Relaxing before some more work

Well, after the pin-up today in studio, I felt a little more comfortable as to where I was in the project. Basically I just have to redo the perspectives on bigger paper and trace the drafts onto vellum with a few tweaks to lineweight, detail, etc. This is due in one week on Wednesday, but I want to get a jump on it so I won't feel too pressured to spend long hours in studio. A couple things I want to get before I start on vellum: an eraser pouch for getting rid of annoying smudges, a sort of dry-cleaning material for my desk because it's getting covered in graphite, and a sort of spray-fix. I feel that I will be afraid to use the spray-fix, so that's a maybe.

For VisCom tomorrow, we're going to get our temples back so we can start working on making axonometric and isometric drawings of them. The axon will be drawn with a cut three feet up the columns, so it's like a plan projected upward. The iso will include the entire temple. Not sure as to when those will be due, but I'll take one thing at a time.

An interesting fact I discovered is that six people changed out of architecture already. Three of which never showed up to class in the first place. The other three were in my section, which is strange because I think we have one of the least demanding professors of all four sections. It seems logical that when people sign up for architecture as their major, they know what they are getting into since it's notoriously demanding in terms of time spent in the studio. Oh well, I just know that I'm set on becoming an architect; the work so far I could define as fun, even. I joked when commenting on a friend's Facebook: "It's a requirement for true arch students to be obsessed with studio. It's our way of life; sooner or later we wont be able to function without a daily 5+ hour studio session even if we don't get anything done"

Another thing of importance: I joined the Penn State American Institue of Architecture Students today! This will be a great way to get involved in the architecture community as well as make friends who share similar goals with me.