What did I say Myriam? So much has happened on this thread since I left I have a hard time seeing where you guys are at now. And I don't understand why you say we didn't want to help you Sheri24?
...You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less famous is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian, when *death* is on the line!"...
[As Buttercup prepares to commit suicide with a dagger]
Westley: There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.
But when halfway down the slope Fezzik happily burst into flames and started shouting "I AM THE DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS AND THERE WILL BE NO SURVIVORS!!!"....
(sorry guys I'm quoting the book not the movie, but still)
I'm planning to introduce it to my son when he's a little older: first, I'll just read aloud to him the "good parts", then when he's a teenager I'll clue him in to the overall satire and let him read the book himself.
Its the story of the story that makes the book so good. I've always been a fan of the movie, and on Easter my sister let me borrow her copy of the book. Finished it in a day flat, with the majority taken care of while sitting around my mother's house. Its definately one of those books that I'm going to get my own copy of for my quasi-library.
My sister and I fought over who was going to keep our copy of it after we graduated from college. She won (she always does). Of course it is so dog-eared and yellow it's hardly readable.
The one I read was the 30th anniversary edition and the new forwards and inclusion of the 1st chapter of Buttercup's Baby make it worthwhile. Once again, the story of the story (trying not to give away anything as Liberty Bell is fully aware of).
There, I think I've done my good dead of the day by starting the thread-jacking.
"The name is the neccesary thing to inspire fear. No one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Wesley."
If you called him and couldn't get it, he's got his reasons honey, and using somebody who knows him wouldn't do any good. Glad you found another way. Still can't believe this was a thesis.
my understanding of a thesis (in general academia) is that it makes an assertion about some existing work and backs it up with a thorough review of existing research or works on the subject.
a dissertation is new work based on new original research or material.
haven't got that far in architecture, anyone care to enlighten me?
"...If all of you had just taken off at the end of the semester to get a tan, you'd all be happier people."
No, we'd be dropouts.
IMO, Sheri comes off as a spoiled-rotten teenage princess who tried to get something for free, and then threw a temper tantrum when people questioned her demands. Maybe some day she'll grow up.
Hey LB--have you ever read the Princess and the Goblin?
Pixel and I were also talking about "The Castle in the Attic" recently. Man, your little one has such GREAT books ahead of him... In fact I think I might start re-reading a lot of these myself...
Last night I suggested to my older daughter (she'll be 5 next week) that we read A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. She looked at it and said it was boring.
I'm tellin' you Myriam, it was just a rip-off of Indian in the Cupboard.
However, LB, every young boy (age 10ish) should read My Side of the Mountain. Just be prepared that he's going to try to live in a tree for a bit after that.
Forgive me if this double posts, it seems to have disappeared:
The Phantom Tollbooth is one I intend to give him, I re-read bits of it myself all the time. Here is an interview with the author, Norton Juster, and architect.
I had forgotten My Side of the Mountain, Pixel, thanks!
I had forgotten about that book. We were read that book during story time in either fifth or third grade. I am always looking for a tree big enough to move into.
I just placed that book and the audio book since I am going to be driving my kids to school for the next three weeks.
Rationalist,
Did you ever get the chance to have Ed Niles for studio?
dsc- nah, he taught I topic studio while I was in thesis, so I missed him. He doesn't teach anywhere near full-time at this point, just a studio here and there. I always thought his lectures were a notch above the rest, though.
I had him in the spring of 1990. it was the best class i ever took. Did you know that he played on the football team his freshman year (he is a USC alum)?
A lot of my approach to architecture was molded by his class. Life work ballance, live the CA dream and even the bent toward space architecture. Required reading for his class was the operation’s manual for the space shuttle.
In his speech for tpoic studio was the idea that he will grind us to the bone but you will never feel the pain. It was so true!
How do I get a floorplan
My bad, that's French.
"Anything for the doc"
cool, so im gonna get started on my:
What did I say Myriam? So much has happened on this thread since I left I have a hard time seeing where you guys are at now. And I don't understand why you say we didn't want to help you Sheri24?
haha. french, myriam wasn't blaming something on you.
i think she was pointing out to sheri24 ['impolitesse is not a word'], that impolitesse is a french word.
it's a 14 yo kid, please, dont get dragged into arguments with someone who cant even buy her own booze. have some self respect!
LOL
sheri ... really ? ... awww ...
I GOT IT.
So then it wasn't impossible...
Vizzini: HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE!
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
<sigh>
lol,
the perfect ending to an odd thread.
of above mentioned dialogue...
DPR: you must be very intelligent
Vizz: I'll put it this way - have you ever heard of plato? socrates?
DPR: yes...?
Vizz: morons.
...You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less famous is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian, when *death* is on the line!"...
in. mon.: fezzick, jog his memory
[As Buttercup prepares to commit suicide with a dagger]
Westley: There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.
