A journey off to Wal-Mart and Maine in order to shoot love arrows for our girlfriends for Valentine’s Day! It’s missing fireworks, but has more than enough swords and hunting bows.

I think this is my favorite video yet. Check out:http://adventureyear.tumblr.com/

All Is Love by Karen O & The Kids

Emma and I decided to create a new recipe. I really like rocks so I decided the recipe needed to have some locally grown, sustainable, and organic rocks. We both like kale and quinoa so decided to stick with that family of sounds and make cups; thus kale quinoa cups are born.

6 washed rocks
1/2 cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1 tbs. olive oil
1/2 cup quinoa
1 cup vegetable broth
1/3 cup cashews
dash cayenne pepper, salt, and sugar
1/2 cup carrots, chopped into 1/8 inch chunks
1/2 cup summer squash, sliced into thin slices
1 tbs. ginger, diced into very small pieces
6 kale leaves
1 tbs. rice wine vinegar
1 tbs. sesame oil
2 tbs. fresh lime juice

Pre-heat the oven to 325. Cook the onions and garlic with olive oil in a medium sauce pan then add the quinoa and vegetable broth to the mix. Quinoa should take around 20 minutes to cook fully. Roast the cashews lightly, then add the cayenne pepper, salt and sugar. Cut up the toasted nuts and add them to the quinoa. Combine the carrots, summer squash, and ginger in a small frying pan on medium heat, cook for 7 minutes and then add to the quinoa.

Now cut up the kale leaves so that they fit into a bowl shape inside a cupcake pan; this may take some experimentation. Make sure to remove as much of the stalk as possible for taste reasons. Spray the the pan with some oil before putting the leaves in. Fold the leaves in and then add the rocks on top in order to maintain shape. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until the leaves start to get fragile at the tips. While the kale is baking, stir together the lime juice, rice wine, sesame oil, and dash of cayenne pepper; this is your sauce. Remove the rocks and then spoon the quinoa mixture into the kale cups. Pour the lime sauce on top of the cups to taste. Bake in the oven an additional 7-9 minutes. Remove the cups from the pan and then enjoy!

I then shipped off to Iraqi Kurdistan:

I then presented on that trip with this video:

I went to Iceland with some geology friends and although none of us could drive a manual transmission when we landed, we survived the snow and ice:

I met this cute girl:

I helped popularize the sport of mattress boarding with some of my Tufts friends:

I did a lot of rock climbing with my friends:

I worked on an organic farm in Italy with that cute girl:

I helped my brother Stephen get married by dancing:

I went to an exciting demolition derby on Nantucket Island:

I took a lot of pictures around Somerville:

I made a new website:

I hung out with a bunch of musicians:

And finally I relaxed and celebrated the holidays with my family and friends:

A frame of the movie:

Edinburgh Timelapse from Ian MacLellan on Vimeo.

This year I watched Tufts Quidditch battle for second place at the Quidditch World Cup:

Played in my new apartment:

Visited Wonderland ^ nth power:

Played underwater:

Took a few hundred pinholes in Ireland:

Vacationed on the Isle of Hoy in the Orkneys with Brittany:

Camped on the off-grid island of Eigg:

Made friends on the beaches of Wonderland:

Drilled some holes in the Res Quad at Tufts:

Got wet in Revere:

Documented the Crokinole World Cup:

Wore jumpsuits:

Visited Brittany in Scotland:

Polar Plunged in Revere:

Played in the woods of New Hampshire:

Got more wet in Revere:

Slept outside for a climate bill:

Played some more on the beach:

Ian action shot:

2010 was pretty sweet. But I’ve got 4 big goals for 2011:

1. In a week I’m headed to Kurdistan to start the year off right and want to find a sweet story.

2. Make the U.S. Mountain Running team at the Cranmore Hill Climb.

3. Find my very own sample of Cummingtonite.

4. Get an even bigger chalkboard.

Seeker Cam:

Tufts Quidditch Vs. Brandeis

Harry Potter Alliance 5th Anniversary Party

I started a new documentary project on the general theme of what is going to happen to Harry Potter over the next year as the last movies get released. Today we were at Arts at the Armory for the Harry Potter Alliance’s 5th Anniversary Bash. It was a pretty fun event and we got to do a long interview with the founder Andrew Slack who really knows his stuff and is a great speaker. In my opinion the Harry Potter Alliance is like Rotary Club for younger people.

I’m going to be working on the project with people who actually know how to make movies:

Luke

Allison

and Arlin

I guess this will be a learning experience for me…

If you have any Harry Potter connections or know any upcoming obscure Harry Potter events let me know!