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Caitlin WagenseilWrIter

When people hear the words “interior designer,” they often think of someone who makes things look pretty for a living. In reality, it’s much, much more.

Katie Scheid, junior in the top-ranked interior design program, knows this all too well.

“A lot of people think that interior design is just picking out paint colors,” Scheid said. “There are days when I wish I was just picking out paint col-ors, because in my program there is a lot more technical stuff to it than just making things look pretty.”

the four main areas of study for interior design stu-dents are residential, hos-pitality, non-residential and commercial.

“ We take two studios

each semester,” Scheid said. “One studio is Monday and Wednesday, and the other stu-dio is tuesday and Thursday. We go to studio either right after lecture or a little bit lat-er in the afternoon, and it’s for three hours.”

Scheid said lecture is a time for students to learn about concepts, while studio is time to work on assignments and projects.

“In residential, we’re talk-ing about kitchens and what kind of kitchen layouts you would do, and in studio you’re either working on a project or using the time to ask ques-tions or do exercises,” she said.

Other than some quiz-zes and essay assignments, grades are mostly determined by projects.

“We took a painting by a fa-mous artist and blew it up so

that it was four feet in one di-rection, and then it got gritted off into half-inch squares, and each square we had to paint,” Scheid said.

“All we were doing was cut-ting and gluing squares for three weeks. It turned out re-ally cool but it took me over 150 hours to finish.”

Mary Caillouet, junior in interior design, is currently working on a project for a ho-tel.

“right now, we’re design-ing an international spa for an existing hotel that was done by the top-10 ranked de-sign firms last year,” she said. “We’re supposed to do all the architectural components.”

Before Auburn’s interior de-sign program could become a top-ranked program in the nation, it had to have the ap-propriate accreditations.

“We’re a CIDA (Council

for Interior Design Accred-itation) accredited school, which is a very big deal,” Cail-louet said.

“every project that we do they save, so a board could come in and analyze what our program does and what our professors are teaching us, so that helps with the rank-ing. The success of the people out in the field that graduated from Auburn also determines the ranking.”

Scheid said the professors contribute much to the suc-cess of the program.

“They do a really good job of trying to expose you to all aspects of interior design,” she said. “We’ll do a whole se-mester of just residential or a whole semester of commer-cial. You really get exposed to everything and know different aspects and what you do and don’t like.”

Students in the program regularly take field trips.

“You can see a picture of something or see something on the Internet, but I don’t think it compares to actual-ly going to a place and seeing what something really looks like,” Scheid said.

“I think it’s cool that they let us see real-world situa-tions, so that when we get out into the real world we’ll know what to do.”

Caillouet said the students go on many different trips and recently took a trip to see a residence being built by an interior designer.

“Just last week we went and saw a local designer’s stu-dio in Montgomery,” she said. “two weeks ago we went to Peachtree City, Ga., and went to a lighting lab so we could learn about lighting fixtures and wattages and stuff that

normal people don’t under-stand.”

Scheid said the lab gave presentations on lighting so the students would be able to make educated choices when inspecting and choosing light fixtures.

“In residential class, we’ve gone to a bunch of different construction sites, which is cool because we can see the different phases of construc-tion,” Scheid said.

What may be misunder-stood is that the interior de-sign program is not affiliat-ed with the architecture pro-gram at Auburn.

“We’re with the College of Human Sciences because we want to focus on consumer needs,” Caillouet said.

“We focus on personality and that sort of thing, so it’s so much beyond the structure and decoration of a space.”

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What’s fall without a boo-gie?

Scott Peek, owner of Stan-dard Deluxe screen-printing shop in Waverly, Ala., kept get-ting asked that same question ever since Standard Deluxe hosted its first 280 Boogie in spring of 2001.

Finally, Peek agreed.Auburn’s own WeGl 91.1

FM will be one of the main sponsors of the event, with dif-ferent DJs introducing each band that plays.

