This guy's work is pretty cool... fellow 2010 graduate from across the country!
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Graduation with the president. Can't believe I dozed off during his speech.
With graduation in three days, I'll admit that I've really enjoyed my last year of college. It's been an awesome year of learning and growing. To close out my undergraduate years, I post my last term paper as a tribute to sum up my experience. This paper is actually quite meaningful to me, not for all the work I put into it, but because the relevance of the subject cannot be understated in my life.
Always a Michigan Wolverine, GO BLUE!
Coke at it again.
Coke Quest from Paranoid US on Vimeo.
First successful freelance work! Yay! You can check out these student start-up companies at http://www.socialventurecreation.com/
Congrats to Get Fresh Detroit, it was a joy working with you guys!
Also a big thanks to Moses Lee for the opportunity.
Connection
The Gospel according to Matthew reads:
"The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham."
I cannot imagine life in a vaccum. How depressing would it be if live was meant to be lived alone. Life is really meaningful because of other lives isn't it? The relationships, the communication, the laughter, joy, togetherness, gchat, email, prayers, the connections. That's the good stuff. That's the essence of the Gospel, restoring relationships. Rebuilding those bridges. Being found. Being loved. Being complete.
Here's some examples I want to share. Enjoy. (credit to Joanne and Keran, awesome photographers)
Sibby Art
I finally did it. What I should have done months ago.
My portfolio is up. woohooo! www.sungbumpark.com
Time to get me a job. Time to sell myself to the world.
In other news, not all 3 credit classes are equal. Some are as easy as snapping a twig.
Others are atrocious monsters that devour your weekend and spit you out when the weekday starts, all chewed up and a wreck.
Ugh why did I choose this class.
You know when your broke when the best things you look forward to is the next free meal of the week. Tomorrows got me all excited now.
Breakfast: Asiago cheese bagel tomorrow morning at 8:15 at the Alumni center
Lunch: Work, bring on the bibimbop
Dinner: Pizza and soda at 6 at the Alumni center networking session
I learned in my persuasion class that the average person can only keep attentive to seven things at any given moment.
1. Why am I blogging at this hour
2. I'm thirsty
3. Is my hair dry yet
4. My butts numb again
5. Econ 482 exam
6. Crap I need to study
7. Wow... finally.
Let's be frank
Especially when it comes to matters of opinion, why say regrettable things? Is it really necessary? is it worth it to expose yourself to artillery fire just cuz you dropped your water canteen in the middle of the field? Just don't do it.
Here's my point. Let me make it as crystal clear as possible.
I like Macs. Lots of people like Macs. Lots of people buy Macs and they like it and they buy lots of other Apple products. Clearly, people who hate on Macs are not convincing anyone I know. They are not convincing anyone because lots of people like Macs and they want Apple products and nothing Mac bashers say is convincing anyone. Macs are not inferior to PCs because it depends on what specifically is being referred to as inferior. I guess we could compare every PC part with every equivalent Mac part and somehow tally the points but let's be frank. No one buys a computer with a tally total of which computer has the most winning parts. It's the experience that makes people like Macs and lots of people who have experienced a Mac like it so stop flaunting your virus-infested Windows OS. Everyone's used it and many people don't like it.
People don't like change but some changes are worth it. When people are afraid of change, they criticize it and spill all sorts of opinion and rumors they can because they don't like what is new and different. That is why Mac bashers are the loudest critics. To make my case, I do not know of any Mac user who bashes PCs as passionately as Mac critics. The children who kick and scream the loudest just cannot seem to get enough attention for themselves.
Stop hating on Macs, just let people use what they like.
Gull Lake
Gull Lake is the retreat site of choice: beautiful lake (frozen ice-fishing style), comfty beds (queen size for my fat body), buffet food (made me gaseous), and GA (a rag-tag group of asians who would eat each other if not for Jesus).
It's been a while since I've been at a fulfilling retreat that doesn't leave you passed out from exhaustion. It's also been a while since I've been at a fulfilling retreat that leaves me feeling glad I did go because it was worth it. This retreat was worth it. I have five homeworks about to bury me alive, horrendous amount of class readings that haunt me in my sleep, the month of february makes me weak in my knees just thinking about it. And let me repeat what I just wrote, this retreat was worth it.
Gull Lake has been a magical place over the years, unforgettable and a spiritual birthplace for many. It never loses it's special touch and there is no question who does it. Jesus does not make bad people good, he makes dead people live. He makes dead people live. Ravi Zacharia spoke those words some time ago and I never came around to forgetting it. Jesus raises people, what a crazy thought. What a crazy truth.
I'm so bad with remember people's faces it's getting embarrassing. I have got to start listening to people when they introduce themselves, at the very least I got to get their names down. I'm scared my brain can't hold as many faces in memory these days as my cellphone can hold phone numbers. Maybe I'm getting the onset of short-term memory loss, freaky. C'mon neurons, do your job.
For the next two weeks, meat is a no-no. I could try a no-no with solid food but I'd faint and I would be a no-go, and school will become a uh-oh. Fasting just is not a strength of mine and I am not quite in a position to find the limits to that strength. So to all the cows, porks, chickens, crabs, shrimps, fishes, squids, whales, pandas out there, I'm keeping an eye on you. Don't get too comfortable, I'll eat to extinction soon enough.
Teeth
So today I went to the dentist and my dentist told me I have beautiful teeth and it made me quite happy. Plus, I love getting free stuff like toothbrushes and travel size toothpaste just in time for the retreat tomorrow. Woohoo!
Of all my time in school, hands down this semester I have the coolest professors ever. My Econ 482 professor is the funniest lecturer I have ever had. He's one geeky man but he can pull off some clever jokes. Although admittedly, the class material has gotten really dense, really fast.
I had my first discussion section for a polsci class and I wasn't sure if my GSI was a guy or a girl. Later on, with introductions and all the first class business as usual, I can confirm that he is a guy, and he is gay. My first non-heterosexual instructor ever in academia. Definitely a cool guy, should be one fun semester.
This semester is starting off with lots of firsts and quirks. However, going back to 8am wake-up call was never intended, never thought I'd go back to a class schedule this early since high school. I just might have to get a newer, louder, bigger, alarm clock to survive this semester but I'm broke so my cell phone will have to do for now. Chase Visa card might finally extract an interest fee off of me, what a sad month. Woe to you Chase bank Woe to you.
