{"id":99,"date":"2003-05-02T18:22:39","date_gmt":"2003-05-02T23:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2005-02-04T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T10:24:05","slug":"closed-for-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/02\/closed-for-renovations\/","title":{"rendered":"closed for renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a day. I fell asleep last night watching the extended DVD of Lord of the
\nRings. Today, I looked over my students’ work for the last class of the semester
\n(Distance Teaching for MCAD),<\/a>
\nthen went to the studio to chill with Christian<\/a>
\nfor a bit. We hit the Vespa Center down on End street, south of Commissioner,
\nin City + Suburban, Joburg, and I am this || close to buying a Vespa…
\nHit Zoo Lake after a few beers (and some discussion about the 24-7 residency at
\nthe Johannesburg Art
\nGallery)<\/a> and I think we’re going to watch X-men<\/a>
\ntonight, before the
\nnew one<\/a> tomorrow. Big ups to Dean<\/a>
\nyet again for his memorable Note-sssss.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a day. I fell asleep last night watching the extended DVD of Lord of the Rings. Today, I looked over my students’ work for the last class of the semester (Distance Teaching for MCAD), then went to the studio to chill with Christian for a bit. 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