soooo, i haven't really been on here too much for quite a while. i was in a art block period... and i haven't pulled out of it yet. but i need to. i have my thesis show in April, and i need it to be good. as it stands now i am showing with a fellow grad student, urmila, and we are doing more of a collaborative show. i'm very excited about that, but i kind of worry about letting her down. she really knows what she's doing, and i usually just feel lost.

recently i put in red safelights to work with the fabric, to help prevent fogging, but i haven;t coated anything, and i really need to get on that. but i need to find someone who will at least be in there with me when i do it. the red lights are so dim, and they totally make the darkroom soooo scary. i'm such a wimp... but that darkroom has been creeping me out so bad lately, even with the amber lights on.

anyway, so much political crap has been going on lately. it's been terribly depressing. especially since they took away the couch in the darkroom. now i have no where to nap... unless i can talk my way into getting a key to where it is being stored. but i used to basically live in the darkroom, but the fridge and microwave are gone too, now i have to walk to my office to eat... it's not far, but it is freakin cold outside... plus it was just soo convenient.

anyway, i'm teaching again this semester, by myself, and it's really pretty cool. we've only had a couple of classes, so i haven't gauged them really well, but a good bunch of them have had a darkroom class before. but it;s pretty cool in general.

i guess that's about it for now though.