Green Day... not the band

   detail of Danish inscribed on floor

Today we went all around CPH suburbia. It was a sustainable by design field study day. We started off at Rockwool Forskningscenter - a lab for insulation products and other building materials, then moved on to Munkesøgård - a sustainable cohouse commune. This place was a little weird. Housing was divided by age and family status. Everyone works in the garden and are given special jobs, for instance - the snow plowing team. Daniel and I decided that even during a winter like this where two feet of snow can drop over night it still beats the poo job anyday. The poo job is shoveling horse droppings into the gardens and crops. Don't get me wrong, this is not manure, these were straight up horse patties. Also, these 100 families shared 8 cars. We were told that in Copenhagen it is actually cheaper to take a taxi to and from work everyday than to purchase and maintain a car...

Daniel likes the church

After that experience we travelled to Jyllinge Hellig Kors Kirke. This was a stunning church design using a very ecologically friendly super material. The material has incredible strength and flexibility and is 100% post consumer products. This has been one of my favorite churches in Denmark.

view of the pulpit                  view of facade

After that we went to another eco-village in Torup, and finally to a Crowne Plaza in Ørestad. Neither of these were jaw dropping. What is jaw dropping is that I was able to write most of my case study paper between stops. All in all, it was an exhausting St. Patty's Day, but at least we were studying different ways of being GREEN.

Moments of Memory

I made it, and I only lost my towel! That is actually not too bad considering about three people lost their wallets and a few lost their cameras. What happens on the Viking Line stays on the Viking Line apparently. The trip was amazing though. It completely wore me out. I don't want to go over the exact same stuff the Daniel already has, so I will share a few particular photos and favorite moments. 

Favorite Church I visited - Myyrm aki Church in Finland

Architect: Juha Leiviska and Pekka Kiviaslo

Best Religious Moment - Woodland Cemetery 

Architect: Erik Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz

When I realized Alvar Aalto is a God of Architecture - Jyvaskyla Masterplan

Architect: Alvar Aalto 

This is the auditorium, just beautiful

Best skyline - Stockholm 

Walking home from the modern museum of art designed by Rafael Moneo

When I missed home most - Crushin' through some ice on the infamous Viking Line. It's really too bad there is no way to understand the scale of these pieces of ice, but suffice it to say that I could walk across them without too much trouble.

Best Friend I made

Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden and Finland

Hi Everybody. Matt and I both have returned from our Sweden/Finland study tour. Matt got back last night and I got back Friday due to our cruise being cancelled. We both had a blast and got to see two amazing countries with plenty of architecture to offer. Matt's charger for his computer was K.I.A friday night before our departure, so he is a little out of commission. My tour started in Sweden where we first stopped at St. Petri by Lewerentz, which to me was worth the trip entirely. It was a powerful building with a unique construction in that no brick used was allowed to be cut. Hopefully some of the pictures will do it justice. My camera battery died right before we got to the church so I had to resort to solely sketches. However, Matt took some great photos to show you guys.

We then traveled to Stockholm, ahich again is another beautiful city. We were able to walk around and explore the city on our own, which was nice. That night we enjoyed some Swedish Meatballs and mashed potatoes and capped it off with a few beers at an underground bar. The bar was one large barrel vault and it had a soccer game playing, so I was set. We then visited Woodland Cemetery in the snow. It is a place that is definitely more powerful when visited. We could probably write a novel about this whole trip so we will spare some of the details and try to give most of the highlights. Although the weather was cold, I think we all still had a great time.

Our next chapter included an overnight Viking Cruise to Finland with a Swedish Buffet. I am not sure how I feel about Swedish cuisine, but I did try most of it nonetheless. The cruise ended with a wake-up call at 5:30 A.M., which is never a good idea with 40 some kids. The coffee, or coffee flavored water, did help a little. After we docked, we got to the Aalto experience. We started out with Villa Mirea, then Saynatsalo, Muuratsalo, and Jyvaskyla University.

Between all the Aalto, we had the unique Finnish Sauna experience. Basically you sit in a confined room with 8 other dudes and sweat it out for about 10 minutes, then you sprint to the lake outside the sauna and jump in a hole in the ice, and sprint back to get back in the sauna to warm up a little. The guys I feel talk in a higher octive temporarily after the water, as a little inversion took place. It is an exhilerating experience and one that I would encourage all to do. I jumped in the water twice and did a cannonball into the eight ft high snow pile outside the sauna. It was refreshing although the spill on the run down to the lake wasn't my highlight. To top all of that we then cooked our dinner over an open flame and had a couple beers with everyone. I wasn't as man enough as Matt, however. I found out after he got back that he did the lake dip in his birthday suit. Luckily he did'nt have to worry about too much bouncing around on the return trip to the sauna.


