more event photos & tidbits

amee just sent me more photos her friend took at the hobbyhorse sale...


me (on left) wearing the cutest blue top i just bought from Joanne, a girl who just started a label called Chibi, along with Amee on the right


Amee checking out the racks...thanks for sending these in, lady! if anyone else out there is lurking with photos for me, send 'em in, y'hear?

on a side (but nicely important note): i just got hired to teach at Stanford in january! hooray--now i'm officially "visiting faculty" and get to take advantage of one of the most amazing libraries and research centers on the west coast. really, the perks are fabulous even though the commute will suck--it's about 30-45 minutes each way depending on traffic. plus cost of gas. ick. it's actually a bit of a homecoming since i just graduated from there in may. now i'm back and will be teaching a sculpture class (the only one they offer once a year!) while they search for a replacement for the tenured teacher who is retiring. it's all good for me--i need the resume experience as well as the income. i taught my own class there during my final year in grad school as a requisite for graduating and was very pleasantly surprised by the type of work my students made. being economics or political science majors didn't stop 'em from really pushing some boundaries and making interesting work. if anything, their lack of seeing themselves as "artists" actually helps them because they have no initial boundaries on what type of artmaking they define themselves as doing. my previous syllabi are heavy on "social sculpture/performance" and conceptual art, but i'll also teach them basic woodshop, casting, hand tool use, and whatever else comes up for their projects.

just call me "professor" syjuco, why don't you?