M. E. Bluhm :: Old Weblog

2002-08-03T13:25:00.000-05:00

I NO LONGER USE THIS WEBLOG!

Please visit my new one at: meganderings
My professional site is here: www.megalo-media.com

THANKS!
(up-to-date as of 3/23/2007)

2002-07-17T18:45:00.000-05:00

How do you like the gnu look?
Go team HTML! I'm quite proud of my novice self :)

2002-07-17T15:27:00.000-05:00

If anyone who reads this will go with me to see Beth Orton @ The Vic in Chicago on 8/6
I would luv them forever. And if you don't want me to do that, I won't...but, I'll buy you a beer at the show!
I swear.

megan@megalo-media.com

2002-07-17T15:00:00.000-05:00

I too, like Amy, did Henk's google game...
You put your first and middle name (between quotation marks) into Google and see what you get.
Mostly, there was A LOT of high school grad lists, genealogy, missing children (?!), and babies...but there was also the following:

• Megan Elizabeth: 1999 Maryland Teen
• Megan Elizabeth: Neptune Festival Princess!
• Megan Elizabeth: really enjoys traditional Celtic-type music.
• Megan Elizabeth: doesn’t draw for any deep, meaningful reason, really. I draw because a) I enjoy it and b) I'm determined I'm GOING to get good at it even if it kills her in the process.
• Megan Elizabeth: doesn’t do much 'furry' art.
• Megan Elizabeth: Art is her passion. She has been drawing her whole life
• My name is Megan I am 11 years old. I have a cat. His name is Rocky. He does lots of funny things. He does backward somersaults. He watches Lassie.
• Megan Elizabeth is: a member of the Pioneer Aggie Rodeo Team. She won saddle for Gulf Coast Barrel Racing Assoc.
• Hi my name is Megan Elizabeth. I currently hold 2002 Luau Beauties Mini National 0-12 month Queen and 2002 Cover Miss in Columbia 0-12 month Queen and Best Dress.
• Megan Elizabeth has contributed over 900 hours of community service.
• Megan Elizabeth's Bedroom: This fully redecorated room has a large, beautiful floor poster bed. Two overstuffed chairs make relaxing easy as you overlook the entry garden beds. Awake to birds singing and the smell of breakfast.
• Megan Elizabeth has an obsession with peppermint patties.
• Megan Elizabeth is proficient in French, conversational Spanish, introductory Arabic
• Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows: star of “Anne of Green Gables” (one of my favorite movies of all time!)
• Megan Elizabeth (B. Brown '91): A ruffled purple violet. Blooms early to late season.

Who knew I was an iris??

I also found the most amazing list of variations on the spelling of my name. Look at that here.

2002-07-16T22:06:00.000-05:00

I guess this means I now live somewhere near Rochester, Minnesota - who knew?

2002-07-16T10:33:00.000-05:00

Yes...as the days role by, I am more and more obsessed with online tests.
Sorry to anyone who gets annoyed with reading them....but I like 'em.
Blogger has been flaky for about the last 1/2 week , or so...
Don't be surprised at sparse postings until they get their act together,
but, it IS free, so I really can't complain.

Hey! Wonder what's next on the agenda for me? (probably not)
I'm going to THIS
at the end of the month. I've never been to Texas.

2002-07-15T20:10:00.000-05:00

I am 60% Tortured Artist

Take the Tortured Artist Test at fuali.com

2002-07-12T12:44:00.000-05:00

I am 68% Emo

This is for Katie York - who likes to pat me on the head and
say "Hey there, emo girl"

2002-07-11T13:16:00.000-05:00

Ok...something is strangely reassuring about knowing that not
even the WHITE HOUSE knows your new address.

And that they apparently use a typewriter, as well.

2002-07-11T13:02:00.000-05:00

Oh no...
it's that time again:
when megan is hearing TONS of great music and is feeling
the compulsion to SHOP.

have i mentioned my JOY at the release of the new
beth orton
disc on the 30th of July??
well there, i did.

2002-07-11T00:05:00.000-05:00

Simone Legno

this girl is abso-fuchin-lutely amazing...
i've been dually inspired...

