Localization News Release
The Mozart Project
Contact: Andrea
Address: Butler University
4200 Sunset
Indianapolis, IN 46208 For Immediate Release
Friday, October 14, 2005


INDIANAPOLIS--- Butler University’s Jordan College of Fine Arts departments will work together to celebrate the school’s sesquicentennial with their original production, “The Mozart Project”, this February.

This event will be the first time all of the disciplines; the symphony, chorus, band, theatre and dance companies will collaborate on one project.

“I think it’s a good idea to put the project together because a lot of the time our dance, music and theater departments are so isolated from each other,” said Emily VanSpeybroeck, a coordinator on the Mozart Project Committee. “It’s nice to have all the departments working together for once.”

The event, featuring approximately 100 hand selected students, will open with a performance of Mozart’s “Requiem” by Butler Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Chorus and a quartet of Butler choir students. The second act will feature the Butler Theatre’s version of Pushkin’s “Mozart and Salieri,” and the performance will close with a Butler Ballet performance to Mozart’s “Paris Symphony, Divertimento in D and Piano Concerto.”

The Butler Chorus in its entirety will not be performing because of previous engagements.

Students who are participating in the project were chosen based upon a combination of skill level and seniority in their discipline.

The ballet pieces will feature choreography original to the “Mozart Project,” written by four of the department’s professors, Derek Jarvis, Michelle Jarvis, Stephan Laurent and Derek Reid.

“This is an additional performance for ballet performers,” said Libby Dye, another student coordinator on the Mozart Project Committee. “Dancers are excited for any extra opportunity. Usually we only have our Midwinter performance this time of year. With the Mozart Project we can do what we love, perform, twice as much as usual, as well as celebrate Butler’s 150th year in our own way. It’s also nice to do something for the alumni and to show them the talent and the passion in our departments today.”

In fact, senior arts administration majors won’t just be inviting alumni to the production, they will be planning and developing a catered luncheon for them preceeding the performance.

“That way, we get to work and interact with alumni, our biggest fan base,” VanSpeybroeck said. “It makes the event fun for all age groups.”

In addition, alumni will be able to hear deans from each of the four colleges represented will speak at the luncheon.

Dye and VanSpeybroeck are joined with Liesl Krieger, Megan O’Rourke, Emily Stephenich and Daniel Thompson to form the Mozart Project Committee. These senior arts administration majors were selected for the committee because of their dedication to both the arts administration profession, and their chosen art form.

The Mozart Project will be held in Butler University’s Clowes Memorial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.
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On: Why Wearing Flowers in One’s Hair Does Not Necessarily Indicate Madness
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King Lear – Tragedy Through Sanity


