Rock Beats Skin

It’s spring break and I haven’t been on my computer much as I’m in Mammoth Lakes, California, visiting my brother, Matt. I’ve been snowboarding, bouldering, rock climbing, and also just hanging out and doing nothing, and sleeping! My brother...

Spring Break!

Spring break! Spring break! Who would have thought that at 32 I’d be chanting those two words. But thank goodness for it, because I definitely need a break. While I haven’t been stressed out in the same way I was last semester (probably because I kind of...

Climbing Photos

I finally uploaded all the climbing photos I took while visiting my brother Matt in Mammoth Lakes, California. We went rope climbing at the gorge in Bishop, and bouldering at the Happies in Bishop. We climbed with his wife, Ericka, who is also a rock star climber, and...

Back from Cali

I spent the past 10 days before the semester began visiting my brother, Matt, and his wife, Ericka, and their dog, Zoey, in Mammoth Lakes, California. They didn’t have an Internet connection, so I had to rely on a local coffee shop, which provided free wireless—a...

Visiting Brother in California

Tomorrow I’m heading to Mammoth Lakes, California, to visit my brother Matt and his wife Ericka. Although Matt moved to California six years ago, this is the first time I am visiting. It’s also the first time I’m visiting California. One reason it...

Happy New Year

New year’s eve means parties. And parties often entail meeting new people and telling them what you do. So I got a lot of practice on new year’s eve telling people what interaction design is. It’s still difficult to do. I usually start off just...