Was at a fashion show last night in New York, for Salento Italian Excellence, a fashion show featuring the work of 9 designers hailing from Italy's "heel," the Salento region. Eugena walked in this show, and was pretty fabulous. My friend PJ who invited me to the show took pictures, I will try and get them and post them up here. She has a heart ( Read more... )

You could call me an activist of sorts... after our discussion at studio about how politics affects our lives, it got me thinking - How does politics affect our lives? The repercussions of everything that goes on in Washington affects us, on many different scales. Being involved in the student government here at Michigan has been so influential ( Read more... )

Constructed Ground 2 ( Read more... )

"Great architecture is only gonna come from your passion. And even that won't assure you a job. Louis Kahn died in a mens room in Penn Station... and for days no one claimed the body.


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Last night I attended part of the NOMAS (Nat'l Org for Minority Arch Students) keynote lecture, made by University of Louisiana professor Hector LaSala. The first half of his presentation was very interesting - he talked about quite a bit of philosophical aesthetic stuff that we've been discussing in studio now and brought up a few articles/ ( Read more... )

Three years ago I left livejournal... and now, I'm back. But this time around, this livejournal will be used for educational purposes, because as part of my architecture studio this semester, I am required to keep up an electronic journal for this semester. You'll see lots of different types of media, and commentaries on some of the subjects I've ( Read more... )

So, I've been pulled in by the cult of Xanga-users. This place will still exist, just I won't update here anymore. Go to http://www.xanga.com/jimbobwaay.

But hey, thank God it's snowing, not raining, or else my hair would be messed up and I would not be a happy camper ( Read more... )

It's so not cool to have to walk underneath trees filled with creepy black crows hovering right over you. The area on the Diag near Haven Hall and the grad Library is so disgusting because of all the bird shit. Whatever you do if you're near there after dark... RUN. Run for your life. Or better yet, run for the sake of a clean head of hair.-Jim

Well, it's an eye with a twitch and gunk. Describe it, you're asking....the twitch and gunk is easily to be Chemistry, and to some degree Calculus. I've always detested Chemistry, and so I can't wait to get rid of the freakin' class. And Calculus and I have always been at odds with each other, so I'm ready to end my affinity to it. Thank god ( Read more... )