Archive for February, 2010

Snow Day II (Bed Jumping) 0

Posted February 17, 2010



The other day I saw this great post over at My Funny Eye about bed jumping and this past Tuesday, (on our second consecutive snow day, and for that matter the second consecutive Tuesday off from school) Al came into my room and had an impromptu bed jumping session. After the third jump/flip I got out my camera and tried to document our jumping as best I could. These are a few of favorite shots.

Snow Day 0

Posted February 16, 2010




Last Tuesday was the first snow day I’d had in college in a very long time (maybe only the second, I don’t recall) but it was a magical day, featuring an extensive snowball fight, snow jumping pictures, and fantastic hot chocolate. I haven’t played like that in a good while and I’m really happy with most of the pictures (click on any of the pictures above and will take you to the photoset on my flickr). I’m finding more and more about my camera that I really like, I wonder what other things I can buy/add to my camera to make it do even more? I’m pondering buying another lens(es?) or perhaps some filters? I hardly know how to use my camera now, but I’m feeling good about my learning. Also, big thanks to JV for taking some pictures of me that turned out really nice. I like being behind the camera, but it’s nice to have some pictures of yourself too.

There are many more pictures up at my flickr page

Weekend in Review #3 0

Posted February 16, 2010


This weekend was highlighted by a big party thrown at my house, where I had a good time, despite some idiot boys who got too drunk and were not being fun. Friends of friends of friends. Saturday was a full day of cleaning and working with D, Syl, and Tracy on Syl’s ukulele bag project followed up by some tasty Indian with the girls and Kandy. Sunday was easy and lazy, which was nice until somehow that afternoon I managed to get sick and haven’t been quite able to shake it yet, although I’m feeling alright as I write this (Tuesday afternoon (so late)).

Also Cooper came to stay with us this weekend (he’s that gorgeous golden-doodle in the photos), his parents were away and we happily babysat.

Unable to Load 0

Posted February 10, 2010

Every once in a while, I’ll get this error message while watching something on Hulu. I willingly watch the ads on Hulu, as I rarely am able/ready to watch tv shows when they are originally broadcast. I wish that Hulu would not make me feel bad about their inability to provide me with a commercial.

Also just wanted to mention some of the shows I’ve been enjoying lately (not all on Hulu) (in no particular order)

The Office (NBC)
Parks & Rec (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Heroes (NBC)
Leverage (TNT)
Nurse Jackie (SHO)
Californication (SHO)
NCIS:LA (it’s so cheesy but I like it) (CBS)

Also also, the Olympics start Friday, I’m quite excited to see some speed skating and hockey.

Weekend in Review #2 0

Posted February 9, 2010
This weekend blew by too fast but I enjoyed it thoroughly. Friday afternoon the snow started to fall and it came down all night. This plus the all-nighter I pulled the night before working on a thesis presentation meant I was not going out. After some initial confusion I picked up Sweet D and we got some Saag Paneer which was amazing. After that we went to Tracy and Syl’s and watched ‘The Hangover’ with some of the other ID girls. Pretty easy night, but I was so tired I’m amazed I managed to watch the whole thing. I love that movie. I slept like a rock that night and didn’t get out of bed until after 12 the next day. I met up with Sweet D after a morning grocery run and ate some of her fantastic leftovers. I ate it so fast that I didn’t have a chance to take any pictures, but just imagine homemade veal meatballs, babaganouj and kalmata olive tapenade. I love kalmata olives so much. After my fantastic (and first of the day) meal Sweet D and I went to the St. Benard St. Vincent De Paul, which is increasingly becoming my favorite thrift store. I found some great mugs (like the ones I got the other day that broke) and some tea cups like Tracy’s (link). Sweet D found this etiquette book that she was very excited about and this reader’s digest compilation book from 1957 that has some beautiful illustrations in it that I’m going to try to copy. Later we went to Tracy and Syl’s for a Mexican Cantina Food Dinner Party Thing which was a blast, hilighted by moustache drawing and eventual eyeliner-tattoo-ing. I didn’t drink too much as Oued, Al and I were racing the next day. The race we ran was the Frostbite 5 Miler, back up in Dayton (not a fan of driving an hour each way to race). I ran 31:30 and got 33rd place overall. I was quite happy with my time and placing although I would’ve liked to placed a little higher, for my training it was a good race. A second weekend in a row that was fantastic.

