today i was driving behind a stinky truck to go to lunch.
as i was sitting at a stoplight, i saw the occupants of the truck.
a little pig was sniffing around and sticking his little nose out of the side of the truck. i could see his little feet walking around too.
at that moment, i said to myself 'how can we eat such cute little things?'
and i began to question my carnivoriousness.
then i went to lunch and ate beans with pork in them.
maybe someday.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
wedding updates
i thought i would update you all on the status of our wedding. diana, feel free to avert your eyes.
we (or i) have decided on sunday, june 7, 2009. why sunday? well, it's a lot cheaper. like 50% cheaper. and much easier to find places. also, it makes more sense to me to get married on the "sabbath" because you usually have your rehearsal the day before and it would be best for most of our bridal party to do this on saturday instead of a weekday.
the time we're planning on according to the venue we're looking at is 3 PM. yes, it's earlier than "regular weddings". eff that. i like the afternoon. people are less likely to wonder why we aren't serving alcohol (ps we don't want to) and less likely to want a full dinner. also, since it's a sunday, people could spend the weekend in indy, make the wedding the finale, and have enough time to drive home (not drunk since we aren't serving alcohol) and go to bed at a decent time so they can work monday (not hungover because we aren't serving alcohol).
the location i found and currently favor the most is valle vista golf club and conference center in greenwood. it's about 20 minutes south of downtown. i went to see the exterior today to see if it would be worth touring and it's in a very nice area down the street from the greenwood park mall. if the outside is anything like the inside, WANTS. it's not "too much" for my taste - nice and classy, and best of all - freakin affordable. the ceremony is $425 and the reception is $16.95/person. that's it. and it includes everything - chairs, linens, staff, food. the food included actually sounds good too, especially for an afternoon event. deli sandwich station with potato salad and hummus and pita bread, cheese, fruit, veggies, three hot appetizers, and drinks. awesome.
so more about the location. valle vista is a golf course, but they have this little area called the veranda. it overlooks the golf course and it's technically indoors and covered, but the walls come down to make it like you are outside. it's perfect for someone like me who is a freakin psycho about weather. it's basically useable no matter what kind of weather you have. and it's REALLY pretty. see:
they offer horse and carriage rides for the bride and her father to the ceremony, and then for the husband and wife afterwards. i haven't decided if that would be totally awesome or if i would feel like a douche.
michelle, one of my bridesmaids, has already bought her freakin dress. she bought it to wear to a prom so she could get more use out of it, but i still find it amusing she bought it already. the colors for the wedding are marine and silver, so the dresses are marine and im letting them choose their own styles in that color. here's the one she chose:
Diana, Katee, and Bre - you have to pick different styles than that. it can be similar, but not that exact one. nyah nyah.
i think that's it for updates. we're planning on engagement pictures may 14th and looking at dresses for the first time around then as well. so with the help of david's bridal dress your wedding fun tool, here's what our wedding is looking like:
From the far left, that's Michelle, Diana, Katee, Bre, Me, and Nathan to the best of my ability using the limited hair/skin combinations. I'm not saying who the groomsmen are yet since lazynathan has yet to tell them.
we (or i) have decided on sunday, june 7, 2009. why sunday? well, it's a lot cheaper. like 50% cheaper. and much easier to find places. also, it makes more sense to me to get married on the "sabbath" because you usually have your rehearsal the day before and it would be best for most of our bridal party to do this on saturday instead of a weekday.
the time we're planning on according to the venue we're looking at is 3 PM. yes, it's earlier than "regular weddings". eff that. i like the afternoon. people are less likely to wonder why we aren't serving alcohol (ps we don't want to) and less likely to want a full dinner. also, since it's a sunday, people could spend the weekend in indy, make the wedding the finale, and have enough time to drive home (not drunk since we aren't serving alcohol) and go to bed at a decent time so they can work monday (not hungover because we aren't serving alcohol).
the location i found and currently favor the most is valle vista golf club and conference center in greenwood. it's about 20 minutes south of downtown. i went to see the exterior today to see if it would be worth touring and it's in a very nice area down the street from the greenwood park mall. if the outside is anything like the inside, WANTS. it's not "too much" for my taste - nice and classy, and best of all - freakin affordable. the ceremony is $425 and the reception is $16.95/person. that's it. and it includes everything - chairs, linens, staff, food. the food included actually sounds good too, especially for an afternoon event. deli sandwich station with potato salad and hummus and pita bread, cheese, fruit, veggies, three hot appetizers, and drinks. awesome.
