regardingjohn

January

is looking for questions that he answered.—says grad school has turned him into an F. Uh-oh.—is back to being an EN*T*P — none of that Feeling (F) stuff for me. Just had an incomplete diagnosis.—is not procrastinating. No he’s not.—is at an ARIS game jam—is dogsitting—is is really going to do a lot today. And he means it this time.—is is headed to Diss Camp!—is eating wild rice and bean soup. De-lish!—is plastering—is eating a bagel—finished his bagel and is applying for many jobs.—is having issues logging in to FaceBook—is debating a -1 degree bike commute—has no Internet at home this a.m—is very excited about his dealextreme.com LED lights!—is sort of a geek.—needs the promise of a good cup of coffee in order to leave the house…—has finished half his reviews!—has finished all his reviews! He will now Wii.—is entertaining terribly-under-exercised dogs inside this morning. What a mess!—is getting another application out today—<3s hope—is gettin’ busy rebuilding the country.—is all picked up and dusted off.—is another application — any Bowdoin College advice?—is preparing for Annual Ground Hog Party!—wants it all integrated. Where are our promised computer overlords?—is reskinning his blog—is expanding the “25 Things” note in a series of Status Updates, starting 4 days ago.—is #24: Found a sweet old 531 Trek for $20 today

February

#23: Mochas are too sweet for me.—(25 random) #22 Not a big fan of chocolate.—#21: For ostensibly “loving seasons,” I’m not a fan of extreme heat or cold.—#20 I leave my kayak at camp as a deposit.—#21: Despite loving “the seasons” I dislike extreme hot or cold.—#20 not-so-secretly loves Legos.—is supposed to treat his job hunt as a research project — this justifies the time I spend skinning my website!—is an Iron Chef with Information—#19: likes to clear ice from sidewalks.—#18: has a dog—#17: has a dog who can jump fences.—#16: typically dislikes threats—#15: including “Email to 25 people or…”—#14: Actually likes restructuring his dissertation. I could do this for months!—#13 Finished his taxes early. He never does that.—#12: I think I can make the dissertation work w/o major rewrites!—#11: Yay for helpful faculty!—#10: My life is a series of tangential journeys.—#9: still loves the House of Balls (http://houseofballs.com/)—#8: wants to learn more about drupal—playing with WordPress/Facebook integration—I”d never considered that orchestras are essentially really big cover bands.—New blog post: Amazing Drupal http://tinyurl.com/c43kmf—[[[Way too much caffeine this morning]]]—New blog post: Send Your Kid to FML http://tinyurl.com/db5wfx—Need a few sources to support: “online spaces and video games to fulfill social needs”—Finished draft of Intro and had a drink. A fine day.—Sad that GoogleSync only gives me 1 alert on my iPhone calendar :-(—Preface, Schreface. Back to the juicy bits.—New blog post: Dissertation Outline http://tinyurl.com/b8dwvt—Still miss iPhone’s 2nd Cal alert — gone with Google sync (I blame MS Exchange).—A fabulous night!—Getting kicked, but focused on Diss. section on “Community”—Ch. 3c: Effect on Motivation (beta DRAFT) = done.—Rufus loves his tennis ball. No really. Here. You’ll love it too. Psyc! Can’t have it. Ok, here…—Yay. Sold bike. Can eat now.—Tried a mapping game today at the ARIS game jam. Needed a better narrative.—John John John …—Wish I could support Public Radio more.—New blog post: Loneliness Game http://tinyurl.com/b9rt6a—My stomach curses the relative value of $5 subs!—Curse the recent influx of the crash-monster on my copy of MSWord. Bless the angel of Recovered Documents.—Curse MS Word’s Angel of recovery for falling to the influx of its crash-demons! (2 hours lost. where’d my auto-save copy go?)—Crap. diana Hess’s talk was at 3, not 4. Between this and MS Word, I might be having a bad day…—Safari 4: not as cool w/o Jobs around. Just sayin.—40°F — lovely day for a loop at the dogpark and a bike ride to work!This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—need coffee. getting coffee.—Mm…. Barrique’s saves me.—New blog post: Solar Dog Park http://tinyurl.com/bjepnw—Yay! Ryan’s Following me! I’ve reached my Twittering peak—Just banked bike money. Time to get groceries.—Being poor means saying goodbye to Tofurkey, and flrting with badly themed Pop-Tarts.—Being poor means I couldn’t've had a V-8.—New blog post: Video Games: Needed Skills http://tinyurl.com/bvu3vz—Tired. And coffee isn’t working.—I am so very not a PowerBook innards guy. Help.—Bad day. Bad night. Here’s hopin’ for tomorrow.—Bright and Icy day. The “culture” chapter is going down.—Oh, and anyone need a 12″ G4 PowerBook that I just “fixed” (much quieter now, and no distracting… um… power).—MSWord has decided that it no longer wants to save to my online storage. Always crashing. But this time I outsmarted it. Feeling clever.—Working hard on this chapter. Can’t talk. Sorry.—I miss the blue progress bar of Safari v3. Hate the gear thing (too visually small)—Chapter 2 draft done. Dogpark-bound with Rufus!—Calling it a night with movie, cocktail, and purring dog.—mopped bathroom and kitchen, doing laundry.—With ch. 1-3 in 2nd drafts, work on ch.4 continues—New blog post: Eating Game http://tinyurl.com/bma7zu—and… fishbotted.

