Hello again, Its been a few days and I have a little bit of time as I'm waiting to go to site with Richard. Were going to go to the Park Site (Grade II Listed Building) to take measurements and record the Interior Elevations. I have my trusty Nikon to hand and am eager to get snapping. The only thing holding us back is the fact that term has aparently started (it's amazing how quickly you forget about things that no longer concern you) and the girls will be all over the place. So in short we have to wait for the opportune moment to strike!
Im still working on those elevations as there so complicated. I hope they will move on a lot faster once I have been to the building and understand it better. All things have been changing to be honest as we gather and post-rationalise. This week has just been a couple of long haul days spend slogging away on the computer. There has been little time for Hunter but I intend to put that right sharpish!
Met up with Vortex last night and got completely drenched on the way! So I drowned my sorrows with a couple of swift pint's and then went home a tad sozzled. I ended up watching the film Lars and the real girl. It actually seemed pretty good, though that could have been because I had my beer goggles on! I shall have to resume it at some point as I fell asleep.
The thing is with working in a practice all day is the last thing you want to do at night is look at a screen of any type. But even so my whole life seems to revolve around screens. I cant get away from them! So as i was zombieing in front of my laptop on Monday I had the random urge to watch Mad Men. Don't as me why! but it just happend. So I've watched several episodes and like most things I miss the boat and end up liking them 1. After the actor dies or 2. When it' in it's billionth series. But the main thing is I'm enjoying it! So join me and watch it to!
Today i signed up (properly - long story!) to BD Magazine and I get my fist copy on 24th September, so watch this space for the overview videos. I hope they appeal to people who subscribe or have access to the magazine but would like to get a quick overview on the day of release so they can read it in their leisure. So I will let you know when the first ones up!
Well it must be time soon to go, and honestly there are many things I could be doing to save me time in the future.
So adios
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Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Little Time
Hello again, yes I know it’s been days since I last showed my tired face, but it's been a fun few.
Wednesday 8th September: Today I had organised a meeting with the guy who organises and monitors ICosnet, the online database with which we communicate with other people working on the project. I had uploaded some drawings with the wrong information and all hell broke loose. I had people commenting on them saying ‘yet again the wrong information’. All of this after my first time uploading anything, let alone having never seen the website before. So I get a call from Stuart who very kindly agreed to come in and sort me out. He spent an hour of his time taking me through the procedure of uploading correctly and made it all clear. So now I can do it!
I also had a meeting today as the internal elevations of the school project I’m working on are taking longer than expected. Don’t get me started! I’m not the greatest CAD Monkey in the world but good god I can draw a straight line! Something the person who originally drew the drawings couldn’t.
Thursday 9th September: The slog of a day. We had an internal deadline for the elevations to be uploaded. This would prove a hard task. They're taking ages. It would appear that when surveyors draw plans from an existing building they only consider the room to be from one metre below. This is fine most of the time but when you have sky-lights this becomes a problem. As so many people have been working on the project over the last few months, only a handful of workers have ever actually been to site. So we're all working from the original plans and some dodgy pictures someone papped on their iphone on the way around, being careful not to catch any school girls in the process. We have discussed the prospect of me going to site as the chances are I will be working on this project for the foreseeable future. This was met with mixed opinions. You see school has started and the thought of me wondering in taking photos sends shivers down the spines of the directors. One architect actually asked whether I had a criminal record! So it may or may not happen.
Time draws ever closer to the deadline and as I had previously informed them I would be taking this Friday off stress levels were soaring. In the end Richard (project leader) gave in and said we would have to clear up this shit storm next week. So it rolls over. I’m tired as it’s been a four day week. Don’t laugh! So tomorrow I have the day off. Well when I say off I mean I’m going to Siobhan’s graduation ceremony at UCL and I’m actually looking forward to it as there’s little stress for me and I get to see her receive the congratulations she deserves.
Friday 10th September: The day of the Graduation. We're in a hotel, as ridiculous as that seems. But it was booked before we could guarantee we were going to stay in London for another year. So we had moved in last night and the conditions are very nice. En-suite and breakfast included, it certainly made the weekend that bit more special as though we were away from home on holiday. The ceremony went well with the standard robes looking as ridiculous as ever and some dodgy canapés at the after party that were suspicious in colour. Had a few glasses of champagne and Pimms. They couldn’t seem to want to get rid of the stuff any faster. This prepared us for what was to be a very boozy day. Pint with dinner, pint in cafe, two pints in pub then by the evening I lost count of both the number of drinks and also the amount of money I was spending drinking myself into an early grave. At some point in the middle of all this I managed to sit through a showing of Chicago at the theatre and laughed my head off. What a preposterous show! Loved it!
