Listening to: Motivation by Sum41
Mood: Focused

Ok so since the last time a wrote a whole lot of craziness has gone down! Here is a quick overview of life since then......

We had our first big exam in lecture which me and my friends studied for from 5 in the afternoon to about 1 in the morning and then before class for about two hours. And long story short got an 85 which I was quite proud of. It was a good learning experience to say the least. Now I have a general idea of how much to study, what to study, and the best method.

Here are some of the things which we did, that I thought were helpful...

1. Read over your notes on your own
2. Have someone else go over the notes while you listen and ask questions
3. Make Flashcards
4. Test each other with flashcard
5. Reread flashcard out loud before moving on to next one
6. Draw small diagrams of buildings
7. Type notes from class
8. Highlight and or take notes while reading your textbook
9. Take notes in lecture....good ones
10. Remember to sleep

Lets see other than that we have made a few models, done tonnnssssss of drawing, and well realized there just isn't enough time in the day. But our next exam is coming soon which is why I felt that this blog would be beneficial to write and hope that maybe it could help some of the readers who were looking for a new study method.

OHHH and DEFINATELY FORM A STUDY GROUP!! It sounds lame, I know, but it keeps you on track and you wont get distracted on facebook or myspace or looking out the window or cleaning your room for the first time or any other way to procrastinate or should I say .."plan to study after [ FILL IN HERE ] "

So thats all I have to say about that! Peace out!!!! and gooooodddddd luck on the next one

<3

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Date: 9/18/07
Listening to: Bite My Tongue by Reliant K
Mood: Silly

Ok, so if you are reading this you better be sitting down because today was one of those CRAZY days. It was kind of like a Disney movie, come to think of it; starts off somewhat dull and then it begins to climax.....and I mean slaying dragons, Simba's father dying, Aladdin finding the genie type thing. Then of course everything works out in the end and everyone lives happily ever after.

So I guess the best place to start is the beginning when I woke up after pressing the snooze button about 12 (billion)times. Finally, I drag myself out of bed and to the gym because I know if I don't go, come May 4th I am going to die trying to run a marathon. So anyway, I finished up about a quarter after 10 with plenty of time to spare for my 11am class. BUT NOOO MY CLASS IS AT 10!!!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!And what do you do in that kind of situation? Run! Run like all hell!!

So I race to my room, still sweaty and gross, grab my drawing design stuff and fly down the stairs. I get half way down and I realize I forgot my model in my room. I throw all of my things down onto the floor, in the middle of the staircase and power back up the stairs, grab the model, and power walk to class with the additional 20lbs of weight. I felt the burn to say the least. Finally, I get to class and sneak in only to find EVERYONE staring at me, and tell me I have to go BACK to my room and get my laptop because we are going to the library today.

Sooooo I run back, get my computer, go BACK to class, and just as I was about to plop down my teacher says, "Oh sorry I gave your chair away." But I made the best of it and just stood (center front desk) and we headed off to the library. Where I was lefttt behind while looking for books!! So once again, what do I do you ask? Run BACK to class and sit there for another hour even grosser then when I started. Attractive I know.

Afterwards I lug all of my belongings to my dorm, shower (thank god), and get ready for math and my job interview. Math at 2 and then grabbed a bite to eat and jumped on the T for Harvard Square. I eventually found the place after nearly an hour and half, good thing my interview wasn't until 4:30 and I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!! I am soooooo relieved that I have somewhere to work and starting pay is $11 an hour. (Thank you collegehelpers.com) But I have to wear a tux, which will be interesting and need to get plugs for my piercings.

Then dinner at 6:30 with Julia, Dylan, and Annie as usual and back to Julia's room where we attempted to do a rubix cube; attempted is the key word in that sentence. Dylan and I managed to complete the green side but it was a disaster after that and almost 2 hours later all we produced was a 10-minute long video of us fighting over it. Ultimately, we ended it up throwing it across the room 3 times and it was put in the freezer for the time being, Dylan said it needed to "chill out." Basically, we just laughed our @$$ off. FYI to all those interested our video will most likely be put on youtube soon for your enjoyment. I will keep you posted in the mean time but until then peace out.