2002-07-09T14:30:00.000-05:00

I'm back from Bloomington. A nice little vacation with my sisters.
Lots of explosives (fireworks) and flicks:

From Hell
Black Hawk Down
Memento
Enemy at the Gates
Serendipity
Session 9

All excellent. Back to work time has arrived again.
Also, for another EXCELLENT flick that I'd seen before and was SOSOSOSOSOSOOOOO happy to see again:
Quills
(not for everyone - definetly for me)

A little fact I learned from the above link for Quills: the word sadist is derived from
the Marquis de SADE. No wonder. ;)

Almost forgot!
Kate, Erin, and I saw Lilo & Stitch on Sunday.
Never a cuter pair of characters has been wrought by Disney. I still think they're evil, but, whatever...
:)

Thank god it's a little cooler here. What a total non-sequetor.

2002-07-03T16:19:00.000-05:00

SOMEONE IN THE WILDERNESS OF COSTAL ECUADOR LOVES YOU!! (Hint: It´s not a llama or an alpaca...they don´t have them out here!)

2002-07-03T13:47:00.000-05:00

I bought a filing cabinet.
Now the question becomes: will I use it?

2002-07-02T15:49:00.000-05:00

If you've recovered from my late-nite picture post (see below) - then maybe it's
time that you visited my portfolio website (link is in orange in the left hand margin)...
I did a major revamp last nite (hence, the late night)

Also in the left margin at the bottom is my REM picture of the week!

Enjoy and let me know what you think!

I have a new email address just for that purpose:
megan@megalo-media.com

2002-07-02T02:00:00.000-05:00

2002-07-01T15:24:00.000-05:00

Could it be any hotter here!!?!?!?!???!?!?
Good lord.

2002-06-30T10:22:00.000-05:00

Da Friday Five:
a day late...

1. ...sent a handwritten letter? Just this last week to my friend Ann in Baltimore. I miss her.

2. ...baked something from scratch or made something by hand? For a party @ Ann's after our Graduate Exhibition opening in May. It was parsnip cakes.

3. ...camped in a tent? Never have...eva.

4. ...volunteered your time to church, school, or community? I worked at a Wine Tasting @ Hopkins last fall.

5. ...helped a stranger? I used to give directions all the time in Baltimore. St. Paul St. was imfamous for people in cars stopping and asking where Penn Station is.

2002-06-30T09:45:00.000-05:00

I HAVE COMMENTS NOW!....
Uhhh...no I don't. It's conflicting with the NetBasic code.
Hmmmm...I'll figure it out eventually.

2002-06-29T23:19:00.000-05:00

Your hostess.

2002-06-29T18:56:00.000-05:00

These are going on my b-day wishlist.

2002-06-29T18:42:00.000-05:00

I'm addicted to emode.com

Its kinda shameful to be so interested in taking personality tests about myself....
but, it's fun.
I mean, who knew I was a German Shepard, that my Super-Power is Time Travel and that my IQ is 131?
Not me.

2002-06-27T21:01:00.000-05:00

Rest in Peace, John Entwhistle.

:(((

2002-06-27T00:10:00.000-05:00

2002-06-26T17:42:00.000-05:00

Hi-ho!!
I'm back in In-di-an-er.
The move went smoooothly and now I must bid farewell to my dear
husband for 6 weeks tomorrow :(

Think I got another greelance gig too!

2002-06-23T11:12:00.000-05:00

AUFWIEDERSEHEN!
I will be away from this for what I HOPE will be just briefly until I can get service
after I move back to Chicagoland. You can still email me, if there's anything at:
redstipe@hotmail.com

I will miss Baltimore and my friends here tremendously.
I am moving back with great joy, however, to see my old friends again.

Take care ya'll.
:)

2002-06-21T12:45:00.000-05:00

Da Friday Five:

#1 Do you live in a house, an apartment or a condo? A one-bedroom apartment.

#2 Do you rent or own? Rent.

3. Does anyone else live with you? The husband, the art, the REM memorabilia.

4. How many times have you moved in your life? 5...I think. (1 with the fam...and 4 on my own)

5. What are your plans for this weekend? Finish packing, comment on how we can't believe we're moving and how we can't believe that this was the "friday five"...of all weeks!

2002-06-19T14:17:00.000-05:00

NEWSFLASH: EARTHQUAKE ROCKS SOUTHERN INDIANA HARDER THAN JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP.

