Saturday, February 23, 2008

Computer Woes = Papers For You!

I've recently had to replace the hard drive on my Powerbook. I had everything backed up at the time, so not a big deal. Everything seemed to go well during and after the surgery, however, just today I'm starting to get vibrations and buzzing from the hard drive. In an effort to save the school work I've most recently completed as well as some papers I'm particularly fond of, I've uploaded a backup copy for safe keeping. You can access them too if you like.

What a Tale, to Wag the Dog
- my academic analysis of the 1997/98 film Wag the Dog.

How Sushi is Made - Pretty self explanatory I think.

The Musician's Musician - A concert review for a Martin Sexton show

Flatland: Parallels into Modern Scientific Discovery - A summary of the 1885 book, Flatland, and a short paragraph at the end concerning how this book relates to modern day astonomy.

The Essay Channeled, Yet Not Defined
- A look at what literary nonfiction means.

There are a few more, but they're reading responses. They are only interesting if you've read a certain essay, article, or paper. I've decided to omit them from public scrutiny.

Happy reading!

-M

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Not so recent events...

So what has Mashley been up to?

December:

Our lives were spent together at Painted Clay Studio working on Christmas ornaments for elementary schools! We have handled enough ornaments for a lifetime!

Christmas Day! It was beautiful weather in Tennessee and after we opened gifts we went letterboxing! It was about 50 degrees and the parks were swamped with people.

January:

New Years Eve - um in bed by 11:00pm. Can you say party animals....haha!

The first weekend in Jan. we traveled to Columbia, MO to visit the Volkmann/Abell residence. The trip was enjoyable and relaxing but went by quickly!

The second week or so in Jan we did have the opportunity to travel back home to celebrate Christmas with family and friends. We were gone 4 days and got a lot of visiting done in the short amount of time. It was accomplished by having every minute of everyday planned plus having great Iowa winter weather!

We attended our first letterboxing meet-up and took a cold, well needed hike! The meet-up was an experience. Lots of boxing in a short amount of time. Note to self, going to a meet-up will take the entire time allocated to it! We thought it was interesting that it was held in a shopping mall.

February:


Classes have started back up for Matt so he is trying to figure out the perfect schedule. Working full time and taking full time classes isn't an easy battle to accomplish. It's hard for him to give up his hobbies but he is doing a good job!

Tornado Damage!Tornadoes didn't actually hit Murfreesboro. We were pretty fortunate. Oh and our trash can blew over!

Valentine's Day. We have determined that Valentine's Day is pretty silly and a commercial holiday! So we didn't celebrate it. However, Matt did come to the studio to help me out with the couples special PCS had going on. It was the first event I did myself. It was fun and the event went over well!

-A