Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Crunch Time...

Only 3 weeks left of classes!  I cannot believe that school is almost done for the year.  In a short amount of time, I will be half way through my college experience here at Syracuse!  That is so crazy.  And looking ahead to how much time I have left, I have so much left to get done!  I have various final projects and exams coming up.  I know I will get it all done, but I always freak out about it then just do it.
I have two final projects in my Interior Design studios.  I am working on a sustainable two bedroom apartment design in my residential class.  I have my floor plan just about set and now I am working on the decor of the space and drawing up perspectives.  I also am working on a tea house for my representation class which will be located across the street from the Warehouse downtown.  A client requirement is to be Japanese inspired, so I am taking my design influence from the history of geishas.  I love their hair pieces that they traditionally wear and am pulling that design and putting it into the design of the tea house/cafe.  So it has been a back and forth working on both of those spaces.  I also have projects in my Materials class on a new sustainable material.  In my Art History class I have a final exam and a final book project on design influenced by the different periods we have studied in class.  And also in my Entrepreneurship class, I have 2 group projects and a final exam.  I also have to interview an entrepreneur which I am excited about.  The women I plan on interviewing owns a very prominent online modeling agency that she started and is also starting her own interior design company as well.  See, I have so much to do! haha.  But I will get it done :)

I haven't written in a while, but last week I performed in my dance show!  It was so fun and all my friends came to see me dance, which I loved!  I can't wait to do it again next year.  I will miss weekly ballet classes, it was a great workout and so much fun and I loved all the girls I befriended in my class!  Extracurriculars are such a great choice to get involved in here, it is a nice balance to take a break from classes and work.

I am excited for the summer, but I don't want the semester to end!  I have loved Sophomore Year and it really flew by!  :)

Friday, April 2, 2010

Spring is in the Air!

Hey guys!
    So it has been another busy week!  Over the weekend I had to work on finishing my ISD (Interior Design) Representation project and make a video presentation.  I finished all my drawings and then the video was so time consuming!  It was due Tuesday morning, so on Monday night three of my friends in my class and I all hung out in our lounge and worked late to get it done!  It was definitely easier to stay up and get it done when I had my friends there to bounce ideas off of and ask for help.  On Tuesday morning we presented all our videos and my professors really loved mine!  So, my hard work and staying up late paid off!  In my Residential class, we were given floor plans to start out projects.  So now I have to figure out the design of my 2 bedroom apartment! In my Representation class, our new project is to design a Roji Tea House lounge in the Red House building.  The building is right across the street from the Warehouse.  It is under construction and will have the cafe/lounge on the first floor along with a recording studio, yoga studio, visiting artists' living, a gallery, and some offices.  I am excited to design the space and get working on it!

The weather has been getting warmer this week! Yesterday it was 72 degrees and today is supposed to get up to 80!  I love the warm weather, it makes me happy!  And it is so nice to walk around outside and enjoy it and see everyone outside enjoying the weather too!

In other news, my dance performance is in less than a week!! Ahh I am so excited but nervous at the same time.  I can't wait to perform our dance we have been working on all year!  If any of you are around next week, come see the show, its a lot of fun!  Orange Pulse Dance Troupe Annual Showcase on Thursday, April 8th at 8:00 in Goldstein Auditorium in Schine. :)