IN OTHER NEWS: HUSBAND HEADS TO ECUADOR WHILE WIFE SCHEMES TO GET HANDS ON 403(B) MONEY

2002-06-19T13:02:00.000-05:00

This will blow your mind:

earthquakes

I never knew this many earthquakes are happening all the time.
Ahhh...the wonder that is nature.

2002-06-19T12:50:00.000-05:00

Almost ready to move!
Physically.....
Mentally? Almost. :)

Who's on the Illinois Century Network that is reading this? Hmmmm?
I'm curious :)

Probably a potential employer who now thinks I'm an idiot.
Or not :)

2002-06-17T08:20:00.000-05:00

Hopefully my imood is working below left. I got one a long time ago,
but, never used it because I didn't have a clue about HTML.
I'm learning.
T (minus) 7 days until the BIG MOVE!
So much to do!

2002-06-14T14:14:00.000-05:00

I love doing freelance work.
Wanna do more FOREVER.
Maybe a mix of that and PhD stuff.
Who knows? I'm up for anything!

Dave just got innoculated for: Hepatitis A, Thyphoid Fever, Yellow Fever, and Malaria.
Ugh! I don't envy him.

I spent yesterday seeing the home of my gggggg grandfather here in MD! TOO COOL.
Email me, or something? (redstipe@hotmail.com)

2002-06-12T08:13:00.000-05:00

It's been awhile...sorry.
Gettin' ready for the big move back to corn country! Yeah!
The freelance is going rather well....and I'm still job hunting.
Persistance will pay off...
Persistance will pay off...
Persistance will pay off...
Persistance will pay off...

Bye bye to Dave in 16 days!
:( for me
:)) for him

Still thinking about the PhD though.

2002-05-31T18:13:00.000-05:00

Screw getting a job...
how about a PhD?

2002-05-29T16:05:00.000-05:00

So it is decided...we are moving back home at the end-o-June.
Gotta follow my intuition and it's saying "home!"
I know this is an unpopular decision among most, but, as I seem to have
made a lot of those kinds of decisions in the past (and look at me now!) ....
I don't think anyone should worry TOO much.

Maybe I'll just go and get my PhD....how'boutthat?

2002-05-26T14:17:00.000-05:00

Everyone left today....
**sniff**
And the job hunt goes on.
But, I am now an M.A.,
I'm an M.A. in a funk.
I really don't know what to do now that school's over and everything
is so up in the air. More than it's ever been.
Also, no decision seems like the best one, so, I can't seem to make one.
Why can't some of the people I've sent resumes to call me and say
"Come work for us!" so I can decide what to do.
I know, dream on.
I guess that's what I'll so for awhile.
Hope everyone is well.

2002-05-21T11:36:00.000-05:00

Everyone arrives tomorrow....
So, technically, this is the very last studio day here at Hopkins.
I hope no one minds my constant ramblings about how fast the years have flown by.
I was using my curling iron this morning and realized that I ran out and bought it to do up my hair
for the opening of my undergrad show. I remember standing in Amy's bathroom....

Ah what a continuum life is...

2002-05-20T13:10:00.000-05:00

Ok, it's not Friday for the Friday Five, but, I'll do it anyway.
Last Friday was a bit busy for me since it was the Show Opening...which went amazingly well!!
And I saw Star Wars: Episode II on Saturday... (visually unbelieveable)
And Kim & Scott were in town...
And I graduate on Thursday of THIS WEEK...
Anyway:

1. What shampoo do you use?
I used to be a Pantene junkie...now it's Aussie Color Mate. It's great! (So far)

2. Do you use conditioner? What kind?
Same as above.... I'd have a wire-y red topiary bush on my head if not.

3. When was the last time you got your hair cut?
Dave and I cut it some time during thesis...maybe early March? It needs it baaaad.

4. What styling products do you use?
Just a Redken spray gel.

5. What's your worst hair-related experience?
My $100 perm in high school. NEVER get your hair permed in Indiana.

2002-05-14T15:19:00.000-05:00

Ugh. Pathology exam tomorrow. My last test forever, which is a nice way to look at it.
Of course, the converse, that this test could screw me if I fail, is also another way to see it.
I think the latter is a bunch-o-hooey. Pretty much.

I've been spending my nights studying stuff like this:
not for the faint of heart

Aren't the last two weeks before graduation supposed to be an "easy" time to reflect and absorb time with your classmates before you all move on??
Oh well. :)

Found two more job listings that I applied for! Both in CHi-town...yeah!

