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Research more often is becoming an influencing factor in a broad range of design projects. However, while many designers and clients recognize the benefits of evidence-based design, not enough, on both sides, fully recognize its potential. Designers and authors Gordon Chong, W. Mike Martins, and Robert Brandt aim to change this in their recent release, "Design Informed: Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design," which uses a collection of case studies to demonstrate the power of research data to reveal new design opportunities and convince stakeholders of the value of extraordinary work. The three spoke with Contract to give insight into the inspirations behind the book.
1. What types of audiences do you hope this book will reach?
Martins: It is our hope that this book with be attractive to professionals in all of the design professions, others whose work and efforts are grounded in research, i.e., medicine law, the sciences both physical and social. It is also hopeful that academics who are interested in teaching the next generation of designers to see research and more importantly transparent evidence as an integral part of their education and future practice.
2. The book is heavily based on research. What is the most intriguing study you've come across?
Brandt: Interesting question, and I suspect that if three of us each selected one study, we'd have three different choices. That's precisely the point of the book. Research is targeted toward informing a topic. A wonderful aspect of architectural design is that it brings together many considerations about aesthetics, technology, and people. Research can help us with all of these dimensions and there are many research approaches that can influence great design achievements. It's the variety of possibilities that makes research compelling, practical, and rich for the design professions. That it's more than one approach, one study, is what most intrigues.
3. There is a lot to be gained from reading case studies, but what do you ultimately hope people take away from this book?
Chong: Rather than writing about our own research, experience, or biases of approach, we intentionally highlighted the case study interviews and the more innovative work of many within each of the three categories. By doing so, we wanted to express to practitioners that there are many ways to maximize the benefits of research.
Most importantly, the use of research, if it is to be used as a new practice model, needed to be accessible and seen as actually being used in the case studies rather than as an academic or theoretical exercise.
We hope that practitioners reading the case studies will reflect approaches well within their means, identify research topics relevant to their own interests/needs, and understand the potential of becoming more creative.
4. Do you think professional designers pay enough attention to research and case-studies? How can this contribute to their work?
Brandt: This is very ironic. Clearly, the answer is no. It's ironic because there is a research foundation that all designers use without necessarily knowing it. It's customary to consider precedents and inevitable to use codes and regulations that were developed through research. However, many designers fear that research will inhibit their creativity.
We believe the opposite: research stimulates and enriches and can co-exist with intuition. It's all about ways to spark and reveal new possibilities.
There's also the proverbial "tree in the forest." How many designers have felt thwarted because their client won't support what the designer believes to be a great proposal? I dare say most. Well, clients don't hire designers to satisfy the designer. Clients are accountable the people who sponsor, use, and operate their buildings. If the designer doesn't help their client understand and trust how a particular design might affect these various stakeholders, the design is likely to not be built. The result can be that our environments don't improve; the safe path is taken. Research can break that inertia by helping the designer address the stakeholder's concerns and providing the client with the ammunition to choose the more innovative approach. A great design that never sees the light of day will not delight and inspire.
5. Was there a single reference or a particular study that prompted the writing of this book?
Martins: The book for me is the result of two studies that I was involved in. The first was the development of a strategy to construct design knowledge from practice, a method referenced as "Building Stories," a research project at the University of California at Berkeley. The second was the collaborative research project done with the 2005 Latrobe Fellowship, funded by the AIA College of Fellows. This study explored the relationship of building performance and human performance in healthcare settings using the resources of an architecture firm, Chong Partners Architecture, the University of California-Berkeley, and Kaiser Permanente Inc..
6. What was the biggest challenge of writing this book?
Chong: In my mind, two challenges remain, not just in relation to our writing but to the acceptance of our premise by the reader:
1) Since our primary audience is the practitioner, we fear that many will want to know the "10 quickest steps to …" This book will not give you specific instruction but will cause you to think about the case studies and the interviewee comments. The reader will need to participate in finding his/her own appropriate research approach.
2) Secondly, there seem to be two responses from today's practitioner about the use of research and "evidence" to inform design. Some are fearful of the limitations that empirical knowledge may place on creativity. Finding comfort and confidence that research will indeed enhance creativity will be increasingly important.
Download a PDF excerpt from "Design Informed: Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design" (Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc." Robert Brandt, Gordon H. Chong, W. Mike Martin, Design Informed: Driving Innovation with Evidence-Based Design, 2010.)

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Leftlane reported just over two months ago that General Motors had tentatively acquired lender AmeriCredit as a replacement for its former lender, Ally Financial, formerly known as GMAC.
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Just last week, there was a hearing for a lawsuit filed by the Labadie Environmental Organization over a zoning amendment that would allow Ameren Corp. to construct a new coal ash landfill in the heart of a floodplain. Toxicologist Dr. Lisa J.N. Bradley, testifying on behalf of Ameren Energy Corporation, said, "A child could consume coal ash every day and have no increased exposure to arsenic."
Bradley was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the American Coal Ash Association, a lobbying organization whose membership includes Ameren, Duke Energy, Southern Company and other large coal-burning utilities. Unfortunately, it seems that conflict of interest was lost on Associate Circuit Court Judge Robert D. Schollmeyer, who dismissed the lawsuit citing Bradley's testimony.
There are many who have had to face the traumatic effects of toxic coal ash firsthand. Following the AES Corporation's dumping of 80,000 tons of coal ash waste along the shores of the Dominican Republic between 2003 and 2004, the country's women have suffered years of consistent miscarriages, abnormal levels of arsenic in their blood, and births to babies with cranial deformities, external organs, and missing limbs.
