I thought maybe the arc in the floor was for a big safety barrier to shield students from hem experiments. Nope. This blew my mind, but not as much as the guy sitting next to me.
2012, a thursday
Up early to work out, class, sweet sweet freedom for the rest of the day. Did a huge grocery run. Finished my homework for the week, and then did next week’s physics recitation and astronomy homework. Spent the rest of the night catching up on my favorite tv shows and drinking strong, milky tea. Lovely evening!
2011, a wednesday
Yoga, last day at home with my parents. Mom made really good grilled cheeses for dinner and Dad popped a bunch of popcorn. Had to force myself to go to bed at a reasonable time - my book is so good!
2010, a tuesday
hit up the $6 matinee of ‘the book of eli’ and I’m glad I did - it was fantastic! after that, picked up stuff I need for the trip from five different places, went to the post office and bank, got gas. finally got a real meal around 3pm. spent the rest of the day examining my finances, checking out flight info and trying not to freeze in my poorly-insulated apartment.
Aurora Borealis by Billy Idle
2012, a wednesday
9 hours of class, but at least I got an hour break today. Spent it eating my lunch in the geology undergrad lounge and playing iPhone games. More rock IDs in field geology. Lab ran late, home finally to veg out and shut off my brain.
2011, a tuesday
Yoga, lunch with Mom and Grandma at Cafe Fresh. Pizza Joynt for dinner!
something new: Cafe Fresh!
2010, a monday
worked out, took care of more pre-trip logistical stuff. had a phone conference with my uncle about the website, then coded the rest of the day. went to the smoke house for prime rib night and it was deliciousssssss.
2012, a tuesday
Overslept! Didn’t get to shower until after astronomy. Sed/Strat lab was cool - did rock IDs. Spent the evening doing homework and studying physics.
2011, a monday
Slept in, helped Mom set up her new printer…that’s…about it.
2010, a sunday
slept in, worked out, met jula and finally saw her new apartment. walked all the way to venice along the beach/boardwalk and stopped to watch the skateboarders and dancing rollerskaters(??) at the skate park. it was great to get outside and move around in the fresh air after spending pretty much the whole month sequestered in my apartment!
Over at McSweeney’s: In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero.
[The warrior] accepted the quest and strode bravely across the beige shag carpet of the living room.
Deep, deep behind the recliner did the warrior crawl, over great mountains of National Geographic magazines and deep chasms of TV Guides. At last he reached a gnarled thicket of cords, a terrifying knot of gray and white and black and blue threatening to ensnare all who ventured further. The warrior charged ahead. Weaker men would have lost their minds in the madness: telephone cords plugged into Ethernet jacks, AC adapters plugged into phone jacks, a lone VGA cable wrapped in a firm knot around an Ethernet cord. But the warrior bested the thicket, ripping away the vestigial cords and swiftly untangling the deadly trap.
via Eric
2012, a monday
Incredibly sore back from all the twisting in kickboxing. Class. All. Day. 9 hours straight, no breaks. Field geology was cool, but then it got cold. And dark. Got home, was too tired to do anything constructive, so that pretty much means 2/5 weeknights I’ll be useless. Not good.
2011, a sunday
Yoga, yummy lunch, had Mark and Laurie over for the Bears-Packers game (sadly, Bears lost). Had Brazilian stew for dinner and Laurie made an apple pie for dessert (yum!). Watched the AFC game, watched some ‘Torchwood’ in bed, up way too late.
2010, a saturday
worked out, ran errands, started packing for the trip. went to burbank for a party megan was throwing for her brother and his friends. went to sardo’s and endured probably the worst karaoke I’ve ever witnessed, which is extremely unusual for that place, in my experience.
In more Psychic Bunny/Lead Balloon news - the super-secret 360° shoot I worked on a few years ago has also been posted (probably awhile ago - apologies for not being more on top of this!). Social Animal’s camera rig…was amazing. The SA9 has nine HD cameras pointed straight up at a mirrored rig, all connected to nine MacBookPros. It made for some pretty intense equipment moves/hides and cable wrangling, not to mention the challenges of directing actors in360°. It was a really awesome shoot and I’m glad I can finally talk about it!
You can watch the demo we shot, and a behind the scenes featurette at the Qualia site. Be on the lookout for me! I’m wearing a teal hoodie.
So remember that ‘Dr. Bonesaw’ shoot I worked on way back when (photos here)? Psychic Bunny/Lead Balloon took that footage and rolled it into a short about…well…aftermath, is the best way I can put it - starring the delightfulLaurel Vail! Scroll down the Lead Balloon projects page to ‘Still Beating’.
(Also I am way way late in posting this. Apologies!)
