standing at the punch table swallowing punch
gah! a real entry. maybe. we'll see.
haven't felt especially inspired to put any emotion into this thing of recent. not sure why. guess I'm moody about lj.
life is pretty good. busy busy. I was pretty sick with mono a little while back. missed two straight weeks of school/work/soccer/life. kinda ridiculous. luckily I pulled a pretty commanding 180 recovery and am back on my game. college of environmental design was sympathetic to my situation and allowed me to drop down to 8 units. fortunately I'm on top of my shit and could afford to get rid of a few classes that not only did I not need, I was fairly sick of anyhow (bullshit feng shui decal being one of them). plus my studio instructor has been really cool about it, and I've made some impressive catch up steps to the rest of my studio section. also pertinent to my finishing this studio now is the following 102 studio next semester that spends 5 weeks in Rome (!!!). so making sure I finish 100b this semester is fairly crucial. and I get to write some bs thesis for jill stoner (the ridiculous woman running the studio). so thats something to look forward to.
my speed (outdoor) soccer team made playoffs. which is awesome because I missed the last 3 games of season. so now I get to return as a secret weapon of sorts in the post season. exciting. kinda strange, during my 2-week stretch on the bed, I spent full days thinking of nothing really except soccer, and my studio project. fairly intense.
my work is ok. kinda sucks only being available to work friday and saturday nights. messes my relaxation time up. though last week was american ballet theater. let me tell you, abt is a fine fucking dance group. and I know a thing or two about dance groups now. I've seen mark morris, forsythe company, alvin ailey, and about a dozen other ones I cannot remember at the time. I'm so fuckin' cultured. the second piece of abt was a modern solo piano piece, and I recall thinking, "man, this sounds a lot like philip glass." and sure enough it was. even cooler, the pianist, who actually inspired philip glass to compose the piece about the artist chuck close, spoke with me during both shows that I worked. bruce levingston, I believe his name was. remarkably friendly dude. I explained to him how much I enjoy listening to philip glass late nights in studio. he got a kick out of that and recommended eero saarinen's work to me, though I am already familiar. pretty rad talking modern classical music and modernist architecture with one of the performers. that was a treat.
life treats me well. even when I'm sick and feeble, my spirits stay high. guess I'm just a fortunate guy. been having much fun working on this studio project. its a thoroughly challenging and enjoyable process. learning a lot about architecture and life.
fantastic company surrounds me this semester. relationships that I've had for the majority of college are maturing and developing into real connections. though it seems like I've met more people this semester than probably any other semester. I finally feel like I'm in the right place. I've been in Berkeley for about 3 and half years now, and now I'm in the right place. and I'm just about to leave too.... but its ok. thinking about the future is fun!
hope that fills you in a bit. what did you think? how are you? did that thing work out? etc. etc.
and Jesus tap-dancing Christ, Boxer is the best album of the year, for real no joke. followed closely by Mirrored. and Andorra. seriously amazing music. check it out right now!
haven't felt especially inspired to put any emotion into this thing of recent. not sure why. guess I'm moody about lj.
life is pretty good. busy busy. I was pretty sick with mono a little while back. missed two straight weeks of school/work/soccer/life. kinda ridiculous. luckily I pulled a pretty commanding 180 recovery and am back on my game. college of environmental design was sympathetic to my situation and allowed me to drop down to 8 units. fortunately I'm on top of my shit and could afford to get rid of a few classes that not only did I not need, I was fairly sick of anyhow (bullshit feng shui decal being one of them). plus my studio instructor has been really cool about it, and I've made some impressive catch up steps to the rest of my studio section. also pertinent to my finishing this studio now is the following 102 studio next semester that spends 5 weeks in Rome (!!!). so making sure I finish 100b this semester is fairly crucial. and I get to write some bs thesis for jill stoner (the ridiculous woman running the studio). so thats something to look forward to.
my speed (outdoor) soccer team made playoffs. which is awesome because I missed the last 3 games of season. so now I get to return as a secret weapon of sorts in the post season. exciting. kinda strange, during my 2-week stretch on the bed, I spent full days thinking of nothing really except soccer, and my studio project. fairly intense.
my work is ok. kinda sucks only being available to work friday and saturday nights. messes my relaxation time up. though last week was american ballet theater. let me tell you, abt is a fine fucking dance group. and I know a thing or two about dance groups now. I've seen mark morris, forsythe company, alvin ailey, and about a dozen other ones I cannot remember at the time. I'm so fuckin' cultured. the second piece of abt was a modern solo piano piece, and I recall thinking, "man, this sounds a lot like philip glass." and sure enough it was. even cooler, the pianist, who actually inspired philip glass to compose the piece about the artist chuck close, spoke with me during both shows that I worked. bruce levingston, I believe his name was. remarkably friendly dude. I explained to him how much I enjoy listening to philip glass late nights in studio. he got a kick out of that and recommended eero saarinen's work to me, though I am already familiar. pretty rad talking modern classical music and modernist architecture with one of the performers. that was a treat.
life treats me well. even when I'm sick and feeble, my spirits stay high. guess I'm just a fortunate guy. been having much fun working on this studio project. its a thoroughly challenging and enjoyable process. learning a lot about architecture and life.
fantastic company surrounds me this semester. relationships that I've had for the majority of college are maturing and developing into real connections. though it seems like I've met more people this semester than probably any other semester. I finally feel like I'm in the right place. I've been in Berkeley for about 3 and half years now, and now I'm in the right place. and I'm just about to leave too.... but its ok. thinking about the future is fun!
hope that fills you in a bit. what did you think? how are you? did that thing work out? etc. etc.
and Jesus tap-dancing Christ, Boxer is the best album of the year, for real no joke. followed closely by Mirrored. and Andorra. seriously amazing music. check it out right now!