So I majorly suck for not posting anything for a month or so. Got bogged down in this whole applications business, then holiday travel, and now back to applications.

During that period, I:
- took the GREs
- figured out where I am applying
- sent a packet of information to my recommenders containing
mini-portfolio
draft personal statement
resume
checklist
applicable forms

I'm still in the process of editing the statement and the resume, but have been showing both to as many people as possible to get feedback. Edit, rewrite, edit, rewrite.

I spent this weekend researching color management and workflow, as my current setup is quite uncalibrated and therefore left to the whims of the color imps. Ended up springing for a ColorEyes setup to calibrate an old LaCie CRT and a new Dell widescreen LCD. Since I'm printing my portfolios myself, I want to have everything as controlled as possible. I'm also considering getting a custom printer ICC profile made for my printer/paper/ink combo.

Right now there's this excellent old Star Trek episode on TV about a captain trapped by brain-reading aliens who create alternate realities for him. Excellent.

About 5 years ago, Columbia was infamous for churning out a specific style referred to in the common parlance as "blobitecture." Well, Penn has taken over the cutting-edge reins, and they're all about what might be termed "lizardtecture," "puzzletecture," or perhaps "borgitecture." Some call it... View full entry

So it's been an insane week, with much amtraking, commuter railing and running about madly. I visited Penn on Monday, Columbia on Wednesday, Yale on Thursday and Harvard on Friday, with more Harvard on Saturday for the education symposium. I met a bunch of great people- faculty, students and... View full entry

Given that the purpose of this blog from the outset was to provide a glimpse into the school application process, I suppose I should get around to actually talking about schools and my impressions of them. So without further ado, I bring you: My visit to the University of Cincinnati Department of... View full entry

On Sept. 20, 2006, I attended the Deans Roundtable at the Center for Architecture, here in NYC. Thought you might be interested in hearing what they had to say. Deans present: Alan Balfour, RPI; Judith DiMalo, NYIT; Urs P. Gauchat, NJIT; Thomas Hanrahan, Pratt; Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell; George... View full entry

Though I was born in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mntns in Virginia, I grew up in the west suburbs of Chicago. So the Windy City always holds a special place in my heart, even if my memory is of the consistently gray and dismal winters, and even if I now feel more at home in New York City... View full entry

Backposting a bit here, but I wanted to include some items from a recent outing to Western Wisconsin- land of cheese and beer, brats and Walleyes. I went on a fishing excursion with a bunch of crazy Chicago artists to an area west of the Dells. We played horseshoes, climbed trees, smashed pennies... View full entry

Hello world. Unlike the rest of the school bloggers, my viewpoint will be somewhat different, in that I am not yet in school. I completed an undergrad degree in Art History a while ago, worked for a bit at dot-coms and freelanced in NYC, and have now made the unfortunate decision to apply to grad... View full entry