Consumerism- the child of the western world, it drives us to greatness and tears us down in our bloodlust.  This free-market (or semi-free market) method of encouragement has pushed the western world through the great struggles of science with desire to create and to accumulate.  But as wonderful as this reward system may be in its grand ( Read more... )

The average person grows up, gets a job, finds a mate and reproduces, right?  Why does everyone do this?  A combination of factors and different reasons-

1.  the genetic predisposition to reproduce

2.  the tendency to do what your parents have done

3.  the need to place some stake in the future

Like any other animals, people have the ( Read more... )

Today I went from “will this field of study be right for me” to “are humans, in fact, a disease- a blemish on the face of this planet”.  Let’s try to retrace the steps.

In AGNR 198 I was challenged by the fact that most of us would probably be changing majors… again.  The guest teacher (John Kaminski) told us of how he went from landscape ( Read more... )

Well, half a semester, a (doomed-from-the-beginning) relationship, and a summer vacation after my last entry, perhaps I shall be re-entering the world of on-line journaling.

In case you haven't heard:  news from the ever-changing life of Greg Reynolds
-change of school:  Uconn.   (including a small matter of $15,000 less a year and half the distance ( Read more... )

as a forward, please excuse the complaining.

Well, I just had an great night with my amazing group of friends.  They all got drunk, and I videotaped them being fools :-)  It was a good time for bonding, especially since I got to spend the entire evening with them.

But there was one problem.... I was the only single person there.

I was fine ( Read more... )

I'm tired and aching and I don't know why. (Simon and Garfunkle ( Read more... )

Well after spending about 10.5 hours in studio on a Sunday, I have begun to wonder again about my career choice. First, the pros and cons of architecture as a career ( Read more... )

Television and laziness are very addicting- especially when the weather sucks.  Has anyone else noticed how this is one of the worst winters ever?  All the snow we've had so far is ice-crusted or so wet that it's not worthwhile.  The weather has been sufficiently bad (combined with a mild headcold) to turn me away from all activity and leave me ( Read more... )

This is my first update in one month, one week, and two days.

THE END

Until when I next bother,

-Greg (Bill)

Some various updates since thanksgiving break:

I have secured a new roommate!  His name is Alex, he is also an archie who has bad luck with room mates.  We haven't decided on which building we'll ask for, but we probably won't be overly picky about what's available anyways.

At significant potential risk to my academic capacity, I gave ( Read more... )