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text: For Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen, the title of his sixth album for ECM has a programmatic significance. Extended Circle refers, he says, to the completion of a double circle of trilogies: the first with the trio heard on Changing Places, The Ground and Being There, and the second with the quartet (formed inside the expanded ensemble of Restored, Returned in 2009 and then documented on The Well in 2012). Extended Circle incorporates tunes inspired by chorales and spirituals, developed collectively and gradually integrated into the repertoire as the group toured in the wake of The Well. The new album title also refers to the view of things not being linear, says Gustavsen. The modernistic notion of linear progress is dead... But still we want to move in creative circles or spirals, coming back to musical and spiritual issues from ever-new angles, developing the musical approach or ideology with hopefully a deeper insight, a deeper set of experiences and skills. Gustavsen speaks of his band as a creative circle or community pulsating through communal experience, but also through whatever the individual musicians do outside this circle and bring back to the collective. Entrance, the only group composition among the twelve tracks on the new album recorded in Oslo in June 2013 is an instance of this application of communal experience: Entrance really came out of a stretch of free playing in the studio, using elements we have been playing in concerts, making up pieces spontaneously. We always do that in concerts once or twice and we have kept certain musical modules from these extemporizations so you could call it a module-based collective composition. Entrance reappears on the album, in a kind of reprise or variation, one more example of a predilection for suite-like track sequences evident also on Gustavsens earlier albums. Composing an album with a structured sequence and thoroughly conceived transitions is a shared passion of Manfred Eichers and mine, and we always have a very fruitful dialogue over this. All the individual transitions here feel really natural, but the album as a whole carries more stylistic variations than those before. Attentive listeners will quickly note how the quartet takes greater risks and makes more use of dynamics. Nonetheless, all comes from a very clear point of stillness and staying true to a basic meditative state in making music, as the leader states. This stretching out while staying grounded can be vividly experienced in the bands reading of the old Norwegian hymn Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg (A Castle in Heaven) where a meditative melody is contrasted by a tough, almost club-like groove from Vespestad. This arrangement emerged in a sound-check for a concert. It is a way of connecting with my own roots in church music, as this is a song Ive been playing all my life. Jarle Vesperstad can definitely play any tempo but most kinds of up-tempo are too fast for this bands meditative approach. This kind, though, I felt really worked. Tord Gustavsens affinity for sacred music also played a role in the genesis of "Devotion", an adaption of a piece from a commissioned work for the Nidaros Cathedral Choir originally written as a liturgical mass for choir. We took the 'Alleluia' movement and turned it into a quartet piece. The quiet gospel fire that has become a signature of Gustavsens playing is on particularly strong display in Staying There, here matched by Tore Brunborgs bluesy lines on tenor. We play it as an encore sometimes, but first I wasnt sure if it would fit on the album as it is really on one end of our spectrum now I am happy that we included it. Traces of gospel and nordic blues will always be with me, whether under the surface or quite on top of the surface like in this case. The albums final two tracks are preceded by a Bass Transition from Mats Eilertsen, a choice that reflects upon the programming of the bands live shows: We often have a solo bass piece before the last section of a concert. Mats is a master of these miniatures that sound to me like little landscapes or universes in themselves not many bass players can come up with something like this within a very short piece. Extended Circle opens and closes with a trio piece, while exploring textural and dynamic variations in between. You come back to the point of departure but with new insight and things are the same but not the same, Gustavsen sums up an album that in his view points forward to musical openness, but also back to his 2003 ECM debut.


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In concert: John Hiatt at Rams Head Tavern
By Dave McKenna
John Hiatt is more than merely a songwriters' songwriter and critics' darling after all these years. Either that, or the Rams Head Tavern was packed with songwriters and critics for his Thursday show.
Hiatt lost some perfectly good guitars and suffered some other damage in the floods back home in Nashville. But there was no playing the victim during his joy-saturated two-hour-plus set, which at several points sent the elation level inside the club into the danger zone.
Long before the disaster, Hiatt, 57, was writing about rising rivers. Touring with a trio he's dubbed the Combo ("the Band" was already taken), Hiatt rendered 1988's "Icy Blue Heart" and 2000's "Crossing Muddy Waters" as bluesy acknowledgements of recent events; "Buffalo River Home" was, like the best Hiatt tunes, both somber and funny, with belly-laugh lines (among them: "There's only two things in life, but I forget what they are") amid the pathos.
Hiatt had everybody smiling while blurring the lines between hero and outlaw on the rockabilly gem "Tennessee Plates." He turned the Combo loose on "The Tiki Bar Is Open," a Tom Waits-like homage to the pleasure and pain of boozing. Guitarist Doug Lancio played spacey, echo-drenched and downright Buddy Milleresque licks throughout "Cry Love." "The Open Road," the rocking title track to Hiatt's new CD, is only the latest of many great songs in his catalogue about the itinerant lifestyle. Hiatt introduced his most lucrative contribution to the pop charts, the Bonnie Raitt smash "Thing Called Love," as the song "that educated my children."
During "Memphis In the Meantime," Hiatt attempted to lead a ridiculously complicated audience participation routine. He blamed the club's layout for its failure. The crowd roared its approval nonetheless. To the songwriters or critics or just plain fans in the house on this night, Hiatt could do no wrong.
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October is a dazzling gem in autumn's colorful necklace. I say "welcome" even as I grumble in a loving way that it is upon us too soon — I am still savoring summer, erratic as it was.
Spring brings us the promise and October is the affirmation that this is indeed a beautiful world.
Time moves at its own steady, constant pace, unshakable, dependable. No bad knees. No arthritis. My pace, physical and mental, seems to become slower between seasons, and the march of time seems to pick up the pace. Maybe that is because time is ageless and we mortals aren't.
I can see clearly the signs of seasonal change. Empty nests, aviary maternity wards, cleverly hidden around the yard. The young ones are out in their new world, learning how it is to be away from home.
