I went and had dinner with Susan and Steve and Joe tonight. Krista came by later. The evening started off with Steve showing me what he has been working on recently in the studio that he and Susan share. He has been working on some small-scale inflatable architecture that would serve as an emergency shelter of some sort. He also makes electrical systems that work off of a battery that can be charged by pedaling a bicycle. Joe showed up about a half an hour after I did. After having a harsh critique of Joel's show, we went and had a lovely dinner. We made fun of scad and talked about the g8 summit. We then went in to the other room where we ate cookies and watched my documentation video of some of my pieces. The three critiqued the work fairly positively. I feel better about it now. Susan then took Joe and I out to the studio to show us how to braze. I wish I had known it was that easy long ago. We then said goodbye to Joe, who had to leave to meet some people who were coming in town. Steve put in another video of some work done by a friend of his from grad school. Krista showed up towards the end. Then I had the three of them giving me advice about grad school for the next hour or more. It was fun. I'm going to start to meet with Susan on a regular basis now, so I can get things together for applications. She also offered to ask about me getting a space over at Boundary hall to make a piece in. That saves me from having to squeeze into some corner that someone else is already using over at Henry. I have to go write some rules. I'm not even sure I said anything in this post.

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