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Memes!
Some more meme-type things, because I really need to take a break from reading fics all day, LOL.
Survey thing stolen from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
someinstant:
1. What time did you get up this morning?
I think it was 11:30AM when I finally got myself to get outta bed, lol.
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Well, I think diamonds are pretty, lol, but I don't own any. And pearls are okay -- I have some pearl earrings that my parents gave me a long time ago, but I don't really wear those, lol.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Umm, last one was Salt, I think, lol.
4. What's your favorite TV show?
This is a really hard question because back in SLO, I don't actually have cable and I don't watch episodes online because I always have something else to do. But I'm actually at home right now and we have DirectTV, so there is so much to watch, LOL. Anyway, I like Project Runway and ABDC. I also like So You Think You Can Dance, but this season (which just ended) kinda sucked. I like Greek too, but I am, like, a whole season (or more) behind now, so yeah. I don't know.
5. What did you have for breakfast this morning?
Seeing as I woke up too late for breakfast, I had nothing. My brunch was rice with beef and zucchini.
6. What's your favorite cuisine?
Umm.. I eat Chinese and Vietnamese food a lot, lol. I don't usually go out to eat, so yeah...
7. What foods do you dislike?
I kind of eat everything, so I don't know. I don't like peppers much and I'm not really fond of greasy food, I guess...
8. What is your favorite chip flavor?
Depends on type of chips, but I generally like sour cream and onion or cheddar cheese and sour cream (or whatever it's called).
9. What's your favorite CD at the moment?
Right now, I am listening to Lee-Hom Wang - The 18 Martial Arts -- it's pretty good, but I think his last album was better.
10. What kind of car do you drive?
I don't drive, lol, but my car is a gold 1999 Camry LE.
11. Favorite sandwich?
I dunno, I like a lot of things, LOL. I think I eat too much...
12. What is your favorite type of clothing?
I like really boring clothing, LOL. I really like v-necks because I think they actually look flattering on me. I really like solid colors because I am that lame and about 75% of my closet consists of shirts in a variety of green. (I like green, okay?) You know those puke green colored shirts that you probably think no one likes and why do they make that color? Yeah, I am the person who actually buys it and allows companies to continue making that color. XP
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be?
Oh goodness, I've never been on vacation, so pretty much anywhere would be amazing.
14. What color is your bathroom?
White.
15. Favorite time of the day?
I like the evenings / night, but I am way more productive during the morning. As crazy as it sounds (especially with the amount I complain), I actually prefer morning classes because I want to get that out of the way and have the rest of the day to work on things. This is also why I am an advocate of studio being from 8AM-1PM instead of 1PM-6PM (even though it will never happen).
16. Where were you born?
San Diego, CA! =)
17. Favorite sport to watch?
I am not a sports fan!
18. Do you like your handwriting?
Oh man, my handwriting is okay, but it depends. Like, if we're talking note-taking, it is so ugly because I am an intensive note-taker, lol. I kind of wish I had that Asian handwriting (you know, how all the Asian girls just have the same pretty neat writing), but I don't, lol. But like, I think my lettering is freakin' awesome. XD
19. What were your favorite toys as a child?
I don't even know! Me and![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
aznearthdragon went through a bunch of toys -- I can't really remember what we played with the most, lol. I think we both liked coloring books and stuff like that though, haha. And puzzles and mazes and stuff, I dunno. XP
20. What class in high school was totally useless?
Umm.. I don't know. I would say that Construction class was pretty useless, but I actually liked that class, even though it was a bit useless (because of what we worked on, not because learning the tools was useless, LOL). Hmm.. I suppose PE was actually pretty useless too, except for the part where they force you to exercise, LOL.
21. Favorite song?
I can't even answer this question because my favorite always changes, lol.
22. What book(s) are you reading?
Right now, I'm in the middle of the fourth Temeraire book. I have a massive to-read list though, lol.
And because I can...
You know that meme I did last week or whatever, the "You know you're from (city/state) when..." one? Yeah, I'm taking that idea and sticking my major in it because it's been a while since I've read one of those lists. XP
1. Go to Google.com
2. Type in "You know you're an (major) student when..." and press I'm Feeling Lucky.
3. Copy the list and bold the ones that apply.
You know you're an architecture student when...
(Okay, I cheated and choose the second link in the Google search, because the first list was kinda lame, LOL. Whatever, this list will be more amusing!)
...you know the janitors by name. -- There was a time when this was true, lol.
...your roommates say "good morning," and you reply "good night."
...you carry a toothbrush in your backpack.
...someone asks you for your phone number and you give them the studios. -- Not really, but I have given my studio number as the place to find me.
