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Funniest Thing I Read Today
from Lonely Planet's Costa Rica travel guide ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all my friends on Live Journal ( Read more... ) -
Good news
Dear Student,
Congratulations on your acceptance to the Architecture-Costa Rica Summer study abroad program! We will mail your acceptance packet to your permanent address as listed on your application materials. We hope you have a great holiday!
T.K.
Graduate Assistant, Study Abroad Programs
In other news I completed all my course requirements for ( Read more... ) -
Decisions
I have a big decision to make in the next couple of weeks. I have two options ( Read more... ) -
Chance encounters
I found out after my final review that one of our critics works as a scenographer and theatre consultant. Today before the studio cleanup deadline, I went to my professor's office to return some books that he lent the studio. I mentioned that I am interested in scenography and theatre consulting as well, and asked if he knew how she got into it ( Read more... ) -
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I've had a love hate relationship with Extreme Homeostats (the title of the studio I am in) this semester. The past several weeks I have felt like I was struggling to see my design concept. After talking to my professor today, I have much more confidence that this is an interesting project. I feel a drive to develop the design and test it in my ( Read more... ) -
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I will be through my final studio review at approximately this time 9 days from now. Until then, craziness! Rather than working linearly, I must work on designing, testing, drawing, and poster making simultaneously. I was sort of surprised to hear my professor say, "Whatever you get done, you get done." Of course, this does not mean I can slack ( Read more... ) -
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This morning while waiting for concrete beam testing to begin, I heard a few seniors talking about the structural critique for their comprehensive design studio. One of them remarked, "Except for a few technical faculty, this school is full of wacky designers." I thought, how true ( Read more... ) -
What week!
My performative model for studio was due today. It's about 85-90 percent done. However, everyone in the class has more work to do on their's. I made some silly errors that end up making it not quite as nice as it could be ( Read more... ) -
Random Musing
Aside from my flamboyant Spanish teacher, I don't think I knew what gay was when I was in grade school. I'm surprised getting an EnVogue CD one Christmas didn't clue me in. Then again, I probably didn't know what kind of music the other kids were listening to.