Posted by Danielle Casamento at 8:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Date: 9/16/07
Listening to: Oh it is Love by Hellogoodbye
Mood: Chill

So it’s a Sunday night and I just want to say one thing…

IM DONEEEEE IM DONNE I AM FINISHED!!! THE END!! EL FINALE!! WOOT!!
::Shakes butt…dances around room…waves arms in air!!!!!::

Ok so maybe I am just a little excited but hey! I officially finished my first project. It’s for my drawing design class and basically what you had to do is find an object in a toolbox or in the kitchen, then draw it twice using A LOT of construction lines and make two wood models. Construction lines are basically guidelines that help you with angles, proportions, and placements, in other words they make your life easier. For all those architecture majors out there you know what I am talking about, it’s a love hate relationship with them. Well anyway, I did a corkscrew (probably one of the harder things to pick) and I am finished!

As for the rest of my day it was a lazy Sunday here in the big city of Boston. Went to lunch in Beatty with Julia and Dylan and then took a stroll down to Best Buy, Blick, and Shaws to get some water, ink, baking soda, pencils, and nail files. The funny thing about it is, our shopping list is completely logical as weird as it may sound. FYI to all those people building models, instead of wasting the strip of wood with the bar code on it just get a cheap nail file and sand it off. As for the baking soda, well its just one of those things that’s good to have or as Julia says, “you can do almost anything with it, that and white vinegar.” Go figure but she’s right.

Then around 5:30 we headed off to dinner because everything closes at 6:30 and we didn’t want to get shafted out of food like we did yesterday. ALSO another good thing to remember don’t get the salad with the large cubes of “meat” in it..nahhh ahhh bad idea, I don’t think I really have to say more about that.

So that’s about it, nothing too exciting today. It was GORGEOUS out though and made me think of how amazing fall is going to be once it finally comes.

Posted by Danielle Casamento at 8:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

MY BEST FRIENDS

Well here some pictures to put a Name to a Face....

Date: 9/14/07
Listening to: One hit by The Knife
Mood: Excited

Ok so this officially my first entry to the blog and well I just want to say HEYYYYY WHATSSSS UPPP WENTWORTH!! I am wicked excited to be writing to you guys and hope you enjoy reading it too.

Well I do have to say one thing…the bookstore finally got our sketch books in today, I don’t think I have ever been more excited about a pile of paper than I am right now. Apparently, they had not ordered enough for all of the architecture kits and Blick, UTrek, and MassArt all didn’t have them either. So anyway after checking in everyday they finally had it so I did my little excited dance and had them ring me up.

Then I went out with a mission to find a job and resume in hand I walked all along Huntington Ave looking for a place to work. No luck yet, but I am determined to find something come hell or high water. Then off to counseling, which I must say is very helpful but I’ll discuss that later on.

Thennnn, after that I headed up to my friend’s room and hung out with my best friends; Julia, Dylan, and Annie (you will probably hear more about them later.) So anyway, we decided to stay in and just hang out, watch a movie, and order Chinese food. An hour and a half later!!! The guy FINALLY delivered it and it was nasty and Julia made Dylan give him a tip anyway. Just so you know we ordered from BAD…just kidding its actually called Nanling, and well it was down right gross. Julia got chicken and broccoli but it tasted like Scallops (gagggggg).

So after that we headed up to my room so they can see how I rearranged the furniture, yes exciting I know. But hey it’s the little things in life that make you happy. Dylan only stayed for a little while then me and Julia stayed up to literally 4 in the morning; I kid you not. We just talked about life and well who would have thought we would have sooooooo much in common. It was a good night.

Master card moment scratch that FENWAY CARD MOMENT:
$24.50 for Chinese food
$3.00 tip to the weird delivery guy
God only knows how much at the C store for 2 pints of ice cream and some recess peanut butter cups…king size.
$1.75 for a drink with a cool glass bottle that we are going to put change in later
Staying up with friends all night…
Priceless
Haha I know I’m crazy but that’s my story. Peace out.

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