There is only 5 weeks of the semester left!

That's right, only five whole weeks!!!!  Strangely enough, I'm not feeling the pressure yet.  A lot has been going on in my life since I last posted.

Unfortunately I was so close, yet so far in obtaining a paid internship at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL this summer.  Hopefully I'll get even closer next summer!

But good news is that I just recently found out that I did get the summer internship at the MFA, sadly unpaid.  At least I'll still be gaining skills for my future career field!  I'll be cataloguing and scanning slides from the MFAs exhibition collection, and then uploading them online for public access.  Should keep me busy :-)

I'm in the final stretch of enjoying my little hobbit hole, pictured below:

This awesome nook has served me well while I acclimated to Boston living!  Now I'm preparing myself for the transition into apartment life with Rachel! 

With my newly gained form of living independence, I realized that I didn't want to lug my Bernette sewing machine down from Maine, so instead I found this awesome Janome Hello Kitty sewing machine via Target online!!! Check out the link below!

Hello Kitty Sewing Machine

With this handy-dandy portable machine I shall hopefully better my sewing skills, by finishing a quilt, and by making furnishings and treatments for my humble abode! 

I started my second job at the MFA today processing donations for the Give The Arts A Chance campaign.  I love it!  It's so nice to get a chance to get off of the selling floor for a bit, and do something a bit more practical towards my degree (using a database). 

I'm living in a sea of copyright right now.  My term paper for archives is about copyright and access of visual resources within an archive, my essay for this week in digital stewardship was about copyright, and my portion of my group paper is alllllll about copyright.  It's a good thing I like the topic a lot or else I'd go mad!!

Spring is in the air here in Boston and I can't wait for it to get over 40 degrees! It's been below normal temps for over a week now and I feel as if it's January, not almost April.  The robins are back and that's an exciting sight to see!

Now if you don't mind, I have a cataloging assignment that I have to finish before I meet with Candy tomorrow.  Ta!

My whereabouts for the past few weeks!

Hello all!

So I have tragically failed to keep this blog up-to-date, which means that I'm going to power rant about everything significant that I should be sharing in this thing.

First: Caitlin and I had some wonderful bonding time a few Saturdays ago when we went on an adventure to the ICA.  They had an intriguing new exhibit up by an African-American artist out of L.A.  I enjoyed the show because quite often within the works he would reference certain art historical philosophies or terminologies.  Such as, he would use foil wrappers within his works that had a double meaning.  From one end, he was self-identifying with his past career as a hair stylist, leaving an autobiographical mark on the works, while at the other end he was making commentary about stereotypes that African-Americans faced within society by "hanging out in the barber shops" and "always getting their hair 'did'".  I found it an intriguing show.  Plus the view from the building was worth the trip.  Afterward Caitlin and I ate at their Water Cafe and enjoyed a delicious soup and sandwich combination!

Here are some photos from our adventure:

Caitlin Enjoying the view!

Yummy sandwich meal!

What else is new in my world?
Well I applied for a summer internship at the MFA, working on a cataloging and scanning project. I had an interview and I think that it went well, I won't find out for a few more weeks, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Also: I've been offered another small stint part-time job at the MFA during the Art in Bloom season.  They need someone to keep track of the incoming donations and maintain the Enterprise database, send out the thank you letters and process the payments!  It's only from the end of March until the first week of May, but it's just enough! Because...

I'm moving into my friend Rachel's apartment at the beginning of May! So the extra employment will be just enough to provide the necessary deposit!  My first place, I'm so excited, and just as excited to be moving in with Rachel, whom I never had a chance to get to know too well while at USM together.  She's an awesome, easy-going person and I'm happy that she thought I'd be a great roommate with her!

Classes are plodding onward at a good pace. The workload isn't killing me, though my body isn't happy since I just got over headcold number 3!  I'm going to be wicked busy for the next few months, but these are the sacrifices that I need to make and challenges that I need to face in order to get started on my "adult" life.

Spring is in the air...I can feel it and can't WAIT for it to get here!

I ran away to NYC this past weekend with Emily and Katie.  We went to the Met and MoMA for the first time.  It was absolutely extraordinary and I want to go back so bad!  We'll be going again.

Here are some photos from that adventure...I took too many so this is only the tip of the iceberg:

Me in front of a Heironymous Bosch painting!

Amazing Art Nouveau vanity set!

Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night!

Amazing t-shirt that I got at MoMA!

I hope I haven't exhausted everyone from reading this!  So much is going on in my life, I'm so thankful and just going with the paces!  Next week is Spring Break, and it is much appreciated.  I'm so excited to finally go home and hang out with my family for more than 3 days!  I haven't seen them since Christmas.  Good time will be had!

Until next time...ta!