December 2009
Ok, what? I noticed at 4:30pm that the toilet paper roll was empty, so I put a new one on. I left the house, and when I returned at 10:30pm, it was empty again! How does that happen? Granted I live with 6 other people, but come on!
“If a patient’s friend runs in the room in the middle of an operation, then you...”
– Dr. Spaceman (via 30rockquotes)
<3 DrSpaceman is my username on DList, true story.
November 2009
goal for life: knighted.
this is the last week of classes, commonly referred to as “Hell Week.” as in, absolutely everything is due, all at once. long term projects, things surprise-assigned… fffuuuuuu
scottysramblings:
ltwp:
Suddenly! I question why I’m thinking about applying to art school. Industrial Design is what interests me, yeah, but it’s not a prerequisite to have a degree in I.D. to become one, no. But to be an engineer or mathematician or anything else, almost definitely. So instead of focusing on art schools I’ll be looking at more general institutions, ones that offer...
4 hour drive back to Cincy, followed by the start of “Hell Week.”
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me: I think the commentator on this Cavs game my dad is watching is calling Shaq "Optimus Prime"
jonesy: is shag still playing basketball?
me: it appears so
jonesy: even after Shazam?
me: hahaha, yes.
jonesy: I am not sure if I would like to transform into a semi truck.
jonesy: I don't know how to put chains on tires, in the winter
me: I wouldn't mind being a transformer
me: maybe not into a semi truck
me: a jet would be good
jonesy: it would just be a series of awkward social circumstances
jonesy: "who parked this car here?"
jonesy: "jesus lady I can hear you"
jonesy: (this is at a party)
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“It is a telling indication of the nature of much recent theory that architects...”
– Bruce Thomas, in “Culture, Merchandise, or Just Light Entertainment? New Architecture at the Millennium,” Journal of Arch. Ed., after discussing Lebbeus Woods, Daniel Libeskind, Michel Foucault, Peter Eisenman, Charles Jencks, … (aka those within “elite Western intellectual...
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In my next essay, draft due Tuesday, I need to “get real” with my thesis project. As in, propose an actual site, and a building program. Luckily this is the 1st of many drafts; it’s not finalized for another year.
My reading and writing thus far has focused on Utopianism and housing. (see Six Sentences exercise) In talks with Prof H, we’ve established that...
Also, my cousin corrected me when I complained that werewolves don’t just turn into wolves. She explained that they are actually shape-shifters. I asked if they could turn into other things, but she said no, only wolves, because his family is “related to” wolves. This makes sense?
Important news everyone: “Rachel,” my 13 year old cousin, is on Team Jacob. So am I.
Also, is this “Team” thing actually in the books? Or invented by fans? And how could anyone be on Team Edward? The actor is hideous, he’s a sparkly vampire, and that’s all I really know about him. Give me werewolf shape-shifter beefcake any day.
me: so I'm home but I didn't sleep in my own bed last night
me: and tonight I'm sleeping on the floor in the basement
jaster: yay
jaster: i could sleep wherever i want. but i fear change and wont
me: except with a girl!!!
jaster: fuck you!
[jaster disconnected]
the road.
(on it again)
My theory prof pulled me aside today to tell me that my writing case study analysis essay was amazing, probably the best, and that I should consider going into theory, as like a career or whatever.
I’m not sure what’s going on. I wrote the essay the night before (into the wee hours of the morning) and started the research the day before that, despite this being a project assigned 7...
When exploring
when you reach a crossroads, take the narrower street.
This Place is Not a Place of Honor →
A few years old, but still very interesting: plans to mark nuclear waste deposits to warn future generations of the next 10,000 years.
Ruins Garden
quartey:
Our design assignment required us to design a special place using the following architectural elements:
10 opaque planes, each measuring 4’x 6’x 6” thick
5 identical columns
1 pediment (approximately the thickness of one column)
1 base
My solution - a “Ruins Garden” - was inspired by the ruins value theory of Hitler’s chief architect, Albert Speer, and drew minimally...
True Fact: Finding good shirtless men photos to use was BY FAR the most fun aspect of the entire project.
Witold Rybczynski On The Four Paradigms of... →
age-of-ecology:
1. The Garden Suburb
The Garden Suburbs, as envisioned by Olmstead with Riverside, were much like modern suburbs, without retail or industry; he considered them part of the city, connected by rail. Rybczynski calls them a huge success, and considers the New Urbanist themed communities their direct descendant.
2. The Ville Radieuse
Although designed by Le Corbusier in the...
I want a copy of “Somewhere Out There” by Abed, Troy, and Greene Daye. (Community)
Poop. Got invited by “Chris” (thanks Dear Abby!) to go to Masque, a gay club in Dayton (an hour away) tonight because it was his friend’s last day working there and the guy could get us in no cover. But then today, Chris says he’s not going anymore; he forgot that it was a (different) friend’s birthday. So now I’ve got nothing to do tonight. :(
“Then tragedy struck Recyclops when his fictional planet was attacked by some...”
– Jim, The Office.
cmpblldllghn:
Sorry in advance for the long text post, but this is a really concise and brilliantly put theory of the sense of dread and anxiety that is now epidemic in our society:
“In 1947, Lewis Mumford published a remarkable essay titled simply “Social Effects.” In it, he presented four scenarios of possible social futures in the atomic age. The first three result in nuclear war; yet the...
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2 excellent questions before I go to class.
Which designers and architects have inspired you most? What made you want to study what you do?
A tough one. I am partial to the work of Nicholas Grimshaw, anything that Ove Arup (engineers, not architects, but I’d consider them designers) had a hand in… I would say I’ve been inspired by the last firm I worked at, Landon Bone...
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Did you know that I admire you? I love to read your posts, you always make me smile and I sort of envision you as what my brother would be like if I had one. I think you are positively wonderful. I wish I knew you in real life!
Wowzers, thanks! Regarding your question, no I did not know, but as I am quite admirable, I tend to assume people do.
Formspring!
Lego for MUJI Paper and Block sets →
ltwp:
Lego and MUJI in one box? Too much to handle.
Oh my.
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How do you feel about the experience you’ve had in DAAP at U of Cincinnati? (academically, design-ly, socially, whatever else) [from TimZ, who is applying in Industrial Design]
Oh, pretty good. I imagine most schools are basically the same, objectively speaking. The best way to tell is just to visit the place. UC has the co-op thing, which is really nice, because you get paid, and also...
Has “Joseph Gorden Levitt” been in anything I care about? I guess he’s hosting SNL this week. He looks like a douche.
