phill – Phill 365

Day 365: finishing the lap

January 23, 2018 phillmemoir

I started my very first post of this “year” (going from birthday to birthday– sorry if I’m selfish,but this is when my year starts :P), I quoted El-P from Run the Jewels, thusly: Brave men[…]

Day 364: Starting the final reflection… kinda

January 22, 2018 phillmemoir

Every birthday I do a sort of self-audit and then make my resolutions, a full 23 days after most people (and a good two weeks after most people have given up on their resolutions, ba-zing!).[…]

Day 363: Understanding tools vs. talent

January 22, 2018 phillArmchair phillosophy

It’s the time in the winter term where final projects are coming in, and with that comes the time for me to repeat a normal refrain: when creating new media, there’s a difference between showing[…]

Day 362: You just really don’t need to be a dick about it

January 21, 2018 phillArmchair phillosophy

The last year has been bizarre. In America, politically, things have become more and more and more contentious. Our government is currently in a state of shutdown. I’m not sure how fast that will be[…]

Day 361: Holy Crap, I’m going to be 41

January 19, 2018 phillconfessional into a dashboard

So I have to admit, I’m a little nervous that I’m now just a few days from 365– turning 40 made me finally finish the goal I’ve had for my whole life, to keep a[…]

Day 360: The emotional cost of clutter

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018 phillmemoir

I’m going to tell you a story. This story is about a thing I call trash mountain and one of the most stressful moments that didn’t need to be a stressful moment in my life.[…]

Day 359: BooBoo Dawgs and the oddities of love

January 18, 2018 phillmemoir

I have a dog who we call BooBoo. If you followed me on social media about two years ago, you’d know that Boo had taken pretty ill and was acting erratic. We found out that[…]

Day 358: A sad teaching memory to not be a bubble, lest one be popped

January 17, 2018 phillmemoir

During my MA, I took a class with a scholar who was nearing the end of a long career. Well written and well read, this scholar assigned a book that they had authored to our[…]

Day 357: Game Playtesting/developing new coursework

January 16, 2018 phillgames

I’ve been working on the technical aspects of a new class (well, new to me and to our program, anyway) on game usability and UX. Today I built two student assignments that will be play[…]

Day 356: Stefon Diggs

January 15, 2018 phillArmchair phillosophy

Somewhere in Minneapolis, Stepon Diggs is having the best day of his life. This happened, just a few minutes ago, on national TV. I’m overjoyed for him, and for all the Vikings fans who have[…]