Andrea
Walsh
EN 185
10/14/5

The first words the image of a barely clothed old man, twirling around, with wildflowers and vines entwined in his hair bring to mind are probably not “sane,” or “in touch with reality.” But perhaps it should. Or at the very least, perhaps judgment should not be passed so hastily. For in Shakespeare’s King Lear, the title character changes from a mighty, almost tyrannical leader into a softhearted old man who prefers a circlet of flowers to a crown. However, he is merely trying to adjust to a reality he had been avoiding his whole life. By the end of the play, King Lear is not a madman, he in fact is more sane and in touch with reality than when we were introduced to him in the beginning, making his loss, betrayal, and eventual death, much more tragic than if he had been.
As opposed to the King Lear of the final scenes, the Lear we meet in the first scene of the first act is not tragic whatsoever. He is stern and cruel, and egocentric. The only basis he has for dividing up his kingdom is “Which of you shall we say doth love us most (1.1 ll 53),” in other words, whomever boosts his ego most. When Cordelia refuses to flatter him, he does not merely act hurt, nor even merely chastise her. Instead, he completely offends her, saying, “Better thou not been born than not t’ have pleased me/ better (1.1, ll 235-236).” There are few worse insults a father can give a daughter than to wish they had never been born. Lear is searing his daughter’s heart merely because she will not please his every whim. Not only that but he tries to ruin her future, telling her suitors that she probably doesn’t love them either (1.1 ll 207-214). These are not the words of a stable, loving father, these are the words of a man so wrapped up in himself and his power that he does not realize what he is saying.
And why was Lear dividing his kingdom in the first place? Because “’tis our fast intent/ To shake all cares and business from our age, / Conferring them on younger strengths, while we/Unburthened crawl toward death (1.1 ll 38-42).” He doesn’t care for what’s best for his country, just so long as he is not in charge if something goes wrong. Here we see a conflict. Does he want to have power, or does he want to ‘shake all cares and business?’ If Lear were to die in the first act, the play would not be a tragedy. One might even be tempted to find joy in his death, at the very least because he would no longer have the burden of ‘crawl[ing] toward death….’
Toward the middle of the play, Lear’s world is turned upside down. Those who flattered him most now treat him the worst. In addition, he also must deal with the fact that being king is not permanent, or assured by the gods as he once believed. Power and kingship are things that can be taken away from him. Through this, Lear is forced to come to terms with the idea and therefore grow as a person. For example, he does appear to speak and barter with the storm that brews throughout Act 3. But this is not merely insanity, Lear’s gods are Pagan gods, they are from and of nature and he must deal with the fact that they may not always favor him – or even whether or not they exist at all. For example, when he challenges, “let fall/Your horrible pleasure. Here I stand your slave, /A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man (3.2 ll 18-20).” These are not the words of a madman; they are the words of a confused man whose life has been turned completely upside-down. Not only is he testing his gods by tempting them to inflict their wrath upon him, but he is also humbling himself and realizing that just because one is (or was) king does not mean everyone automatically loves one – something he would never have thought of as the commanding monarch of the earlier scenes.
Lear still tries to hold on to some shreds of his former life, however. For example, when he holds the mock trial of Regan and Goneril in act three, scene six. The fool concludes that only a madman holds their offspring in high regard, but Lear is not so quick to judge, his response is that “I’ll see their trial first. Bring in the evidence (3.6, ll 35).” By doing this, he is not only attempting to understand why his daughters turned on him, but also to restore some of the order his life once contained. The strict rule of the courtroom is that of calculated, logical steps. The filter of law and justice helps to clarify situations (such as his own) that might otherwise seem overwhelmingly haphazard.
One might argue for Lear’s insanity by citing act four, scene six, in which Lear enters the scene “fantastically dressed with wild flowers.” But in actuality, Lear is becoming more in touch with reality than ever. He is coming to realize that being king only helped him to avoid the real world and his faults, “Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;/ Robes and furred gowns hide all. (4.6 ll 166-167).” Since he is no longer king, he knows all those remaining loyal to him are his true friends. Among true friends one is free to show their faults, and Lear is coming to see the value in cultivating relationships, not dictating them. This King Lear is much more tragic than the Lear at the beginning of the play. By realizing that his status was a privilege, not a gods-given right, he also becomes more human, and humble. We can now see that Lear has weakness and flaws, as well as that many of his misfortunes were self-inflicted, and thus feel sad for him. However, although Lear has expressed sympathy and compassion for others, he has not yet demonstrated it. If Lear were to die at this stage in the play, it would almost certainly be considered very sad and dramatic, but since he does not completely have our trust and empathy, most likely not a tragedy.
In the final scenes of the play, Lear confronts and reconciles with his daughter, Cordelia. It is here we see him finally adjust to reality and come to terms with his place in society – his most sane moments in the play. For example, in act five, scene three, when he is being taken to jail with Cordelia. In his old life, he would have been depressed and even irate if he were to be incarcerated. But since he now realizes he is not the center of the universe, that this is not the worst thing that could possibly happen in his life, he goes to jail with little hesitation,
Let’s away to prison:
We two alone will sing like birds I’ th’ cage….
So we’ll live,
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news; and we’ll talk with them too
5.3, ll 8-14.
He has realized his dream of no responsibilities. This also is a demonstration of his shift from self-focus to selflessness. He would rather be reconciled with Cordelia in a prison than free and separated.
However we see Lear’s greatest display of affection and sanity when he deals with Cordelia’s death.
Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of
Stones:
Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so
That heaven’s vault should crack. She’s gone for
Ever.
5.3, ll 258-263

