I made my friend Ryan invite me to do this because I felt left out.
10 years ago: Moved into my first apt in Chicago, w/my good friend Carlos. Drank a lot of water, ate meals off segmented picnic trays my aunt donated to us, went to shows or the movies 4 days a week, bought a bicycle on impulse.
5 years ago: Got dumped by hand-delivered letter. Immediately after, went on tour for 4 weeks as a friend’s band’s merch guy/roadie. Broke two cameras, got heatstroke, made good friends. Decided it was time to go back to school & finish my degree.
1 year ago: Found an apt in Boston. Was getting ready to move from Chicago to Boston for my first year of grad school. Finishing off my last stint at the record shop, trying to save money. Also, attempting to be better friends with people.
Yesterday: Rode my bike to school. Worked in the photo lab , fixing up janky enlargers, dumping a 6 yr old imac’s os & harddrive so I could reload everything, trying to locate missing tools. Grappled with my own immense to-do list that seems to have no clear starting point. Ate Chinese food from a lunch truck. Looked into buying a plane ticket to Chicago. Tried to finish Nowhere Man but fell asleep.
Today: Rode my bike to school. Reluctantly began printing some of the 100 photographs that I challenged myself to make for a show in August. I have just under 4 weeks to get them done. Also have 100 drawings to finish. Ate leftover Chinese food. Looking at the internet. Later I’m going to watch The Conversation until I fall asleep.
Tomorrow: Ride my bike to school (I’m trying to develop a habit). Measure prints for mid-MFA show that hangs Monday. Buy frames for those prints & assemble them. Process some more pictures. Miss the Dinosaur Jr. show because I don’t know how to budget.
5 snacks I enjoy: Dots, Fuji apples, Nutty Bars, chilled grapes, bbq flavored anything.
5 bands/artists that I know the lyrics of MOST of their songs: the Beatles, the Kinks, Slint, Run DMC maybe, the Promise Ring
5 things I would do with $100,000,000: pay all the bills (mine & my parents & maybe some friends), buy every LP I ever wanted & a building somewhere besides Boston to store them, a Volvo station wagon like the neighbors have, maybe donate some to somebody (it’s 100 million!)
5 locations I’d like to run away to: California, Japan, France, Sweden, the Philippines.
5 bad habits I have: eat very poorly, drink coffee on an empty stomach, wear my socks too many days in a row, always forget to floss, return books to the library/videos to the video store late every time.
5 things I like doing: taking pictures, reading, riding my bike, going to the movies, listening to records by myself
5 things I would never wear: pleated pants, a speedo, long hair, jewelry, tight anything
5 tv shows I like currently: Mythbusters, Arrested Development, This Old House, Tour de France highlights, MTV2 Hip-Hop Countdown
5 movies I like: off the top...the Apartment, Weird Science, Dune, the 400 Blows, Miller’s Crossing
5 famous (living) people I’d like to meet: Stephen Shore, William Eggleston, Michel Gondry, Ricky Jay, the Four Tet guy I forget his name.
5 biggest joys at the moment: Friends (home & away), my cat, used bookstores, air-conditioned movie theaters, bottled water
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