Day 63

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Well I spent another day in the library, as promised, and now I am basically on spring break!  The only thing left to do is wake up for my 10:05 class tomorrow, pack, and get outta here.  My friends and I are going to North Carolina after a weekend stopover at one of their houses in New Jersey.  Adventures await!

In my happy state, I decided to whip out some old favorites:  my antique watch gears.  Last year, I bought some awesome watch gears off etsy and I add them to earrings occasionally because they are SO cool.

Day 62

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Today was an all-day library excursion, after my only class ended at 11:30.  I was in the library attempting to do work for upwards of 10 hours.  That's pretty unnatural, especially since I still feel wholly unprepared for my test tomorrow.  I have library adventure part two tomorrow to look forward to since my test isn't until the evening.

I am exhausted but I cranked out some earrings nonetheless.  I used some funky orange beads I bought in Bern, Switzerland, one of the most magical places on earth.  I've told you about the lovely city of Bern before, and I can't even put a finger on why it was so great I just loved it.  Go there and see for yourself!  Attractions include:  river complete with bear pit, Einstein's apartment, and a rockin' bead store.

Day 61

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Today I was having kind of a bad day but in the last few hours it has managed to turn completely around.  Thank goodness.  First of all, putting my blog up on facebook has gotten me 25 new hits in the last hour or so.  Hi there, facebook friends!  Second of all, I had a nice little clue that someone's been reading my blog (thanks Marissa!) which really made my day.  Third of all, and most importantly, I made a bracelet that I am in love with.

Day 60

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Wow, 60 days!  I know lately I've been pretty sloppy but 60 days is no small feat, even if it isn't all consecutive.

Today I woke up late and did nothing until literally 5 pm.  It was the biggest waste of a day since... Friday. What I did do was make a costume for a Jewish holiday that's coming up soon.  It's called Purim, and it's a story of a woman who is picked to marry the king and is able to undermine the bad guy who is close to the king from this position as new bride.

Summarizing a holiday in one sentence was tough, so if I've missed some things or mislead you, I apologize.  The main point I'm trying to make is that it's celebrated a little like a Jewish Halloween.  There's a big fair for it tomorrow, the Purim carnival, and I needed to make myself a costume.  I decided to be Bananagrams.  If you don't know what that is, you are missing out!  It's a game with tiles where you basically make your own personal scrabble board quickly before the other players finish theirs.  I have this weird crazy yellow jacket that lends itself nicely for use in a costume.

The yellow will be the bag that the tiles come in, and the shirt underneath will have tiles attached like a bananagrams board.  Moral of this long long story is that I made silly costume earrings to match:

I don't really think you need a second photo to get the picture.  I will however probably post a picture of the whole shebang (the entire costume) tomorrow.  But on the off chance that anyone who's going to Purim carnival is reading this, I've got to keep a little mystery!

Love and Beads,
Eve

Day 59

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I am doing a quick blog, but I just wanted to show you all the fun earrings I made today.  It was something daring and new:  2 different color earrings.

Day 58

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I didn't do all that much today, though of course I planned on it.  The Friday curse strikes again!  It is hands down the most unproductive day of the week.

What I have been doing is watching lectures from TED conferences online.  Have you heard of this?  We watched a TED lecture by Mary Roach (one of my favorite authors) in my Human Sexuality class and I was curious about the organization.  The slogan is "ideas worth spreading," and it's basically short lectures by experts about what they know.  I can't explain it any more than that but they are so interesting!

The one I'm watching now is about marketing ideas in the digital age.  What I like best about this is they sound dry by the title but the speakers are both informative and entertaining so it's really enjoyable to watch.  Don't take my word for it though, I also love curling up with a good nonfiction book from the science section.  I just wanted to tell people about it (though you might already know) because the whole concept is so cool.

While learning about ideas worth spreading, I made some earrings.  I used these chunky beads I've been holding onto for a while and got inspired by a half-made pair of earrings lying around in my room.

Day 57

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Phew, well my terrible tough stressful crazy midterms time is coming to an end.  Soon it will be spring break and soon enough I will be a college grad!  Wanna hire me?  I'm pretty sure that's the international recent grad slogan, so I'm just throwing it out there.

I had a big midterm today, then I went out to dinner and went bowling.  I have another midterm but it isn't until Wednesday and I have already started preparing.  There's a ton of reading but overall I think I am in good shape.  What does this mean for you?  Well it means I have time to make things and blog to you about them of course!

I experimented a little with today's earrings because I was feeling free and great.