I leave Tulsa on Monday and there’s more work to be done than I have time for. This always seems to be the case, though, so I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve been trying really hard to find a job in Baltimore (or even DC), but it’s slow going right now. However, I have two workshops lined up for the fall, which is incredibly exciting. Staying positive is the way to go.

Official video for “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” and photos from the making of. Just some things I’ve been thinking about since the show on Friday. Which was excellent by the way. I really appreciated the switch from “tract houses” to “row houses” in “Rhthm & Soul” and the fact that they played “Nefarious.” Really great.

Anyway. Working simultaneously on four or five posters. It’s dizzying. Someone asked me the other day how I have time for sleep. The answer is, I don’t. There will be pictures of new work very soon. Promise.

Show was amazing. Printed the first five layers of the Malkmus posters today (Due to an unfortunate circumstance, I wasn’t able to finish them before the show) and I’ll most likely be sending the best best best copy to the band.

The Rauschenberg exhibit was just as amazing. No photographs allowed, though. I really want make giant prints after seeing his work. AHHH.

I’ve been ridiculously busy since my last post, but that’s to be expected. Spring break happened mid-March, I finished two screenprints and a lithograph (which will be the basis for the second half of a print I started at my prof’s shop) and dove head-first into a website for the Post-it Project. The opening for the project is tonight at the Current Gallery in Baltimore from 7-10pm. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it because I’ll be in DC seeing the Rauschenberg exhibit at the National Gallery, having beer and garlic fries at Gordon Biersch, and seeing Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks (with John Vanderslice!) at the 9:30. Please send around the Post-it Project website – http://www.postitproject.com – to anyone you think would be interested!

There have been a number of other things that have happened since I last posted, but I just don’t have the time to write about it now. Here are some previews via flickr:

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Trying to come up with ideas for the 2008 Momentum Tulsa logo, hitting many road blocks. Trying to avoid thinking about my Advanced Design homework. Trying to figure out what I’m going to do with this Justice poster – perhaps edits are necessary, perhaps they are not. The type and the composition just look and feel right to me. Maybe I’ve just spent too much time looking at it. I can’t even screenprint it tonight like I had planned because the studio is overrun by the kids in the Tuesday Screenprinting class, attempting to finish their work before it’s due. I might try to finish it in the morning, but that may or may not happen depending on the morning class. Is it so wrong that I just want to print this and have it be finished? It’s been a month since I’ve started working on this. That’s just too much time.

Anyway, back to work.

Had seminar today. I’m really glad I’m taking it because it’s basically a portfolio development class / getting ready to find a job in the real world class. Even after having one class, it’s already made me feel better about that whole “what am I going to do after college?!” crisis. For example, we talked about resumes today and covered a million things that I hardly considered when making mine. It might be a little early in the game to say this, but maybe, just maybe, everything will work out okay.

I made it back to Baltimore very early Tuesday morning (3am) after spending a whopping ELEVEN hours at the Chicago O’Hare airport. One of the most exhausting and frustrating moments in my life, and all I could think about is the phrase “If you lived here, you’d be home now.” Don’t ask, I don’t even know.

Anyway, I finished my first week of classes. Advanced Graphic Design II on Wednesday nights, Lithography independent on Thursdays, Screenprinting independent on Fridays. I have yet to go to my Senior Seminar class (Monday nights) or meet for my Independent Study/Thesis (sometime on Tuesday). I’m beginning to worry about my work load this semester even though I’ve only been to half of my classes. I mean, I don’t have any academics and it’s not hard for me to stay motivated for my studio classes, but I’m wondering if I’m going to have enough time to actually finish all that I want to finish. I’m feeling even more pressure because it’s my last semester and (probably) my last chance to use these resources.

Work load aside, I’m really excited about litho and screenprinting because the work that I’m doing for both of the classes is a refinement / progression from the work I did last year. It’s all meant to be one body of work, explored in different ways. I’m even excited about my design classes because I finally feel like assignments are more realistic/challenging. Our first assignment in Adv. GD II is a team assignment where we are branding an organic local market. The project has multiple elements and will last six weeks. The team thing throws me for a loop because we’ve rarely done it at MICA, but I feel like it’s going to be a lot better than if we just worked on our own. My Ind. Study / Thesis should be great because I’m getting the chance to focus on what I want to do for a semester. One of my posters is for Momentum Tulsa and I just got asked if I’d do the printed promotional items (flyer, tickets, signage, ads) as well. I’m definitely excited.

Considering that it’s 2.30 in the morning and I have grocery shopping to do in the morning, I should head to bed.

I just reclaimed a screen (a non-fucked-up screen) with the EasiSolv 5. It took less than five minutes. Beautiful.

I love it when things work. This is the triumphant moment when the fanfare starts playing and the crowd breaks out into a choreographed song & dance number. You know, if there were a crowd and all…