Sorry for the lack of posts! Things are going well. School is going well so far. I like my classes and classmates. Even the stats class seems like it will be fun. (I think working with number crunching nerds for so long rubbed off on me. Heehee, love you guys.) I only have classes Monday and Wednesday (with the hopes I'll be working part-time), so my days on campus are LONG.
I packed my lunch and dinner today, but my PB&J dinner melted quite a bit in my car today. I'm done with this 90 degree heat. Plus my building is freezing, so there is no happy medium. The building is all exposed concrete on the inside (here's an inside peek). It's not to my taste, plus it's drafty and has poor acoustics. It's like the architects tried to be too edgy and missed the mark. I like my buildings to be a bit more functional (not to mention pretty). The library is divine, though, and has a collection of designer chairs. My first day of school I didn't have anything to do and sat in an Eames rocker reading a book on Louis Sullivan. It was fairly divine. (I'm completely in love with the book, and John Szarkowski's photography.)
My commute to school begins early and I've becoming used to watching the sun rise. Below are some songs that I am currently loving on my (long) commute.
I'm totally obsessed with this new song from Spoon, "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb" and am very sad that a good video does not exist. The live vids are kind of terrible. Here's a link to where it's streaming elsewhere... Turn up the speakers.
Below is a video for John Doe's song the "The Golden State." On the album version, he sings with Kathleen Edwards, whom I love. Here the song is a little slower and is sung with Cindy Wasserman. It's still good.
And here's a video of a new Josh song, "Mind's Eye." The new album has firmly nestled itself into my brain.
I saw Spoon over the summer. They are quite good.
Posted by: Adorable Girlfriend | September 25, 2007 at 01:33 PM
They are indeed. I <3 Britt Daniel, the lead.
You saw some good concerts this summer, AG!
Posted by: Claire | September 25, 2007 at 01:47 PM
A collection of designer chairs! How fun!! Do they have a Corbusier chair? Preferably in cowhide... and of course they must have the Mies' Barcelona wonder. How about the Bubble Chair or the Egg Chair! And now I'm wondering if they have a simple Shaker ladderback... Okay, I'll stop! :)
Photos! Can you take photos?
I'm with you... I'm over the 90's. :-p Let's move on to fall!
Posted by: Jennifer | September 25, 2007 at 04:04 PM
I totally want to take photos of the chairs. I'm thinking that if I break out my polaroid people are going to think I'm completely nuts, but I just might.
If you click on the building link above and read the page, there is a link to a PDF with all the chairs in the collection.
Posted by: Claire | September 25, 2007 at 04:49 PM
Nice!!! I may have gone through too fast, but I'm surprised they only have 1 (maybe 2?) by Eames! Still, the rocker is awesome.
And I was happy to see not only the Corbusier Cowhide chair, but the lounge as well. There seemed to be lots of Corbusier.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 25, 2007 at 08:22 PM
I think you missed some Eames, because there are a couple.
Also, JLo, did you listen to the second song? I think you'd like it. Check it out. :)
Posted by: Claire | September 26, 2007 at 10:06 PM
I'll go back and check and I'll re-listen to the song. I had them playing while I was reading and commenting so was probably not giving it my full attention.
I also had "The Underdog" in my head even though that was not the Spoon song you were talking about. That song so reminds me of Billy Joel and I can't quite put my finger on why.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 27, 2007 at 11:44 AM
OK- I went back. Eames was definitely well-represented. I must have been scanning through too fast or was looking at the names of the furniture and not the names of the designers. I think I have the molded plywood chair burnt into my brain as the sole Eames creation and anything else doesn't quite look like them. I saw there was also a table.
You know what I really wanted to see with that furniture and maybe it was there even though it was really an accessory... I wanted to see a George Nelson clock, preferably the Sunburst.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 27, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Recently, I thumbed through the _Idea_ book but didn't buy it. Wonderful to look at--and own some day.
Posted by: Sharon | September 29, 2007 at 05:11 AM