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Mother Fucker!

these already exist:
http://wearecampfire.com/shirts/state-series/

plus, there is a Great Lakes one that is sold at the Museum of Contemporary Art gift store by the same company. Paul, you need to talk to kevin cloutier. remember him? he would test well during your lectures!

mother fucker...

UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Spring Undergraduate Exhibition March 27–April 9, 2010 Reception: Friday, March 26, 2010, 7:00–9:00 p.m. Sullivan Galleries 33 S. State Street, 7th floor Nearly 230 talented SAIC students completing undergraduate degrees this spring exhibit their innovative work. SAIC promotes crossing disciplines and challenging assumptions, and the results of this approach are showcased in this exhibition. Image credit: Jolie Cota Flink (BFA 2009), Tendrils, 2009, pigment paint

try, week-to-week

2010 post was a little overwhelming, i think.

i will start smaller. this week, i would like to:

-go to the gym 3 or more times
-apply to one or more jobs
-eat salad every day for lunch
-call my parents/talk to my sister
-edit some writing and start to use one of the writing exercise books i already own
-keep an accomplishments notebook again, per the exercise from former career coach
-talk with dez about collaboration
-call paul to figure out what stuff he is doing, if starting something together makes sense
-order a Rio Grande catalog

hope you are all well...

new work

http://lucretiabrower.com/photo_alabama.html

I put up some photography from my trip to Alabama. Not the most brilliant ever, but I like some of 'em!

2010

trying to be positive while realistic.

seriously, something has got to give. certain aspects of my life will have to change so that i make time for myself and making things. i feel the composite of all of the parts of my life are maddening, frustrating, exhausting. however, i know i should feel excited, inspired, enlivened, hopeful in so many ways. and because i do not feel these things, i add depressing and guilty.

so damn tired of the routine of every day. rote behavior is one thing, but i am a fuckin' robot.

i realized in the jackson street station, on my way to work, going from the blue to the red line, i ALWAYS turn left at the end of the tunnel and take those stairs. While going home, traveling in the opposite direction in the same tunnel, i always turn right. in a way, it is smart because then i always know which train is pulling in without having to stop and find a sign. i am so alone in my own head, that i can't even bare to think about having to stop and read a fuckin' sign in the subway; a robot is what i am.

why don't i make routines and behaviors that make me feel better, be better:
21 days to make something a habit is what the experts say.
- eat breakfast
- go to gym
- drink water
- be happy for christ's sake

enough for now. have a good weekend. - hsieh

10 goals for 2010

Good idea from my friend-- 10 Goals for 2010! Some of these are big goals, mind you-- like "Get a job." That's not like a single-step process as I'm sure you all know. Ha!

1. Get a new job with the renewed focus in project management in creative services.
2. Get myself on a normal sleep schedule of 12 am- 8 am.
3. Go to the gym at least three times a week. Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays are the possibilities while avoiding rush-hour times.
4. Actually follow the Atkins lifestyle into the next phase by finding my maximum carbohydrate index--aka how many carbs I can eat in a day that my body will actually burn, so that I can add more diverse foods to my repertoire.
5. Drink 64 ounces of water a day. Diet Coke is not water, Lucy.
6. Talk to my Grandfather more, at least twice a month, just to catch up. And to e-mail him more too.
7. Read. Something. Anything... more than WSJ online. Just got the collected works of Poe.. that might be a good place to start.
8. Continue to find age and profession-appropriate clothing. As much as I love my Black Sabbath and Aerosmith tee shirts, I know there is a way to feel like ME and still look at least slightly sophisticated.
9. Update my website with new work on a regular basis, at least once a month. However: BLOG cool stuff more often than that.
10. Get crafty and start my tote bag project. Village Discount and my sewing machine need to be my best friends in 2010.

That's what I'm thinking thus far.