Graaaades

liz — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:51:53 +0000

A little Halloween goodness for ya.

Camping On The Lawn

liz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:11:05 +0000

an article in the Cornell Daily Sun about my dear friend Zach Biegun, who spent a portion of his undergraduate experience living in a tent to avoid paying for housing. Though not everybody would, he enjoyed the experience and got a lot out of it, so this strip is meant to be a celebration of him and his positive attitude. The creature on the right is sort of drawn to look like it's in a yoga pose, since Zach loves yoga. However, since personal financial situations are a very touchy subject, especially right now with disgusting rates of foreclosures, this strip has drawn some warranted criticism. Certainly not everybody wants to live in a tent, and most are willing to pay some amount of money which they've rationalized in their mind, in order to not have to. This strip is not intended to make any judgments about how much is too much to pay for housing, since that is subjective. Certainly there's a limit between practical spending and wasteful spending, but many people spend much more than $1000 per month on their mortgages or apartments, so the figures I've used illustrated in the comic are not intended to seem outrageous. What I am highlighting are the people who complain about various situations in their lives that they have control over, but who immediately reject any suggestions of alternatives that would fix their situation, whether those alternatives are extreme or minor lifestyle changes. Zach has described some pretty shocked reactions from friends when they found out he was choosing to live in a tent. It's undeniable that many of us have a knee-jerk reaction to things we may not encounter a lot and prefer to avoid, like homelessness. What this comic is trying to address is the tendency for us to sometimes take that reaction too far and start making assumptions about the character of the individual, calling a person \"crazy,\" or making judgments and acting rudely in other ways, perhaps without even realizing it. All it really boils down to are the numbers that we can rationalize in our heads. And the truth is that many of us can't rationalize how much we spend on certain things because we've set our standard higher than our means, we try to avoid thinking about it, and we convince ourselves that it's not in our control, rather than fixing it."]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,513,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]">This strip is a celebration of my good friend Zach Biegun, and his positive attitude. Zach spent a portion of his undergraduate years living in a tent to avoid paying for housing. Not everybody wants to live in a tent, and most are willing to pay some amount of money which they’ve rationalized in their mind, in order to not have to. This strip is not intended to make any judgments about how much is too much to pay for housing, since that is subjective. Certainly there’s a limit between practical spending and wasteful spending, but many people spend much more than $1000 per month on their mortgages or apartments, so the figures I’ve illustrated in this strip are not intended to seem outrageous.

an article in the Cornell Daily Sun about my dear friend Zach Biegun, who spent a portion of his undergraduate experience living in a tent to avoid paying for housing. Though not everybody would, he enjoyed the experience and got a lot out of it, so this strip is meant to be a celebration of him and his positive attitude. The creature on the right is sort of drawn to look like it's in a yoga pose, since Zach loves yoga. However, since personal financial situations are a very touchy subject, especially right now with disgusting rates of foreclosures, this strip has drawn some warranted criticism. Certainly not everybody wants to live in a tent, and most are willing to pay some amount of money which they've rationalized in their mind, in order to not have to. This strip is not intended to make any judgments about how much is too much to pay for housing, since that is subjective. Certainly there's a limit between practical spending and wasteful spending, but many people spend much more than $1000 per month on their mortgages or apartments, so the figures I've used illustrated in the comic are not intended to seem outrageous. What I am highlighting are the people who complain about various situations in their lives that they have control over, but who immediately reject any suggestions of alternatives that would fix their situation, whether those alternatives are extreme or minor lifestyle changes. Zach has described some pretty shocked reactions from friends when they found out he was choosing to live in a tent. It's undeniable that many of us have a knee-jerk reaction to things we may not encounter a lot and prefer to avoid, like homelessness. What this comic is trying to address is the tendency for us to sometimes take that reaction too far and start making assumptions about the character of the individual, calling a person \"crazy,\" or making judgments and acting rudely in other ways, perhaps without even realizing it. All it really boils down to are the numbers that we can rationalize in our heads. And the truth is that many of us can't rationalize how much we spend on certain things because we've set our standard higher than our means, we try to avoid thinking about it, and we convince ourselves that it's not in our control, rather than fixing it."]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,513,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]">What I’m highlighting are those people who complain about various situations in their lives that they have control over, but who reject any suggestions of alternatives that would fix their situation, whether those alternatives are extreme or minor lifestyle changes. Zach has described some pretty shocked reactions from friends when they found out he was choosing to live in a tent. It’s undeniable that many of us have a knee-jerk reaction to things we may not encounter a lot and prefer to avoid, like homelessness. What this comic is trying to address is the tendency for us to sometimes take that reaction too far and start making assumptions about the character of the individual, calling a person “crazy,” or making judgments and acting rudely in other ways, perhaps without even realizing it. All it really boils down to are the numbers that we can rationalize in our heads. And the truth is that many of us can’t rationalize how much we spend on certain things because we’ve set our standard higher than our means, we try to avoid thinking about it, and we convince ourselves that it’s not in our control, rather than fixing it.

Back To Skool

liz — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:09:05 +0000

Slope Day

liz — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:06:02 +0000

Happy Graduation, Class of 2009!

Hot Pockets

liz — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:38:29 +0000

Credit to Andy

Final Exam

liz — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:49:37 +0000

Professor Pedant

liz — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:55:33 +0000

Credit to 5L

Freshman Orientation

liz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:52:31 +0000

My freshman orientation, in a nutshell. Upper-classmen; sorry to have to make you re-live this.

Like The Day You Were Born

liz — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:48:27 +0000

This comic is dedicated to the Cornell Class of 2008, especially to Christiane, Nick, Jess, Fola, Don, Hal, Jim, Chris J., Melissa, Hanson, Russ, Jason, Marisa, Adam, Alex, Devin, Fil, Jon, Mike, Johanna, Steve, Uday, Chris G., and Gabe!

Last On The List

liz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:45:39 +0000

Cornell has a list of “161 Things To Do Before You Graduate.”

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