Wednesday, July 27, 2011
wedding!
Brian and I went to the Suehr/Merkel wedding last weekend. I couldn't believe Gretchen was getting married! Anywho, I didn't end up bringing my camera but here is the scan of the picture we took in the photobooth at the reception!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
okay i know i suck im sorry
It's been FOREVERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. But here we go! Also a warning that there are some gross pictures in here of my feet :P
so here are my before x-rays of both feet. you can see how crooked my toes are on both sides.
this is the before next to the after x-ray. in the right foot i have a pin that is helping the bone heal in the right spot and that'll get removed with my stitches. theres also a metal stitch in the big toe but you cant really see it in the picture
close up, you can kinda see the metal stitch now.
gross!!! sorry :P this is one week post-op when the doctor removed the bandages to clean and check on the stitches.
so much blood and bruising!
what it looks like all wrapped up
brian took me to the surgery and took care of me all weekend. he carried me around the house and was so so so sweet. so here's him exhausted and passed out :)
another sleepy picture. we played lots of video games and watched movies that weekend. he fell asleep playing his psp :p
okayyyy now to go back in time a bit, brian visited CT! this is at avery point
we went to foxwoods and lost lots of money!
and we went to the aquarium with mommy and jeff!
where we fed the birds
and had stare downs...
and saw the saddest looking stuffed animals EVER in the gift shop
and some freakin sweet stuff too! :P
We checked out gillette castle
I got my hair cut when I got back to detroit!
and this is my first week in chicago and cheryl and i went and got manicures! i haven't bit my nails in about a month and so I thought this was a nice treat!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
finalss
Hi guys. It's finals. It's crazy. I have stuff to talk about and pictures to post but that will all come eventually.
The past two weeks have been all work and nearly no play and this is essentially the face I carry 24/7:
It's my "I've been staring at the computer for 13 hours straight now" face. It won't leave until about two weeks from now. But we truck on!!
quick internship update:
had 3 interviews now and have 2 more to come:
interbrand: nyc, still waiting to hear back. not my favorite type of work (branding), but obviously in a cool place/good experience
mcguffin: chicago, really really wanted this. they hired someone else. pretty sure they were looking for seniors they could hire straight out of the internship. they told me to report back when i graduated. i liked them a lot.
substance: chicago, pretty cool job, mine if i want it, unpaid :(
q ltd: ann arbor, interview may 2, could be cool to be back in a2 but was kind of hoping to explore
the royal order: chicago, interview next thursday, really really cool place, very much hoping they like me and offer me something, my #1 choice as of now
if i don't get anything for the summer, i'm pretty set on doing deprogram which is 3 weeks in july in the netherlands with the head of the graphic deisgn department at my school. i get credit for a class and it's awesome. you stay in den haag and work with a studio there (the guy who runs it is in my history of graphic design textbook from this semester) and do a project. you travel around the netherlands and visit other studios and famous designers and also take a trip to paris. two of my best friends from school did it last summer and loved it. i really wanted to do this last summer but had already planned my other europe trip before i found out anyone was going. so as an alternative to an internship it would be pretty kickass.
anyway, wish me luck on everything and i'll talk to you all after this storm is over :)
happy easter!
The past two weeks have been all work and nearly no play and this is essentially the face I carry 24/7:
It's my "I've been staring at the computer for 13 hours straight now" face. It won't leave until about two weeks from now. But we truck on!!
quick internship update:
had 3 interviews now and have 2 more to come:
interbrand: nyc, still waiting to hear back. not my favorite type of work (branding), but obviously in a cool place/good experience
mcguffin: chicago, really really wanted this. they hired someone else. pretty sure they were looking for seniors they could hire straight out of the internship. they told me to report back when i graduated. i liked them a lot.
substance: chicago, pretty cool job, mine if i want it, unpaid :(
q ltd: ann arbor, interview may 2, could be cool to be back in a2 but was kind of hoping to explore
the royal order: chicago, interview next thursday, really really cool place, very much hoping they like me and offer me something, my #1 choice as of now
if i don't get anything for the summer, i'm pretty set on doing deprogram which is 3 weeks in july in the netherlands with the head of the graphic deisgn department at my school. i get credit for a class and it's awesome. you stay in den haag and work with a studio there (the guy who runs it is in my history of graphic design textbook from this semester) and do a project. you travel around the netherlands and visit other studios and famous designers and also take a trip to paris. two of my best friends from school did it last summer and loved it. i really wanted to do this last summer but had already planned my other europe trip before i found out anyone was going. so as an alternative to an internship it would be pretty kickass.
anyway, wish me luck on everything and i'll talk to you all after this storm is over :)
happy easter!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Portfolio Site....
