The pile of stuff I have left to do this week and next is enough to make me nuts but I’m trying to remain calm and knock things off one item at a time. Today I’m ignoring my poor drawing class so I can get caught up in my children’s book class. Here’s my list:…

We went to a class with the Sf Beekeepers Association today and I finally got to play with the bees. It was magical and so exciting. They were flying everywhere yet not paying us any attention. Today was so warm, they had other things on their minds. Tom got a great video. We got cooked…

Now that my show is up, I don’t know what to do with myself. I have a ton of homework to do but I feel so distracted I can’t get started on it. The sun is shining and various people have been popping by to see the show, just enough distraction to justify my not…

We had an amazing day at Open Studios yesterday. This was the first year the undergrads also had open studios in tandem with the cca graduate open studios and I think it worked out great. I got a fair amount of traffic in my installation and it was great to see people’s reaction to it.…

Installing my show Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence Are you coming tomorrow? CCA, 1111 Eight Street, San Francisco, CA 12 to 5pm. Its gonna be awesome

my shoulder tendinitis came back. But I went to the acupuncturists today and he greatly decreased the pain by sticking a needle in my ankle.  That was a cool trick. Swimming again once school is out will probably fix it. I’m excited about making my own dress for my wedding, and that fixes things too.…

It’s the countdown. I install my senior solo show on Sunday just in time for CCA’s annual open studios. please come by, you can see both undergrad (for the first time ever) and grad work. I’ve made a website for the undergrads, you can check out our work on ccaopenstudios.com and get directions to the…

I did a mini installation for my larger senior show in my studio yesterday for a group critique. The studio was full of little bees made from pipe cleaners that dangled in your face from fishing line. The hills and mountains on the walls are made from cut and sewn fabric and the flowers are…

The home stretch Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence My show is less than two weeks away now. I really want to have all these paintings done. My teacher thinks I should consider not hanging any, tadalafil and just focus on the installation. But I really want to see this whole thing through. Installations and paintings…

I got some rest over spring break, and being the contrarian, Tom pointed out that I did get a good chunk of work done but I sure don’t feel caught up or rested. Oh well, I knew this is how it would be. I can’t believe how little time there is left in the semester.…

bee fabric Originally uploaded by Alanna Spence will this fabric become my wedding dress? Am I actually goiing to sew my own wedding dress?

It’s been an emotional roller coaster of a week for me. But my little problems mean nothing in the scheme of things. Today I learned that a close friend has been having some serious health issues for the past month and has been bed ridden either at home or in the hospital. I just thought…

I am not a good fit for the role of bride. All of the superficial things that weddings are “supposed to be” about, just don’t fit me. On my wedding day, lots of people are going to be looking at me, many of whom don’t know me very well. I am going to be on…

for my Senior Solo Exhibition installation. This is what I do when I’m “not doing anything.” Alanna Spence Senior Solo Exhibition California College of the Arts West B Gallery 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 April 6th – 13th 2008 Reception: Tuesday April 8th, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Yes that’s right, it’s number three of the year. I woke up with a sore throat yesterday that progressed into an excruciatingly painful one by the evening. I wanted to believe it was an ulcer or something, but no, it appears I have a little cold. Swollen throat, sniffles and sneezes and a bad attitude.…