These are not the rantings of a madman. This is a normal, human display of a father’s grief and sorrow over his cherished daughter’s death. He is grieving in his own way. A crazy man would not know to grieve at all, much less entertain the concept that others should mourn with him. When Lear now dies, his death is truly tragic.
Even his last words are unselfish. With his final breaths he hopes for Cordelia’s safety and life, not his own. This is the final element that makes the play truly and immensely tragic. Not only has Lear caused the suffering that has destroyed his life, but he has become aware of that fact, used it to try and become a better person by showing sympathy, caring and selflessness, and still in the end failed. If he were still the blind tyrant he was at the beginning of the play, this incident would most likely be passed off as merely unfortunate. But since he has now developed into a conscious, kind, sane person, King Lear is truly, and immensely, tragic.

andreaninetoes: where is everybody
Alan Parrott: workin
andreaninetoes: me too
Alan Parrott: michael cut his hand in chemistry lab and has to go to the ER to get stitches
Alan Parrott: he has to take a cab to get there
andreaninetoes: oh geez
andreaninetoes: thats bad
andreaninetoes: isnt there a hospital right down the street??
Alan Parrott: yup - no typing 'lowed - Davids studying as you can se
Alan Parrott: e
Alan Parrott: dunno
andreaninetoes: i can see that
andreaninetoes: working hard
andreaninetoes: i went to my advisor today to talk about classes for next semester
andreaninetoes: i have only four classes left to take - and one of them is an internship
andreaninetoes: booyah
Alan Parrott: last nite just after we turned out the lights and went to bed mom and heard a boom - flappa flappa - like david jumped into the kitchen and started tap-dancing barefoot - it was the oscar and he was on the floor over by the sink - so i took a dust pan scooped him up and dropped him back in - Pee Weewas right there and im glad she didnt try a bite
andreaninetoes: oh geez!
andreaninetoes: she could have had fillet o oscar if she wanted
andreaninetoes: or more like sushi
andreaninetoes: thats kind of like those fiddler crabs we used to have that escaped all the time
andreaninetoes: hey what happened to the webcam?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Doggie Butler is an automated mobile robotic unit designed to eliminate canine fecal matter from the yards of busy homeowners. The purpose of this study was to help lay the groundwork for future research and advertising, and public relations campaigns by clarifying the Doggie Butler’s demographics, psychographics and geographics. To conduct this study, seven resources were used. These include, Bacon’s Newspaper Directory (2005), and Bacon’s Magazine Directory (2005), in order to determine readership and cost per thousand impressions for Better Homes and Gardens, Cosmopolitan, and Outside magazines, as well as the Albuquerque Journal and Crosswinds newspapers. The Simmons Choices III Database (2002) developed the Bacon’s Magazine Directory information by showing how likely 25-28 year olds who owned a dog and worked full or part time were to pick up and look through five selected magazines, during a six month period as compared to the average reader. The Lifestyles Market Analyst (2005) was used to determine the designated market area to be Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico where the average household more likely than the average to own a dog and participate in the lifestyle of “Science/New Technology.” The Community Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics (2004) showed that people in the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area, particularly those with the zip code of 87111 spent more than the average household on “Pets and Supplies”. The Household Spending Who Spends How Much on What (2004) elaborated, reporting how much individuals within the age group (25-34) spent on pet purchases, supplies and medicines, as well as gardening and lawn care service in 2001. Finally, SRI’s VALS Segmentation System assisted in developing a psychographic segmentation for the Doggie Butler.

BACKGROUND/PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
The Doggie Butler is an automated mobile robotic unit designed to eliminate canine fecal matter from the yards of busy homeowners (Fig. 1.1). A set of pins are placed in the homeowners lawn to assign up to four quadrants – front, back, and two sides; which homeowners may install themselves, or call a trained Doggy Butler technician. A waste disposal unit must also be installed and plugged in to any three-pronged outlet. To activate the unit, homeowners simply indicate (by way of an ergonomic dial) the quadrant in which they wish it to operate. Then, the Doggy Butler uses a patented heat-seeking technology, rugged four-wheel drive design and a powerful vacuum to zero in on canine feces locations, and suck it into its 3-gallon internal chamber. The unit can either be programmed to return to the waste disposal unit once the internal chamber is full, or at specified time increments. The Doggie Butler attaches to the base of the waste disposal unit and, using a reverse vacuum method, evacuates its internal chamber. This is also where the unit recharges. It has a battery life of 12 hours. Homeowners are alerted to a full waste disposal unit when a display screen reads “Bag Full.”

