I'm an illustrator and computer programmer. I doodle a lot. Always have. After my first-round of college (for Medieval Studies), I started making zines and sharing my cartoons. It's one of the primary ways I think. Sometimes I draw a character I call “squid-in-a-bucket.” It's a simple joke - here is a squid who has to bring their environment everywhere they go. The squid's bucket always has a puddle of water underneath it. I love squid in a bucket. It resonates with my experience of the world - I need to bring my own water with me. When I went back to school for Computer Programming, I found a place where I'm not the only squid in a bucket. I'm looking for a job where I won't need a bucket every minute of every day, because my way of thinking is supported (and an asset!).
When I was a grad student in Communication, I used to introduce myself as a Fan of Fans. True, I did fan studies (and queer media studies). Also, that was a way of talking about teaching and researching where I wanted investment rather than distance.
In end, I left grad school without a PhD. The only thing I wanted about an academic life was a Big Dog. It turns out, you don't need a PhD to have a big dog!
After working a fancy job where I learned a lot of Excel tricks, I decided to come back to school to learn Computer Programming. It turns out, I like it a lot. I like math too.
My work as an illustrator is not the same as drawing for myself. On most nights, I draw on my tablet while watching (or re-watching) science fiction and fantasy tv shows. I draw animals, fan art, gifts for friends, plants, etc.
I like to crochet and I have a lovely stash of soft, colorful yarn. Also, I bake often. You should check out some of my recipes at Butter Mountain.
Made in React, this uses OpenWeather's 5-day forecast API endpoint to fetch weather data for US zipcodes.
This is a project I worked on in two web development classes. It uses ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, and a MySQL database. This website allows me to upload original recipes and keep a log when I make the recipe.. but get creative with ingredients and techniques.
Presentation about Excel and Acrobat workflow to avoid seemingly endless Ctrl C + Ctrl V
Check out the woodchipper
Have you ever tried to read municipal public contracting rules and felt like you needed a map? This is a poster I made to illustrate the Public Procurement journey.
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CS233 Javascript project to research and access an interesting public API endpoint.
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