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| All the Little Details |
i’ve been feeling the urge to track down my thoughts, simply because i can’t remember everything anymore. but i remember this. the summer after i finished my freshman year, i went off to take two summer courses at the university of toronto. i lived on the edge of downtown surrounded by frat houses. in fact, american pie 4 was shot just a block away from my house. dozens of shipping containers turned mobile offices lined the street, and i even watched a few shoots from the street. the director would call out, “silence on the set please!” and i’d feel the urge to cough really loud. i never did though. some of my high school classmates lived a few blocks away, and i’d visit between classes and chat about “the good ol’ days.” but i never really called those memories the good ol’ days anyway—to this day i avoid living in the past because something exciting always seems to be around the corner. life just seems to be getting better and better, and i definitely take that for granted. as we sat around someone’s apartment munching on breadsticks, we’d talk about high school romances, who liked who, and what kind of drama was developing beneath the surface. to be honest, i didn’t bring much to the conversation because i was either asking questions like, “wait, what year was that again?” or “we really did that in grade 9? shoot, i can’t remember that at all!” and it’s true—i couldn’t remember much at all. i’ve got bad memory any way you cut it—short term memory, long-term memory, and memorization just doesn’t happen easily. so i’ve learned to rely on technology. i’ve got a program called evernote on my iphone, which basically functions as an extension of my brain. if i’m reading my textbook and i suddenly remember that i’m running out of toothpaste, out comes my iphone and i quickly tap a reminder out. need to meet my friends for a board game on friday? out comes the iphone. usually i’m quick enough and i remember my thoughts long enough to enter them into my phone. usually. as luck would have it, i’ve now taken a project management position with Steve Robbins Group. i had a hunch that project management involved juggling many small details, but i didn’t know that i’d need to juggle so many. project A needs help finding marketing copy, the team for project B appreciates deadlines, so i’ll need to determine a deadline without the deadline being possible, project C is waiting on some key design files from team F, and ruth, george, and sally are eagerly awaiting direction on some concepts. oftentimes when i leave work at four, my brain’s still buzzing and i’d look at my aftermath of papers to sort out what really happened that day. i can write faster than i can type into my iphone, so i’ll scribble notes to myself all day. that leaves me with a pile of papers to sort through and the task of plugging everything into my timesheet. thanks to paper and technology, i’m doing ok. you know that feeling when you pick up a sport for the first time? or maybe it’s a new video game controller. either way, you’re determined to tackle the challenge and have fun like everyone else. but every time you swing, you don’t hear that “clink” sound, and when you look at the tee, the golf ball’s still there. or you just hit the start button and select “restart race” because Mario’s last again, and the group who joined you for MarioKart isn’t interested in watching you finish the course in eighth place. it’s that feeling where you know that you could be having a blast if only you were as experienced as everyone else. if only i had picked up a golf club at five years old. if only i had a Nintendo 64 and hours to kill. some people make project management look effortless, and i’m looking forward to that day. i just need to put the hours in. |
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| The Marvelous Feats of Ken Heffner |
multi-GRAMMY winners blind boys of alabama professional trend-setter, music maven, and overall nice guy brought another amazing performance to calvin college. ken heffner, calvin’s first and current student activities director brings top notch performers to our college every year. in fact, calvin’s got a rep for bringing in awesome acts. … |
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03/01/09 |
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| A Calvin Tradition |
a game of bold strategy and giant hands during the past few days, i’ve been visiting the KE apartments to hang out and play settlers. one of my friends, eric, is a christmas RA there, which means he holds down the fort for the international students who are staying there… |
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01/03/09 |
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| Top 8 Moments of 2008 |
summertime homemade pizzafest another year full of memories has gone by. i’ll probably be doing more reflecting after my new year’s eve festivities, but for now, here’s a list of 8 good times in 2008. 8. having dozens of friends show up at my 21st birthday, which was a laid-back… |
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12/31/08 |
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| Learning How to Learn II |
