Aaron Kaufman's Blog :: Carleton College

Hello, Real World

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:28:25 -0500

At one point during President Oden's speech at graduation last weekend he said, "You are Carleton students no longer." I've known this day was coming for the past year, but it was still a shocking realization. I'm done with college. I'll repeat it, to accentuate its importance. I'm done with college. And since I have no immediate plans for grad school, that means my life is going to be seriously lacking the structure of academia. And, just as frightening, it means I have to grow up and be an adult...MORE

A Weekend Full Of...Sports? You Must Be Kidding...

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:52:51 -0500

4 years ago if you told me that this past weekend would have been one of the best weekends I have at college and all the best parts would revolve around some sports game I would not have believed you at all. I probably wouldn't have believed you a week ago. BUT that was the case...MORE

Class Is Better With A Bowl Of Soup, Spring Is Better With A Concert

Tue, 19 May 2009 15:52:01 -0500

This post was originally going to be titled "Shorts vs. Long Pants" and I was going to have a lot of pictures of people in either shorts or long pants. It all started when my friend Gabe and I ran into each other outside Sayles and noticed we were both wearing shorts. And neither of us EVER wears shorts. But today it's hot. Like 96 degrees hot (just two short of a boy band)...MORE

Eat The Lawn (Or Things To Do Outside)

Tue, 12 May 2009 15:04:02 -0500

Now that it's DEFINITELY Spring, here's a list.

6 Things To Do Outside...MORE

Portraits In Books, Pianos On Fire

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:42:37 -0500

Last week I had seen a ton of posters up around campus about a performance art piece that was going on called Piano Burning. The posters made sure to advertise that the performance would include an actual piano being burned. While I was sitting in the music lab arranging my song for Exit (unfortunately I didn't finish because the program crashed and I lost motivation and just played guitar) I heard some of the music majors talking about it and a few of them were talking about going to get the piano and scrape all the paint off of it before burning it...MORE

Dear Professors, This Is Why I Didn't Do All My Homework...

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:19:40 -0500

Just Another Weekend (But Not Really)

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:38:30 -0500

I realized I don't often just talk about what I did on the weekend, which is always a question that comes up on tours. Of course, each weekend is different, and this weekend was a little different, too, since we had the second Accepted Student Days this weekend...MORE

No Homework, Just Dancing

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:53:34 -0500

Guess what I did today (along with about 200 other Carleton students)? Danced for 4 hours. And watched other people dance. Today was the first Ebony showing, so everyone in Ebony shows the dances they've been working on for the last 3 weeks and we all get to watch the dances we aren't in. Of course, with 200 dancers and over 20 dancers this takes a while...MORE

Who Is Kate Malecek?

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:14:43 -0500

Anyone walking anywhere between Sayles and the Library (and let's be honest that's basically everyone on campus) today is bound to know that today is Kate Malecek's birthday. Who is Kate Malecek? I don't know, but last night her friends went to town on the sidewalks with some chalk and now the whole campus knows...MORE

Second Week And So Much To Do!

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:57:16 -0500

This weekend I'm holding my Senior Concert. Having a Senior Concert is a long standing tradition at Carleton for ALL half Asian singer/songwriters. No, not really (I'm not sure there are any other half asian singer/songwriters...yet). But it's something I've been meaning to host for a few years now. I came to Carleton and performed my song "All My Life" at the Freshman Talent Show during New Student Week (which I HIGHLY recommend). Since then, I feel like I've been a very active part of the Carleton music scene...MORE

I Am Winter! Don't Forget Me!

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:14:23 -0500

The term is winding down (tomorrow is our last day of class) and winter decided to hit us with another snow storm. Actually, it wasn't a snow storm at all. We've had really nice weather the past week or so (my roommate has been wearing his flip flops, which I think is a little extreme but...) and this was just MN deciding that before we all head off for spring break we should remember where we are. Anyways, let's do a quick little wrap up of this past weekend and what's in store for Carleton in the next few days...MORE

Countdown

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:36:52 -0600

Comps is done! Holy cow! It's GREAT to not have to think about it anymore (even though I obviously am) and not I have all this free time to devote to other things. So here's a countdown that's been rolling through my head the past few days...MORE