OK, people, I miss you, and I miss blogging, and I'm sorry I'm not more prolific lately. I have two excuses:
One: I am in the midst of extension hell. Remember how my Asian art profs gave us all an extension, and I was pissed off about it, but couldn't help but take them up on it anyway? Yeah, well. Now it's due. Have I been diligently writing this paper about bamboo baskets and Japanese aesthetic categories for the last three weeks? Of course not. I just started it two days ago, and now I MUST finish it today. This does not make me happy, but rather filled with stress and guilt, and does not make taking pictures and blogging about gifts given and received very easy.
Two: I am hopelessly in love, as you might have noticed, and my beloved is STILL in Texas with her family. This means I am pining away, all alone, whining a lot and counting the hours until she returns. This also is not the best frame of mind for blogging.
So, I apologize. I promise that as soon as I finish this damn paper (which better be soon!), and get a haircut (tonight!) that I will show you some lovely pictures. in the meantime, here is a picture of one of the baskets I'm writing about. How would YOU like to be writing a 15 page paper on this basket, on what is SUPPOSED to be your winter break? Hmm??
oh, and also...I am afraid I might be coming down with something bad--unless this sinus headache I'm battling is merely a symptom of how sick I am of writing this paper!
Well, it's certainly a very feminine looking basket. It reminds me a little of the clay bread baking oven shaped like a woman that a baker in Bowdoinham has.
Posted by: Auntie Knickers | December 30, 2007 at 06:15 PM
i love the crazy weaving of the basket...we went to ikea after church yesterday and saw a great basket that had a similar random stitching/weaving to it, perhaps one day we'll pick it up. we left with full bellies - turkey croissant sandwich for c and salmon for me - and two pillows for guests and more tealights - we can never have enough tealights, lots of candle lighting going on at church!
good luck with the paper - get it done, so that you can guilt free chat with your love, and shouldn't she be home soon? i thought she was only gone a week.
Posted by: celeste | December 31, 2007 at 08:17 AM
Put a cat bed in the bottom of it and you have something useful.
Posted by: Leslie | January 03, 2008 at 10:06 AM