paper...
by and so it is...
i really like the stuff. i like all types of paper. i like tearing it so that i can look at the length of the fibers, the longer the fibers, the stronger the paper. i know if you are reading this, you probably think i have lost my mind just a tad. if you know me, perhaps you just think this is normal roxi jibber jabber:) anyhow, i had my last class on saturday at the huntington where my prof is a full-time curator. we got to spend a few hours in the conservation lab with one of the top conservators in the country. no joke, she worked on the regan diaries. we learned simple mending processes for paper tears and it was terrific. for these past few month, i have been trying to decide what exactly to pursue within the archival field. what is it that i enjoy? that i want to do forever? well, i think i know now. i want to go into book and paper conservation! yes, i realize this makes me sound ridiculous...and perhaps i have just humiliated myself by saying so but who cares. i like paper and i love books so why not do my best to learn the necessary skills to be able to participate in the conservation of these two things? i am going to post photos of my mended paper real soon:) yes, paper and book conservation it is. thank you holly moore and dan lewis:)
so, i graduate on saturday! i just can't believe it. i don't even know what else to say about it. it's been a tough process, but an amazing one. i have had such great support from all around during these past three years and wow wee, the saturday is almost here. unbelievable.
this is a scatterbrained blog because it has been so long since the last one and i have much to share:) i am on a quest for a new guitar. i have been chatting it up with a couple close friends and i think i am getting really close to making a decision. zack and i are going to check some out on friday. they are a bit, a lot, pricey, but this is going to be a great investment and it will last a long time, hopefully. i have to put my bicycle on hold for now because this guitar has much more importance to me.
i have seen two out of three of the performances showing at the redlands bowl. it is all shakespeare and it is amazing. dr. marler's son is in two of them and he has been doing a pretty stellar job. marler would have been super proud. robyn has been going with me and let me just say, she is one cool cat.
i started working on a paper. i am focusing on holocaust survivor narratives. more specifically, i am looking at how survivor's guilt shows up in so many of these narratives. mostly, it is focusing on the guilt. how those who came out alive have a hard time being alive because of the guilt.
the myanmar government is making me crazy...
like i said earlier, this is a scatterbrained post...
