OK, so I've been bad about writing here... I have an excuse, several of them in fact.
First Summer Session class. It's highly condenced, trying to get a full semesgter into just 5 weeks is a bit of a trick. But mostly it's ungodly amounts of reading due each class period. For example, in these 5 weeks we are expected to read a whole text book and three other books on the side. Then we have to do the reading to write a research paper. It's a lot of work. It's been interesting though. So far I've read most of the text book and haven't been bored out of my mind. I've actually enjoyed Amazing Grace by Jonothan Kozol and Nickle and Dimed (On Not Getting By in America) by Barbara Ehrenreich. I'm still working on School Girls.
Then there is my jewery. I got a comission for a pocket watch, so I had to work on that some. Then tomorrow there is a visual arts thing going on at FUS. The organizer specifically asked me to bring some of my jewelry, especially a headdress. Well that just gave me an excuse to try the new spiderweb design I've been thinking of. It's almost done and looking really good. I just wish that I'd found a spider charm to go on it. Maybe by the time I take it to Convergence I will find something.
And then of course, we have Convergence coming up. I am scheduled for three panels and a reading (though I don't know when the reading is going to be just yet. I'm going to be reading my story "Vengence" so I've had to start practicing. This is my first public reading, but I'm trying not to think about that so that I won't get too nervous. I'm also going to try to get my jewelry in the art show, but the people at the art show have been less than forthcoming with responces to my questions about that.
So anyway, that's what I've been up to.
Posted by Becca at June 25, 2005 09:25 AM