judging from my experience in calvin’s religion department, any departments that require argumentative papers develop potential salespeople. i’m sure calvin’s philosophy department would be great recruiting grounds for southwestern. over the years, calvin has developed a respected philosophy program, and i was fortunate to take an honors philosophy class for core. philosophy majors can write like no other. after four years of experience arguing about metaphysics, i’m sure philosophers can easily argue why southwestern’s educational products are much better than their competitors’. also, lawyers are accustomed to arguing points, and their negotiation skills would come in handy when drafting a contract. although calvin doesn’t have a law department, they have a pre-law program that prepares students for law schools. i haven’t met a lot of pre-law students, but i’m sure i’ll recognize them. they’ll be the ones that somehow persuade me to go on a 10k run after i’ve gorged myself on chinese buffet. so far i’ve been focusing on how various fields relate to business. that’s probably because i’ve had to explain to countless people why i’m a religion and communications double major that owns a startup business. by now, i can connect religion and communications with business in my sleep—i’ve already explained it so many times. but i have a hunch that if religion, philosophy, and law equips students for business, maybe engineering, nursing, and psychology can equip students for a field such as public relations. there must be plenty of cross-over between different fields. let me think out loud for a couple paragraphs. according to my housemate, an electrical engineer, engineers are problem solvers, and darn good ones. from what i know about my nursing-major-friends, they learn to connect with people on a face-to-face level. more than a few of my friends have interned at pine rest, a local mental health facilities, and they’ve cared for everyone from the mentally-challenged to bed-ridden grandparents. i can imagine that facing these people everyday can be quite depressing, but i’ve been surprised by how nursing majors can cope with their surroundings. some of the people they care for are going to die in the near future, yet my friends smile and shake off the hopelessness. another one of my housemates is a psychology major, and he’s a great listener. i took my intro to psych courses at the university of toronto one summer, and i became a better listener simply by learning about human behavior. i can imagine how four years of psychology courses can teach someone to be an incredible listener. moreover, good listeners tend to have good discernment. my housemate’s certainly a great discerner. how would that all relate to public relations? from my limited knowledge of the field (i’ve only taken one class, and i don’t know many PR people), i understand that PR is responsible for being the face of the company/organization they represent. sometimes they need to handle PR nightmares, and i’m sure mccain’s PR staff had a field day dealing with his “bomb bomb iraq” song. safe to say, there would be some problem-solving involved in any PR nightmare, so anyone with an engineering background would be cut out for those situations. also, as the face of the company, PR reps would often be at publicity events mingling with press and other attendees. most nursing students that have interned at pine rest or other mental health facilities would be able to connect with people and make a good impression under high pressure situations. and as with any people-related job, the ability to listen is crucial. how would mccain’s PR team handle “bomb bomb iraq” if they couldn’t discern the gravity of the situation? i’m sure mccain’s team was listening closely to mainstream media, trying to predict how the american public would react to the video clip. also, how could PR reps make a good impression at a publicity event if they spent all their time talking people’s ears off? i’m sure they’d use their listening skills to encourage two-way conversations. since there’s so much cross-over between various fields, does it matter what field i choose? maybe the best PR reps don’t graduate with a public relations degree, but rather an engineering/nursing/psychology interdisciplinary degree. to be honest, i don’t know. but here’s what i do know: if i can convince the employer that i’m the best fit for the position, i’ll get it. |
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12/30/08 |
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| The Recession and Entertainment |
one statistic particularly stuck out when i took my world cinema class two semesters ago. the textbook said that during france’s economic depression decades ago, box office sales soared. apparently, because inflation made material goods too expensive, people didn’t have much left to spend their money on, so they bought… |
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12/30/08 |
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| Learning How to Learn |
i realized something over the past few months. after years of responding to the questions, “what’s your major?” followed by “why a religion and communications double major?”, i’ve realized that knowledge in any field applies directly to any other field. for instance, my religion major has happened to equip me very well for certain aspects of business, particularly sales. so how does karl bart’s theology correlate with sales pitches? here at calvin, the religion department routinely hands out the lowest GPAs. i think that’s because all students are required to take a 100-level and a 200-level religion course as part of their core requirement. and contrary to other core courses, religion faculty don’t lower their expectations just because most of their students aren’t religion majors. the courses are tough: students are expected to read some really dense articles, regurgitate the information in thorough tests, and churn out several research papers within a semester. if i find these courses difficult as a religion major, i can’t imagine how non-religion majors are faring. i’ve heard plenty of complaints, and i know my GPA would be a lot better if i didn’t take religion classes. but calvin’s religion department is incredible, and i wouldn’t be studying here if i wasn’t majoring in religion. the department equips people for sales pitches in two ways. first, religion rewards diligence, and second, religion improves writing skills. i have some friends who participated in southwestern company’s internship program. for an entire summer, they worked 70-80 hours over a six-day week doing door-to-door sales. before they hit the streets, they go through the company’s orientation program. if i recall correctly, one