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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

AT SOME POINT YOU WILL IGNITE, CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED.

So, it’s been a week since school started, and it seems like it’s been a month, the amount of homework is incredible, and I have a tendency to freak out about it. My day today was very eventful, it involved an acetylene gas leak and a fire, complements of Moi’.

The funniest part of the deal was the fact that the first day of class the instructors went through a whole routine that went something like this:

“You will get dirty in this class. You will leave here smelling like an electrical fire and you will most likely at some point ignite.”

At this point ears perked some and people became much more attentive.

“When you return here Monday, only 100% cotton clothes are allowed. Synthetic fibers have a tendency to melt to your skin, smoldering cotton is easier to extinguish. Your hair must be tied back, because burning hair smells ucky. Do not wear perfume, do not go out this weekend and drink 150 proof alcohol or come in with a severe case of flatulence as you will ignite. You’ve been warned… oh and bring a sharpie.”

Nobody ever said anything about what would happen should the person who used the station before you torch the gas hose, which caused a tiny hole and gas to leak out to the point of making you high as a kite but still coherent enough to question said smell, yet still not think twice about clicking the sparker.

I hope this doesn’t count against my final grade.

posted by me | 8:08 PM | 1 comments

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What class is that? I took metal sculpture at MCAD and we didn't even get a lecture like that before they set us loose with the blow torches.

I did grind off the tip of my finger on a sander once, though. Making a wooden turtle toy.

And washing my hands in mineral spirits during Print Making class was probably a bad idea, too.

# posted by dan : 9/13/2007 10:53 AM  


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