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Janvāris 10., 2006
21:00 - Greg Enders's own: You know you're an architecture student when...
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...you know the janitors by name.
...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 studio's.
...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.
...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
...you have 3 or more cups of double shot coffee espressos in one night
...you hear the same song on the radio 3 or more times in one night.
...you know the different taste between UHU and Pritt glue
...you can stay alive without sunlight, communication with others and eating food but you would commit suicide if the plotter doesn't plot your work out
...the only sleep you get is in your G. E. classes.
...construction workers are already working.
...you've lost your house key and realised a week later
...you sleep more than 16 hrs a night on weekends
...you dance madly at 3 am eventhough you aren't drunk
... you are an expert at photoshop, illustrator and auto cad
but you don't know how to use MS excel
...you've got 2 subjects/day but you have to study all day
...you spend more time in studio than in your own bed.
...your parents are complaining that you're not having enough fun.
...you only leave studio to buy supplies.
...you haven't taken a shower in a week.
...you see showering as a waste of time.
...you've ever dreamt about your models.
...upon hearing 'supermodel', you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model.
...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.
...your friends get more sleep in one night than you do in one week.
...the streetlights turn off.
...you consider 3AM an early night.
...when you are out at 3AM, and people know where you are.
...everything you eat comes in single serving baggies.
...the idea of a 24 hour 'Kinko's' make's perfect sense
...you're out on Friday nights in studio.
...the only building on campus with its lights on is your studios'.
...you say "It's only midnight- I have plenty of time to finish."
...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).
...you slice your finger, and the first thing you think of is if you'll be able to finish your model.
...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 your school.
...you know all of these are true, no exaggerations.
...you can listen to all your CD's in one night.
...certain songs remind you of studio.
...Sister's fav brand names are Prada DNKY etc.. but yours are
Mastex, Staedtler, pentel , rotring
...you dare not to have a gf/bf because they could never accpet you for what you are
...you can conceptually compose the food on your plate.
...upon hearing 'Weekends' you think of sleep.
...the 'Shop Cafe' closes when you arrive, and reopens before you leave studio.
...you have to wait for breakfast shops to open.
...you go to the food shop, and order the "usual", and they understand.
...you use architecture tools to eat.
...you only buy groceries once a month.
...you wake up to go to school and you're already there.
...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."
..."going out to eat" is at the 'Shop Cafe'.
...you confuse today and tomorrow.
...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'.
..."Homecoming" happens once a term.
...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.
...you see your own picture on a milk carton.
...you start using words your instructor uses.
...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").
...you contemplate suicide 3 times a day.
...you contemplate dropping your major 3 times a day.
...you have a tent pitched in studio, but still don't go to sleep.
...doing models all night long excites you.
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Mūzika: Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar
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