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Gosh. I'm done. I am a Master of Fine Arts.

Well, except for writing 10-15 more pages and turning in my slides. Anyway, it’s been a challenging two years. It’s going to take me a while to digest it all. I meant to add this to my exhibit somewhere but didn’t. So, I’m adding it here:

Red shoes.

originally uploaded by Girlabroad. I want shoes like this! Oh. Wait. I had shoes like this, but Mies ate them…. Anyway, I’m feeling kind of flat right now. I have so much to do by next Wednesday, but I’m not motivated at all. And now I have to

Kitty Bling-Bling.

originally uploaded by callieo! The Stranger has a really good review of the BFA show of DX ARTS first graduating class. They bashed our MFA show, but that’s okay with me because 1). our design stuff just seemed awkward exhibited next to all the fine art, and 2). I

Whew!

originally uploaded by callieo!. We did it! Here we are, done. Graduates. MFAs. UW alums. More photos here.

Dogs and Modernism.

I just finished reading Natalia’s book, Chasing the Perfect and I started thinking about how dogs fit into the modernist dogma. Her dog, Janie, is an underlying, constant presence in this book, and it got me pondering. When you think of the modernist aesthetic, dogs are really the antithesis

Message Bean.

This is cool. I wouldn’t mind one as a gift, and I’m pretty picky….

I'm dying over here.

My laptop died yesterday. Zip. Kapoot. I had used it right before my interview to jot down questions and it was fine. I get home to log on and it won’t start up. I thought maybe the battery was out of power, so I plugged it in. Still nothing.

American Colonialism.

Will and I watched Why We Fight last night, a really interesting documentary about colonialism and the industrialized American military. It made me sick. There were a couple of really creepy right-wing commentators (I can’t remember their names but of course Will was very familiar with them since he’

Chez moi.

originally uploaded by Dean Forbes. I found this photo on Flickr by a great photographer named Dean Forbes. Just thought I’d post a link to his "Morning" set. The photos are breathtaking and really capture the aesthetic of the Pacific Northwest that is Seattle. And even though

The Olympics.

originally uploaded by callieo!. These are the mountains I see every time I open my front door or look out my living room window. Bellissimo, no? I have my laptop back now; I have a new CD player and they replaced the screen. THANK GOD. Using that Dell was torture.