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I wanted to write a post detailing the process of emailing eighty different artists for their biographies, but I decided that it might come out boring so I’m not going to. I will say, however, that should any of you have to contact an artist or two for any reason whatsoever, please don’t be at [...]

The bags under my eyes want their own zip code

Believe it or not, I wake up each and every morning with the intention of setting some time aside to update this website. Unfortunately, time is even rarer than it was before, and my slacking on writing is largely due to internship related responsibilities. In the last month and a half I’ve been credited for [...]

WHY AM I SO LAME?

So, we all know I’ve been on the hunt for an internship in the art department for a while now. I thought I found the one I wanted back in December when I interviewed for it but, as it turned out, the girl I was supposed to be replacing decided to stay and I didn’t [...]

Dubya Tee Eff

To all the art organizations that haven’t responded to my intern applications, I WANT TO WORK FOR YOU. FOR FREE. ARE YOU ALL SOME DAMN IDIOTS? F-R-E-E LABOR. LKJSAEHFKJHSGDIFOJKLSDJKF. Regards, Chelsi

Onward

I’m heading off to spend a few days with my Lesbionics, so I want to write my last post of 2007 while I still have the chance. I rang in this year not by doing anything fun like getting wasted or naked, but by sleeping. For some reason I figured if I brought in 2007 [...]

Definitely Officially Noteworthy

My grandmother’s birthday is in a little over a week so I went to go visit her on Thursday night. Since I can remember, visits to any older member of my family are always the same. We talk about things we’ve talked about a million times already, like, what I’m doing with my life, whether [...]