TARGET MARKET:
DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION:
The target market for the Doggie Butler includes males and females, ages 25-34 who own dogs, and are employed at a part time or full time job. These individuals are busy starting or developing their careers, and do not have a lot of excess time around the home to keep it neat. They are interested than saving time since they are busy starting their families or careers.

GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION:
The designated market area (DMA) for the Doggie Butler is Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico. There are 333,093 households in this DMA, making it the 47th largest out of 210 areas (Lifestyle Market Analyst, (SRDS, Des Plaines, IL) 2005, p. A-32)).

PSYCHOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION:
VALS SEGMENTS: According to SRI’s VALS Segmentation System, the target market for the Doggie Butler is primarily the Achievers group, and secondarily the Experiencers group (SRI Consulting Business Intelligence, (http://www.sric-bi.com/VALS/types.shtml), 2005).

-Achievers are motivated by the desire for achieving their goals and an image that reflects their successes in life. They have high resources, meaning they are relatively young and/or wealthy. Achievers also have strong commitments to their family, religion, and work. Because Achievers are goal oriented, they have little time for mundane tasks, and time saving devices interest them greatly. The Doggie Butler is a product Achievers would be interested in because it saves them time and effort, and also is very visible to the public eye.
-Experiencers are motivated by the desire for uniqueness and self-expression, and generally have high resources. This means they are often young and/or well off. They also have a lot of energy and are quite impulsive. Experiencers spend a lot of time on sports, and accumulating ‘cool’ gadgets. These combinations of impulsive buying, love of toys, and little spare time (due to constant, on the go / outdoor activities), makes Experiencers a group that would be interested in the Doggie Butler.

CONSUMER PARTICIPATIONS: To completely understand our target market, we must also understand how they spend their time. The following are two lifestyle activities (owning a dog and science/new technology) selected from the Lifestyle Market Analyst that pertain specifically to the Doggie Butler and the DMA of Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico.

-Own A Dog: The Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico area ranks 16th out of the 210 DMAs surveyed. This means that of the 210 areas surveyed, households in this area are 16th most likely to own a dog. Owning a dog is important because if a household does not have a dog, there is little to no reason to purchase a Doggie Butler. (Lifestyle Market Analyst, (SRDS, Des Plaines, IL) 2005, p. 11)).
-Science/New Technology: Albuquerque/Santa Fe has an index of 127 for Science/New Technology. This means that consumers in this area are 27% more likely to participate in activities associated with science and new technology. This is important because the Doggie Butler is cutting edge technology (Lifestyle Market Analyst, (SRDS, Des Plaines, IL) 2005, p. 11)).

CONSUMER EXPENDITURES: It is important to know whether or not consumers in the target market are spending money on products in similar categories. The following figures were taken from Household Spending. All are for the age group consisting of those who were 25-34 (a total of 18,515,000 people).
-Pet purchase, Supplies, Medicine: $42.71 per consumer unit per year in 2001 (Household Spending, (New Strategist Publications, Inc, Ithaca, NY) 2004, p. 220).
-Gardening, Lawn Care Service: $28.41 per consumer unit per year in 2001 (Household Spending, (New Strategist Publications, Inc, Ithaca, NY) 2004, p. 220).

ZIP CODE DEMOGRAPHICS: It is important to know how likely residents of Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico are to purchase certain products in a similar market to the Doggie Butler. With this information we can predict its popularity. The main zip code is 87111.
- Pets and Pet Supplies: Index of 123. This means that households in the zip code 87111 are 23% more likely to purchase pets or pet supplies than the average household (The Community Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics, (ESRI Business Information Solutions, Lebanon, NH) 2004, p. 196-D).

COMPETITIVE SITUATION:
Doggie Butler has three main types of competitors, the plastic bag, the scoop, and the professional service. Three mainstream competitive brands have been selected as well as three magazines in which these competitors might run an ad. The cost to run an ad has been calculated to help compare options.