...you start paying rent for your desk space in studio.
...You total up 3 meals of the day to your breakfast.
...'Red Bull' is you favorite drink. -- I am against energy drinks. (Yeah, I know, so rare in my major...)
...all of the Christmas gifts you give are wrapped in trace.
...you ask Santa Clause for architecture supplies.
...you ask Santa Clause for a sleeping bag.
...after all of your expenses, you can't afford to pay attention -- LOL.
...you have 3 or more cups of double shot coffee espressos in one night. -- I am also against coffee. ...Yes, I have been asked how I even have energy to function after all-nighters. Answer: Willpower! XP
...you hear the same song on the radio 3 or more times in one night. -- This would be true if I listened to the radio, LOL.
... You know the different taste between UHU and Pritt glue
... You can stay alive without sunlight, communicate with people nor having foods but you would commit suicide if the plotter doesn't plot your work out -- Totally LOL'd, but seriously, when the plotter fucks up, life is pretty much over!
...the only sleep you get is in your G.E. classes. -- I don't approve of people treating GEs as throw away classes. =(
...construction workers are already working. -- I'm not sure what they're trying to say, but sure, why not. XP
...You've lost your house key and u realized week later
...you sleep more than 16 hrs at weekends
...u dance madly at 3 am though u aren't drunk
...you note smt with yr drafting pen or yoken -- WTF is this sentence?
... You are an expert and Photoshop, illustrator and auto cad but u don't know how to use MS excel -- FALSE! I am a master at Excel, hahaha.
...you've got 2 subjects / day but u got to study it whole day -- This would be true if I wasn't an overachiever, I suppose. But at my most extreme, I've had four classes in one day, so no.
...you spend more time in studio than in your own bed. -- This is only true because studio takes up so much of your life! (And I don't go to bed until late and have early morning classes.)
...your parents are complaining that you're not having enough fun.
...you only leave studio to buy supplies. -- During class, yes.
...you haven't taken a shower in a week. -- Gross!
...you see showering as a waste of time.
...you've ever dreamt about your models. -- OMG, worst ones are when you dreamed that you were working on one and are pretty far along, THEN YOU WAKE UP! >OOOO
...upon hearing 'supermodel', you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model. -- EWWW, foamcore! Replace that word with basswood, then yes. I remember in second year, we were all in studio one night and the mom of one of the girls in my class called. I guess the mom was asking if she was seeing anyone and she replied, "I'm seeing a model right now!" She was talking about the model she was working on, but her mom thought she was actually seeing a model, LOL. It was pretty hilarious. XP
...your parents have more of a social life than you.
...your 14-year-old brother has more of a social life than you.
...you consider using broccoli for your models.
...you enjoy hanging out at 'Home and Garden Fair'.
...you know all the 24-hour food places in the area. -- I don't, but I don't think there are many, if any, 24-hour places in SLO...
...your friends get more sleep in one night than you do in one week. -- Seeing as 99% of my friends are also in architecture...
...the streetlights turn off. -- Like, when it's morning...?
..You consider 3AM an early night.
...when you are out at 3AM, and people knows where you're at. -- Hahahah. It is very rare that I am at studio at 3AM. Maybe back in second year when I lived further away, but I generally go home when it gets late, even if it's just to continue working at home.
...everything you eat comes in single serving baggies.
...the idea of a 24 hour 'Kinko's' make's perfect sense. -- It does (not that I've ever been). But seriously, sometimes you just have to print in the middle of the night / early in the morning!
...smoking sounds appealing. -- Gross!
...you're out on Friday nights in studio.
...the only building on campus with its lights on is your studios'. -- Yeah, pretty much everyone knows where the arch studios are.
...you say "It's only midnight- I have plenty of time to finish." -- I don't say that, but I know people who do. (But really, between midnight and class in the morning is a whole eight hours!)
...you confuse sunrise with sunset.
...you ask what time it is, then ask "AM or PM?"
...you strangle your roommate because she said she stayed up late studying.
...your Friday night is 68 hours long.
...you know how much a cubic foot of concrete weighs (150lbs). -- LOLOLOL, thank you ARCE minor! XP
...you slice your finger, and the first thing you think of is if you'll be able to finish your model. -- Also whether you got blood on your model, lol. Good thing I don't injure myself much when working.
...you understand why architects have glasses and white hair.
...You call some great architects as if they are you friends. err... Frank... Tadao.
...you swear there are only 120 people at USC. -- USC is lame! Cal Poly is where it's at! XP
...you know all of these are true, no exaggerations.
...you can listen to all your CD's in one night. -- I have too much music to do such a thing!
...certain songs remind you of studio. -- YES!