of the rules-of-thumbs that the company teaches them is that ~15% of the people they approach simply will not buy the product. meanwhile, ~15% of those they approach will buy the product, just because they show up. your sales pitch determines what happens with the remaining 70%. the top interns earn $40,000+ in one summer because they’ve developed excellent pitches. i have a lot of respect for southwestern interns, and they’ve taught me a lot about sales. the main lesson is that hard work pays off. even the worst southwestern intern can make a few thousand dollars in a summer if they spend 80 hours a week knocking on doors. it’s a bit of a shotgun approach—by virtue of statistics, ~15% of the doors they knock on will result in a successful sale. so they knock on a lot of doors. just like in calvin’s religion classes, diligence pays off. if students follow their professor’s advice and start their research papers two weeks before the deadline, they’ll earn a good grade. of course, you’ll still need to be a decent writer, and that’s what high school and calvin’s english 101 course is for. like i said before, religion classes hone your writing skills. religion professors expect polished and well-researched papers, and they’ll dock big points if any student falls short of their standards. every point needs to be backed up, and all points must contribute to a logical conclusion. if the professor isn’t convinced by the student’s arguments, the student will receive a low grade. no if, ands, or buts—enough religion professors have already been placed on probation by calvin’s administration for flunking large numbers of students. just like how religion professors won’t accept a poorly-argued paper, potential customers will reject poorly-argued sales pitches. southwestern interns give their pitches in person, not on paper. i’m hoping to reach that level one day, because i think giving pitches in person is much harder than pitching by e-mail. at least with an e-mail pitch, i can leverage my religion-influenced writing skills. i never expected any of this when i signed up for religion. but by sticking with a good program, i realized that the skills i’m developing can equip me for opportunities in many different fields. after all, i can’t go wrong with learning how to sell—within the next few years, i’ll be selling myself to various employers and/or grad schools. |
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12/29/08 |
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| Obamas To-Do List? |
i wouldn’t mind if it relieves his stress and helps him focus According to headlines from the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, maybe this stuff is on our President-elect’s to-do list: - Distance himself from controversy from his home state’s governer, Blagojevich - Alleviate an economic recession that reshaped… |
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12/29/08 |
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| Asian Unrest |
on september 11th, 2001, planes crashed into the world trade center and pentagon, killing almost 3,000 innocent civilians. america responded shortly afterwards, announcing a war on terror that brought troops to countries in the middle east. other NATO nations also denounced the attacks, and joined america’s anti-terrorism efforts to varying… |
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12/28/08 |
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| News Headlines Get Personal III |
Bernard Madoff Arrested Over Alleged $50 Billion Fraud my retired neighbors drive their RV down to florida every winter. besides enjoying the sunshine, they spend time with other retired friends that live in retirement communities there year-round. when i was spending christmas eve with them, my neighbors told me that… |
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12/27/08 |
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| News Headlines Get Personal II |
Fed Clears GMAC Plan To Become A Bank i know my neighbor to the left is feeling a bit of relief. a father of two, he works at a car dealership nearby. judging from the cars he drives, his dealership sells American cars, which means it’s either directly or indirectly… |
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12/26/08 |
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| News Headlines Get Personal |
Fed grants GMAC ability to seek bailout funds Fed Cuts Key Rate to Record Low Auto Bailout Talks Collapse as Senate Deadlocks Over Wages White House, Democrats Near Short-Term Deal For Automakers U.S. Throws Lifeline to Detroit some recent headlines. the list goes on… I started getting into current affairs… |
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12/25/08 |
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| A Merry White Christmas |
a couple hours worth of shoveling from “5 feet of snow in 5 weeks” to “50 inches in the last month,” weathermen/women have been documenting the aftermath of 3 snow storms. and for once, they’re right. my arms and back tell me so after i shoveled out my driveway. but the exercise is good for me and keeps me warm, and the weather isn’t too cold. really, it’s just the wind that gets me, especially when it’s blowing right at your face when you’re walking to school. the wind’s much more effective than caffeine, and it wakes you up for free. no need for starbucks gift cards, beaner’s coupons, or even calvin’s own coffeeshop, the fishhouse, which serves fair trade coffee. during the semester, i’ll walk through my neighborhood to get to school, and there’s always this one street which is incredibly windy. i feel like a car in a wind tunnel, like this one: there’s one difference though—wind glides by this car, but it doesn’t glide by me. i eat it. i really can’t complain though… i signed up for this when i decided to attend calvin! |
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12/25/08 |
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| Inspiration |