Helsinki was the next stop on our week long travel, and luckily we got to see quite a few chapels and churches. We began with Myyrmaki church and then continued to Chapel of the Holy Cross, and Chapel of the Resurrection. My trip was then cut slightly short due to the Viking Line being stuck in ice. Therefore, we were all booked flights from Helsinki to Copenhagen, and I got back on Friday night. Although it was shorter than Matt's trip, I do not feel I was short changed in the least. I got to see architecture to my hearts content and did not have to worry about any of the logistics of the whole trip.

Helsinki

Hi Everyone,
I am in Helsinki for today and tomorrow. Then I will take the ferry back to Stockholm and stay there for a couple of days. My computer charger is broken, but other than that all is well.

2 Down, 1 to Go

Today was the last day of critiques. Daniel presented, and of course they loved it. It was quite interesting because he was one of two 4th year students. The other four presentations were made by pre-architecture/ architectural foundations studios. It is really amazing to see how far we have come, and also to be able to sit in front of a project and know exactly how to make it better, when to stop, when the proportions are fitting for certain scales, etc. I am actually looking forward to our next project, where we are to tackle thermal baths in the canals from what I've been hearing. 

Tomorrow morning we are going on another school sponsored study tour to Sweden and Finland. Everyone seems pretty excited. It will be a chance for me to break out of my shell maybe - I don't know anyone in the group I was put in. I'm excited for my own reasons. I have never been to a Steven Holl building, and now I get to. I am not sure of the internet availability over there, but I will try to post if at all possible. Of course you know by now I love useless information, and more importantly I like to spread the knowledge. So, here some interesting facts about Sweden and Finland.

Sweden

• the 21st most visited country in the world
• official name - "The Kingdom of Sweden"
• All the Tsars of Russia until the last one, Nicholas II, were of Swedish Viking descent
• Sweden has the highest number of McDonald's per capita in Europe
• Swedish Inventions: astronomical lens, zipper, marine propellor, refrigerator, computer mouse and the pace-maker.
• ABBA
• IKEA

Finalnd

• 25% of land mass lies above arctic circle
• 180,000 islands in Finalnd
• Home of Santa Claus (Debated)
• Last regions of Europe to adopt Christianity
• home of Nokia
• Donald Duck comics were banned because Donald is pantless
• 1.8 million saunas in Finland

Until then, Hej, Hej.

Studio + Brewery

So it's been a while since I last posted something on the blog, and since Matt has become addicted to World of War Craft, I decided to go ahead and catch those that care up with our status. We just completed assignment two of three in studio and are now in the review process. Matt had his today and mine is scheduled for Friday morning. (Matt's went well by the way) It is a different review process than we are used to but nonetheless it works well without keeping everybody at school all day. We experienced some different projects, and as we have stated before, UT has taught us well. Unlike UT, fellow students are encouraged to give critique and ask questions. We saw our share of blobitechtecture as well as some solid projects. It was an experience to say the least.

Matts Project

Daniel's Project

Anyways, enough about architecture and on to something more interesting, The Brewery. We visited the Carlsberg brewery this past weekend and had a blast. The tour was self-guided and very informative to say the least. We discovered the defintion of alcoholic after reading about beer consumption during the Renaissance, up to 10 liters a day due to the salty foods. After being reassured in our personal consumption we continued finding several interesting labels that have developed over the years. I am not sure that we should post some of them due to the anit-semitic associations after WWII. The tour ended with two beers included in your ticket price. We were allowed to taste their base line beer as well as their "gourmet" beer. I think our favorite was the Jacobsen Brown Ale, but the regular Carlsberg was no better than last years left over Christmas party beer.

The weather has gotten a little warmer too,which means rain instead of snow but nonetheless it is warmer. We have also discovered what could be the demise of America if implemented in our grocery stores. The automatic money counter/change dispenser. Basically, the cashier does't have to think much and simply puts the bills in a machine that does all the math for him/ her and even spits out the correct change for the customer. We did not even want to know what caliber of employee this would result in. The Chik-fil-a cult might spread, or better yet UT dining.

