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Rock the Block/Homebrewing

Here’s a design I did for EMU Hillel. Click for large.

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I’ve talked a bit on here about my housemates and their homebrewing predilections. They’ve settled on a name for their company: Schruible Brewing Co. The word Schruible is pronounced Shry Bull. It’s a mash up of their two last names.

Up until now all beer has been fermented solely in large glass jugs called carboys, and then bottle carbonated. Here is the (intensely) basic process beer goes through in a homebrew setup:

So thats what we do every other week or so. There’s a lot more to it then just this, and contamination is a constant worry. I just felt like putting up a list of things.

Our Sierra Nevada clone will be done this weekend. This is the first batch we’ve racked into our dual corney kegs (5 gallons) instead of bottles. This is because of the awesome fridge I bought, which is in the process of being converted into a two tapped Kegerator. Photos in the next post. [edit: post after next post. -a]

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NEW features Featuring an Advanced Feature Set:

I’m a year older than I was, as of last weekend.

Tigers [i]will[/i] win.

I broke my ankle, got some surgery last week.

I’m now a cyborg. stainless steal inserted into my ankle. Mine came especially with a tiny chipset and sensor, so apparently, if functioning correctly, my bionic ankle will hurt when bad weather is coming. This option cost me $349.99 USD extra.

I quit my job at LUX MAGAZINE. I was being paid a flat rate and was working longer and longer hours. I did the math and realized that I was working 50 hours a week for $2.50/hour.
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whew.

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I am studying at Michigan State University. The next few months I will be welding and painting. I’ll post pictures of working concepts, in addition to previous art within the next week or so.

Also:

I’m now the lead graphic designer for a magazine called LUX. Distribution at this point is the college towns of MI and suburbs surrounding Detroit. finished the cover of the media kit tonight. Art, Music and Fashion. I’ll be posting more information about LUX presently. Soon.

Sharks On a Hang-Glider

Droughts are necessary. It’s part of a cyclical process without which everything depends on. After all, everything is defined by it’s own antithesis. Thus, without drought, there could be no abundance, because we’d have nothing to compare it to.

Figure that allusion out.
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My stint at Doner is coming to a close. I have a matter of weeks left, and I’m starting to feel it. I have effectively traded my summer for a few lines on a resume, some experience in my back pocket, and a new computer. As certain people have told me, I’m entering a larger world, one full of fascinating prospects and unavoidable minutiae. Killer.
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Life Pursuits:
1. Trigger my latent telekinetic abilities (I know they’re there.)
2. Eat a big steak of Kobe Beef. Medium rare, please.
3. See Tom Waits in Concert.

One of these items will be crossed off tomorrow.

(eeeee!)

[Tom Waits: interview | recent performance | great photo]

Mutanagenic Slime and Weekend Plans

I’m leaving for the next few days. Up north with various friends. Tim’s cottage is apparently complete with jet skies. I’m excited.

I’ve come across some exceedingly strange pictures today, and I’m going to be interspersing them throughout this post. All of them are legitamate.
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Tom Robbins is my favorite author. You don’t as much read his books, as you become drunk in them. His phrasing and illuminating vocabulary leaves me wobbly-legged and dizzy. After finishing Fierce Invalids, my personal favorite, I passed out for like 3 hours dude omg.

I bought you a copy of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues online Tim, in appreciation of the use of your cottage this weekend. So dont pick up a copy for our gay little bookclub. It should arrive next week.

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The computer tech at Doner is a wild man. He has a bushy beard, rides a Honda motorcycle, smokes a pack a day and is severely paranoid. He’s also damn good with computers. It’s always interesting getting in conversations with him about the governments supposed role in watching and recording various information about our lives, and the wrongs they’ve allegedly performed. The conspiracy theorist and The Man-hater within me eats it up.
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The open source community is simultaneously awesome and stupid. Morons expect ridiculous amounts of work from devs and refuse to listen to them when they (somewhat) patiently explain why the idea the moron posted about is not only inviable or low priority, but more often than not just a stupid bad awful idea. Some of the best, most stable software in the world is open source, but their job ticket trak pages are full of st00pid dj0rks h00 ju57 want what they want, and they want it now, and without any manners thank you very much. It’s free. You aren’t owed anything by the devs, they do it out of the kindness of their hearts, to give back to the community that everybody benefits from. [example]

By the way, this last picture is kind of hard to make out from the thumbnail. It’s a Burmese Python, that fought and killed a large alligator, then attempted to swollow it whole. And exploded. In Florida. [source]

Destructive Resonance Frequency

I’m working at an Doner, an advertising agency in Southfield, MI. They put me in charge of a $700,000 printer. See you soon in Rio.

Next to Doner runs northwestern highway. Throughout the day I can feel the entire building vibrating, like a giant magic fingers. It’s just a matter of time before my marrow dies and fillings fall out.

My job title is PrePress Associate Color Calibrator and Print Advisor. I’ve got a cubical and workstation. I don’t know if you know this or not, but I’m very important. I smell like mahogany.

I found some zen meditation balls. I’ve been sitting here roling them around in my hand, trying to keep them from making any noise. However, I can’t hear if they are silent or not, my headphone are on. Meditation hasn’t been working for me lately. I think I’ve just been too tired to do it with any regularity, and that’s important if your looking for results. I haven’t really transitioned yet from my normal sleep patterns to getting up at 6am. I don’t want to go to sleep at 11. 11 - 1pm is the only time I have. Time, energy and money. I’m completely broke of everything that has value, apparently.

Watch out Hannah, you could die.

I’m working on some alternative veiwing solutions for the gallery. Should be up soon.