March

Ok, a late start, but I’m serious now.—Chapter 4, sec.A alph-draft = Done. That’s right — I’m kicking it up a notch.—Yum for Whole Foods and nice friends!—Yay! Safari 4 tweaks to get rid of yucky top tabs! http://pointum.com/safari-tweaks.html—Missed the travel grant submission dealine by 10 seconds. Will see what happens.—Lovely dogpark outing with Suki and the boys.—Sees many bean soups in his future. Thanks Stotz et al!—Yay! I can revert some of Safari 4′s bad UI! http://pastie.textmate.org/398861—Dissertation Today: 2 steps forward; 2 steps back.—Dogs walked. Time for a Mobile Media Learning meeting now…—New blog post: Flying Moose http://tinyurl.com/d4n9c5—s l o w d a y f o r w r i t i n g. jammedwithtoomuch.—thanks @poseurtech. Now my night is shot. http://www.hurl.ws/14de—I mean FAIL. http://failblog.org—Might have opened a bad box by addressing Identity construction in this chapter…—I did not O.D. on salsa tonight.—Ugh. Introduction feedback from Committee member — good, but way more work…—More work on Dissertation Introduction. Possible Re-restructuring? [sigh]—Yay happy hour at Orpheum!—Forgot how yummy Ground Zero wraps are.—Muddy muddy wet dog park = muddy muddy wet dogs—Ok, I’ve got about an hour. Should I be sad or…?—New blog post: Dog Toy Story http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/2009/03/06/dog-t oy-story/—Muddy at dog park (but warm).—Sad dogfight. (but all okay)—Nothing planned for the day. And Game-making.—Another good game jam, followed by Fantasy Island (next week’s jam theme?)—very tired.—must wake, rise, and conquer!—Tiring of my love for Cap’n Crunch (they’re kinda icky).—retweet: @rikhunter If you are teaching web development: http://www.hurl.ws/15gq (“Dreamweaver is dying. Long live Drupal.”)—New blog post: Travel Game http://tinyurl.com/b6js6c—6 hours to design great Pictures game…—PhD job hunt — not so rosy? http://www.hurl.ws/15yt—Light grey socks. Black shoes. Kinda dorky. Turning out to be a fun day.—New blog post: Visualization Chart http://tinyurl.com/cnrhu5—Fortune Cookie: “Versatility is one of your outstanding traits.”—Girl at next table is using laptop webcam as mirror to check zit(?) on neck. Genius. Really.—Not inspired to work tonight. Where are my muses?—New blog post: Life-sized LOGO http://tinyurl.com/bzammv—Too much on my mind to write.—MobileMediaLearning.org meeting—Watchmen tonight. Any takers?—A B C’s of it all—REading Watchmen today. Any takers?—Couple actually making yarn at the HWC Knitting room. Apparently you use a dog brush.—Not concentrating. Must find someone to blame for this.—Anyone have a UW-Madison doctoral gown for sale or rent in May? (5’10″-ish)—New blog post: ARIS Picture Game http://tinyurl.com/deasxh—Ok world, help me find a decent affordable doctoral gown (and/or advice).—I love http://www.inhabitat.com/, but hope to look at Ch 3 edit ideas today.—Not as excited about my “new” Panasonic bike as I was about my “old” Peugeot. But it works well enough.—Very Tired.—Gonna get me some dissertation feedback today.—Need a shot of motivation.—Home for evening.—Gettin more feedback; makin more changes; needin more OJ.—Now need more coffee…—Yay friends!!!—RT @therealcaro http://aviary.com is a very cool browser-based visual editor.—How to use Activity Theory to *structure* dissertation…?—Dogs are crashed. Yay dogparks!—I wanna be an architect.—Yay!! India’s bowling for me!!—Left my phone at home; feel naked and lost…—My dissertation is a poem. And life is a river.—Working with dogs laying on my feet. Sigh…—Massive Eureka! moment! Duly noted.—Oh dear, iGoogle gaming themes: http://www.hurl.ws/1iao—Having a moment (extended)—Ready for some restful activities.—Mmm, double hotsauce, double mayo…—Still thinking about Pac-Man.—Ooh! Pac-Man Ghost earrings! http://www.hurl.ws/1h9l—New blog post: “Gamey” Mobile Games http://tinyurl.com/dmvond—New blog post: Dodge-Ghost http://tinyurl.com/cwhjom—Hat size is 7 1/2 — in case anyone wants to buy me a hat…—I like games