Thus far the trip has been amazing, and it's hard to believe that we have been here over a month. From the classes to the train, it is unique and enjoyable experience for the both of us I think. We are preparing to go to Sweden and Finland this weekend for a week long study tour in which we get to experience some more Scandinavian architecture. Matt has been working on the best way to gel his hair so that he fits in with the natives a little better. Although him being 9 feet tall and blonde makes him practically to that point, but hey its his life. Anyways, I'm sure our six viewers are tired of listening to me ramble on so I will stop for the night, but thank you guys for the support and we will post some more when we return from our tour.

Oh, Here is a shout out to Wina. Stick with it and can't wait to see you in the spring.

GreenLight House

It has been just over a month since Daniel and I arrived to Copenhagen. Already we have explored almost all of Denmark - the major cities anyway. I am looking forward to the weather warming up... in late April I guess. I checked the 30 day forecast and nothing is changing anytime soon. We are leaving some places to explore for the warmer weather such as: Nyhavn, the parks, the little mermaid, and more items of interest particularly close to the sea. In just a couple of weeks we will embark on our long study trip to Sweden and Finland. I am really looking forward to it. This is basically Alvar Aalto's playground. Also, it should be slightly cheaper, heh. 

In our Sustainability by Design course we go on site visits just about every class. This week we went to the GreenLight House. I don't really know if it is the GreenLight-House, Green-Lighthouse, or Green-Light-House. Either way, it's not a house. It's an educational facility for students to meet with their advisors. It is carbon neutral and a lot of techniques we learn about it our classes back in the states. Needless to say, Dick Kelso would have gone bonkers. It was nice and simple, with a very pure, white interior - which our 35 pair of snowy feet immediately ruined. I hate traveling in groups. My only complaint is a sculpture hanging from the center. It is an eight armed contraption with tiny mirrors all over it. Two days out of every year the sun ( yeah right) hits it spreading spectacular light all over the building. The only problem is nobody knows what dates, not even the sculptor. Can you say BS. Also, a minor side note, this building was $7 million US. *cough* *cough*

On another note, Congratulations to the Polish study abroad kids for finally getting over to the land of the ice and snow. Have fun guys, and again, this is no joke, watch out for the horse meat.

Updates from CPH

It's not that DIS is harder than UT, but I think the muscle memory of working non-stop has begun. Nonetheless, Daniel and I are in full motion with a project due in about 10 days. I've had little time to do anything, but Sweden and Finland are fast approaching, and this weekend we are going to the Carlsberg Brewery. Maybe Daniel and I can find the problem with their beer (and by that I mean it's not that good). Even though I haven't had much to write about, it doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about stuff to write. For example, I have been making a list in my head:

• What We Should Always Appreciate in the States
• Peanut Butter
• Sunshine
• Dishwashers
• Ziplock Bags
• 120V (although not as efficient)
• Firehouse Subs
• Bananas from Central America
• Movies that are not two months behind
• College Basketball

I will add to the list as I begin to realize more. These are just off the top of my head. That's all for now folks. Hope there's more soon. 

Spring Break = Switzerland

So Daniel and I booked a sweet deal for spring break. We are flying to Geneva, then heading around Geneva Lake about 62 km to Lausanne, Switzerland. Some interesting facts about Lausanne:

• Lausanne is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (I don't know if you'll read this Maxi, but thought you might like to know that.)
• It lies in the middle of a wine region
• The founder of IKEA (Ingvar Kamprad) resides here
• Population: 126,800

Who's Excited?

Western Denmark

Thursday morning to Saturday night Daniel and I were traveling all throughout Western Denmark. It was an experience to say the least... I guess I will list the highlight in chronological order.

• Trapholt Museum of Art - Kolding Denmark

• This museum was one of the best museums we visited. It was full of modern furniture from the likes of Wegner, Rasmussen, Volther, and of course Jacobsen. It was a beautiful museum overlooking a fjord. We only had about an hour and a half here, but there were several other exhibits that were interesting, including a paper cutting exhibit. 
• Koldinghus - Castle Restoraing - Kolding Denmark

• The second stop was a castle from the 13th century that has been renovated from 1978-88. Honestly, it looked funky on the exterior facades where wood shingles were used as the renovated exterior rather than brick. The interior, however, was very cool - as the architects didn't touch the existing ruins. Clearly a difficult thing to do.
• Børnekulturhuset St. Nicolai - Kolding Denmark

