Wed, Oct 26, 2011 – 19:03
So this is a little out of date as I’ve been busy with some stuff lately. Last month I went to the They Might Be Giants concert in Chicago that Jonathan Coulton opened for. I love both groups, as they produce wacky lyrics with upbeat, catchy music, so I’d say that probably ranks as one [...]
Thu, Sep 29, 2011 – 18:19
I spent most of the summer working on this website for the new Champaign-Urbana area apartment listing website, RentPPL.com. The “fun” part was wrestling with the database software our client was using and retrieving the data from that so it would display correctly on the website, but we finally got the thing live. It still [...]
Sat, Sep 24, 2011 – 20:31
Well, I may not be that great at the “adding ingredients together in the right order” aspect of cooking, but when it comes to veggie slicing, I feel like a pro. Check out these little tiny slivers of onion for my recipe – and not a tear was shed over their slicing! I made Pot [...]
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 – 13:16
Things have been quiet, not too much going on… but that’s fine with me. Had a good 4th of July with some friends, and saw my best friend’s mom perform at the local hippie grocery store. She and her duet partner sound really good! The weather has been stiflingly hot, but is cooled down for [...]
A few weeks ago I started part-time at Accuraty Solutions in downtown Champaign. It’s been going well, although many days fluctuate between “wondering what I should be doing” and “frustration with the usability of our CMS” as I learn how to help with updating our web projects. Thankfully the senior designer actually likes web programming [...]
Tue, Jun 28, 2011 – 14:35
There’s been a nest right outside the kitchen for a while now, and I’ve been enjoying watching the inhabitants. I saw the robin bringing the first clumps of grass, and feeding the babies, and then the babies stretching their wings, and finally last night when I looked after dinner, they all seemed to be gone. [...]
Sat, Jun 25, 2011 – 09:39
I absolutely love the Scandinavian landscape – especially those archipelagoes full of tiny, rocky, evergreen-covered islands. Even before I was a fan of Myst, I thought they were pretty much the most beautiful, mysterious, inspiring places ever. When I lived in Sweden, there was an old dry river valley behind my family’s apartment, with huge [...]
Sat, Jun 18, 2011 – 09:19
Some weeks ago I started a country on NationStates.net. It’s been quite interesting, and I’ve been really enjoying the mix of bizarre situations on which I have to pass legislation combined with political education. It’s fun running my own country and seeing how my tax rate, civil rights, and so on respond to what I [...]
Wed, Jun 15, 2011 – 19:11
Recently I got hired by a local web shop for some part time web design and programming work. It’s not as glamorous as some things in the industry, but it will help me pay the bills, get web experience in an office (since apparently even with a reasonable portfolio, you still need office experience), and [...]
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 – 10:25
Life has been pretty boring lately to tell the truth, so I had a field trip up to Chicago and visited a couple of high school friends and then went to my best friend’s graduation from the University of Chicago. First I hung out with Rose and Lillian and went to a couple of good [...]
