Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

My friend jon sent me this quote. I agree with Justice Kennedy's assessment of why producers make unsubstantial movies.  read more »

My head hurts. And I'm sick of School.

Both of us are.

I don't know how to begin this entry. Or how to end it. Or what belongs in the middle.

This weekend, Rebecca and I drove up to Florence Oregon to spend the weekend on the coast, reflecting. Rebecca's grandmother passed away on the 28th, the same day that five years earlier my friend Mckell died. Usually this trip is refreshing; I enjoy the smell of the coast and the beauty of it refreshes my senses. This time drained me and there were several times when I just wanted him back in my life.  read more »

30 OCTOBER - 28 DECEMBER 20th ANNUAL SPIRITUAL & RELIGIOUS ART OF UTAH (All main floor except HD gallery)

Special Exhibition

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Whew. I'm amazed at what we were able to fit into our lives this week given that Wayne had three midterms and I had a midterm and a project that took 30 hours of my time (on top of normal homework and other projects and research of course--I wrote an outline for my new thesis proposal so I'm starting to get somewhere there).  read more »

I just found THE most amazing program, brought to you by the makers of Firefox.

Sure, firefox replaced Internet Explorer for me pretty quickly. It was a much better designed program with better security features. But the developers at Mozilla are at it again and they just release a SUPER-BETA new browser called Flock!.
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Today in my senior college level english class, my professor wrote some important movies up on the board. Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dr. Strangelove, etc. When he wrote Dr. Strangelove up on the board, some of the people in the class childishly giggled. He then asked who had seen the film. Out of the entire class, I was the only one.  read more »

Last year, a professor led a discussion in one of my advanced studio classes about student "placement" rates. Most colleges try to collect data about post-graduation placement and alumni involvement with their degrees. In the visual arts program, it is a bit difficult to determine an actual "placement," since degrees don't lead to traditional jobs. Yet there is an even more disturbing track record for visual arts graduates than most other degrees. It turns out that after 5-10 years, only 5% of BFA graduates are still doing art.  read more »

Normal, normal. It was a pretty normal week. I got my big project done for my NLP class (the one I am also the TA for) late Monday night, which counts as 2 days late. Most people turned it in 2-3 days late. But we get 5 free late days to use as we wish, so it doesn't affect the grade for the project. I'm just glad I was able to finish. :)  read more »

I woke up this morning, having dreamt of cereal. I dreamt of Raisin Bran, Fruit Loops and Shredded Wheat. I'm telling you this because we don't own cereal. We have never owned cereal as a married couple (except the one time someone purchased us a box of shredded wheat while in Seattle). I wished that we had cereal this morning. On Monday morning, we discussed breakfast foods in my English writing class. As a culture, we have established rules for what passes as breakfast foods and what doesn't. You do not make or order a pizza for yourself in the morning, nor do you make a casserole.  read more »