• This children's cultural center was really colorful and cool, consisting of an auditorium, gym, art rooms, and a sunken floor filled with plastic balls. This entire complex included a college for art & design and some other schools. Most of it was cladded in cor-ten steel. From here we headed north for Aalborg.
• Aalborg Universitet Cave
• For dinner that night we went to an adaptive re-use building, named NordKraft. Italian food. Yummy
• The next morning we went to the University. I am not going to say it was a complete waste of time, but it was definitely not a good use of time. We could have been at an Alvar Aalto designed museum, but instead we went to a department in a university that specializes in virtual reality... I am still not clear why. 
• Utzon Center - Aalborg

• After wasting the morning at the University we went to the Utzon center. He is mostly known for designing the Sydney Opera House. This was a beautiful cultural center full of nice details and inspiring spaces. "The center is a place where architecture, design and art is combined with exhibitions, teaching, conferences and culinary pleasures."
• Haverslev Kirke

• The last stop for the second day was Haserslev Kirke that was built c.1200. That's about 500 years before the States were formed. It was very quaint and nice. There is a Nordic tradition of painting a hull of a ship on the ceiling of the chapel. We found one here. The chapel could fit about 40 people probably. I particularly enjoyed the deep set windows.
• Åarhus Krematorium Kapel

• This was perhaps the most beautiful chapel I have ever been in. The lighting conditions, the shadows, the clean lines and symbolism in every piece of furniture, door handle, floor patterning, etc. It was spectacular. I would have liked to have stayed there much longer, but it was on to a Gehry building, I know, a Gehry building.
• Hejmdal Cancer Center

• So I really wanted to dislike this building, but the longer I was in it, the more I liked it. The building is a center for cancer patients to escape - work out, paint, talk to councilors, and just hang out. While the interior was somewhat spectacular, it was completely unsustainable. It used huge logs of Douglas Fir from Canada. It would have been fine with me if this building was in Canada, but the fact that they transported them to Germany, had them cut, some hollowed out for mechanical systems, and then driven to Åarhus. 
• Åarhus Rådhus

• Next we went to the city hall designed by Arne Jacobsen. It was a logistical design but extremely outdated as the same curtains were on the walls. The real highlight here was the modern clock tower that we unknowingly were about to climb. Something Daniel and I both have in common - we don't like heights. I think he is a little worse off than me, but at 60m ( ~ 200 ft) up with the wind swirling, the floor covered in a sheet of ice, and the noon bells about to wail, we were both more than ready to descend back down. 
• ARoS Art Museum

• Our final stop on the trip was the ARoS Art Museum. This was a very neat museum with a large collection of modern art. The exterior is a large brick cube with a pedestrian way that is always open to the public. The interior is completely white concrete. The design is incredibly simple and organized. There was a huge architectural exhibit with very awesome models. My favorite thing I saw here was the James Turrell light sculpture here. It was unlike anything I have ever seen.

So we saw a lot of different things all over Western Denmark. We are still tired. 

Welcome to the City of Copenhagen

Today, Daniel and I officially signed up for the Denmark healthcare system It was pretty simple because our forms were already filled out for us. Thanks DIS - best thing we gotten since the free luggage tags you sent us. With this we have insurance, can open a bank account, or get a job. Basically it is a Danish Social Security Card. On the way we stopped and picked up a package from my Momma. Thanks Mom, you're the best. Afterwards we grabbed a sandwich with pork tenderloin, bacon, beets (maybe), lettuce, pickles, and mayo. It was pretty good, filling... lots of different flavors. Then we walked down Strøget, pronounced Str-oy-dle (or something of that nature), where everything from pancake shops to Hermes and Louis Vuitton lines the pedestrian street. We were looking for Bodum - never found it. We have to wake up at 5:45 am to make our bus to Western Denmark, so I better hit the sack.

I Hope It's Melted Snow

Today we received our first real studio assignment. It's an infill project - go figure. It should be quite fun though, its about 15 yards wide, so lots of interesting stuff can take place. We are to design a furniture store/showcase. Other news... it is a blizzard outside. This marks the first time my toes have gotten cold since we have been here. It is snowing down, left, right, even up. It is snowing up. This makes it incredibly difficult walking to and from the train station. I constantly wonder if the moisture on the tip of my nose is melting snow or snot. Looking at everyone else there's a 50% chance that it's melted snow...