2002-05-07T10:50:00.000-05:00

Poor Seattle Slew. What an amazing horse. WE NEED A TRIPLE CROWN WINNER!

But besides that...my Hopkins webpage is looking better these days. I used tables to fix the shifting text problem in Dreamweaver.

If any of the new contacts I've made in Chicago and Indiana read this: THANK YOU!
They've all been so helpful and encouraging in helping me find work!
Fingers crossed!

The show gets hung on Friday!
Go team!

2002-05-02T13:05:00.000-05:00

Wow. Two weeks until our show opens.
Get details here: Medart Graduate Exhibition
I got a call from the Smithsonian to do a pen & ink job!
YAY! Come on work...come on!

2002-04-29T09:13:00.000-05:00

Back again.
The job search lingers on (I have no pale blue eyes, however)....
The new flash portfolio is almost done.
I will be taking down (?) my other site for this one. Or registering a URL, etc. and doing it that way.
Either way, I hope the few and far between that read this will enjoy it.

2002-04-25T17:54:00.000-05:00

Oh man, I suck...I almost forgot I had this page...and, because of this, no one is visiting anymore, I suppose.
HOWEVER, I'll tell you that the speech went very well and I'm being encouraged to publish my thesis. Intimidation!

I finished designing the Graduate Exhibition poster today and am hard at work revamping my CD portfolio mailer. I'll post it on the web soon. It took me two days, but, I figured out how to Actionscript a "magnifying glass" over my artwork in the portfolio so people can get a closer view! I'm so proud of myself. I have Flashkit.com and Stickman.com

Three cheers for them.

I did fair on the Pathology exam, by the way. I hate when I get worked up a little and get slapped back down to reality.

Less than a MONTH until graduation.
Woah.

2002-04-15T13:35:00.000-05:00

I SWEAR that I'll fix my MEDART homepage soon!
I know it makes me look like an HTML idiot.
I can't remove it on my own, so, that's on the TO DO list.

2002-04-15T13:31:00.000-05:00

Boy...I sank way into the depths of "under the weather" for that whole week!
MAN I was sick. Ugh.
The tattoo is almost healed, I am happy to report.
Not many prospects on the job front just yet...although, there is ONE that I'm particularly
interested in...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! :)

Anyhoo-
Getting ready to present my thesis to an auditorium full of people on Friday.

Gulp.

Think I did really well on my Pathology exam this morning as well. We'll see...
don't want to get too excited! So, all in all, the week's off to a fair beginning!

2002-04-09T08:41:00.000-05:00

I'm feeling under the weather...
BUT, last night I acquired a new tattoo from here
(the guy in the front in the black shirt was my tattoo-er)
Whatta bunch of great guys!
Four stars!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY #21 ERIN!!!!!!!

2002-04-04T17:39:00.000-06:00

I can't believe it's almost been a year since I did
this

Ah...the fleeting fame that is Medical Illustration.

2002-04-04T17:22:00.000-06:00

Here I am agaaaaaaain.
They've put up my dinky page (it has one piece-o-art and my resume)
on the MedArt homepage
at Hopkins....it's linked to my portfolio page.
So now you have 57 ways to get to it.
Aren't you lucky?

2002-04-04T12:35:00.000-06:00

Oh, pity me.
I BOOOOOOOMMMMMMBED my preliminary presentation today for thesis.
No sleep = loony = confused = weeping.

Oh, SO, not pretty.

i will survive.

2002-04-02T16:32:00.000-06:00

Three posts in ONE DAY! It's all so shocking!
Anyhoo...most of you know this, but, I
updated my webportfolio today...
Check out the "For Potential Employers" part...that's the big addition.
Leave me a message in the Guestbook with any suggestions....or do this poll:

An artist needs feedback, you know.
:)

2002-04-02T07:54:00.000-06:00

I have a new friend, Gina Mikel, a SAIC alum and Scientific Illustrator...
She has a wonderful site of her work, as well as, links to other illustrators' websites and education about the profession.
Check out this page for two fabulous arteests!

(Ok, it's Peggy Macnamara and yours truly!)
Yah!