inspiration comes in the strangest of places, even here for my company, kalvin kulture, i’ve developed an infrastructure for selling products on facebook. at least 60% of my target demographic has a facebook account, and nationwide statistics show that the student demographic spends 1-2 hours on facebook per day. my… |
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12/24/08 |
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| Endless E-mails |
a few days ago i had conquered my inbox i’m staring at 35 new emails in my inbox. somehow, they crept up on me over the last two days. despite my diligence in fighting back, trying to respond on the go with my phone and shooting back replies during meals,… |
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12/24/08 |
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| Class is Fun (Sometimes) |
we used an actual chalkboard in my favorite class my interdisciplinary class this past semester was so interesting that i had fun attending it. in fact, i missed a class once and i began hitting myself over the head. i was missing out on so much good stuff! the class… |
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12/22/08 |
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| Beautiful Vacation |
our house mascot and i devoured that book in a couple of hours christmas break is here, and i’ve spent my first few days of vacation relaxing. aaaaaah…! near the end of the summer, some of my friends plopped me in front of a television and introduced me to 24. i never watch tv. never. but i kinda liked 24, and so on and off during the semester, i’d watch an episode or two online. the show kinda makes me laugh and cry at the same time. i laugh when jack gets into terminator mode and takes out 1304123 bad guys at once. i cry when another good guy dies. the last few days i finished off season 1, and i’m now afraid to start season 2. i don’t want to spend my whole christmas watching this show… i think there’s 7 seasons or something. besides watching 24, i’ve done my share of cleaning around the house. my housemates and i agreed to do a little end-of-the-semester cleaning, and our house is looking pretty darn nice. i’ll probably spend more time cleaning parts of the house, just to relax. i feel like cleaning is kind of like painting. one of my housemates paints houses over the summer, and he explains how he finds the work quite rewarding. the task can be quite challenging, and the finished result looks so good. he says there’s this great sense of satisfaction seeing a house transformed by your hard work, even if you just added a coat of paint. i completely agree—seeing the results of your labor is a nice luxury. and of course, i’ve been cooking again. during the entire semester, i did minimal cooking and just bought my food at the spoelhof cafe. the food there is healthier than johnnys, and there are fewer students so the environment is much more subdued. oftentimes i’ll catch up on some studying while eating, and every thursday i’ll have a business lunch with my team and some calvin staff members. i just walked back from grocery shopping where i bumped into a friend’s mom. the nice thing about living in a neighborhood by calvin is rubbing shoulders with faculty, staff and students off-campus. after being here for 3 years, the area’s really starting to feel like home. as christmas nears, friends are coming back from semesters abroad, and i’m oh-so-excited to see them again. last christmas i had a blast hanging out with friends in town, and i’m sure this christmas will be similar. there’ll be plenty of hot chocolate by the fireplace, board games, christmas music, and general snow-related shenanigans. nothing like a well-deserved break! |
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12/20/08 |
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| I’m Back |
i know i haven’t written all semester. you can find out why by looking at the calvin homepage right now and clicking on the news item about a t-shirt business. when the news item is removed from the calvin homepage, you can read the article here. i’ll be writing much… |
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12/20/08 |
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| Selling My Drumkit |
sitting in my basement studio to the left i knew this day would eventually come, but i’m dreading it. i just spent the last few hours taking photos of my drumkit, researching its specifications, and typing everything down… all in preparation to sell it. really, it’s not a big deal… |
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08/22/08 |
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| My Essentials To Life |
the essentials to fulfillment there isn’t really much i need in life. anyone who takes a look at calvin edeals, grand rapid’s craigslist, or the marketplace listings on my facebook profile will see things that i’m selling off. the sayings are true (at least for me): material wealth doesn’t bring… |
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08/19/08 |
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09/08/08 |
| Remember the Garden? |
a vibrant, healthy, edible garden! thanks to emily’s hard work on a saturday morning, our garden looks great and weed free in this photo. during the spring, i blogged about planting a community garden in my backyard with emily’s house. after some hard work and money, we’ve gotten to literally… |
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08/18/08 |
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| Creating the LAME Studios Concert: Part 3 |
lots of people helped out in various ways lesson #4: everyone involved deserves to have a say. for a 2 hour event, a lot of preparation and cleanup was required, and a lot of people helped out. if people weren’t aware of or didn’t believe in the long term vision,… |
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07/31/08 |
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| Creating the LAME Studios Concert: Part 2 |
