sjml - personal

2000-2001

The UVa Rotunda

Enrolled at the University of Virginia
Took classes in Biology, Cognition, Learning, Japanese, History of Theatre, Acting, Design, and Makeup
Performed in the First Year Players production of Damn Yankees as Benny Van Buren, head coach of the beleaguered Washington Senators
Performed in Elemental Dreams as the ancestral boar spirit, Daniel Crowley, Eaglehawk, and other characters both zany and somber
Became publicity chair for First Year Players, honed my graphical design muscles
Spent the summer in Charlottesville, performing in the Offstage Theatre production of Titus Andronicus, working for U.Va.'s Heritage Repertory Theatre

Bad Idea

Began tenure as co-chair of Academic and Cultural Events (ACE) at Brown Residential College, sponsored Tucker Lounge Film Series, trips to several plays, and various other sundry matters
Official coursework continued with Stage Combat, Advanced Acting, Playwriting, Shakespeare, Linguistic Theory, Computer Science, and Historical Jesus
Cast in the U.Va. mainstage production of The Miser, directed by unbelievably phenomenal guest director Sabin Epstein. Grew hair long for the period piece, unadvisedly decided to keep it for an extended period.
Served as Production Manager for Spectrum Theatre (Season included The Vagina Monologues, Anouilh's Antigone, and Voices of the Class)
First learned of my mother's illness in February of 2002
Summer was spent at home with my mother. Gainful employment was had at the American Journal of Ophthalmology as an Editorial Assistant and Technology Consultant for online peer-review and submission system

Isn't she beautiful?

Continued into my second year as ACE co-chair at Brown College
Took classes in Low-Level Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Lighting Design, Scenic Technology, Modern American Drama, Theatre History, Sound Technology, Game Aesthetics, and Memory Distortions
Joined the Speculative Computing Laboratory, began ludological studies
My mother succumbed in February of 2003. Spirits suffered, as did grades.
Summer spent in Charlottesville, researching and cleansing the soul.

Brown College on Monroe Hill

Elected as Shama-Lama-Ding-Dong (silly name for Vice President / Chief Operating Officer) of Brown College on Monroe Hill, spent vast majority of "free time" working to coordinate large group of committees dedicated to defining the personality and environment of the residential college
Studies included Graphics Programming, Real-time Rendering, Advanced Playwriting, the Drama of 20th Century Physics, Game Design, Symbolic Logic, Psychobiology, and the History of Space Flight
Graduated, shipped off to Carnegie Mellon's ETC for graduate school