so more about the location. valle vista is a golf course, but they have this little area called the veranda. it overlooks the golf course and it's technically indoors and covered, but the walls come down to make it like you are outside. it's perfect for someone like me who is a freakin psycho about weather. it's basically useable no matter what kind of weather you have. and it's REALLY pretty. see:
they offer horse and carriage rides for the bride and her father to the ceremony, and then for the husband and wife afterwards. i haven't decided if that would be totally awesome or if i would feel like a douche.
michelle, one of my bridesmaids, has already bought her freakin dress. she bought it to wear to a prom so she could get more use out of it, but i still find it amusing she bought it already. the colors for the wedding are marine and silver, so the dresses are marine and im letting them choose their own styles in that color. here's the one she chose:
Diana, Katee, and Bre - you have to pick different styles than that. it can be similar, but not that exact one. nyah nyah.
i think that's it for updates. we're planning on engagement pictures may 14th and looking at dresses for the first time around then as well. so with the help of david's bridal dress your wedding fun tool, here's what our wedding is looking like:
From the far left, that's Michelle, Diana, Katee, Bre, Me, and Nathan to the best of my ability using the limited hair/skin combinations. I'm not saying who the groomsmen are yet since lazynathan has yet to tell them.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
gobama
sean astin was at iupui today.
oh, and so was chelsea clinton. snore.
they were campaigning for hillary, of course. she is like her mother - well-spoken, but you can tell that she's been trained well and has bitchiness hidden just below the surface so beware. basically she fed the crowd a bunch of BS and they applauded. and she took questions and fed more BS and they applauded. i stood in a conspicuous place near the front of the crowd looking bored, unmoved, and disagreeable. i hope my peaceful protest made a bigger difference than the ron paul supporter who showed up and stood outside.
edit: go to facebook or nathanandkylee.com to see the pictures. blogspot cuts them off weirdly.
oh, and so was chelsea clinton. snore.
they were campaigning for hillary, of course. she is like her mother - well-spoken, but you can tell that she's been trained well and has bitchiness hidden just below the surface so beware. basically she fed the crowd a bunch of BS and they applauded. and she took questions and fed more BS and they applauded. i stood in a conspicuous place near the front of the crowd looking bored, unmoved, and disagreeable. i hope my peaceful protest made a bigger difference than the ron paul supporter who showed up and stood outside.
edit: go to facebook or nathanandkylee.com to see the pictures. blogspot cuts them off weirdly.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
im in ur oven, time lapsin ur cookies.
we had to do some time lapses for our lighting and field production class and they turned out great.
the matrix is on. that's one of the first movies i ever watched the hours of dvd extras on and realized how much thought was put into post production. i luvs it.
i decided i need to make a pseudo-list of everything i need to do in the next 39 days (the rest of the semester):
Software project management
-A lot of little easy labs and quizzes
Client-side web programming
-A few retarded labs and quizzes
-A final website
Lighting and field production
-Interview shoot
-Mood/Chirasciro video
-Composite green screen video
Intermediate Sound
-Powerpoint about chorus effect
-Foley project - the most difficult project I may have ever been requested to do in the history of college. basically, you know the roof scene in the matrix (ha) with the spiffy 360 degree bullet time sequence? ok, i have to take that, delete the sound, and then create all the sound again (dialog, music, and sound effects) from scratch. im gonna puke.
Yoga
-uhhh go to class and do retarded book assignments
-one more outside yoga center visit
Internship
-Evaluation and thank you
-Finish postings
-Random stuff at the museum...Indian culture video mainly.
monday is my registration appointment as well so i'll need to make sure i finalize my classes and get my proposal for my independent study done. from this point on, my life is an indefinite jumble of crazy.
the matrix is on. that's one of the first movies i ever watched the hours of dvd extras on and realized how much thought was put into post production. i luvs it.
i decided i need to make a pseudo-list of everything i need to do in the next 39 days (the rest of the semester):
Software project management
-A lot of little easy labs and quizzes
Client-side web programming
-A few retarded labs and quizzes
-A final website
Lighting and field production
-Interview shoot
-Mood/Chirasciro video
-Composite green screen video
Intermediate Sound
-Powerpoint about chorus effect
-Foley project - the most difficult project I may have ever been requested to do in the history of college. basically, you know the roof scene in the matrix (ha) with the spiffy 360 degree bullet time sequence? ok, i have to take that, delete the sound, and then create all the sound again (dialog, music, and sound effects) from scratch. im gonna puke.