On college campuses, romances are already budding and surely some will bloom. Already, theologians like Rev. Fred Niedner and his students at Valparaiso University are exploring the meaning of life, the mystery and wonder of our existence.
It is yet not quite October, and the best is yet to come for young inquiring minds. They have miles to go on their journeys.
Now, in the post-graduate semester of my long life, I remember, but it is hard to grasp the reality of how fleeting time can be.
The master time clock does strange things to our perspectives. As a kid, yelling at mules or driving a tractor in a dusty field, I felt that time moved in slow gear as I thought of the Saturday night free shows in town and a candy bar between reels, or a fishing outing with my dad and some uncles.
Later, when my young hormones awoke, I thought that my Wednesday date night would never come. Time seemed to drag, as if it were playing games with me. I can smile about it now, and I often do.
Between then and now, time has seemed to fly, as if it were on a magic carpet blown by big winds. It has been trying as time often does, to teach me a lesson about life. We often don't pay attention and we miss the lesson.
We can fiddle with our clocks, but we can change the real time only in our hearts. It is not fast or slow, just steady. When it is time for the flowers to fade and then leave us, they will go. A new generation of beauty will bloom in the spring, with the birds, bringing us the timeless reminder that all is well.
There is comfort in that. This annual art show brought to us in October is a time for remembering that the falling leaves, the roar of football crowds, the incredible colors , the restlessness of the honking geese are all part of the free autumnal show.
I reckon that we should move as fast as we can — in our hearts if not on our bad knees — and try to keep up with the changing scenes. We know, if we stop to look and listen, that these wonders are constant, an assurance that we need.
Yes, this show seems to arrive earlier every year, but that is an illusion, maybe a sign of age. We older folks, though, know that this is all part of a constant script. Winter will bring its own loveliness with the cold winds. We can prepare for that new season by soaking up the beauty and bright warmness of October.
As we toast autumn and the gem of October with a glass of apple cider, we can remind our aging hearts that every season is a gift.


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Sloppy Firsts
Anna Elliott on Oct 22 2009 | Filed under: CRAFT
Please welcome Anna Elliott to our family of amazing contributors! Dark Moon of Avalon, Anna's second novel, will release in May 2010. She recently welcomed a daughter to her growing family, and we look forward to her perspectives on juggling motherhood, writing and sanity. Welcome, Anna!
When I was an aspiring author, I spent a lot of time poring over web sites on writing (including Writer Unboxed!), voraciously reading my favorite authors' sites and blogs–anything to find inspiration in the midst of the often discouraging process that trying to get a novel published can be. And now that I actually have a book out, one of my absolute favorite aspects of being published is getting e-mails from aspiring authors looking for inspiration in the midst of their discouragement. One reader recently wrote to tell me that hearing about my journey to publication had given her "so much hope." I love that!
This same reader also asked for advice on a challenge that I think nearly every aspiring author faces: she was struggling to finish the first draft of her book. What was your first draft like? she wrote. And how did you have the courage to go on? Ha. It's almost like she's been looking over my shoulder when I'm in the throes of writing, because my first drafts are awful. Horribly, embarrassingly, hideously awful.
Writing a first draft is terrifying—and I have to say that this is one aspect of the writing process that (for me, at least) doesn't get any easier the more books I write. It's a bit like childbirth. (I just had my second baby, so that's the comparison that springs most easily to mind). The first time you face childbirth it's a mixture of excitement and fear of the unknown; the second time you know it's going to hurt like the devil. And even after writing several books, I'm still afraid to start putting the first words down in that blank, virgin whiteness of a new word processing file—because I know just how clumsy and unpolished those first words are going to be.
So where do I find the courage to push through that clumsy first draft? I hadn't really thought about it until being asked and having to answer the question, but I think it comes down to my characters.
One of my favorite books on writing is Noah Lukeman's The Plot Thickens, and in it he writes that the task of the writer "is to create characters on the verge of change, characters that will, in some way, be unrecognizable by the end of the work." Before I begin writing I know where my characters are at the beginning of my story—what their dreams and hopes are, what struggles they face, what hurts and griefs they have that need to be healed. And I know where I want them to be by the end of the book, whether or not their hopes have been realized, their struggles overcome and their hurts fully healed. My plots come from working out just what experiences my characters need to get them from that emotional and physical starting point to where I want them to be at the story's end.
And that's really what keeps me writing, even through those first-draft moments when it feels like it would be easier to give up and just start something entirely different. I love my characters. I love spending time with them every day, love learning about them, hearing them talk to me, having them tell me their stories. I love them too much to give up on them before they've reached the ending I (or maybe they?) have decided on. I want to see them grow, to leave them forever changed by the journey they've been on with me.
Another of my favorite quotes on writing is from Michael Crichton, who wrote, "Books aren't written–they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it." And I think that's absolutely true. Beginning a first draft is hard. Finishing that first draft is harder still. Working through the countless rounds of revisions needed to make your manuscript sparkle, to turn your clunky first draft into a polished final one—no doubt about it, it all takes determination and courage not to give up. But you just have to dig down and find that courage. Your characters are counting on you to tell their story. Because no one else but you can.
About Anna Elliott
Anna Elliott is an author of historical fiction and fantasy. Her first series, the Twilight of Avalon trilogy, is a retelling of the Trystan and Isolde legend. She wrote her second series, the Pride and Prejudice Chronicles, chiefly to satisfy her own curiosity about what might have happened to Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy, and all the other wonderful cast of characters after the official end of Jane Austen's classic work. She enjoys stories about strong women, and loves exploring the multitude of ways women can find their unique strengths. Anna lives in the Washington DC area with her husband and three children.
