The Big Two Four
Not 24 years old (granted, my birthday is indeed next week; however, my age has not been 24 for a few years now. . . .), and not a two-four of beer (though that's a nice thought, and could accompany the event quite happily), it's May Two Four, better known as Victoria Day.
The next two weeks are one of those times when it's good to be able to play in both the Canada and US sandboxes, since I have this Monday off for Victoria day, and next Friday and Monday off for my birthday / Memorial Day (by special request, of course — I know some people get their special religious holidays off, but I don't think civic holidays for Americans in Canada count under those rules).
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Thanks to Colene for the heads-up, the CAG, to publicize its upcoming open house event, currently sports an external fixture containing what would have to be tens of thousands of colorful little pin buttons, each with one of dozens of one-word emotional descriptions on them, reflecting what are allegedly the myriad emotional responses people have to contemporary art.
The buttons are free for the taking, and there's no telling whether they'll be refreshed or if the initial supply was all there is.
On the walk to work this morning, I took a little detour by there, and picked up:
CONTEMPLATIVE
ENCOURAGED
NARCISSISTIC
FASCINATED
NOSTALGIC
EMPATHETIC
JEALOUS
CURIOUS
GUILTY
INDULGENT
DISILLUSIONED
INSPIRED
and EMBARRASSED
I wanted SHY and VOYEURISTIC as well, but I couldn't find any of those low enough to reach (and trying to bop one off with my umbrella proved unfruitful, and started to earn me my EMBARRASSED button). Also, apparently all the SEXY buttons had already been harvested. Great demand on proclamations of sexiness, these days.
All in all, a fairly decent summary of my common emotional landscape, I thought.
The little constellation of buttons forms the first official decoration on my cube wall. Should generate some interesting questions.
The next two weeks are one of those times when it's good to be able to play in both the Canada and US sandboxes, since I have this Monday off for Victoria day, and next Friday and Monday off for my birthday / Memorial Day (by special request, of course — I know some people get their special religious holidays off, but I don't think civic holidays for Americans in Canada count under those rules).
* * *
Thanks to Colene for the heads-up, the CAG, to publicize its upcoming open house event, currently sports an external fixture containing what would have to be tens of thousands of colorful little pin buttons, each with one of dozens of one-word emotional descriptions on them, reflecting what are allegedly the myriad emotional responses people have to contemporary art.
The buttons are free for the taking, and there's no telling whether they'll be refreshed or if the initial supply was all there is.
On the walk to work this morning, I took a little detour by there, and picked up:
CONTEMPLATIVE
ENCOURAGED
NARCISSISTIC
FASCINATED
NOSTALGIC
EMPATHETIC
JEALOUS
CURIOUS
GUILTY
INDULGENT
DISILLUSIONED
INSPIRED
and EMBARRASSED
I wanted SHY and VOYEURISTIC as well, but I couldn't find any of those low enough to reach (and trying to bop one off with my umbrella proved unfruitful, and started to earn me my EMBARRASSED button). Also, apparently all the SEXY buttons had already been harvested. Great demand on proclamations of sexiness, these days.
All in all, a fairly decent summary of my common emotional landscape, I thought.
The little constellation of buttons forms the first official decoration on my cube wall. Should generate some interesting questions.