Category: Life
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Final Week of First Semester
Last week was a crazy week. Each day something big was due. This week, I have my final presentation for the wearable music device for commuters that my team has created for John Zimmerman’s Interaction and Visual Interface Design class. Right now, that’s kicking my ass. As usual, I’m learning a bunch of stuff on…
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Thanksgiving Respite
Ericka, Matt, and Jeff where Kennedy was shot I spent Thanksgiving in Dallas (photos) with my youngest brother, Jeff, and his fiance. My brother Matt and his wife joined us from Mammoth Lakes, California. And my mom, who lives in Pittsburgh, tagged along as well. It was the first time we had all been together…
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Soccer Champions
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in LifeOn Sunday, I played in the Pittsburgh amateur over-30 soccer finals. My team, Internationals Toons, cruised through the previous three rounds, but the final match pitted us against a strong opponent: Century United. At half time, the score was tied 1-1. We scored a second goal off a free kick about midway through the second…
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Fast-Food Cake Shops
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in LifeWhat do you do when you want cake—real cake, not Starbucks fare—but you only want a slice? I find myself in this position frequently. And I always think, “Why are there no fast-food cake shops?” For years those around me have heard my cries for cake, and witnessed the lament of my unfulfilled desire. Yesterday,…
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No, I didn’t vote
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in LifeI’ve heard the arguments. It’s my responsibility. People have died for me to have the right to vote. It’s a privilege. Et cetera. That’s cool, and I hear you. And I agree. However, like other aspects of my life, if a system or process isn’t working properly, I choose not to support it, because by…
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“Comcastic” Is Retarded
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in LifeMy Adephia cable is switching to Comcast, which is fine because Adelphia blows. However, my notification letter from Comcast makes me squirm. Welcome to Comcast High-Speed Interent Some changes are good. This one’s Comcastic! Hurray! Comcastic! Just want I always wanted! I was just telling all my friend how I wish my life was comcastic.…
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Curious Placement of Milk
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in LifeThis morning when I went to get the milk out of the fridge, it wasn’t there. I did not recall finishing it, but whatever. I grabbed the second carton from the back of the fridge. Then I went to grab some cereal off the shelf. There, aligned perfectly beside two boxes of cereal was the…
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From Imagination to Bloodshed
During design seminar, Dan took us to view Joyce Kozloff??????s Exterior and Interior Cartographies at the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery on the campus. Kozloff’s work features drawings, collages, prints, paintings. She juxtaposes hand-drawn maps and cut-outs of illustrated military figures and drawings of super heros by young boys. The idea I got was that both…