So I had a lot of career/portfolio review and one of the biggest comments I got was that they all loved my work, but hated how I presented it. Soooooooo, I worked this weekend and redid my site. It's essentially the same but much simplier which makes it not only load faster, but work more efficiently and effectively in other browsers than just firefox and chrome. Take a look and enjoy! It's also got one project up that I didn't have up there before.
YAY NEW SITE!
In other news, I got two interviews for internships!!!! :) One is for a company in new york city and the other is for a small studio in ann arbor. i have a phone interview with the NYC one tomorrow....very nervous!! And I'm going into the ann arbor studio a week from friday. Wish me luck!
YAY NEW SITE!
In other news, I got two interviews for internships!!!! :) One is for a company in new york city and the other is for a small studio in ann arbor. i have a phone interview with the NYC one tomorrow....very nervous!! And I'm going into the ann arbor studio a week from friday. Wish me luck!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
So I should be doing homework...
but I just got to work and I really want to post about all the awesome adventures I've had in the past month!
March has literally been a roller coaster and it's not over yet!
This is what has happened since I posted last:
-I turned 21!!! We began the journey at the Bronx Bar and I actually turned 21 there. Then we headed to Woodbridge Pub and drank and danced and ran into some other friends we knew randomly! Finally, we headed back to school and walked to Northern Lights, a bar about a block from the Taubman campus. We played some foosball and then went home and passed the heck out at like 5am. Almost all of my best friends from school made it out so it was a great night and I couldn't have asked for anything else on my 21st!
-The day after my birthday, I flew out to San Diego!! I stayed with Kat, a long time Mraz friend and we went all over San Diego and had some really fun times. She's a nurse so she works nights 3 days a week and has the rest of the time off. She worked the first night I was there and not at all the rest of the weekend! It was great. I met a bunch of her friends, got to see some of SD's bars, and went to three concerts! We drove down to Oceanside Friday for a show by this band Raining Jane as part of the Feeding
the Soul Foundation benefit. This was their second annual and I was there for my birthday last year so I also got to go to the first! What good timing! Mraz and Toca opened and I got to see all my other native San Diego friends. We went back up there Sunday for breakfast and hula hooping at Jitters....blasty blast! Also, I got my first pedicure!!!!!!
-I got home Monday night, actually missing class because my flight got in late. So I went to school Tuesday and Wednesday, and then Thursday morning left for Chicago for the graphic design AIGA annual student trip. I'm the communications officer of our student chapter and so we've been fundraising all year for this trip. If you remember, we went to New York last year. This year was Chicago and it was honestly one of the best weekends I've had in a really long time. We went on five studio tours: IDEO, Razorfish, OKtype, 3st and Studio Blue. It was awesome to see so many different studio environments with IDEO and Razorfish being pretty big corporations, OKtype being run by one guy out of his apartment, and 3st and Studio Blue having 4-5 full time designers. Aside from the studios, we went out on St Pattys Day (oh my word Wrigleyville is INSANE) the streets were just filled with thousands of people. We ended up just getting a table at Goose Island and drinking some good old Chicago brewed 312. So good! Try it sometime if you haven't. I got to see Brian Murphy (the guy from Chicago I went to Europe with last summer) which was awesome because I haven't seen him since August. Also, we went to the bean and saw a lot of the city because our hostel was right downtown! I didn't go shopping, which is probably a really good thing, but i DID get to try a crapload of scotch, which is probably my new favorite thing. Manly? yes. Awesome? yes. We were at Navy Pier and about to ride the ferris wheel when we decided to stop in and get a beer. It was like 2pm and we just wanted to chill a little because it was cold outside. There's like 7 of us in this bar and we're the only ones there. Alex, Brian and I are talking to him and we end up asking him about what high end scotches he has. The three of us decide we're going to split a $35 shot of Johnny Walker Blue Label (a $750 bottle) and the guy goes to get it. He comes back and said they were out, but brought 3 other scotches with him. Johnny Walker Green Label, a bottle of Ardbeg, and an 18 year Macallan. He gives each like a half a shot to try, and we decide on splitting the Macallan. Instead of forcing us to pass a little shotglass around to one another, he pulls out 3 and pours each of us at least a shot and a half. He only charges us for a single. Plus, the then follows this with a 15 minute lecture on scotch and proceeds to make all of us white gummy bear shots for free. It was ridiculous. He was the best and made probably $100 in tips from us. A 20 minute quick beer turned into an hour and a half of quality scotch education and tasting. I was seriously impressed (and kinda tipsy at 4pm that day). But anyway, another night (the nigh twhen the moon was supposed to be crazy big) we went to the Hancock building to the lounge on the 96th floor. It is BEAUTIFUL up there and the view is absolutely incredible. There, Brian and Alex and another Brian that was with us got Johnny Walker Blue Label. I was allowed one tiny precious sip from Brian's glass
and it was the best scotch I've ever tasted.