...you change the style of music to country coz u r fed up with POP -- Ewww, never!
...Sister's favorite brand names are Prada DNKY etc... But yours are Mastex, Staedtler, pentel, rotring
...you dare not to have a gf/bf coz no one can accept for what u are
...you can conceptually compose the food on your plate.
...you think the 'Weekender' happens every weekend.
...upon hearing 'Weekends' you think of sleep. -- I usually think "Time to catch up in everything else"...
...the 'Shop Cafe' closes when you arrive, and reopens before you leave studio.
...you have to wait for breakfast shops to open. -- LOLOLOL.
...you go to the food shop, and order the "usual", and they understand.
...you use architecture tools to eat. -- That's just gross!
...you only buy groceries once a month.
...you wake up to go to school and you're already there. -- I usually know when I am going to sleep at school. I don't get disoriented like that!
...you start wearing all black.
...you have no life, and admit it.
...you start to critique a radio selection's selection of songs.
...you bring your friends to studio to keep you company.
...you refer to outside studio as the "Real World." -- Well, I usually reserve "real world" for after you're done with school, but this can work also.
..."going out to eat" is at the 'Shop Cafe'.
...going on a vacation involves going to 'Flax' or 'Pearl'. -- I bet this is a USC thing! I have no idea what they're talking about!
...you confuse today and tomorrow. -- It's just hard when it's early in the morning (after midnight) and you don't know whether to say today or tomorrow because you haven't slept yet!
...you tell time by when other people leave studio.
...you can write a 6-page term paper by procrastinating.
...you hear "Didn't you wear that yesterday?' followed by "and the day before that?"
...you roommate files a Missing Person Report.
...you count the number of days (not hours) you've been awake.
...you think days are 48 hours long.
...you go to the store to buy a six-pack of 'Red Bull'. -- As said above, no to the energy drinks!
..."Homecoming" happens once a term. -- I LOL'd at this, OMG. But really, I only go home-home once a quarter, so I suppose it's true.
...on Halloween, you dress like your instructors.
...on Halloween you trick-or-treat in studio to get arch supplies or 'Red Bull.'
..."respect", "coolness', and "hatred" are all based on how much sleep you get, or lack of. -- Ugh, I don't approve of it, but so many people do and I just want to hit them! There's no point being proud of how long you've stayed up if you haven't gotten a suffient amount of work accomplished to make up for that lack of sleep! I have more respect for people who know when to give up and get sleep instead of staying up and accomplishing nothing.
...you see your own picture on a milk carton.
...you start using words your instructor uses. -- Eww, I hate that, but sometimes it happens! Then I am super ashamed, LOL.
...your bed has collected a layer of dust on it.
...concept of time is not forward, but a countdown from the time a project is due ("What time is it?""4 hours 'till"). -- When it's near the end of the quarter, yes.
...you contemplate suicide 3 times a day.
...you contemplate dropping your major 3 times a day. -- LOL, I still do, even though I'm so close!
...you have a tent pitched in studio, but still don't go to sleep.
...doing models all night long excites you. -- I don't think it excites anybody! LOL.
...you know the people in the studio better then your roommates
...Drimmels are a lifelong investment, if you can keep the parts.
...Gesso is pointless.
...The roof, Atkinson Hall, at 4 AM -- nothing like it.
...X-acto knives can be dangerous... as we all know or will find out.
...Beer pyramids AND Red Bull pyramids are some of our late-night late projects.
...Elmer's glue doesn't dry quick -- not even close. -- But I still think it kind of works the best when it's done drying, lol.
...They know the phrase "Always done, never done" all too well and wish the professors would stop saying it
...They can always have more construction lines.
...They know the number and price of their favorite item in the snack machine downstairs, as well as every other item and all the drinks in the other two machines.
...And if you have been drunk while in the studio working on a project, join the club. -- I know people who have, but I don't drink, so no.
...they believe they should be paid just for having the major -- Oh god, I wish, LOL.
...you drink more in studio than you do when you're out
...you have sent messages on aim to another jackass architecture student in the same room as you are -- LOL, only to my friends, so they're not jackasses. XP
...you think "X-Acto Blade Throwing" is a sport. -- I remember people doing that in one of my studios.. x_x
...you have 3 or more 'Mountain Dews' in one night -- I don't drink soda, so no.
...you spend more time in studio than with your wife.
..."scoring" involves an X-Acto blade
...you don't find out who wins the Presidential Election until Thanksgiving Break, if you get one at all.
...a break consists of moving your car. -- Only applies for people with cars.
...you've memorized you favorite vending machine combination item (B6).
...you use your T-square or straight edge as a baseball bat.
....the day has 2 sunrises.
