Day 778 Daily Vlog 04/13/2026

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]All right, Graceful gang. It is 9:17.

[00:00:03]We're here at work. Finally just got some little time to work on some homework. So, I just knocked out like I had my poster printed out and I had that paper written, but I just felt like to truly give a good presentation.

[00:00:20][music] I was like I saw everybody else was doing a PowerPoint, so I was like, you know, let's go with it. We're just going to do a Google Slides.

[00:00:29]So, that's what we did. [music] And I I really think it just I have a lot more confidence going into this tomorrow now.

[00:00:36]So, um yeah, but it's been a day.

[00:00:41]Um not a bad one. Trying to remember. It's just kind of gone [music] by pretty quick.

[00:00:47]Um pretty much just critiqued and then worked on our album cover.

[00:00:55]Um hasn't No, it hasn't been too bad. I mean, it's a little nasty and kind of hot, like a bit too hot almost earlier, but other than that, I really don't have too many complaints.

[00:01:08]Um Reeger and Mabel got to have an amazing day with my brother both yesterday and today. Getting spoiled. But, um yeah, let me go through, show you this these slides and then I'm going to finish and wrap it up for the night. So, yeah.

[00:01:27]All right, you ready?

[00:01:30]Um should I turn off the light for this?

[00:01:34]Yeah, let's do it.

[00:01:36]I don't know what the hell that buzzing is, but it's like okay.

[00:01:42]Just breaking [ __ ] All right, then.

[00:01:46]Let's see.

[00:01:48]The Union Terminal by Carter Slusher.

[00:01:54]Okay, well, what the [ __ ] was that?

[00:01:58]Why did it go to the brightness brightness? Whatever.

[00:02:02]Project Inspiration.

[00:02:04]So, the inspiration I had for this project [music] is we could really choose anything.

[00:02:10]I decided that I really enjoyed like the aesthetic and just the look and even like some of the background of the Art Deco movement itself. Um I also knew that you know, when we had [music] talked about it in class that Cincinnati has an extremely rich Art Deco history and architecture [music] implemented into it. Um and another one of my interests that [music] kind of came from being a graphic design major was my interest in [music] advertising and poster design. The ones that we had talked about in class um had really interested [music] me, so I kind of wanted to see if I could make just a a culmination, a stew of all of these different things and kind of you know, get to hit on all of those interests and at the end of the day get to better my craft of graphic design. So, yeah, I love it.

[00:03:09]Now, why in the freaking world did I choose Union [music] Terminal out of all of them?

[00:03:17]So, I choose use Union Terminal as I've been going to this place since I was a wee young lad.

[00:03:26]Um and as a kid, I mean, every time I would walk in, I didn't even know what Art Deco was, but it was like you would go back in time. It truly was incredible.

[00:03:38]I mean, it still is now, but like as a kid, it was extremely grand. You walk in and there's just these beautiful mosaics on the wall. The lighting is this warm orange.

[00:03:49]And I mean, not to mention just how cool all the museums and things like that and just the whole place itself was.

[00:03:56]So, I have just kind of like personal interest in this place because I had grown up, you know, going to it. Um but also just the simple fact of like it is one of if not the most, at least in Cincinnati, the power most [music] powerful and strongest example of the Art Deco style and movement um but in the United States as well. I truly, when doing research for this project, [music] I saw that there there's definitely some, you know, when you look at list of the you know, best examples or Art Deco architecture, the Union Terminal here in Cincinnati is one of them almost on all of the lists.

[00:04:44]But, another reason or another component of why I really enjoy chose this um was just this idea, I'll go into it later, of how it was able to mold [music] the design and purpose into one building. I thought I always think that's really cool, you know, form and function [music] can go hand in hand and you know, your design can be more than just something [music] to look at, but also serve a purpose.

[00:05:23]So, the history of the Union Terminal, um here's actually a photo.

[00:05:30]Okay, sorry. [music] Phone freaking gave out. Anyway, the history of the Union Terminal.

[00:05:36][music] So, this photo you're looking at is from construction in I believe 1931 or 32.

[00:05:44]Um but yeah, as you can see, these are this is the steel base, the steel frame [music] of the actual dome piece of the uh terminal. So, super cool.

[00:05:58]But, yeah, the history of the Union Terminal, >> [music] >> it was finally constructed in 1933 and it would go [music] on to serve as Cincinnati's main train station. So, at this time, there was a multitude of smaller train stations scattered around and near Cincinnati.