21 Responses to "Sloppy Firsts"
Thanks for your post! I am nearing the end of a first draft (This is my first time writing a novel) and I am having a lot of trouble finishing. There is not only the challenge of wrapping it all up but revisions are looming overhead and making me NOT WANT to finish because I don't want to start them! haha. I appreciate seeing that I'm not alone.
.-= Melissa´s last blog ..Oh boy! =-. -
I'm a stay-at-home mom in the very middle of my first revision of my first book. If anyone saw my first draft I would die of shame.
Thanks for being honest, for writing this. It was so encouraging to me. Especially what you said about the rewrites. I must get back to them now... -
Heh, I am SO one of those aspiring writers, trying to soak up the inspiration and motivation and secret recipe. But I guess one thing I'm doing right is that I too just try to work from beginning to end. I call it connecting the dots. I know A to Z, and maybe a few letters in between, and it's the process of connecting them that I love.
.-= Kristan´s last blog ..A big plunge (no, not the toilet kind) =-. -
Welcome to WU. Thanks for the encouraging words you've shared. Even as a neophyte, about-to-be-published author I get questions from other writers seeking the Holy Grail of getting published. I believe the answer is contained in the oft-used, often-ignored dictum, "put butt in chair, write, revise, repeat often." -
It's always nice to know that other writers share the same frustrations, fears, and obstacles as this lone writer, toiling away at the keyboard. I pushed my way through the first draft of my novel this summer knowing that there would be plenty of work ahead. I just picked it up after about six weeks and found out that there IS plenty of work ahead, BUT there is also some good stuff in there as well. The joys of rediscovery!
.-= Jonathan´s last blog ..WIP – The River Lords =-. -
Thanks for the post! If nothing else, I'm always really grateful to hear that I'm not the only person who writes terrible first drafts. Logically, I know that can't be true, but when I'm sitting in front of the computer by myself I have my suspicions.
I prefer rewriting, anyway. That was a very pleasant revelation. I write the drafts and then I GET to fix them.
.-= Eliza Evans´s last blog ..Throwing the baby out, or why social networking is important and how to keep it from taking over your life. =-. -
Excellent post! I find that writing a short story (6k-7k) where I can flush out character and plot goes a long way to making the writing process a lot easier. I usually try to write at least a peice of flash fiction every day in my notebook during lunch, and then I can decide if the story has legs to be made into something larger. The current novel I'm working on was originally a 5-page short story and is now nearing 30,000 words.
(A big shout-out to all the people at WU who really inspired me to begin my novel writing venture... you guys really made me get off my tookus and write this darn thing.)
Probably only another 10k words to go before it's complete... at least I think so. I'm still not set on how it ends. :)
.-= Ken´s last blog ..Why I Will Never Be 'Artsy' =-. -
Thanks so much for the welcome, everyone! It's such a thrill to be here.
Melissa, I think we all have that rocks-in-the-stomach sinking feeling when contemplating revisions. The task just feels so huge and overwhelming. I try to just take it page by page, scene by scene. Work on one plot thread that needs improving, focus on it, then move on to another. Breaking the task down makes it seem more manageable.
Eliza, you are DEFINITELY not the only one who feels like they write terrible first drafts!
Kristan, that's my writing technique exactly--knowing my key plot points and key scenes and then connecting the dots, as you say. It probably doesn't work for everyone, since everyone has their own process--but great if you've found a process that works for you!
Jonathan, Ken, and Ellie, good luck and good for you for working through those revisions!
And good writing vibes to everyone! I'd better go and get back to work on my own emerging first draft! :-)
Welcome! great first post. I look forward to more great advice from you.
.-= Melanie´s last blog ..The War of Art Giveaway =-. -
The worse the first draft is, the easier it is to revise - assuming it makes any sense at all. When someone asks me for my opinion on polished work, I often don't have an opinion.
.-= Michael McGinnis´s last blog ..Writing Blogs =-. -
Wonderful post! The process of writing a first draft vs revising are such different beasts. I'm 2/3 of the way through my current YA wip while editing a women's fiction novel I have three agents waiting to read. I'm sure I feel like most writers do. If only I could clone myself...! Welcome to WU - I'm looking forward to reading more of your post. ;-)
.-= Debra Schubert´s last blog ..I Have Nothing More to Say.... BWAHAHAHAH!!!! and A Certifiable Dream Come True =-. -
More often than not, my first drafts end up getting thrown out, if not completely than almost completely. I think I'm making progress in that the last two revisions I've done, I've gotten to keep about 1/4 of the book. Prior to that, though, the last two books were completely trashed but for a paragraph.
First drafts are daunting but the real task for me isn't even rewriting. The hard part is digging in and finding the way to smooth out all the pieces and make the story flow.
It's a real challenge but its worth it in the end to have a shiny finished product that's worthwhile to send out.
Great post and one I really needed today as I get ready to dig back into revisions once more... -
Great post! And so, so true.
While many here are talking about finishing their first draft, I've just begun mine.
And the re-reads are painful. The prose is bland, the characters don't sparkle like they did in my mind; who stole my plot?; etc., etc.
But I'm willing to push through it.
And even though I haven't even completed 30 manuscript pages, I know in my heart it will feel good once I get to the end of this process.
For now, I'm just enjoying the journey.
Michael-- "The worse the first draft is, the easier it is to revise"--I think in many ways that's true. I always tell myself as I'm typing that clumsy first draft, You can always make this better. You can re-write it as many times as it takes, just get it down.
Debra--huge congratulations on the interests from agents! That's a huge accomplishment right there.
Jessica--I'm just the same! my first drafts--and especially the first chapters of my first drafts--usually get thrown out, too. It makes starting a new project kind of daunting when I KNOW a fair bit of what I agonize over will only end up in the trash. And yet it's all a step on the way to the actual final version.