April

Dissertation defense at 2pm today! Wish me luck!—is sorry about the dissertation defense prank status. It’s just a cry for help from a very troubled dissertator…—On an energy drink fast. and ready for a nap.—Red Bull *Cola* doesn’t count as an energy drink, does it? Because I’m on a roll…—Middleton Neighborhood Game all morning…—just finished iPhone ethnogaphy interview set #2—more locative media stuff: http://www.hurl.ws/1k4r—Writing all day, starting as soon as I get to my office.—Elderly neighbor in robe throwing knives at tree in his backyard. “Good Morning!”—Is there a new bike in the stars for me today? How ’bout it chacha?—Delicious breakfast at the Farmer’s Market this morning, but no decent bikes at the St. Vinny sale. Game jam at 1pm!—Rockafire Explosion, then bowling. This is my life.—Really really feeling snarky impulses this morning! Hope to keep my mouth shut until it passes….—Let’s learn to program the iPhone for free! http://www.hurl.ws/1mhn—Ok, I caved and bought MacHeist.—New blog post: Hav-a-Ball http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/2009/04/06/hav-a -ball/ —State Elections in WI — please vote!—All voted and citizenized for the day. Yay elections.—Rear tire blowout. Long bikewalk home.—Kurt gets “Siftowing” placque! Grats!!!—Noon voter #53. Come on Wisconsin! Participate!—Facebook keeps making me re-login, mid-page sometimes.—ARGH! Out of orange juice! [cue sadness]—loved Gomeroke and hearing the GLS talent too much to even try himself.—I’ve been trying to decomplexificate my life but haven’t yet reached a state of simplisticalization. Need more theory to help me deprobl …—AERA Mobile Game workshop not quite finalized…—Loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.—@poseurtech @therealcaro — and NOW!—Student-designed mobile investigations this morning went pretty well.—Let’s try for yesterday’s goals today.—Crap! No time for the Horror Host Matinee! http://www.hurl.ws/1q31—New blog post: Saving Lake Wingra ARGH http://tinyurl.com/cz5ncv—I like bunnies.—Old neighbor in robe was throwing hatchets in backyard, not knives. Apparently was pro — spinning girl, balloons and all.—Flying to San Diego for AERA conference.—Ooh!! A new SkyMall on board!!—Air travel wipes me out.—Mpls Star Trib — whitest comics ever? http://twitpic.com/38j1y—4 airports is 2 too many; in fact, it’s 4 too many. Where are the teleporters Star Trek promised?—Salt Lake City has many skylights on it’s roofs.—New blog post: AERA Arrival http://tinyurl.com/dk2wnb—Looking for free wifi/power #aera—Camping at GSC Resource room. No wifi, but free coffee. #AERA—Brownies and lemonade in Marriott lobby. #Aera—Lauren Resnick prz. Ran out of chairs. Ballroom 6F. #aera—Yay seats! #aera Resnick presentation. http://twitpic.com/3a8ku—Just saw Aquaman eat a Subway Seafood Delite sub here. http://twitpic.com/3afnq—New blog post: Monday at AERA http://tinyurl.com/dn6u5o—Love sleeping with the window open. Even when morning birds sound like trucks backing up.—Last minute prep for workshop on making mobile place-based games. #aera—Second life re-representation of standard classroom to teach classroom management. Surreal. #aera—Making Place-based Mobile Games presentation seemed to go well…. #aera—Honestly, the GSC Resource room is one of my favorite #AERA camping rooms.—Headed to 33.086 Mobile Learning at 4:05 #aera—I want wine! Discuss. #aera—Left AERA badge in hotel. No exhibits today. Feel anonymous.—Forgot pen too. Taking aera notes on iPhone.—Off to 39.026 for assessment in virtual environments. Hyatt Manchester E. 10:35am. #aera—#Unity game platform — more info? #aera—Headed to Dunleavy talk on AR Ganes & Science Hyatt Madeline D. #AERA—RT @EveProper: Reconmend Royal Thai #aera. Also add Royal Indian.—For facebook folks, I’m twittering status updates at regardingjohn.—How much is our focus on assessment eclipsing our focus on learning? #AERA—so much depends on sleep.—This is the first year I feel good about paying #taxes.—Today I’m scheduling a nap.—At GLS talk in Omni. Should be good. #aera—Finally a big enough room for a gaming session. The 8:15am time prolly helps… http://twitpic.com/3ejxq—Looking for cheap eats (grad student cheap) near convention center. Recommendations? #aera—Reached point of saturation. Brain is full and drippng. Nap time.—New blog post: AERA: Tues. am. Presentation http://tinyurl.com/cqxtfr—Simulcasts + Twitter = SimulTweets? #aera—Early session on teaching designers. #AERA—headed back to Madison today. Good-bye Sandy Eggo!—Take away from #AERA. Need to figure out how to develop and quantify “gut feeling” (hunch) intelligence vs. scientific rational stuff. W …—How is it that TSA allows skateboards but not fingernail clippers?—RT @abraham: I’m going to start suing people that RT me. (Me too.)—is in Minneapolis. For about an hour. Woohoo.—McLovin.—took the “Which obscure and debated grammar rule are you?” quiz and the result is Oxford Comma.—Charter Schools Conference presentations today.—Presenting on place-based learning with mobile devices at the Wisconsin Charter Schools conference.—New blog post: Place-based Games in Contested Spaces http://tinyurl.com/d3vpha—very tired. maybe take dog out.—Taking a break with Boom Blocks—twitter is like organized viral religion—Happy Earth Day! Go do something good outside.—RT @Dre1479 FMyLife — for all your life’s FAIL stories #carofail—maybe not defending May 20th after all…—is about as angry/upset as I get.—needs to vent for one last status update and then will focus on solutions. Ok. solution time.—I’m growing a mustache. Yes I am.—Dissertation draft printed; to advisor; getting feedback. Yay!—Ch2 half-restructured. Thanks for feedback @ksquire!—Done for the day. Yay UW-Madison Terrace!—Working on a mobile game on contested spaces to premiere next week.—Crunchy PB fan acknowledges better spreadability of Smooth.—Noon-time coffee expedition! (what’s the opposite of critical theory?)—Rainy day is good for making revisions.—changing my writing voice for dissertation. Let’s see how this works…—My Current Situation: http://www.hurl.ws/2d7s—Dissertation revisions at Le Tigre Lounge.—John wants to make a movie on Electricity: “Sherlock Ohms and Dr. Watts-on in The Re-Volt of the (v)Amperes!”—Apologies all around for recent swine-flu comments.—Professionally restructuring dissertation. Thanks to KCP!—Survived another night of bowling.—End of Univers. We can hope it will become agile, adaptive & imaginative http://tinyurl.com/da7ep6 RT @crutherford et al—Will try to contain snark today. Must be in a bad mood.—Swine flu on XKCD — http://www.hurl.ws/2dwr—~22 days til I’m qualified to become irrelevant. Must get sleep. RT @jonbecker: http://is.gd/tJiH + http://is.gd/uRC3—Dog is Love.—Chapter 4 Restructured. Will tackle Ch 5 in morning. Thanks to KCP for help!—Ok Word, I understand you need to crash, but why invoke Murphey?—Big View structure=easy. Tiny view structure=easy. Both=hard (for me).—New blog post: “Pandemic” http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/2009/04/29/pande mic/—I’m in a boring phase of life: ‘nother day; ‘nother chapter to restructure. End in sight.

