Doppleganger

Apparently it's celebrity doppleganger week on Facebook. I don't think I have one, but here is a list of some I have heard over the years.

Dan says Zooey Deschanel, I don't think any. What's your vote? Check out the super cool poll to the right!

one of my favorite things about architecture school is....

being surrounded by creative minds! I like to pretend that I am creative, I am training myself to be a creative person, but honestly, it doesn't come naturally to me. I like math, most of my dreams are pretty ordinary, and I think very concretely (though I am fighting this tendency).

Architecture school though, I am surrounded by imaginative types, people whose minds think abstractly and differently. This I love.

This past weekend some friends from the program put all the art students to shame with an installation in the art gallery here. Triple Point- an exploration in paper. Dan and I decided to immerse ourselves in this creative process and help with the installation.

process


creators

completion

john

nico

tyler

update...

We've been busy...Dan making plans for his future career, me teaching at school and church, working and learning.

We rearranged some furniture with the help of a good friend.

I want to start working toward my Young Women's medallion.

PRI now offers a gluten free crust

My studio group is designing/building a bike shelter for a local community school

I purchased a new Google phone, and finagled a savings of $250.00

I got out of jury duty

We made masks for a masquerade. Dan said he didn't want help with his, and clearly he didn't need it.

Be prepared for sporadic posts. I'm an unreliable blogger these days.

current covets

I know I am blessed with more than I will ever need, but I want want want....


Does anyone know where I can find this clock!? I saw it on the opening credits of a Sundance show (ecoTrip) and knew I had to have it. I even emailed the network with this screen shot asking where they found it. So any of you have an idea?

Also...I want the new Mac Magic Mouse
I have just about convinced Dan to let me splurge, I am rationalizing this indulgence by the fact that I will pay no tuition this term and will earn two separate paychecks on top of apartment managing.

I clicked on a link of old blog posts (notice to your left), and found such a good string. Click here.

I like this series of posts because some are random, some serious, some funny, but most especially its a snapshot of a turning point in my life...not knowing what do to after graduation, Dan and I get engaged, I go to Cambridge, Move to San Diego, visit Dan in London.

And watching these videos made me miss our Utah friends so badly. Yes they are cheesy and weird, but I love love love it!

2009: A retrospective

2009 was a great year, I would say. I suppose though it could have been a bad year, it all just depends on what I choose to highlight. So let's make it a good year, here are some positives:

We traveled to some fun places

#1: JAPAN! I don't think I will ever be able to articulate how amazing this trip was. My dream in 2010 would be for Dan and me to acquire work visas and move.





#2 Vancouver, BC. Another great trip, this time a to a place a little closer to home, but still over the border

#3 My parents visit Eugene, we visit Crater Lake


#4 Trip to the shire
#5 Las Vegas and Coronado for xmas....visiting the Wild Animal Park
Other highlights:
Learning to screen-print and watercolor
Dan serving on the jury for a murder trial
Nicole getting engaged
Working for two professors
Eating lots of great vegan food
Exploring more of Portland
Making new friends
Indoor soccer team
Building bikes

And now for a decade retrospective (pardon my memory, it's late and I don't feel like thinking too hard)
2000: high school
2001: high school
2002: high school
2003: Graduate high school
2004: Get baptized travel to Italy, Switzerland
2005: Study abroad: France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, UK,
2006: Meet Dan. Move to San Francisco. visit Germany, Austria
2007: Graduate college, move to Boston, move to San Diego, road trip from NY to Utah. Travel with Dan to London, Paris, and Edinburgh
2008: Married! Costa Rica, St. Louis, move to Eugene, start Architecture School.
2009: see above
2010: ?

Wishing you and yours a great new decade!