product of the 80s
Aside from getting up to shower at 9, making lunch and going to the bathroom a couple times, my butt was sitting my bed for 12 hours today while i reminisced on my old childhood toy, the Lite-Brite…
Aside from getting up to shower at 9, making lunch and going to the bathroom a couple times, my butt was sitting my bed for 12 hours today while i reminisced on my old childhood toy, the Lite-Brite…
This past week was so crazy and so amazing, and to be honest I can’t believe it was real. I got the opportunity to participate in an international project where 77 young artists from 7 schools in poland, germany, belgium, france, and ireland came together for week-long workshops in different facets of art leading up to a big exhibition held at the castle of Namedy, Germany. I took the photography workshop, because this was actually the form my photo class was in this semester for Trier. There were also workshops in ceramics, architecture, land art, metal sculpture, visual art and illustration, performance and media. Everyone stayed in hostels in the town over called Andernach, and we took a 5 min train every morning to Namedy to work on our projects at the castle all day, and came back every night to chill. For some reason I was really outgoing all week, and ended up meeting almost all of the 77 student and it was so much fun and some of my french came back to moemory and i also learned a few things in polish!
I came to Nashville on a whim, and my broad dream to see as much of the world as I can, so when I was given a few months of free time before going to study abroad I decided to not spend it in Lawrence where all my friends would be going to class and I would probably have continued working at the coffee shop until I left. I figured the best way to keep my hands busy, and to stay up with my peers would be to do an internship during these few months rather than the summer months which were now unavailable. United Way of Nashville was the first place I was directed when I began asking around how to go about getting a non-profit internship, and it turned out they were in need of my help.
This one is by a classmate of mine, Matt Chase. Remember that name, because he’s going to be stinkin famous one of these days>>
My hard drive came in today! So while I was copying everything on my computer onto it, I watched podcasts from my phone. I went through a few intro-to-german videos, and picked up some greetings: Guten Morgen! Then I found an application I could add to my phone that had all the TED series talks from famous designers. TED is something I found out from my classes back in Kansas. Apperently it’s a super expensive convention with tons of amazing lectures on design and such, but they always end up as podcasts later (kind of like Urban Outfitters, and they’re wonderful clothes that you just have to be patient for a few months and they always go on sale).
It’s been super cold here lately. Not quite as cold as it’s been in lawrence though! School started Thursday for KU. I actually kind of miss it. Probably because I haven’t really been working on a whole lot of graphic design projects, more just database entries and meetings and such. It’s really hard to be in a cubicle all day, even though I decorated it awesomely. I still get really antsy when I don’t have anything to work on and it’s close to leaving time.
My favorite thing about Nashville: Trader Joe’s and their chocolatey dunkers. Trader Joe’s is like a whole foods filled with healthy organic and natural foods, but they are cheaper and awesome! They have many products under their own brand, including these milano shaped cookies, and dipped one one side in chocolate, that have changed my life and the way I eat. I have noticed that I get hungrier faster, and eat my meal quicker just so i can sit down with the beautiful tub of cookies and my favorite mug with french pressed coffee, and dunk until my hearts content.