Graduation hardware

It's honestly not an exaggeration to say that I might pass out at graduation this Sunday from some heat-related illness due to all of the things I'll be carrying. That sounds like I'm looking for an excuse to brag, but I swear I'm not. The Department of Communications commencement is going to be held out …

That time of year again

Hope everyone enjoyed their Mother's Day! We Rochlin children celebrated by getting my Mom breakfast donuts (as requested), went out for lunch and then had fancy home-cooked pasta for dinner. A very food-focused affair. Spending the morning and afternoon with her (as well as the night with my friends losing hours to Minecraft) left me with …

Meeting expectations

If my life were a series of Sesame Street episodes, the word of the day would be: Meetings. Pretty much as soon as I woke up, I joined Mom at a local Starbucks to have breakfast with Tatjana — the wife of Magic Moreno, who I spoke to for Gladeo not long ago. Worth reading if …

My children come to life

Next week I will be presenting my Senior Project at the Honors Project Interdisciplinary Conference. Literally, next week. Friday, May 3 at 11:10 a.m. in room 1307 of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics.  Just in case any of you are interested in going! It's a whole panel on creative writing that includes my …

Putting the “Pro” in “gamer”

With Finals and graduation and all of that terrible real life stuff on the horizon, I'm staving off imminent insanity in the only way I know how: Video games. Specifically, finally trying out that brand new Nintendo Switch Pro Controller I got for my birthday. Two months ago. To be fair, I mostly haven't used it up …

Holly Jolly Heroes

Boy it sure does feel like I was covering the start of Book III just yesterday, doesn't it? Glad to see Intelligent Systems isn't slowing down with these new units. Luckily today we just have a smaller holiday-themed banner, which makes it a quick distraction from my finals. Which, by the way, is why I'm …

A change of scenery

When I wasn't playing Smash Bros., I've spent the last two days trying to get a jump on the last four pieces of my fall 2018 commitments. Namely the last essay for my Evolution and Creation class. Granted, the process of buckling down and focusing has been made slightly more difficult by the constant Discord …

Book III opens, death comes out

It figures that a week before finals we get not only the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but also a huge update to Fire Emblem Heroes. All of this excitement definitely is not helping me stay ready for exams. But we're not here for school-related stuff today. No, this is a two-part blog post …

Fall 2018 finals stress update

Originally I was planning on getting part two of my "old stuff from my desktop Mac" series out today (in spite of the fact that only 2 of you actually read the first one, come on guys I was proud of that). But then the unsung combination of homework, Super Smash Bros. and work meetings …

Preparation is Half the Battle

I have to say, I didn't quite expect a real job to require sending out so many emails. But so far that seems to be 90 percent of what I've done as the Gladeo League Managing Editor. However that's neither here nor there. We may have had a meeting today, but I'm not looking to …