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| 10:49pm 21/05/2006 |
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the 20 hour art show will be at northside tomorrow night. I designed the postcard for the show and will have a photo installation, an interactive installation for drawing and painting, and a film in the auditorium. It will begin at 7.30 and last until 9. I hear there'll be food. Also it's free. Speaking of free, the following night, tuesday, the 23rd is the concert for paul balik's senior project. It will probably be a once in a lifetime chance to hear my band, 'splosions. So if you're thinking, golly, everything adrian does is worthwhile, how could I possibly fill more of my schedule being charmed by her? or maybe you're thinking about how poor you are and how great free things are. or maybe you're just dying to know how we managed to put a band together in like three weeks. trust me, I'm curious myself.
I'd like to see you there, at either, or both, and promise that you'll get something out of it.
love,
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| 08:06pm 26/04/2006 |
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I guess I can fill you in on what I'd put under the personal grooming chapter.
The secret to having the best haircut of your life is to just ask for the same cut that your stylist has. guaranteed awesome. |
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| I don't want the world, I only want what I deserve. |
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| 08:17pm 19/04/2006 |
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I'm going to NYU.
I've been to Brussels, Antwerp, Gent, Brugge, and Amsterdam.
I fell onto a bus and hurt my leg so bad.
I wrote my term paper for college bridge.
I no longer care about most everything to do with spanish and statistics.
I am spending tomorrow with simon, who I haven't seen in a fortnight and couldn't be more excited.
croquet season has begun. friday after ap registration boys and girls. we're teaching bill how to play. |
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| the fate we cannot flee |
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| 06:50pm 04/04/2006 |
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alright, I have to choose a college, and as of yesterday I heard from everyone. it's a dilemna, that's for sure, but it seems like most things are falling into place for a decision.
I was accepted at nyu (with $10,000), vassar, oberlin, bard, case western (with $20,000), and u of i. I was waitlisted at barnard and wesleyan. And rejected at yale, columbia, brown, swarthmore, princeton. I was surprised to find that I was more upset by dealing with simon's yale acceptance coupled with my rejection than my rejection alone, though I guess that's not too surprising. My mom is really pushing for vassar, but I should probably say "was really pushing", because it looks like everyone seems to think nyu is better for me, and I found out yesterday about the scholarship. So as of now, I am leaning very far towards nyu. The whole thing has been so stressful though, with all of the boys I know getting accepted everywhere, and all of the girls I know having the most horrendous time. I lost five pounds this weekend just developing an ulcer over it all.
Aside from college, I told paul balik today that there were two weeks this entire year that I've really had to work. The first being the last week of october, and the second was last week. I had so much homework all piling up, simon's play all the time, and a college bridge exam that I just got back. (99!) Then saturday my passports came in, so it cemented our spring break travel plans for amsterdam and brussels. I was really dreading the whole thing initially, since it was done without any consultation and I'm missing just absolutely everythin. But I was learning dutch last night and I finally got excited. I'll get my photo project done there, so I'll just take a zillion pictures and reconnect with my mother country. And 15 days not talking to or seeing simon will be exceptionally rough, but we bought and collaged composition notebooks, and I'm actually really excited to start writing in it.
I'd really appreciate some second opinions on the vassar vs. nyu debate, so send me anything. |
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| HO JEEZ |
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| 11:00pm 28/03/2006 |
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I got waitlisted at barnard, but I got into oberlin, so that is great. I doubt I will go there, but you have to love a school where art kids can check out picassos for a semester for their dorm room.
but the absolute best part of tonight was this:
(read the first post, and if you don't want to read the whole thing, just go to the part about matthew barney/bjork)
http://www.saidthegramophone.com/
or if you want to see the way cooler part:
http://www.saidthegramophone.com/art/bjork/adrian_marshall.jpg
I may not be a great photographer, but I am really good at photography contests.
ps. free fondue for ladies night tomorrow!!! yesssssssssir. |
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| worth tha' weight |
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| 06:03am 15/03/2006 |
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I stayed up until my mom got home and I got my letter. so if the code is correct, and the invites mean you're in, I'm in at nyu. |
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| step by step I got a brand new walk |
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| 07:27pm 13/03/2006 |
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today the girl at my stats table told me I was pretty and gave me some really delicious creamy chewy candy.
ms. malueg told me the other girls in my war lit. class roll their eyes at me when I talk.