the LAME crew setting up the sales booth the third lesson was KISS: keep it simple, stupid! it sounds so simple, yet it’s so difficult to pull off sometimes. in his interview on the “live at abbey road” television series, john mayer talks about his hit single, gravity, and how… |
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07/30/08 |
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08/28/08 |
| Creating the LAME Studios Concert: Part 1 |
one company, three bands facebook marketing is viable! i’ve been experimenting with marketing strategies targeting certain demographics, and because facebook is well connected with grand rapids college and high school kids, i centered my marketing campaign around this online tool. i invited my friends at LAME Studios to merge their… |
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07/27/08 |
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| Website Release: A Live Recording of Dean Windemuller |
click the above image to visit the site in a previous post, i leaked an audio widget featuring live recordings of my artist, Dean Windemuller, at Four Friends Coffeehouse. now the entire concert can be downloaded for free, and the website also features photos from the content. i also need… |
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07/11/08 |
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| Local Spotlight: Woodland Mall |
where almost every middle school and high school kid shops Woodland mall is a half mile south of Calvin, and although it’s not the largest mall in the city (Rivertown mall in Grandville is larger), it’s got everything most people need. Well, except groceries. But people living in the dorms… |
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07/03/08 |
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| The Things That I Do |
the largest tracking room, which houses the electronic kit there are some days when i just shake my head in disbelief. one weekend, dean and i went on a lil road trip to meet with my friend and his boss, who founded a music company in the region. the company’s… |
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07/02/08 |
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| Concert Stream: Dean Windemuller Live at the Four Friends Coffeehouse |
Seventeen songs. We recorded the marathon setlist, and we’re putting it up for streaming here. Thanks for coming, and for those who couldn’t make it, we’re sorry you missed out and we hope these tracks will somehow share the experience. If it wasn’t for those who came, he’d be playing… |
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06/29/08 |
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| Behold, A Garden |
night-time planting with headlamps makes for dramatic shots! it all started with a random conversation over lunch with my blogging neighbor, emily. i can’t remember exactly how it went, but probably something like this: me: so i’m thinking of starting a garden emily: really? you’re so awesome! me: gee whiz,… |
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06/20/08 |
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| Free Concert + My 21st Birthday Celebration @ GR Downtown |
yes, this is pulled from facebook, so you can search for the event there and view the entire event profile! |
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06/20/08 |
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| My Life Likes Taking Sharp Turns |
dean plays the festival of the arts w/ matt churchill + fred knapp have you ever experienced the perfect opportunity falling in your lap? the day before, you’re thinking: “boy, wouldn’t it be fun to try _____.” then the next day, you get an email saying: “dear you, would you… |
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06/19/08 |
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| And That’s A Wrap! |
summer’s here. academically, that is. the weather’s still quite cool, and we haven’t been consistently in the 80s yet. but i can’t complain, because my semester’s over! there are a couple of strange feelings. first, it’s really difficult to finish strong. after reviewing the same material over and over again,… |
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05/17/08 |
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05/24/08 |
| Happy Day of Birth Emily! |
my blogging neighbor just celebrated her 21st birthday yesterday, hooray! |
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04/23/08 |
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| Big Bin Studios |
in a previous post I mentioned meeting charles driscoll of big bin studios. a few days ago, my friend ryan and I drove over to tour his studio in Hamilton, Michigan. it’s one of michigan newer studios, and it has been getting some press because of its unique location. the… |
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04/23/08 |
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| Dance Guild |
everyone involved with dance guild I never knew that one of calvin’s student organizations had around 300 members. Dance guild is an organization for students interested in dance, whether ballet, tap, lyrical, or hip hop. each style also has a beginner, intermediate, and advanced group so people can dive right… |
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04/23/08 |
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| Jazz Vespers |
the crowd included visitors for the festival of faith & writing it all started with an email. my friend and neighbor across the street, matt gruppen, shot me an email earlier in the day inviting me to see his jazz group perform at jazz vespers later in the evening, so… |
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04/23/08 |
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| Switchfoot and Emery at Calvinsi |
