*Editors note: I don’t know what the heck is up with the formatting of this post. I’ve tried to fix it…even messed with the HTML. But the more I fix it, the worse it gets. Freaking lame. Anyway, enjoy the post, disregard the formatting fail: Fact: I love reading. Fact: I love owning books. I [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘culture’
February 6, 2010
promenade and dosado at the farmer’s market
It was SUCH a beautiful morning this morning – after a week or so of rain here, the sun was shining in full force and it finally felt warm! Sooo wonderful that today was Saturday so I could go out and enjoy it. I had only been to the Austin Farmer’s Market once before, so [...]
August 1, 2009
some musicy artsy Austin things
The wonderful thing about the Austin music scene is its…eclecticism I suppose you could say. I certainly enjoy the typical band consisting of a guitar, bass, percussionist and singer, but there is nothing like a good orchestra or musical. So…I’ve done a bit of exploring… Each summer there is a summer musical series in Zilker [...]
July 22, 2009
Orgullo Mexicano
He disfrutando tenieno un partner en crime para explorar una ciudad nueva. Cuando estabamos regresando anoche, encontremos un resaurante mexicano entonces claro que detenernos y comimos la comida rica! Me encanta la cultura Mexicana y es tan maravillosa para tener la oportunidad a conocerla y las personas que tengan tan muchano… pues, estan sagrando el [...]
July 5, 2009
believing in eugene
My friend Jack, a friend from the ad program, showed me this music video he made with a few friends. I think this is great…love the music video idea to show a pretty accurate representation of what it is like to live in Eugene and go to college at the U of O (Perhaps I [...]
July 2, 2009
¡Viva!
So, as I have spent the past week interning at a study abroad company, I’ve been nostalgically reliving my freaking awesome study abroad experience in Queretaro…already 2 years ago in a month of so. Crazy. I pulled out the 56 videos I took during my study abroad and watched a handful – this is one [...]
June 17, 2009
connecting the cultural anthropological dots
Awhile back I said I would be conducting an independent study through the j. school / Gabriela Martinez regarding cultural anthropology + intercultural communications. Nowhere near complete, as this is just the beginning of my studies, but here’s the progress thus far: In my four years in the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC), I [...]
June 15, 2009
Confrontation. Are you ready?
During winter term, Deb put us in teams and said: make something in Flash. So, Evan, Kurt and I ran with an idea from Kurt – a game called “Confrontation.” Inspired by Crossfire, the sheer enthusiasm seen in 120% of 1990s extremism advertising + to provide a cultural insight into the early 90s, Confrontation was [...]
