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[aintbroke]

Like so many of the stories I tell, I can only preface this by saying it seemed like a good idea at the time. Looking back? Not so much.

I've had more baggage lately than I like. (I like none. None is a great number for me.) Sadly, I have the emotional range of an orange. I'm bad with emotion, and dealing with things in any productive way seems to involve talking, which almost makes things worse. And then, we've been having these "artist presentations" in my three-d class, where people get up and talk about a modern artist and their influence on the genre and so forth, and I thought: "Hey! Performance art! That's how these people deal with stuff. So what I'll do, (oh ho ho, this will be great) is just write it all out on myself, and then take a shower and get it off my back. HA HA. LITERALLY! It will be awesome."

In retrospect I'm seeing two major problems here. First: when faced with a problem, my instinct was to turn to performance art.

Boggle please.

When did this happen? How did this happen? Can I get an intervention? (I don't think I have to explain why this is not cool, but just in case, I am a science major. Not an art student. Science! Realm of facts and numbers and theories and not performance art.)

Second: While permanent marker washes right off hands, it does not wash right off triceps or hips or thighs. Huh. Go figure.

Comments

That's Awesome!

[genyloser.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly glad you exist, Caitlin.

Re: That's Awesome!

[joyouschild.livejournal.com]

I like that I confess my "hello, I am a moron" story, and everyone who responds is all "Ha HA! Awesome."

What kind of intervention are you people?

[quiresti.livejournal.com]

I agree with genyloser.

[joyouschild.livejournal.com]

Secretly, on the inside? I hate you. Not a lot, but a little. ENOUGH.

[quiresti.livejournal.com]

I should point out that I was agreeing with the content, not the subject of the message, but I'm not sure it makes that much of difference.

[redsaturn20.livejournal.com]

Sounds like ritual to me. Even scientists can like having a ritual.

[joyouschild.livejournal.com]

You're not supposed to justify me! You're supposed to talk me out of it!

[pixie-of-spite.livejournal.com]

Second: While permanent marker washes right off hands, it does not wash right off triceps or hips or thighs. Huh. Go figure.

I take it you already performed?

[joyouschild.livejournal.com]

It was kind of a one-shot. THANK GOD.

[coriander-kiss.livejournal.com]

Performance Art? Are you KIDDING me?
Get David Sedaris's book, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" And read the chapters about performance art. SERIOUSLY, you need help.

[joyouschild.livejournal.com]

Dude! I KNOW. I was THINKING about that, and still! STILL. Man. I worry myself.

hehe! your funny!! and silly!

[lady-phedre.livejournal.com]

1) majoring in science is better than majoring in art because it is a more useful degree. art degrees have very little, to no use, thus the need to major in science.
2) art is fun. performance art is fun. people spend lots of money to see it. its a good way to express yourself. its much better than a lot of other ways I could think of.
3) why did you use permanent marker? why not washable cayola marker? luckly for you its winter, so the marker will wear off and wash off eventually.

I hope your feeling better after getting it all out. thats good. I miss being in the dorms and talking to you.