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weekend
busy weekend...not terribly productive, though ( Read more... ) -
ugh, it's one of those days
it may be because i didn't get enough sleep last night or something, but i'm having one of those days where i just kind of wish i could crawl back into bed and stay there for the rest of the day ( Read more... ) -
dinner last night
todd's parents were in town last night on their way to springfield, ma for the weekend, so we went out to chinatown for a nummy meal at east ocean city. that place is beyond spectacular. mmmm taro duck. todd and i had been discussing trying to gather a small-ish group of friends and heading there for dim sum sometime soon...i've never dim summed ( Read more... ) -
oh boy
is it really THAT hard for profs to be on time to appointments? -
not a thesis lj anymore!
using livejournal for thesis updates ended up not being terribly successful. plus, it was super-boring for anyone other than me, so i've given up.
we'll see how much i use this now. i may post a random thought or two every now and again, but mostly, i think this will be my quick and easy way to keep tabs on cuteoverload and gofugyourself... : -
What's the big idea?
Well, let's see...I had my design review last Monday, and it didn't go all that well. It was helpful, I guess, in that it showed me just how badly (un)defined my thesis is. What was a bit disheartening, though, is that whereas I had thought that my "big idea" was fairly well represented in my work, it turns out it wasn't. (Well, it's either that ( Read more... ) -
precedent?
Lookup Emscher Park in northern Ruhr, Germany -
monuments vs. ruins
"Poets and painters like ruins, and dictators like monuments." - Tim Edensor quoting Christopher Woodward, regarding the drop in artistic representation of the Coliseum after it was preserved/converted (1870) cf. Hitler's high opinion of it. (pg 22 in Industrial Ruins) -
Fragmentation
"Fragmentation seemed appropriate for the following reasons:
1. The fragment enabled us to take into account the specific constraints of each element of the program (for example, the conference hall) without compromising the whole (for example, repetitive office floors).
2. The fragment gives the elements autonomy, while making it easier to perceive ( Read more... )
