Estela Saez Vilanova
[apparat]I’m taking Warm Glass Techniques next quarter. I’m extremely excited.
what is warm glass techniques, exactly? i’d love to chat about techniques some time. i’m fascinated with how other schools/programs handle crafts/metals/glass/jewelry/everything else i’m into. do you have aim or something? i feel like we’re ‘blr friends now, but i want to legit talk about what’s going down in scad metals. hah. i feel so obnoxious having convos via the dash.
I keep eating this chicken burrito. But it doesn’t seem to be getting any smaller.
Also. I am not an astronaut. Also I’m a little drunk.
Shrink! You damn burrito.
oh man. i was at lindsay and bailey’s drinking. and we talked about getting qudoba for sooo long, but we were too lazy. so they made some BOMB.com chicken taco. luff my friends. real talk.
i have a critique tradition. it involves apples.
apples are my stress food. when i’m freaking out and totally stressed, it’s nice to have an apple. it calms me down, and makes me feel better.
this semester has been particularly stressful. every critique has involved a couple all-nighters, and always one the night before. i’ve also gotten into installations, so the last couple hours up until crit have been ridiculous.
i started making sure i had an apple in the glass fridge for each crit, so when i finally finish set up i can munch on an apple. it’s my reward at the end of a lot of hard work.
i feel like i should have an entire bag in there for today—last crit of the semesterrrrrrr. weeeeeeeeeeee.
Legitimate excitement:
a) finding out that the library will be open late (sometimes all night) starting next week sometime.
b) finding out there is a cafe area on the third floor of the library with a microwave, vending machine and coffee vending machine.
I think we go to the same university (vcu?) I’m also excited about the 24 hour library time. I wish it started this week, since I have an exam Monday, oh well. there’s a coffee vending machine on the third floor? Where have I been this last semester?! Ecstatic!
excuse me. COFFEE VENDING MACHINE!?
i ditto the ecuse me….if there’s a coffee vending machine, i’m shocked me and catherine haven’t found it………wtf
[edit: lololol—pretty pos they’re not at vcu. obvi me and cat would have a coffee vending machine on lock-down.]
dear catherine:
“just knowing a nap was coming was enough to lower bloodpressure.” so—don’t freak out. get a rem.
one down/one to go
kilnworking crit went decent. there were some really positive comments, and plenty of constructive critcism. i’ve got mad ideas for the next go.
lampworking crit is tomorrow, and we’re out of oxygen. i can’t wait until next semester starts up and we actually have materials again. we haven’t had glass rods in a month, and now we can’t even use the torches. absurd.
joan summed up the way i work pretty well. she was saying that they see me in there making a ridiculous assortment of random little things that don’t look like much of anything, and then on crit days they come in and i have some spectacular display. that’s how my life is in general. everything makes sense, you just don’t know it yet.
my last legit class let out early bc her dvd of the matrix wouldn't play.
yeah..the matrix. my class was The Bible as Literature. go figure.
to be totally honest with you guys, i don't remember the last time i washed my hair.
aaaand now: coffee, craft sale, class, dinner, studio, death.
THESE AND MORREEE ON SALE NOW. craft sale—in front of the library.
(pic by KATIE BRASWELL)
