December 2009
3 posts
Where are you from?
Its typical in our society to ask new aquantinces the question “where are you from?” Its a simple question, yet I do not have an answer. Every day I may say something different. Am I an Atlantan? Or am I on extended vacation from west chester, PA? The answer is I do not know. Next time I get asked this question I should answer:
I was born in Albany, New York. I have lived in...
Final Exams
Its very rare that I’ve ever been completely satisfied with my effort in school. This semester I have worked harder than ever before. And I can honestly say that I’ve enjoyed it. By working hard I’ve establsihed a new identity for myself. When I go home for Christmas I will return without any regrets. That’s extraordinary considering so far in my life I’ve always...
June 2009
3 posts
I (still) have a dream
I went to the Poncey Highland master planning meetiong tonight. it was a great expierence and I need to continue going to such meetings. It is nights like these where I feel like I am heading in the right direction. If I could bottle up the motivation I have right now I would get striaght As. I fed off the energy of the commuinity and feel like I could(and will) lead one of these meetings soon.
A modern Piazza →
The Piazza at Schmidt’s was even better than I expected. The scale was very human. There was significant pedestrian traffic. However the retail component was dissapointing. All the stores were local but very specialized and expensive. The resturants were nice and there was a nice variety of cuisines and prices. There was only one resturant actually on the square. Even that resturants was...
May 2009
10 posts
Yannick Noah-Destination ailleurs →
This song is the opposite. When I’m on vacation or just very happy I always think about going back home to cannes or “Destination ailleurs”
Not just learning to tie knots →
The means to what end? →
The Emancipated Earth →
“Everyone is different yet are made to be the same. Your phone is not who you are...”
– Common Sense
Over my head
I’m reading a book about the paris commune of 1871. I love history and especially the French political history. The Paris Communes are even more interesting to me. There’s just one problem… I CANNOT UNDERSTAND ! And it’s tranlated into english. The vocabulary is not difficult to understand. The book contains a lot of political and power theory and analysis. I feel very...
New York
Today i arrived in New York and I will be stayin for a month. I do not want to waste the month. I feel like I am wasting a lot of my time recently. And worst I am getting used to it. My main objective is to find the urban design community and attend the events. I want to research innovative new developments around the city as well as old ones. I also want to research the neighborhoods associations...
April 2009
3 posts
Unions set aside differences for massive May 1... →
Unprecedented protests but no revolutiorary risk. Leaders may get frustrated with lack of results from peaceful action. Hope the recession is not long term… Capitalism is receiving a lot of blame.
First Post
I’ve been thinking about writing a blog for a very long time but I was not sure if I would have the disipline to write consistently or be interesting enough. I needed a push and I recieved a smal nudge today, so here I am! I do not know what this blog is going to be about because many of my interests change and only a few stay with me. These are a few things that I’ve been thinking a...