COMPETITORS:
-Glad Sandwich Bags: small, sealable plastic bags
-The Pooper Scooper: a waste removal tool featuring two long handles and a shovel.
-“Pet Butler,” or other Service Providers: pet waste removal service provided to homes and businesses – other humans with pooper-scoopers.

MAGAZINES:
-Better Homes and Gardens
Ad Rate: $280,700 Circulation: 7,628,424
Unit: 7.875x10.5(Col:3)/One Time/Black&White/Run of Press
Cost Per Thousand (Impressions): $36.80
(Bacon’s Magazine Directory, (Bacon’s Information, Inc, Chicago, IL), 2005, p. 1494)
-Cosmopolitan
Ad Rate: $136,924 Circulation: 2,996,093
Unit: 8x10.875(Col:3)/One Time/Black&White/Run of Press
Cost Per Thousand (Impressions): $45.70
(Bacon’s Magazine Directory, (Bacon’s Information, Inc, Chicago, IL), 2005, p. 2877)
-Outside
Ad Rate: $48,925 Circulation: 657,485
Unit: 8.25x10.875(Col:3)/One Time/Black&White/Run of Press
Cost Per Thousand (Impressions): $74.41
(Bacon’s Magazine Directory, (Bacon’s Information, Inc, Chicago, IL), 2005, p. 2588)

POSITIONING:
Two attributes, which make the Doggie Butler stand out among its competitors, include its high degree of accuracy (within a short period of time) and low personal involvement of the dog owner. Attribute positioning on a perceptual map makes this clear.

The Doggie Butler quickly removes all dog waste from homeowner’s yards with little personal involvement.

MESSAGES:
Three sample messages have been prepared, as well as their relevance to the VALS positioning system, demography and geography.

-At Your Service: This message is relevant to the Achiever VALS type as it connotates the wealth and success that allow one to employ a butler. Achievers are the primary VALS type for the Doggie Butler and the image of achievement is one of their primary motivators. This message particularly appeals to a working person, as they are likely very busy. This is one way they can pamper themselves (as if they had a butler). Geographically this message fits because the Albuquerque/Santa Fe zip code area shows a high rate for the purchase of pets and pet supplies. Consumers there want to have pets and they want them to be “accessorized.”
Readability: 90.9%

-Dog’s Best Friend: This message is relevant to the Experiencers VALS type. These people value self-expression and uniqueness. It takes the old phrase “man’s best friend,” and implies that perhaps the dog’s best friend is not automatically human – a twist on conventional tradition. This appeals to the 25 to 34 year-old market since they are most likely working to establish a unique lifestyle and career. They want to differentiate themselves from their elders while still appearing competent. This message is geographically relevant because the Albuquerque/Santa Fe zip code shows a high rate of spending per year on “Gardening and Lawn Care Services.” People in this market want a nice lawn but they don’t want to groom it themselves.
Readability: 100%

-The innovative solution to doggie pollution: This message is relevant to the Achievers VALS segment. Achievers have goal-oriented lifestyles and therefore value time saving devices. They also want to be the first on their block with new technology (which makes them appear to be very successful). This message is also relevant to Experiencers because they value new and exciting possibilities. They also value the appearance of being on the cutting or trendy edge. Doggie Butler is a way for these two groups to show their uniqueness and buying power to all their neighbors. This is an important message demographically because this age group (25-34) is most likely employed at their first job – the first time they will have been able to accrue wealth and therefore spend it. It is also an important message geographically because the Albuquerque/Santa Fe zip code shows a high rate for participation in “Science and New Technology.” Residents there enjoy new gizmos.
Readability: 17.4%

MEDIA:
NEWSPAPERS:
Two newspapers from the target market, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM in which Doggie Butler might run an ad have been analyzed. One runs daily, the other, weekly.