May

is trying to avoid the next hamdemic.—Dissertation done enough to defend? The Phantom knows… (Kurt?)—Biking around Lake Mendota.—Monsters v Aliens rocked.—Cleaning house while awaiting diss feedback from advisor.—House cleaned. Doing dishes while awaiting Dissertation feedback from advisor.—Dishes done. House cleaned. Still no feedback. Prolly too late (again) to get Dissertation out today. Hope Committee understands…—Yardwork. Yep. Or happy hour.—Advisor approval on Diss. Yay!—Print and Disperse. Defense in T-15 (days), and counting…—Dissertation delivered to committee.—Grats to @scd!—Time to walk the doggies soon…—slurped down a grasshopper at Nick’s.—sick at home.—Proud of my adopted state (Maine Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage) http://www.hurl.ws/2qcy—Backyard mowed. Rain cometh.—Frontline and Heartworm for Rufus’s next 6 months ordered. Petshed.com—Soliciting best practices for dissertation defense prezi — what worked well for you?—New blog post: Dissertation TOC http://bit.ly/c7nAE—First drive-in movie of summer: Star Trek and I Love You Man!—Needs a new glass patio table after last night’s storm.—Writing paper on Narrative in Mobile Games. Got resources? Thoughts?—Why does word still crash? I mean, really, wtf?—Looking for cheapest easiest Mac autosyncing options. ideas?—Must get this paper on mobile games and narrative finished.—some phone calls are terribly draining.—Too much caffeine—eye floaties flashing with tracers. Mobile game narrative paper turning into FPS.This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—Happy Graduation/Move out of Dormland Day! TGI’m on a bike!—St Vinny Bike sale!! Fingers crossed!—Gettin some BBQ.—It was a close one, but she’s still not onto us and our plot against her (#carofail)—Early to bed tonight. Why am I so tired?—ARIS test of GPS/triggering. C’mon coordinates!!—New drivers license today. Sporting a NASCAR ‘stache.—Great. NASCAR Racing is now following my tweets!—License down. Dentist next. Drat the spinach in teeth. Shoulda reversed it. http://twitpic.com/5hrfv—Dirving home from DMV, passed swerving SUV; driver on phone; dog on lap, hanging out window. Safety #FAIL—Last minute adjustments to dissertation defense presentation. Practice tonight.—Crap. Too late to order a B-day/D-day cake! Might hafta improvise…—Getting food and birthday cake for B-day/D-day party (dissertation defense) at noon today…—John Martin, PhD.—has some really great people in his life! Thanks all!—Ok, time to do all the things I was supposed to be doing the past 4 months….—New blog post: Dissertation Copy http://bit.ly/16qGhh—Headed to the International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry tomorrow to present “New Narratives in Mobile Games”—forgot to check out pro …This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—New blog post: Place-Based Games II http://bit.ly/16KPq6—Bad weekend to drive to ICQI conference…—New blog post: ICQI presentation: Mobile Game Narrative http://bit.ly/ZQBZw—long drive, mown lawn, some mulch spread, bratfest. All I need now is a GLS party.—And also need free, dog-sturdy ground cover to replace grass in backyard (anyone?…)—Yummy lazy Sunday!—Same reason as banning all marriage makes sense: Inequity (insurance, taxes) penalizes non-coupled (singles and >2 partnerships).—Working on prezi for Games 4 Change this Friday.—Hates Transana file management and UI.—”How People are using Twitter during Conferences” (PDF) http://www.hurl.ws/2wsb—Leading a GLS conference paper writing jam in a few minutes. Crowd wants me to write up an agenda.—New blog post: Off to G4C http://bit.ly/YibBk—#g4c09. White team caught the flavor of the bureacracy of torture—brilliant stuff!This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—Lucy Bradshaw: When will utilities start getting consumers to game their world? (answer: Prius gas computer) #G4C—At #g4c09 Schmoozing game (Card Shark), but have no biz cards to pass. Should I game the rules and run interference?—Games as first step to ignite existing passion in players and connect to a cause. Door to serious community. Gee & Jenkins at #g4c09—Moby Dick (“dick” is banned in school internets filters) #g4c09—coach doesn’t kick soccer ball after whistle blows, but steps in in practice. Teacher steps in in class, but not test. #g4c09 —no?This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—Good question about the physicality/cognition connection of games (my interest!) #g4c09—#g4c09 — Yay Augmented Reality games! (Squire et al’s work)This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—#g4c09 (AR games = and Klopfer, Dunleavy, Dede, etc. of course)—I liked being part of the “Designer Mindset” panel discussion! Good questions audience!! #g4c09—Takeaway of the day: LOLCATS is the key to #g4c—Sideman: build games on top of existing activities!—Sideman: build games on top of existing activities! #g4c—Bradshaw on games and autism: hard-wired for games” reminds me of Ben X http://www.hurl.ws/2y0l #g4c—Battery dying. No more Twitter updates until more powerful #tadsen—Games for Change conference, then camping, now nap…

