Future Thoughts
Well I haven't heard for sure yet, but its looking more and more like I am not going to be accepted into Texas A&M. I not not nearly as distraught as I thought I would be about it. Not because I suddenly want to stay in Milwaukee or even the Midwest, but because Texas was always the end goal for me were I would go and settle down and live.
Now I think about something my friend in Architecture said about all the early graduates who feel that their life hasn't started yet because they're not in a full time job looking for that first starter home, etc. I used to think I was one of those people who would strive for that, but increasingly lately I find that I am really not ready for that kind of living yet. I have what more classical forms of country would call ramblin' fever where I haven't seen enough stuff. I'm not completely adrift, I have ambitions and goals for what I want to do with my career, but I am of the mind set is that my career would be something I like doing to finance stuff I like doing even more.
All the while it seems like Wisconsin has had enough of me too because today I got a letter from our land lord saying that he will not even give us the option to renew our lease because he's giving the place to his daughter (he already has on living above us). So yes it looks like this summer will be the end of Robot House.
Assuming that I don't get into Texas A&M I have been contemplating widening my search for graduate programs while I spend another semester at UWM, really wide. A drastic change of scenery is needed, but at the same time I don't want (nor can I afford) to just go somewhere and do nothing. I have been looking into going international although the list is somewhat limited since I want to speak english and I don't think I could stand England (The weather and food sucks and I can't see eye to eye with any country that doesn't consider redheads a national treasure). Places that caught my eye were the University of Sydney which has a master program for both Architecture and sustainable design; The University of South Australia - cool building; and The Glasgow School of Arts which is much cheaper and legendary in my field.
If I start looking here in the US the climate would need to be a lot warmer. Atlanta caught my eye when I was down there, much less segregated, crawling with Texans, and I had a great time hanging with Harrison and his friends at Emory.
Bottom line I don't really know what I can do right now. I'm really needing that letter from A&M.
So now I'm off to go peruse through some Antoine Predock books my Dad got for me to look for some ideas for a Nature Center. I'm thinking some kind of column module that represents trees like this one airport in England.
Now I think about something my friend in Architecture said about all the early graduates who feel that their life hasn't started yet because they're not in a full time job looking for that first starter home, etc. I used to think I was one of those people who would strive for that, but increasingly lately I find that I am really not ready for that kind of living yet. I have what more classical forms of country would call ramblin' fever where I haven't seen enough stuff. I'm not completely adrift, I have ambitions and goals for what I want to do with my career, but I am of the mind set is that my career would be something I like doing to finance stuff I like doing even more.
All the while it seems like Wisconsin has had enough of me too because today I got a letter from our land lord saying that he will not even give us the option to renew our lease because he's giving the place to his daughter (he already has on living above us). So yes it looks like this summer will be the end of Robot House.
Assuming that I don't get into Texas A&M I have been contemplating widening my search for graduate programs while I spend another semester at UWM, really wide. A drastic change of scenery is needed, but at the same time I don't want (nor can I afford) to just go somewhere and do nothing. I have been looking into going international although the list is somewhat limited since I want to speak english and I don't think I could stand England (The weather and food sucks and I can't see eye to eye with any country that doesn't consider redheads a national treasure). Places that caught my eye were the University of Sydney which has a master program for both Architecture and sustainable design; The University of South Australia - cool building; and The Glasgow School of Arts which is much cheaper and legendary in my field.
If I start looking here in the US the climate would need to be a lot warmer. Atlanta caught my eye when I was down there, much less segregated, crawling with Texans, and I had a great time hanging with Harrison and his friends at Emory.
Bottom line I don't really know what I can do right now. I'm really needing that letter from A&M.
So now I'm off to go peruse through some Antoine Predock books my Dad got for me to look for some ideas for a Nature Center. I'm thinking some kind of column module that represents trees like this one airport in England.