Now I haven't been on here in a while! I let my membership lapse and I lost my old account, so I've had to start again and track down people all over again.
So I'm going to try and start again...
Holidays are on, after a very successful semester. I got 84% in Greek 1B and I would have made it into High Distinction territory if I had submitted all the assignments! (Curse my laziness). I also did very well in Design Studio, which was conducted by the legendary Glenn Murcutt, green architect extraordinaire. I gained a lot from talking to him extensively and listening to his critiques of both mine and other people's works. He knew me by name since I had conducted the field survey and also because he took an interest in my efforts to fully work out the technical side of the project (sizing solar power arrays and composting toilets for example) before I tried to design my shiny building. I finished the semester with my tutor asking me to put my work in the exhibition (the three or four better projects in each class of ten were put in the exhibition). During the exhibition I again chatted to Glenn and he began critiquing the model I'd submitted. I realised that he hadn't seen me present my work, and I hadn't put the model in the exhibition, which meant he'd paid enough attention to my work to realise the model was mine even though it was sitting anonymously upstairs. So I asked him for a reference, to which he agreed to write one for me. I'm still waiting for it however... I may have to write to him again and remind him.
My projects for the summer include:
- Photography.....architectural, my beautiful girl, and Cooma.
- Sorting photos: I need to get some ready for the Cooma Show!
- Getting my vege garden back into order.
- Setting up an altar, attending full moon ceremonies, and learning more about paganism.
- recording a growing number of vinyl LPs into digital format. These came from Jess' dad, my old man, and a chunky collection of greek records inherited by Jess from her great aunt who passed away recently.
- Reading Harry Potter in french (I'm not using french at all, I need to practice. I want to at least keep my reading and writing skills up to speed!)
- Understanding english grammar....which is VERY difficult. Greek is much easier.
- Continuing the development of my language, Ishthr. In particular I want to redefine the 'to be' paradigm, since I've learnt that many language families don't even have an equivalent of the 'be' copula, and because I found out that the reason 'to be' is so irregular is because it's a suppletive verb built out of parts of four separate indo-european verbs. I know grammar is boring to most people, but discovering that the other day has fairly well transformed my understanding of the world.
- long bike rides: I'm hoping to ride to the Central Coast this saturday for my cousin's wedding, but it depends on whether I can get my bike sufficiently operational! (Shimano has been having shipping problems so I'm having trouble getting brake pads! Though I got shiny new handlebars).
- Re-exploring Suicide Girls... my membership lapsed and I missed six months worth of beautifulness.
Hope everyone is well in SG land.
So I'm going to try and start again...
Holidays are on, after a very successful semester. I got 84% in Greek 1B and I would have made it into High Distinction territory if I had submitted all the assignments! (Curse my laziness). I also did very well in Design Studio, which was conducted by the legendary Glenn Murcutt, green architect extraordinaire. I gained a lot from talking to him extensively and listening to his critiques of both mine and other people's works. He knew me by name since I had conducted the field survey and also because he took an interest in my efforts to fully work out the technical side of the project (sizing solar power arrays and composting toilets for example) before I tried to design my shiny building. I finished the semester with my tutor asking me to put my work in the exhibition (the three or four better projects in each class of ten were put in the exhibition). During the exhibition I again chatted to Glenn and he began critiquing the model I'd submitted. I realised that he hadn't seen me present my work, and I hadn't put the model in the exhibition, which meant he'd paid enough attention to my work to realise the model was mine even though it was sitting anonymously upstairs. So I asked him for a reference, to which he agreed to write one for me. I'm still waiting for it however... I may have to write to him again and remind him.
My projects for the summer include:
- Photography.....architectural, my beautiful girl, and Cooma.
- Sorting photos: I need to get some ready for the Cooma Show!
- Getting my vege garden back into order.
- Setting up an altar, attending full moon ceremonies, and learning more about paganism.
- recording a growing number of vinyl LPs into digital format. These came from Jess' dad, my old man, and a chunky collection of greek records inherited by Jess from her great aunt who passed away recently.
- Reading Harry Potter in french (I'm not using french at all, I need to practice. I want to at least keep my reading and writing skills up to speed!)
- Understanding english grammar....which is VERY difficult. Greek is much easier.
- Continuing the development of my language, Ishthr. In particular I want to redefine the 'to be' paradigm, since I've learnt that many language families don't even have an equivalent of the 'be' copula, and because I found out that the reason 'to be' is so irregular is because it's a suppletive verb built out of parts of four separate indo-european verbs. I know grammar is boring to most people, but discovering that the other day has fairly well transformed my understanding of the world.
- long bike rides: I'm hoping to ride to the Central Coast this saturday for my cousin's wedding, but it depends on whether I can get my bike sufficiently operational! (Shimano has been having shipping problems so I'm having trouble getting brake pads! Though I got shiny new handlebars).
- Re-exploring Suicide Girls... my membership lapsed and I missed six months worth of beautifulness.
Hope everyone is well in SG land.