win twins!

I went to my first Twins game at Target Field last night! Though we’d toured the stadium, I hadn’t seen an actual baseball game yet. Here’s the view from our seats in section 216, row 2: Matt met me at work and we rode the train over there, arriving about 5:15. We figured we could get in early and check ...

rental cars i have known and loved 2

Dick The embarrassingly-huge Chrysler 300 that we were stuck driving around LA and San Diego. It’s impossible to look awesome in that car, especially when it just turns off randomly. Captain Cook The champagne-colored Cavalier that took us to visit volcanoes on the Big Island. Captain Hook The silver Cavalier that took us to visit beaches, rain forests, and to ...

my eyes are still wonky 7

The 54 hours of Trivia 41 are over. Our team finished in 6th out of 400, and we’re all very sleepy. We played at Joe’s Friday night, and had nine people at our house at various times on Saturday. Yesterday it was just me and Matt at hour house, and others scattered remotely. I’m not sure how big the team ...

SCIENCE. 3

Yesterday, I made photopolymer plates of the artwork for my letterpress project in class. I had no idea what was involved with that process (I thought you just sent out Illustrator files and they’d send you the plates – which you can, it’s just way more expensive), so I was very excited to learn all about the magic involved. It ...