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This photo has nothing to do with anything that is going on in my life, but It’s one of my favorites from Vancouver last summer.
so overwhelmed, in fact, that I forgot what I was going to write. It sounded really good in my head though, while I was walking home. Not because it was actually good, but because I felt good after having two beers and no food, because I simply didn’t have time to eat until it was happy hour, and food is more expensive than free beer. I’m not supposed to have very much class on friday, which apparently means that it is okay for everyone to schedule an extra class, leaving me no free time. it actually turned into negative time, maybe, since everything ran late. really, everything. Twice today we were all warned not to wait until the last minute to search for books, to use the fabrication lab etc. But then last night, we finally had our first desk crits with our studio instructor (at 10 pm), which of course resulted in more work to be done by 3:00 today, somewhere inbetween everything else. But don’t wait till the last minute. Not a good habit to get into.
On a lighter note, my desk crit today went really well. We are making a hat out of playing cards, brads, and rubberbands. We should end up with a geometry that is very iconic, but it’s made up of all these small, seamingly insignificant parts – the opposite of iconic.
Philadelphia is awesome, with the exception of two things:
1. Public transportation is not awesome when the bus route I need to get to IKEA has a detour so ridiculous that the bus driver has a list of directions in front of him all the way through town. I must say though, he was an awesome driver…the streets he went down were so narrow, I would have hesitated even in the most compact car.
2. Buying alcohol in Philadelphia is not awesome. The laws are very strict. Wine and spirits can only be sold at government owned liquor stores (there are only a few, and I don’t think there are any close to my house). Beer is a little easier. You can buy “take out” beer at certain restaurants that have liquor licenses, but a six pack costs $11, unless it’s Coors Light, then you can get 6 for $9! What a bargain! Never again will I complain about not being able to buy beer on a Sunday!
I’ve made changes in my life before, but never like this. I just realized that when I leave for Philadelphia, I will have no keys. None. My key chain has slowly become more vacant over the past few weeks. Right now I’m down to only three keys, two of which I will lose to Leslie’s new roommate, and the other I’ll loose to my parents, unless of course, you want to buy my car before Friday, then i could lose it to you (don’t be a wimp, stick shifts are rad!)!
I freaked out today, trying to figure out whether or not my computer is going work for school. I have a laptop that’s only a year old, and it’s pretty decked out…but maybe not decked out enough, according to the computer specs recommended by PennDesign. I’m really not very good with computers. It was a challenge enough just to figure out what kind of video card I had, much less comparing it to the one I “need.” The online tech support and phone tech support just frustrated me even more, so I went and talked to an actual person (Whoa!). I showed the tech guy the recommended specs. His reply…”Oh my, we don’t even have that here!” He looked at the specs of my current computer, and was impressed, but my graphics card is a little under par. Hmmmm…
Then I got to thinking (dangerous, I know). The program is three years long, and computers change fast. This year’s recommended computers weren’t even available for students who started two years ago, and I’m sure they are doing just fine. Fancy renderings are the reason for having such a ridiculous graphics card, but they are not my reason for being passionate about architecture. The quality of a design is not necessarily equal to the time it took render the drawings or the animations. If my projects are going to stand out, it will not be because of my renderings. It never has been.
So now I have a goal.
Sometimes, I don’t surface so easily.
Sometimes, I’m need someone to
Dig
Dig
Make a hole of me.
Make a whole of me.
??? I don’t know…what do you think about when you are in the shower?
