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learning function

64=17,30,17

there are seventeen more days left in the month, followed by thirty days of april and the 17th of may marks graduation.

{overwhelmed}

i remember sitting in a coffee shop with a friend this time last year who was about to graduate. it struck me odd that he was trying to remember why he came here. my brain at the time was so focused and clear. i viewed everything as an opportunity to learn and share. i believe i still hold true to that notion, but it might be my own curse of knowledge. once i realized this was happiness and that i could do it anywhere i began to feel paralyzed. where do i want to learn?

is it about the weather? is it about the city? the family? the company culture? the meaningful work? how long should i stay? when would i move back closer to my sister? with what friends do i want to be able to climb trees? how much of my work life do i want in my intimate life? how should the two be related?

{overwhelmed}

initially i wanted to bridge the gap between the "haves" and the "have nots" (how that is defined for simplification purposes can be as the ability to provide for one's own life). technology seems to accentuate the divide. those with access have more resource.

- disperse technology. (wikipedia is a great example, i didn't realize how much so until i heard jimmy whales speak)

then i wanted to promote environmental, social, and political platforms.

- helping preserve the environment is a lifestyle choice that can be easily integrated through personal action. however, the history channel blew my mind the other night. if we are in a period between ice ages, what does that mean about global warming?
- my summer in new orleans led to realizing the complex nature of societal concerns. what is right for some is not for others, healthy compromise needs to result from collaboration before innovation.
- politics. whew. politics. maybe someday, when i know more, i will work on city council. and maybe before i will work for an elected official.

{overwhelmed}

what i want from work: 1) being around super smart people, the kind who talk about brains, gentrification issues, architecture, art, technology, commerce, mechanical engineering. the kind who talk about all the things i don't know. 2) community connections. i want to work with other organizations. 3)controversy. i want to discuss, argue, debate, seduce. 4)social responsibility. i don't want to negatively affect the lives of others.

next step:
find out where this is possible. figure out what i offer. apply.

createathon

About twenty of us from school either didn't leave for spring break or returned early to volunteer for this event. It was the first campus attempt, mixing graduate and undergrad students from the advertising tracks at school.

We were given the chance to use our skills to help local non-profits reach a variety of objectives. The night was long and all the sugar wore off by 3.

My group and I worked on TwinSaddles Therapeutic Riding. An organization run by a University of Richmond professor that introduces people in the community with emotional, psychological and cognitive needs to her horses. Our assignment was a visual identity. Throughout the 24hours we created a logo, stationary set, website, flikr account, blog, and catalog.

The screen capture above is a shot of the developing logo in process.

admittedly

i spend too much of my time worrying about what i don't know. i always lose at trivial pursuit.

maybe that's why i like chip kidd so much, or maybe its because i had a car accident on the same day that i didn't have margaritas with him because i felt awkward sounding my voice as a woman.

i voted for hillary.