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November 24, 2004
Credit where credit is due
There are some people I need to thank.
Garth Rennie is a freaking Rock Star. He helped me to make a recording of the sound my hands make while knitting (okay, helped is an understatement. I did the knitting and he did everything else). When the student he had lined up to help me edit didn't show up, he took the recording home and edited it for me on his own time. I am eternally grateful.
Yesterday afternoon I went in to the gallery thinking I would be spending a few precious hours (that I really needed to spend elsewhere) lighting the work in our show. When I got there I found that the lighting was done; professor Rod Strickland had spent the morning teaching one of my fellow graduates how to properly light artwork, and they did the whole enchilada. Thanks, Rod!
This morning while I was in freak-out mode over everything I need to do in the next three days, I received an e-mail from Mandy, Knitty's technical editor, who said some really kind things about my sweater design, things she didn't have to say (it's not part of her job to boost the tender egos of new contributors, she could have just said "hey there's a mistake in your chart"). It made me feel really good, right when I needed it.
Lastly, but in no way leastly (is that a word?), my beloved Peter, who is out right now buying steel bars for me so that I can stay home and keep working (woops, not wasting time posting to the blog, don't tell him, okay?). And when he gets back he'll probably even cut it for me, because he's wonderful that way. AND he said he likes my new 80s new wave boy hairdo that I invented today, when I was sure he would come home, look at it and say it was stupid. Now if only Pete knew how to knit, I could give my fingers a break and maybe take a nap. Ah, well. Can't have everything.
Oh, and thanks Krista, for not getting pissy when I talked to you today and forgot that yesterday was your birthday. Hope it was happy. Sorry the pictures I promised aren't here, but I fell off the coffee table while trying to shoot the bedsheet girls, bounced off the stereo and lost a slab of my leg, and that kind of discouraged any more picture taking. And the pictures I did take were blurry. Tomorrow, I promise!
Posted by jodi at November 24, 2004 06:11 PM | categories: art stuff
Comments
Wow you are just so sweet. Thanks for the birthday wishes you rock. Don't hurt yourself trying to take pictures that is silly. I can wait until after the show so you have installation pics and everything, so I can feel like I was there. Hurray for the nice words from knitty, it is nice to hear good things about your work. I wish I could knit. Hope the leg heals and 80s new wave boy hair, hmmm. Good luck getting everything ready and I hope the show rocks. I am off to start preparing my Thanksgiving day of fat. Cheers.
Posted by: Krista at November 25, 2004 07:02 AM
Hey, chica. Here I am. My blogs are down for now, except the NaNo blog. Be glad Miguel-san told me where this was, or I would not have found it. I'm bookmarking it, so that I don't lose it again.
Posted by: Merouda at November 30, 2004 10:50 PM