According to Scott Waters, broadcast associate for WeGl, the idea for the event came about after financial compli-cations limited WeGl in put-

ting on its own festival.“It started off that WeGl

wanted to have its own mu-sic festival, but we had a lit-tle trouble getting money to-gether to pay bands,” Waters said. “I knew Scott Peek from Standard Deluxe from running sound out there, and he want-ed to do some shows the same night we were going to have a festival, so I called him and we decided to collaborate.”

WeGl has hosted some of the artists, such as Katie Mar-tin and the larry Mitchell Band, in its studio for live per-formances, but Waters said he hopes this event will entice more artists to play in the stu-dio.

Waters said WeGl hopes to

broadcast the festival live on 91.1 FM and online at auburn.edu/wegl.

The rules for the event are simple: no glass, no dogs and no haters. the Fall Boogie is family-friendly, BYOB and in-formal.

Gates for the festival open at 11 a.m. at Standard Deluxe’s location at 1015 Mayberry Ave. in Waverly, and from noon un-til 10 p.m. festival-goers will be able to enjoy nine musi-cal acts, including Kristin Di-able, Katie Martin, Adventure the Great, eric Britt, the tony Brook Band, the larry Mitch-ell Band, Through the Sparks, Bohannons and Fishergreen.

Peek said interest in a fall music event to follow the

spring 280 Boogie has been around for a while.

“People have mentioned for-ever that we should do one in the fall…it sort of fell into our lap, since we already had three bands booked,” Peek said. “We had these shows booked for four or five months, and then Scott Waters from WeGl con-tacted me about collaborat-ing.”

Opelika resident lar-ry Mitchell, lead guitarist of the larry Mitchell Band, will be bringing his trio’s unique sound of “guitar-based instru-mental music, with elements of funk, blues and a lot of lust,”

Standard Deluxe hosts first Fall BoogieGRaphIc cOuRTeSy Of STaNDaRD Deluxe

Designer Billy Reid’s top looks

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“One that fits and can stand a good deal of wear.”

“One that looks good on the beach or dressed up.”

“A sweatshirt to support your school’s football team, preferably in Oxford grey.”

“They will always be a classic for fall.”

“I like them oversized for girls.”

Alabama native Billy Reid shares his favorite looks

for the Southern woman with The Plainsman.

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White Oxford Button-down

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DESIGN

Intrigue B6 The Auburn Plainsman Thursday, September 27, 2012

Mallory BarrettWriTer

While most of the students have been busy enjoying the cooler weather, celebrating the return of football season or preparing for midterms, the cast members of “Nickel and Dimed,” the first production of the theatre department’s 2012–13 season, have been busy doing what they love: performing.

The play, which opened to a sold-out crowd last week, is a dramedy written by Joan Holden and is directed by pro-fessor Chris Qualls.

“‘Nickel & Dimed’ is the sto-ry of Barbara ehrenreich, a middle-aged investigative re-porter who goes undercov-er in several minimum-wage jobs,” said cast member Winn Caroll, senior in history.

“The play recounts her mul-tiple low-wage jobs and the characters she meets along the way.”

The production is differ-ent in that several of the ac-tors play more than one char-acter. Also, the main stage of the Telfair B. Peet Theatre has been renovated to mir-ror a “theatre-in-the-round” atmosphere, designed by the department’s own professor robin Jaffe.

Like many of the theatrical

shows, rehearsals for “Nick-el & Dimed” began only a few days after auditions and, in this case, only days after the first day of class.

“We were cast one week-end, and the next day we had rehearsal,” said Chelsea Allen, junior in theatre and business.

“it was an immediate ‘wel-

come back to college’ where you have 800 things to do at once. Most people don't real-ize the commitment put into a play, but after having rehears-al every day for four hours, you definitely learn a thing or two.”

Although the play is geared toward an older audience, it still appeals to Auburn stu-dents and has been success-ful since it opened Thursday, Sept. 20.

“i think the audience will appreciate that we are chal-lenging them,” said lead ac-tress Anna Caudle, sophomore in theatre.

“They’re smart; they can definitely handle the challeng-es we present them with dur-ing the show,” she said.

The production features costumes designed by Tracy Oleinick, lighting designed by Fereshteh rostampour and sound design by Kelly Walker.

“Nickel and Dimed” is free to Auburn University students, and tickets are $15 for the gen-eral public and $10 for Auburn faculty and staff.

