I know as architects we don't like to admit certain things, but since we are a close knit community at Archinect, let's share and assist each other in the therapeutic process
David Cuthbert
Oct 29, 04 4:19 pm
I really don't care about making 3d models on the computer because I prefer, like an old book, the smell of physical models - gluuuuuuue
THREADS
Oct 29, 04 4:26 pm
I can't draft.
betamax
Oct 29, 04 4:32 pm
exactly...or surfing archinect.
betamax
Oct 29, 04 4:35 pm
yes...or surfing archinect.
i think i am also subconciously refusing to learn vectorworks.
betamax
Oct 29, 04 4:40 pm
i am also very jealous of artists and craftspeople who actually have the luxury of witnessing the fruits of their efforts almost instantaneously rather than feeling so hideously disconnected from their work.
betamax
Oct 29, 04 4:45 pm
i have to stop this now.
c.k.
Oct 29, 04 5:02 pm
i'm afraid of great heights and high ceilings
i'm scared of the disney hall
i suffer enormously when i don't win competitions
my other career options were:
ballet
police officer
vaudeville
THREADS
Oct 29, 04 6:15 pm
I can't draft.
THREADS
Oct 29, 04 6:20 pm
I can't draw
I can't make models
I can't think of a catchy title to name my office which I don't have yet
I can't say juxtapose with a straight face
I can't date anyone who isn't german and from germany and hot
I can't wear black without saying "DAMN I LOOK GOOD"
I can't attend a lecture without asking a question
I can't help it that I'm attracted to Zaha hadid
I can't bring myself to say "%ecorate"
I can't stop.
ether
Oct 29, 04 6:39 pm
i chew copenhagen religiously.
i'm a redneck from alabama.
i like to pick my nose.
i look at porn while at work.
.ml
Oct 29, 04 7:26 pm
I am afraid of global warming.
alphanumericcha
Oct 29, 04 9:35 pm
1. I never even heard of a Google translator!
2. Per has taught me something.
3. Tengo gusto de acariciar un animal con mi mano entera.
4. Some things just sound better in Spanish.
aml
Oct 29, 04 11:12 pm
that doesn't sound better, it sounds creepier.
alphanumericcha
Oct 30, 04 3:51 pm
what the mi mano entera bit?
1965
Oct 30, 04 7:21 pm
Im studying architecture in Ireland, most people dont even know that a school of Architecture exists in Ireland!
super_
Oct 30, 04 7:49 pm
a) i worked for no money thinking it was a good strategy to "get my foot in the door."
b) i avoid allowing people the opportunity to find out i'm actually just full of shit.
c) i am a graphic lover pretending to be an architect.
d) i want to be famous so bad the secret was out early on. now everyone thinks i have a huge ego.
e) i wanted to go somewhere far and fancy, i.e. work at a top office in europe. but i decided to stay put for this coming spring because i am a young man madly in love with this incredibly stunning lady.
Reverb
Oct 31, 04 12:04 am
i have a secret addiction to MTV's The Real World
porterhouse
Oct 31, 04 12:47 am
I'm stalking this site.
I'm not an architect.
I'm an interior designer.
Fish
Oct 31, 04 1:53 am
I've been stuck falling in and out of an archi-coma for the past year. I work part time from my home on meaningless residential projects. I couldn't care less about gettng a new project or doing something exciting with the next yuppie's house. Im' thinking of returning to the "real world" where I will be chained to a desk and allowed one small aspect in a grandiose design to call my own.
If I did this, would I be entering the office imposed comatose state? Am I better off with the more comfortable stay-at-home job coma?
Oops! AmbienKicked in. must end the post.
bigness
Oct 31, 04 6:51 am
there go again, it feel so good:
i dont like london, i miss home and i want to go back to my lady and my punk rock scene. although my city is almost architect-free
i am so insecure in design that i want a partner, be like de meuron, who's the one that never designs anything, and shine of reflected light
i like pot noodles
i like "the OC"
i dont want to learn autocad
nor any other 3d package, sketchup does me right
i think the name and the attitude are the most important things for an office to be succesful. i mean, OMA
i want to meet koolhaas more than anyone else on the planet. even more than natalie portman
i want to be famous and change the world of commercial architecture
David Cuthbert
Nov 1, 04 11:10 am
threads - I too have the hots for Zaha. I had a 3'x 3' poster of her over my bed at MIT. I have photos of her that Annie Liberwitz touch on my machine and look at them constantly
Also I want to be deMeuron < kinda like "being John Maleviche"
A
Nov 1, 04 11:14 am
meversusyou
Nov 1, 04 12:46 pm
i constantly envy other's work, even though i know it may not be that great, but at least it's not my own.
Jordan Lloyd
Nov 1, 04 12:48 pm
Ive eaten UHU Glue.
and I dont listen to ambient/funky/hiphoppy [*delete as appropriate] music that everyone but me seems to like.
