Black Dog had an exhibition opening day today. Er . . . they had a special something today that involved the finishing touches on the ground floor and people coming in to look at artwork all day. I helped in the morning but didn't do anything big. In a company where half the staff studied in graphic design, I'm pretty sure my abilities are low on the totem pole. Besides, I had told them my specialty is in words, not visuals. So they had me do the miscellany jobs of setting up a video on loop on a monitor and sweeping up the edges of the walls and cleaning up the garden outside. Small stuff, but still useful stuff.
Phoebe had me start researching information on a new book in a series of books about contemporary art. I found a lot but I felt like I didn't get much done. Then again, I kept adding to the "to be researched later" list so it was almost three Word pages long. Which means I have a lot of artists to look through once I get back there on Friday.
Sometime during the afternoon, Marianne asked if I would like to help sell books at the exhibition tomorrow evening from 6p to 9pm. I'd get paid, which is a plus. So I said "Yes. My class gets done at 6p, though, so can I be here around 6:30p instead?" And yes, that was fine. Marianne will cover for me during that first half-hour. It's not like people will want to buy a book and carry it with them until they leave anyway. I can even have wine as I work!
And because the event will feature wine and most likely h'or dourves of some sort, I'm going to have to dress nicely (or "smartly" as they would say this side of the pond) before I go to class tomorrow. Yay.
Didn't feel like making an actual meal tonight so I made one of my insta-meals instead. Tonight's feature was sausage and mash. When I get back, I'm going to attempt to replicate that recipe because it's delicious! They say English food isn't very good, but maybe that's because no one thinks it's very fancy. But I like me some sausages and mash. Yum.
The other big news is that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is being rebooted without the help of Joss Whedon. If you know what I'm talking about, check out this article, and join me in a collective "WHAAAAT?"
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