Performances continue through Saturday, Sept. 29 and begin at 7:30 p.m.

More information regarding the theatre department and upcoming productions can be found at cla.auburn.edu/the-atre.

“We were cast one weekend and the next day we had rehearsal. It was an immediate ‘welcome back to college’ where you have 800 things to do at once. Most people don’t realize the commitment put into a play, but after having rehearsal every day for four hours, you definitely learn a thing or two.”

—Chelsea Allen JUNiOr iN THeATre AND BUSiNeSS

Boogie» From B5

i’ve been known to go to extreme lengths to avoid cold weather: using breakfast bur-ritos as hand warmers on the walk to class, covering my-self with sheets of loose-leaf paper in Haley Center and taking shots from a flask of Theraflu warming liquid. i came to Auburn in large part because i was promised a short and very mild winter.

When September rolled around i reflexively started to indulge in my favorite rites of fall until, trying to sip hot cider on a 90-degree day, it dawned on me: a mild winter meant a nearly nonexistent autumn.

A more sensible woman might have chosen to give up, return to tank tops and be content to sunbathe all the way into November. But not me. My strategy is to adopt the attire and activities of the season in hopes that the weather will follow.

The mornings have been deceptively crisp this past week. Take this as license to break out your thickest scarves, cardigans, coats and boots. When you step out the door at 9 a.m., you will feel well-prepared for the early

morning chill. By 11 a.m., you’re scrambling down the concourse, tearing off lay-ers in a heat-induced frenzy. The beauty of fall is you can conceal yourself in so many layers of knits, wool, cotton, leather and fur that the shape of your body becomes largely indistinguishable.

even while i’m huffing it past peers who are dressed in more seasonally appropriate outfits, i refuse to acknowl-edge that my pea coat has no place in 86-degree weather. everyone looks more ador-able in outerwear. if that means suffering a heatstroke for the sake of ushering in au-tumnal style, so be it.

Along with the fall comes an entire palette of new nov-elty items that scientists have

figured out how to make taste like a pumpkin. To get into the spirit of the season, you should make a point to indulge in something pump-kin-flavored at least twice a day. Coffee shops have rolled out a spectrum of flavors that range from pumpkin spice latte to pumpkin spice chai to pumpkin spice white choco-late mocha.

Pair that with a pump-kin doughnut and a piping hot bowl of pumpkin soup, and try to ignore the beads of sweat that start to trickle down your forehead.

With enough preparation and the air conditioning set on a crisp 66 degrees, you can almost forget that your friends keep inviting you over to swim.

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Strategizing for a faux fallLane JonesLANe@THePLAiNSMAN.COM

andDimed

Nickel

Telfair B. Peet Theatre opened the 2012–13 season to a sold-out crowd

and said concert-goers can expect a lot of good times.

“People can expect some funky rock,” Mitchell said. “We try to be entertaining when we perform live, and i like to go out and mix and meet with people in the crowd a little bit. russ Garner (drummer) will have some really great solos.”

Kristin Diable will also be performing as part of a trio, and was convinced to play the festival by friends who had played in Waverly. Her pre-vious experience with Stan-dard Deluxe also helped con-vince her.

Diable describes her mu-sic as “roots music, based on the early traditional Ameri-can of folk, blues, Americana

and soul.”Diable usually performs

with her backing band, The City, but said fans can still ex-pect to rock ‘n’ roll with the re-duced trio.

Peek said the event has lim-ited the amount of commer-cial vendors to 10, allowing businesses to offer a variety of unique wares to concert-goers.

“Folks should be prepared to come out and do some Christmas shopping, because it’s not too early to start think-ing about that,” Peek said. “it’s going to be a neat little run of unique gifts and items.”

Peek would like to make the Fall Boogie an annual event, but said he’s waiting to see how this one turns out first.

“it’s always good (to have

an event like this), because it gives people something to look forward to,” Peek said. “You can see a lot of bands for not that much money.”

in case of inclement weath-er, the show will be moved in-doors to The railyard in Ope-lika.