....you test which glue will cause your model to burn faster.
....when you tell people you major in "architorture" -- CHECK OUT MY ICON. XP
...U can't draw without listening to music! -- Music is a necessity for everything!
...when people tell you that they like walking around with you because you see things know one else does.
...when you don't understand how someone doesn't strategize their way through traffic (or everything else in life).
...when someone says "icon" and you think of Louis I. Kahn. -- LOL!
...when someone says "eye candy" and you think of gratuitous details on a building. -- Sometimes this is true. Most of the time, no, LOL.
...when you use words like "gratuitous".
...when you have to use spellchecker to see if you spelled "gratuitous" right.
... When you're not sure what day of the week it is -- But everyone has these moments, I think... You just keep track by the class you went to the day before! XP
... When you have slept straight through a day and into the next day after a final review -- If they mean going home after a final review and then crashing until you would normally wake the next day, then yes.
... When lack of sleep makes you feel and act as if you are high
... When any flat surface is seen as a place to take a nap (underneath the tables in the computer room (that's where it is the warmest), in hallways, on drafting boards -- I have trouble sleeping, so no.
... When a relationship with an upperclassman seems like a good idea because they might be able to help you on your project
... When a relationship with an underclassman seems like a good idea because their final review is before yours and therefore, they can help you produce once they are finished -- LOLOLOL.
... When the books that you read consist primarily of photographs and not so much of words -- I like to actually READ, so no.
... When you have to ask your fellow architects to give you wake up calls
... When you have three or more alarm clocks in your room.
... When cutting yourself with an x-acto seems like a good idea because it will give you an excuse for not having finished your work -- This is so not an excuse, LOL.
... When you go to studio and spend more time socializing than doing work -- Studio is, like, the most inefficent time ever. Five hours a day for three days a week? That's just asking poeple to slack off!
... When you have big enough balls to tell a critique that they are wrong
... When everyone in studio hates you because you are the one who plays their music too loudly -- LOL, I am so this person! But I don't think people really hate me for it... (Well, if they do, they don't say anything, LOL.) I think it's because my music is so varied, there'll always be something for everybody. =)
... When after playing your music too loudly the same people who hated you start to take interest in your music -- HAHAHA.
... When you have developed an addiction to buying new albums, because you have gotten sick of all your old ones -- If by "buy" you mean download, then yes.
... When trying to decide what album to play you find an album you haven't listened to a while and it ends up being the perfect choice.
... When professors for courses outside of the architecture school are lenient once they are aware you are an architecture student. -- If only this were true...
... When you tell someone in another school that you are architecture major and they automatically assume you have no social life
... When you have a non architect friend who wants to tag along to architecture parties because they know that architects have the best parties
... When you are the only sober person standing outside of the hot truck on a Friday/ Saturday night
... When you have a sign taped to your back that says do not disturb unless you are ordering food or handing out free blowjobs
... If it were possible to bartar sexual favors for production help, you would seriously consider pulling tricks
... You have given a final presentation with your fly open
... You try to do things to make your friend laugh while he is presenting
... You have layed flat out on the floor and gone to sleep during a review
... You have snored during a review
... When you skip classes because you have too much work to do -- I have only done this, like, twice, so I will not bold!
... When writing a paper seems impossible and completely foreign to you -- There was a time where I could actually write. Yeah, that was back in first year, before architecture made me writing-stupid.
... When you attempt to do a media project in lieu of a paper
... When you have an inexplicable mark running off your page because you fell asleep while drafting -- More like nodding off while taking notes, lol.
... When you are able to fall asleep underneath a running shower head and you are completely sober
... When you wonder what it would be like to be in another major and the idea of going out three or more nights a week is unfathomable
... When you participate in a mad dash to the campus cafe at closing time for free coffee
.....you lose your eyesight and you gain backache and neck ache
...when people stop you in hallways and say "hey, I like your beard" and you realize that you haven't shaved in three projects
...when you start measuring all time segments in terms of "projects"
...when you refer to your computer as your "significant other"
...when you have nicknames for all your tools
...when you talk to all your tools like they're "real people" and use their nicknames
...when taking "5" is going and making coffee, taking "a break" is running to the store to get more coffee beans and for every 6 hours of sleep you miss, you add a scoop to every pot of coffee you make
...when a triple shot espresso just doesn't have enough "kick" -- Too many coffee references!!!
...when you try to talk to another person and realize that you've invented your own language and nobody else understands you
...when Pink Floyd lyrics actually make sense
...when a 102 degree fever or strep throat is to you no excuse to miss a crit. -- This has never happened to me, but it isn't an excuse, especially if you've been working all quarter!
