And onto today!
I started off a little later because I once again had to go
print out pictures for our second evaluation. I felt better about this time
since I knew what I was doing, but of course, there still had to be
complications. The man who helped me last week immediately recognized me and
laughed. I have the worst luck at this place. Their photo technician apparently
went on vacation and wouldn’t be back until next week. Thankfully, they did
have a little instant booth that wasn’t as good of quality, but would work just
fine for a desperate girl. After I printed them, I asked him when I could come
back next week for my next set of prints and promised I wouldn’t do it last
minute!
With just a little more shopping before hand, I got to CEA
and hung around before class. I chatted with one of the advisors who was
working in the office, and she gave me some great tips for souvenirs. Look out
y’all…Finally my classmates started trickling in and we hit the ground running
with our evaluations. Again, she loved mine! I was so happy and was really
proud of them myself. After hearing the way she critiques other artists, any
good word from her is much appreciated. I’m glad I’ll have some great prints to
show off when I come home.
We had a take home exam for Culture, so we didn’t have
class. During that time, a group of us went over to the Pompidu Center where
the Museum of Modern Art is. It is so close to our campus that we’ve been
really interested in seeing the exhibits. Plus, our ID gets us free admission
to the museums around Paris. Let me say, I like to think of myself as a pretty
cultured woman, but in my apparently simpleton opinion, modern art is extremely
over rated. We found some interesting paintings or sculptures, but mainly I
just got a headache walking around the exhibit. We all tried our best to
appreciate the series of photos of the naked man who had someone walk him
around a city like a dog with a huge chain and leash, but really he just looked
silly. We also tried to find the deeper meaning of one of the murals, but it
looked like an enlarged finger painting done by a 2 year old. No matter how
hard I tried, I just was not impressed. So went home to look at my own photos
that I thought had more merit.
I ended up lying down to take a short nap before doing
laundry. Two hours later…we headed off to the Laundromat near our house and
here we are! We were a little hopeless since none of us had been to one even in
the US, and trying to figure out how to turn the machines on in a foreign language
was pretty difficult. But we succeeded! My clothes are just finishing up in the
dryer, and we’ll go grab some dinner for a low-key night at the apartment.
I can’t believe I only have a week and a half left. As much
as I want to see my family, this hasn’t seemed like nearly enough time to fit
in everything I’ve wanted to do and see. This week I will be trying my best to
check everything off my list! Wish me luck J
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