Back in V town.
I flew back on the 27th. I dont like flights, I can never sleep. I started The divinci code, Im about halfway through. Its a 450 page book and the time lapse thus far has been like 4 hours, its a very intense book. So I say go read it. Not much is happening here in Versailles. I travelled to paris to la defense, the commercial district with lots of contemporary architecture and I went to musee d'orsay, the impressionist museum which holds famous works of Van Gogh, Monet and Manet. I have not seen Mona Lisa at the Louvre yet-the anticipation builds-maybe ill wait till im done with the divinci code. oh such a boring entry. sorry.

vendredi, décembre 24

jaime and her boyfriend Guillermo carry the tree back home. 

Northwoods.
At the cabin for christmas, this is the thrid year we have done this since we have built this house. It still seems so unreal that we have a home here, and I do not take it for granted as I look forward to every time that I come here...thus is probably why I decided to leave my adventurous travels for this. Nothing beats christmas spent with family and friends. Im so into this traditional holiday stuff. Tonight we played clue and yahtzee...yeah maybe it doesnt sound like fun but it was, when you have my family around it so is. I think my grandma had a drink, yeah A drink yet she was acting like she had 10, well and she is just normally hysterical anyways. Thats why I love my family...its a good thing when you can enjoy time with them.
I went snowboarding yesterday, yeah I fell, felt a little rusty as I have not boarded in a year.
We cut down our tree today...we trooped out into the forest in the like three degree weather (currently its 20 below, that is not an exageration) and found a good size tree to saw down, carried it back and stood it up in our family room. and now im watching animal house....its traditions like these- heh no im just joking watching animal house is not a tradition, but I am watching it...

dimanche, décembre 19

view from the plane

samedi, décembre 18

COMINAYEEHAHOME!! so I was up for 39 hours for the review slept for 7 and then I woke up and me and my suitcase went on an adventure trying to make my way to the airport, the plane was at 225 and i had to make it. I was sleeping on the train to paris, and then at St. Michel I had to transfer to B well let me first say that paris is just not handicap accessible, at all, so there is me and my suitcase and the staircases....(my arms are sore as I write this) so I get on the B and then I realized B splits, and I wasnt quite sure if i was on the right train to get to the airport...so I took a gamble and stayed on...remind me to never gamble big because i am horrible at it, I ended up having to get off and change directions twice, with the suitcase and the stairs. On two seperate occasions two guys helped me but that was only getting on and off the train. well I eventually made it to the airport, and eventually to american airlines, and eventually to 31 B my seat....what a day thus far, and now I sit here for 10 hours....i had a window seat. We followed the sunset all the way here, I was practically glued to the window every 5 minutes, sometimes I had my camera. and I precoccupied myself by redesigning my project...and thinking. I finally made it, my dad and sister were standing at a different door, and so I found them and walked up to them and said, "so whats the word on shan?' my dad said "I dont know " and they both turned to see me...hehe. So that was my adventure home. And now Im home and its weird, its like whoa I was just in versailles yesterday.....

FINALREVIEW:::::::: I ended up pulling an all nighter the night before the review. Even tho the project was due a week earlier, I was not satisfied nor finished and what is a review without falling asleep....yeah my professor saw that one. So I was put at the end of the line and I pesented last...its almost tradition you know, i always seem to present last, even if i am not suppose to go last which was the case in last spring, but the problem with last is that the jury is just tired and the students just do not care anymore....but i think my presentation overall went well. I finished presenting it and there was an akward momment of silence...maybe that was just the digestion for everything, I had just so much stuff and ideas to talk about....making relationships with oneanother...but the critiques i got back were not bad, they set me thinking again...sometimes after reviews i just fel like redesigning the whole project when it wasnt bad at all, its just the smallest change that i think is neccesary pretty much would change the whole project form wise. But why would i change it after a review? for the portfolio!!!but how much do they look into everything? maybe they just say...'looks and sounds good to me, lets bring her in" yep i hope that is what they say, but i have awhile for the whole portfolio thing, i wont be applying to schools until next year.

vendredi, décembre 10

typical me:

so i just closed my eyes and dropped my head while waiting for this page where i write these entries to open up. It only took a second. I have been up for 30 hours now ,3 hours of sleep before that and then another straight 24 hours before that. oh man i just fell asleep for third time; this is bad. but i just wanted to say that i am still alive. I wil upload imagesform the fianl sometime next week. oh and I am starting to get yeah i forgot whati was giogn to say there, see this is what i am talking about, i make no sense okay time for bed, home in a week!!

vendredi, décembre 3

Julie and I on the construction site of Jean Nouvel's Quai Branley art museum today.

My life as I know it.
I have been hibernating in atelier, which is what we call studio back at home. I gained desk space by a really nice third year french student. Im not sitting in the american ghetto anymore, which is the cluster of american desks the americans share in the middle of studio. Therfore, I feel more comfortable working in studio with a desk that is mine. And I am always there. My final is due in a week and I still have some design kinks to work out. Plus I still have to redraw setions and elevations and perspectives and render everything. And the model, we can not forget the model. Due dates-they are the main reason for stress in my life! I practically can never make a due date...something always comes up...usually technical difficulties with printing...but I think I figured out the whole printing system here in Versailles, therefore I think I may be in good shape and I plan on printing out a few days before it is due, if all goes well. Therfore, do not expect much updates here within the next week. unless something totally dramatic has happened to me, you will not hear about anything. Wish me luck as I head into final semester review phase number 5. The goal is to make the deadline and to not cut myself. and of course have a stellar project, but that is a given...

the escense of thanksgiving