June

Disgusted by the Tiller murder.—About to playtest a few ARIS LBMG games for #GLS09 conference…—Want someone to develop a way to make eBooks pages yellow & annotations fade with age, and insert coffee stains. Then eBooks will rule!—No plans to visit SF, but still getting free Lonely Planet San Francisco City Guide. http://www.hurl.ws/2x6f—Against my better judgement, I’m installing Bootcamp and XP on my MacBook.—Working on “Narrative in Mobile Games” paper today, and a few conference proposals.—Still 3 hours left to get this conference proposal in, re mobile games.—didn’t want to go to that conference anyway…—Rufus really likes to pee a lot. Trying to figure out how to publish vs teach next year. Long walk.—Have to admit being very intrigued by Pre http://www.hurl.ws/2zyd—Today’s goal: to expand post-doc proposal “to make and study LBMGs” to 3000 words…—Bad day.—Okay, who’s got a good post-doc proposal format to follow?—Trying not to follow wwdc keynote—toomuchtodoThis status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—Planted 3 trees for Arbor Hour today. Do I get a 3Gs for being good?—On the market for a sweet job with solid benefits that fits me well. Inquire within…—South Park St. Madison in blackout. Very cool to drive through. Hope peeps are all ok.—Setting up for #GLS (Games, Learning and Society conference.—RT @schutzsmith: A notes button in visual voicemail to take down the callers info — Smart!—Done with #GLS conference stuff for night. White wine and London Handheld conference proposal in works right now…—#GLS attendees in Madison early? What to do? http://www.hurl.ws/31wh—#GLS on-site registration starts in 2 hours! Shakin’ it!—follw bcgame—Apologies to FB friends for GLS conference Tweets. Will try to not double post. (Pam says: “zzzzzzzzzzzzzz”)—sad goodbye. Pancakes with Chris. Rufus upset to leave. Chicago by 10—Hello Cleveland!!—There’s something Erie about this city….—hates how hotel blackout curtains don’t let light through.—I really love the IPass/EZPass tolling convenience, tho not as much as trains that allow dogs—is getting back to work.—small fire with counselors at Flying moose Lodge tonight.—working on canoe dock—getting food for summer—Rain.—is a mighty fine plumber. Yes he is.—is peaceful.—Craig Pond is up 5″ in last three days. I blame Noah’s and Rob Ring’s trucks.—is missing parts of his Madison life :-(—is very pleased, but tired as ___________ (something that is very tired)—Craig Pond has just about reached the perfect swimming temperature.

July

forgot how good good coffee tastes. Mmmmmm…..—fogged out in Maine—Rufus hates fireworks & jumps out of kayak in middle of lake to say so. Dummy.—a glorious day in Maine!—rain today but that’s okay. Tomorrow will be sunny.—is chilling out in a cozy cabin tonight.—sunny day off. Don’ wanna spend it writing AERA papers.—got one paper done today. That’s pretty good.—I can think of a thousand things I’d rather be doing than writing a 2000 word “paper”…—how does one even include evidence in 2000 words?—just hafta squeeze findings into remaining 123 words….—Hmm… graphs and tables don’t count toward 2000 word limit — clearly a bias towards quantitative data has taken over the AERA management…—The stars over Craig Pond kill me tonight.—A beautiful day in E. Orland! Stairwork and cabin cozification on agenda today.—is weaponizing water noodles. Loves me my job.—doesn’t wanna paddle across in rain (for Rufus’s sake of course)—weekends are sooo long, then I have to write conference papers. Yay.—broke the chimney for my oil lamp this morning—Journal Article today…—Good coffee and application letters today.—sad—big trips go out today. Silence begins for a while. Rain. (oy!)—still still.—wishes he were stronger.—is pretty fantastic.—Yet another day off writing papers. It doesn’t end, does it?

August

what a gorgeous day!!!—what a gorgeous night!—is lucky to be able to paddle to work—another bluesky day in East Orland!—loves his new Gigbaby recording studio! Next up: learn to play guitar better!—gonna keep Rufus from stealing sandwiches and peeing on beachgoers today.—is too far away. And too close.—might get new woodstove today…—new stove! Arriving Saturday.—no more Mr. Nice Guy.—spiders in my kayak cockpit = creepy crawly commute home tonight.—full moon for Blockade at Flying Moose!—is at the emergency room with a camper. Yay…—takedown.—New tile for floor by new stove! Still much to do…—life is good. Bothersome at times, but good.—I <3 U, ME, & WI—ah, Madison, I’ve missed ya!—I <3 WI, U & ME—Happy Hippy Christmas! Who wants to hip with me today?—eating cookies and chips and beer and veggie brats. Yay!—is headed to Cargo Coffee to prep for semester.—reviewing 6 papers today for Handheld Learning Conference… (3 done so far)—missed biking this summer!—More conference paper reviews today! Yay!—Rufus is having a hard time adjusting…—my dissertation defense warrant is mildewy. Discuss.—And then there were 8…—Biking around Lake Monona tonight. Happy Hour before might not be a good idea…—Streamlined with new haircut.—Who wants to proofread a journal article for me? Anyone? Anyone?—the “Hangover” was over the top.—made the best tomato and cucumber salad. Wishes he had tomato plants.—Cargo Catchup.—That was a well-warmed house. Late start this morning…

