December 2009
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“If the temperature and wind aren’t right and the lagoon operators are spraying,...”
– Pork’s Dirty Secret: The nation’s top hog producer is also one of America’s worst polluters : Rolling Stone (via apsies)
This is the reason why I don’t eat meat. It’s not because I have some moral issues about killing animals or because I want to fit in with some sort of culture,...
“I think one of the reasons why kids today have quarterlife crises is because...”
– Twenty Something: Instead of traveling, writing and trying to figure out what we want, should we be marrying and having babies? (via robot-heart) (via apsies)
I like modern art. No big deal.
Today was tiring for no real reason at all.
Also: I want ice cream.
I don’t know what direction to go with my thesis for art history honors. I need to stop watching shitty TV and start reading and thinking about this.
All A’s (not A-) this semester except for French, but we won’t talk about that class ever again.
Last night Stacy, Nancy, and I got martinis and smores at Halcyon. See picture below.
The other day Kelley taught me the art of making an omelette. It was delicious. I put fresh mozzarella, onions, bell peppers, basil, and tomatoes in it. That same day I went to Sugarmama’s with Nancy and Stacy to get free cupcakes. Today I went to half price books with Nancy and Stacy for some Christmas presents and now I’m about to go eat dinner with Chris at Wheatsville. Also I...
Museum attendance rises as the economy tumbles →
hydeordie:
It may be because of the relative bargain of a museum ticket, an increased popular interest in contemporary art, or just a rainy summer, but admissions at the majority of art museums in the US have been holding steady through the recession—and many are dramatically on the rise. A survey by The Art Newspaper of 20 museums across the country found that two-thirds have experienced a...
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“They are alive and well somewhere;
The smallest sprout shows there is really no...”
– Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
I miss poetry and having to study this poem for my last test has been refreshing.
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“Through the window you could see your young mother by the fence talking to a...”
– Charles Simic, The Magic Study of Happiness
I think Christmas break will be really good for me as long as I use it right. If I read some good books and maybe forget about art history for a little bit. Except I can’t forget about it entirely because I need a thesis topic.
Maybe while I’m home I can get some alone time, but alone time in the way that I like. Not in the way it was during the summer, but with my family in the other...
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Things that will happen
Christmas break I am going to
figure out what I’m going to write about for art history honors
plan trip to France
read crime and punishment and a people’s history
see Eileen, Katrina, Janet, Casey, Becca
steal Chris’ corgis or maybe just go over there early one morning and spend the whole day with them (the dogs - Chris can be there too if he wants, but I’m there for...
