Guess What I Did This Time?

Yesterday, March 21st, I actually began something (slightly) different! No longer did I have to read magazines- I worked with materials. I documented what brands and types of materials were in the bins under the shelf, everything from carpet swatches to squares of sheet metal and architectural glass. I also started my own documenting; I took pictures of the materials I thought were cool. A lot of the woods and stone materials were sustainably sourced, and will be useful examples for my final project presentation.

The word document I use to catalog is so long now that I don't remember everything that's on it, and I have learned to get to the train station early on the way home, so I don't have to cram myself into the last available seat, next to the crazy man. It's the practical things we learn that matter, anyway.

That was the last two hours of 10 and a half I have worked.

More Cataloging

Just as expected, I spent two hours on March 13th (from 3:45 to 5:45 pm) recording the title, genre, and publication date of each catalog in Gallagher's storage closet. I became so bored that I started eavesdropping on Lisa and her coworkers, who were out in the office. They were hilarious, but also hard at work, conferring about how to make themselves more efficient. I made it to the last binder. Next time, I would start cataloging their actual samples, the ones in bins underneath the shelves.

I have completed a running total of eight hours and thirty minutes with my mentor.