[00:06:19]That made travel of both goods and people very disorganized, slow, and just kind of confusing [music] from a logistical standpoint. So, they decided to create the Union Terminal to serve as it's kind of the head of the beast in a sense and bring it all [music] into one singular train station, which made transportation of both goods and people >> [music] >> much clear-cut, much faster, and as you can see here, the station was actually designed [music] to accommodate 17,000 passengers all in one building and 216 trains every day.

[00:07:04]So, what you're looking at is the north [music] and south taxi drop-offs. So, this is no longer in use, [music] but when the building was first created, since it was a train station, the idea of this, you can still see the [music] entrances, they've kind of blocked them off from the front now, but it was essentially this loop that goes behind the front-facing, [music] I guess, wall or dome.

[00:07:31]Um and pretty much, you know, ring ring ring, you call up a taxi cuz you got to go to the train station. The dudes pull in here, they drop you off right at the bottom [music] of the loop. From there, you go straight inside, you know, people will take [music] your luggage, things like that, but you're not walking across the whole parking lot or doing anything like that. You're able to ride right into it.

[00:07:54]And the reason behind doing this, other than looking freaking awesome, was to separate cars, people, and trains because you had a lot of different [music] transportation and things going on in this terminal. So, they needed to have it clear and concise and separated. [music] So, the cars were outside, people inside, trains under and behind. So, they wanted to keep it separated and just for ease of, you know, coming in and out, uh you would use the taxi ramps. So, yeah.

[00:08:36]So, the mosaics, these are the ones I was talking about earlier.

[00:08:40]The photos really never do them any [music] justice, but um yeah, it as soon as you walk in, they are some of they're pretty much front and center, but they're pretty much the main things that you kind of look at. Um so, they were originally designed by Winold Winold? Winold?

[00:09:02]Winold Reiss. So, in these mosaics, there are [music] over 15 local businesses that were represented.

[00:09:11]Everything from Procter & Gamble [music] to meat-packing industries, radio communications, piano companies, all of them having some sort of symbolism, but as a whole, it was used to [music] celebrate in the industrial age and the working class of Cincinnati. So, each of these [music] murals have thousands of individual tiles.

[00:09:38]And something I learned because I originally I thought each tile was [music] painted, you know, a certain color um individually, which would have taken an obscene amount of time. Not that this didn't [music] take a lot of time, but in fact, it's more of kind of like a pixel or a grid type of system. So, they create their image, right?

[00:10:03]>> [music] >> And then they have either the artist or he will have other people break the image down [music] into these colors.

[00:10:11]Those colors end up being colored glass, [music] stone, even ceramics. Ceramics are less often used, but it's pretty much it's not painted, but it's literally [music] just the color of the material. And then from there, you kind of separate it into almost like a a massive puzzle. And uh yeah.

[00:10:34]All right, sorry.

[00:10:35]>> [music] >> Keep feeling like somebody's going to walk in, but yeah. So, um in the '70s, [music] 14 of the murals, so these are like the main two, but there was a bunch of [music] like smaller ones scattered around the uh terminal. They were actually moved to CVG Airport, where I've worked [music] previously. Shout out. Um but yeah, um throughout the airport, you'll [music] see these beautiful mosaics and you know, they come from the Union [music] Terminal. So, the Union Terminal today. All right, screw [music] it. We're going to turn off the light.

[00:11:16]So, the Union Terminal today looks a lot different >> [music] >> than the train station uh than the train station that it did, you know, for a very long time.

[00:11:29]So, >> [music] >> now it is home to three museums. The Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Sciences.

[00:11:39]Uh so, like the [music] dinosaur bones, things like that. Um then there's also the [music] History Museum of Cincinnati. So, pretty much detailing like >> [music] >> the very beginning of Cincinnati, you know, when it it first kind of became inhabited all the way to the [music] modern age.

[00:12:01]And then the third one was always [music] my favorite. It was the Duke Energy. It's pretty much like a children's museum. Yeah, it's pretty [music] much like uh they've got a bunch of different like interactive things and just like these it's so hard to explain, but it's like these massive [music] rooms to where like it's either like nature-themed, like I don't know. It's wild. I mean, it's it's a children's museum, so it it definitely kind of gets out there, but um super cool. I remember as a kid, it was just [music] always very very surreal, the whole place, but especially the um children's museum. So, they have all three of those museums in one building as [music] well as an Omnimax Theater. So, the theater it's not like a normal movie theater, it's like the ones to where they completely [music] surround you. So, um yeah, they were always super crazy as a kid um going to see those on field trips.

[00:13:01]Um but yeah, it also holds [music] the Cincinnati History Library and Archives.