Up All Night 0

Posted February 5, 2010

So I think I fell in love with In Design tonight. After years of being frustrated by the program and how it didn’t, and still doesn’t, behave like Photoshop and Illustrator, I think I have gotten a grasp on how to quickly move around and somewhat painlessly manipulate and create. Here is the title page for the first of my two capstone (senior thesis) proposals. Will show more of this after I present tomorrow afternoon. Also I think I get a free pass today. It’s 6:39 AM and I haven’t slept yet today. Who’s ready for the weekend? This guy.

(Click to enlarge)

Lil’ Wayne Observed 0

Posted February 4, 2010

I was watching a Lil’ Wayne music video today. There are two reasons for this, the first is that I am humored by his antics and his character, and secondly I actually like some of his “music”. I recently watched a documentary about Lil’ Wayne, through most of which he was drinking ‘syzurp’ (actually DXM) mixed with root beer or vitamin water out of a styrofoam cup. I, for one, hate styrofoam cups and avoid them as much as I can, but when I see someone else with one I wonder if they’re trying to do like Lil’ Wayne and robo-trip on the sly or in public. I took some screen shots while watching that music video earlier and here they are.

Tough Day Turnaround 0

Posted February 3, 2010

Last night after my crappy day, I went to the thrift store for the first time in months and found some great stuff and only spend $3.73. A nice way to cheer myself up on the cheap. I found this steel tripod and this petite mug. The tripod is all steel and seems super sturdy (for now) so I think I’ll keep it in my car so I always have one with me when I’m out.

Tough Day 0

Posted February 3, 2010

Yesterday  was a tough day. I stayed up past 4 last night (or rather this morning) struggling with a (recently working, now not) scanner and trying to format images from said scanner. I managed to finish my project and the presentation on the whole after another hour of work this morning. Once I managed to finish the project I hurried off to school to a class I don’t really understand. Ironically enough, the class is Personal Finance, but we haven’t really learned anything, and I was really hoping I could learn something, anything, but my professor doesn’t really teach, he just rambles. We took our first exam last week and got our grades today, I did poorly, I passed but didn’t do nearly as well as I should have. I really need to learn how to deal with money better, because I work hard but seem to rarely have any amount of money to buy (nice) things. At least I managed to save enough to buy my camera. I love my camera, I don’t know very much about how to take pictures, but I try nonetheless and have been pretty happy with my limited results so far. So on a day that has been a collection of disappointing things I look at some pictures I really like. Here they are.

Weekend in Review (#1) 0

Posted February 3, 2010
This (which will hopefully be turned into a series) is inspired by Kate Miss‘ ‘Bits of My weekend‘, which is one of my favorite parts of Monday mornings. Anyway this was another great weekend, started off by a great game of scrabble with Ed on Friday afternoon after thesis class. I got the letters for create in my next to last draw. I was so pumped to lay that down (I won 373 – 323). Later that night Al and I went to Hyde Park to see some of the kids he went to China with.  We went to this bar called R.P. McMurphy’s which looks really cool from the outside, and is sadly not fun once inside. Laura had us back to her house where she made us a dinner of homemade hummus, eggplant meatballs and quesadillas. So good. Fries later with the gang and then Skyline at 230. I was so tired and so excited to get into bed because Saturday morning I was up at 730 to clean the 1st floor of the house before our landlord came over. I was out the door by 830 and off to see Tracy and Sylvia to work on part of a presentation for class on Monday. Tracy made me an excellent breakfast of eggs, some sort of asian cracker thing, and pineapple. The rest of the day was literally spent planning, shopping, making and eventually eating chili with 10 friends (all we could fit around our table). Ed made a meat chili and I made a vegetarian one (extra spicy with cumin, serrano peppers and lots of chili powder and garlic). Everybody seemed to like them both and Diane, proving how wise it was to invite her, brought some wine that paired well with the chili and a blackberry cobbler that was out of this world. After dinner we played Apples to Apples and Chodge cheated the whole time but we had a great time. Sunday was a lazy morning preceeding 2 hours of class preparing for this presentation on the next day. The upside to this was 2 hours of no internet distractions and thus 2 hours of sketching/doodling and figuring out some ideas for other big projects coming up. Ed and I went for a hard 6 mile run before the sun went down and both of felt good. This hard work and crappy cold morning runs are hopefully starting to get us into shape. Sunday night, per usual, was spent frantically trying to get work done for the beginning of the week but Ed and I are feeling pretty good right now. Hopefully no more 4 am nights for a while. A good weekend, hoping for more of the same to come, just of the warmer variety.