it's the ides of march!

Et tu Brute?

Ah yes, the day when every bibliophile remembers Julies Caesar. And those of us who took some form of latin savor the correct pronunciation of Caesar... kiesar. And then we proclaim that we shall go, and see, and conquer whatever remains in the rest of this month.

I think I've got my sophomore review pieces lined up, and now I just have to work on matting some of them, cleaning and repairing a few other pieces, and oh yeah, write those papers.... Grandma got me this totally cute skirt though, and I think I'm going to wear it to sophomore review. So, now that the vital issue of "what to wear" has been decided, it's going to be a complete breeze. Thanks for all your support. If you like what you've seen here today, give us a call, at reader-supported MZB (stands for MackenZie's Blog).....

Yes, I've been watching too much PBS. And also cartoons. People laugh at me, but I like cartoons. Not a ton of them all at once or anything, but I like them. They're predictable, and don't approximate real life in any way shape or form. And also they have lots of bright colors, and flattened forms which are modernist... I wonder what a postmodern cartoon would look like? Random, I know, but I'm curious. Would we see a return to chiaroscuro?

And since this has now degenerated into the fact that I simply don't know what to say, au revoir!

i have so totally arrived home

And on the way home, I thought of this great idea to explore for my senior show. Maybe. Anyway, I'd like to explore it and possibly use it for senior show. 'Cause that would be cool. If, that is, I can figure out what medium I want to use.... I need to start deciding that stuff pretty soon, because I'll have to take a 2 level course of whatever medium it is. Like, first semester I get back from abroad.

And yeah, I'm home. Gots to do ma homework eventually, too.

fred hatched!

That's our moth. Meredith's moth, rather. He came out of his coccoon today. And we got to see him. And his name is Fred. He's apparently a polyphemous moth (gosh I hope I spelled that right). I have soooo much work to do before spring break, but I'm excited that it's almost here.

For instance, sophomore review is soon after we get back from break. Thursday the 22 to be exact. My appointment is for 11 a.m. I am so scared. That means I need to get a move on and select, mat, and repair any pieces that need it.

And right now, I need to get back to work, and in the in-betweens, I need to finish writing out my art history flashcards and memorize the crap out of them. And also finish my painting. And pack. And do dishes. And do a load of laundry. And write a poem.

I did arrange for all my references for oxford, so that's good. And also I critiqued the whole poetry packet, did bioethics responses and reading, and many other things.

So, goodbye. For another little while.

and so goes the story

Well! I have now officially attended my first bridal shower. And also my first lingerie party. Pret-ty funny. = ) Nah, it was fun. I enjoyed it. Lots and lots of chinese food and snacks, and games, and stories, and laughing.

I've also attended my first rave, although I'm not sure it actually counts as a rave if there was no drug use involved. I'm told there were a couple people running around in their bras though, at one point (and by people I mean girls). Dumb hippies.

I counted the rave as practice being comfortable in my own skin, I guess. I mean, if you can't learn to dance idiotically in college, when can you? And also I took a lot of motion photos there, despite a malfunctioning camera, and a few of them are even decent looking, so that's totally exciting.

And I spent about five hours in the studio tonight and five hours in the darkroom.... yeah, it's been a long day. Brain is not functioning so well. So I'm going to go to sleep.

it's the weekend! woohoo!

So, I'd like to post one of my poems on my lenten thoughts, but I'm getting paranoid again about the perils of the internet and intellectual property. So... I guess that's right out.

Spring break is coming up soon. Really soon.

This is not helping my motivational issues.

Nor is Abhorsen. Although I think I might have to crash at Liz, Lucy, & Sharon's tonight. All this talk of the Dead is creeping me out.

Although I really hope Garth Nix is a prolific writer.

"Abraham Lincoln once said, 'do you ever find yourself speaking with the dead?' "

go see this, right now

Click here.

woohoo! let's party!

We finished layout today at 12:30! It's a new record! And on top of an extra hour's sleep, I don't have to go to chapel tomorrow morning. Also, I've read two pleasure books in the past two days. It's been great. And on top of that, spring break officially starts in only nine days. And I get to see my mommy even before that. And also, I love cookies.

It's sort of funny that I'm so excited we got done with layout early that I'm hyper and probably won't be able to sleep.

Katie, my editor, says that she keeps hearing about last semester, and how Meghan and Jackie were there every Wednesday night until 3 a.m. I didn't think we were particularly efficient, but now I think we must be. Of course, Jackie and Meghan never cut off the ends of any articles....

"and one slow, swan-walking figure."
- Me.

Ah, Manet, thank you for showing us the way to quote our own artwork, and not just that of antiquity.