Dear Thursday,
Today is the last time I will have a first week back. I feel good about it; like I just might be ready to finish. In the meantime, I have learned a few good & new things that I will be using for part of the semester. The following, in no particular order:

• I set type by hand for the first time. 24 pt. Goudy Old Style, in case you were wondering. I made a proof of my name. Eventually, I will be able to mass produce ephemera of my own design.
• Origami books can be made 3 ways, put into a cover with a pamphlet stitch, and have a surprise inside. I have two due next week.
• Literacy has been as consistent in my life as art. I still want to write and illustrate my own books someday.
  
• I love classes based on theory. No wrong can be done or said... at least nearly so. (Lets be honest, its a journal and 5 papers.)
  

So, with this I end this school-filled week. I can now fulfill my face time with Mr. Kerouac, fill a planner's pages with syllabi and other activities, hit the Barnes & Noble at the Marketplace, and finish the studio once and for all. Now, if I could just figure out that breakfast thing...