2002-04-02T07:43:00.000-06:00

Ok....some eating crow is in store for me today.
I was boasting about how I was sure Indiana would win last night.
I know...I know.
It's not my school anyway. But, I DID want them to win.
Personally, I think the whole game sucked. Both teams were sloppy and tight. Esp. Maryland.
Whatever....I get caught up in this fever when it's an Indiana team and then ignore college sports for
the rest of the year. I should be ashamed! :)

BUT, on a note about something I DO care a lot about and am a huge fan...
My Cubs lost their season opener :(
Oh well, it's a long season, isn't it.

What's it with me and underdogs????

2002-03-29T14:03:00.000-06:00

as of noon today:

I'M DONE WITH THESIS!!!

2002-03-28T20:00:00.000-06:00

OOH OOH OOH!
ONLY TWO MORE DRAWINGS AND ITS ALL DOOOOOONE!!

TOTAL LENGTH: 57 pgs
# OF ILLUSTRATIONS: 22
# OF SOURCES IN MY BIBLIOGRAPHY : 52
# OF DIET COKES CONSUMED SINCE THE PROCESS BEGAN: 28,546

2002-03-25T18:51:00.000-06:00

I've been getting a lot of visitors that I don't think I know.
Which is cool. I just wanted to mention to check out my
PORTFOLIO . It's better than listening to me rambling on here.
:)

< 2 months until graduation

where has the time gone?

2002-03-22T15:34:00.000-06:00

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just got the a-okay from my preceptor on my content!!
I'm in the home streeeeeeeeeeeeetch.
What an amazing feeling.
I never thought I'd get through this....really....never.
Off to see/hear Picture at the Exhibition by Mussorgsky with the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra tonight! My favourite classical piece.
This was my V-day gift :)

2002-03-21T18:22:00.000-06:00

Today has been the weirdest day that I've had in a LONG ASS time.
Some of you know why.

2002-03-19T16:32:00.000-06:00

(I tried to post this yesterday, but, blogger was funky....)
I'm back...with only a week and a few odd days to go until my thesis is due...
It's 45 pages long thus far... my preceptor sais I was a really good writer :)
Yeah...
Bought the following wunderbar CDs, however:
(NOT A DUD IN THE BUNCH, I SAY)

System of a Down - Toxicity
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead - Codes & Source Tags
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Kate Bush - The Whole Story

I think the kid behind the counter thought I was on crack.

2002-03-13T09:14:00.000-06:00

oh joy...
i get to find out if my thesis text is a piece of crap.
i just love these kinds of days...

2002-03-11T16:40:00.000-06:00

oh, this is about to be a classic...
about as good as herding cats...
LEGO MONTY PYTHON

2002-03-02T11:07:00.000-06:00

this one goes out to amy...
Help SpongeBob

2002-02-23T08:02:00.000-06:00

ALL HAIL CHUCK JONES
we'll miss you!
:(

2002-02-21T09:33:00.000-06:00

okay, i'm insane.
i stayed here last night and finished a prototype
for my portfolio-mailer.
i guess i shouldn't announce this until i can
show it...i'll get some photos and put it on my portfolio site
(upper left link)...with maybe an order form.
now about thesis...

2002-02-20T17:00:00.000-06:00

spent the day at the library up at the other
Hopkins campus.
it smells really nice on the science & engineering floor...
kinda humid with that old book smell.
can't beat that.
i'm doing this because i'm printing and have nothing better to do.

2002-02-19T17:59:00.000-06:00

cool kitty

2002-02-19T14:45:00.000-06:00

just finished my new CD portfolio for the job hunt.
my eyes are very bloodshot.
thesis is making me FREAK OUT.
I'm hungry.

2002-02-15T14:29:00.000-06:00

now i hate Bush even more
somebody stop that man....NOW!!!!!!!

2002-02-12T17:19:00.000-06:00

mostly i'm posting this so i remember it...
but the illustration is damn cool and i love
voo-doo type figure yourself out stuff...so...
so should you

2002-02-09T14:39:00.000-06:00

i don't want to mirror amy's site...
but i must spread luv for:
naughtysecretaryclub.com
check out girl friday fashions...i think someone should get a fuzzy kitty purse...
and i don't mean dave.

2002-02-07T10:16:00.000-06:00

Two things: check out #45 and thank the world for my home state and ain't #13 creepy?
I'm realizing that I never really was unhappy about being from Indiana and now, I'm pretty proud of it.

