this is what I’m thinking about, working on, stressing out over, and preparing for, in the course of a given week. colored text: what has been done. at the bottom: what I got done in the week before this one.

posted for motivational purposes, slightly edited for too-personal content.

yes, I probably owe you a letter.

list for week of March 23rd, 2009

Prints:

• Ruins – finish re-print, sign, number, distribute, put away
• set up screen half done 3/22
• mix & test Ruins blue color
• print Ruins blue color
• print Ruins line color
• Bread print – colors, print, sign, distribute, put away
• mix & test colors
• series print – draw on it finally
• business cards – finalize text, print, cut
• peter coffee stickers: shoot screen with blurry flames
• yellow ruins – print etc
• clipper mill – ha ha
• bowls
• amherst st. house print
• SCLT
• go to farm to draw plants
• paper find/cut/test
• lay out letters
• lay out graphics
• chloe invitation
• get paper – 3/23
• prelim layout & photocopying – 3/23
• more layout
• transparencies
• coat screen
• shoot screen
• print 1
• print 2

Theoretical Prints, not really started yet:

• Tiny Showcase houses
• JohnJ edition
• RISD works prints:
  • triangles
  • gather all objects
  • arrange
  • figure out size
  • cityscapes
  • superman building
  • find orig. transparencies – 3/19
  • scanned transparencies – 3/23
  • pick up on flash drive from NUA
  • draw Providence letters
  • align & clean up
  • put together
  • get printed out at IOlabs
  • power plant
  • photo reference
  • figure out size
  • postcards
  • (need thick paper stock)
• other triple decker prints
• gender identity prints for pasting / eli phant

Print & Business Logistics:

• Truckmobile:
• check voice mail
• keep eyes out for check in po box!
• Mill City – sign & number & put away
• other prints to finish signing & numbering & put away:
  • curtis st.
  • hrff
  • hbml
• black cat
• get paid by Jim for print testing
• go over there – 3/23
• small paper for:
• chloe’s invitation gotten 3/23
• triangles, other risdworks prints…
• ship print to Misa 3/23
• pack
• print packing slip
• post office
• write to Risd Works with update 3/23

Studio Technology:

• put together vacuum table
  • sand burrs off — 3/5 done – 3/22
  • footswitch
  • pick up at NUA when arrives
  • build hinge things
  • glue second one
  • drill holes & attach hinges
  • done one – 3/21
  • fix to table
  • done one – 3/21
  • fix vacuum wafer to table
  • done tentatively – 3/21
  • hook up vacuum
  • done tentatively – 3/21
• flat file maybe
• shelves maybe

Studio Re-organization:

• put away prints
• organize flat file
• organize rubyliths & transparencies
• sort out & put away in folders
• all old transparencies and proto 2001-2005 – 3/19
• transparencies & proto 2006-present
• figure out which test prints to save, re-use, throw out
• sort out drawings, archive better – 3/19
• clear space in f.f. drawers – 3/19
• throw out paper
• organize scrappy papers
• clear off desk upstairs
• hook up new lamp

Drawing Desks Re-org:

• organize left desk
• clear off right desk (again)

Writing & Zines:

• durruti writing zine
• bread zine
• finish editing durruti writing –3/18 finish it monday!!!
• write to mark sawtelle

House Logistics:

• laundry
• eat good leftovers! (ongoing!)
• eat hummus
• clean up front room table

Health Logistics

• ob-gyn appt – 3/18
• free clinic
• dr hayes – 3/24
• dr goldberg – 3/31
• call walmart re prescription. 401-272-5340
• pick it up – 3/23

Garden

• re-pot indoor plants
• sort out worm bin
• build beds
  • borrow circ saw from bldg 16
  • post hole digger?
  • nails
• get soil from E. Prov?
• get seeds, plants, etc
• clear up garden beds!
• plant peas!
• find seeds

Internet stuff

• help rich with stuff
• started 3/16
• figure out moneys, ask people for money
• follow up.

Communication:

• letters
  • deb
  • joanne
  • anna leventhal
  • chris kane’s friend gina
  • mackenzie
  • adam frumhoff
• emails
  • scott pagano
  • that girl sara?
  • catherine mcmahon
  • risd works
• phone calls
  • rose
  • joe
  • matt heft
  • gladys

Random

• scan orig. superman/providence transparencies – 3/23
• scan city barge drawing – 3/23
• make drawings for Meg & Andrew’s project – 3/23
• hung out with folks / saw people around town:

• raphael
• joanna and jona
• meg & johanna
• caitlin & folks at NUA

• mickey z monster dwg
• check po box! – 3/23

ACCOMPLISHED in past week!

Prints:

• none
• though I did set up the Ruins screen, tentatively… – 3/22

Theoretical Prints, not really started yet:

• Tiny Showcase houses
• JohnJ edition
• SCLT
• RISD works prints:
• superman building
• find orig. transparencies – 3/19

Print & Business Logistics:

• Truckmobile:
• called Tues 3/17, talked to Kristen, Abby will call me tomorrow
• 3/18 police detective finally called me back, he was going to call gallery to get a copy of the check…
• called gallery saturday 3/21, they got it!!!!
• black cat
• call Jim 3/21
• write email to molly wheelock – 3/22

Studio Technology:

• put together vacuum table
  • test printing quality over table as exists – 3/21 with andrew
  • sand burrs off — 3/5 done – 3/22
  • footswitch
  • went to printshop to talk to H. Ferriera – 3/18
  • footswitch – bought from Harbor freight internet – 3/21
  • build hinge things
  • glue one – 3/15
  • drill holes & attach hinges
  • done one
  • fix to table
  • done one
  • fix vacuum wafer to table
  • done tentatively
  • hook up vacuum
  • done tentatively
• dismantle/build other table – 3/22

Studio Re-organization:

• big table-building, cleaning-up, moving piles around to prepare for printing – 3/22
• put away prints – some are done
• organize flat file
• organize rubyliths & transparencies
• sort out & put away in folders
• all old transparencies and proto 2001-2005 – 3/19
• sort out drawings, archive better – 3/19
• clear space in f.f. drawers – 3/19
• get rid of crappy desk to basement – 3/19
• get rid of copper, x-rays, to Meg – 3/20

Drawing Desks Re-org:

• none

Writing & Zines:

• editing durruti writing –3/18

House Logistics:

• cup hooks done 3/17, only broke one cup
• get bread ingredients – B got them – 3/16
• eat good leftovers! (ongoing!)
• made cake & soup – 3/18
• got yeast & raisins – 3/18

Health Logistics

• 3/17 — you’re sick, take care of yourself and get better!
• ob-gyn appt – 3/18
• free clinic
• call walmart re prescription. 401-272-5340
• called and talked to them 3/17
• called again later, no success
• called free clinic
• call free clinic again at 10-11 in the morning. sara extension 211.
• pick up prescription today from sara – 3/18
• took it to walmart – 3/18

Garden

• none

Internet stuff

• help rich with stuff
• started 3/16
• figure out moneys, ask people for money
• 3/21 sent email

Communication:

• letters
• none
• emails
• molly – 3/22
• phone calls
• none

Random

• took hat & books to Lydia – 3/18
• Bea’s & Erik’s wedding! & celebration. – 3/20