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nnng no sleep

fricking cola soft drink. this is what happens when I get no exercise all day and then down a couple of colas. can’t sleep – mind racing. I think to myself, “What can I take to counteract this effect and get drowsy.” I can’t imagine what heinous shape I’d be in if I experimented with drugs of any sort. Cripes. Bennies, goofballs, uppers followed by downers. I’d be spiraling out of control in ~~days~~ ~~hours~~ minutes.

Anyway:

DRAWING: A WAY OF THINKING
UHON 351f, Sec. 1 UHON 351i, Sec. 1
Joel Feldman
Art and Design 1:00-2:15 pm M W
Allyn 202
Drawing is the systematic use of culturally agreed-upon marks to communicate. It is no more dependent on talent than the ability to print is in the formation of words. Emphasis on developing ways to represent graphically what we see or think; students also make and keep a small sketchbook.

FUCK YES. Joel Feldman is one of my heroes. This is an undergraduate honors course he’s teaching at my old school. Simple and to the point in a fuck you sort of way. He’s one of those quiet guys no one pays attention to but everyone should really be watching. He doesn’t really give a shit either way. I owe that man a copy of Dan Clowe’s art school confidential. He’s also one of the people that makes me want to “do something” with my life.

What it comes down to is that I either need to lock myself in the garage or go back to graduate school. Maybe I’ll come up with a third option if I keep up with the caffeine.

17 January 2003, 02:12 ::

Go to Grad School. Everyone’s doing it.

— sen 2003-01-18 18:54 #
y’know what? I’m still of the mind that if you bust your ass and sacrifice (something? lots of things?) you will be appreciated and be able to make enough money to support your own shit… somehow… I’m pretty sure. Making multi-level marketing websites is not the answer, that’s for damn sure.

— jmmygoggle 2003-01-18 22:13 #
Yeah- I think I’d be going to grad school for the ‘someone else’ll bust my ass in with some regimen and due dates’ effect more than anything else. Working and hoping I’ll do something funktacular in my free time just doesn’t cut it.

— sen 2003-01-19 12:12 #
I won’t tell you what to do (or what not to), but I know you got all you need right where you are sitting this very moment, particularly if your girl is in the same room. As Noam Chomsky says in the documentary MANUFACTURING CONSENT, it’s just easier to flop down on the couch after a workday, turn on the television, tune out. It takes energy and nerve to use the time in other ways, particuarly creative or subversive endeavors. You have the tools, man … use ‘em.

— Genghis John 2003-01-21 19:01 #

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