1. After all, Swayzee, Indiana is truly the only Swayzee in the World.
2. Tomato juice was first served at a French Lick Hotel in 1925. (French Lick, Indiana)
3. The world's largest orchid species collection is found at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where David Letterman attended.
4. The first regulated speed limit on Indiana roads was initiated in 1921. 25 mph!! Just Cruising!
5. An average of 400 funnel clouds are sighted each year in Indiana.
6. The city of Gary, Indiana was built on fill brought from the bottom of Lake Michigan through suction pipes.
7. There are only two Adams fireplaces in the United States. One is in the White House and the other in the Diner Home in Indiana.
8. Josie Orr, wife of former Indiana Governor Robert Orr, flew bombers and cargo planes during World War II.
9. The Indianapolis Methodist Hospital is the largest Hospital in the Midwest.
10. One of the first complete bathrooms in Indianapolis was in the home of Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley.
11. The career of Dorothy Lamour (famous for the Crosby-Hope Road Movies) was launched in Indianapolis.
12. Aviatrix Amelia Earhart was once a Professor at Purdue University.
13. Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) is the largest cemetery in the U.S.
14. Fort Wayne, Indiana Library houses one of the largest genealogy libraries in America.
15. Wabash, Indiana was the first electrified city in the U.S.
16. Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the first hanging of a white man for killing Indians.
17. Indianapolis has the most Interstate legs in the U.S. earning it the title of "Crossroads of America".
18. The Courthouse roof in Greensburg, Indiana has a tree growing from it.
19. The world's first transistor radio was made in Indianapolis.
20. Clark Gable and wife Carole Lombard (a Hoosier from Ft. Wayne) honeymooned at
Lake Barbee near Warsaw, Indiana.
21. The American Beauty Rose was developed at Richmond, Indiana.
22. Elkhart, Indiana is the band instrument capitol of the World.
23. Frank Sinatra first sang with the Tommy Dorsey band at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis.
24. Purdue Alumnus Earl Butz, served as the Secretary of Agriculture.
25. U.S. 231 is the longest highway in Indiana (231 miles).
26. Johnny Appleseed is buried at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
27. The singing McGuire Sisters spent their childhood summers at the Church of God Campground in Anderson, Indiana.
28. The main station of the Underground Railroad was in Fountain County, Indiana.
29. There are 154 acres of sculpture gardens and trails at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
30. La Porte County is the only county in America having 2 functioning Courthouses.
31. Nancy Hanks Lincoln is buried in Posey County, Indiana.
32. Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County) is the only site in the World where Crinoids are found.
33. The Lincoln Museum in Allen County, Fort Wayne, Indiana, contains the world's largest
private collection of President Abraham Lincoln mementos.
34. Buffalo roamed in Indiana at the Needmore Buffalo Farm in Harrison County.
35. Pendleton, Indiana was the site of the "Fall Creek Massacre". A museum housing 3500 artifacts of pioneer heritage now exists on that site.
36. St. Meinrad Arch Abbey is located in Spencer County and is one of only 2 arch abbeys in the U.S. and seven in the world. Abbey Press is an operation of the arch abbey.
37. A Buzz Bomb (German - WW I I), believed to be the only one on public display in the Nation, can be found on the Putnam County Courthouse lawn in Greencastle.
38. You can't ship wine to Indiana. (So how does it get here???????)
39.Bob Greise is from Indiana. (Old Purdue Boy)
40. Toni Tenille (of The Captain and Tenille) is from Indiana.
41. Oprah Winfrey built her residence in Indiana.
42. John Mellancamp is a Hoosier and resides in Bloomington.
43. Indiana has one of the highest-rated scholastic rankings in the United States.
44. The much sought after "antique" Hoosier Cabinets are an Indiana product.
45. 90% of the world's popcorn is grown in Indiana.
46. The Jackson Five are from Indiana as well as "Super Fan" Russ McLeod.
47. Florence Henderson is from Indiana.
48. The birthplace of the automobile, pneumatic rubber tire, the aluminum casting process, stainless steel, the first push-button car radio was in Kokomo Indiana.