Yoga
-uhhh go to class and do retarded book assignments
-one more outside yoga center visit
Internship
-Evaluation and thank you
-Finish postings
-Random stuff at the museum...Indian culture video mainly.
monday is my registration appointment as well so i'll need to make sure i finalize my classes and get my proposal for my independent study done. from this point on, my life is an indefinite jumble of crazy.
Monday, March 17, 2008
YAY
spiffy news. i talked to my advisor and she said as long as I take summer classes and get decent grades in all my courses, i’ll be able to graduate in may 2009. so we figured out what i needed to take and when, and i essentially have the rest of my college career planned out. it’s weird to see the sheet they started for me freshmen year with all these checkmarks all over it. it doesn’t feel like i’ve done this much. so here’s the tentative last 2 (3) semesters:
Summer I
N485 - Introduction to Flash - Online
N305 - C Programming (or some other computer science class) - Online
Another computer science class if I need it - Online
Summer II
N485 - Video Production for Web 2.0 - 6-915 MW (yikes)
N485 - Noir and Digital Culture - Online
N342 Server Side Programming - Online
Fall 08
R110 - Speech - Online - 2 Saturday meetings
N485 - Sound for Video - 6-840 R
P370 - Digital Effects - 12-115 MW
N490 - Independent Study - Whenever
N399 - Directed Study III (Building your portfolio) - 4 Saturday meetings
S355 - 2D Interactive - Online
Spring 09
N499 - Capstone - Whenever
A451 - Advanced Video
A490 - Advanced Sound Design
A481 - Advanced 3D
S360 - 2D Animation
she said depending on how it all works out, i might have 4 credit hours to take the summer following graduation. however. i’ll still be recognized in the may ceremony and i’d get my official degree as soon as the class finished, so it wouldn’t be a big deal. as long as i get the important classes done, i might have to do 1 or 2 BS classes after the fact. as long as i don’t have to wait ’til 2010, i’m good.
Summer I
N485 - Introduction to Flash - Online
N305 - C Programming (or some other computer science class) - Online
Another computer science class if I need it - Online
Summer II
N485 - Video Production for Web 2.0 - 6-915 MW (yikes)
N485 - Noir and Digital Culture - Online
N342 Server Side Programming - Online
Fall 08
R110 - Speech - Online - 2 Saturday meetings
N485 - Sound for Video - 6-840 R
P370 - Digital Effects - 12-115 MW
N490 - Independent Study - Whenever
N399 - Directed Study III (Building your portfolio) - 4 Saturday meetings
S355 - 2D Interactive - Online
Spring 09
N499 - Capstone - Whenever
A451 - Advanced Video
A490 - Advanced Sound Design
A481 - Advanced 3D
S360 - 2D Animation
she said depending on how it all works out, i might have 4 credit hours to take the summer following graduation. however. i’ll still be recognized in the may ceremony and i’d get my official degree as soon as the class finished, so it wouldn’t be a big deal. as long as i get the important classes done, i might have to do 1 or 2 BS classes after the fact. as long as i don’t have to wait ’til 2010, i’m good.
Monday, March 10, 2008
my vitals
My results from when I gave blood last week are in.
150 cholesterol level
B-positive blood type
Pulse 60
Temperature 97
Blood pressure 98/66
My cholesterol is in a good range, and my pulse, temperature, and b/p are the lowest they can be without falling out of the "heathy" range. I think it's kind of strange that my pulse and blood pressure were so low, as they were taken right before I was going to get stuck by a needle and drained of a pint of blood whilst on my period. I didn't feel nervous but you know how your dumb body responds to stuff without your permission. I guess I truly don't care about needles. That's good. Someday when I get an epidural I'll be set. I'm also kind of surprised that my family history of heart disease has yet to show up.
That being said, I'll probably just get hit by a car.
