| congratulations, eric. |
[May. 5th, 2007|02:21 am] |
After work, I went to the opening of the local gallery exhibiting the previous semester's schoolwork, where Carin's artwork was being prominently displayed along with that of her classmates, and where the contest-winning poster was displayed prominently near the entrance. It was a lovely set up; it's the gallery where local artists show their work, so it'll likely get some good exposure. There were all sorts of artwork there, from that mushy modern stuff I don't get and never will, to some really striking self-portraits, to a few incredibly stark drawings of prison--there's some sort of correspondence course with the nearby women's prison, and their work was at the show.
Tonight was also Eric's graduation party. Carin hadn't been to his folks' place before, and I hadn't been in a few years. When we arrived, the place was pretty much packed with Eric's entire extended family. His folks have pretty much the nicest place I've ever been; the only residence I can remember being in which was as tastefully decorated was Elizabeth's in Cleveland, when Carin and I went to Harper and Lee's wedding--which gives an idea of how often I'm in other peoples' homes, I suppose. It's like all those semi-nice restaurants with the knickknacks on little shelves were, all along, trying to look like this house. Very nice.
In between the schmoozing and munching (they had sushi! and fruit kebabs!), Eric's family put on a game of "deal or no deal" for his graduation present--though about three orders of magnitude smaller, since, y'know, they're just people. I had heard of the game, but didn't know the actual rules until they were explained. Oh, it's a case of determining the expected value of the remaining cases! At one point, it was down to one suitcase in his hand and one on the podium, one of which contained $1, the other, $650, and I'm whispering to him, "you know that the difference in marginal utility between three twenty-five and six-fifty is much smaller than the difference in marginal utility between one and three twenty-five! Take the deal!" I was counting up the expected values in my head... to impress Carin, or the Cat, or Eric? Or maybe just because math is fun.
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