Dwayne--I think the first 30 pages are the absolute hardest to write. So that's fantastic if you're pushing through them and are enjoying the writing journey. It definitely will feel great when you get to the end of the process--and it does get easier, I promise!
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Your characters are counting on you to tell their story. Because no one else but you can.
I love that! It's putting it in my quotes.
Hi Anna,
I'm currently working on the rough draft of my seventh manuscript, which is proving just as difficult as the first. It doesn't get any easier, does it? Makes me cringe to think about it. But you could have been reading my mind with your comment about "loving my characters ... spending time with them every day ... hearing them talk to me, tell me their stories ... love them too much to give up on them before they've reached the ending ... they've decided on."
And you're SO right about how scary it is, pushing on into uncharted territory with that first draft. But as writers, we have no choice, do we? No matter how many rewrites, no matter how many edits, ultimately it's what the characters deserve that continues to drive us, to getting it down right and telling the truth.
Sloppy first draft to polished completion.
Hard work. So worth it.
Thanks for the post!
-Kathleen Irene Paterka
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I... I don't know what to say, except I've read a few messages and perhaps here is a place I can come. Life goes on for everyone else... for me, I still want to talk about him all day, every day and I think my friends are getting distant because of it.
It's been almost a month since the accident. It could have been any one of those boys that was with him... they had all jumped off that cliff into the water many times. But it was my brother's first time. He was a very handsome and athletic 17 year old. He loved adventure. He jumped off of an 80 foot cliff and fell to his death... because he was leaned a little too far forward he was knocked out. My beautiful strong brother drowned. And I don't know if I'll *ever* just "get the **** over it", as some in my life have so callously suggested. I can't. I lost my big brother when I was 14 (I'm 22 now). I watched him die of leukemia. I never, never thought it could happen again. I still can't believe I'm alone in this world, that both of my siblings are dead. I moved home to be with my mom and people are critisizing me for that. I don't know, I guess I just feel so alone, like no one except her understands and I don't want to burden her with my grief, as she is nearly dead herself from a broken heart. Here's something I wrote about Dan. "You felt the rush
I used to play Airplane with you
When I climbed down the ice pit last summer
I know you were scared to jump.
Popping over that snow jump we made, you landed it every time
Rather than the first, I'll start with the last
I looked upon your face. Sweet brother, the cream was applied all over, over your orifices too
Not right, it's not right, you didn't look right there
Og god Danny, no
And I couldn't go… I kept trying to walk away
Why cant you come back
Don't drown, Danny, don't drown
The very first… They gave me a coloring book about babies
If someone could guide me, I would like to share his picture as well. |
Follow-Up Postings:
- Posted by StefCo_NJ (email@example.com) on Mon, Jul 12, 04 at 18:36
Carijo, I am so sorry for your loss. Your words are beautifully written, and I'm glad you found a place to come to - a place where you can share your thoughts, your feelings, your grief. We're all grieving for people we loved and lost. We understand your pain. The people you mention who are criticizing you for your actions.... Please disassociate yourself with them. Those are not friends. They're certainly not people you need in your life right now. You did a wonderfully courageous thing by moving in with your mother. I'm sure she appreciates you more than anything. And yes, her hurt is horrible (horrendous) and so is yours. Be kind to eachother and yourselves during this awful time. I'm glad you came to share here with us. -Stef |
CariJo, I hope you will take Stef's words to heart. Those who are urging you to get over it don't know what they're talking about. Even if they mean well, their urgings are hurtful to you. A month since the accident? A month is nothing in this process. I would expect your grief to be every bit as raw today as it was in the first week. By all means, keep talking about Danny. If you're tempted to be silent on the subject with your mother for fear of burdening her, please consider that she might very much want to talk about him herself, and hear what you have to say. She will want him to be remembered, as you do, and no one will remember him better than the two of you. It's good that you moved in with her. I'm so sorry this happened to both of you. Susan |
- Posted by FoxesEarth (My Page) on Mon, Jul 12, 04 at 22:56
Bless your heart. Such a terrible thing to have to face. So sad for you and for your mother. Telling about it helps, welcome to a place we'd rather you had not had to seek out. If your photo is on a web site or you have an account at a site that allows sharing, it can be linked here in the box that says 'Optional Link URL. Or, if you want, send it to me and I'll post it for you in the messages. Nell Nell |
- Posted by Lulie___Wayne (email@example.com) on Mon, Jul 12, 04 at 23:46
CariJo, I am so, so sorry. What everyone said is so very true. There is NO way that you can be "over"this this soon. You will never be "over" it. You will learn to live with it, but never be over it. When we lose those we love, we never forget their lives nor their deaths. I'm so very sorry that you are dealing with this and I can't imagine your mom's pain of having lost two of her precious children. You will be tremendous comfort to her having moved back in with her. What a kind thing to do. I lost my 19 year old daughter and my one remaining son is so much comfort to me. Just being around him makes my husband and me feel better. You talk about your brothers as much as you want to. Seek friends that don't mind you talking about them. Get together with their friends often and talk about them. And of course, we are always here to listen and help out in any way that we can. I too, would love to see pictures of your brothers and anything else that you would like to share. You have my prayers, Sweetie! Lu |
Here is a link that might be useful: Christin Cosby Memorial Web Site
