Jeff Vyduna: March 2005 Archives

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March 22, 2005

For the record...

My fiance said today:

"For some reason, when I woke up this morning, I had the overwhelming urge to learn how to sew."

I wasn't even whispering suggestions to her in her sleep - I swear she just popped out with this. I knew I was lucky already but DAMN.

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March 18, 2005

Murder Mystery Dinner Party

It was REALLY fun.

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March 16, 2005

Time for B-School

Today I pitched a $75,000 - $120,000 proposal to our Board of Directors, and it went very well.

Last month I designed a plan to save $9000 annually on printing costs and increase controls.

In November, I did a month of research and ended up rejecting a $200,000 proposal from an outsourcing provider.

I think it's time to apply to business school. My work at Deloitte was complex, fulfilling, and I had engaging coworkers - but I never had this sense of ownership and real, tangible affect. I think this kind of work exists at Deloitte, and I think an MBA will help qualify me for it in the "big league" of the US business scene.

Here we go, it's going to be a crazy next nine months.

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March 14, 2005

Halloween picture

We celebrated Halloween ... a long time ago... and we took this picture.

Woot.

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March 09, 2005

More Santiago de Lago Atitlan

Maximon ("Mah chee moan") - a Mayan god integrated into the local Catholicism. He moves from home to home every year (hosting him is an honor), and the other locals have to find him again every year. They then appease him by putting cigs in his little wooden pucker, give him ties (he's wearing about 25), and pouring rum on his mouth. He's a micheveous little log - one year when there was an outbreak of some sickness, they chopped off his leg to make him stop. He gets recarved every few years because of all the punishments us humans have to dole out to the nasty little god.

Its ridiculous, but even many well educated Guatemalans who live in the city such as our law-school friend are still deeply supersticious about persnickity Maximon.

A woman using a backstrap loom to weave fabrick.

Lago Atitlan

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March 08, 2005

Erupting Volcano

This is especially to make Chad jealous. Around the new year, we climbed Pacaya a second time, this time with our siblings Joel, Mike, and Liz. It was incredible - the volcano was actually erupting right behind us, spewing red lava up to 40 feet in the air. Yes, it was quite safe - there are many types of volcano eruptions, and this one was shooting about 3 cubic meters per minute. A constant flow, or larger pressures with larger volumes would have been dangerous.

COMING SOON: SKI TRIP 2005 PICTURES FROM VAIL AND THE BACKFLIP HEARD 'ROUND THE RESORT. Also, "Stupid Cliff" by Mike SiMANek.