Saturday, December 29, 2012

Moving to tumblr!!!

HEY GUYS.

It's been a while! I'm off travelling in Georgia currently and had some time to work on this. I am moving the crane-ing operation to tumblr.com since it will be easier to upload pictures and posts straight from my phone.

See y'all there and make sure to follow the new blog here!!!

Oh, and PS- I gave a crane to a real live crane yesterday. Just thought you should know about that;)

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Chirp, Chirp! BSU Cranes

CRANE COUNT: 198

Here are more of the cranes since last post!

179- Nik, Jaco's Grill
180- John, Guitarist
181- Lynne, Beach Pops
182- Mason, Qudoba, Carmel
185 & 186- Joey and Jack
187- Charlie, Ball State

188- Ali, Ball State, Muncie IN
189- Nathan, Ball State
190 & 191- Rebecca & Kaitlyn

192- Liz, Ball State

Money tip crane at Chile's!

Falling Whistles

CRANE COUNT: 198

Well, it's always hard to keep up with blogging and craning back at school, but at least this time I have managed to keep up. Since the start of the new year, I have given away 17 cranes away.

So far, things are looking a little better this semester in terms of more sleep (until this last week, which has been a little stressful...hadn't gotten to bed before 5 am since Friday until yesterday...) I had my first concert with the Ball State University Singers on Saturday...I play piano and keyboard for them. It went pretty well, and I'm excited to start getting back in to jazz piano!! But no wonder I'm sick again. Bleh.

(late) New Years Resolutions/goals/hopes/dreams:

* Crane goal of AT LEAST one a week
* Get all A's this semester
* Learn jazz comp/improv on the piano (or at least get a decent grip on it..)
* Get architecture internship this summer
* Take a cross country road trip and learn how to surf
* Find a way to raise money for Falling Whistles

As promised, about Falling Whistles...

Right now, the world's deadliest war since WWII is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 6 million people dead and 1,500 people dying each DAY.

The main conflict is over the mineral resources in the area- minerals used in our electronics such as cell phones and computers...a history of conflict between local groups and an unstable government doesn't help anything.  Falling Whistles was founded by a normal guy named Sean who had no idea what he had stumbled upon- a country in turmoil.

He came back home a changed man. He couldn't stop talking about what he had seen...finally he annoyed his friends so much, he had to do something. This something was creating Falling Whistles. He had the idea of making and selling whistle necklaces as a way to remind him wherever he went and start conversations, spreading the word.

I went to hear Sean talk a couple months ago, and it was one of the most moving things I've been a part of. I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do to help, but any little bit counts. I'm going to get a whistle soon...here's a link if you wanna get one!! They are pretty awesome.

Read more about Falling Whistles here.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Really...?

CRANE COUNT: 180

Ok, so only half an hour into the new year, another earthquake struck Japan. Not exactly the great start to the new year I was hoping for.

First calculated as a 7.0, it was later lowered to a 6.8. Fortunately, no damage was done because the quake hit 217 miles below the sea near the Izu Islands, 307 miles from Tokyo. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warning either, so it seems all will be fine for the time being. Read more about it here.

New Year's Eve was a pretty good time- the best part was hearing "Keep Your Head Up" live by Andy Grammer!! Only gave away two cranes last night, will post pics later!

Please keep Japan in your prayers/thoughts<3