We’re having 4 sections this year: Action, Missionary, Business/MIS, and Property Management. I’m in Property Management.
Stuff
August 20, 2008 – 10:06 pm
I got back from South Bend on Friday and have been living with my parents until school starts. I took out the big box of stuff I had with me last year, but didn’t bring to South Bend. Most of the stuff I still don’t want to throw away, even though I haven’t used a lot of it in the last year. There is also a ton of stuff at my parent’s house that I didn’t even bother bringing to Dinkytown, and I don’t want to throw away. This reminds me of an awesome essay by Paul Graham titled “Stuff”:
I first realized the worthlessness of stuff when I lived in Italy for a year. All I took with me was one large backpack of stuff. The rest of my stuff I left in my landlady’s attic back in the US. And you know what? All I missed were some of the books. By the end of the year I couldn’t even remember what else I had stored in that attic.
And yet when I got back I didn’t discard so much as a box of it. Throw away a perfectly good rotary telephone? I might need that one day
“Beware of anything you find yourself describing as ‘perfectly good’”.
Allendale Street View
August 6, 2008 – 10:20 am
You can use a,s,d,w and left, right, up, down to move around.
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This Summer
June 19, 2008 – 6:53 am
I am helping out with the CSI this summer. A couple people really want me to continue weekly updates like I did all last summer. These updates were intended to be mostly pictures and very little text, and to be kept current. Since then I have gotten very good at quickly posting photos to my Flickr account so I can post even more photos and post them even faster. If you liked the photos in the updates, I would check out my photos on Flickr. The photos have titles, but if those are not enough for you, I also post small updates to my Twitter account. If you want regular style blog posts about what is going on, you can take a look at Micah’s blog.
Going on Allendale 4
May 24, 2008 – 8:40 pm
Going on the 4th Allendale trip July 21st through August 2nd.
In South Bend
May 20, 2008 – 11:04 am
Here was my packing list.
to home:
-bike!
-box of papers
-checkbook box
-blanket
pack:
-clothes
-sleeping bag, pillow, sheet
-network cables, audio cables, vga cables, surge protectors
-tripod
-computer, everything in pockets
-south bend’s audio splitter
-bible
-towel
-jacket
-cell phone charger
-toiletries
-dress shoes
-tie
Summer
May 12, 2008 – 8:10 pm
On Saturday we had a “progressive dinner” where, according to Ben, we successfully created a mess in everyone’s section space. We started with drinks in the action space, then appetizers in the finance space, then main course in mis space, then dessert in the missionary space. It was awesome. See flickr for pictures.
Today is the first official day of finals week for the U of M. This weekend we are moving everyone out of the annex so we can sublet it out for the summer. I am leaving Saturday night on the megabus (unless someone else is driving Saturday night or Sunday who wants to drive me).
This summer there will be roughly 28 here, including some high school guys who are currently juniors. 1027 basement and 1st floor will be men’s and 2nd and 3rd floor will be women’s. I have heard rumors that there will be no official live video this summer :(, but there may still be some videos about what is going on in Indy. There is a chance I can make an Allendale trip this summer. We’ll see. I am coming back to MN sometime between August 10th and 15th, and it sounds like there will be roughly 45 next fall in Dinkytown. U of M starts on September 2nd. Get Excited!
my sister is conducting an informal survey
May 12, 2008 – 7:37 pm
——— Forwarded message ———-
From: Meghan
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Subject: can you make this a post on your blog?
To: Collin Anderson
my sister is conducting an informal survey:
which is your least favorite of the four gospels?
or, (if you’d give a different answer to this question) which gospel
would you exclude if you had to narrow the gospels down to three?
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don’t tell them which one i think it is. :D
Working full time for One:Ten this summer!
April 25, 2008 – 3:04 pm
Working full time for One:Ten this summer!
