To sum up today: I just realized that I haven't showered today. Before I just turned on iTunes, I had a song from SSX Blur (snowboarding) on the Wii stuck in my head. I also think that I've only eaten once...
This is fantastic. For two weeks, the weather had been mostly nice-to-gorgeous, yet I had papers to write and exams to take. Now I've finished everything in college but sitting for a while, walking across a stage, and shaking someone's hand. It's now around 50 degrees and raining. That's funny stuff.
Even in the censored-for-tv version and despite the historical inaccuracies and over-dramatized parts, I think Gladiator is actually a really good movie
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Ok, so if you want to know why I want to be an architect, read some of this. It's a damn long interview, so no need to go through the whole thing unless you want to, but the whole thing is fantastic
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So I'm not sure how I never came across or thought of this before, but... A lot of schools, for example Parson's and Harvard's GSD (Graduate School of Design) offer Summer programs targeted at providing an introduction to architecture and associated skills and often even developing a portfolio to apply to REAL school. Now I just need to figure out
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My girlfriend sometimes tells me that I'm special. A strange word. Special. It functions as a non-specific compliment or a vague insult directed at one's intelligence. At least she doesn't tend to call me "retard." In the modern era 'special' has become the root of specialized. Specialization, as we're told, is a trend that has expanded
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So I called my parents just a few minutes ago because I hadn't talked to them in a few days. Things seem to be going fine. They were just finishing dinner. Told them I'd was going to stay in Boston for Thanksgiving, but I was looking forward to Winter Break. Then dad told me that he took the dogs, Jack (officially Ryan's) and Billie (officially
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