For some reason today has turned into ultimate boredom for me. I'm not exactly "looking forward" to sitting behind the computer again tomorrow, but Tuesday I'm going back to walking the Health Center which will be fun. I do like that Tyler works at the firm, it helps me 'want' to go to work even on days when I know I'll just be behind a computer. I hope it's not annoying to the other people that we talk often, but it definitely makes the transition into a professional setting much easier.
I'm writing again today just to outline my classes for next semester. It's so crazy to look back on this blog 'summer noise' [I think it was originally 'oh joy... in troy', but I changed the for the summer]... these entries started about a year ago in January, just after getting back from Italy. I remember wanting to start the writing because I was so in love with Boston. I really wish Eric liked it there as much as me, but he's said before he gets bored going back there every chance we get [we've already been two or three times because of my begging]. There's just something so nostalgic for me to go to Boston every year... and now it's even more special in the wintertime because coming back to America after Italy is one of my favorite memories. That whole trip back, from leaving our apartment in a hurry, catching the train, and sleeping in the Zurich airport, to that final flight back over the Big Blue... it's all an amazing dream to look back upon. I was so excited to see him upon returning that the whole trip, I could feel my heart building up love for him. After the midpoint of the semester in Italy, I missed him more than ever. I wanted to go home for Thanksgiving and back to my old life, old friends at RPI. I couldn't imagine going through another half a semester worth of waiting... but on that flight home I found peace. I was at peace with taking that time to cherish the journey I'd been on, and able to whole-heartily look forward to my return. I didn't have to worry about sleeping alone, and feeling lonely anymore, because once that second plane landed we would be together again. I know that it's super cheesy, and really cliche, but I fall into loneliness easily and I love returning to people and places. When I was little I would wake up just to see the ride through Albany when my family was returning from a trip. I would sing some loud, awkward song about loving Albany until my mom would wake up and tell me to stop. For some reason I love the feeling of returning home. It's not even 'being' home, when I'm home I dream about traveling somewhere else, but I like that feeling of returning to somewhere I belong and I think that feeling was twofold arriving in Boston - I was back in my home country and I was back with the person I wanted to be with. It's so true when someone says that a person can be 'home' to someone....
Soooo, on another note... my classes for next semester.
- Vertical Studio.... [I hope Krueger is doing one, well especially DBell... but he's going to India... I DO NOT want to be in one with Gustavo, and can't be in Oatman's again... I also don't really want to be in a bubble studio...]
- Cultural Anthropology - I hope this class is actually good.. Jay said he took it and it wasn't taught well, but I can always take another anthro class at SUNY Alb after this one... I really want to see if this subject would be something I want to pursue further
- Sensory Culture - Krueger's elective... pretty excited since he studied sociology and has interesting acoustics projects going on... maybe he could advise me on my interests since he seems to have similar ones
- Ecology - a bio class about ecosystems and the ways animals/the living world interacts with the environment... I'm not really looking to apply this to architecture or anything, but I think my love of philosophy/ complex debate/situations will be a good application to whatever I learn in this class - maybe it'll be a way to express my unique viewpoint into a different context like what I was able to accomplish in essays in philosophy and the writing class I took last Spring
- Structural Morphologies - not sure if I want to stay in this class or not... it's structural design with Ivan, that I've heard isn't much work... but knowing Ivan he will pile on the assignments at the worst possible times... I also don't want to have too many credit hours because I'd like to join the Equestrian team again... I miss it so much... maybe I can find a different class at SUNY that'd fit into my schedule and be more fun than this...
- c
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