September

Thinks he might revisit his Dissertation data from a different theoretical perspective. Ideas?—The snooze button doesn’t really add any quality snooze time. It just annoys.—No one should die because they don’t have health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.—People should definitely die for other reasons than because they cannot afford health care, and they should go broke for doing dumb things with their money, not cuz of sickness. I guess tho, that I’m all for guvm’nt-run safety nets — even for the ones who do dumb things.This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—Lake Monona Floatilla—7 hours on Lakes Monona and Mendota. Exhausted and happy.—Hoping to kick some butt today.—Ooh! Tomorrow is 09-09-09!!!—Needs a study buddy this morning.—at Cargo coffee all morning!—Pushing through Financial Aid.—Need study buddy at Ground Zero Coffee! :-)—Yay! #37 in healthcare! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgOl3cETb4—Dead Fish Polo! Yay! http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06204/707365-54.stm—Yay!!! for Financial Aid awards!!!! So the check comes Monday, right?—finishing AERA reviews at Cargo coffee — come join me! (Great fun, etc.)This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—Tonight’s dog-sitting movie: “Bolt”—Off to the dog park!—Definitely finishing AERA reviews today…—AERA reviews DONE! Now onto that journal article I need to submit today….—Tomatoes on my mind.—So tired this morning! Must be a faulty Red Bull…—Happiness.—Game Jam!—Kant.—Success making Farina in the Microwave!! Cleaning breakfast pots is so yesterday!—Willy Street Fair-stival!—Willy Street Fest-air!!!—My head hurts.—I need a bunny costume. Anyone? Clean, please.—rain, not raisins.—Failing miserably in Flashction course.—Now re-heartened because “Hello World” Flashction script worked.—Nice!—Larnin.—Gone Sinning—I mean Spinning—Ok, I’m ready to be notified about all the prizes I won at the Willy St. raffle. Where’s my cool uber-bike?—Flashction’s not getting enough action.—Reductionism.—Enjoyed Michael Pollan’s talk tonight.—Going dancin.—Rufus barks a lot.—JoAnn Fabrics for bunnies—Lovely weekend. Bring on the lovely week.—brr….—Overly Caf-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-einated—Seen it before.—needs a shot of motivation right about now….

October

Flashction study! (I’m not doing well at this. Need a better reason to do it)—Core Crunch 11:15am.—Got Lost in SERF. Missed Core crunch.—Gonna try Captain Crunch instead of Core Crunch.—Prefers biking in the snow than the rain.—Why hasn’t anyone told me about Gallery Night tomorrow? Don’t I have any artist-type Facebook friends?—Oddly Disconcerted.—Yay! Gallery Night!!—Mystery Men.—pink bunnies.—Might forego a beer…—Decided to go for one instead.—It’s bunny-makin’ time!—Zombieland Apocalypse.—Need pockets.—Post-midnight pocket installation turns out to have been a bad idea.—Anyone know how to make Hotel Washington’s Wheatberry Salad? (please teach me!)—Too much Fallout 3.—Dogsitting a sad (and injured) “Cone of Shame” dog :-(—Doesn’t remember cats as being quite so destructive and malevolent.—I think baristas have a Pavlovian attraction edge because of their association with coffee.—LCROSS impact images not “invisible” but blacked out because the moon’s inhabitants (henceforth “Luna-tics”) fought back and blew up craft. Obama Nobel Prize a set up to distract public. You heard it here first.—is excited for the start of the winter biking season kick-off ride!—Is now thinking Barrique’s downtown would be a cozier choice than Cargo. Truly, we are spoiled.—On third thought, Company of Thieves is cozy, friendly, and tasty…—Frosty green.—At Cargo Coffee for the day (tho ‘Thieves’ was nice yesterday, Pete)—Wendell Berry at the Orpheum.—Dobie loves Suki. Suki is indifferent. Rufus is confused.—Needs Tamari to make Wheatberry Salad. Who’s got a bottle wasting away in their fridge?—Wow! Wheatberries get a lot bigger when you boil them. That’s the opposite of what happens with Crunchberries…—Ah, wheatberries and soy sauce! I don’t even need the rest of the ingredients! I’m yours!—Good night Moon!—Wish me luck.—Interview went well. They *should* hire me (IMHO).—Good and tired.—Salad turns me on. (especially Wheatberry salad)—Are knitters thin because they knit, or do thin people knit because they’re cold? Or… [your theory here]—I Cant Read Kant.—I think that GI-JOE Rise of Cobra has put me in a better frame of mind to read Kant’s Prolegomena, and Metaphysical foundations of natural science than coffee did this morning…—Prolegomena my eggo.—Muzzle for Dobie.—Excited to be invited to the Design Literacy Retreat at the Philip Johnson Glass House on Nov 2. Less excited about early morning flight the day after Halloween…—A fine end to an interesting day!—A bad start to Friday.—Yay! Sewing Machine is fixed! Bunny hood work resumes soon!—Did I hear someone say “martini”?—This wire sucks. Need more pipe cleaners or my ears will flop too much.—I don’t remember any clones in rhe book version of Goonight Moon, but movie was out of this world!—Needs coffee. Anyone in the area got an extra cup o joe?—Yay! for a beautiful Autumn day!—Garage clean, lawn mowed, laundry 1/2 done. Lunch, then room. Go coffee, go!—Still a fan of wheatberry salad, but will not cook up quite so much next time…—Registration forms. I am not enjoying coming up with a “Brief Narrative Biography of Speaker” today.—Rufus can’t find a tennis ball at Quann.—Rufus can’t find a tennis ball at Quann.—Feels like Autumn.—dislikes insomnia.—Insomnia. Throat tickle at 1am. Lump at 3am (preemptive Zicam-ing). Sore throat at 7am. This should be a fun day.—Ok, time to turn in the dissertation.—What a gorgeous day!—High Tech Happy Hour at the Brink. Join me!—Yay! I got a parking ticket! I’ve been meaning to make another donation to the city. This is a handy reminder.—Loves thick socks on cold rainy days.—Mmmmm… oatmeal…—Wet bike ride in. My Danskos leak. And I need a new rain shell. My rain pants are lovely tho.—Tabletops all screwed down. Coat rack is next while I have the drill here.—Brocah is good.—Full of Snark.—Zombie Lurch at Capitol. 2pm. Be there or be lunch!—Join me for a pitcher of brains on the Terrace!—I’m gonna wash that blood right outta my hair!—Still spitting up blood (and bits of brain. It was a fine Zombie Lurch!)—Didn’t know you long enough Craig.—I think I’d enjoy Ultimate.—Who’s got a good feel for the best happy hours in Madison? Esp. for Mondays? (not that I need a drink, but merely that I’m planning ahead)—feeling grumpy.—Getting happier at the Vintage.—very good at faking it.—Wacky.—curds.—Yay! Google Voice! (I was just sayin’ how I’ve been waiting for an invite, and *presto!* three hours later I have one!)—My feed intel informs me that a sports thing is happening. Go Pack! Sink it! Strike em out! The goalie is a sieve!—I need those things that keep feet dry.—ActionScript! A CodeMonkey I am.—Sad, Drunk, and Lonely Hour.—Sewing on belly.—Google voicemail transcription emails are very fun to retranslate!—A nice party.—Need academically sexy ideas.—A quick good place to get business cards today is _______________ ?—Moving slowly today… New business cards (self) printed, now need a good mat cutter. And have to pack for the Design Literacy Retreat.—”Ridiculously Sexy” party, then Nightmare on Emerald St. Then fly to NYC. Should be an interesting next 24 hours.