And I wear creepers.
rutger
Nov 1, 04 2:30 pm
I love BUFFY !!!!!!
surface
Nov 1, 04 5:10 pm
OK, since I was specifically asked...
I design luxury goods packaging and am dating a banker. If, three years ago, you would have told me this would be my destiny, I would have laughed in your face.
slaprabbit
Nov 1, 04 7:31 pm
i am an architect student, maybe one day ill get the brain implant to pass the architectual test to recive my lisince, this is my first year and it seems like its my second.
i can care less what people think of my designs.
i like frank lloyd wrights work.
i love frank O.gehrys sketches.
i like japanese style.
i love magazines that deal with art, and i like going to art reseptions.
i love to draw.
i love creative work.
one day i hope do have build my own house or at least designed one.
i have some ideas.
i like graffity art, and i used to skateboard at one point i was good.
ohh and i like screen printing.
stephanie
Nov 2, 04 12:00 am
i have been filled with anxiety for the last week due to "DECISION 2004"
sedrik
Nov 2, 04 4:13 am
I love the box more than the blob.
David Cuthbert
Nov 2, 04 7:12 am
slaprabbit <- youth, all that will change in time.
Jordan Lloyd
Nov 3, 04 8:33 am
*Tasted UHU Glue.
*Loves ManoWar. That was a general confession.
ian-t
Nov 4, 04 3:47 pm
I do fake french and italian restaurant fit outs for a chain group. All that integrity, theory and intellect tossed aside for money.
Mason White
Nov 4, 04 8:01 pm
i actually read most of these posts and found them moving in their honesty and humor.
i havent owned a tv for almost 2 years.
i havent owned a cell phone for 2 years.
my computer is 5 years old.
the horror. the horrah.
David Cuthbert
Nov 5, 04 12:28 pm
I haven't own a cellphone in a while either (just short of 3) but the sad thing is that I'm always keen on the lastest designs & features
I remember one of my grad students telling he only looked at porn from sites that were visually appealing. Taking the mic the whole class took at look at his laptop - low and behold -> we looked at perhaps the cleanest and well thought sites, some with a beavy of topics. Nice design nonetheless!
xtbl
Nov 5, 04 1:12 pm
hey jam, any links? heh heh... ;)
design geek-girl
Nov 7, 04 2:34 pm
Well, I was going to sit this one out as I'm not an architect, but I was specifically invited (thanks Jam). Guess I'm a bit late to the party.
Confession # 1: My nickname in school is Zen because during all-nighters, midterms, finals and those last few minutes before deadlines, I am the picture of placid composure... I never cry or breakdown or panic and I'm always the one to calm down my classmates who do. However, I'm living a lie... on the inside I'm a neurotic, insecure mess with an ulcer. I need constant reassurance, something no one realizes about me because I come across as completely self contained and self sufficient. I'd be mortally embarrassed if anyone found out that I'm human.
Confession # 2: I'm really ashamed of this one: I, begrudgingly, took my little brother to an Avril Lavigne concert and was so impressed with her live performance that I bought an Avril wrist band as a souvenir and keep it pinned to the corkboard above my desk at the office.
Aaron Willette
Nov 7, 04 2:59 pm
1. I would take an under-paying/unpayed internship at numerous big-name firms without a second thought.
2. I often find myself envious of blue-collar workers.
3. I took the crappy job I have now because I can wear jeans everyday.
BOTS
Nov 8, 04 5:24 am
dgg - you're a legend
With one who does not
Speak her every thought
I spend a pleasant evening.
- Hyakuchi (1748-1836)
David Cuthbert
Nov 8, 04 7:06 am
dgg aka "the Zen"
here's your reassurance pill, "you're good enough, you're smart enough, and gosh darnit people like you!"
design geek-girl
Nov 9, 04 12:40 am
thanks bots... that was perty. ;p
and jam aka stewart smalley: good one. haha
e909
Nov 9, 04 5:03 am
I can't stand the sight of blood
I can't wait to paint the rest of my mother's Hummel collection
you endure such inner conflict. You could find a bloodless way to "inherit" your mother's collection. But, maybe I shouldn't give you ideas.
e909
Nov 9, 04 5:04 am
I am famous. {in the imaginary plane} "Nobody does it half as good as I do dear, baby I'm the best." (d&c!)
e909
Nov 9, 04 5:28 am
3. Tengo gusto de acariciar un animal con mi mano entera.
Disinter por favor las entrañas animales, cerebros de Hummel
e909
Nov 9, 04 5:28 am
And well, I start wearing grey shirts instead of black ones,
too much bleach in the wash...
e909
Nov 9, 04 5:29 am
my other career options were:
ballet
police officer
vaudeville
+++ = strip=o-gram performer
e909
Nov 9, 04 5:34 am
Capt. OE
i think theory is more relevant than practice, which may explain my job woes.