Wow, so that was significantly longer than I thought it would be, LOL.
Survey thing stolen from
someinstant:1. What time did you get up this morning?
I think it was 11:30AM when I finally got myself to get outta bed, lol.
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Well, I think diamonds are pretty, lol, but I don't own any. And pearls are okay -- I have some pearl earrings that my parents gave me a long time ago, but I don't really wear those, lol.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Umm, last one was Salt, I think, lol.
4. What's your favorite TV show?
This is a really hard question because back in SLO, I don't actually have cable and I don't watch episodes online because I always have something else to do. But I'm actually at home right now and we have DirectTV, so there is so much to watch, LOL. Anyway, I like Project Runway and ABDC. I also like So You Think You Can Dance, but this season (which just ended) kinda sucked. I like Greek too, but I am, like, a whole season (or more) behind now, so yeah. I don't know.
5. What did you have for breakfast this morning?
Seeing as I woke up too late for breakfast, I had nothing. My brunch was rice with beef and zucchini.
6. What's your favorite cuisine?
Umm.. I eat Chinese and Vietnamese food a lot, lol. I don't usually go out to eat, so yeah...
7. What foods do you dislike?
I kind of eat everything, so I don't know. I don't like peppers much and I'm not really fond of greasy food, I guess...
8. What is your favorite chip flavor?
Depends on type of chips, but I generally like sour cream and onion or cheddar cheese and sour cream (or whatever it's called).
9. What's your favorite CD at the moment?
Right now, I am listening to Lee-Hom Wang - The 18 Martial Arts -- it's pretty good, but I think his last album was better.
10. What kind of car do you drive?
I don't drive, lol, but my car is a gold 1999 Camry LE.
11. Favorite sandwich?
I dunno, I like a lot of things, LOL. I think I eat too much...
12. What is your favorite type of clothing?
I like really boring clothing, LOL. I really like v-necks because I think they actually look flattering on me. I really like solid colors because I am that lame and about 75% of my closet consists of shirts in a variety of green. (I like green, okay?) You know those puke green colored shirts that you probably think no one likes and why do they make that color? Yeah, I am the person who actually buys it and allows companies to continue making that color. XP
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be?
Oh goodness, I've never been on vacation, so pretty much anywhere would be amazing.
14. What color is your bathroom?
White.
15. Favorite time of the day?
I like the evenings / night, but I am way more productive during the morning. As crazy as it sounds (especially with the amount I complain), I actually prefer morning classes because I want to get that out of the way and have the rest of the day to work on things. This is also why I am an advocate of studio being from 8AM-1PM instead of 1PM-6PM (even though it will never happen).
16. Where were you born?
San Diego, CA! =)
17. Favorite sport to watch?
I am not a sports fan!
18. Do you like your handwriting?
Oh man, my handwriting is okay, but it depends. Like, if we're talking note-taking, it is so ugly because I am an intensive note-taker, lol. I kind of wish I had that Asian handwriting (you know, how all the Asian girls just have the same pretty neat writing), but I don't, lol. But like, I think my lettering is freakin' awesome. XD
19. What were your favorite toys as a child?
I don't even know! Me and
aznearthdragon went through a bunch of toys -- I can't really remember what we played with the most, lol. I think we both liked coloring books and stuff like that though, haha. And puzzles and mazes and stuff, I dunno. XP20. What class in high school was totally useless?
Umm.. I don't know. I would say that Construction class was pretty useless, but I actually liked that class, even though it was a bit useless (because of what we worked on, not because learning the tools was useless, LOL). Hmm.. I suppose PE was actually pretty useless too, except for the part where they force you to exercise, LOL.
21. Favorite song?
I can't even answer this question because my favorite always changes, lol.
22. What book(s) are you reading?
Right now, I'm in the middle of the fourth Temeraire book. I have a massive to-read list though, lol.
And because I can...
You know that meme I did last week or whatever, the "You know you're from (city/state) when..." one? Yeah, I'm taking that idea and sticking my major in it because it's been a while since I've read one of those lists. XP
1. Go to Google.com
2. Type in "You know you're an (major) student when..." and press I'm Feeling Lucky.
3. Copy the list and bold the ones that apply.
You know you're an architecture student when...
(Okay, I cheated and choose the second link in the Google search, because the first list was kinda lame, LOL. Whatever, this list will be more amusing!)
...you know the janitors by name. -- There was a time when this was true, lol.
...your roommates say "good morning," and you reply "good night."
...you carry a toothbrush in your backpack.
...someone asks you for your phone number and you give them the studios. -- Not really, but I have given my studio number as the place to find me.
...you start paying rent for your desk space in studio.