Food vendors will include Mama Mocha’s, The Over-all Company, Wickles Pick-les, Wilton’s Catering and the food truck Mac the Cheese.

Tickets will be $15 at the door or $10 in advance pay-ment online or with a valid student iD.

Peek summed up how he hopes the event will go, as-suming favorable weather.

“it’ll be a nice fall afternoon in the country,” Peek said. “Hang out, listen to some mu-sic and catch a little sun.”

all Photos Courtesy of auburn PhotograPhIC servICes

Main: anna Caudle, lead actress, said she thinks the audience will appreciate the challenging show.Top: “nickel and dimed” is the story of an investigative reporter who goes undercover in low-paying jobs.Bottom: “nickel and dimed” is first production of the theatre department’s 2012-13 season.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012 The Auburn Plainsman Intrigue B7

Melody KitchensInTrIgue edITor

raising $110,000 may seem like a lofty goal to some, but for Morgan dunn, it’ll take a little planning—and a lot of faith.

“It’s just knowing that I have to surrender to the Lord,” said dunn, sophomore in hu-man development and family studies. “ultimately, it will be the Lord who provides.”

The purpose of raising these funds stems directly from a recent trip to Zambia, Africa, where dunn said she realized her passion for the orphans of Zambia.

Family Legacy Missions In-ternational has built more than 20 homes in Zam-bia since 2008 for orphans through the Tree of Life pro-gram, with a total goal of 50 homes. now, dunn wants to add another home named Al-den’s House.

Alden Malachowski attend-ed dunn’s high school, re-gents Schools of Austin, Tex-as, and dunn said the school was inspired by Malachows-ki’s spirit and her fight against leukemia.

Malachowski was diag-nosed with leukemia in May 2008, and she passed away in december 2009. dunn said she wants the orphans of Zambia to know Malachows-ki’s story, too.

“All during her life, Alden was full of joy,” dunn said.

“Alden’s sweet but fighting spirit and her pure joy for life will be a model and reminder to those orphans that through the trials and tribulations of their own lives, the joy of the Lord is their strength. It is only appropriate to honor Al-den’s death by providing these orphans with only a little taste of what we know Alden is ex-

periencing now.”In the summer of 2011,

dunn embarked on her first trip to Zambia through the encouragement of her high school mentor ellen Tucker.

“I was a really big volleyball player in high school, and so I was always training for the junior olympics in the sum-mer,” dunn said. “I had al-ways wanted to go to Zambia, but I just could never find the time.”

After making a deal with her volleyball coach, dunn visited Zambia, and “just fell in love with it,” returning the following summer for more involvement with the orphans at Camp Life.

Camp Life, a program through FLMI, is similar to

Vacation Bible School, dunn said. Through Camp Life, the orphans at camp can meet with sponsors through the Father’s Heart program. or-phans can be then placed in the gated community of Tree of Life.

In each home in Tree of Life, the orphans live with a Zambian mother, and the children attend school each day, as well as complete daily activites such as chores.

“There’s so many orphans in Zambia, but when you put a name with a face, it be-comes so much more person-al,” dunn said. “At Tree of Life, they’re just the happiest kids you’ve ever seen in your life. They realize what Tree of Life has done for them, and it’s a beautiful picture of what the gospel has done for them.”

dunn said she felt a calling to build a home in Tree of Life for Malachowski, and after a year of processing the over-whelming logisitics, dunn re-turned to Zambia in the sum-mer of 2012.

After her second extended trip, dunn said she was more than ready to begin fundrais-ing for Alden’s House.

In the short time between her trip to Zambia and coun-seling at another summer camp, dunn began writ-ing and sending support let-ters, creating a website and sketching ideas for T-shirts and wristbands.

After a whirlwind of plan-ning, dunn is now selling T-shirts and wristbands for the future development of Alden’s House.

To support Alden’s House by purchasing a T-shirt or wristband, email dunn at mdunn11@me.com.

For other donations, vis-it treeoflife.org/aldenshouse.

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“There’s so many orphans in Zambia, but when you put a name with a face, it becomes so much more personal. At Tree of Life, they’re just the happiest kids you’ve ever seen in your life. They realize what Tree of Life has done for them, and it’s a beautiful picture of what the Gospel has done for them.”