Saturday 11th September: Nursing the worst hangover I’ve had in months I gobbled up the rest of the chips still festering in the paper bag from the night before. Yes we had gone to Burger King at about 01:00 and had quite the eventful trip. I was desperate for a piss as per usual so I raced to the bogs. Only to be restrained by a burly arse who proclaimed that entry to the Burger King Lavatories and all the splendour within was restricted to paying customers only. Riled up, bursting, desperate and tanked this made me furious and regrettably I let loose a tirade of abuse more suited to an east end dog fight that a respectable establishment such as the King's Burger. Luckily he wasn’t being paid enough to give a shit and soon wandered off to ogle some comatose fourteen year-old and snuck down to the water room. Upon my return I greeted him with a jovial pat on the back and made my way to the counter (Christ knows why he put up with this I'll never know, but I’m not proud of it, I better than some should know the uselessness one can feel being trapped between management and the customer). Still, as those who know me will testify, I paid them three fold and upgrade my order to the Optimum (super) size. Totally unnecessary but I like to show off in these places as it makes me feel big to order the most expensive thing on the menu, even if this brings me change from a fiver! So Saturday morning, afternoon, evening and night was spent nursing a hangover and the social stab wounds I had received from the night before. I hate alcohol and the bastard it makes me become!
Wednesday 8th September: Today I had organised a meeting with the guy who organises and monitors ICosnet, the online database with which we communicate with other people working on the project. I had uploaded some drawings with the wrong information and all hell broke loose. I had people commenting on them saying ‘yet again the wrong information’. All of this after my first time uploading anything, let alone having never seen the website before. So I get a call from Stuart who very kindly agreed to come in and sort me out. He spent an hour of his time taking me through the procedure of uploading correctly and made it all clear. So now I can do it!
I also had a meeting today as the internal elevations of the school project I’m working on are taking longer than expected. Don’t get me started! I’m not the greatest CAD Monkey in the world but good god I can draw a straight line! Something the person who originally drew the drawings couldn’t.
Thursday 9th September: The slog of a day. We had an internal deadline for the elevations to be uploaded. This would prove a hard task. They're taking ages. It would appear that when surveyors draw plans from an existing building they only consider the room to be from one metre below. This is fine most of the time but when you have sky-lights this becomes a problem. As so many people have been working on the project over the last few months, only a handful of workers have ever actually been to site. So we're all working from the original plans and some dodgy pictures someone papped on their iphone on the way around, being careful not to catch any school girls in the process. We have discussed the prospect of me going to site as the chances are I will be working on this project for the foreseeable future. This was met with mixed opinions. You see school has started and the thought of me wondering in taking photos sends shivers down the spines of the directors. One architect actually asked whether I had a criminal record! So it may or may not happen.
Time draws ever closer to the deadline and as I had previously informed them I would be taking this Friday off stress levels were soaring. In the end Richard (project leader) gave in and said we would have to clear up this shit storm next week. So it rolls over. I’m tired as it’s been a four day week. Don’t laugh! So tomorrow I have the day off. Well when I say off I mean I’m going to Siobhan’s graduation ceremony at UCL and I’m actually looking forward to it as there’s little stress for me and I get to see her receive the congratulations she deserves.
Friday 10th September: The day of the Graduation. We're in a hotel, as ridiculous as that seems. But it was booked before we could guarantee we were going to stay in London for another year. So we had moved in last night and the conditions are very nice. En-suite and breakfast included, it certainly made the weekend that bit more special as though we were away from home on holiday. The ceremony went well with the standard robes looking as ridiculous as ever and some dodgy canapés at the after party that were suspicious in colour. Had a few glasses of champagne and Pimms. They couldn’t seem to want to get rid of the stuff any faster. This prepared us for what was to be a very boozy day. Pint with dinner, pint in cafe, two pints in pub then by the evening I lost count of both the number of drinks and also the amount of money I was spending drinking myself into an early grave. At some point in the middle of all this I managed to sit through a showing of Chicago at the theatre and laughed my head off. What a preposterous show! Loved it!
Saturday 11th September: Nursing the worst hangover I’ve had in months I gobbled up the rest of the chips still festering in the paper bag from the night before. Yes we had gone to Burger King at about 01:00 and had quite the eventful trip. I was desperate for a piss as per usual so I raced to the bogs. Only to be restrained by a burly arse who proclaimed that entry to the Burger King Lavatories and all the splendour within was restricted to paying customers only. Riled up, bursting, desperate and tanked this made me furious and regrettably I let loose a tirade of abuse more suited to an east end dog fight that a respectable establishment such as the King's Burger. Luckily he wasn’t being paid enough to give a shit and soon wandered off to ogle some comatose fourteen year-old and snuck down to the water room. Upon my return I greeted him with a jovial pat on the back and made my way to the counter (Christ knows why he put up with this I'll never know, but I’m not proud of it, I better than some should know the uselessness one can feel being trapped between management and the customer). Still, as those who know me will testify, I paid them three fold and upgrade my order to the Optimum (super) size. Totally unnecessary but I like to show off in these places as it makes me feel big to order the most expensive thing on the menu, even if this brings me change from a fiver! So Saturday morning, afternoon, evening and night was spent nursing a hangover and the social stab wounds I had received from the night before. I hate alcohol and the bastard it makes me become!
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Jobs and low emissions
So I took the bus like I said I would. Good trip! But why do they give the best seats on the bus (the front four seats at the top) so little leg room. I think I changed seats 3 times!