...You total up 3 meals of the day to your breakfast.
...'Red Bull' is you favorite drink. -- I am against energy drinks. (Yeah, I know, so rare in my major...)
...all of the Christmas gifts you give are wrapped in trace.
...you ask Santa Clause for architecture supplies.
...you ask Santa Clause for a sleeping bag.
...after all of your expenses, you can't afford to pay attention -- LOL.
...you have 3 or more cups of double shot coffee espressos in one night. -- I am also against coffee. ...Yes, I have been asked how I even have energy to function after all-nighters. Answer: Willpower! XP
...you hear the same song on the radio 3 or more times in one night. -- This would be true if I listened to the radio, LOL.
... You know the different taste between UHU and Pritt glue
... You can stay alive without sunlight, communicate with people nor having foods but you would commit suicide if the plotter doesn't plot your work out -- Totally LOL'd, but seriously, when the plotter fucks up, life is pretty much over!
...the only sleep you get is in your G.E. classes. -- I don't approve of people treating GEs as throw away classes. =(
...construction workers are already working. -- I'm not sure what they're trying to say, but sure, why not. XP
...You've lost your house key and u realized week later
...you sleep more than 16 hrs at weekends
...u dance madly at 3 am though u aren't drunk
...you note smt with yr drafting pen or yoken -- WTF is this sentence?
... You are an expert and Photoshop, illustrator and auto cad but u don't know how to use MS excel -- FALSE! I am a master at Excel, hahaha.
...you've got 2 subjects / day but u got to study it whole day -- This would be true if I wasn't an overachiever, I suppose. But at my most extreme, I've had four classes in one day, so no.
...you spend more time in studio than in your own bed. -- This is only true because studio takes up so much of your life! (And I don't go to bed until late and have early morning classes.)
...your parents are complaining that you're not having enough fun.
...you only leave studio to buy supplies. -- During class, yes.
...you haven't taken a shower in a week. -- Gross!
...you see showering as a waste of time.
...you've ever dreamt about your models. -- OMG, worst ones are when you dreamed that you were working on one and are pretty far along, THEN YOU WAKE UP! >OOOO
...upon hearing 'supermodel', you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model. -- EWWW, foamcore! Replace that word with basswood, then yes. I remember in second year, we were all in studio one night and the mom of one of the girls in my class called. I guess the mom was asking if she was seeing anyone and she replied, "I'm seeing a model right now!" She was talking about the model she was working on, but her mom thought she was actually seeing a model, LOL. It was pretty hilarious. XP
...your parents have more of a social life than you.
...your 14-year-old brother has more of a social life than you.
...you consider using broccoli for your models.
...you enjoy hanging out at 'Home and Garden Fair'.
...you know all the 24-hour food places in the area. -- I don't, but I don't think there are many, if any, 24-hour places in SLO...
...your friends get more sleep in one night than you do in one week. -- Seeing as 99% of my friends are also in architecture...
...the streetlights turn off. -- Like, when it's morning...?
..You consider 3AM an early night.
...when you are out at 3AM, and people knows where you're at. -- Hahahah. It is very rare that I am at studio at 3AM. Maybe back in second year when I lived further away, but I generally go home when it gets late, even if it's just to continue working at home.
...everything you eat comes in single serving baggies.
...the idea of a 24 hour 'Kinko's' make's perfect sense. -- It does (not that I've ever been). But seriously, sometimes you just have to print in the middle of the night / early in the morning!
...smoking sounds appealing. -- Gross!
...you're out on Friday nights in studio.
...the only building on campus with its lights on is your studios'. -- Yeah, pretty much everyone knows where the arch studios are.
...you say "It's only midnight- I have plenty of time to finish." -- I don't say that, but I know people who do. (But really, between midnight and class in the morning is a whole eight hours!)
...you confuse sunrise with sunset.
...you ask what time it is, then ask "AM or PM?"
...you strangle your roommate because she said she stayed up late studying.
...your Friday night is 68 hours long.
...you know how much a cubic foot of concrete weighs (150lbs). -- LOLOLOL, thank you ARCE minor! XP
...you slice your finger, and the first thing you think of is if you'll be able to finish your model. -- Also whether you got blood on your model, lol. Good thing I don't injure myself much when working.
...you understand why architects have glasses and white hair.
...You call some great architects as if they are you friends. err... Frank... Tadao.
...you swear there are only 120 people at USC. -- USC is lame! Cal Poly is where it's at! XP
...you know all of these are true, no exaggerations.
...you can listen to all your CD's in one night. -- I have too much music to do such a thing!
...certain songs remind you of studio. -- YES!
...you change the style of music to country coz u r fed up with POP -- Ewww, never!
