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About cartom28

Hey I'm Tom! I moved to WA in September of 2009 and spent most of my first year here rocking, biking, hiking, rapping, and... doing work. I spent my first year in Oly gaining residency and beginning this September got to experience the glory that is being a full-time student at Evergreen. I still do lots of rocking, hiking, biking, and rapping, but mostly I have been exercising my brain vigorously. The Program I am in, Imperialism, has been a ruthless agent of informational dumping and it makes my poor slink of a brain tired! What I am saying is that I have learned a ton this quarter, specifically about who the scum of the earth are and how they oppress other people around the world. I have become more aware of the corrupt power dynamics that dominate the globe and how to be a citizen that actively rejects and dismisses all participation in this grotesque reality. This is exactly what I wanted out of college.

Landscapin’

Posted on July 28, 2012 by cartom28

Any given day at work: dramatic precipitation fluctuations, brief views of the Olympic Mountains across the Henderson Inlet, irritable Great Blue Herons competing for a prime fishing spot along the shore, perhaps the sound of playful seals slapping their tales … Continue reading →

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Meaningful and Dignified Work

Posted on July 20, 2012 by cartom28

The range, the variety of work students produce from their academic programs at Evergreen is vast. Evergreen offers passion a free reign. And that’s important. In Soren Kierkegaard’s, The Present Age, he remarks: “what our age lacks is not reflection … Continue reading →

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Bare Mountain

Posted on July 3, 2012 by cartom28

Olympia is comfortably nestled at the southern tip of the Puget sound about halfway between the Cascade mountain range and Olympic mountain range. The interior Olympic National Park is a whopping 870,275 acres. Near the center towers the glaciated Mt. … Continue reading →

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Excuse Me, While I Kiss the Sky

Posted on March 3, 2011 by cartom28

So I have been extremely busy lately and have neglected my poor little blog space.  So I am publishing two posts today and this one is about being happy and being in the mountains and snow! If you are already … Continue reading →

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Banksy is cool

Posted on March 3, 2011 by cartom28

So I hadn’t really been interested, or even really aware of the Oscars until I got an email about Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop being nominated for best documentary.  If you havent seen it, you should. It is genius. … Continue reading →

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Super Finished!

Posted on December 12, 2010 by cartom28

This week was my last week of homework and laborious research.  It paid off fantastically.  I delivered a power-house of a presentation and have never been so proud of any academic project.  I did my project on hip hop and … Continue reading →

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How to be a Blog Master

Posted on December 8, 2010 by cartom28

I don’t know. I don’t know how to be a blog master but I am going to try so bear with me while I learn and overcome my inability to use computers. I thought laptops were edible for most of … Continue reading →

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