Gail Dapogny on tue 22 mar 05
NCECA: Complete with its ups and downs, it was nevertheless great,
and, of course, the Clayart room was incredible. Without Clayart, I
know I would not feel anywhere nearly so intent on always attending
NCECA. Clayart produces wonderful friendships, continually.
And, on a lighter note...
On the last day of the conference, another conference overlapped: that
of the Mary Kay ladies. All of a sudden there were just gobs of
beautifully coiffed and made-up women in pink, blue, and purple
jackets, clicking brightly down the sidewalks in various-sized
high-heeled groups. We learned through the grapevine that they were
Mary Kay, and surmised that the jacket colors had something to do with
selling expertise or tenure or some such.
On the morning of their appearance, my roommate Lori Leary and I rode
down in the elevator in stunned silence with the sudden explosion of
wall-to-wall pink jackets. They eyeballed us in our jeans and jackets
but were pleasant and polite. A bit later, she and I boarded another
elevator amidst a large gang of NCECA friends. There were two "blue
coats" aboard, but Lori is not tall and evidently did not see them.
She opened her mouth and exclaimed, "Guess what we just saw in another
elevator!" Several knowing elbows instantly gouged at her ribs, but it
was too late, her brain had already processed and sent words to her
mouth: "A WHOLE ELEVATOR FULL OF PINK JACKETS!!" There was a pregnant
pause, then someone said, "Yeah, and there are two blue coats with us
as you speak!" It was just too funny not to laugh, and we all broke
up. Fortunately, the two "blue coats" were good sports and had a
collective sense of humor.
Much later, Lori took her foot out of her mouth.
A wonderful event. Sorry about the flu that some of you acquired.
Gail in Ann Arbor
Gail Dapogny
Ann Arbor, Michigan
gdapogny@umich.edu
http://www.claygallery.org/
http://www.pottersguild.net/
Jennifer Boyer on wed 23 mar 05
The juxtaposition of the potters with the Mary Kay ladies was just TOO
much. I caught many ironic smirks on the faces of potters I passed as
they took in the "perfection" of the Mary Kay gaggle....They looked
like they were having a GREAT time....Hope the unadorned potters didn't
cause them too much pain...Our hands alone must have been torture for
them!!
Jennifer
On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:14 PM, Gail Dapogny wrote:
> NCECA: Complete with its ups and downs, it was nevertheless great,
> and, of course, the Clayart room was incredible. Without Clayart, I
> know I would not feel anywhere nearly so intent on always attending
> NCECA. Clayart produces wonderful friendships, continually.
>
> And, on a lighter note...
>
> On the last day of the conference, another conference overlapped: that
> of the Mary Kay ladies. All of a sudden there were just gobs of
> beautifully coiffed and made-up women in pink, blue, and purple
> jackets, clicking brightly down the sidewalks in various-sized
> high-heeled groups. We learned through the grapevine that they were
> Mary Kay, and surmised that the jacket colors had something to do with
> selling expertise or tenure or some such.
>
> On the morning of their appearance, my roommate Lori Leary and I rode
> down in the elevator in stunned silence with the sudden explosion of
> wall-to-wall pink jackets. They eyeballed us in our jeans and jackets
> but were pleasant and polite. A bit later, she and I boarded another
> elevator amidst a large gang of NCECA friends. There were two "blue
> coats" aboard, but Lori is not tall and evidently did not see them.
> She opened her mouth and exclaimed, "Guess what we just saw in another
> elevator!" Several knowing elbows instantly gouged at her ribs, but it
> was too late, her brain had already processed and sent words to her
> mouth: "A WHOLE ELEVATOR FULL OF PINK JACKETS!!" There was a pregnant
> pause, then someone said, "Yeah, and there are two blue coats with us
> as you speak!" It was just too funny not to laugh, and we all broke
> up. Fortunately, the two "blue coats" were good sports and had a
> collective sense of humor.
> Much later, Lori took her foot out of her mouth.
>
> A wonderful event. Sorry about the flu that some of you acquired.
>
> Gail in Ann Arbor
>
> Gail Dapogny
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
> gdapogny@umich.edu
> http://www.claygallery.org/
> http://www.pottersguild.net/
>
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