Sigh. I'm not even 21 for a month and I'm officially an old man.
-ANYWAY, we leave Chicago, get back to school and work our asses off to catch up on all the homework we didnt' do all weekend. Classes were pretty normal last week and this past weekend was Portfolio Day. I was in a practicum class last semester where we chose the theme and designed the entire event so we had to help do last minute things, set up Saturday morning and breakdown that night. It was crazy and really fun and we all got a lot of good feedback from professionals.
-Now it's Tuesday morning. Thursday morning is a super crucial day for all of us. It's career day where 50+ companies come in and look at our work and decide if they want to give us jobs/internships. I'm preparing hard and still trying to keep up with other work. Wish me luck!
Anddddd after that novel, pictures!!
Mission Beach!
After the Feeding the Soul Raining Jane show
Mraz and Raining Jane
Kat and I! I forgot the name of this overlook.
Oceanside!! Jenni and Lisa and doggie :)
Cat's ADORABLE kitty!
John Hull show
Haha he was the sweetest (one of Kat's best friends)
Kat Lisa and I!
Colorado from the airplane!
Roomies!
Navy Pier
...roomies?!
The bean! ^^My graphic design group :)
Aww look how cute they are
Staceyyyy and I!
Brian Murphy WTFing at this painting at the Art Institute of Chicago
So good to see him :)
At a club! I forgot about this earlier....Lauren's uncle is friends with the manager. We got bottle service!
The 18 year Macallan....mmmmmmmmmmmm. This is around a $130 bottle
Brian being silly on the ferris wheel
Laulau and I
March has literally been a roller coaster and it's not over yet!
This is what has happened since I posted last:
-I turned 21!!! We began the journey at the Bronx Bar and I actually turned 21 there. Then we headed to Woodbridge Pub and drank and danced and ran into some other friends we knew randomly! Finally, we headed back to school and walked to Northern Lights, a bar about a block from the Taubman campus. We played some foosball and then went home and passed the heck out at like 5am. Almost all of my best friends from school made it out so it was a great night and I couldn't have asked for anything else on my 21st!
-The day after my birthday, I flew out to San Diego!! I stayed with Kat, a long time Mraz friend and we went all over San Diego and had some really fun times. She's a nurse so she works nights 3 days a week and has the rest of the time off. She worked the first night I was there and not at all the rest of the weekend! It was great. I met a bunch of her friends, got to see some of SD's bars, and went to three concerts! We drove down to Oceanside Friday for a show by this band Raining Jane as part of the Feeding
the Soul Foundation benefit. This was their second annual and I was there for my birthday last year so I also got to go to the first! What good timing! Mraz and Toca opened and I got to see all my other native San Diego friends. We went back up there Sunday for breakfast and hula hooping at Jitters....blasty blast! Also, I got my first pedicure!!!!!!
