Cultivating an MA in Leisure Studies
After two big fancy parties - it rained at MoMA QNS * I was assured I have a job one day * the free bombay flowed * I had a run in (greeted by two kisses) with my former nemisis, "The Dutchess" * didn't see as many celebrities as I would have hoped *
Went uptown to see
Moving Pictures at the Gugg - the show was panned because it's not super inventive and only draws on the Museum's collection - but still, it's a lot of video / film / contemporary photography, all of which I happen to be into right now... so I enjoyed it, and two dread-headed electronic musicans made the experience of ascending the Wright spiral exciting, tense, and antscipation filled. I like that show. I need to get a better look at MoMA when it's not crawling with thousands of soaking and sloshed socialities.
Today I am working on my MA in Leisure Studies. Need to pick up the girls from a birthday party later - but in the meantime, I am reading the NY Times Mag feature on Tom Krens (Robert Morris-phile and director of the Gugg). Then I want to puruse some of my growing Watson Fellowship file, maybe a GRE math problem, and some internet snooping geared toward the fascinating projects Hanhardt has laid out for me (I am beginning to think that Jon's vacation is the best opportunity of the summer). Going to the film study center at MoMA on Monday. Interesting stuff... I am glad to be in the academic routine again. Work is work, that's unavoidable. I want to be a grad student forever, ever ever. The new list of projects will gain me a credit-line in to be published exhibition catalogues, and I feel better about saying "I worked on specific project X, while at the Gugg" it sounds better than I filed and faxed.
Nates called, he's shooting down to LA, but he's back in the good ol' U S of A. Now John needs to get well and make the same jaunt across the pond.
My little sister starts two weeks in Hawaii today - she's obvi getting a PhD in Leisure Studies.
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