My studio professor, Mark, who is very nice and bright, mentioned he hasn't seen a winter like this in some time. Maybe 15 years. I guess I should consider myself lucky. We have a lecture tomorrow morning on danish furniture design I think, and then Thursday morning we are heading off to Jutland! I hope it doesn't get canceled from snow accumulation. There is something happening in the common room tonight in about 15 minutes. Daniel is at the gym, so I may peek around and see what's going on. It's cold, really cold.

"Walking With My Feet Ten Feet off of Kalkbrænderuhavnsgade"

We put on our gore-tex shoes

and boarded the train...

No, but in all seriousness, we went exploring late afternoon Monday. We decided on a few architectural hot spots we wanted to see and started walking. The route we took was basically the same route we take everyday on the train, but you can see a lot more when not traveling 70 mph. It was a nice day, not too cold, just overcast. It makes for some dramatic pictures. We found some nice surprises on the way. We even saw a biker face-plant while trying to cross the street. I won't go into a lot of detail except that the ferry station is quite a nice piece of architecture. We will go back. It's interesting to see how the Danes build so close to the water seeing as how they are only 13 feet above sea level. Anyway, we are off to studio to get our second assignment and go out into the field!

Luck of the Irish

Well, Friday marked the end of our first studio project, which consisted of a precedent analysis. It was nonetheless interesting to meet fellow DIS students. I have a mentee who was also a member of my group. He is an art history major named Pete, and with every question he asks, I think he is convinced to not do architecture. Must be my optimism shining.

That night the snow kept pouring and made walking anywhere an absolute blast. Therefore we decided not to trek to downtown Copenhagen. Rather we went to a bar a few blocks from our apartment. Not only did we enjoy our Jacobsen Brown Ale, but we also met an Irishman. This guy was quite the character. He was amazed at how beautiful the women are here. As he said, "In Ireland maybe 2 out of 10 look decent. Here it is 8 out of 10." He then proceded to talk to any girl that passed by. He was also very passionate about soccer and showed his anger towards France and those cheating SOBs. (France elliminated Ireland from qualifying in the Cup because they scored off of a handball). He then bought us both a drink and we talked a little more, with him taking breaks to talk to women. Because we do not have the tolerance of the Irish, we left before our Irsh friend but not before he gave us his business card and hugs. In all, it was a fun and interesting night.

Saturday = Funday

Today was a good day off. I woke up and got some weinerbrød for breakfast, a little treat for Daniel and me after a hard week of work. We ate our "Danish", drank our coffee, and headed out to explore. The Black Diamond is pretty cool. It is monolithic and right on the canal. There were large chunks of ice in the water, and trying to sketch outside was miserable. Daniel seemed to manage it, but I went in and got some hot tea to warm up. I actually had the same vantage point from inside the Royal Library's Cafe. Although Denmark boasts sustainability, I think this building missed the boat more or less, as most of the facade is a dark stone mined in Zimbabwe, shipped to Italy to be cut and polished, and then arriving in Copenhagen to be hung on the building. That is quite a large carbon footprint. The building itself however is really comfortable, beautiful views and grand spaces. I plan on going back a few more times.

After the Black Diamond we walked over to the Danish Jewish Museum. This was mainly an architectural interest, but I think we learned a few things about the Jewish history of Denmark. We came away with mixed feeling towards the design. This was an extremely old building where none of the structure had been renovated and the interior architecture was your typical Libeskind craziness. Not a singular perpendicular wall with slits of ambient light everywhere. What pissed Daniel and I off was the over craftsmanship and the lack of local context. It seemed as if Libeskind designed these interior spaces before even seeing the building. There were certain edges and angles that should have been changed on site, but they weren't, so it looked ridiculous. I still think it was beautiful. Rectilinear wooden sheets with a half in gap in a running pattern on acute and obtuse angles. It was very interesting. The floor also shapes the space, constantly shifting ever so slightly. It was worth the $8.

Then we walked to a cheap sandwich shop that is delicious. It's call Eat Me. I had a pastrami and mozzarella sandwich with spinach tomato and pesto on it, and Daniel had a chicken and mozzarella sandwich with the same toppings. We decided to walk and eat. "It hit the spot," as Daniel said. We got to the train station, which was packed. I jumped onto a full train thinking Daniel would be right behind me. I turned to see him smiling at me as the train's door shut and we jolted toward Nordhavn. Not to worry, there was a train for him about 2 minutes later. That may be the best part of where we live - all of the lines go to from Svanemøllen to Nørreport - we can hop on any line. Anyway, we finally figured out laundry!!! we have clean clothes and warm socks again... almost time for bed.