2002-02-06T14:16:00.000-06:00

Thank you to Erin2 who signed my guestbook AND put a dot on my map!
There's no such thing as bad press.
Lizard dissection is going well...5th day IN A ROW.
I'm doing it under a microscope, so, my eyes are going batty.
This makes me sad, but happy...my lizard frollicking and free!
(top image - scroll down)

2002-02-01T16:07:00.000-06:00

ILOVETHISILOVETHISILOVETHIS
it makes me rock out
LOBSTER MAGNET

AND IF YOU ALL DON'T PUT A FRICKIN' DOT ON MY GUESTMAP (LEFT) I'M GONNA....WELL...DO SOMETHING REGRETABLE. SO THERE.

2002-01-31T14:58:00.000-06:00

not so hostile today as that last post...
this inspired me.
where does amy find these?
i'm glad she does anyway.

2002-01-30T15:17:00.000-06:00

i hate bush.
tell me to get out of the country, whatever...he's an idiot and he has too much power and WAY too few brain cells.
grrrrrr....
not too mention FREEDOM CORP
1. "axis" of evil
2. rallying Americans to "do their part"?
3. "detaining" people in Cuba for "questioning"...
...sounds like a by-gone era to me....THE 30-40's???!!!!
i'm moving to Guam.

2002-01-28T16:51:00.000-06:00

Poor, poor Monarchos
If you didn't know, I'm a big horse-racing nut. Thanks to my mom. :)
That horse clocked the second fastest time for the Derby ever...and he came from
13th place to do it. I love underdogs
Hopefully he'll father some future derby winners.

2002-01-27T13:02:00.000-06:00

so if you find yourself drifting away from lizard-head anatomy and with nothing else to do...
do this.
oh...wait...that was me.
i mean, you REALLY need something to do if you find this a worthwhile activity.

2002-01-23T19:11:00.000-06:00

Wow...a lot of people have visited! Thanks guys!
Who could've possibly taken a look at my site from PNC!?
I have an inkling...
Any-hoo...oh, by the way, my last post, about the lizards...they're aren't MY lizards -
I mean, I didn't SEND them like attack lizards to that guy's place...
They're just in the same genus as the one's I'm dissecting.
Who's higher on the food chain now, huh?! Huh!?
Actually, if that guy'd known anything about the Varanus genus, he would've known that
the larger ones are scavenger hunters.
Just my two sense.

2002-01-22T16:45:00.000-06:00

...and this wasn't even a prank with superglue or saran-wrap...
tiolet trauma
...also, if you don't hear from me in awhile, hopefully THIS hasn't become my fate! (yeah....they're my lizards)

2002-01-21T09:31:00.000-06:00

absence...schmabsence!
it's called a thesis, people.
so...this is the week when i shall come into contact with my leeeezard heads...finally!
also,
i watched the Sundane Awards last night...whatta difference!
Sososososososo many movies to see now! where to begin??
put some in my guestbook if you got 'em...also, if someone out there could fill me in on how to do the comments
feature, i'd love them forever. forever, ever?
back to work...

2002-01-13T11:27:00.000-06:00

About thankless lane...Dave and I were driving through rural Maryland and we drove past a road leading to a farm and the name of the road was: Thankless Lane! Too perfect.

Some fun for the kids:
Unamerican

check out the catalog section....
why didn't I ask for THESE in my stocking??

2002-01-12T12:01:00.000-06:00

Hi, I'm that husband who never posts to your WebLog. (As opposed, I guess, to that other secret husband that you pull out of the closet when I'm out giving thrilling lead presentations). Anyway my words of wisdom for today:....THANKLESS LANE!!. Oh yeah, especially if you're not having a good day: I Love You!

2002-01-11T15:54:00.000-06:00

okay...I'm stealing from Amy because, well, when you see this you'll understand!
ALL HAIL PAWPI!

i am NOT obsessed.

2002-01-11T09:39:00.000-06:00

ok...i'm really frickin' hungry.
damn "diet"...
anyway, i'm just sittin' around waiting for my lizard heads to come in for thesis.
don't you hate that? nothin' like waiting on leeeeeezard heads to put a spring in your step!

another fact...Thomas Edison wasn't the first inventor of the lightbulb. Ha!

2002-01-09T11:10:00.000-06:00

I found this on cheesedip.com...it was a link...enjoy and go here:
Market-O-Matic
to get your own artists' statement! (it's kinda like MabLibs!)

