Well, I'm a dumbass. I have my car for two days before I have to get something fixed. I tore off my driver's side mirror when I was backing out of my garage. Not quite used to the bigger car yet. Lots of swearing, a few tears, and a few hundred dollars later....it should be fixed next week. I went to the dealership nearby, but they had to order the mirror. When I get it fixed, I'm also going to get another key, which is crazy expensive, but better that I have it before I end up losing the one I already have. Normally, I wouldn't worry about it too much, but with my luck lately, I want to be safe.
I went to LACMA today. Flako had gone on a field trip to an exhibition there that has to do with lighting and had told me about it. It sounded so cool that I wanted to go myself. It's popular and has some rooms that only a few people can go into at a time, so you have to pre-order tickets. I ordered my tickets on Thursday and the earliest time for today was already at 1:15. It was so cool! I don't know if I can really describe it. James Turrell uses light as art and challenges perspective and it's amazing. There were two parts. In the first part, my favorites were a room full of holograms and a room with a stage. The stage room was completely dark except for colored lights outlining the stage. The coolest however was in Part 2. It was a big room that they only let 8 people in at a time. You had to remove your shoes and wear paper booties to go in. The whole room was covered in light, which changed every few minutes. It really challenged my perception of space. The walls were curved and the floor sloped. It was crazy. As I stood in the room, I tried to figure out how to describe it, but I never figured it out. One of the weirdest sensations was that I could see all the dirtiness my contact lenses.
There are tons of food trucks outside LACMA, so I got tacos before I went to the museum. I decided to go to the James Turrell exhibit first, because I didn't want to get tired of looking at art before I went there. I'm so glad I did because after that, I didn't want to look at much. I did walk through the modern art rooms. They have some Warhols and Picassos among others, but by that point, nothing could compare to the lighting and I was tired of being at the museum. I was also starving.
I was really homesick last night and had bought some picture frames earlier in the day. I made some photograph posters through Snapfish last night and picked them up today. I actually got my act together and put them up on my walls even! I made two with pictures of friends and two with scenic pictures--one of California and one of the Black Hills. Now that I'm looking at them on my wall, I might (eventually) move one of my friends ones and make a London one instead. I have one with "best friends" above my couch with the California and Black Hills ones. It might be cool to have a London one too and it can become my favorite places wall.
Since my car doesn't have a mirror anymore, I'm not totally comfortable with driving it. It's annoying because that was my plan for the weekend!! Now I feel like I should save money and I don't want to drive far away because of my GIGANTIC blind spot. Lame. Since I got back from Christmas, I've made a disaster of my apartment, so tomorrow should probably be spent cleaning and organizing it along with watching the Broncos/Patriots game. I'm not a huge Broncos fan, but they have been really fun to watch this season. I also have some school projects that I really should work on as well. That's less fun than it used to be. We'll see what else I can cross off my to-do list. I still have two days on my weekend! Yay Martin Luther King Day!!