-I got home Monday night, actually missing class because my flight got in late. So I went to school Tuesday and Wednesday, and then Thursday morning left for Chicago for the graphic design AIGA annual student trip. I'm the communications officer of our student chapter and so we've been fundraising all year for this trip. If you remember, we went to New York last year. This year was Chicago and it was honestly one of the best weekends I've had in a really long time. We went on five studio tours: IDEO, Razorfish, OKtype, 3st and Studio Blue. It was awesome to see so many different studio environments with IDEO and Razorfish being pretty big corporations, OKtype being run by one guy out of his apartment, and 3st and Studio Blue having 4-5 full time designers. Aside from the studios, we went out on St Pattys Day (oh my word Wrigleyville is INSANE) the streets were just filled with thousands of people. We ended up just getting a table at Goose Island and drinking some good old Chicago brewed 312. So good! Try it sometime if you haven't. I got to see Brian Murphy (the guy from Chicago I went to Europe with last summer) which was awesome because I haven't seen him since August. Also, we went to the bean and saw a lot of the city because our hostel was right downtown! I didn't go shopping, which is probably a really good thing, but i DID get to try a crapload of scotch, which is probably my new favorite thing. Manly? yes. Awesome? yes. We were at Navy Pier and about to ride the ferris wheel when we decided to stop in and get a beer. It was like 2pm and we just wanted to chill a little because it was cold outside. There's like 7 of us in this bar and we're the only ones there. Alex, Brian and I are talking to him and we end up asking him about what high end scotches he has. The three of us decide we're going to split a $35 shot of Johnny Walker Blue Label (a $750 bottle) and the guy goes to get it. He comes back and said they were out, but brought 3 other scotches with him. Johnny Walker Green Label, a bottle of Ardbeg, and an 18 year Macallan. He gives each like a half a shot to try, and we decide on splitting the Macallan. Instead of forcing us to pass a little shotglass around to one another, he pulls out 3 and pours each of us at least a shot and a half. He only charges us for a single. Plus, the then follows this with a 15 minute lecture on scotch and proceeds to make all of us white gummy bear shots for free. It was ridiculous. He was the best and made probably $100 in tips from us. A 20 minute quick beer turned into an hour and a half of quality scotch education and tasting. I was seriously impressed (and kinda tipsy at 4pm that day). But anyway, another night (the nigh twhen the moon was supposed to be crazy big) we went to the Hancock building to the lounge on the 96th floor. It is BEAUTIFUL up there and the view is absolutely incredible. There, Brian and Alex and another Brian that was with us got Johnny Walker Blue Label. I was allowed one tiny precious sip from Brian's glass
and it was the best scotch I've ever tasted.
Sigh. I'm not even 21 for a month and I'm officially an old man.
-ANYWAY, we leave Chicago, get back to school and work our asses off to catch up on all the homework we didnt' do all weekend. Classes were pretty normal last week and this past weekend was Portfolio Day. I was in a practicum class last semester where we chose the theme and designed the entire event so we had to help do last minute things, set up Saturday morning and breakdown that night. It was crazy and really fun and we all got a lot of good feedback from professionals.
-Now it's Tuesday morning. Thursday morning is a super crucial day for all of us. It's career day where 50+ companies come in and look at our work and decide if they want to give us jobs/internships. I'm preparing hard and still trying to keep up with other work. Wish me luck!
Anddddd after that novel, pictures!!
Mission Beach!
After the Feeding the Soul Raining Jane show
Mraz and Raining Jane
Kat and I! I forgot the name of this overlook.
Oceanside!! Jenni and Lisa and doggie :)
Cat's ADORABLE kitty!
John Hull show
Haha he was the sweetest (one of Kat's best friends)
Kat Lisa and I!
Colorado from the airplane!
Roomies!
Navy Pier
...roomies?!
The bean! ^^My graphic design group :)
Aww look how cute they are
Staceyyyy and I!
Brian Murphy WTFing at this painting at the Art Institute of Chicago
So good to see him :)
At a club! I forgot about this earlier....Lauren's uncle is friends with the manager. We got bottle service!
The 18 year Macallan....mmmmmmmmmmmm. This is around a $130 bottle
Brian being silly on the ferris wheel
Laulau and I
Some of the bestest friends I could ask for. I see them so many hours a day, I'm glad I like them :)
Monday, March 7, 2011
5 hours and counting....
Heyyyyy you guyssssssssss!!!! Guess who is legal in less hours than you can count on one hand?!
This girl.
Thanks to my fantabulous friends, we're all going out to Slow's BBQ (a Detroit classic) before hitting the bars at midnight! I promise to be safe, no one is driving drunk, don't worry! Kelsey did my hair, and we're just about ready to go! (Note the earrings you got me Mommy!) Love you alllllll!!!! I'm sure there will be many a drunk voicemail to the fam tonight.
<3<3<3
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Hey famjam, sorry I've been MIA but it's been a busy month and March doesn't look to be any less busy!
So while I don't have much to say, I will leave you with a process video of the latest project I did for Experience Design. We began to dabble in Arduino boards and coding in Processing and I ended up using an infrared IR rangefinding sensor to sense motion and range and cause sounds to happen. Check it out!! :)
So while I don't have much to say, I will leave you with a process video of the latest project I did for Experience Design. We began to dabble in Arduino boards and coding in Processing and I ended up using an infrared IR rangefinding sensor to sense motion and range and cause sounds to happen. Check it out!! :)
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