It's a strange feeling realizing that all your greatest achievements and projects cumulatively add up to what *might* be able to qualify you for only the most basic entry level position in a field you want to pursue.
Is pursuing passions always a succession of pushing your limits and setting goals of things only barely within the reach of your abilities?
Anyways, we've got another awesome episode of zombies up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X26dc5nPuUQ
Friday, September 27, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
A Little Less Chaos Please
This post is long overdue.
Last Christmas break, I decided to make the world a little less chaotic. Inspired by this organizationally-inclined Walmart shopper, I decided to embark on a similar project in a Walmart with a group of friends.
A group of five of us had some time to kill when we happened upon a poor disorganized $5 movie bin.
Last Christmas break, I decided to make the world a little less chaotic. Inspired by this organizationally-inclined Walmart shopper, I decided to embark on a similar project in a Walmart with a group of friends.
A group of five of us had some time to kill when we happened upon a poor disorganized $5 movie bin.
We decided that the poor thing needed some tender, loving care, so we set to work.
We procured the proper equipment (notecards, a shopping cart, and silly hats, of course) and embarked on our epic organizational task. For two hours, we dug out hundreds of movies, and sorted and alphabetized them into numerous sections of self imposed categories.
Some categories were intuitive, others arbitrary, others completely opinion based, and others still categories that movies have always needed to be placed in, but never are. All were designed for maximum entertainment and aid in selecting the type of movie the shopper might be looking for.
After two hours with five people sorting and some pretty weird looks, we were done!
Saving the world, one act of random extraneous organization at a time!
Friday, September 13, 2013
Have you met Daniel Burns?
Ever have a crazy idea so suddenly that you get nervous?
As mentioned in my earlier post, I'm entering into the stage of applying for a real-worldpost-apocalytic (too much zombie research, sorry. [more on that later]) post-graduation job. Thursday, there is a career and job fair on campus, and it would be wonderful for me to make serious progress on obtaining one of these job things at the event.
I've found one company in particular that has a positions for blogging and design that looks pretty exciting. So naturally, I want to make sure I make an impression on them.
Some of you may be familiar with this piece of XKCD wit:
How cool would it be to set up a system in which the interviewing company starts hearing things about me before I even show up? They're coming onto my turf, giving me a serious tactical advantage for publicity here. I'm thinking of a poster campaign in the area between where they'll be parking and the venue, and a series of individuals showing up at the booth asking the company representative if they've met Daniel Burns yet. This would obviously be most effective if I could get 20+ people to all do that, with little or no explanation, and leave them curious about me all day until I show up.
Thoughts?
As mentioned in my earlier post, I'm entering into the stage of applying for a real-world
I've found one company in particular that has a positions for blogging and design that looks pretty exciting. So naturally, I want to make sure I make an impression on them.
Some of you may be familiar with this piece of XKCD wit:
Thoughts?
Into the breach once more!
I know, no one has to tell me I haven't posted in forever.
Know what I was saying in January about dreams only being big enough when they scare you?
Well, fighting through those scary parts takes a pretty heavy toll. Since that post, I've directed two plays, made dozens of costumes, read scores of books and plays, worked a full time internship, climbed mountains and canyons and buildings, and I'm still ploughing my way through the piles of hopes and dreams in front of me seeing what I can accomplish, and what will prove too much for me.
A big one of those things is the task of getting a job after college, obviously. For that purpose, I'm creating a new blog danielburnsdesigns.blogspot.com in order to have an outlet for displaying some of my creative accomplishments. That doesn't mean I'm giving this one up. I still like the fun, unhindered creative outlet of a personal blog. I just now have a new professional venue as well. There also mayyy be another experimental blog getting made this fall as I learn some new systems. But more on that later.
So- I'm going to make some more of these posts again. I owe a few people some stories, and I owe a few stories the chance to be heard.
Know what I was saying in January about dreams only being big enough when they scare you?
Well, fighting through those scary parts takes a pretty heavy toll. Since that post, I've directed two plays, made dozens of costumes, read scores of books and plays, worked a full time internship, climbed mountains and canyons and buildings, and I'm still ploughing my way through the piles of hopes and dreams in front of me seeing what I can accomplish, and what will prove too much for me.
A big one of those things is the task of getting a job after college, obviously. For that purpose, I'm creating a new blog danielburnsdesigns.blogspot.com in order to have an outlet for displaying some of my creative accomplishments. That doesn't mean I'm giving this one up. I still like the fun, unhindered creative outlet of a personal blog. I just now have a new professional venue as well. There also mayyy be another experimental blog getting made this fall as I learn some new systems. But more on that later.
So- I'm going to make some more of these posts again. I owe a few people some stories, and I owe a few stories the chance to be heard.
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