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May 16, 2006
Maryland link-fest
My first year of grad school is over.
We celebrated this fact with a mug of America's finest. Which actually isn't really all that fine, but it wouldn't be the first time I've opted for style over truthfulness (be warned).
Maryland Sheep and Wool was a blast, and a well-needed (if poorly timed) break from the end of the semester scramble. Taking those three days off meant I had to come home and pull an edition of 15 prints and an art history exam out of my arse in one day, and I didn't really do a stellar job on either of them, but it was worth it. I met a whole pile of new people, both total strangers that I've already come to think of as friends through the crazy intimacy of the internet and also some fabulous completely-new-to-me people. The social whirl was completely overwhelming; I'm trying to trace my weekend in order of events so as to come up with the most complete list I can muster of all the people I met. All the weekend's good stories have already been told by others, so I'll just give a boring link-fest of everyone I can remember: Jane, Mouse, Norma, Nipper Jenn, the elusive Rock Chick, Booga J (who showed me a prototype for a new bag design that is really, really cool, Kirsti you're going to love it), the Keyboard Biologist, Claudia, Silvia, Wendy (who I may have offended with a foot-in-mouth comment made with no ill intent but sort of snarky-sounding nonetheless), Cassie, Juno, Cara, Chris, June, this Sarah, that Sarah, Lara (possibly the most gorgeously photogenic person I have ever met), Lauren, Jenna, Frecklegirl Jessica, Jody with a "y", Jen, Kate, Amy, Coleen, Mama E, my countrywoman Rachel H who has no blog, Nanc, Isel of the beautiful Orangina, and probably a lot more that I've missed.
I came away from the weekend completely exhausted, pushed through the last few days of school and then slouched around Athens with Peter for a few days before heading home, where so far I've been a total slackass even though I brought more than three months worth of work with me. Oh, and I got my cheesy 1985 haircut this morning, but you'll have to wait to see a picture of that, I'm using shared internet now and my turn is over. Ciao!
Posted by jodi at May 16, 2006 03:28 PM | categories: jet set : self-absorbtion
Comments
Style over truthfulness is very defensible, probably about 98% of the time.
Posted by: anne at May 16, 2006 03:47 PM
Hey! I want a Waffle House mug!
Posted by: NWJR at May 16, 2006 04:41 PM
Damn. I was wishing *I* were the most gorgeously photogenic person you'd ever met. ROFL. Yeah. That Lara. We may have to kill her.
Posted by: Norma at May 16, 2006 04:55 PM
Could you entice your profs to grade you less harshly by showing them your cool tiger sock yarn?
I'm glad you're back home with your sweetie and again, I'm so pleased I got to meet you at the fest.
Posted by: Jenna at May 16, 2006 05:26 PM
hey Jodi...so nice to hang out at MSW. I dyed some yarn and thought it looked so much like the belt you were working on. Its yours if you want it!
Posted by: mama-e at May 16, 2006 06:34 PM
It was nice to meet you! I'm glad you could join the ridiculousness in our room.
Posted by: biglug at May 16, 2006 10:46 PM
It bears repeating: It was great to hang out for the evening, Jodi. Thank you for keeping me awake while I drove :)
Glad to hear you are done for awhile. Enjoy your time at home, and with your loved ones.
Best,
L
Posted by: Lolly at May 16, 2006 11:22 PM
Oh, welcome home from the land of culture shock. It was a great pleasure to meet you.
Posted by: Juno at May 17, 2006 08:11 AM
It's always good to be home, eh? And that Waffle House mug is great. Did you steal it? I would have.
Posted by: Snow at May 17, 2006 10:59 AM
Hmm, "the elusive Rock Chick"... I sound like I'm about to be taken down by one of Marlin Perkin's blow darts. (Google it, young 'uns.)
Posted by: rock chick at May 17, 2006 06:21 PM
I can hardly wait for the 1985 haircut.
;-)
Posted by: claudia at May 17, 2006 06:27 PM
Congratulations and thank you for the Orangina compliment.
I got the wooden block typefaces at a booth somewhere across the "street" from Brooks Farm at the Festival...where they were selling all kinds of old stuff. They were $1 for the small ones and $1.50 for the big ones. I couldn't resist.
Look on Ebay. I'm sure you can find some there.
Posted by: isel at May 17, 2006 09:10 PM
ATHENS?! Are you a grad student at UGA? say it isnt so!?!?!
Posted by: doc-t at May 18, 2006 09:33 AM
Congratulations on finishing the first year, lady!
Posted by: alison at May 18, 2006 08:21 PM
Oh, sad! I was wavering on whether or not to go, and at the last minute I decided a seven-hour round-trip drive wasn't worth it this year. Looks like you had plenty of good company anyway, though!
It must be so nice to be back home at long last. I hope the summer treats you well.
Posted by: Jen at May 19, 2006 12:30 PM
Sorry I haven't answered your comments and I was so happy about your compliment about my profile photo. I've been kind of out of the loop for a while, but hopefully I'm back in life again.
LOVE!
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa at May 22, 2006 06:42 AM