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Camp Life, a program similar to Vacation Bible school, is held each summer for the orphans of Zambia.

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Through Camp Life, the orphans at camp can meet with sponsors through the father’s Heart program.

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Facecandi Lighting Productions sparks Auburn’s nightlife

Rebecca MoseleyInTRIgue RePoRTeR

A broad background, a broad portfolio of complet-ed works, a broad choice for RTVF and extracurricular projects, and a broad goal with his degree: the term “broad” is sometimes given a nega-tive connotation as it is of-ten a substitute for the word “vague.”

However, in the case of Alessio Summerfield, senior in radio, television and film, “broad” describes his open-ness to new possibilities, and ultimately great opportuni-ties.

Being an assistant in the Media and Digital Resources Lab at the library and a vid-eographer for the College of Liberal Arts, as well as the fa-ther of the Au new Media Club, which he will preside over for the next two semes-ters, Summerfield said he has made a broad variety of efforts to produce great media works while assisting others in their media endeavors as well.

originally from england, the Summerfield family moved to his mother’s home country, Sicily, where Alessio’s sister was born.

They then lived in Virginia for a short time before making their way further south to var-ious cities in Florida and then on to Auburn.

His past is where Summer-field claims to derive inspira-tion, particularly the exces-sive film watching with his fa-ther and the hobby of pirating those films on VHS.

The first feature film project that Summerfield said he was associated with took place when he was in eighth grade.

He said he helped his friend create a parody of the Matrix and that it was the first and

last on-camera appearance.Summerfield said he was

interested in the field of ra-dio, television and film for eight years and that he draws inspiration from an unusual source.

“You don’t hear this very of-ten, but I was actually inspired by mid-90’s video games and graphics,” Summerfield said.

“I got interested in telling stories visually and allowing others to come to their own conclusions.”

He said this inspiration has led him to complete proj-ects such as directing his de-but feature film about zom-bies and a more recent feature film about the ugliest Dog in America, which received a kickstarter fund of $50,000.

“I have a massive guilt issue where if I’m not productive and I’m just sitting around do-ing nothing, I feel really guilty about it,” Summerfield said.

“I feel like that guilt/pro-ductivity complex sets me apart because I try to do as much as I can so that at the end of the day, I’m not left with

nothing and I can move on knowing I left something be-hind.”

Summerfield said he hopes that by starting the new Me-dia Club he will be able to leave behind a legacy and teach others that they can ac-complish their dreams.

“(I hope to) show kids that now in today’s world with the internet, and with everybody having production tools, you can pretty much do whatever you want to do for the rest of your life, starting now,” Sum-merfield said.

His wide range of future projects range from jump-starting student interest in web presence through an eP-ortfolio project test group with the new Media Club to potentially pitching a feature film that highlights the life-style of a truck driver.

“With my degree being radio, television and film, its (possibilities are) pretty broad,” he said.

“especially the work I do around campus is broad; it’s usually audio, video or web stuff. So, I’m hoping that since my experience on my resume is pretty broad… I’m hoping that with a broad degree and with such a broad background that I can just do media work and not have to be limited.”

Deron overpeck, professor of film studies, said he was im-pressed by Summerfield’s con-tributions to class.

“He’s clearly seen a lot of films, yet is also eager to learn more, even in an introducto-ry class,” overpeck said. “He also made an interesting doc-umentary short film last year about illegal immigration in Italy, demonstrating that he thinks about economic and social issues in a global con-text.”

Rebecca cRoomes / PHoTo eDIToRalessio summerfield, senior in RTVF, said he has made a variety of efforts to produce great media.

RTVF major strives to do more than just homework

“(I hope to) show kids that now in today’s world with the Internet, and with everybody having production tools, you can pretty much do whatever you want to do for the rest of your life starting now.”—Alessio Summerfield

SenIoR, RADIo, TeLeVISIon & FILM

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Richard Mueller of Facecan-di Lighting Productions is an example of the many individu-als with a goal of inspiring oth-ers in Auburn, and his is with innovation through design.