2012, a sunday
Kickboxing workout, homework, Mars project, nap, organized field geology stuff, finally got around to posting links to the shorts I worked on in LA. Early to bed - planning to get to campus early to rent a locker and drop off my field geology stuff.
2011, a saturday
Yoga, lazed about, ate way too much brown-sugared acorn squash for dinner, but still managed to choke down some peanut butter swirl ice cream. Watched ‘the Dark Knight’ on cable. I wish the third movie would hurry up and be finished already.
2010, a friday
worked out, went to the dentist, got my hair trimmed, met maria and megan and went to lunch at wendy’s, hit target, then best buy for a case for my new camera. went back to maria’s and checked out the ncaa website i’m building on their pc. megan made dinner and we all ate together and watched the first episode of the new spartacus series. watched some of ‘casino royale’, had ice cream, watched ‘flatliners’, played with the dogs.
2012, a saturday
Errands, errands, errands. Ran around town trying to track down the last things I need for field geology, with moderate success. Picked up Panera for lunch (thanks P and D!) and it was amaaaaaazing. Sonoma chicken stew with a little jack cheese biscuit on top. Try it; you won’t be sorry. Laundry, cuties were on their last legs, so peeled 15 and made a honey vanilla cardamom dressing for them. Already evening, did homework, puzzles, caught up on ‘Psych’ and ‘Last Man Standing’, or ‘Home Improvement with Daughters’ as I like to call it.
2011, a friday
Lunch with Grandma and Mom at Roy’s - ten hours later and I’m still burping tacos. Opted for just chicken noodle soup and bread and butter for dinner. Saw ‘Country Strong’ (Garrett Hedlund has a great voice!) and watched the new ‘Fringe’ and started the original ‘True Grit’. Took an hour of airtime before they even left for the territories. Too. Much. Exposition.
2010, a thursday
worked out, ran errands, did trip planning and some coding.
2013, a friday
Class, ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’, errands on the Hill, picked up Thai food and ate all of it. Wanted to go to bed early and get an early start for tomorrow, but the people upstairs starting having some huge loud party that apparently required people in wooden clogs to run back and forth a lot, so sleep didn’t come for quite awhile.
2011, a thursday
Yoga, saw ‘the Social Network’ with Mom, tv and a crackling fire, ‘Torchwood’ in bed, got so cold I heard the window frames pop.
2010, a wednesday
got up early, had a refreshingly quick and informative and pleasant call with the unemployment office. worked out, coded, played with my new camera (!) and tried to figure out how to hold it in the most efficient way. it’s bigger than my old camera and the power button is in a weird place so one-handed operation will be a little more difficult for my wee hands.
2012, a thursday
Apocalyptic winds + sliding glass doors that are poorly sealed = hardly any sleep for me. Mostly laid in bed waiting for a tree to smash through the doors, or for the doors to just shatter from the vibrational stress. Up at 6am to work out, astronomy, physics recitation (just took an assessment test and I know I did horribly because the physics reading I just did would’ve been good to know beforehand). Groceries, planned to get field geology supplies and Thai food but ended up falling asleep on the couch for a couple of hours (store for geo stuff no longer open). Physics and astronomy homework, physics reading, now it’s cupcake time.
2011, a wednesday
Yoga, ‘Torchwood’, vegged out, TV with Mom and Dad, read more of ‘Johannes Cabal’.
2010, a tuesday
worked out, spent most of the afternoon doing transcription for a friend. treated myself to chinese delivery.
2012, a wednesday
Physics was nuts - there are over 750 students enrolled and not enough seats. Sed/Strat was pretty straight-forward; the other Kara in the geology department sat next to me. Field geology…yikes. It’s going to be super intense, but at least Ian’s taking it too. We ended up doing a whole class and lab session (that’s noon–6pm). And I didn’t bring lunch because I thought we’d be in and out. Was semi-delirious by the time I got home and ate. The crazy winds started up - 90mph gusts - and I spent the rest of the night filling in my midterms/homework due dates (all of my astronomy and physics midterms fall on the same days. fantastic.) and doing my Sed/Strat reading. Fell asleep sure that a tree would come in through the sliding glass doors and smush me.
2011, a tuesday
Yoga, lunch with Mom, we watched ‘Ramona and Beezus’ which was adorable. Watched some ‘Torchwood’ until it was time to pick up Dad from work and go to City Limits for taco night, except none of us ended up ordering tacos. Home, talked to Maria on the phone for a few hours, tv with Mom, read, bed.
2010, a monday
worked out, stayed in all day and read magazines and comics and listened to the rain. watched the first half of season 4 of ‘dexter’.