-n-crit, during which Amanda and I whispered about classmates we’d like to befriend.
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What I did this week (1 feb 2013)

  • Enjoyed a typically brief time in package design and then spent monday morning in the fashion lab, which afforded me a serene and beautiful view of Broad Street in the pouring rain.
  • Had knit-n-crit in tuesday’s ad class. I was the very first person to give my presentation. Then: I just sat and watched everyone else.
  • Watched Cheryl Steele demonstrate front bodice dart variations in Draping! It was tons of fun.
  • Did lots of actual work for my internship at OhioHealth. Worked on graphics for a health-related Facebook app; sat in on a corporate-sponsorship meeting. The usual office stuff.
  • Dealt with crazy weather all week. On tuesday it was so warm I was sweating in a blazer and scarf; on wednesday it was raining cats and dogs (I had to wear rubber boots to work and change into loafers when I got to my desk!); on thursday it was freezing cold and snowing.
  • Gave Amanda advice about her outfit and received equal parts grief and gratitude.
  • Bought soup at the Crane Café (my first soup purchase of the semester!) Made a snarky comment about eco-friendly packaging which Richard, the food-service boss man, interpreted seriously.
  • Ran into Bob (CCAD’s greatest model and a swell guy) reading the newspaper in Crane and learned the story of his long hair.
  • Ended my week the way I started it, in the fashion lab working on Draping homework, with an equally beautiful view of downtown Columbus during snowfall.
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What I did this week (25 jan 2013)

  • Didn’t have class on MLK Day; consequently pretty much completely forgot about my Package design homework. (Hmm, I still need to do that…)
  • Spent most of tuesday morning’s ad class chatting with John and Carly about internships and school and life. It was a lovely time. I confess I’m a little jealous the food perks that John and Carly get working at Charley’s Grilled Subs.
  • Hurried over to Draping, my only fashion class. I’m still getting used to it! Felt very rewarded when Cheryl Steele drew a red checkmark on my front bodice piece.
  • Worked at OhioHealth for a few hours on tuesday and for ten hours on wednesday. Did some serious graphic design/layout work, which was a refreshing change!
  • Ran a downtown errand during my lunch break on wednesday. I felt very businessman-like.
  • Spent most of thursday morning’s ad class in the hallway talking to M-Tabs and then Michelle. (A superb use of time!) Most of that time was spent complaining about senior year ad classes, unfortunately.
  • Worked at OhioHealth for a few more hours; spent time trying to write headlines for a facebook page (ironically enough for me, a facebook-hater!).
  • Went back to school to do some draping homework. While there, I encountered the always-super-cool Kelly Malec-Kosac just as she was getting off work, and I overheard Suzanne Cotton tell a story about meeting Diane von Fürstenberg.
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