Things that make me happy include (a) the start of fall classes and the concomitant return of daily structure to my life; (b) Lauren Chipman's viola at the beginning of the Rentals' "Sweetness and Tenderness"; (c) finally getting around to socializing with my fellow grad students; and (d) playing beach volleyball until the sun sets on another ( Read more... )

Last weekend we headed up to New York and New Jersey to visit Alejandra and Aly's friend Danielle. It was a great weekend up until the point where our car overheated in heavy traffic on I-95 near the Delaware-Maryland border. Two hours of waiting for a tow truck ensued, followed by a two-hour drive with a very chatty driver to our mechanic in ( Read more... )

Of the following three domain names I'm considering purchasing, which do you like best and why?

textbased.org
pongism.com
iconism.com

The selected domain will serve as a repository for my design portfolio, blog (covering design, higher ed, online journalism), and various projects.

Interesting tidbit via Wikipedia ( Read more... )

All the rain here has forced me indoors (read: away from beach volleyball) and given me the opportunity to focus on weight training. I've been going around midnight, when the gym in my building is usually empty save for a couple who seem to work out-and talk on their respective cell phones-around that time, too. I'm alternating between a night of ( Read more... )

I just posted all the photos I took on my honeymoon. Enjoy (and comment)!

In lieu of a real entry tonight, I give you a tentative list of places I'm going this year:

1. Sky Meadows State Park (Va.) for hiking.
2. Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park (Va.) for driving/hiking.
3. Chicago, Ill. (maybe twice?) and Crown Point, Ind. to visit the folks over Thanksgiving. Also: architecture + friends. And food.
4. Bloomington, Ind. to ( Read more... )

Via jaroselket: If you comment on this post ( Read more... )

Penning a letter of recommendation is difficult, but it's good writing practice. The letter in question is for a graduate student who has been a fantastic help at work, and I was very surprised when she asked me to write a recommendation for her. It feels strange to be writing praise for someone who has-in my mind-accomplished more than I have done ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Pongsajapan,
Congratulations!

That's all I needed to read.

:D