.... I was so, so very moved by visiting that site... It was so beautiful. I didn't cry until I saw her paintings. I was wondering... how long after the accident did it take for you to get that site running? About Christin, and Dan... it seems to me a very similar thing in that they were both extraordinary people and we knew it when they lived. Every time I saw my brother I knew that there was something so special about him... in spite of the abuse he endured up until the day of his death. He never turned it back on me and mom, and he wouldn't leave his tormentor when he turned 16 out of love. He was just so mellow and so sweet, he never yelled at me like Dad and my ex, he strove to be something different and always, always he was working towards his future, when he could be free without hurting the man who hurt him. We tried to come here to help my father because we thought God wanted us to. But my father has not let Jesus change his heart... and we got in a terrible fight last week where he was holding me hostage in a vehicle, yelling at me... I begged him to stop but he ended up saying the most horrible thing to me... he said 'you can just go jump in front of a bus'! So I ran away and now I have driven the wedge becaus I dont want to risk it anymore. I felt in that moment exactly what he meant: he wished I had died instead of his perfect son. He takes the credit for Dan's goodness, he thinks he was the perfect father. I wanted to be closer to him and I needed him but he really hurt me and now I dont know what to do. Dan was going to go to aeronautical school to become a pilot. At first he wanted to be in the Airforce, all his life actually but he changed his mind when Ronnie died - he didn't want to put my mom through that again. Living with my dad, he made him work all the time, since he was 11 or 12. Dan had $37,000 saved up towards his college tuition. Now my father has put my mother, who agreed to come help him with the business he and Dan built, in a financial bind... he is using this as an opportunity to get back at her now, 12 years after she left him. Dan would be rolling in his grave to know that my dad is doing this, absorbing all his money and not being fair to my mother. It's not about money, it's about the fact that we came here because we thought his heart would change but it hasn't. It's a bad situation indeed. Luckily I found a job right away as a cocktail waitress at a casino so I can help my mom. Anyway I have gone on, but it does feel nice to share with people who understand. I wish we could have grown together instead of being this way, my father and I. But I feel that he set me so far back in healing that I must remove myself from his presence for awhile. |
Here is a link that might be useful: PICTURES OF MY BROTHERS
carijo....i am so sorry for the loss you have suffered...your brother dan was very handsome ...you two sounded as if you had a special relationship....when you said that he protected you it brought to mind my son ricky who always protected his sister(my daughter)..since her death he has suffered so ...and he has had alot of people tell him he should be over it by now..it has been 2 1/2 years...and he is still as devastated as when she 1st died ..only now the reality has set in and he know she will never be back...it is so hard on a sibling as i have mentioned in another post...because its as if some people dont think you hurt as bad as the parent ...i being a parent know how deep my pain is ..and i know my son feels his pain just as deeply if not more..they were to grow old together..she was his only sister....sorry to ramble...anyway please allow yourself to grieve and it is wonderful that you are back home....ricky would still be living with us if not for people acting as if he should have his own place...we do need him here and we hope and pray he will come back....dont waste your time on mindless insensitive people who do not know what you are going thru..,.stay close to mom...you two will need each others shoulder and strength...and you will never regret putting family 1st...GOD bless you terri |
I'm so sorry about your daughter. I did help to read your words, from another parent who understands. When my big brother died, I got extremely close to Dan. Full siblings are a special relationship. I miss him so much. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Most recent picture of Dan
- Posted by Lulie___Wayne (email@example.com) on Thu, Jul 15, 04 at 0:38
Dan is such a nice looking young man. I'm so very sorry. I know you will miss him forever. Lu |
- Posted by Wendy_the_Pooh (My Page) on Thu, Jul 15, 04 at 10:05
(((CariJo))), so sorry about the loss of both of your young brothers. I feel for you. |
- Posted by dcrowex (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Jul 18, 04 at 8:35
Carijo, I am so very sorry for your loss of your brothers. I am glad you are here - you are with friends. Please talk to everyone here, trust me, they do understand probably more than anything you will know. This was such a tragedy...my deepest sympathies are with you. deb |
- Posted by jeanette826 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 30, 04 at 0:15
Hi CariJo .... so very sorry for your loss and pain. I. too have loved and lost many very close to me and still think of them so very often. I have a poem that I have read at their funeral and many have asked me for a copy of that poem which apparently brought great comfort to them so I would like to share it with you as well. Things I'd Like To Say Some things I'd like to say I'm writing this from Heaven, where I dwell with God above That day I had to leave you when my life on Earth was through, I need you here so badly as part of My big plan. And when you're sad, I'm standing there to wipe away the tears, When you think of my life on Earth and all those loving years, I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned, I am closer to you now than I ever was before. It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too And now I am contented that my life it was worthwhile, When you are walking down the street and you've got me on your mind, And when it's time for you to go from that body to be free, And I will always love you from that land way up above. |
Carri Jo....Your beautiful "poem, said it all, was the most , heart break, and I felt your "pain".... Bless you and your family!!! Gabby |
- Posted by Lulie___Wayne (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Aug 22, 04 at 9:52
CariJo, how are you and your mom doing?? Let us know. I think of you two so often. Lu |
Hey guys... just reading that poem makes me cry again. I still cry every day. It's really hard when you're by yourself at night. I miss Danny. I made a shrine to him in my room. It's been a few months now and though the pain isn't... as consuming, it's still with me all the time. The time we had together, his youthful eyes and laughter, they haunt me, you know. It's still not right that we are here "enjoying" life and it is over for him, so young, so full of potential. I keep wondering why it has to be this way. And why he couldn't have been pulled out of the water, why those boys who were with him don't care about us, because they never call. I keep wishing I was old enough to start a family, that my ex boyfriend was a good man so I could give into his pressure to go home. But my path is set.... it's so strange but in the aftermath I see clear evidence that we (mom and I) are doing as God intends, that he has plans for us and taking my brothers away are part of the plan. For my mother at least, no clearer evidence could have been presented that God is here and He does care. My mom was devastated to be here, after her head cleared. She quit her well paying corporate job to