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Posted on May 1, 2018May 21, 2018

Being a Real Adult™ (23 April–20 May)

An entire month in one post? Yes, that is adulthood. Well, actually, that's the product of me being close to around-the-clock busy for the past month. Back in the last week of April and the first week of May, I completed and handed in my final school project. That was that! I'm still waiting to …

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Posted on April 22, 2018

33.333% (16 April–22 April)

This week was the first third of my final three weeks in undergrad. Terrifying? Exciting? Awesome? All of the above? We've got one final project to complete, and it's centered around machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the idea of computer awareness. I've had a lot of trouble choosing a direction for it, but I'm going …

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Posted on April 22, 2018

Tenerife (02 April–15 April)

I slept for so long after returning from London and did nothing on Monday but watch Netflix, order food, and send a few emails. In the few days between returning from London and departing for Tenerife, I hung out and had food with my friends, did a face mask, did laundry, and packed for my …

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Posted on April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

Trip to London and Brussels (26 March–01 April)

In our two days in Glasgow, C and I went to Edinburgh during the day on Monday, spent that evening out in Glasgow, then woke up to tour around Glasgow for all of Tuesday. It was a bit of whirlwind tour of some of my favorite places. In Edinburgh, we went to Auld Hoose for …

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Posted on April 3, 2018April 3, 2018

M Visiting Glasgow (19 March–25 March)

I'm ditching songs as titles and going for the descriptive title now. My friend M was visiting from Seattle this week, and mixed working on my data visualization project with fun outings. This marked the beginning of three weeks of travel, spanning from one week before spring break (this week) to just over the end …

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Posted on March 18, 2018

House Key (05 March–18 March)

"House Key" by Scott Helman The first week of this two-week segment was fairly uneventful; mostly schoolwork, gym, and a night out for a birthday. In school, we started the Data Visualization project, which I've been looking forward to for the entire year. International Women's Day was on Thursday, along with Mike's birthday. We got …

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Posted on March 4, 2018

Raincoat (26 Feb–04 March)

"Raincoat" by Timeflies and SHY Martin is featured in my 2018 March playlist. This week was so exciting! After a two days in the studio working on my Design Domain project, we had three snow days! There was a red alert issued in Scotland for the weather, as a storm moved through and left us with …

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Posted on February 25, 2018

New Religion (19 Feb–25 Feb)

"New Religion" by The Heydaze This week was bright and full of adventures with Ailey. To recap: We had incredible food and coffee all week from all kinds of places: Pizza Punks, Choco Berri, Vittoria, Grand Cru, a fudge house, (Starbucks), Vapiano, Paesano, DeEsserts, Willow Grove, a west end bakery, and Steak Cattle & Roll. …

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Posted on February 25, 2018February 25, 2018

Passenger Side (12 Feb–18 Feb)

"Passenger Side" by Smallpools. This week had less routine, and I was really just waiting for Ailey to get here on Friday. Tuesday, February 13th, was a holiday called Pancake Day—I thought people were joking, but no, it's like a real-life, bona fide holiday here! My friends at the apartment and I had a little celebration …

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Posted on February 14, 2018February 25, 2018

Iron & Steel (05 Feb–11 Feb)

Here we go again. "Iron & Steel" by Quinn XCII. Another good week. A mix of working on a sprint of a project for school, talking to friends from back home, working out, and anxiously awaiting my sister's arrival. Audio Fingerprints, my response for the Audio Visual week-long brief this week was so interesting to …

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About Me

Hi, I’m Mara! I’m a Seattleite currently completing a degree in Interaction Design at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, UK. I can be found sporting stripes and wellies, coding websites, and, well, eating. This is a big change in scenery for me, so I’ll be sporadically chronicling my adventures abroad to help me remember and reflect on all of my new experiences.

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