Wednesday

Well hmmm, today was a rather disheartening day for me. Woke up early and headed to class only to find that i was the only one there. I guess i missed the memo. :) So instead i headed down to the gallery to work on our project, again to find no one from my group there. uh oh. so instead of fretting i decided to start on some detail sketches and sections. As members started to arrive i was informed that the ever absent fifth years had declared our projects garbage, redid the design and then left. so i was given a new assignment to work on with Kate and Joel, the perspectives and the sections. We then had another crit where we were informed that our new design was too artsy and less realistic than the day before. So, we then went back to work for a couple hours and devided the work. We will come back tommorrow morning to compare and contributs our parts to the entire piece. So here i go.

Tuesday

I have to apologize for this week's blog has two uses, one is to inform my readers of my first week, the other is to be used as my design week journal, so read on, and be bored( not going in journal) On monday, we all headed down to the gallery to be introduced to Design Week. We were shown where the site was and told a little of what was happening. I went with Jeff and other to the site where we filled out the analysis form. I have to say Joe Ragsdale was right, the site is a little "funky". We then had to leave early for class and came back at three. I was probably sitting at table 18 for a full hour before my team made it over.We chose a team leader and a scribe. we then were explained the program and informed of the history of the area and little italy. We did a couple brainstroming exercises and some teamwork activities, where we learned that our group was definately not on the same page.especailly with the spagetti time when we were supposed to suspend a construction of spag off the end of the table with tape as far as possible. It was rediculous. Well Today was officially day two of Design week. Due to a full six hours of class starting at 8 this morning, i did not get to the gallery until 2 this afternoon. I arrived to find my partners over a copy of out site analysis. There were only five of us there and i have yet to see any 5th years. I have to admit that is a little dissapointing considering three were listed. After struggling to get some good ideas down, we got a crit from the four professionals and i can say, quite easily, that they were unimpressed. That actually i think i what we needed so afterwards we sat down and started to get busy on different design ideas that we could all help with rather than watch the upper classmen take over and take no suggestions from the lower classmen. We then took a break for dinner and i will be going back at 7 to help with some section, details and the help with the full scale plan.

Easter

Going to color eggs today and have fajitas for dindin. I didn't make it to church but i will next week. Who wants to go to church with the C and E's anyway? Oh, thanks to some engineers on the fourth floor, my toaster oven is back in working order! Thanks Kevin Jeff and John. I really appreciate it.

Saturday

Hmm, well when i came back from Ohio i had planned to have a relaxing finish to the week. Well that night (wednesday) Jeff got a phone call from an old high school friend, Matt. matt was bored and wanted entertainment. He was in San Francisco, just a few hour away and wanted jeff to visit. So on Thurs jeff and i drove the 250 miles to castro valley to visit Matt and his roomate Gino. We used Mapquest and did not get lost once. When we met matt and gino we then went and drove to downtown san fran. We ate at Pier 39 in the Bubbs Gump shrimp restaurant based on Forrest gump. Really really deliscious food. We watched street vendors paint beautiful pictures with spray cans and paper. They then firedried them by lioghting the spray can on fire. Jeff bought me a beautiful picture. We walked around the city and ate ice cream, at ghiridelli square. Yum! We then paid(well jef did) a rather large parkign fee. We brought Matt and Gino back and said goodbye. I think however I passed the friend test. jeff Told me that Matt usually does not talk so much, so i guess that worked.
We then drove to Lafeyette to spend the night at Jackie's house. It was a little odd sleeping in someones house when i had never met her parents, btu what can you do? We watched some tv then Finding Nevrland. i found the movie not quite as depressing as i thought it would be. In the morning, we took the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to San fran saw the Union square looked at Art work and Ate a a japanese restaurant. It would have been really good, but the fish base soups were a little dissapointing. We then went into Cnina town and i bought about $10 worth of souveniers. Three handpainted scrolls . a set of Health balls two handpainted fans and a set of chopsticks. I think i did pretty well, don't you? we all then headed back to Jackies, dropped her off and headed back. Jackie sent us to Blondie's Pizza. MMMM good pizza, and we were off. and we didn't get lost once on the way back, we then got home safely at 11. Long weekend, well, not yet it hasn't been. Thanks jeff and Jackie for a great time!