November

Satiated. Bunny at rest.—Good morning Ghouls!—I love trains.—New Canann, CT is beautiful at night. Can’t wait to see it in the a.m.—Design Literacy Retreat at Philip Johnson Glass House should be fun!—Omg!! Lovely talk by Lali Bosch on amazing architectual Ed site: http://anycerda.org/web/—Dobbs Ferry is a cite little burb.—Nyc for the day. Ideas? (samurais at the met, then?)—Ah MOMA, you’re so spirally!—Oops. Ah Gug, you’re so spirally.—The Cooper-Hewitt is my all-time favoritest-ever museum! I love love love it! Always leave it reluctantly and inspired!—#VoteNoOn1 Maine, Maine, Maine — wtf?This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—I still love 47% of your voters yesterday Maine. The other 53% of yesterday’s voters I’m a bit sad about.—Dogsitting is pretty entertaining.—YAY-ERA! Now I have another paper to rewrite.—RT @MadisonSantacon: Santacon is coming back to Madison!—Yay for Wisconsin Regional Transit! http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_po litics/article_07af8d68-ca94-11de-ac84-001cc4c002e 0.html—MacHeist nanoBundle for free: http://www.hurl.ws/7zfh—Is a karmic poop picker-upper at the dogpark. If I can’t find the poop I’m looking for, I pick up two other neglected piles.—Terrace for a pint, then “Solitary Life of Cranes” at 3:45. and “The Cove” at 7pm. Who wants to join me!? (Come!)—Is giving up cannibalism, human sacrifice, and soy for Lent.—I <3 the inanity of Facebook!—needs a new thingy of deodorant. Suggestions?—A Pride of Lions. A Den of Snakes. A ______ of Santas? RT MadisonSantacon—Needs Creative Commons licensing advice for dissertation. Anyone know anyone who’s done this? At UW-Madison?—looking for ProQuest vs. Creative Commons discussion re. dissertation filing — stories?This status contains special characters. It won’t display properly in the collage.—Santa Bunny, I’m planning out a costume for you. It’s true. Thinking of the things I can do. Woo-hoo. I’m hopping for some new ideas too…—New and Improved! (Same Great Taste!)—Thanksgiving?—”Hi John. I just wanted to let you know your background check has been completed and has come back fine.”—Cap and Gown ordered. Final copy of Dissertation printed. Awaiting one signature, and I’m ready to file. Must be November.—Signature obtained. Papers bundled and double-checked by impartial observer. Final Check appointment made for Thursday 10:45am (tomorrow).—Grr… lowercase Roman numeral pages. I curse thee.—Done and Done.—Today should be National “I blame Obama” day, and if you don’t agree you should blame Obama. Why are you like that?—I just spray-painted a suitcoat for SantaCon (Dec. 5th!). I figured it’s cheaper/faster than making one, and I couldn’t find a red one the right size at Savers. I hope it works and is worth the wooziness the fumes are inflicting…—Turning women’s boots into santa’s spats isn’t working.—Chris says the fumes are thick in here. I blame Obama.—Somewhat slow moving.—Happy about new and improved FB iPhone app.—A nap before Quarantine.—I’m stinky.—Hard hard bike ride this morning. Must dance more…—Another beautiful day in Madison. So tire—Fairly pleased.—All told, a good day.—Loves the folks who are helping to find an apartment for Rufus and me. Many many thanks! Keep ‘em coming! :-)—Wow! It’s lovely out at the park with Rufus!—Found a sweet place Jan-Mar. But Rufus and I will need a place starting in April (if ya hear of anything nice…)—Who wants to come over and help me organize my room? It’ll be epic!—Santa needs elves and reindeer too: Madison SantaCon (12/5). http://www.hurl.ws/8oqw—I (and my likeness) do not endorse FB ads. Settings => Privacy Settings=> News Feed and Wall => Facebook Ads => Choose “No one” => Save changes.—Silly rabbit.—Cheese and pickle sandwich for breakfast. God bless the cheese drawer for providing this bounty!—Lovely.—Happy Thanksplumbing Day!—Rocketman!—Good night moon.—Yay family!—Ah, weekends.—What’s the best (visibility & durability) way to mark sockets and wrenches? As I apply nail polish, I’m thinking “Next time…” but not getting the rest of the sentence competed.—Merry Monday to all!