slave away for my vengeful, tyrannical father. Things were not looking good - on top of the grief she had to suffer his abuse to pay the bills. She was depressed and felt she made a huge mistake in the wake of the grief. I felt bad b/c I insisted that God wanted us here, to help my Dad (before he betrayed us) to be where Dan was, to be in this small town away from the city, away from my ex bf. I prayed and I really thought we were doing the right thing. Even at the worst I encouraged her that somehow, God would come through - I could feel it. And He did. Out of a pool of 462 applicants in a town of 50,000, *my mother* was chosen to be the business manager/instructor for the only scuba diving school in the entire area. Her new job is about as awesome as they come. She not only gets paid to learn a new career, scuba instruction, but will be taking 10 paid vacations a year to take clients to places like Australia, the South Pacific, Hawaii and Florida. That we moved here after Dan drowned, and now she has a new career in *underwater life support* is not lost on me. Praise God - if that isn't direct evidence of his Love than I don't know what is. My beautiful mother has suffered so - this bit of security, adventure and hope for quality of life was exactly what she needed. The owner is so nice he won't ever make her dive in the huge brown river that took my brother, though it is the local attraction for his business. We also got to meet the diver who pulled my brother out of the water (bless him, if his body hadn't been recovered or recovered quickly it would have been even more tormenting) and my mom will get to be a volunteer search and rescue diver herself. I don't know what I'm doing. I was supposed to go back to school to finish 8 credits but I blew it off - until January. For some reason I lost my motivation to go to law school. I want to do something else. I don't know what. I will keep praying and maybe God will show me the path. I'd endure just about anything if I could have him back. Death is so unforgiving. A few minutes of being underwater, unconscious, and you can't come back. I've been re-reading "The Lovely Bones" and I really like the way that novel describes Heaven. The little murdered girl wonders why her dearly beloved grandparents aren't in her heaven. It's because she can't let go of watching people on Earth - her family, the investigation, her school. I like to think that Dan is here sometimes, I can almost feel him. But when he is not, he must be enjoying hot rods, powdered mountains and babes in bikinis. There must be babes in his heaven. I am waiting to find the perfect landscape tattoo artist, and then I will get a memorial tattoo in Dan's honor. It will be a silhouette of a snowboarder popping off an impossible cliff, with a burning, brilliant variegated sunset in the background. Dan Krueger, 1986 - 2004, it will say. He was such a good brother. I'm so grateful God has shown himself to me in the blessings and messages, so I know Dan continues on and I will see him again. I just wish he could "enjoy" life. Maybe heaven has all the good parts of life and none of the bad. But you can still feel things. I mourn the loss of his feeling - he loved to feel. We all do. That Dan's opportunity was taken away makes me feel like I should make the most out of life - but I don't know what to do. I'm just saving all the money I'm earning, and being here for mom. Thanks for caring, Lu, and I hope you all are holding up okay. Oh man, now I'm looking at the pictures to post the link. Pictures hurt so bad. These basic ones I've seen, I can hardly bear to look at them, and trying to look at the hundreds of family photos we have in the closet is like trying to breathe underwater. I just can't do it yet. CRY CRY CRY CRY CRY Man, it hurts. |
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- Posted by Brycesmommy (My Page) on Tue, Aug 24, 04 at 17:35
I cry everytime I read that poem too. And everyday like you do. First thing when I wake up and when I go to bed. And off and on in between. It is really hard to go on each day but we have to. I know what you mean by it being hard when you are alone. When my husband is working it's very hard for me being by myself. I almost think I should be going back to work just to keep myself occupied. I can see how it would upset you that your brothers friends don't call. Bryce was with the babysitter and her friend at the lake. She loved him to death and calls all the time. It is comforting knowing she really cared. I wish she didn't feel guilty because never for one second did I blame her. I really believe God has a plan for all of us. That's why we have to try to continue living our lives the best we can. Good for your Mom!! I'm really glad she has found something that might make her happy. And I think you are a Godsend to her. I truly believe Dan is there with you. If you feel it in your heart that's all that matters. I feel in my heart that my baby is here with me all the time. Like you, I'm also glad God has shown himself to me otherwise I wouldn't be able to get through each day. Because of that I know I'll see Bryce again one day. I'm always trying to think of some good things I can do in his memory. Pictures are hard for me to look at too. But i am trying to figure out how to post one here for everyone to see. It seems like we have alot in common. I'm glad I found this place to talk. |
- Posted by Starduster (My Page) on Thu, Aug 26, 04 at 22:32
Oh, Carijo, I am so sorry. What a hansome young man. I know how deep your loss is and your feelings ... it's too soon to stop grieving.. I too have to let myself grieve. i just cant seem to stop. I will keep you and your brother in my thoughts and pray that your broken heart gets a little easier and heals a bit.. |
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Cooking Glossary
Au jusRoasted beef served with natural pan juices that accumulate during cooking.
To cook, covered or uncovered, in an oven by dry heat.
To keep foods moist during cooking with a sauce, pan juice or wine.
To mix ingredients rapidly so that air is incorporated, resulting in a smooth mixture.
To combine ingredients until a desired consistency is reached, usually until smooth.
To heat water or other liquids to 212 degrees F. When water boils the surface is covered with bubbles.
A slow, moist heat cooking method using a small amount of liquid and a tight-fitting lid. Used for less tender cuts.
A quick, dry heat cooking method done in the oven using the broiler setting. Used for more tender cuts. Less tender cuts can be used if marinated.
Broiler Pan
A rectangular pan with a rack, usually included in the purchase of an oven.
The liquid in which meat has been cooked. Canned beef broth can be found as double-strength and single-strength. Double-strength is more concentrated.
To cook food quickly in a preheated oven, broiler, or hot skillet to "brown" the outside and seal in the juices.
To split food down the center without cutting all the way through so two pieces can be opened like butterfly wings.
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To slice meat across the grain for serving.