maybe you are destined to become a prof? :-)
no, really, if you're headed for an educational career, it's possible you might become one of the good profs.
i am also very jealous of artists and craftspeople who actually have the luxury of witnessing the fruits of their efforts almost instantaneously rather than feeling so hideously disconnected from their work.
until they become frustrated trying to construct as fast as they conceive. :-/
Am I the only one who has practical curiosity about Gaudi's (working) relationships with the artisans Gaudi is said to have worked with? {I think a decently informative thread could evolve from this question.}
e909
Nov 9, 04 5:39 am
I like fog, even though I'm neither Dorian Gray, Mr Hyde, nor Jack the Ripper.
lexi
Nov 9, 04 11:31 am
shhhhh... I don't want to advance my careeer any further.
I would really like quit my job, stay at home, wear designer sports outfits, and drive a jaguar.... shop for shoes and go to whole foods during the day.
once in a while I take PTO on a nice day... and I see all these women having a nice day out...and I'm green with envy..that they can do this everyday...
graspin
Nov 10, 04 8:06 am
i've done 7 years of architectural schooling, and worked in an office for 5+...and i've never pulled an all-nighter. i feel shame...like i've defrauded my bretherin!
I know as architects we don't like to admit certain things, but since we are a close knit community at Archinect, let's share and assist each other in the therapeutic process
I really don't care about making 3d models on the computer because I prefer, like an old book, the smell of physical models - gluuuuuuue
I can't draft.
exactly...or surfing archinect.
yes...or surfing archinect.
i think i am also subconciously refusing to learn vectorworks.
i am also very jealous of artists and craftspeople who actually have the luxury of witnessing the fruits of their efforts almost instantaneously rather than feeling so hideously disconnected from their work.
i have to stop this now.
i'm afraid of great heights and high ceilings
i'm scared of the disney hall
i suffer enormously when i don't win competitions
my other career options were:
ballet
police officer
vaudeville
I can't draft.
I can't draw
I can't make models
I can't think of a catchy title to name my office which I don't have yet
I can't say juxtapose with a straight face
I can't date anyone who isn't german and from germany and hot
I can't wear black without saying "DAMN I LOOK GOOD"
I can't attend a lecture without asking a question
I can't help it that I'm attracted to Zaha hadid
I can't bring myself to say "%ecorate"
I can't stop.
i chew copenhagen religiously.
i'm a redneck from alabama.
i like to pick my nose.
i look at porn while at work.
I am afraid of global warming.
1. I never even heard of a Google translator!
2. Per has taught me something.
3. Tengo gusto de acariciar un animal con mi mano entera.
4. Some things just sound better in Spanish.
that doesn't sound better, it sounds creepier.
what the mi mano entera bit?
Im studying architecture in Ireland, most people dont even know that a school of Architecture exists in Ireland!
a) i worked for no money thinking it was a good strategy to "get my foot in the door."
b) i avoid allowing people the opportunity to find out i'm actually just full of shit.
c) i am a graphic lover pretending to be an architect.
d) i want to be famous so bad the secret was out early on. now everyone thinks i have a huge ego.
e) i wanted to go somewhere far and fancy, i.e. work at a top office in europe. but i decided to stay put for this coming spring because i am a young man madly in love with this incredibly stunning lady.
i have a secret addiction to MTV's The Real World
I'm stalking this site.
I'm not an architect.
I'm an interior designer.
I've been stuck falling in and out of an archi-coma for the past year. I work part time from my home on meaningless residential projects. I couldn't care less about gettng a new project or doing something exciting with the next yuppie's house. Im' thinking of returning to the "real world" where I will be chained to a desk and allowed one small aspect in a grandiose design to call my own.
If I did this, would I be entering the office imposed comatose state? Am I better off with the more comfortable stay-at-home job coma?
Oops! AmbienKicked in. must end the post.
there go again, it feel so good:
i dont like london, i miss home and i want to go back to my lady and my punk rock scene. although my city is almost architect-free
i am so insecure in design that i want a partner, be like de meuron, who's the one that never designs anything, and shine of reflected light
i like pot noodles
i like "the OC"
i dont want to learn autocad
nor any other 3d package, sketchup does me right
i think the name and the attitude are the most important things for an office to be succesful. i mean, OMA
i want to meet koolhaas more than anyone else on the planet. even more than natalie portman
i want to be famous and change the world of commercial architecture
threads - I too have the hots for Zaha. I had a 3'x 3' poster of her over my bed at MIT. I have photos of her that Annie Liberwitz touch on my machine and look at them constantly
Also I want to be deMeuron < kinda like "being John Maleviche"
i constantly envy other's work, even though i know it may not be that great, but at least it's not my own.
