magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

slept for four hours. i think the islamic architecture exam went okay. even if the format was so high school. she had given us five questions. three would be on the exam. we would have to answer two. we could bring with us one page of notes. am i fifteen again? have i lost ten years? didn't get my paper back. didn't push the issue, i'm not sure i want to see it.

sat in on other design principles crits for the rest of the morning and afternoon. missed most of my friends who seemed to all have been scheduled for the early morning. but saw some neat projects.

my section went out to dinner (indian, at my suggestion) with andrew. and then most of us, still with andrew, went to the safari lounge, this dive bar in the middle of providence with a strange cross-over blue collar/artist customer base, and had a few pitchers of beer. we played some pool. and talked. and goofed off. it was fun, you don't get to just hang out with yr teachers very often.

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email from george when i got home. haven't heard from him in forever. i think we've talked once since new year's. (maybe twice.) he says on his site that his current job description is "talking to people and looking for pretty rocks." i've got such cool friends.