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Ok Ok.

It's been stupid long since my last post. Partly because I'm lazy and partly because... well no it's only because I'm lazy.

Man lots has happened since October. In fact I'm pretty sure October was a different life time. Well I'll lay it out numerically.

1. I ended the internship at PHX in February and ended up remaining in Holland due to event #2.

2. I got a girlfriend. Her name is Marketa and she was/is the lead designer at PHX. It was a classic scenario of forbidden office romance.

3. I started and have now ended a second internship at a company called LAVA. It was a fantastic experience where I got to work next to inspiring design talent on great projects. I learned an incredible amount in my short stay there. I told them I would be back someday. I meant it.

4. Now I am back in the mirage inducing heat of Texas. I'll be here for a little under 2 months.

So far this trip home has been really nice. It feels like the reply to the past years experience. Like my perspective widens every time I move between cultures. I really wish I could have brought Marketa with me this time, but it didn't work out this time.



I put together this video of the landscape around where my parents live. I never realized how pretty it actually is until I had been away for a year. My intention with the video was to create the feeling of the place.



Last weekend I went to my grand parents ranch near Gainesville which is north of Dallas. It's great out there. I had been there a lot as a kid but never really learned to appreciate it. Living in closely packed Holland has taught me the preciousness of space.

This place is called the Triangle D Ranch because it is owned by 3 doctors, including my father, my uncle and my grand father. My father and other uncle have recently bought my grandpa's share of the Cole Ranch which is located further north and is almost 2 times the size of Triangle D. I don't have any idea where the fences are there, but I did shoot some video which I'll post up soon.


Make it biggerer

This map isn't very accurate and I'm sure I've misplaced some fence lines, but it's as close as I can muster from memory.

I hope to spend more time there in the Future.