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Puppets, Poe and Plasma Pong

February 13th, 2007

A while back, I did a project for JRNL 311 (Electronic Communication) where we had to choose a topic, report on it, and build a website for it, along with Stein and Mcmillan. Anyway, Mcmillan and I revisited the Center for Puppetry Arts – our topic of choice – this past weekend along with Dave and Singer, which was actually quite fun. We watched Tales of Edgar Allen Poe (last time we watched the Velveteen Rabbit). We couldn’t take pictures inside the show, but here are some from the museum. There’s also more on the project website.

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Anyway, afterwards we all went to the Majestic, which is this diner that Dave is obsessed with. It was, however, actually quite good. I’ll try to get a picture of it next time cause you have to see it to understand.

Oh, and one of the IT monkeys at work introduced me to a new game called Plasma Pong which seems a little too addicting for me to install on my computer right now. Nevertheless, during the next break…maybe. It’s like pong, except you can shoot out or suck in plasma with your paddle, and the game has a pretty impressive rendering engine for the plasma for any of those die-hard dorks out there.

In other news, I watched one of the most depressing movies ever. I was looking for a fluffy Korean drama-ish type movie. You know, just some silly characters in some ridiculously cheesy setup. Anyhow, I ended up watching Sad Movie (yes, I do realize that perhaps the title should have tipped me off, but try to work with me here), which stars Tae-hyun Cha (My Sassy Girl). I mean, the description I got from IMDB just said it was about some people struggling with their relationships.

Anyhow, it turned out to be like a Love Actually from hell. There were 4 pairs of people, each with a different type of relationship. Except, whereas in Love Actually everyone had issues, worked through them and then was happy, in Sad Movie, they all have issues, work through them and then miserable things happen to everyone! So depressing! Anyhow, the moral of this story is: Sometimes, things are more obvious than you would think. Lesson learned.

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Proceed with Caution

February 4th, 2007

Earlier this week, I decided not to finish my journalism major. Simply stated, there;s too much to do and I have no interest (none whatsoever) of becoming a journalist.

I’m actually pretty excited at the prospect of getting my life back. I spent my Saturday cleaning (we have a bit of an ant crisis in my apartment) and hanging out with Jane, who I haven’t properly hung out with since she left for Freiberg last semester. We went to Fat Matt’s Rib Shack (the pictures below were taken with my cell phone camera so they sort of suck), and then later we hit Lenox Mall. The ribs were delicious, in case you’re wondering.

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I guess I figure I’m going to spend the next 10 years or so after graduation working non-stop. While there are certain things I want to achieve, I’d also like to take some time to read a book, go jogging, or take a swim in the next year and a half. I’d have time to keep my room clean or just take some time to do something nice for someone else. The thing that bothered me the most about being so busy is that I feel like the people around me have had to pick up the slack. I prefer to be the one that does the most work in group projects, and I don’t like assigning tasks to office assistants at work instead of doing them myself.

Most importantly, I need to bring up my grades. Trying to do a thousand things at once means my grades have suffered. I didn’t think it was a huge idea – they say having a GPA higher than 3.6 really isn’t necessary for marketing and advertising jobs, but as of late it’s been bothering me more and more, especially since I’d like the option of going to law school someday. Yep, that’s right. If this advertising thing doesn’t work out, I think I’d like to try law instead.

So, goals. My Thursday mornings are free this semester, so I think I should either jog or swim (when it gets warmer) once a week. Secondly, I’m going to try for a 3.8 each semester until I graduate. Finally, I am determined to spend more time with my roommates. They get surprised whenever they see me in the apartment — I feel like that’s a problem.

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