Back In Action

It is the first week back and I am already busy with work again!  This week has been filled with all kinds of work and activities.  On Monday, I had my second Materials quiz and got a 39/40 on it!  Our Art History professor announced on Monday that she was pushing back our test to next week so I now have an extra week to study! On Tuesday, I had Graphics class and we continued to work on our reception/waiting room project.  Our professors finally gave us a due date, next Tuesday!  They always wait until the last minute to tell us these things!  Then for my Residential class, we had a field trip.  The class split up into cars to all drive up to Ithaca.  We were heading to EcoVillage @ Ithaca.  EcoVillage is a sustainable community living environment right near downtown Ithaca.  The village mimics a type of suburb with the exception of more open land and smaller square footage in the houses than the average American home.  We were given a tour of the villages and got to go into two of the houses.  The community is made up of 3 villages named Frog, Song, and Tree (which is in the process of being built).  Each village has its own look to it.  And they all have sustainable devices for greener living such as solar panels, passive solar heating, growing their own food on site, etc.  It was a nice adventure and a great learning experience.  The only downfall was having to walk around in the gross rain and muddy walkways.  On Wednesday, I had Materials and Art History again.  And the weather was so gorgeous!  It was sunny and warm and it put me in a good mood :)  On Thursday, I worked on my reception/waiting room project during our studio class and out professors taught us about video presentation.  Next Tuesday, we have to present our process and final project in a video presentation with us talking over it and narrating.  I have a lot of work to get done for next week!  In my Residential class, we were given our next project.  Each person had to pick out of two bags, one containing a number and one containing a letter.  I received 5 and C.  Then our professors told us what the number and letter corresponded to.  The number represented the family type we had to design for and the letter represented the type of living arrangement we given.  I had a family of 5, with 3 children ages 7.9. and 12; and a 2-bedroom apartment!  This is definitely going to be a challenge.  But I am excited to tackle it and come up with creative solutions to achieve my design.  So for the weekend I have to research all about sustainable housing (which is the basis for the project) and about my family and housing type.  I have lots of things to do for the weekend, I will be very busy!
In other news, on Wednesday night, I went to a show in the student center called "An Evening With Andy Samberg".  Andy Samberg, from Saturday Night Live, came to speak at Syracuse!  If you have no idea who I am talking about, look him up, he is hilarious!!  The show was an interview type set-up with a student moderator asking Andy questions and we watched some clips of Andy's sketches as well.  At the end, it was opened up for the audience to ask questions.  The whole show had me laughing the whole time.  It was a last minute thing, my friend had an extra ticket and I decided to tag along.  The show was sold out so I was excited I got to go!  This is another reason I love Syracuse, they have so many different shows, speakers, and performers come to campus and its great to get a chance to see them.
It has been a long week, and its now the weekend which will be filled with homework, extra dance practices, and hopefully some sleep and relaxing time as well. :)
Have a great weekend everyone!!