I loved purim. and I love having photo shoots with the studio lights in photo class.
mostly I just wanted to show off this sweet picture. we are soooooooooooo cute.
the fruits of valentine's day. |
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| you make my everything ok. |
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| 09:21pm 02/03/2006 |
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life goal no. 4 realized:
I wear slips to bed.
sick but not too sick to enjoy the best part of being sick, and that is having someone to make you tea and lie around with you. |
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| I know propriety is such a waste |
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| 08:12pm 14/02/2006 |
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despite potentially developing an ulcer or something equally anxiety induced, it was a good long weekend. it felt really nice to be able to just do homework all day with simon on sunday, and made monday even greater by feeling like a reward for all our hard work. we went to the walnut room with his dad for lunch, toured the art institute all day, had an amazing dinner, and saw a pretty funny show at the neo-futurarium. it is nice to be in love on valentine's day, mostly because you get an excuse to go on these marathon dates.
I woke up dreading school and getting out of bed and I'm still not sure if I'm sick or it's all in my head, but I oddly felt a lot better as soon as it warmed up today. I don't know what all to attribute it to, but I know that my major stress today happened during lunch after my hoofbeat interview. I know I know I know that I shouldn't worry about it, but I can't help but feel like I'm going to get taken down or something as a result. I guess we'll see, as the article comes out in the next issue.
ps. I can totally completely whistle now. there is nothing to stop me. |
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| 07:52pm 05/02/2006 |
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so it's basically been about ten jillion years since I have been on lj. this is mostly because now to log in I have to post a comment on my own journal and then delete it. it is a pain. I don't know why.
but in the last week, I have turned 17, taken all my finals, gone to new york and rhode island, curated my first art show, had the sleepover of a lifetime, and applied for a job at dominicks. good stuff.
new york and rhode island was great. it was kind of hellish, but mostly badass to have taken off straight from school and then gotten back to chicago at like 7 in the morning to go straight back to school. especially since we rolled in with matching outfits. but it was all great. ilsa and I had an exceedingly good long weekend that we never wanted to end. providence proved to be a more kicking place than you'd expect, and it was really nice to see alice and her new friends and home. she bought a fish with us, erasmus, and took us to all the neat places on campus that you wouldn't know about unless you had alice. she bought me some really great hosiery for my birthday. seeing nicole in new york was also great. clearly, it is a perfect fit for her. we met and loved her friends, got a complete tour of the lower east side, and ended up having an unplanned dinner party. the whole thing was exceptional, made only better by the fact that we were coming straight from finals week, so we had a almost 5 day weekend with no homework. a perfect first unsupervised vacation.
the next week was a little crazy. coming back completely sleep deprived and having to put the finishing touches on my art show while everything seemed to be falling apart was not fun. let me tell you. starting college bridge on top of that only stressed me out more, and then yearbook went haywire. in the end, everything seems to either have been dealt with or effectively forgotten about, so I guess it's alright for now. the show went really well. I've never seen that wing of the school more crowded in my life, and especially with so many familiar faces. I have some good friends. afterwards simon came over and we lay on my couch watching avengers and talking and wishing we could fall asleep until we were so tired we probably would have.