jon foreman in the crowd next to my friend min woo “It had to have been Switchfoot with partners-in-rock Emery and Athlete that turned it up a notch on Saturday night in Calvin’s Fine Arts Center. I thought it was just a “Spinal Tap” joke that amplifiers could be set to 11. It was the loudest, craziest set to visit Calvin in years.” -Ryan Alons writing for Chimes, Calvin’s student newspaper. this is my second time seeing both switchfoot and emery. i really haven’t been to that many concerts, and many can beat me in a name-how-many-concerts-you’ve-been-to contest: “oh yeah, i’ve seen dave matthews band 57 times.” of course, i have a big disadvantage because i lived in hong kong for 8 years. the only major concert i saw in hong kong was alicia keys, and that was pretty incredible. i should’ve seen westlife when they came by. bummer… irish boy bands don’t come by the US very often. anyway, back to grand rapids. the fact that this was my third time seeing switchfoot probably means something. yeah, they have a fantastic live show, and i think they’re much better live than on CD. in my opinion, that’s quite an accomplishment, because you can always refine your work in the studio. made a mistake? no problem, we can rerecord until your budget for studio time runs out. oh wait, you’re self-produced? never mind then, you can fine-tune to your heart’s content. |
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04/11/08 |
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| The Definition of Faith |
i don’t see snow anymore! my pastor, rob bell said this once in a sermon (i don’t remember it exactly, but i’ll try to paraphrase) with great conviction and celebration: “we in grand rapids know what faith is. faith is believing that one day, the sun will shine, the snow… |
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04/08/08 |
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| Battle of the Bands |
hanging out backstage young life and red bull sponsored a battle of the bands at the intersection, and bands from all over the city competed over studio time (courtesy of big bin studios) and press kits. i was drumming for one of the bands, AM Bandits, a three-piece punk outfit… |
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03/29/08 |
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| Double Duty with fifty6 |
the setting for fifty6’s epic musical it’s been a while since i played for a church service; the last one was probably for madison church freshman year with nalini, then the coordinator for the mosaic program and now the head of calvin’s barnabas program. there were definitely some rough spots… |
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03/23/08 |
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04/06/08 |
| Spring Break 08: Music Chicago |
i’m not even a guitarist, but this place was heckuvalotta fun! My friend travis and I took a two day vacation to Chicago during spring break. We were both sticking around Grand Rapids, but we didn’t want to stay here all break. I wanted to stay to get some stuff… |
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03/15/08 |
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| A Calvin Art Show |
a very full house i’ve never been to an art show before, let alone a calvin art show where many of my friends were displaying their work. when i first walked in the door, i didn’t get very far. i kept bumping into people i knew, and it was fun… |
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03/02/08 |
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| My Blackberry Turned Into an iPhone |
I just bought an iPhone yesterday, which is sweet, but the sweetest part is that it only cost me around $20 after lots of ebaying and negotiating with at&t. I did nothing illegal; I just utilized some of the bargaining skills I acquired on the streets of hong kong. The… |
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03/02/08 |
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| Chatting with an Alumni |
I got a call from steve visser, calvin graduate from years back and now owner of New2You Shoppe, an upscale thrift store by calvin dedicated to reducing tuition at Grand Rapids Christian schools through their profits, and he wanted me to help fix a mac computer he was trying to… |
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03/01/08 |
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| Auditioning for 5th and 6th Graders |
My friend jill and I got an email from mars hill saying that they were looking for a rhythm section for their 5th and 6th grade band to finish out the school year. With Jill being a bassist, and with me being a drummer, we thought we’d audition for the… |
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03/01/08 |
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| I’m In A Commercial! |
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02/27/08 |
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| Romeo and Juliet with the GR Symphony |
my chinese professor is playing violin in there somewhere The grand rapids symphony has a special deal for college students: on certain evenings, college students can get in for only $5. My housemate ian went a lot last year, so when my friends invited me to go, I took the… |
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02/25/08 |
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| Too Cool for Snow Days |
i walk down this street outside my house daily We recently had a snow night, but not a snow day. According to our chaplain, Calvin’s last snow day was in the 70s. Why don’t we have snow days as often as other schools? Someone who worked for Calvin told me… |
Nehe555 |
02/21/08 |
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| A Balanced Diet |
yum! Sometimes parents wonder if you’re eating well, especially in college when most students are strapped for cash. At least mine do. So I thought I’d write a post reassuring my parents that I love cooking more than ever, and that eating is one of my favorite pasttimes. No worries… |
Nehe555 |
02/21/08 |
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