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We finished the postcards today. They needed a teeny tiny bit of trimming but they look amazing. We're making address labels to send to my relatives and mailing them first class today. Hopefully they get there in time. But even if they don't, my mom has talked about it to some if them and confirmed that they will be there. Yay!

As for anyone (as in teachers/fellow classmates) reading this blog right now:

Come to my debut show!

The opening is:

Saturday, May 3rd, 2-5pm

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Lai Lai
6823 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43213

It runs through June 7th. Be there or be rectangle?

Today, I am going to school to pass out some postcards to some staff members. I really don't know what to do. Should I give them to everyone? Or just the ones I actually know or have had a class with? I don't want to be rude by not inviting the new teachers, but I have never talked to them. And this is kind of personal for me. Oh well. I hope I see some friends so I can give them postcards, too.

Postcards (sorry, no pain this time)

Today we went to school to do the senior video but nothing was ready. Waste of my life.
I got the postcards from Fred and neither Gene or myself were too thrilled with the way they turned out so we re-printed them. They look better. (No offense Fred) (Jerk).
Gene is generously doing the printing at no cost to me. I really appreciate that. I, of course, feel that it's my responsibility. Even though he insists, I still feel guilty.
I have some money for frames and mattes, though.

I went to see my Eva read some poems last night. I'm sorry, but...it was kind of boring. Eva wasn't boring, though. I like her poems and all, but I'm just not a big poetry person. I won a raffle. I got a book of poetry by Thomas Lux (whoever the hell that is) which I am proud to say I'll never read.
After Eva was finished, we listened to open mic poetry. Seriously? Talk about snoozers. Boring, terrible. I mean, really. A mentally challenged squirrel could write better poetry than some of the stank I heard in those god awful 20 minutes.

I wanted to snap my fingers after it was all over.

Beatniks.

:P

Fudged

I took my postcard (on cd) to school to print them...and of course...everything went wrong. The picture looked horrible after printing a sample card. So, I guess Fred is going to pring the font sides and Gene is going to print the picture sides. We called Lai Lai to confirm dates. They are set. Woo!

Oh, and I guess there are protests at school.

On Tuesday, we are going to school to start the senior videos. Oh boy.

Eva is having a poetry reading on Monday, the 28th, at Larry's Bar. So anyone that likes Eva should go!

Postcards and Pain.

Today, Gene and I worked on the postcard for the show. We picked the picture, figured out dates, times and an actual title for my collection of photographs. I am so happy that we finally started it. We have two whole weeks so we have to get a move on. He said that he put his show together only two days before the pictures were supposed to be hanged. Why do people wait until the very last minute to do things that they know are important? Seriously?

I made a list of all the people that I'm going to mail a postcard to, and those will be the only ones with a return address on them. I don't want to take them to school and risk a bunch of douchey underclassmen knowing where I live. I don't trust them. And if you couldn't tell before, I'm paranoid. (To be perfectly honest, I don't want anybody from school to be there except for my friends. And I can't decide if I should give an invitation to all the teachers, or just the ones I like/know).

I have also decided not to bother with the walkabout fund. I have no time and absolutely no patience at this point and I just want to get this stuff done. It's not going to cost (me) as much as I was told. So, I might be able to save $50. Woo...big deal.

Alrighty... So, we've named all but one of the pictures. What should I call the picture of Rachel and the paint samples? Suggestion? Please?

So this morning, I was eating a Reese cup, and I started coughing. I tried so hard not to choke, that a big chunk of peanut butter and chocolatey goodness flew into my nasal passage. I was so pissed off...and in pain. So the entire drive up to site this morning was me, angry and hurting, heavy swallows, trying to get this damn chocolate out of my damn head. Finally, I could feel it in the back of my throat coming out. Hooray! It felt...like I was trying to hock a loogie. Tee Hee.

Oh yeah. And I totally had one of those OMG moments (but I forgot my Degree Girls deodorant). Anyways, I was trying to do something on the computer, and I hit something on the keyboard and everytime I deleted a word, a huge picture would pop up. Anyways, my nerve and my patience completely flew out the window and I started crying and dropped the F bomb in front of my mentor a couple of times, which I apparently did once but don't remember. I hate not knowing what to do. Why can't things just be easy?