[00:13:06]I did not know that, but yeah, I think that's a perfectly [music] fitting spot to put them. Uh it has a freaking ice cream shop uh as you can see in this photo. It's [music] got like it's not the same type of mosaics. I was looking into that to see maybe if there was even, [music] you know, some of those or if it was by the same guy, but no. But it definitely further [music] kind of pushes that Art Deco style. Um I think the actual [music] ice cream like brand or parlor is a Graeter's, which is a Cincinnati staple. [music] So, pretty fitting.

[00:13:41]Um but yeah, I I honestly did not know this either that [music] it was fully completed and restored in 2018. So, they redid, [music] you know, uh I believe most of it was like the outside, but um I'm sure they did a lot of inside [music] stuff as well. So, and uh yeah, today there's only one active [music] Amtrak train line left.

[00:14:06]Uh it is for people. It goes from like from the terminal, obviously, but [music] it go it's like a Cardinal train path.

[00:14:16]So, it it pretty much can take you west or can take you to Chicago.

[00:14:22]And then it can also take you all the way up to New York City. So, massive train line, but very sad, but that is kind of how it is, you know, people just don't use trains anymore. So, yeah.

[00:14:39]Guys, I was debating whether or not I should put [music] this in the slides, but I think it's just funny. So, here's a poster freaking breakdown for you. I just thought that was incredibly impressive.

[00:14:51]I mean, how [music] is he even doing that?

[00:14:58]But yeah, so here's [music] the poster I created. I don't know if I even showed it on the vlog, but yeah.

[00:15:03]Um I honestly, if [music] I would have known I would have had like a whole 'nother week to work on stuff, probably would have given it a little bit more love [music] or maybe even made a new one. But uh at same time, I do like the simplicity [music] of it. I just feel like something's really missing from it.

[00:15:18]Like it's just kind of flat. But nonetheless, um I kind of wanted [music] to target the transition period of Cincinnati throughout the poster, especially just that idea that, you know, this terminal's creation was the future at this time of travel, [music] trade, even the Art Deco design movement uh in Cincinnati as a whole. [music] So, I tried to use, you know, fonts, certain colors, boldness, um and the shapes just for that Art Deco [music] feel and style. So, uh and then one little detail is that the clock is at 3:33 [music] to pay homage to the 1933 construction year. So, [music] got to have a little detail in there.

[00:16:09]And yeah, that that is my presentation on the Union Terminal.

[00:16:16]Deuces.

[00:16:23]Definitely getting copyrighted.

[00:16:26]It's all right, dude.

[00:16:28]It's a small little hole. It's all right, man.

[00:16:31]>> [music] [singing] >> That's must be the hoes calling, bro.

[00:16:39]It better be.

[00:16:40]Ooh, she's the one to go. Pop her. Just [ __ ] pop her. I'm trying. That's part.

[00:16:46]>> [singing] [music] >> Anderson decides since he couldn't come last night, he wanted to come celebrate.

[00:16:54]Okay.

[00:16:55]And he's about to shotgun this first beer >> [music] >> and I don't think that's a good one to do.

[00:17:00]Yeah.

[00:17:01]We'll let you have the honors. That one.

[00:17:04]I'm feeling I'm feeling a little coating crazy.

[00:17:07]Half of it's [ __ ] gone, so.

[00:17:11]Okay, let me just shotgun this one for old times' sake. Good for for show and teaching purposes. Ready?

[00:17:18]Half of it's [ __ ] like on you.

[00:17:21]Yeah, it's a little bit slow.

[00:17:24]I'm just going to Put it in your mouth [music] first, right here.

[00:17:26]>> Yeah, instruction.

[00:17:27]>> And then pop it the rest of the way.

[00:17:28]>> Yeah.

[00:17:30]And then it's like just just suck.

[00:17:33]Pretty much. I'm not joking.

[00:17:43]He'll teach you how to do all that, but won't take out his trash bag from his room.

[00:17:47]>> [laughter] >> I'm going to teach you how to do that.

[00:17:51]I'm not going to be able to do all that.

[00:17:52]I I don't even know if I It's an advanced science, man. It takes years of practice and dedication. Well, okay, or you just have somebody there for you.

[00:18:02]I'm just going to have him shotgun it.

[00:18:03]He's about to drink, but yeah.

[00:18:06]Are there dogs out here? Yeah.

[00:18:08]Where? Oh, [ __ ] Hey.

[00:18:13]You. Little leaf eater. Hey.

[00:18:18]Over here.

[00:18:20]What are you doing?

[00:18:22]Yeah, I caught you. Trying to eat the Furby.

[00:18:27]Damn.

[00:18:30]Aw.

[00:18:32]Put that bubbly.

[00:18:34]Oh, you out here?

[00:18:36]That's dangerous.

[00:18:38]You guys were the thumbnail last night.

[00:18:40]That's awesome.

