paloma's journal

today was the first day of my new job as an artist / fabrication assistant. it is only 8 miles from my house, but it's far enough out of this small city that it almost feels rural. i worked with the two artists to learn some of their processes for making paintings (they have some unusual and highly technical methods, hence the need for assistance). we also discussed plans for building a storage shed and then i coated a bunch of panels with gel acrylic medium.

my plans to head to the yoga studio after work were foiled by my car deciding to make a strange noise on the way there. it seems fine now but i was too late to make it there in time to work the desk (i do work trade there) so i just went home, took a nap, and made some stir fry.

last night i set up a raspberry pi plugged into an ethernet jack, which i want to set up to host this journal online. for now, i'm just running it locally, but it seems to be working well and i'm already enjoying the process of writing in it.

i worked on the code for this journal a bunch earlier today. i think i will be able to put it on the "public internet" soon!

we got groceries and then andrei made a very good soup. brenna and birch (who we saw play yesterday at the noise show) came over for dinner and we hung out for a while. it was nice to have guests over and chill for a bit.

we returned home to new haven, and in the evening we went to a show.

one of the bands playing was MSHR, who are on tour currently, and who we are performing at a show with in brooklyn next week. their performance was really cool, full of glowing, sculptural custom-built controllers and sensors, which created an alien multi-sensory experience.

other performers included austin and matt, who performed with modified sirens, a computer, and flutes, plus another duo who performed with contact mics and motors.

we are house sitting for andrei's sister. they live next to a lake. it's been a bit cold and gray but the weather cleared up just before sundown.

• designed and ordered new business cards
• wrote about and organized my personal goals
• read a bit (i'm currently reading city of blades by robert jackson bennett)
• made my first post on this journal! (still a work in progress but it will be easier to test if i have some real posts on here)