Gross

I hate being a girl...

Anyways... Rachel and I left early today because we're not feeling so great. And Gene wasn't feeling too good either. Neither was Pacer (he threw up...twice).

When we got back to my house, we watched Enchanted. Not as good as I hoped it would be...I expect better from the people who made The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. The songs were lame, the princess was dumb...it just...wasn't that good. I give it a C+.

I'm losing it. Really losing it. I want this stupid gallery to come together so bad and it just doesn't feel like it's going to happen. HOW DO I GET MONEY FROM THE WALKABOUT FUND?!?! PLEASE TELL ME!!! What must I do?

Oh, I Just Can't Wait to....Grow Up?

Yesterday was really fun. Rachel, Harmony, Jordan and myself drove to Target, windows down, Lion King soundtrack blasting...singing aloud. I'm glad that i'm not the only one willing to admit how big their inner child is...although sometimes I do want to strangle it for taking over my life.
But who wants to grow up anyways?

We bought kites. It was semi-windy. But that doesn't mean that my kite flew. I always seem to have the hardest time with everything no matter how easy. Stupid kite. It eventually flew...for two seconds. I should've just gotten a regular flat kite. Jordan got her kite really high. After that, we played some really bad tennis. And Jordan got black stuff on her hand from my brother's tennis racket, which had never been used, that is 8-10 years old, while i used my mom's from 1974.

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This morning, we put on the Little Mermaid soundtrack. :)

Today, we went to measure the walls at Lai Lai. I have 53 feet of space to hang 20 or so pictures. I've chosen the picture that's going to be on the postcard. Once those ore done, i'm going to mail them out and put some at school. Of course, I could care less if anybody from school shows up other than a selected few (Melissa, Fred, maybe a few other teachers...).

:)

I can't wait to graduate.

Yipee!

Today we went to Lai Lai. We talked to the owner. He said he didn't have a problem with any of the pictures I showed him. So next week we'll (hopefully) start printing and mounting pictures.
I want to try to get Rachel to come in as many days as she can this next week for help. (PLEASE RACHEL!!!)
I'm a very picky eater. I hate ordering food. Especially if I've never tried it before. I don't like seafood, I don't like spicy food, I hate everything. So I always end up ordering a hamburger or something else familiar. But today I got sweet and sour chicken. It was good. So from now on, I'm going to be boring at Chinese restaurants and just order that. Did I mention that I'm a picky eater?

Um...here's a list of tasks:

- Measure walls in Lai Lai
- Print
- Custom cut mattes
- Mount/Frame
- Make postcards for opening
- Labels

I'd really like to have this done by the first of May. I know that's a little unrealistic...but I am going to work my...patootie...off for the rest of this month.

La la la.

Ryan visited today. I showed him the pictures that may or may not go in the gallery. I also let him read the poem that Jen is going to publish. He said it was strong.

I don't really have a lot to do right now. Gene and Fred are definitely going to Lai Lai's this week.
I'm going to my grandma's tomorrow. I'm taking my camera just in case I have an opportunity to take pictures.

Rachel has been sending my name and address off for free samples. I wonder...

Oooh.

Gene has made me the featured photographer on photo-genesis.net.

Woo hoo!

Need I say more? I think not! HA!

Fun Day!

Rachel Kemper started at The Pudding House (Photo-Genesis) today. WOOO!
She updated her gallery for the first time in, oh, a year or so. What a dummy. :)
She really smells.

We went to get donuts. Yay!

I almost hit a big rig this morning. That was real fun. Not!

Gene cleaned off Pacer's back feet. Kitty litter was clumped in them so when he walked, his back foot slid. Gene picked him up and soaked his feet in water. I think Pacer was embarrassed because he kept hiding his face, and usually when he looks angry, his eyes got wide and he looks really sad...so I stood by him and pet him to try to make him feel better. :o)