Day 4

Wednesday, June 23

Where do I begin? I would have to say that today was my most productive day :) Started out with breakfast as usual (cereal, probably not going to change anytime soon) and then we went to the conference room at nine. We discussed yesterday's project (the two cubes with the 3 materials) and talked about what we liked/didn't like. Then we talked about today's project. We had to design something (couldn't be bigger then 18"x18"x18") with a 10"x10"x1" base and at least 4 of the following materials: wire mesh, paper clips, paper towels, spaghetti, cardboard, rubber bands, and string. We could also use all of our tools and wire cutters. It was really fun to see how the materials worked together to bring out different properties in each other.

We had another sketching class in the afternoon and we learned how to measure things with our pencil so that it is proportional on the paper. We drew the outside of the architecture building and got our homework: to draw the outside of our dorm (or one of the other dorms) using the pencil measuring thing.

At around four thirty, we gathered with our completed or semi-complete projects and discuss different aspects of them, e.i. light, layers, materials, how the base was used, etc. It was really interesting to see the different creations and how they used materials together.

We headed back to the dorms around five and megan and I immediately did our drawing. It took us until six to finish and we headed to dinner.

We ate in turbo speed (20 min) so that we could go down to the track to run the mile. We stopped running at six fifty just in time to head up to the dorms, change, grab money and head to the bowling alley with the second group. Megan and I played 2 games with some of the RA's (Katie, Lindsey, and Jason), headed to the arcade to play the shooting game, and then the two of us had 4 bowling lanes to ourselves because it was eight thirty so most of the other groups had left. We went back up to the dorms at nine and Megan played ping-pong while I watched the game/movie/talked with people. There was a meeting at nine thirty where we got told about the farmers market and our weekend activities/projects. When the meeting ended I went back upstairs and took a shower. I am so glad I finished the sketching homework earlier because I was able to do the fun stuff in the evening. Thins are going so great!

xoxo

Lisa-Marie