I met Siobhan (my girlfriend) and we went for lunch in a nice new restaurant/takeaway called Otarian (Link to their Website down below) and was pleasently surprised! They are a "low carbon" eatery (aparently the planet's first) and really do do some good food. I had the tex mex burger with a choco surprise and a Diet Coke (I know, I know I was wondering the same thing, just how carbon neutral are Coca Cola?) but despite that it was a bloody good lunch. The burger was roughly 600calories and tasted amazing. In fact I'd go so far as to say the best I've tasted! It was the opening day so there was a 15% off campaign which we took full advantage of. We could even refill our Cokes (at least I think that's what the lady said) and all this in what a McDonald's in Heaven might look like, complete with smiley pre-programmed staff! So in conclusion I highly recommend the place. Go....Go now!
I've just taken the plunge and accepted a 24 month contract again with Orange even though I'm unemployed :0 though I see it as an investment in my future......:D I chose the new Blackberry 9700 Bold. Looks the part and has all that Internet mumbo jumbo that I so crave. So I'll keep you posted on how it is, I'm supposed to receive it tomorrow. Watch this space for a review!
Wow so architecture....yea.... well I applied for a job this morning with HUB Architects. I saw it on RIBA appointments and thought I'd give it a shot. Is it me or can you never know enough programs? I think they wanted Vectorworks....I'm surprised anyone still uses it! Anyway, all this is meaningless as I got an almost instantaneous email back saying "Sorry, we've had more suitable applicants for this position," which came as no surprise. This seems to be a daily trend at the moment. But at some point someone will have to give in.
The link to Otarian: www.otarian.com
I met Siobhan (my girlfriend) and we went for lunch in a nice new restaurant/takeaway called Otarian (Link to their Website down below) and was pleasently surprised! They are a "low carbon" eatery (aparently the planet's first) and really do do some good food. I had the tex mex burger with a choco surprise and a Diet Coke (I know, I know I was wondering the same thing, just how carbon neutral are Coca Cola?) but despite that it was a bloody good lunch. The burger was roughly 600calories and tasted amazing. In fact I'd go so far as to say the best I've tasted! It was the opening day so there was a 15% off campaign which we took full advantage of. We could even refill our Cokes (at least I think that's what the lady said) and all this in what a McDonald's in Heaven might look like, complete with smiley pre-programmed staff! So in conclusion I highly recommend the place. Go....Go now!
I've just taken the plunge and accepted a 24 month contract again with Orange even though I'm unemployed :0 though I see it as an investment in my future......:D I chose the new Blackberry 9700 Bold. Looks the part and has all that Internet mumbo jumbo that I so crave. So I'll keep you posted on how it is, I'm supposed to receive it tomorrow. Watch this space for a review!
Wow so architecture....yea.... well I applied for a job this morning with HUB Architects. I saw it on RIBA appointments and thought I'd give it a shot. Is it me or can you never know enough programs? I think they wanted Vectorworks....I'm surprised anyone still uses it! Anyway, all this is meaningless as I got an almost instantaneous email back saying "Sorry, we've had more suitable applicants for this position," which came as no surprise. This seems to be a daily trend at the moment. But at some point someone will have to give in.
The link to Otarian: www.otarian.com
Sunday, 22 August 2010
As Seamus always says: "Play the game"
Hello,
My name's Cosmo aka. Part 1 architect aka. Unemployed Part 1 architect.
I thought I'd set this blog up to record my life, post university, as it is in danger of being forgotten forever by myself and my future self. As some of you undoubtedly know, the days seem to run into one another when you're unemployed and it's hard to motivate yourself to be self motivated!
As I've just committed the past four years of my life to architecture and all its related areas, this blog may focus quite a lot on the subject.
There seems to be a problem affecting many recent graduates at the moment, especially architects. The industy seems to be one of the worst hit and it's understandable that when you've just had to "let go" half your team it must be gruelling for them to have a bunch of 3rd years bugging them about placements.
Needless to say I haven't had much luck and I'm still sending out applications as I write this. So instead of losing all memory of this period of drifting I have decided to record it. Both for myself and hopefully, fingers crossed, as a record of this Part 1 architect's journey from unemployment to architect....... bear with me, this could take some time.
Anyway I'm off to write a new covering letter...."Once more unto the breach...."
My name's Cosmo aka. Part 1 architect aka. Unemployed Part 1 architect.
I thought I'd set this blog up to record my life, post university, as it is in danger of being forgotten forever by myself and my future self. As some of you undoubtedly know, the days seem to run into one another when you're unemployed and it's hard to motivate yourself to be self motivated!
As I've just committed the past four years of my life to architecture and all its related areas, this blog may focus quite a lot on the subject.
There seems to be a problem affecting many recent graduates at the moment, especially architects. The industy seems to be one of the worst hit and it's understandable that when you've just had to "let go" half your team it must be gruelling for them to have a bunch of 3rd years bugging them about placements.
Needless to say I haven't had much luck and I'm still sending out applications as I write this. So instead of losing all memory of this period of drifting I have decided to record it. Both for myself and hopefully, fingers crossed, as a record of this Part 1 architect's journey from unemployment to architect....... bear with me, this could take some time.
Anyway I'm off to write a new covering letter...."Once more unto the breach...."
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