tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68300931276024945662024-03-12T21:36:48.515-05:00TAYLOG.comTaylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-72256888017307540242010-08-25T22:07:00.001-05:002013-03-27T03:01:04.821-05:00Graduate School: A Beginning
On my first day of graduate school (I had but one class), I expected to feel much like I did in the orientations. Introspective and paranoid like I didn't belong, like it wouldn't be long before they discovered that some mistake was made in the office that allowed me to slip in. Some huge, heinous mistake.
They call this "impostor syndrome" and while I am sure I will feel this wayTaylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-15920753240529875472009-08-24T16:35:00.007-05:002009-08-24T17:48:43.629-05:00Your Call Will be Answered in the Order it was ReceivedI can never believe the looks of shock and disgust I receive when I tell people I used to work for a cable company. The problem is only exacerbated when the people I tell live in a city, where, like Lawrence, the service is merrily provided in an untimely, overpriced and monopolistic manner that ultimately results in frustration of orgasmic proportions. So, pretty much everyone.This horrified Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-91439939984559820912009-02-17T21:58:00.010-06:002009-02-17T23:16:04.325-06:00No worries, I've got custody of Murphy's Law ...Did you ever know that I'm your hero? I've got this bad karma crap covered. By this point, I'm pretty sure I'm officially Target A on its action item list, and it's STRUCK AGAIN! The victim this time? My poor left thumb.Picture it: Monday morning, at work in the break room, washing a mod new vase I bought from Michael's - tickled that I stole away with such a great deal, ha ha ha. Only 10 bucks, Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-79003187271750726022009-02-15T23:22:00.009-06:002009-02-15T23:43:48.320-06:00Graphic Design - A New ChallengeMy blogging (read: lack thereof) has become kind of ridiculous. I've had several people ask for photos of my new car, which I promise are coming presently.But, I thought I'd catch you up on some of the new things I'm doing - so over the next week, I'm going to start posting photos of some of the things I've been working on at my job - some designs and some photos, just to give you a peek at my Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-82226002255499896872008-12-24T14:01:00.014-06:002008-12-24T15:16:54.348-06:00I'll Be Home for Christmas, Unless My Car Explodes ...(still singing) ... please have no snow, or ice either because it'll make my car wreck ... and presents to drown my sorrow ...I was driving to Ogden today, when I hit a patch of ice in between lanes on I-70 just outside Lawrence. My car spun from the middle lane all the way to the median wall - where the front left side made a hard, loud impact, smashing the entire front of my car as it continuedTaylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-12724085465883342472008-12-17T18:47:00.000-06:002008-12-17T18:48:22.396-06:00Peeking Into Ogden: My New HomeIn the last blog, I reported about my new job overshadowed only by the news of my robbery. However, now that I have some distance ... and a new window, I'm excited to show you a a glimpse of my work place, and the people I call my colleagues.Ogden Publications, in Topeka, Kan., is the home of several magazines, including The Herb Companion, Grit, Cappers, Mother Earth News, Utne Reader, Gas Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-66073732031968297122008-12-10T12:28:00.012-06:002008-12-10T13:03:07.604-06:00Just when I get a job ... I get robbed.I was robbed. Around 3 on Saturday morning, someone took a landscaping stone and smashed it through my front driver's side window. I was on my way to breakfast to break some news to my friends, when I walked up to my car and saw the shattered glass and stood dumbfounded and unbelieving.When I opened the passenger door, I saw green shards of glass glittering and littering the entire front part of Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-84465187633006609972008-11-25T15:15:00.004-06:002008-11-25T15:44:35.314-06:006NEWS Morning Update - November 25Last night, I recorded yet another mock, morning show. Check out what's going on in Lawrence today!It's true, I look a little haggard - I was rushed.Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-27939644178319818072008-11-24T14:34:00.004-06:002008-11-24T14:39:10.484-06:00Captured CatsYou've heard of lolzcats? My cats are crazier - meet "captured cats."My 3-legger, Pitters. Taken on a day when she was being particularly clingy.Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-8560202565878414272008-11-23T12:35:00.006-06:002008-11-23T12:46:37.289-06:006NEWS Morning UpdateIn addition to working at The Herb Companion (on my blog The Garden Gnome), I've also been doing a Friday internship reporting for the local TV station Channel 6 News. My top shirt button broke right before this was filmed. Take a look:This was recorded for the morning of November 18th. It was not aired live. Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-7461394297039906822008-11-22T20:37:00.007-06:002008-11-22T21:00:45.854-06:00Shirtless Uniballer - Todd Reesing and Adolph HitlerRight now, I'm working at a magazine in Topeka, and as part of my job, I get to use Google Analytics - a fascinating spy tool that tells you just about everything you've ever wanted to know about your Web site visitors.For instance, did you know that people have visited Taylog in Turkey, Egypt, New Zealand (tell Lucy hi!), and some place called Saint Kitts & Nevis? And while most users were Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-28998348060540250632008-11-21T22:20:00.011-06:002008-11-22T00:34:16.381-06:00Better Hold On, Spider Monkey - Twilight, a ReviewRare are those movie moments that compel me to immediate blog action; having just witnessed a real gem, I am here to wish that rare they remain.I try not to compare books to movies, but the movie Twilight actually felt like a spoof of the book. Following the plot-line so closely, it was one of those, "Scary Movie" flicks - only worse, because it took itself seriously, (fancy the work Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-37926872467939306522008-11-21T13:15:00.002-06:002008-11-21T13:17:56.432-06:00Pushing Daisies CanceledSounds like even Young Ned has his life-restoring limits - Entertainment Weekly announced yesterday that ABC will order no more episodes of its BEST show, Pushing Daisies. While production will complete on all 13 episodes, the article says they may NOT be aired due to failing ratings.This is the most depressing TV news since Friends decided to call it quits ... the time that it actually Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-67186828534544615352008-06-17T13:09:00.003-05:002008-06-17T13:13:41.596-05:00Shooting Todd ReesingPhoto shoot with Todd Reesing: Kansas Quarterback Get it?If you did, congratulate yourself. You're analytical. For Quarterback Todd, Creative Director Darby and Public Relations Rep, Scott was it?, the humor was not so clear. For the majority of my friends, being analytical is not a problem. But in the rare case the joke in this photo is not immediately presentable, I give you Todd Reesing the Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-86981257894318955732008-04-09T10:06:00.003-05:002008-11-22T21:05:27.861-06:00More J-PhotosTaylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-71874164641235938162008-03-06T16:52:00.006-06:002008-03-06T17:07:51.865-06:00Some Recent PhotosHere are some shots I've been submitting for my Photo-J class. Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-70402023288029834172008-01-07T23:14:00.000-06:002008-01-07T23:29:05.616-06:00Touring Hollywood HoLlYWoOD The last few days have been quite eventful, or at the very least as eventful as Los Angeles public transportation allows. Saturday, after moving from Ramada Wrong to Ramada Right, I bravely navigated the world of Bus Routes to find my way to Hollywood Boulevard, (and by bravely, I mean I wandered through Koreatown until I happened upon the Metro) and eventually Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-5221354089628040082008-01-03T19:58:00.001-06:002008-01-04T01:03:36.185-06:00Mobile BlogArrived over the bright nightscape and rush hour traffic of the City of Angels. I know you're all expecting the cliché so I'm going for it: I'm not in Kansas anymore! Actually, I'm at baggage claim...Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-14689913954855411672007-11-30T13:33:00.000-06:002007-11-30T15:25:58.059-06:00Project Runway: cricket-cricketThis week, on Project Runway, the designers had to create a menswear piece suitable for The Today Show. Wednesday night's Distress-Fest demonstrated the designer's inability to piece together such attire, and the overall effect of the episode was equally dull.A firm believer in self-medication, I waited and waited for the Springer-dramatics and fabulous-fashions I HAD BEEN hoping for to fix me Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-41368894433620738892007-11-28T14:14:00.001-06:002007-11-28T15:23:56.791-06:00Pitters vs. Janie RD1Janie is NOT filled with the Christmas spirit.The cats battled fiercely last night, and I heard Janie throw ... THROW ... Pitters against my door at least 3 times (once for every leg), followed by several minutes of gurgling-growls and tail-thumps.Their wars inevitably end in Pitters making her MAD-DASH out of the room in a literal hissing-fit with Janie not far behind. I'm sure if I had a "paws"Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-80554199443578618272007-11-25T01:01:00.000-06:002007-11-25T02:51:19.618-06:00Can you read my mind, Supe....you?I'm thinking of a number between 1-55, take a guess at what it is. No, seriously, before you read on, think of a number.Can I just say, that watching TV along with a full school schedule and a job at a TV station is not such an easy task -- in fact, I've only kept up with ... counting ... I've only kept up with four shows. That is Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Grey's Anatomy and (Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-15081397632688904702007-11-07T13:01:00.000-06:002007-11-07T13:32:44.914-06:00The Return of the SitcomWith nearly 15 million viewers, Samantha Who? marks a turning point, or rather a returning point, in today's TV trends.The new 30-minute comedy is the only kind of its class ranked consistently in Nielsen's Top weekly shows, even with a million-viewer drop off over the last few weeks.Starring Married...With Children's Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? chronicals the life of a woman with Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-60786555619925546302007-10-28T16:28:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:35:00.218-06:00Happy Halloween!Here are some additions to the Photo-Folio from Halloween, CHALK Magazine, and my baking adventures.This year for Halloween, yours-truly decided to dress as my favorite feline, Pitters. This was the proto-type I wore to Haunted Hawk Nights of the three-legged creation! Meow.Titled: Where to start??Subject: Matthew HullAbout: This photo was shot for an article in CHALK Magazine dealing with movingTaylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-37494137383453853062007-10-24T18:30:00.000-05:002007-10-24T16:30:38.762-05:00Fall Freshmen Series: Fare Thee Well?Well into the fall schedule, here are TV's new seasons on my five-star scale. Supplemental information also provided by TiVo and TV.com on how they're fairing with the general TV-watching population.Cane: *** -- Ranked 99th most watched show on TV today but with a lowly 6.8 TV.com user-voted rating.> A good addition, if a bit esoteric. A pinch of melodrama and a dash of unbelievability. Pushing Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830093127602494566.post-2920356555588251462007-10-22T18:45:00.000-05:002007-10-22T16:36:48.873-05:00Wisteria Women Welcome the GaysABC produces yet another gay character this week on Desperate Housewives ... make that two. The newest hysteria to Wisteria? Bob and Lee (played by Tuc Watkins and Kevin Rahm, respectively) The lucky gay couple, along with their pet-pal Rafael, are parked next to Susan -- who incidently steals their dog in an attempt to win their affection. Confused? So is Susan.The addition makes ABC the Taylor Cole Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825253053919980920noreply@blogger.com1