J-Dubs and I.
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Knife Edge hike to Sergants
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Money for nothing
Dear Family,
Long time no post eh? I wish I could say that I have a million pictures of exciting things that I've been doing but I can't. As soon as Bill Dehlin gets back to Houghton I expect him to post some pictures from Idaho and then I'll repost them here. So I'm considering dropping my classes for the spring quarter and just working from now until October when classes begin again. Either I do that or I have to take a gnarly private loan out to pay tuition this quarter which I really really don't want to do. So within the next few days I plan to see if I can secure funding for the next three quarters to come and get back on full time with Environ until then. With any luck it'll work out but we shall see what happens.
Last week the beer that Ryan Anderson and I made finished carbonating and we gave it a healthy sampling on Friday night. It was pretty flavorful and delicious. I'd ship some if I could but my understanding is that it's illegal to ship alcoholic beverages. Sorry Andrew. Anyhow, I'm off to do some homework and grade some papers.
T
Long time no post eh? I wish I could say that I have a million pictures of exciting things that I've been doing but I can't. As soon as Bill Dehlin gets back to Houghton I expect him to post some pictures from Idaho and then I'll repost them here. So I'm considering dropping my classes for the spring quarter and just working from now until October when classes begin again. Either I do that or I have to take a gnarly private loan out to pay tuition this quarter which I really really don't want to do. So within the next few days I plan to see if I can secure funding for the next three quarters to come and get back on full time with Environ until then. With any luck it'll work out but we shall see what happens.
Last week the beer that Ryan Anderson and I made finished carbonating and we gave it a healthy sampling on Friday night. It was pretty flavorful and delicious. I'd ship some if I could but my understanding is that it's illegal to ship alcoholic beverages. Sorry Andrew. Anyhow, I'm off to do some homework and grade some papers.
T
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
One more...
Look at these glamour girls! (Alice, me, Lindsey) We had the photo shoot today and I'm exhausted. The hair stylist was disappointed in my bang-cutting skills, so he recut them. Deciding again they were too short to work with my cowlick, he gave me bang-extensions!
Anyway, the pictures look great and all of the girls looked beautiful. I could get used to this... :)
(My camera kept overexposing the pictures because of the light in the studio--but I figure it makes the three of us look more angelic)
Anyway, the pictures look great and all of the girls looked beautiful. I could get used to this... :)
(My camera kept overexposing the pictures because of the light in the studio--but I figure it makes the three of us look more angelic)
Monday, April 9, 2007
Pictures Galore!
Here are some pics from the weekend...
This first one is of Cupples in Times Square. We were on our way to the Martin Sexton concert when we saw this gaggle of kids. We decided Cupples should be a part of their special moment. He made three pen pals.
The next one is of a forty-something couple at the concert. They sat on the floor and "spidered" before the opening act. They rubbed backs and had deep, meaningful tantric something-or-other.
The last pictures are ones I got from Peg's computer. I especially love the one of you guys, Tim and Andrew. I think it's my favorite.
Tim and Andrew start posting!
This first one is of Cupples in Times Square. We were on our way to the Martin Sexton concert when we saw this gaggle of kids. We decided Cupples should be a part of their special moment. He made three pen pals.
The next one is of a forty-something couple at the concert. They sat on the floor and "spidered" before the opening act. They rubbed backs and had deep, meaningful tantric something-or-other.
The last pictures are ones I got from Peg's computer. I especially love the one of you guys, Tim and Andrew. I think it's my favorite.
Tim and Andrew start posting!
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Team in Training
The girls of apartment 3L made quite a showing at The Town Tavern yesterday. We played a mean game of beer pong and Nicole was the surprise ringer. Unfortunately, I was on the other side of the table with Nandita, so that made a long night for the two of us. But here are a couple of pictures:
A fuzzy pic of me and Nandita
Me, Nicole, Nicole's friend Lauren and Nandita
Mom and Andrew: I'm soooo jealous you two are in Ann Arbor! Andrew, Tim told me you were trying to scope out the music scene--did you get a chance to listen to some music tonight? And how does the Belle Girl like A2? Post the pictures here when you guys get back!