Hard toasted or fried pieces of bread used to garnish.
To cut food into uniform half-inch squares.
To preserve meat by either smoking, drying, pickling or salting.
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To dissolve the small particles of sauteed meat remaining in a pan by adding a liquid and heating. Used as base for sauces.
To remove the fat from the surface of a liquid.
To cut into equal sized cubes, 1/4 to 1/2 inch square.
To make a sauce or stock weaker by adding more liquid.
To coat meat with a dry mixture such as flour, bread or cracker crumbs.
To pour liquid over the surface of food in a fine stream.
Dry heat cooking
Cooking without the addition of liquid. Examples include grilling, broiling and pan frying. Used for tender cuts or less tender cuts that have been marinated.
Dutch oven
A heavy pot with a tight-fitting cover.
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To cut meat away from the bone.
Fork Tender
A way to determine doneness of braised or stewed meat. Meat should feel tender when inserting a fork into the thickest part.
A mixture brushed on food which adds flavor and gives a glossy appearance.
A quick, dry heat cooking method over charcoal, wood or gas flames. Used for more tender cuts. Less tender cuts can be used if marinated.
To cut fruits, vegetables or meats into match-like strips.
Cubes of meat cooked on a skewer.
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A mixture used to enhance the flavor and/or tenderness of food.
To let meat stand in a flavorful, usually acidic, liquid for several hours to add flavor or to tenderize.
Meat thermometer
An instrument used to read the internal temperature of meat.
Moist heat cooking
Adding liquid during preparation to create steam. Improves tenderness of less tender cuts. Examples include braising and stewing.
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Pan broil
A quick, dry heat cooking method using a pan on a stovetop. No oil is used and the pan is uncovered. Used for thinner cuts.
Pan fry
A quick, dry heat cooking method using a pan with a small amount of oil. No lid is used. Used for thinner cuts. Also called sauteing.
To partially cook food in boiling water before completely cooking by some other process.
To set an oven or broiler at the desired temperature 15 to 30 minutes before use so that the temperature is reached before food is put in to cook.
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A slow, dry heat cooking method used for cooking larger cuts of beef. No liquid is added or cover is used. Used for more tender cuts.
A thin slice of meat rolled up with or without stuffing and cooked in seasoned liquid or sauteed.
A blend of herbs and spices that coats the surface of the meat. Used to add flavor.
To brown or cook food in a small amount of oil.
To brown the surface of food quickly using high heat.
To pull meat apart into small pieces using two forks.
To cut food into same size flat pieces.
Slow Cooker
Also known as a crock pot.
A slow, moist heat cooking method using a pot with a tight-fitting lid. The beef should be completely covered in liquid. Used for less tender cuts.
A quick, dry-heat cooking method using a lightly oiled skillet or wok. Use high heat while continuously tossing ingredients. Any cut can be used as long as it is cut into thin, uniform strips.
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A round bottom pan used for stir fry and other cooking methods using high heat.
Wonton skins
A thin noodle dough that is used in Oriental recipes. Often available in the produce area of the grocery store.
To remove, in fine strips, the outermost peel of citrus fruits. Be careful not to include the bitter, inner white pith.
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Breakfast Topic: Phattest Northrend loot {WoW}
Dec 18th 2008 8:29AM I got some Valorous gauntlets and a nice 22-slot bag off of Sartharion. A nice payoff for slaving through heroics to gear for the raids.
Ready Check: Guide to Naxxramas (Plague Quarter) {WoW}
Dec 6th 2008 5:24PM I find that the majority of player deaths to Heigan are caused by players running too far into the first and fourth safe zones, causing them to be unable to return to the next safe zone in time.
This hurts especially on heroic, where the splashes do much more damage.
The Queue: Shields, forums, and more on raid difficulty {WoW}
Dec 4th 2008 4:31PM I agree wholeheartedly that 25-man Naxx is undertuned. We went through the plague and arachnid quarters last night, one-shotting every boss in most of our raid's first attempts.
An interesting aside, though: On the Heigan fight, we routinely had 50% or more of the raid die in the first dance. To that extent we took from down from 40% to a kill with 6 people. SIX!
Breakfast Topic: The new 5-mans {WoW}
Nov 24th 2008 8:28AM I tried the Culling of Stratholme on normal with some guildies, and wanted to tear my hair out.
It's not so much the bosses are difficult, but there are random undead non-elites that pop out of the ground every so often. They only have about 600 health, but they will put you in combat, preventing eating/drinking, rezzes, etc.
Plus, again... Why are we helping Arthas?
GameStop having credit card issues {WoW}
Nov 13th 2008 1:22AM Raleigh, NC having issues as well.
Good to see two bloggers there, though!
Meet WoW Insider at the Wrath midnight launch {WoW}
Nov 12th 2008 11:42AM I agree, lol. It blows my mind they're actually hosting anything Blizzard-related in the Triangle.
See you all there!
Countdown to Wrath giveaway: Day 2 - Razer DeathAdder mouse {WoW}
Nov 11th 2008 5:34PM Sixty dollar mouse? Pretty fancy... Can anyone vouch for the performance?
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - Wrath Collector's Edition box {WoW}
Nov 6th 2008 2:41PM Does anyone know if it was required to pre-order for the collector's edition, or does it just cost more at time of purchase?
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Aw, y'all are so sweet! Thank you for thinking of me. It wasn't a very good day since I was so sick. such is life! But tonight I'll do something with my son and tomorrow I'll go out with my friend at work (whose birthday is today). I received email greetings from friends... and this note too! I'll just keep celebrating! |
Sorry to hear that you're under the weather, Rob. Maybe go out for a real celebration next week! Hope you enjoy the experience and the other celebrants, whenever you do it ... ... and good wishes for a great year ahead. ole joyful |
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