Oh my god we're quoting The Princess Bride NOW this thread is getting fun!
But I'm gonna be a girl about it:
"If your love is a grain of sand, mine is an eternity of beaches."
"Wait, Wesley, slow down, I'm still working on this sand idea...."
But when halfway down the slope Fezzik happily burst into flames and started shouting "I AM THE DREAD PIRATE ROBERTS AND THERE WILL BE NO SURVIVORS!!!"....
(sorry guys I'm quoting the book not the movie, but still)
I just finished the book and I must say it is vastly superior to the movie.
inigo: he's gaining on us!! I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using?
there's a book? not just the prop that columbo is reading to the wonder years kid?
must....buy...
I'm planning to introduce it to my son when he's a little older: first, I'll just read aloud to him the "good parts", then when he's a teenager I'll clue him in to the overall satire and let him read the book himself.
Its the story of the story that makes the book so good. I've always been a fan of the movie, and on Easter my sister let me borrow her copy of the book. Finished it in a day flat, with the majority taken care of while sitting around my mother's house. Its definately one of those books that I'm going to get my own copy of for my quasi-library.
My sister and I fought over who was going to keep our copy of it after we graduated from college. She won (she always does). Of course it is so dog-eared and yellow it's hardly readable.
ok found it
last one:
albino-with-cold-sore: you're..in the...pit...of.....DESPAIR!
The one I read was the 30th anniversary edition and the new forwards and inclusion of the 1st chapter of Buttercup's Baby make it worthwhile. Once again, the story of the story (trying not to give away anything as Liberty Bell is fully aware of).
There, I think I've done my good dead of the day by starting the thread-jacking.
"The name is the neccesary thing to inspire fear. No one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Wesley."
If you called him and couldn't get it, he's got his reasons honey, and using somebody who knows him wouldn't do any good. Glad you found another way. Still can't believe this was a thesis.
My guess is that Miss Sheri has a misunderstanding about what a thesis is.
if only they had this crazy thing called the internet when i was growing up.
bitch!
^^^ok...my bad...i felt bad calling someone a bitch
my understanding of a thesis (in general academia) is that it makes an assertion about some existing work and backs it up with a thorough review of existing research or works on the subject.
a dissertation is new work based on new original research or material.
haven't got that far in architecture, anyone care to enlighten me?
No, we'd be dropouts.
IMO, Sheri comes off as a spoiled-rotten teenage princess who tried to get something for free, and then threw a temper tantrum when people questioned her demands. Maybe some day she'll grow up.
Hey LB--have you ever read the Princess and the Goblin?
Pixel and I were also talking about "The Castle in the Attic" recently. Man, your little one has such GREAT books ahead of him... In fact I think I might start re-reading a lot of these myself...
Nope, myriam, haven't read that one. As my son gets older I will look for it - he's only 3. I do intend to expose him to all kinds of great books. Of course when I start reading him "Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects" before bed I expect he'll be ready to move out. He'll probably be about 5.
Last night I suggested to my older daughter (she'll be 5 next week) that we read A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. She looked at it and said it was boring.
I was chuckling at this thread...and then the princess bride references started...
good folks, good work.
and from my experience, in an academic project, if there's anything existing you can't figure out how to draw, just fudge it. no one will know.
I'm tellin' you Myriam, it was just a rip-off of Indian in the Cupboard.
However, LB, every young boy (age 10ish) should read My Side of the Mountain. Just be prepared that he's going to try to live in a tree for a bit after that.
Forgive me if this double posts, it seems to have disappeared:
The Phantom Tollbooth is one I intend to give him, I re-read bits of it myself all the time. Here is an interview with the author, Norton Juster, and architect.
I had forgotten My Side of the Mountain, Pixel, thanks!
the Hollow Tree House........
a movie as well. about the same era as rooster cogburn . . .
Did any one ever figure out how she got the plan from professor Ed?
That should have been professor Ed FAIA. I was searching for “residential architect†and found this a very funny funny thread.
Pixelwhore, who DOESN'T want to live in a tree? I know I still do!
I had forgotten about that book. We were read that book during story time in either fifth or third grade. I am always looking for a tree big enough to move into.
I just placed that book and the audio book since I am going to be driving my kids to school for the next three weeks.
Rationalist,
Did you ever get the chance to have Ed Niles for studio?
sheri hows your tan???
dsc- nah, he taught I topic studio while I was in thesis, so I missed him. He doesn't teach anywhere near full-time at this point, just a studio here and there. I always thought his lectures were a notch above the rest, though.
I had him in the spring of 1990. it was the best class i ever took. Did you know that he played on the football team his freshman year (he is a USC alum)?
A lot of my approach to architecture was molded by his class. Life work ballance, live the CA dream and even the bent toward space architecture. Required reading for his class was the operation’s manual for the space shuttle.
In his speech for tpoic studio was the idea that he will grind us to the bone but you will never feel the pain. It was so true!
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