| Now | Current Age: yrs
Earning. Saving. Planning. Surviving Pandemic
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| Nov 2023 | Installed Plaid with Virginia San Fratello in Redwood City
De-installed in Jan 2024
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| Mar 2023 | Began architecture licensure process.
Fail, Fail, Pass, Fail...
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| Jan 2023 | Truck Stolen / Bought Jeep Renegade
Jan 5, 2023 Tacoma stolen while parked at apartment. Bought the Jeep.
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| Dec 2022 | Christmas at the Beach - Oxnard, CA
Hung out at Chris' family's place.
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| Aug 2022 | Grandfather died. James W. Stark.
94 years old. Alzheimers.
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| Aug 2022 | Vacation with Chris to Monterrey, CA
Aquarium, kayaking, jetskiing, backpacking on Santa Cruz island. Fun.
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| Mar 2022 | Michelle moved out.
Apartment too small for the both of us.
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| Nov 2021 | Michelle Jacobson moved in with me.
Apartment too small for the both of us.
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| Mar 2020 | SARS-CoV2 / COVID19 GLOBAL FUCKING PANDEMIC
Everything shut down. The whole world shut in. I was sick Mar 19th, 2020 Things Done During Pandemic: - Built a Computer - Built a Modular Synthesizer - Network Upgrades - PiHole + Plex Server Age: yrs |
| Dec 2019 | Christmas at the Beach - Oxnard, CA
Hung out at Chris' family's place. |
| Aug 2019 | Trip to Portland with Chris! SFO -> PDX
AirBnB house in Portland. Powell Bookstore. Good times. |
| May 2019 | Awarded Robot Grant to buy and install Kuka Robots at Jacobs / Berkeley
Built Workcells. Installed Robots. Wired + commissioned cells. |
| Dec 2018 | Moved into 6th Ave Apartment, Oakland
Finally have my life back. |
| Sept 2018 | Hired at UC Berkeley - Jacobs Institute
Finally landed a job. |
| Mar 2018 | Moved to Oakland with Chris Parsell, Oakland, CA
Looking for a Job |
| Jan 2018 | New Years Celebration with Chris Parsell, Hollywood Beach, CA
Celebrated my Birthday and New Years |
| Jul 2017 | Moved back across the United States with Chris Parsell - Cambridge, MA to Los Angeles, CA
Cambridge, MA to Buffalo, NY to South Bend, IN to Omaha, NE to Boulder, CO to West Wendover, UT to San Francisco, CA to Tamales Bay, CA to Los Angeles, CA |
| Jul 2017 | Left job at Autodesk Build Space, Boston, MA
Amazing experience in a beautiful workshop with great people |
| May 2017 | GRADUATED FROM HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Cambridge, MA
Master of Design in Technology - Thesis Advisor: Andrew Witt Thesis: 3D Robotic Deposition and Material Extrusion Age: yrs |
| May 2017 | Left job working at FabLab | Harvard Graduate School of Design
Time was up |
| Dec 2016 | Flew back to Los Angeles for Christmas - BOS to LAX
Went to Hollywood Beach with Chris Parsell |
| Oct 2016 | Began Working at Autodesk Build Space, Boston, MA
Worked as Shop Staff under Adam Allard |
| Aug 2016 | Started "How to Make Almost Anything" with Dr. Neil Gershenfeld at MIT, Cambridge, MA
Learned how to literally make almost anything. Made a beer coaster that could tweet at you Project: Brew-Net |
| Jun 2016 | Faculty Work: "Knot Surfaces" - Andrew Witt | Certain Measures
Studied Medial Surfaces and Helped Craft Code to Fabricate Medial Surfaces |
| May 2016 | Installation Fabrication: "Mine the Scrap" - Andrew Witt | Certain Measures
3d Printing + LaserCutting Fabrication |
| May 2016 | Began working at Certain Measures | Cambridge, MA - Designer
Worked with Andrew Witt Medial Surfaces and Kerfing Techniques. |
| Mar 2016 | Flew to Italy for Smarter Cities Initiative - BOS -> IST -> MXP
Milan to Bergamo to Milan |
| Aug 2015 | Began Working at FabLab | Harvard Graduate School of Design
Responsible for CNC operation, MasterCAM file check, maintaining a clean operational working environment, and machine safety. |
| Aug 2015 | Began second Masters at Harvard Graduate School of Design - Cambridge, MA
Master of Design in Technology |
| Aug 2015 | Moved from Ann Arbor, MI to Cambridge, MA
Started at Harvard for second Masters |