Albuquerque Journal (Daily)-
Ad Rate: $98.30 Circulation: 109,693
Unit: One Column Inch/Black&White.
Cost Per Thousand (Impressions): $0.90
(Bacon’s Newspaper Directory, (Bacon’s Information, Inc, Chicago, IL), 2005, p. 840)
Crosswinds (Weekly)-
Ad Rate: $239.00 Circulation: 32,000
Unit: One Column Inch/Black&White
Cost Per Thousand (Impressions): $7.47
(Bacon’s Newspaper Directory, (Bacon’s Information, Inc, Chicago, IL), 2005, p. 2115)


SIMMONS’ CHOICES III DATABASE:
The Choices III Database is a collection of information from many surveys that have been generalized to the United States population. It allows the user to define a target market (demographics, psychographics, buying behaviors) and generate a chart detailing that specific market’s media behavior. Analyzed for this report are the three magazines identified in the Competitive Situation Analysis as well as two other magazines in the target market (Fig. 1.2). The target market was set to be those ages 25-34 and working a part/full time job, and also owned one dog. The magazines’ criteria was whether or not they had been read or looked into in the last six months.

-Better Homes and Gardens:
An index of 79 means that a household in the target market (age 25-34, working, own a dog) was 21% less likely to have read this magazine in the past six months than the average.
A rank of 3.79% means the target market consisted of 3.79% of the magazine’s 7,865,000 readers in 2001.
-USA Weekend:
An index of 103 means that a household in the target market was 3% more likely to have read this magazine in the past six months than the average.
A rank of 6.39% means the target market consisted of 6.39% of the magazine’s 10,212,000 readers in 2001.
-Cosmopolitan:
An index of 132 means that a household in the target market was 32% more likely to have read this magazine in the past six months than the average.
A rank of 2.64% means the target market consisted of 2.64% of the magazine’s 3,286,000 readers in 2001.
-Outside:
An index of 106 means that a household in the target market was 6% more likely to have read this magazine in the past six months than the average.
A rank of .54% means the target market consisted of .54% of the magazine’s 833,000 readers in 2001.
-Instyle:
An index of 130 means that a household in the target market was 30% more likely to have read this magazine in the past six months than the average.
A rank of 1.11% means the target market consisted of 1.11% of the magazine’s 1,402,000 readers in 2001.
(Choices III Database (Simmons Market Research Bureau), 2002).

The best magazine choices to consider would be USA Weekend or Cosmopolitan.

Although USA Weekend had a rank only of 103, the target audience’s readership is 6.39% of the total 10,212,000. This equates to approximately 2,195,000 reader impressions, the largest of any of the magazines listed.
Cosmopolitan would be a good choice/alternative because it offered the highest index. People in the target audience were 32% more likely to read Cosmopolitan than the average US Household in 2001.