last night we slept over at ilsa's and ate 3 pizzas, 2 cakes, a bag of carrots and a bag of spinach, and one bowl of cereal. all while watching dr. 90210 and screaming like crazy. all of us found it incredibly amusing that jeremy and simon and andy were having a boy's night simultaneously. I fell asleep the fastest because they made me wear this hoodie and got the best and most sleep I have gotten in forever. miriam, ilsa, and I decided to go to wacky cats for prom dress shopping in the afternoon, but only ilsa came away with something (it's beautiful!). I bought this veggie skirt, that is pretty nice, at yellowjacket. then we buckled up in starbucks to look for a job. miriam and I applied at flourish (a bakery) and the dominick's by my house. fingers crossed. speaking of fingers, I might also try to get a job as a secretary or data entry person. I found out that I have a ridiculously high typing speed. |
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| 03:41am 22/01/2006 |
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I am wayyyyyyy too tired to write anything but I just figured that this would maybe be entertaining later. my birthday extravaganza was great even if no one else liked it. but I can be selfish for my birthday. It involved all my favorite things - good food, great cake, zillions of friends, presents (!!!!!!!!!), dancing, and lots of cuddling and spooning. I only just finished the important cleaning, and simon and miriam probably only left a little bit ago. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. finals tomorrrow and I haven't even looked at anything. oh well.
I think this has been my best year for presents ever. really good stuff guys.
man. how can I possibly study when I've got all these new things?
simon and miriam wouldn't spend the night with me. I almost had them convinced. miriam was sleeping for awhile. I just didn't want to go to bed by myself. but I'm so tired right now that I think I willl fall asleep the second I get under the covers.
I was really glad that seth came. I was even more glad that adam came - even though parking almost killed him.
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| slip, slip, slip, slide! |
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| 09:27pm 16/01/2006 |
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I had a very nice weekend, a much nicer one than expected. dinner/play/party with miriam and claire friday night was a blast, and it had been too long since I last had indian food. my oberlin interview was a little weird and the steppenwolf play was a little not so good. but I watched three episodes of the avengers saturday and finally hit the color ones. after work on sunday I went to this wild movie at the music box (cache) where I ran into susanna and my mom ran into this woman from an old art group that thought my name was ilsa. is that a weird coincidence or what? today was brunch at standees with jen and ilsa, along with a reconnaissance mission to claire's and joann fabrics. I have been doing domestic stuff and art since I've been home. simon called me tonight. he is picking me up at 6 in the morning tomorrow. I don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight.
on the even brighter side, HPAC hired me for another summer. |
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| 03:50pm 16/01/2006 |
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am I ridiculous for thinking that calling mike jones would be a good idea?
too bad it's disconnected. though I really am not sure what I would have told him. |
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| yesterdays news |
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| 11:22pm 14/01/2006 |
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it was friday the thirteenth and I didn't even know it. what a shame. and to think that nothing particularly unlucky happened either.
oberlin probably is in love with me, I'm in love with dancing and haircut(e)s and simon is coming home on monday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| just because the sky turned from grey into blue. |
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| 09:11pm 08/01/2006 |
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so I haven't been on here in forever, and I have my reasons. mostly that when your man is half way across the world and you are secret pen pals with someone that can't live more than a mile from you, you get a little bit wrapped up in all the correspondence that you just don't have time for anything else. well, any more internet track keeping.
but for your sake, and maybe mostly mine, here is a very rough summary of the last bit of break.
*I worked not more than necessary. this is key. I therefore was able to enjoy myself so much more, yet still made some money.
*as a result of working since august, I got my bank statement for the year, and though I work the most minimal possible hours, I was pleasantly shocked at the amount of money I have accumulated despite all my withdrawals. vacation city. at this point I could sponsor my honey's train accommodations.
*have you heard there it go (the whistle song)?????
*I have become a serious student of whistling.
*I have become the best mix maker in the history of the universe along with miss c. rabkin.
*I hosted maybe the best new years extravaganza at miriam's house that combined so many social groups and it was pulled off to a t.
*watched so many episodes of the avengers and even had an avengers dinner party.
*had a sleepover with the girls where we didn't go to sleep until 6.45 in the morning. my sleep schedule has been so off since.
*realized how much I love nicole.
*embarked on a long walk that made me abhor the lincoln bus.
*that show last night was fantastic. since when did boys I know in bands start sounding so good? everybody who's anybody was there it seemed, as I even ran into mr. stabler!!!!!!
