Man, am I glad I don't have to work outside on a day like this. I've been researching Abstract Expressionism for the Warhol lecture I'm giving next week and I've been going through my Warhol books to find paintings I'd like to talk about, so I hadn't noticed it was snowing like crazy outside. I went out to get a couple of shots from my balcony and not surprisingly it's crazy cold outside.

It's not easy focusing when there are huge snowflakes all over the place and it's a little hard to make out on the pictures just how much snow is actually falling, but I think you get the general idea.

Getting the Warhol thing ready is going to take a little work. The main theme is to introduce Pop Art to these people using Andy Warhol as a starting point. The point is to present them with a variety of images, which will inspire them when they have to create their own pieces of Neo-Pop Art later this month. So I have to choose some of the famous images (Campbell's Soup Can, Dollar Bills, Marilyn), some more unusual images (Electric Chair, Red Race Riot), and some of my favourite images (Ethel Scull 36 Times, Mao) and find out how to structure the whole thing using interesting anecdotes. The most difficult thing is to figure out how much stuff I'll need to prepare to go on for 70 minutes. I speak very fast, so I have to remember to slow down and try to break the thing up into two logical parts to make room for a break. Man, I need to seriously start working on this thing.

A friend of mine is taking her final exam today, which will turn her from a hardworking student into a real honest-to-god doctor. So she's having a shindig tonight, where most likely some of the other graduates will appear as well, so that should be fun. So I won't get a lot of work done the rest of the day and I have to have an draft of my presentation ready for Thursday, where I'm going out to the school to scan the pictures I'll be using. So today will be all about work.

Oh, Curb Your Enthusiasm started here yesterday. I'd already seen the pilot at the Museum of Television & Broadcasting in New York, so I'm excited about seeing the regular episodes which starts airing tomorrow on Swedish television.