andreaninetoes: hi dm
andreaninetoes: !!
Alan Parrott: you cant be done with homework already
andreaninetoes: i'm not
andreaninetoes: but i'm taking a break
Alan Parrott: can you see the birdies?
andreaninetoes: i'm developing a hypothetical new product
andreaninetoes: yes oooooo hello quack
Alan Parrott: will it sell at best buy?
andreaninetoes: its called the Doggie Butler
andreaninetoes: you set up a perimeter around your house with little pins
Alan Parrott: i AM the doggie butler
andreaninetoes: and it drives around and vacuums up dog poop for you
andreaninetoes: and thats my new invention
Alan Parrott: i wouldnt want to clean out the butler
andreaninetoes: i have to do a situation analysis on it
andreaninetoes: it has a 'reverse vacuum' function
Alan Parrott: heres an idea.
andreaninetoes: and it shoots into a waste disposal unit
Alan Parrott: the tiger woods poop chipper
andreaninetoes: haha
andreaninetoes: you'll be getting the write up for house of lem
Alan Parrott: it seeks dog logs and knocks them into the neighbors yard
Alan Parrott: with a golf club
andreaninetoes: i already did the research on the doggie butler
Alan Parrott: yes, dogs do poop
andreaninetoes: i was going to call it the poopatronic but thought it wasnt very professional
Alan Parrott: poop-o-matic
Alan Parrott: any art work for the butler?
Alan Parrott: have it look like the butler bulldog
andreaninetoes: i'm going to do that last
andreaninetoes: a little sketch on the cover sheet
Alan Parrott: i see. be sure to forward a copy of the copy
andreaninetoes: i will
andreaninetoes: maybe i will make it look like pee wee
andreaninetoes: my professor likes beagles
Alan Parrott: David owes mom thousands for ongoing tutor work
andreaninetoes: haha
Alan Parrott: shes expert in african, latin american studies and French
Alan Parrott: david does most of his own math
Alan Parrott: I better not waste your prime study time,
Alan Parrott: Youll want a break at 2100
Alan Parrott: This weekend mom and grandma P go to northwestern
Alan Parrott: ill send any good pix
andreaninetoes: garrett and i are going too
Alan Parrott: ozzum
andreaninetoes: okay, i'll want to see them
andreaninetoes: since my camera is MIA
Alan Parrott: i know. if we dont find it well get you another, if you want
Alan Parrott: i wish your cam worked better
andreaninetoes: i want a camera
andreaninetoes: me too
andreaninetoes: you could watch me study
andreaninetoes: can yo u see me?
andreaninetoes: i'm eating animal crackers
Alan Parrott: ya youre purple
andreaninetoes: i know weirded out
Alan Parrott: heres your room
Alan Parrott: 6 pix on the wall, 3 of them painted by andrea
andreaninetoes: those were my new drawers
andreaninetoes: apparently froze in time
andreaninetoes: yesss new pix
andreaninetoes: oh i htink you missed
Alan Parrott: miss ed what
andreaninetoes: my new drawers
andreaninetoes: look
andreaninetoes: see?
andreaninetoes: stackable
Alan Parrott: do yopu have enough stuff in your room?
andreaninetoes: i have a little room
andreaninetoes: i dont have that much stuff in here
Alan Parrott: we just had mayors cleanup
andreaninetoes: oooo
andreaninetoes: ok dm i gotta keep working
andreaninetoes: ill be back on later
andreaninetoes: bye bye!
Alan Parrott: i need a new grax size xl butler logo on the front t shirt
Alan Parrott: gray
andreaninetoes: okay
andreaninetoes: i'll remember
Alan Parrott: mom said i looked like a hobo in my old one
andreaninetoes: haha
andreaninetoes: maybe if you slept on a park bench
andreaninetoes: under some newspapers
Alan Parrott: she can bring you supplies too if you need something
andreaninetoes: contacts
andreaninetoes: and contact solution
Alan Parrott: that was ragbrai III
andreaninetoes: and conditioner
andreaninetoes: thats about it
Alan Parrott: ill probably get them thursday
Alan Parrott: no food?
andreaninetoes: excellent
andreaninetoes: ceral?
andreaninetoes: cereal?
andreaninetoes: any kind
andreaninetoes: i like crispix and special k but i'll eat anything
Alan Parrott: Adrians dad might get me a case of Capn Crunch - he works there
andreaninetoes: ooooo
andreaninetoes: michael eats his cereal in bluk
andreaninetoes: *bulk
Alan Parrott: hes gonna get bulky too
andreaninetoes: hahaha
andreaninetoes: he said he exercised today
andreaninetoes: walked up stairs?
andreaninetoes: i dunno
Alan Parrott: lifted remote
andreaninetoes: hahah
andreaninetoes: prolly
andreaninetoes: mouse clicks
andreaninetoes: 20 reps
Alan Parrott: heres david studying with mom
andreaninetoes: they look busy
Alan Parrott: david hates having his picture
andreaninetoes: haha
Alan Parrott: did you get the one of him in the gator
andreaninetoes: i know i could see him telling you to go away
andreaninetoes: yeah i liked that one
andreaninetoes: here's me studying
Alan Parrott: i tried to dig a hole behind the barn but i only got like 6 inches down
andreaninetoes: not exciting
andreaninetoes: really? i bet its hard dirt there
Alan Parrott: just in case for when the grounds frozen
andreaninetoes: brb
andreaninetoes: ok hi
andreaninetoes: oh i know something else you coul dget me
Alan Parrott: wut
andreaninetoes: kleenex
Alan Parrott: ill tell mom
andreaninetoes: look at my college style kleenex
Alan Parrott: yhats what i use at work
andreaninetoes: haha
andreaninetoes: hey its soft and pillowy
andreaninetoes: anyways
andreaninetoes: i gotta get to work
andreaninetoes: i'll leave my webcam on, hopefully it keeps working
Alan Parrott: rite - see you later - ill leave the cam on
andreaninetoes: okayy
andreaninetoes: bye bye!
Alan Parrott: ok
Alan Parrott: by -ee