...Sister's favorite brand names are Prada DNKY etc... But yours are Mastex, Staedtler, pentel, rotring
...you dare not to have a gf/bf coz no one can accept for what u are
...you can conceptually compose the food on your plate.
...you think the 'Weekender' happens every weekend.
...upon hearing 'Weekends' you think of sleep. -- I usually think "Time to catch up in everything else"...
...the 'Shop Cafe' closes when you arrive, and reopens before you leave studio.
...you have to wait for breakfast shops to open. -- LOLOLOL.
...you go to the food shop, and order the "usual", and they understand.
...you use architecture tools to eat. -- That's just gross!
...you only buy groceries once a month.
...you wake up to go to school and you're already there. -- I usually know when I am going to sleep at school. I don't get disoriented like that!
...you start wearing all black.
...you have no life, and admit it.
...you start to critique a radio selection's selection of songs.
...you bring your friends to studio to keep you company.
...you refer to outside studio as the "Real World." -- Well, I usually reserve "real world" for after you're done with school, but this can work also.
..."going out to eat" is at the 'Shop Cafe'.
...going on a vacation involves going to 'Flax' or 'Pearl'. -- I bet this is a USC thing! I have no idea what they're talking about!
...you confuse today and tomorrow. -- It's just hard when it's early in the morning (after midnight) and you don't know whether to say today or tomorrow because you haven't slept yet!
...you tell time by when other people leave studio.
...you can write a 6-page term paper by procrastinating.
...you hear "Didn't you wear that yesterday?' followed by "and the day before that?"
...you roommate files a Missing Person Report.
...you count the number of days (not hours) you've been awake.
...you think days are 48 hours long.
...you go to the store to buy a six-pack of 'Red Bull'. -- As said above, no to the energy drinks!
..."Homecoming" happens once a term. -- I LOL'd at this, OMG. But really, I only go home-home once a quarter, so I suppose it's true.
...on Halloween, you dress like your instructors.
...on Halloween you trick-or-treat in studio to get arch supplies or 'Red Bull.'
..."respect", "coolness', and "hatred" are all based on how much sleep you get, or lack of. -- Ugh, I don't approve of it, but so many people do and I just want to hit them! There's no point being proud of how long you've stayed up if you haven't gotten a suffient amount of work accomplished to make up for that lack of sleep! I have more respect for people who know when to give up and get sleep instead of staying up and accomplishing nothing.
...you see your own picture on a milk carton.
...you start using words your instructor uses. -- Eww, I hate that, but sometimes it happens! Then I am super ashamed, LOL.
...your bed has collected a layer of dust on it.
...concept of time is not forward, but a countdown from the time a project is due ("What time is it?""4 hours 'till"). -- When it's near the end of the quarter, yes.
...you contemplate suicide 3 times a day.
...you contemplate dropping your major 3 times a day. -- LOL, I still do, even though I'm so close!
...you have a tent pitched in studio, but still don't go to sleep.
...doing models all night long excites you. -- I don't think it excites anybody! LOL.
...you know the people in the studio better then your roommates
...Drimmels are a lifelong investment, if you can keep the parts.
...Gesso is pointless.
...The roof, Atkinson Hall, at 4 AM -- nothing like it.
...X-acto knives can be dangerous... as we all know or will find out.
...Beer pyramids AND Red Bull pyramids are some of our late-night late projects.
...Elmer's glue doesn't dry quick -- not even close. -- But I still think it kind of works the best when it's done drying, lol.
...They know the phrase "Always done, never done" all too well and wish the professors would stop saying it
...They can always have more construction lines.
...They know the number and price of their favorite item in the snack machine downstairs, as well as every other item and all the drinks in the other two machines.
...And if you have been drunk while in the studio working on a project, join the club. -- I know people who have, but I don't drink, so no.
...they believe they should be paid just for having the major -- Oh god, I wish, LOL.
...you drink more in studio than you do when you're out
...you have sent messages on aim to another jackass architecture student in the same room as you are -- LOL, only to my friends, so they're not jackasses. XP
...you think "X-Acto Blade Throwing" is a sport. -- I remember people doing that in one of my studios.. x_x
...you have 3 or more 'Mountain Dews' in one night -- I don't drink soda, so no.
...you spend more time in studio than with your wife.
..."scoring" involves an X-Acto blade
...you don't find out who wins the Presidential Election until Thanksgiving Break, if you get one at all.
...a break consists of moving your car. -- Only applies for people with cars.
...you've memorized you favorite vending machine combination item (B6).
...you use your T-square or straight edge as a baseball bat.
....the day has 2 sunrises.
....you test which glue will cause your model to burn faster.
