Things I Would not Mind Appearing in a Box Under Wrapping Paper

I have a birthday and I am graduated in just a few weeks and I thought I’d put together a list of things I’ve been eyeing. Usually I would not have any sort of preference for gifts. Your time and company is all I ever want. But I’ll forgo that for those that may want to get me something special.

• http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19520262
• http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19856002
• http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22153852
• http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KVW574/ref=dm_dp_cdp?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1236301460&sr=8-2
• http://blog.umlatte.com/2009/02/22/nerd-merit-badge-02-inbox-zero/
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB111LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg&mco=NzQxNTc
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB167LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg&mco=MTYzOTUwNA
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/TK651LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA2OA&mco=MjE1ODExMw

Great reasons to Vote

• Uh… Sarah Silverman for the Great Schlep?

Def Jam Poetry for Jews

• Birthright Israel Monologues – Yael: All of the Monologues are actually really good. Check out their stream for more.

Posted for my Mom

p.s. Sometimes I post quick tid bits here too, in fact is collects my online life so you won’t miss a beat.

Longest to date

• Longest to date

Crazy Life

I feel like I’m stuck in between school and a career. Working 40+ hour weeks in an office with meetings, projects, teams, budgets, ect. feels good and is incredibly inspiring to look forward to. The summer internship is now extended through the school year and I can’t wait to see long term where this may take me and to see how the projects progress.

Beyond work, this past week I met with a few professors to determine my Senior Design Project. It should turn out to be an interdisciplinary project group that I am very excited for. Out of college and in the real world that is how it works so why not get the experience in academia too.

Not only that, when I finish my bachelors in the Spring i will also graduate with 12 possibly 18 credits towards a masters in Mechanical Engineering. What a deal, In 5 years of college I’ll have a bachelors and could be half way to a masters degree. It would be hard to turn down a masters at that kind of price, I may just end up in Kalamazoo for a few more years then expected.

links 2008-07-10

• The Scar – by Derek Powazek

High-rise

My grandma lives on the very top floor (somewhere in the mid teens at least) of her apartment complex and besides have the really long elevator ride up and down see has a really nice panoramic view of metro Detroit. It looks over I-696 and you could be probably see for at least 10 miles. I guess when you get to her age the perks just keep on rolling.

links 06-29-2008

• Rescued by an Israeli Soldier
• “When children ask their parents what will happen if they are taken prisoner in a war, we need to be able to answer clearly. This value is more important than Kuntar.”: Wow, a government run by values.

Pulled from the email

Seven Words: My mom sent this to me, have to say its a good way to remember the man. Says screw it to the man in so many ways. It could never be aired on regular television unless you paid extra for premium cable. But now, youtube hosts it for free. Way to go new media!

Weekend Project

Hillel this year will have a table at orientation and we needed some display material. So over the weekend I had some pages printed out on a large scale (20″ x 30″) at Kinko’s then mounted them on foam core. I even found some pre-made stands that attach to the back of the boards to hold them up. It was a simple inexpensive project, $20.27, that produced a pretty professional looking product. I am very pleased.