well, back in town & amazingly it's not cold. now suffering from insomnia due to california time adjustment. nice to see my room and walk the streets of alexandria, the christmas lights are still hanging on the sidewalk trees, which was cheery. nice to see and talk with familiar faces...much more inviting than the task of unpacking suitcases and sorting through 3-1/2 weeks of bills. transferred to the sketchbook via cut-n-paste method the stream of thoughts/drawings/scribbles i had produced during my sketchbook's short vacation. was reminded of the up & very near approaching christo event. amazing how one can think of it for months and months and tell everyone to go see it, and then forget themselves just a few weeks shy of the actual happening.

(pause)

sorry, just got excited while unpacking my new paper supplies that i spoiled myself with while in california. going to try a new method of representation this semester. so many things to do --

(notes for jenn to remember)
1. must finish writing self-initiated-studio-project-statement complete with sketches and guidelines
2. buy supplies in prep for semester long sessions in the dark-room (so excited i'm going to finally know how to develop film) btw...must decide theme for photos...want to incorporate a series of words inconjunction with photos
3. inspect watercolour brushes and supplies....think i'm running low on favourite okra yellow colour
4. frame your rhizome/automata drawing and hang above bed
5. find copy of "1000 plateaus" g.deleuze & read as well as other brian massumi material...oh yeah, must look into "theory out of bounds series"
6. start looking into housing in montreal as well as begin thinking about other practical issues of going to mcgill next fall
7. write cosmological framework paper
8. contact metal/wood fabricator for production of coffee table series
9. contact old boss about creating life-size plywood plates for sculpted end of bookcase, also, get pics of his "dwell" house that u worked on for your portfolio
10. update portfolio
11. consider ideas for design slam competition
12. stop list now before you freak yourself out and have mental breakdown before semester even begins