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Back to school, ring the bell

September 25, 2008 in Personal · One comment

After 467 days of no school, on Monday, I made my return. It’s weird really. There was no real anxiety involved, no worry, just… another thing to add to my schedule. Okay, so I take it back. There was anxiety, anxiety over how the hell I’m going to manage 15 credits, working full time and maintaining a functional social life to be exact. I went on an organizational rampage. My dream web application idea was born, in fact, from this little bit of anxiety. So how am I managing?

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First Crack at Senior Portraiture

September 23, 2008 in Art, Media & Design, Photography · No comments

I was recently charged with taking senior portraits for Randy’s younger brother Dusty. It was an unusually humid September day when I finally dragged him out and about with my camera. He was not the most cooperative of subjects, which is really too bad, considering how naturally photogenic he is. He spent most of the time swearing at me about how lame and “gay” the whole thing was. When he wasn’t complaining, he was either doing an “Abercrombie” pose or an over-done smile.

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My Dream Web Application

September 18, 2008 in Interaction Design, Internet, Media & Design · 4 comments

If I could wish for one web application, it would be a complete online agenda app. There are very specific things that I want to be able to do without having to keep track of paper and without necessitating a gazillion different web apps to achieve the same goal. Why do I want this? In a nutshell, I want to be all organized in one location, available everywhere, all the time. So, let’s get started with functions.

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Autumn Redesign is Live

September 15, 2008 in Site Updates · 6 comments

Well. It took about a dozen different design prototypes/mock-ups over the last month before I landed on this design. I wanted something simple, something elegant and something that was, above all, focused on clean typography. I think that this design accomplishes all of those goals.

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Where soul meets body

September 12, 2008 in America, Culture, Personal, Recommended · No comments

I try not to think about my age much. Whenever I stop and think about the fact that I’m only 19, well, I guess the only “emotion” I can attribute to it is disappointment. I don’t feel 19, I don’t know how old I feel. Part of the issue is that I’ve always felt at least somewhat older than both other people my age and the “adult” world’s perception of people my age. In my current condition (read: career job, going back to school knowing exactly what I want, being at peace with who I am, seeing marriage in my short-term future), I feel leagues older than what American culture seems to think a 19 year old should be. This cultural perception frustrates me.

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