1/2 way done with ARCH

This is my board layout for my arch studio final, this was due on Friday at noon, and this Friday we have to have a model built of this. So I'm pretty much half way done, I got a lot of work ahead of me this week though. Our project was an urban infill site downtown, some of us designed a wood shop, some designed a space for a metal shop and a glass shop. It was fun spending a lot time downtown to document our site. We have a laser cutter that we can use to cut our pieces for our models, I think I'm going to use that, it should help speed up the process. I've had a lot of fun working on this project and have spent a lot of time on it, it will be nice to be done. I'll post pictures of the models as soon as I have those done on Friday. Until then I'll be working away in Cheever Hall.

relay_for_life

Relay for Life in an annual event that is put on by the American Cancer Society to raise money to find a cure for cancer and remember those who we have lost and celebrate for those who have survived. There are over 4,800 relays nationwide. The overnight event is full of fun activities while members of each team are making laps around the track. Our event was held at the MSU Field House. There were games of dodge ball, volleyball, basket ball, rockstar pong, karaoke, and lots of good food. The event locally raised over $44,000. Next week is UM's Relay for Life, and we always have a little friendly competition, we have 3 years in a row in the past. It was fun staying up all night, lots of people brought couches and lounge chairs to rest in when they were not making laps or taking part in the activities. It was really fun to walk around and chat with friends or make new ones and share stories about random things. This is something I'm definitely going to participate in again next year.

Google Maps

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I find my self spending countless hours looking at google maps. Above is a link to the MSU campus area and Bozeman. This gives you a good idea of the size of our campus and the town of Bozeman.

rail jam

Free weekend entertainment is always fun, this past weekend wast the 2009 Rail Jam. This is an annual competition where skies and snowboards from the surrounding area have the opportunity to show their skills. This year the event was helt at the Gallatin County Fairgournds. They set up scafolding and haul in a buch of snow and put a rail. It was fun to hang out with friends and see all the taleted skiers and boarders there are in Bozeman.

Spring Break 09

Spring break is always a nice chance to relax halfway through the second semester. This year my friend Kayla from architecture and I drove down to California. We left after class last Friday and stayed with a friend in Provo, UT. It was about a 7 hour drive the first day. We went to a comedy improv show that night, it was a funny show. The next day was a 10 hour drive, down through Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and then California. It was nice to stay at a home while on vacation. It was the first time I've had three complete meals in a day. We also went to In N Out Burger multiple times. On St. Patrick's day we went to Venice Beach. It was fun to see all the street venders and all the interesting stuff they were selling. While we were in California my brother was on a Breaksaway trip in New Orleans. Breaksaway is a program through MSU where students can take a trip and do community service while on spring break. They did some work in parks in the New Orleans area and some other community service activites. They had the opportunity to go to a Hornets game while they were down there.

Girl Talk

The musician Girl Talk preformed last weekend in Bozeman at the Gallatin Country Fairgrounds. It was a fun concert, I saw lots of people from campus there. I went with some friends that drove down from Missoula for the weekend. Girl Talk one and only member is Gregg Gills who will take well recognized portions of songs, mash them up, creating a new remix song. It was fun hearing portions of songs I knew, many I didn't.
We get a fair amount of concerts throughout the year. Nickelback, Elton John, Blue Man Group, Ben Folds, John Mayer, Maroon 5 have come through town in the past few years. Many concerts are held at the Brick Breeden Fieldhosue on the MSU campus. Now that the basketball season is finishing up the MSU spring Rodeo will be in early April.

http://www.brickbreeden.com/

dinoTRUS - Arch 244 Structures

This is a structures project we did recently. It reminded me of elementary school, except for the part where we had to calculate loads and figure out the forces on the members and the reaction at each joint. We could design a truss to resemble whatever we wanted, some people made a ski jump truss while others represented the animal kingdom with squirrel, frog, and bird trusses. We used a program called MD Solids (mdsolids.com) where we drew the truss and applied loads. It then calculated whether members were in compression or tension and the forces on each. It was a fun project where we got to be creative with designing trusses.