Wow, I knew it was going to take some work to keep on top of my blog but I didn't realize that I'd have such big gaps between writings. It's just been one of those weeks where all I want to do when I get home from my internship is sit and do nothing. But I'll try harder to motivate :)
Let's see... catching up the past few days:
The 7th was last Wednesday... a day of classes and Bible study in the evening, nothing too exciting that I can remember.
Thursday from what I can remember was a fairly average day at work and in the evening our art event was to go to the modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. And if you know me at all, you probably know that I loved this event and hated it at the same time! I love going to any museum or gallery, but I have such a difficult time with modern art. Every week we have to write a reflection about our art events and I spent the majority of my reflection talking about my love for art but my struggle with understanding, or more-so accepting, modern art. It's difficult to understand why something like the works of Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko are so famed when there are hundreds of other people who could paint the same thing. I came to the conclusion that it was because even though there are a lot of talented artists in the world that could put a canvas on the ground and splatter paint all over it or take a piece of scrap wood, paint it red, and hang it from the ceiling, the fact of the matter is that they didn't. These were the artists that did it first.
That weekend I don't remember anything terribly exciting happening - but we had Monday off which was wonderful. It felt like an extremely short week because I had Monday off, went to work Tuesday, class Wednesday and then our art event - attending the Joffry Ballet to see Othello (which was absolutely beautiful! And interestingly in the auditorium where I attend church every Sunday so that made for a different experience), Thursday was another busy day of work with Bible study in the evening, and Friday I didn't go to work because we had our neighborhood visit that day. The neighborhood visits are a part of our Practicum group - each group is assigned a neighborhood to visit throughout the semester and then we are to create a presentation about it for our final project. My group was assigned Garfield Park. So Friday morning we met up with our leader, went to a gorgeous church to meet with a pastor who has been do amazing work for the community and then went out for the most delicious soul food at MacArthur's (which is apparently Obama's favorite restaurant in Chicago).
Anyways, on Friday after the neighborhood visit it was pretty much an evening of sitting on the couch and talking with friends. It was wonderfully relaxing :) we didn't even put in a movie... surprising eh?
This past weekend one of my cousins was in the area so I met up with her for lunch on Saturday. We had some delicious flatbread sandwiches, walked along the lake, explored and artists shop, and then went back to my apartment to relax. We both had plans in the evening so we just spent the afternoon catching up, she took a nap, and then played Dutch Blitz with my roommate and her sister for a good hour or two.
In the evening my roommate and I took her sister to see a play which was a blast... we went about an hour before the show to get our name on the wait list. Luckily we were the first ones there so we got our names in and then decided to take a walk to kill time. A bad idea. I don't know exactly what happened, maybe I blacked out... but while we were walking down a sidewalk I was turned to face the girls while explaining something then the next thing I know I'm flat on the ground! I felt my ankle roll but there wasn't even a second where I felt like I could try to stop myself! It was so odd, that's why I'm not sure if maybe I blacked out for a second or not. But it wasn't too bad of a fall - my roommate said I went down quite gracefully but it scared her that I had fainted or something. I hit the ground, rolled over, and then next second was up and walking. Quite a humorous thing to imagine for all of you reading this, I'm sure. It's just goes to show that the winter will definitely be a dangerous time for me with all the stairs and steps involved in subways and getting off buses :\
Sunday I went to church - well, first I waited in our apartment lobby for 20 minutes for the group that I normally go with, but no one showed up, so then I headed off by myself. I was eventually joined by a fellow Central-ite while waiting for the train. After an intense service about predestination we returned and I had a fun-filled-day of homework.
I'll try to keep this week brief... The highlight of my week was the press and staff preview of the two new exhibitions that are opening at the museum this Friday! I basically was my supervisors shadow throughout the day - assisting people with where to go, answering questions about the exhibit, meeting the designers (for anyone who knows names in jewelry I got to talk with Mish himself from Mish New York among several others)! It was so rewarding to be able to talk to news reporters and explain the history of a piece, or help them figure out exactly what makes a gem and how the gem "family tree" pieces together! It was tiring, but amazing :) I can't wait for opening on Friday (and if anyone wants to come visit, I will give you a personal tour :) hehe)
(Mish from Mish New York)
But now I'm heading out to Bible study and tomorrow we are headed to the Chicago Symphony Center to see Muti (an apparently world-renowned musician) conduct Brahm's Requiem.
Sorry for all the rambling, hopefully it makes sense and was a least interesting enough that I didn't waste your time :)
Oh, and I took pictures of the apartment so I will hopefully be putting those up in a day or two.
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