*today I saw HPAC for one of the last times before it changes buildings. james garrett faulkner happened to be there and he signed my catalog. I am practically famous already.
By the way, my birthday is coming up mad soon and omg. best dance mix is in the works. maybe better than new years. jeez. I have so much to look forward to. only time is holding me back. |
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| 11:38am 30/12/2005 |
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I've managed to keep busy this week, and I've had a real good time too.
monday was chore day, and so it felt fairly productive. tuesday I got my hair cut at vidal sassoon. (apparently it's a white winter...whatever that means.) it looks pretty ok. that night I went to claire's and we spent 5.5 hours making a 4 disc new years mix. it's going to be so great. 4 hours of dancing with a pre-timed countdown and a breakfast mix. we are hilarious. we finished off a pie that was crazy delicious by making a jar of whipped cream. I woke up at her house feeling pretty sick, and so I spent all wednesday recovering. recovering basically just means watching the avengers, because if there's anything that will forever stick in my mind in relation to this break it is the avengers. I don't think I've gone a day without watching at least one episode. it feels great. so thursday morning I woke up early enough to write thank you letters and watch some avengers before claire came over. we dyed my hair and made cornbread. it looks super! it's a very nice rich chocolate-y brown. no getting confused. she had a lot of good ideas for the birthday playlist that is currently in the works. alice picked us all up (jeremy had shown up in the meantime) and we dropped claire off on the way downtown. gene siskel is having a marilyn monroe retrospective, so we went to see the seven year itch. it was amazing. the three of us got mexican and then jeremy and I went back to my house to watch an episode of the avengers and ended up just talking for hours. it was nice, but I didn't get to bed until like 3.30. the combination of good conversation, a boyfriend half-way across the world, and a good book (I am Charlotte Simmons) is lethal for sleep. I have a lot to do before tomorrow - claire and I gave each other an assignment to make a book of all the boys we've ever liked. she's got a head start on me too!
I'm looking forward to everyone coming home. please do. new year's is going to be a blast. |
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| 10:01pm 26/12/2005 |
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christmas this year was so great. so incomparable to last. I got quite the haul already, it's surprising how I barely noticed only having one christmas instead of two. I guess it's because they usually just wasted their money at my dad's house.
- 2 sweaters
- tights!!!
- a super sweet green leather messenger bag
- boots
- shoes
- a striped shirt
- pants for around the house
- pajamas
- the cutest underwear in the world.
- 3 books: 100 yrs. of solitude, other voices, other rooms, and the devil wears prada
- this little old book titled finger prints secret service crime detection
- lots of little mints and candies in my stocking
- hazlenut hot cocoa mix
- rubber cement and this other adhesive stuff for my sketchbook
- $100 on amazon
- crossword dictionary and handpulled candy cane from ian and nicole
so after presents, my mom and I went to nomi for brunch with jane jacobs, her boyfriend grizz, her sister joan, and joan's husband rude. it was quite the meal. a five station buffet with a choice of entree to top it off. (I got the peeky toe crab napoleon) We ate for like 4 hours, and then went back to jane's to sit by the fire and open more presents. (they all got me something, which was really nice.) everyone got in a big debate over their definition of art, and it all felt very right. I kind of love joan and rude. we got to the bertorelli's a little late, but it was ok, because nicole wasn't there either. so ian and I got dinner and went to his room and talked for awhile while we waited for nicole. I couldn't believe how great it was to see her. the three of us hung out and looked at pictures for a while before starting a movie (and a fire) upstairs. it'll be really nice to visit later.
today was really productive - I got laundry and cleaning taken care of, and even tackled my closet. tomorrow will be all sorts of fun with hair and claire. I've been having such a nice break so far, and I think it can only improve as more plans get made and more people come back home. but I can feel the difference of simon away more than I thought I would. it's not even like I'm acutely missing him all the time or anything, just it feels like something's a little bit off. tomorrow is a quarter of the way through. this won't be so bad. |
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