....when you tell people you major in "architorture" -- CHECK OUT MY ICON. XP
...U can't draw without listening to music! -- Music is a necessity for everything!
...when people tell you that they like walking around with you because you see things know one else does.
...when you don't understand how someone doesn't strategize their way through traffic (or everything else in life).
...when someone says "icon" and you think of Louis I. Kahn. -- LOL!
...when someone says "eye candy" and you think of gratuitous details on a building. -- Sometimes this is true. Most of the time, no, LOL.
...when you use words like "gratuitous".
...when you have to use spellchecker to see if you spelled "gratuitous" right.
... When you're not sure what day of the week it is -- But everyone has these moments, I think... You just keep track by the class you went to the day before! XP
... When you have slept straight through a day and into the next day after a final review -- If they mean going home after a final review and then crashing until you would normally wake the next day, then yes.
... When lack of sleep makes you feel and act as if you are high
... When any flat surface is seen as a place to take a nap (underneath the tables in the computer room (that's where it is the warmest), in hallways, on drafting boards -- I have trouble sleeping, so no.
... When a relationship with an upperclassman seems like a good idea because they might be able to help you on your project
... When a relationship with an underclassman seems like a good idea because their final review is before yours and therefore, they can help you produce once they are finished -- LOLOLOL.
... When the books that you read consist primarily of photographs and not so much of words -- I like to actually READ, so no.
... When you have to ask your fellow architects to give you wake up calls
... When you have three or more alarm clocks in your room.
... When cutting yourself with an x-acto seems like a good idea because it will give you an excuse for not having finished your work -- This is so not an excuse, LOL.
... When you go to studio and spend more time socializing than doing work -- Studio is, like, the most inefficent time ever. Five hours a day for three days a week? That's just asking poeple to slack off!
... When you have big enough balls to tell a critique that they are wrong
... When everyone in studio hates you because you are the one who plays their music too loudly -- LOL, I am so this person! But I don't think people really hate me for it... (Well, if they do, they don't say anything, LOL.) I think it's because my music is so varied, there'll always be something for everybody. =)
... When after playing your music too loudly the same people who hated you start to take interest in your music -- HAHAHA.
... When you have developed an addiction to buying new albums, because you have gotten sick of all your old ones -- If by "buy" you mean download, then yes.
... When trying to decide what album to play you find an album you haven't listened to a while and it ends up being the perfect choice.
... When professors for courses outside of the architecture school are lenient once they are aware you are an architecture student. -- If only this were true...
... When you tell someone in another school that you are architecture major and they automatically assume you have no social life
... When you have a non architect friend who wants to tag along to architecture parties because they know that architects have the best parties
... When you are the only sober person standing outside of the hot truck on a Friday/ Saturday night
... When you have a sign taped to your back that says do not disturb unless you are ordering food or handing out free blowjobs
... If it were possible to bartar sexual favors for production help, you would seriously consider pulling tricks
... You have given a final presentation with your fly open
... You try to do things to make your friend laugh while he is presenting
... You have layed flat out on the floor and gone to sleep during a review
... You have snored during a review
... When you skip classes because you have too much work to do -- I have only done this, like, twice, so I will not bold!
... When writing a paper seems impossible and completely foreign to you -- There was a time where I could actually write. Yeah, that was back in first year, before architecture made me writing-stupid.
... When you attempt to do a media project in lieu of a paper
... When you have an inexplicable mark running off your page because you fell asleep while drafting -- More like nodding off while taking notes, lol.
... When you are able to fall asleep underneath a running shower head and you are completely sober
... When you wonder what it would be like to be in another major and the idea of going out three or more nights a week is unfathomable
... When you participate in a mad dash to the campus cafe at closing time for free coffee
.....you lose your eyesight and you gain backache and neck ache
...when people stop you in hallways and say "hey, I like your beard" and you realize that you haven't shaved in three projects
...when you start measuring all time segments in terms of "projects"
...when you refer to your computer as your "significant other"
...when you have nicknames for all your tools
...when you talk to all your tools like they're "real people" and use their nicknames
...when taking "5" is going and making coffee, taking "a break" is running to the store to get more coffee beans and for every 6 hours of sleep you miss, you add a scoop to every pot of coffee you make
...when a triple shot espresso just doesn't have enough "kick" -- Too many coffee references!!!
...when you try to talk to another person and realize that you've invented your own language and nobody else understands you
...when Pink Floyd lyrics actually make sense
...when a 102 degree fever or strep throat is to you no excuse to miss a crit. -- This has never happened to me, but it isn't an excuse, especially if you've been working all quarter!
Wow, so that was significantly longer than I thought it would be, LOL.