Ive eaten UHU Glue.
and I dont listen to ambient/funky/hiphoppy [*delete as appropriate] music that everyone but me seems to like.
And I wear creepers.
I love BUFFY !!!!!!
OK, since I was specifically asked...
I design luxury goods packaging and am dating a banker. If, three years ago, you would have told me this would be my destiny, I would have laughed in your face.
i am an architect student, maybe one day ill get the brain implant to pass the architectual test to recive my lisince, this is my first year and it seems like its my second.
i can care less what people think of my designs.
i like frank lloyd wrights work.
i love frank O.gehrys sketches.
i like japanese style.
i love magazines that deal with art, and i like going to art reseptions.
i love to draw.
i love creative work.
one day i hope do have build my own house or at least designed one.
i have some ideas.
i like graffity art, and i used to skateboard at one point i was good.
ohh and i like screen printing.
i have been filled with anxiety for the last week due to "DECISION 2004"
I love the box more than the blob.
slaprabbit <- youth, all that will change in time.
*Tasted UHU Glue.
*Loves ManoWar. That was a general confession.
I do fake french and italian restaurant fit outs for a chain group. All that integrity, theory and intellect tossed aside for money.
i actually read most of these posts and found them moving in their honesty and humor.
i havent owned a tv for almost 2 years.
i havent owned a cell phone for 2 years.
my computer is 5 years old.
the horror. the horrah.
I haven't own a cellphone in a while either (just short of 3) but the sad thing is that I'm always keen on the lastest designs & features
I remember one of my grad students telling he only looked at porn from sites that were visually appealing. Taking the mic the whole class took at look at his laptop - low and behold -> we looked at perhaps the cleanest and well thought sites, some with a beavy of topics. Nice design nonetheless!
hey jam, any links? heh heh... ;)
Well, I was going to sit this one out as I'm not an architect, but I was specifically invited (thanks Jam). Guess I'm a bit late to the party.
Confession # 1: My nickname in school is Zen because during all-nighters, midterms, finals and those last few minutes before deadlines, I am the picture of placid composure... I never cry or breakdown or panic and I'm always the one to calm down my classmates who do. However, I'm living a lie... on the inside I'm a neurotic, insecure mess with an ulcer. I need constant reassurance, something no one realizes about me because I come across as completely self contained and self sufficient. I'd be mortally embarrassed if anyone found out that I'm human.
Confession # 2: I'm really ashamed of this one: I, begrudgingly, took my little brother to an Avril Lavigne concert and was so impressed with her live performance that I bought an Avril wrist band as a souvenir and keep it pinned to the corkboard above my desk at the office.
1. I would take an under-paying/unpayed internship at numerous big-name firms without a second thought.
2. I often find myself envious of blue-collar workers.
3. I took the crappy job I have now because I can wear jeans everyday.
dgg - you're a legend
With one who does not
Speak her every thought
I spend a pleasant evening.
- Hyakuchi (1748-1836)
dgg aka "the Zen"
here's your reassurance pill, "you're good enough, you're smart enough, and gosh darnit people like you!"
thanks bots... that was perty. ;p
and jam aka stewart smalley: good one. haha
I can't wait to paint the rest of my mother's Hummel collection
you endure such inner conflict. You could find a bloodless way to "inherit" your mother's collection. But, maybe I shouldn't give you ideas.
I am famous. {in the imaginary plane} "Nobody does it half as good as I do dear, baby I'm the best." (d&c!)
3. Tengo gusto de acariciar un animal con mi mano entera.
Disinter por favor las entrañas animales, cerebros de Hummel
too much bleach in the wash...
ballet
police officer
vaudeville
+++ = strip=o-gram performer
Capt. OE
i think theory is more relevant than practice, which may explain my job woes.
maybe you are destined to become a prof? :-)
no, really, if you're headed for an educational career, it's possible you might become one of the good profs.
i am also very jealous of artists and craftspeople who actually have the luxury of witnessing the fruits of their efforts almost instantaneously rather than feeling so hideously disconnected from their work.
until they become frustrated trying to construct as fast as they conceive. :-/
Am I the only one who has practical curiosity about Gaudi's (working) relationships with the artisans Gaudi is said to have worked with? {I think a decently informative thread could evolve from this question.}
I like fog, even though I'm neither Dorian Gray, Mr Hyde, nor Jack the Ripper.
shhhhh... I don't want to advance my careeer any further.
I would really like quit my job, stay at home, wear designer sports outfits, and drive a jaguar.... shop for shoes and go to whole foods during the day.
once in a while I take PTO on a nice day... and I see all these women having a nice day out...and I'm green with envy..that they can do this everyday...
i've done 7 years of architectural schooling, and worked in an office for 5+...and i've never pulled an all-nighter. i feel shame...like i've defrauded my bretherin!
i did someones thesis for them.