Love,
Rach
A fuzzy pic of me and Nandita
Me, Nicole, Nicole's friend Lauren and Nandita
Mom and Andrew: I'm soooo jealous you two are in Ann Arbor! Andrew, Tim told me you were trying to scope out the music scene--did you get a chance to listen to some music tonight? And how does the Belle Girl like A2? Post the pictures here when you guys get back!
Love,
Rach
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Pay Attention Class...
First: Tim and Andrew, let's do some posting, eh? Mom, I'll invite you so you can join in on the fun too.
Yesterday, I received the permissions request from McGraw-Hill about using one of my blogs in their book "Writing for College, Writing for Life." This isn't the cool part. The COOL part is I got to see how they'll use it in context. Here's the opener:
Writing in Action: Convention in Genre and Design
One experience almost everyone shares at one time or another in his or her life is trying to find a job. In "Ed's Girl on the Hunt," the writer has shared her experience of searching for, and finding, a job in a Web log or blog, a Web site that is a kind of online journal to which anyone can post their comments. In the blog entry below, the writer tells of finally finding an internship at a magazine. Do these comments seem true to your experiences? How effectively does this writer relate her own joy at landing a summer job? Why do you suppose she chose to share her experiences in a series of blog entries?
[blog]
Considering Genre and Design
1. Sometimes bloggers make sensational statements to gain attention. Often these statements are unsupported or too revealing. How wold you define the tone of this blogger? Compare her tone to that of others, at other blogs.
2. Bloggers frequently include lists ("blogrolls") of other Weblogs that they like to read. Why do you think that this practice has become so common?
3. What can you point to in this blog entry that shows how the writer makes her own experiences interesting to the readers of the blog?
4. Would you like to read more from this blogger? Why? What about her blog entry makes you feel this way?
5. Given that family members and potential employers may read blog entries, what kinds of material would you not inlclude in your blog?
Hilarious, huh? I'm just excited that I get to participate in some college kid's boring homework. I always dreamed something I wrote would have a series of questions about it afterwards. It reminds me of Language Arts when we had to read bits and pieces of Of Mice and Men and comment after each chapter. This is EXACTLY like that. I'm in good company.
Speaking of good company, here's some pictures of the girls I work with at the magazine:
Here's the group of us at a bourbon media event. After we got there, I found out none of the other girls liked bourbon. From left: Alice, Sarah, moi, Sara, and Lindsey.
Here's one from the night we went to Mars 2112--an alien-themed restaurant near Times Square. (Sara, Alice, Lindsey)
Finally, this is from a grocery trip I took with Sara W. and Sarah D. to buy all sorts of food for our taste testing. Sara W. told us part of her always wanted to be a grocery clerk, so we let her scan everything. It was her "what could have been" moment. Unfortunately, she couldn't scan to save her life. This picture is of her in deep concentration as she spent two full minutes trying to scan this bag of candy bars with Sara D. laughing at her in the background.
Yesterday, I received the permissions request from McGraw-Hill about using one of my blogs in their book "Writing for College, Writing for Life." This isn't the cool part. The COOL part is I got to see how they'll use it in context. Here's the opener:
Writing in Action: Convention in Genre and Design
One experience almost everyone shares at one time or another in his or her life is trying to find a job. In "Ed's Girl on the Hunt," the writer has shared her experience of searching for, and finding, a job in a Web log or blog, a Web site that is a kind of online journal to which anyone can post their comments. In the blog entry below, the writer tells of finally finding an internship at a magazine. Do these comments seem true to your experiences? How effectively does this writer relate her own joy at landing a summer job? Why do you suppose she chose to share her experiences in a series of blog entries?
[blog]
Considering Genre and Design
1. Sometimes bloggers make sensational statements to gain attention. Often these statements are unsupported or too revealing. How wold you define the tone of this blogger? Compare her tone to that of others, at other blogs.
