Fri, May 27, 2011 – 10:42
Lately I’ve been watching some German TV shows to keep up my language skills. My favorite so far is “Heute-Show” from the ZDF channel, which has the same premise as the Daily Show – political news review. Sadly, Heute-Show is only once a week, but the great commentary on the country’s politicians is very entertaining [...]
Well, Germany may not reach Engrish on quite the scale that Asians do, but using English words left and right is so popular that there’s a song about it. The problem is that they usually use the words wrong, and either think they’re using the actual English word (as in the case of “handy” for [...]
Thu, Dec 23, 2010 – 08:45
The RPG this week was cancelled, so no news on that front. Things have been kind of quiet at work getting ready for Christmas and working on my designs for TEAMGOLD. So instead of fight scenes, this week you get to hear my thoughts on English comic opera. Abe sent me a copy of the [...]
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 – 18:50
My OWL class asked us to bring in a poem or quote tonight. I wouldn’t normally post this kind of thing, but I liked a couple of the choices I found, and I think it does one good to periodically acknowledge and embrace the intimate aspects of life. “Body, Remember” by Constantine Cavafy, translated from [...]
Mon, Jun 14, 2010 – 14:20
I recently finished the Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb. I read the two trilogies about FitzChivalry before I went to Germany and found them really great. The writing style is rich, with big words I haven’t seen before (and I have a good vocabulary), descriptive without being flowery. The plot moves along at a [...]
So here at RIT, Jonathan Coulton is like the theme song for RIT. Well, I guess “Code Monkey” is, more specifically, but his songs in general are adored by all here. And this video done by Stephen Torrence in ASL and costume just proves it. Unfortunately this guy is evidently a student in Texas. :( [...]
Fri, Mar 26, 2010 – 10:36
Here are style frames for my ENM project. The idea behind this project is to produce a visual/motion presentation of the following poems – a looping typographic and abstract animation where each poem will be presented slightly differently. This is a purely art piece I’ve been wanting to do for several years now, so I’m [...]
Wed, Mar 17, 2010 – 08:13
With my librarian cousin’s recent visit, I’ve been reminded of the disappointing status of reading in my generation. She reads so much that we made a stop at the bookstore before her flight home – which as far as I can tell, is very unusual for Americans my age. The modern computer and especially the [...]
Tue, Dec 22, 2009 – 14:52
This is an entry for my Tagebuch project when I was taking German last winter… I thought it might be interesting for any German speakers reading my blog. If for no other reason to amuse themselves at my German, since I’m not fixing what I wrote last year. :P [vor einem Jahr hab ich dieses [...]
Tue, Jul 14, 2009 – 17:28
Today, some random artsy bits. Fish Intensity— Blue rings around darkest black, You stare at me until —I turn away, abashed. What is it you want from me To stare so? The warm light is at odds With your gaze of icy blue. And my trailer project is finished – tomorrow I’ll be presenting [...]
