Mush Party by Jesse	Posted at 1:35am on May 8th, 2008
No, it's not a celebration for Jello. Mush is my campus' literary and art magazine, which I've been working on for the last few weeks. Today was the release party, where the authors explained the inspiration behind their work, and the non-authors congratulated us on a job well done. Besides designing the layout and artwork for the magazine itself, I also contributed two pieces of writing (a poem and a flash fiction piece) and a photograph. The visual style of the magazine was an homage to the pulp fiction comics of the 1930s: (front cover) The magazine is available for free on campus, or in .pdf format at the Mush Website.
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An Award by Jesse	Posted at 4:38pm on May 4th, 2008
I was awarded today with the Departmental Distinction Award in English from the University of Wisconsin. According to the award ceremony's program, the award is from the faculty, and it "recognizes outstanding students in their fields of study." Also according to the campus website, "The recipient of this award has had a strong influence, through their work and method of working, on other students in the department, and has also contributed to the spirit and vigor of the department." I'll scan or photograph the award sometime soon and post it here in order to unashamedly brag about it further. Edit: You can now view it here.
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The Grouch Potato by Jesse	Posted at 6:40pm on January 10th, 2008
The Grouch Potato is a column which I've been writing for my college's monthly newspaper. It's a sort of parody of Dear Abbey-style advice columns, with a cynical "Grouch" character as the author. Fans of The Colbert Report might find it to be right up their alley. I post this because, having received permission from the newspaper, I will be adding future editions of the column to this website. If you'd like to read them, they're available here.
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