| Aug 2015 | Left job at SIFT Studio, Ann Arbor, MI
Designed and fabricated a small micro-brewery. |
| Aug 2015 | Left job at FabLab | Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI
Digital Fabrication Laboratory Technician |
| Jul 2015 | Drove back across United States - Detroit, MI to Los Angeles, CA
Helped an friend move |
| Jul 2015 | Installation: "Microtherme" - Brandon Clifford | Wes McGee - Ann Arbor, MI
5Axis CNC Milled Foam for Concrete Installation |
| Jun 2015 | Built Work: "AltBrew" - Adam Fure | SIFT Studio
AltBrew Built in Madison, WI |
| May 2015 | Installation: "Texture Techtonics" - Adam Fure | SIFT Studio - Ann Arbor, MI
Fabricated Installation for Adam Fure and Ellie Abrons |
| May 2015 | Began working at SIFT Studio, Ann Arbor, MI
Responsible for design and fabrication testing for a small micro-brewery. |
| May 2015 | Graduated from first Masters Degree - Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Architecture Thesis: High Contrast Age: yrs |
| Apr 2015 | Installation Fabrication: "Migrant Garden - Flights o' Fancy" - Perry Kulper - Detroit, MI
Fabricated the base for a conceptual model |
| Sep 2014 | Installation: "In The Gardern Grows a Lump" - Andrew Holder - Ann Arbor, MI
CNC'd Ribs for Lump Installation |
| Sep 2014 | Installation: UM Digifab - Ben Fortunado - Ann Arbor, MI
CNC'd Polycarbonate for an installation |
| Aug 2014 | Left Summer intern program at Gensler, Detroit, MI
Excellent experience working in Detroit |
| Jul 2014 | Flew to Chicago for Intern Development Program - DTW -> ORD
Professional Intern Designer |
| Jun 2014 | Installation: "Our Vodka Detroit" - Gensler, Detroit, MI
Worked with Gensler Principal William Hartman and Slows BBQ Phillip Cooley to craft a Vodka Installation |
| Jun 2014 | Began working at Gensler, Detroit, MI
Professional Intern Designer |
| Sep 2013 | Began working at FabLab | Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI
Digital Fabrication Laboratory Technician |
| Aug 2013 | Awarded Taubman Scholarship Ann Arbor, MI
A. Alfred Taubman Scholar |
| Aug 2013 | Began first Masters at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI
Master of Architecture, studying robots |
| Jul 2013 | Moved across the United States with Myke Ladiona from Los Angeles, CA to Ann Arbor, MI
Los Angeles, CA -> Salt Lake City, UT -> Mount Rushmore, SD -> Madison, WI -> Ann Arbor, MI |
| Oct 2012 | Taught gymnastics at Flyers Gym - Santa Clarita, CA
Interim work |
| Sep 2012 | Left job at Buro Happold, Culver City, CA
Technical Designer |
| Oct 2011 | Began working at Buro Happold, Culver City, CA
Technical Designer |
| May 2011 | Graduated from Woodbury University - Burbank, CA
Bachelor of Architecture Thesis: Digital Athenaeum Age: yrs |
| May 2011 | Left Jobs as Digital Fabrication Lab Technician and Teaching Assistant at Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Graduated and couldn't work in the lab anymore |
| Mar 2011 | Faculty Fabrication: "Gio Ponti's Love Child" - Heather Scott Peterson
CNC'd parts for a Chaise Lounge |
| Sep 2010 | Installation Fabrication: "Disco Silencio" - Barbara Bestor
CNC'd 97 Sheets of Plywood with Chris Parsell for SCIARC Installation |
| Sep 2010 | Published in FORM Magazine
Project: Re.Cover - Water Reclaimation Facility in Buenos Aires Argentina |
| Oct 2010 | Awarded Outstanding Service and Leadership to the School of Architecture - Woodbury Burbank, CA
Worked very hard that year |
| Sep 2010 | Installation Fabrication: "Cabin Fever Wallpaper" - Jennifer Bonner, Burbank, CA
CNC'd base model out of MDF for Installation |
| Aug 2010 | Began working at Woodbury University Fab Lab, Burbank, CA
Digital Fabrication Lab Technician |
| Aug 2010 | Began working as a Teaching Assistant at Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
TA'd for Mark Ericson |
| Aug 2010 | Left Job at Kaplan Chen Kaplan Architects & Planners, Santa Monica, CA
Moved to Burbank |
| Apr 2010 | Second Place ACSA National Steel Competition - Los Angeles, CA
Project: Re.Cover |
| Mar 2010 | Published ACSA News Magazine Cover, October 2010 Vol 40, #2 - Los Angeles, CA
Project: Re.Cover |
| Mar 2010 | First Place AIA 2x8 Competition - Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Project: Re.Cover |
| Dec 2009 | Most Outstanding Student Award
Worked exceptionally hard this year |
