Happy Friday

It's been a nice productive Friday. I met with my thesis comittee this morning, and they told my my outline was leaning towards book length, and I need to scale back. That was a relief because the task was beginning to look a bit daunting.

I finally had a bit of breathing time this afternoon, so I looked into the whole MyFM thing, as you can see from the sidebar. Pretty cool stuff.

And I finally mailed some Jazz mixes for Adam, that I promised a month ago. Enjoy.

Final Quarter

My New Computer

I love Mac Packaging

Seriously, stylish

Isn't it pretty

Look, they're talking to each other. There is a cool new program that lets you easily import everything from your old computer during the intitial setup
The Spring Qaurter started yesterday, and today I started working in earnest. I've moved to a different building, away from most of the campus. It's pretty quiet, so I should be able to get stuff accomplished. I am atempting to set up a routine that includes getting to school at a decent time (8 or 9), reading and writing, going to the gym, and leaving school at a decent hour, sometime around 8 or 9. My hope is that by not forcing myself to work late nights I will not become overwhelmed and loose perspective on the importance of my thesis, by which I mean it is important but it should not consume my life, blah blah blah.

I'm also trying to put together a portfolio and freshen up the resume, so that I can get a part time job. I am starting to look forward to getting out into the world again and working. I've seen a couple interesting openings, so the job market looks positive.

Killians Red

Killian's Red (66% dark & bitter, 66% working class, 33% genuine)

I'll start with a quote from a review of Killian's Red that I think will reflect on you, too: "deep flavor, somewhat mild, with a moderate head." It goes on to talk about a "light caramel odor," and while that sounds nice, I don't think I can go that far in my analysis. Overall, Killian's is a very good beer. The only thing that kinda sucks is that even though it says "Irish Red" on the bottle, this stuff's made by Coors, not peaty old Dubliners. I guess that's my way of telling you that you scored on the lower side of the "genuine" part of my test. Here's my guess: you're a sensible, likeable person, and you're popular among different groups of people. The test probably read that as a slight superficiality. Personality-wise, you have refined tastes (after all, this stuff is kind of expensive), but you know how to savor what you get. Your personality isn't exactly bubbly, but you're well-liked nonetheless. Your sense of humor is rather dark, but that's just another way to say sophisticated, right? As a real George Killian would say: Sláinte! Cheers!

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 43% on dark You scored higher than 39% on workingclass You scored higher than 4% on genuine

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a bit of rest

School is finally over for the quarter, and I am taking a bit of rest. I finished up on Thursday and don't start again until next Monday. I am looking forward to not taking any classes, just working on my thesis.

The last couple days I've been rereading two books that were really influential in my life, The Chosen and The Promise, both by Chaim Potok. It has left me in a very introspective mood, not sad or depressed, but a bit pensive. I wonder about the decisions I've made and the direction of my life. Lately I feel as though I abandoned a lot of things that were important to me when I started studying architecture. Perhaps abandoned is too strong; I put on blinders and sacrificed personal interests for the sake of school. Nearing the end I'm wondering how I will begin to reclaim them.

quick update

I've been too busy lately to post much, and I still am, so I will give a quick update:

My new computer came!! It is the MacBook Pro with the intel chip. Love it. Unfortunately there is a problem with accessing the wireless at school, everytime I do the computer shuts down. I need to figure it out, but haven't had time and it is a low priority at the moment.

I have a draft of my thesis proposal in to my comittee. Hopefully it is ok, since I need signatures to register for thesis next quarter. At the moment I am registered for Beginning German and Sexuality in Scandinavia, only because I needed to register for something in order to get financial aid. Once my proposal is approved I will drop them, although the sexuality class sounds intriquing.

Classes ended on Friday, so now I just need to finish a paper, hand in documentation of a presentation, and finish my studio project. All of that will be over on Thursday, and then it's time for spring break!!! I think I'm spending a couple days out on Bainbridge Island. My friends parents bought the chance to stay at a house in a auction. The house belongs to a well know architect in the region, and has been published in various archtiecture mags. Should be a good time.

It's all Jays fault

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