[00:18:42]I'll let you pop the starting [music] tab. Like barely just >> [singing] >> Deep breath out.

[00:18:51]>> Stop, so I'm going that way. Yeah, deep breath out.

[00:18:54]And then once you get it out, >> [music] >> Yep. Up. Come on. Keep it [music and singing] going.

[00:19:12]I mean, dude, that was pretty good. That was actually pretty good. No spillage.

[00:19:16]Oh yeah, you're going to get some burps.

[00:19:22]All right.

[00:19:24]You can finish the other half.

[00:19:38]Dude, I remember I was with Braden one time yeah, and [laughter] he was like, "Dude, shotgun with me." I was like, "Okay, I'll do that. I've never done this." I went the wrong way and it all spilled out.

[00:19:48]>> [laughter] >> Hey, it's I thought you said you didn't do that.

[00:19:51]That's why I asked you which way I was going just to lock it in. I would just retire, [ __ ] Yeah, I mean always point this way up.

[00:19:58]Yeah, yeah.

[00:19:59]>> [music] >> All right.

[00:20:03]I feel like I owe the crowd a good one.

[00:20:05]All right. Well, hurry. It's not recording. Oh, [ __ ] >> [clears throat] >> Yo, look what I picked >> went better than I thought it was going to. [clears throat] You really have to learn how to get >> That just looks [ __ ] Yes. Suck it down.

[00:20:26]Hold on. I'm going to What's that doing, man?

[00:20:32]This [snorts] really [ __ ] but I'm actually going to That was my next goal.

[00:20:35]That was my next goal. Oh.

[00:20:37][ __ ] I mean, I don't know what I was expecting, but [ __ ] It's like rubbing alcohol with pineapple.

[00:20:51]Look at that [ __ ] back.

[00:20:53]What's [singing and music] that doing, man?

[00:21:01]All right. Let's see it. See, I like a big hole.

[00:21:06]That way you can just stick like a whole little lake.

[00:21:09]So, we're going to definitely have a little spillage now.

[00:21:12]It might have been a little too big, [singing and music] but Popped down like, all right, Lou. You're shotgun. All right. All right. All right. Chill. All right, Lou.

[00:21:19]Three Three seconds later.

[00:21:27]>> [singing] >> Yeah.

[00:21:42]I bet they could smell that through the camera.

[00:21:43]>> Yeah. [laughter] I think that was just left to [ __ ] scar. Earn McAdams, I'm coming, and I want you [laughter] next.

[00:21:52]You're up against him.

[00:21:54]>> watch?

[00:21:55]I actually OD'd.

[00:21:59]All right, boys. It's pretty late. It's like literally 2:00 in the morning, but how can I say no to this?

[00:22:12]>> [singing] [snorts] >> Well, maybe I shouldn't. I was saying maybe I probably shouldn't.

[00:22:16]>> maybe Put the camera away. Yeah.

[00:22:19]It's my indulgence from last one. Big Riggers ruined me on You never know.

[00:22:30]You never know, we're You're breaking off the bong. Which the witch doctor.

[00:22:34]Oh, no, I don't break. You have You won.

[00:22:37]Bro, I can't, though. I suck. I'm trying to film it. What What? Just to film how bad Give him a lot, bro. You just hit it real [ __ ] hard, man. Yeah, pretty much.

[00:22:49]>> [music] >> I don't know how to hit a bong with some brakes. Dude, I think I should make one off the bong.

[00:22:54]It's [music] [ __ ] crazy. It's just never >> [music] [singing] >> All right. Well, that was [music] horrible.

[00:23:09]>> [music and singing] >> Yo, yo.

[00:23:16]>> [singing] >> Yep, and this one's going on Pornhub.

[00:23:22]Way Way too late now.

[00:23:25]It's nearly 3:00 in the morning, boys.

[00:23:29]What am I doing?

[00:23:31]We're doing song battles. So, we're shuffling like all of our songs on our Spotify or whatever, and then seeing whose was the best.

[00:23:43]But, time flies when you're having fun, so Let's go cross off this day.

[00:23:49]Definitely not ideal. Thank god we have this extra 30 minutes of sleep.

[00:23:56]Worst was like I didn't even really feel tired, but now I definitely do. So, I'm pissing this fire, put it out, and head down. Big Riggers is down here with me. Feels pretty good, actually, but yeah.

[00:24:11]Deuces.

[00:24:12]All right, boys. Nothing else to say.

[00:24:17]I'm sure to head to bed. I'll see you boys tomorrow.

[00:24:21]Big deuces.

[00:24:24]And yeah. See you then.

[00:24:29]I made this pretty rough on myself, but let's do it.