Palm Sunday

Hmmm, its about 38 degrees outside on the common early early spring day in Ohio. Its hazy and overall seems pretty dark. We went to church this morning. It was nice. They even gave us palms to save and dry for ash sunday next year. ;) They even closed the service with one of my favorite songs. Edelweiss. Well kinda, there were different words, but the tune was the same. As I sit here at the computer I see two woodpeckers at the birdfeeders outside. Kara tells me that they are downey woodpeckers. Whatever kind they are they look like Woody the woodpecker, but i don't here them laughing. Oh and now a big fat squirrel has chased thebirds away. Unlike California, the daphodils here are just peaking out of the soil. Outside the family room window, the Crocuses and the Snowdrops are the only thing flowering. It hasn't really started as spring yet, but then again, spring out here comes with more of a bang as opposed to California's which passes in the blink of an eye. But I am going back to school before we see the effects, Oh well, I will be back for late spring, so i guess i shouldn't complain too much ;). I'm out.

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Busy

Busy busy busy. It's all i can say. It's all i have been. Last week we had our final project due in our design studio. During the week i spent 56 ours in studio....no joke. To top it off i went to class on thurs and did not come back until 28 hours later. It was intense, but i think the project came out well. :) During our alnighter, as i wasn't the only one, we found the entrance to the attic of dexter. We went up into the dark scary place. Being that Dexter is the oldest building on campus, it was pretty creepy. I made it through the night and got my project in just a half hour late. :( My prof didn't mind however. I actually got a "wow" out of her which is a good sign. Hmmm, after i took a nap, I played poker with John jeff kevin robyn and who friend Bula, who we introduced a couple of games to, then John jeff and i went to Throw fest at the craft center. John made a beautiful pot/vase and wowed jeff and me with his throwing ability. Given lack of sleep, jeff and i gave a less than awe inspiring performance on the wheel, but i had fun and learned that i can't use a pottery wheel for anything and experienced more of john's wonderful abilities.
yesterday was my dad's birthday. "happy birthday daddy!" I called him and went to Jackie's Condo to start food for a major Larc slumber party. Jacky and I made Lasagna with the last of my homemade pasta sauce. Thanks mom, it was delicious! and a cake. There were 7 of us total and we watched chick flicks and decorated "marker baskets" courtesy of Julie. Oh, happy birthday julie! I actually woke up rather early for a slumber party 1030. Probably due to my odd sleep schedule and now and home. With nothing due in the morning......isn't it wonderful? It's an odd feeling not having somehting hanging over my head and knowing i have to go to studio tonight. Oh! and tommorrow. I get to clean my borco board, Yay! I don't know why that makes me happy. I have to finish a drainage plan my next week and do a take home final. but then i will be done. and can go home. I'll be back b4 the end of break for those who are not going home. Jeff and i plan to do some local exploration, that should be fun. Ok well my room is claen now and i can't remember anything else. I'm out.

Studio

yeah, so i have been in studio since 10 this morning. uggh. Thought i would write and say hello on my mini break. Coffee is my friend. let's hope i like how my final project turns out. Tomm, i am going to throw fest at the craft center to throw clay for free and on saturday i am going to a sleepover with LARC females at Jackie's for 80's movies and lasagna. yay. that is what is getting me through this. Back to work. I'm out.

Wed

Registered today, got 11 units, Only 8 more W00t!, Hmmm i don;t think i should be happy, but getting classes out of the way makes me happy. Yeah, so I just got back from Studio, a class that was supposed to be over at noon today. Crazy final project due soon. AHHHHHHHHHH. No not really, but lots of work and i would tell you more, however as Jackie would say, "but i am le'tired."