150 cholesterol level
B-positive blood type
Pulse 60
Temperature 97
Blood pressure 98/66
My cholesterol is in a good range, and my pulse, temperature, and b/p are the lowest they can be without falling out of the "heathy" range. I think it's kind of strange that my pulse and blood pressure were so low, as they were taken right before I was going to get stuck by a needle and drained of a pint of blood whilst on my period. I didn't feel nervous but you know how your dumb body responds to stuff without your permission. I guess I truly don't care about needles. That's good. Someday when I get an epidural I'll be set. I'm also kind of surprised that my family history of heart disease has yet to show up.
That being said, I'll probably just get hit by a car.
Friday, March 7, 2008
a traitor to my party
i've always considered myself some form of conservative. when i was younger, i was pretty straight conservative. as i went through high school, and got exposed to all kinds of different people, i became a little more moderate-ish. not a lot, but a bit. at one point, i considered myself libertarian (and I still do actually). i've kind of strayed from that title during this election because of ron paul and his minions acting like they are saving the world. when it comes down to it, i'm socially liberal and economically conservative - a libertarian with a slight right tendency.
that being said, i think i'm going to vote for obama this november. weird, eh?
the thing is, mccain is such a liberal conservative that he and obama are actually extremely similar. i compared their voting records, beliefs, and all that, and realized that their differences are small. the biggest thing that separates them is their view on the iraq war. obama didn't support it, mccain did. obama wants a plan for leaving, mccain wants to stay for 100 years or more. my opinion? i think they should be there until it's done. this doesn't really fit with either person. and to be quite honest right now, the iraq war isn't what's important to me. i know that sounds like a typical dumb ego-centric american, but i feel like they did a good thing by going into iraq and pwning hussain and his nutjob regime, and i think they've made an impression, don't get me wrong. however, part of me does believe that maybe we should aim to leave sooner rather than later, because it seems like maybe people in that area don't appreciate the help. but i'm not exactly an expert.
what's more important to me is how much mccain hates the media and internet. he doesn't support net neutrality, he wants to censor all this stuff, he blames violence in children on video games and television, he wants to regulate the crap out of everything. obama does not. that matters to me.
pretty much all their beliefs other than that are the same, except maybe for gun control (which i've decided i don't really care about, i could probably get a gun no matter if they were banned someday).
so there you go. i guess i'm voting libtard unless something changes before november.
yikes.
that being said, i think i'm going to vote for obama this november. weird, eh?
the thing is, mccain is such a liberal conservative that he and obama are actually extremely similar. i compared their voting records, beliefs, and all that, and realized that their differences are small. the biggest thing that separates them is their view on the iraq war. obama didn't support it, mccain did. obama wants a plan for leaving, mccain wants to stay for 100 years or more. my opinion? i think they should be there until it's done. this doesn't really fit with either person. and to be quite honest right now, the iraq war isn't what's important to me. i know that sounds like a typical dumb ego-centric american, but i feel like they did a good thing by going into iraq and pwning hussain and his nutjob regime, and i think they've made an impression, don't get me wrong. however, part of me does believe that maybe we should aim to leave sooner rather than later, because it seems like maybe people in that area don't appreciate the help. but i'm not exactly an expert.
what's more important to me is how much mccain hates the media and internet. he doesn't support net neutrality, he wants to censor all this stuff, he blames violence in children on video games and television, he wants to regulate the crap out of everything. obama does not. that matters to me.
pretty much all their beliefs other than that are the same, except maybe for gun control (which i've decided i don't really care about, i could probably get a gun no matter if they were banned someday).
so there you go. i guess i'm voting libtard unless something changes before november.
yikes.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
sigh
i hate watching people try to use a mac. they just try and minimize everything and get frustrated because it's not at all like windows. they think it's crappy. but once someone shows them the magic of command + H, it's like OH! IT *IS* BETTER!
beotch.
beotch.
Monday, March 3, 2008
my updated beliefs
...according to beliefnet.com
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (76%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (72%)
6. Reform Judaism (72%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (64%)
10. Islam (62%)
Number one is perfectly correct.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8028_1.html
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Bahá'í Faith (80%)
3. Liberal Quakers (78%)
4. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (76%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (72%)
6. Reform Judaism (72%)
7. Orthodox Judaism (67%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (64%)
9. Unitarian Universalism (64%)
10. Islam (62%)
Number one is perfectly correct.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8028_1.html
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