If I Had a Superpower...
on Sep 9, 2009...it would be reading minds. Not all the time, only when I wanted to. I'm a pretty trusting person, so it really bothers me when I feel like I'm being kept from something. It takes me a fair while to catch on, too, which makes it even more unnerv...

First Day of School!
on Sep 9, 2009 in URI ramblings Today was the first day of classes, a welcome reprieve to purposelessness and too much free time. Did I mention I was ready? Because I was.My classes this semester are a site planning class, a sustainable design studio, a planting design studio, he...

Back to School!
on Sep 5, 2009 in URI ramblings food Important Things have been happening.I've moved into my new apartment with Ginny, my lovely roommate. We have taken to calling each other "Wifey" with alarming frequency and may be starting to weird out casual acquaintances. However, I must point o...

Summer
on Aug 12, 2009 in ramblings Okay, my Australia and Fiji post is just going to have to be indefinitely postponed. I don't know why I'm so lazy about it, but I've been putting off writing until I do it first, and that has not happened, and I have spiraled into a non-blogging vor...

Under Construction
on Jul 13, 2009 in URI friends I know, I know. It's been forever. I'm already home and well adjusted and in the swing of summer, but I still haven't written about Wellington, my last weeks in New Zealand, or my week in Australia and my three days in Fiji on my way home. The lon...

Wellington: My First Solo Trip
on Jul 13, 2009 in art NZ travels South Island mountains, as viewed from the airplane.Wellington from the air.Waitangi Park (Check out the Master Plan).This part of the part filters stormwater as it heads down towards the harbour.The National Museum.One of the super cool marine life...

Winding Down, and Wellington Plans
on Jun 6, 2009 in NZ travels landscape friends Lincoln Last Friday I finished classes, and on Tuesday handed in my final studio project! I'd spent the last 3 weeks practically living in studio, which is why I haven't written ("Today, I went to studio and did work. Then I drank tea. Then I did more wor...

Midnight Post.
on May 13, 2009 in ramblings Didn't get that much sleep last night, so I took a nap this afternoon from about 6 til 7. Not such a great idea when I've got an 8:30 am class tomorrow, but there's no way I would have been able to do the readings for my Design Theory class without...

One of the Best Compliments Ever...
on May 10, 2009...is when your French roommate says to you, "I've learned more about cooking watching you in the last three months than I have in my whole life."...

Botanic Gardens
on May 5, 2009 in plants landscape Didn't get around to it yesterday, but here are some pictures from the botanic gardens on Sunday.A clematis exhibit:Some HUGE barrel cacti:Darlingtonia californica! This means nothing to most, but those cool plants in the middle are an Oregon native...