magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

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don't think i've really talked much about the european honors program. risd's got what amounts to a branch campus in rome, and every year thirty or so students go over there to study. and because people from all majors go, it's very interdisciplinary, and rather self-directed. and i'm applying to go next year.

for the application you need to include two letters of recommendation from risd faculty. and so i tried to figure out who i had taken a class with and actually had some interaction with, and who would write a good recommendation, and who i could get ahold of. lots of factors. i asked mary paula to write one, and then tried to get in touch with judie, my 2d teacher from the summer transfer program. but it turns out she's on sabbatical for the semester, so i left a message for her with the foundation studies office.

i decided that if i hadn't heard back from her by thursday i would ask lili (although i didn't have her for a studio) to write my second recommendation. but when i stopped by the beb this afternoon i ran into lili and asked her then. she said that she wouldn't be able to write it by monday (when the application is due), but if they could give her until wednesday she would do it.

so i called the secretary to the ehp committee and left a message explaining my situation and asking if one of my recommendations could possibly come in a little late. and later, had a message on my machine saying yes that was okay. and then another message from judie, who had just got my note and would be happy to write a recommendation.

and so there's a bit of a conundrum. do i tell one of them sorry, i don't actually need it after all? or do i just let them both write recommendations and look like an over achiever with the ehp committee?

i'm going to go with option two. i've got a good reason and all. and too many recommendations is better than too few.

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was feeling totally unproductive in the studio tonight. put on my headphones and laid down under my desk. drifted half-asleep with visions of evergreen needles in my head.