2. Bloggers frequently include lists ("blogrolls") of other Weblogs that they like to read. Why do you think that this practice has become so common?
3. What can you point to in this blog entry that shows how the writer makes her own experiences interesting to the readers of the blog?
4. Would you like to read more from this blogger? Why? What about her blog entry makes you feel this way?
5. Given that family members and potential employers may read blog entries, what kinds of material would you not inlclude in your blog?
Hilarious, huh? I'm just excited that I get to participate in some college kid's boring homework. I always dreamed something I wrote would have a series of questions about it afterwards. It reminds me of Language Arts when we had to read bits and pieces of Of Mice and Men and comment after each chapter. This is EXACTLY like that. I'm in good company.
Speaking of good company, here's some pictures of the girls I work with at the magazine:
Here's the group of us at a bourbon media event. After we got there, I found out none of the other girls liked bourbon. From left: Alice, Sarah, moi, Sara, and Lindsey.
Here's one from the night we went to Mars 2112--an alien-themed restaurant near Times Square. (Sara, Alice, Lindsey)
Finally, this is from a grocery trip I took with Sara W. and Sarah D. to buy all sorts of food for our taste testing. Sara W. told us part of her always wanted to be a grocery clerk, so we let her scan everything. It was her "what could have been" moment. Unfortunately, she couldn't scan to save her life. This picture is of her in deep concentration as she spent two full minutes trying to scan this bag of candy bars with Sara D. laughing at her in the background.
Monday, March 12, 2007
H&R? Cock Blocked!
Hola ma familia.
I found this last night while I was googling around--it's one of Dad's online photo galleries. Of course it's filled with some of the most random stuff but that's why I enjoyed it so much:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsturtz/143446843/
It's warming up here in New York and I really wanted to go on a run today but I ended up working until 8pm and then got my taxes done. Would've made a cool $320. WOULD HAVE. Evidently, I was punished for being poor and having too many jobs because H&R Block charged me $240 for processing all of my W2s. I almost cried in front of the woman. So I decided I'm never paying taxes again--of course I realize this will be tricky since work pulls it out of my check automatically--but I'll figure out a way to disrupt the system. Tim, you saw Hackers, we'll be able to find some techie geeks and pull it off--you know, "Mess with the best, die like the rest?" Or maybe I'll just egg an H&R Block. Who's with me?
Andrew--how did the play go? Did you ever mess up? Are you known as the pervy kid around school now cause you're tapping girls with your cane and doing that creepy voice? And congrats on the successful Theater IV audition! Is that for this semester or next year?
Here's a shot of a Free Tibet protest going on by my apartment. They sounded angry through their bullhorns. Almost as angry as I am about H&R Block. Almost.
I found this last night while I was googling around--it's one of Dad's online photo galleries. Of course it's filled with some of the most random stuff but that's why I enjoyed it so much:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsturtz/143446843/
It's warming up here in New York and I really wanted to go on a run today but I ended up working until 8pm and then got my taxes done. Would've made a cool $320. WOULD HAVE. Evidently, I was punished for being poor and having too many jobs because H&R Block charged me $240 for processing all of my W2s. I almost cried in front of the woman. So I decided I'm never paying taxes again--of course I realize this will be tricky since work pulls it out of my check automatically--but I'll figure out a way to disrupt the system. Tim, you saw Hackers, we'll be able to find some techie geeks and pull it off--you know, "Mess with the best, die like the rest?" Or maybe I'll just egg an H&R Block. Who's with me?
Andrew--how did the play go? Did you ever mess up? Are you known as the pervy kid around school now cause you're tapping girls with your cane and doing that creepy voice? And congrats on the successful Theater IV audition! Is that for this semester or next year?
Here's a shot of a Free Tibet protest going on by my apartment. They sounded angry through their bullhorns. Almost as angry as I am about H&R Block. Almost.
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