“I am highly motivated about design,” Mueller said. “I take it on, and I want people to channel their energy through me and use me as a way to get their designs out because it’s not so much about me. It’s about making a design within reach.”

Mueller is one of the few vi-nyl turntable disc jockeys in Auburn, spinning under the alias of DJ Soulecta. He works with other DJs in Au Projx (Auburn underground Proj-ects), an organization that plans on showcasing local art-ists through an internet radio show.

Two years ago, Mueller joined forces with Hagan Led-kins and Scott “DJ esko” Shep-

pard to develop Facecandi, the first of its kind.

“A lot of us DJ around Au-burn, and before Facecandi, we noticed there was no light-ing,” Mueller said. “It was just a bunch of DJs dancing around and whatever bar lighting was available. Realizing there was nothing available in this town, we all just decided to come up with some stuff.”

Facecandi cornered the lighting market for about two years, but now three or four other local companies have entered that market, he said.

Mueller said Facecandi is currently looking to step up its game with 3-D projection mapping, an installation at the CounterPoint Music Fes-tival in Atlanta this weekend and other projects that oth-er lighting services have not done.

This includes an intelligent lighting installment at the new downtown restaurant en Fuego Tapas Bar and Lounge.

Facecandi has become the resident lighting provider for TKo, operated by Andy Bel-sterling and Sam Higginbo-tham in Auburn, and also for Vulgar, operated by Chris Hol-mes and Max Moskol in Co-lumbus, ga.

TKo and Vulgar are elec-tronic dance music compa-nies that collaborate with DJs and jam bands to produce electronic dance music for nightclubs.

Mueller comes from a fami-ly of designers. His father, Rich Mueller, owns and operates Mueller Design group, Inc., an architectural design company in Fairhope, Ala. with a focus on designing schools.

After living in San Diego while serving in the navy from 2005 to 2010, Mueller returned to Auburn.

“I grew up here,” Mueller said. “My whole family is from Auburn. Auburn is my team.”

He is now in the industrial design program and said he

is proud of what they have ac-complished.

“I really just want people know what we are, because a lot of people don’t know,” Mueller said. “It’s basically just designing things that people want, such as packaged tech-nology. Designing some cool stuff before you even know it’s cool. It’s kind of a diffi-cult thing to do to try to make things people want before you know they want it.”

Along with Facecandi, he has created his own business called Mueller Design Lab. It reflects the inspiration he re-ceived from his father, who was also in the navy and grad-uated from Auburn in indus-trial design.

“Facecandi is solely using lighting application,” Mueller said. “Mueller Design can be anything; it’s Mueller Design Lab because it’s trying out new things like the lighting in en Fuego. I’d be willing to reach out and try something

because I don’t know how, and I want that knowledge.”

Mueller Design Lab is cur-rently redesigning a night-club in Columbus, ga. called eighty-Five, developing an ur-ban clothing line called STMP, creating various logos for businesses around town and designing flyers for local and statewide event promoters.

“opportunity is all around,” Mueller said. “You’ll nev-er know until you try. ‘If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right,’ as Henry Ford said.”

Mueller also has patents on products he has created through Mueller Design Lab, which can be found on the company’s WordPress blog.

Mueller has worked as a designer for the downtown clothing store Stamp since the beginning of the summer.

one project for Mueller Design Lab involves work-ing with his boss at Stamp, eric Stamp, to redesign the

store’s space and create Camp Stamp. Camp Stamp will be a multi-purpose retail and art gallery space that will change over time.

“We’re going to do pop art shows and still play with the repurposed and recycled fash-ions, but really consider the delivery of the products; the display, the execution and the environment when you walk in the store,” Mueller said. “It needs to mess with people’s heads in a sense that they don’t know it’s recycled.”

Mueller said he enjoyed his time on the West Coast while in the navy and hopes to pos-sibly return to earn his mas-ter’s degree in San Francisco.

“I may seem a bit more mo-tivated and crazy about de-sign, but I’ve had a lot of time to marinate on this concept of what I want to do with my life,” Mueller said. “I know what I want to do. I knew when I was a little kid and that’s never changed.”