Vietnam No-Go

East Meets West contacted me yesterday to tell me that I didn't get the internship with them... at this point I was expecting it but it wasn't a great feeling. I honestly applied to the thing spur of the moment but as time went on it became clear that I was depending on it. Now that my assisting gig is over I have to decide pretty soon what I want to do this summer - I think my deadline is next Sunday when I'll be at my family graduation party and everyone will have questions.

It's funny, I realized this afternoon that I'm really looking for a job with a nonprofit or just something with lofty goals. I know it's sort of a lame goal to 'help people,' but if you asked me about nonprofit work when I entered college I would have scoffed at the idea. Oberlin has definitely, finally, made its mark on me. Knowing that now it's easy to have regrets about the sort of courses and experiences I decided to take while I was there, I was pretty unfocused and not all that passionate about what I was doing. This last year and semester in particular I've finally felt that spark and that deep interest in what I was doing, in class and out, and I think that made it a lot harder to leave.

Anyway we'll see where I am a week from now - it should be enough time to work some of these things out.

Flatpack stadiums?

One issue for a potential Chicago Olympics in 2016 is the fact that despite the abundance of sporting venues in the city, none are currently large enough to host the opening and closing ceremonies.

So apparently the organizers of the London Olympics are in talks with some Chicago officials about dismantling their stadium once the Games are through and shipping them cross-Atlantic to be assembled here. Eco-friendly building? Cost-cutting? I mainly just think this could be an interesting trend for future Games, maybe allow them to be hosted in a wider variety of cities if the whole thing could be packed up and moved.

In all honesty what I really should be thinking about is my new college grad status and the tricky question of what to do with my life, etc etc etc. I guess one upside is I'll probably have more time to make posts here while I'm figuring out how to spend this summer at least. I'll keep you updated.

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Spaceless Furniture

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photos of the senior show coming soon...

Spore!

A new video for Will Wright's Spore was released today - it's a good introduction the the game I've been obsessing over for the past year now. 

• See the video here.

• The TED Talk that first hooked me on this game when it was in earlier stages of development.

• Will Wright talking with Brian Eno (!) about procedural sound in procedural games

The ideas driving this game are so refreshing and exciting to me, I think it will be an amazing set of creative tools (as well as a lot of fun).

Our Photo Class - Our Class Photo

something's up with the color in this photo... I'm thinking it would look better in black and white