Watercolor

A lot has happened in the last few days, mainly work. Lots and lots of work. Yesterday our first assignment was due. It was some basic analysis assigned as a group project. We then had a huge review where a faculty member critiques a group while another group that isn't being critiqued sits in on the review. It was all very complicated, but in the end we got 3 critiques and got to critique 3 times all within 3 hours. That is an efficiency UT has never had.

We both finished our projects about 11:30 the night before it was due and raced toward the train station. The train stops at running regularly at 12:00, only running once every two ours after. 

Friday we had our first watercolor class. I think it is spectacular. The teacher is an architect that used to watercolor as a hobby, but when she started teaching she really got into it. Nonetheless, she is a great instructor thus far. We did a few quick assignments - making even tones, mixing wet on wet, and some gradations. It is ultra relaxing, and it really makes you slow down and take a breath... here are just a few examples of what we did. More pictures can be found on the photo link.

Last night it snowed more, it's beautiful. Today though, we really want to go see the Black Diamond - The Royal Library - and maybe the Danish Jewish Museum designed by Daniel Libeskind. It looks amazing. We also need to go to the art store to get some more watercolor supplies. Have a good one!

Holy Snow!

This is why I bought some gore-tex shoes. When we woke up it was snowing. When we left for school it was snowing. During lunch it was snowing. It was snowing when we had our Western Denmark meeting. It didn't stop snowing until 7 pm. It was crazy. I didn't even get to enjoy it. Today would have been a great day to go see the King's Gardens or any sightseeing. Instead I spent it in my make shift studio - i get my real studio for assignment 2. I did manage to snap this quick shot, which is a shortcut to my studios, bypassing all of the gen. eds...

This coming Thursday, Daniel and I embark on a three day adventure into the old country of Western Denmark. It should be quite fun, but I think we have to take a bus, which is kinda crummy. I'm all about the train now. Except for today... when it didn't come: to much snow or something. We had to wait for a line to clear the opposite direction so that they could take us to Svanmøllen, our train station. We didn't get home until 9.30 pm. We had some rice with broccoli, corn, and green bean medley... not too shabby. Thanks Mrs. Heering for the plastic baggies and Airborne, greatly needed. Daniel is starting to feel better and now I am starting to feel worse. Also, now we have somewhere to put our sandwiches, which happens to be a universal word.

Getting Busy

So i have the utmost confidence in the University of Tennessee Architecture program. I am definitely holding my weight, if not most of my group's weight when it comes to conceptual, theoretical ideas. I think UT Arch. is very underestimated, but enough ranting. We are working on a group project, which is always a bit tough with people like us. Everyone thinks they are right, or they have some kind of critique. We are critical people and have been trained to be and think this way.

This weekend if supposed to be absolutely frigid. A high of 25 degrees... I'm not sure how much exploring I can do in 25 degree weather. I will try to do something indoors, maybe go see the black diamond - the Royal Library.

Daniel got a box from his parents today. He seems happy. Chocolate makes him happy... or is it boxes... note taken.

Other news:

•  I figured how to get Netflix to work thanks to the Switzerland team, and I do mean thanks.
• The Apple tablet is coming out tomorrow which is going to be stellar technology, I'm not sure why anyone would want it, but I am all for cutting edge technology.
• I found my phone - on paper - the Purple Panties Polish man took it and ran up about $300.00 worth of charges. Thanks dude, I am now boycotting the Polish sausage I've become accustomed to in the city hall square
• DTop, how do I post a comment on your blog?

I've got to run to a DIS Ultimate Frisbee meeting.

A Brief Exploration

So we walked around our neighborhood today in hopes of finding one auditorium north of our apartment. However, due to inaccurate information from the internet and the fact that our IQ combined is about 80, we ended up not finding the building. The day was not a total loss though. We did manage to find a park with a nice frozen pond filled with seagull type birds. The ice was thick enough, or so we hoped, to walk on. (Hope you appreciate that one Mr. Matchett). Although we were still frozen, it was not due to falling through the ice. Here are a few pictures of today, and yes they have Matt in them. Next time, I am sure we will have better luck and gloves with less snot on them at the end of the trip.