Work of Anti-Art in the Age of Symbiotic Reproduction
http://www.jhmi.edu/~mbluhm

The vortex creates, the body accentuates. In the synaptic reality, art objects are resurrections of the musings of the vortex -- a vortex that uses the body as a parallax to enmesh ideas, patterns, and emotions. With the synergy of the electronic environment, the vortex is superseding a point where it will be free from the body to transcend immersions into the parameters of the delphic reality. Work of Anti-Art in the Age of Symbiotic Reproduction contains 10 minimal flash engines (also refered to as "clipper chips") that enable the user to make serendipitous audio/visual compositions.

measuring chains, constructing realities
putting into place forms
a matrix of illusion and disillusion
a strange attracting force
so that a seduced reality will be able to spontaneously feed on it
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Megan Bluhm's work investigates the nuances of modulations through the use of fast motion and close-ups which emphasize the Symbiotic nature of digital media. Bluhm explores abstract and righteous scenery as motifs to describe the idea of hyper-real reality. Using slack-jawed loops, non-linear narratives, and allegorical images as patterns, Bluhm creates meditative environments which suggest the expansion of art...

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2002-01-09T10:57:00.000-06:00

Went down by Annapolis...Dave's doing some archealogy down there!
yes...my husband plays in the dirt.
I may do some illustration work for them too!
Go networking!

2002-01-08T20:27:00.000-06:00

MUCH BETTER today.
Dave & I went to Elkton, MD...it's near Delaware. He had to give a talk to parents about lead safety.
Such a good-deed-doer, he is. :)
Getting together some stuff to enter a show in NYC.
I can thank Amy for pointing me towards that one!
Wish me luck!
Also, started a "diet". 2 days and counting..hee, hee...

Did you know that 2/3 of the world's eggplant comes from New Jersey?

2002-01-07T10:10:00.000-06:00

hello again.
reallllllllly sick now...woah man.
my head will explode soon, i reckon.
anyway, here's a link to my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE comedian of all time!
Eddie Izzard...bloke in a dress
Don't forget the Gospel According to St. Bastard....K & E know what I'm talkin' about...

2002-01-04T13:49:00.000-06:00

back in balty...class is good.
sick, though.
fresh start!

2001-12-31T12:59:00.000-06:00

how do ya like my music list (in sidebar)??
i'm still thinkin of more...i KNOW there are more!
are car is full and we are about to head on out of M.C.
this is always the saddest time :(

2001-12-30T20:51:00.000-06:00

off to b-town tomorrow.
spent 2 much at Old Navy today.
definetly didn't get to everyone i wish i had.

2001-12-29T15:33:00.000-06:00

sorry to be gone...
holidays were WAY too quick.
i can't WAIT to be done with fuckin' school!

2001-12-21T00:31:00.000-06:00

He just e-mailed you yesterday! But that's all that I'm givin yah .... you'll have to figure out what the address is!

2001-12-20T09:45:00.000-06:00

I don't know you're email, duh. Besides I am frighteneed of you taking over my blog...:)
Yes, I have a freelance gig for either right around, or immediately after, graduation. It's the nerves of the elbow.
Dave'll be THRILLED that you gave him a lil plug in your post!
;)

2001-12-19T23:28:00.000-06:00

WHAT??? A potential job??? this is brian and i have now taken over your blog! fear me! roar!!! so where the hell is my damn design for my tat meg i am gonna just have to fall back on my old idea of getting a full tat covering my entire back of a fucken kickass SPORK! oh yeah a sporK! btw whats this job i see does it envolve you getting a house with a pool cause i am getting tired of this lil town i need to move to AFRICA! that way Fecal foot can feel at home where ever cause that place is covered in Poooooo... ok thats all from this twit

ps send me a durn invite pwease cause i am more bored than you

2001-12-19T13:24:00.000-06:00

I think I'm going to start compiling a list of music on my website. I mean, SHOULDN'T I?

2001-12-19T10:41:00.000-06:00

Yeah! Ann! Gonna find out about my potential JOB today...eek!

2001-12-18T19:32:00.000-06:00

Hey Megan,
Thanks for the birthday present! I love it! Also thank you and Dave for celebrating the big 30(+/-) with me.

2001-12-18T11:46:00.000-06:00

PLEASE SIGN MY GUESTMAP!!

2001-12-18T10:19:00.000-06:00

Ooo...I gotta go buy meg another present off of ebay!
I almost forgot...
see ya later :)

2001-12-18T10:14:00.001-06:00

I woke up at 10am today...what's up with that?!?!?