| Sep 2009 | Went to Buenos Aires, Argentina - LAX -> JFK -> BAI
Studied at FADU Universidad de Buenos Aires |
| Aug 2008 | Awarded High GPA Transfer Scholarship - Burbank, CA
Working hard literally pays |
| Aug 2008 | Awarded Woodbury Portfolio Prize, Scholarship - Burbank, CA
Special Thanks to Dean Norman Millar who made my study possible |
| Aug 2008 | Began Undergrad at Woodbury University - Burbank, CA
Bachelor of Architecture |
| May 2008 | Completed Studies at Pasadena City College - Pasadena, CA
Bachelor of Architecture |
| Jan 2008 | Began Working at Kaplan Chen Kaplan Architects & Planners, Santa Monica, CA
Designer |
| Jan 2008 | Left job at utopiad.org, Santa Monica, CA
Axium Project fell apart after the CEO of Axium was arrested. No project, no job |
| Mar 2007 | Mother Diagnosed with Throat Cancer
She begins treatment and beats it within 3 years |
| Jan 2007 | Began Working at utopiad.org, Santa Monica, CA
Interned for Anton Schnieder and Daveed Kapoor |
| Oct 2006 | Moved to Pasadena, CA
1056 E Villa St. Pasadena, CA 91106 |
| Aug 2006 | Began undergrad architecture at Pasadena City College - Pasadena, CA
Bachelor of Architecture Age: yrs |
| May 2006 | Left California State University, Long Beach to study architecture
Moved back home to prep for architecture school |
| Aug 2004 | Enrolled at California State University, Long Beach
Was awarded an almost full=ride scholarship for cheerleading. Moved into the dorms |
| Jun 2004 | Graduation Trip to Europe - LAX -> JFK -> LHR
Travelled 2 weeks: London, Paris, Switzerland, Florence, Assissi, Tuscany, Rome |
| May 2004 | Graduate from Canyon High School
Ceremony held at College of the Canyons Age: yrs |
| Sep 2002 | Joined California Flyers Pro Cheer Team
Used this as a means to get scholarship to college |
| Aug 2002 | Became first Male Cheerleader at Canyon High School
Ridiculed and called a "faggot" |
| May 2002 | Grandfather James "Jim" Glen Died of Multiple Cancers
Left behind his Second Wife (My unofficial Grandmother) Millie |
| Aug 2000 | Enrolled at Canyon High School
19300 Nadal St, Santa Clarita, CA 91351 Age: yrs |
| May 1999 | Graduate La Mesa Middle School
Horrible Experience overall. Had to wear uniforms |
| Aug 1998 | Enrolled at La Mesa Middle School
26623 May Way, Santa Clarita, CA 91351 |
| Feb 1998 | Mother Buys a house off Rainbow Glen Drive
Move to 19773 Azure Field Dr Santa Clarita, CA 91321 |
| Aug 18 1997 | Return from San Francisco to find Sylvena and her goons raiding my fathers effects
I was 11 and naively trusted the adults around me |
| Aug 17 1997 | Father dies in a Motorcycle accident coming home from work at approx. 8pm
Devistated. He was 37 years old. Age: yrs |
| Aug 15 1997 | Weekend trip to San Francisco with Mother and Brother cut short due to preceeding event
Stayed at the Beresford Arms Hotel, Post Street, San Francisco, CA |
| Jan 1997 | Enrolled in 5th Grade at Valley View Elementary
Move to Sandpiper Pl Santa Clarita, CA 91321 |
| Jan 1997 | Mother rents to own a condo in Santa Clarita
Move to Sandpiper Pl Santa Clarita, CA 91321 |
| May 1996 | Father moves into a house in Castaic with his girlfriend Sylvena Saldarga
29727 Central Ave. Val Verde, CA 91384 |
| Apr 1996 | Father sells controlling interest in Le Club Gymnastics to Charliene Bottner
Charliene Bottner had been scamming my parents and had embezzeled hundreds of thousands out of my parents business |
| Jan 17 1994 | Northridge Earthquake rocks our house while we slept. Extensive Damage.
Magnitude: 6.7 Category IV (Violent Earthquake) 4:30:55 a.m |
| Jun 1993 | Enrolled in 3rd Grade at Fremont Elemetary
Mrs. Steadman was perhaps the worst teacher of my entire academic career |
| Apr 1993 | Mother moves into a trailer park in Montrose, CA
One bedroom "single-wide" at the back of the lot 2298 Florencita Dr West, Monstrose, CA 91214 Age: yrs |
| Apr 1993 | Father rents a room in Van Nuys
Split time between parents |
| Mar 1993 | Parents File for Divorce
House put on market, and assets divied up |
| Sep 1991 | First Day of Elemetary School
James Foster Elemetary Age: yrs |
| Sep 1990 | First Day of Preschool
LaPetit Academy Age: yrs |
| Jan 2 1986 | Born at Henry Mayo Hospital at 10:30am to Ryan Richie Glen and Tracy Marie Stark
First address: 22413 Barcotta Dr, Saugus, CA 91350 |