December

First day of work. Love Apple’s Magic Mouse and 24″ studio display. Forgot coffee mug…—Not fired yet.—SantaCon is coming to town!!!—Must wine a bit. Maybe for a glass or two…—still not fired, but it was close…—shoulda tuned my ice-bike instead of my fendered-fixed last night…—Left keys at home. Stuck at work.—SantaCon!!!!!! Mickey’s at 6!—HoHoHo!!—Mickeys for SantaCon!!—Santa is at Brothers on Universty!! SantaCon!!—Reindeer games in front of the Pub 8:30pm—Santa is headed to the Essen haus via the Majestic.—Santa is at the Essen Haus! SantaCon—Santa I’d fuinf to Olan B—Santa. Plan B.—Good night Santa. Sweet dreams n such….—An empty shivering shell of a SantaBunny…—Loves being awake and at the dogpark before 7, but hates the waking up part of getting there. .—I miss not missing the daily news that was part of a constant-on-FB lifestyle…—212 studs gonna keep me safe on the ice.—Benefits 101 is sort of a waste of time.—Google Chrome supports favicons in bookmark bar! Thus, it’s already my favorite browser!—Sledding at Olbrich!!!—Good day to test out winter bike skillz!!!—This is just like that movie “the Day After Tomorrow”… Kind of…—This is like, um… that movie with the snow…—Who wants to bring me coffee!? (with a spot of whiskey, please!)—Fire, Cocoa, Irish Cream, Dogs, Friends (some….)—-23F windchill. This will take my thickest biking gloves….—’s bike got hit by an SUV on Park st. today. Jerkwad driver dude.—7 squirrel tosses in the subzero backyard and Rufus is done.—Off to Magnus Brunch.—Boggis, Bunt, and Bean.—Pickle and cheese sandwiches are better with pickles, but still okay when the cheese is Muenster.—Oracle calendar sucks poop.—Rufus says 13F is better than 3F.—I’ve changed my mind. I *do* like Highland Park 12 year Scotch.—gonna need nap!—Home at last.—Happily Christmastised.—Is there a back channel for this conference? @scd—And done graduated. With @scd.—And to you Dr. @scd PhD!!—What RT @scd said!: Huge props to @littlestjew for walking with me! Thanks, Erica!—Graduatin’ ceremony done. Gettin ready for Joe’s!—Well, that was a fine weekend. A very fine weekend!—A beautiful, balmy winter morning in Madison, WI. Happy Solstice!—Someone left 3 dozen tennis balls at the dog park! Happy Solstice, Rufus!!!—Has 500 more biz cards than ordered, and prolly 900 more than needed. Hello fishbowl free meal drawings! I’m gonna get’cha!!—need fancy business card holder from thrift store…—I like Mushroom Men: Spore Wars for the Wii. It’s true.—Is it just me, or does it feel lighter out?—South Madison brownouts. Fun!—Power still out. Candles holding steady. Guitar wearing fingers down tho. No fire in place yet.—And it’s back! 1 hour 40 min out.—Tomorrow night, Madison. Hook me up with some good music and cheer.—China owns Volvo. Huh…—Ok, I can embed Facebook into the Learn2UW (Desire2Learn) frame, but how do I create a Widget that has a web app in it? (did the youtube video; want toolier examples).—setting up “mobile” Twitter Widget in a #D2L course page. Not sure why yet…—Does shoveling out a maze in the backyard for the dogs count towards my community service hours?—These tortillas are too fragile, like me.—Foiled from celebrating a friend’s birthday, by freezing rain, John turns to YouTube and the 17 segments of “Free to Be, You and Me” (thanks Charity Grant!). Warm and fuzzy (and scotch) inside!—Who wants to go Xmas shopping with me? It won’t be fun, but I’ll buy you lunch for your support….—Hates the retail experience.—This is some tasty Potato Soup!—Loves his new Keen San Antonio boots in this slush! http://www.hurl.ws/a69a—Love SomaFM. http://www.hurl.ws/a719—Come over for Wii. Currently Mushroom Men: Spore Wars…—hates retail—Lovely visit with my fabulous family. Yay!—Woke up to a flat bike tire this morning. Borrowed roommate’s ride… (Thanks Chris!)—who knows about receiving payment via PayPal? (and can step me through it)—Best Xmas ever!—Lights and power are flickering a lot lately. Why? It’s getting annoying…—House semi-clean, and dishes done in case Chris and Suzanne get home today…—Sure could use a grody comfy sweatshirt right about now…—Orange glowiness.—is bored with his shampoo.—Needs boxes. Moving out of 2002.—Raving Rabbids.