The Intro (continued)

Hello Everyone -
Summer is here and once again I am on a world-wind adventure. Where am I this time? Well it's a little bit further than Chicago this time. I went across the old pond to a lovely place where the food is spicy and so are the women. Yes, my friends (and family) I am in Spain (as you could probably tell from the email title). This email is just a test email to make sure the email list works. Also, I know there are people I am probably forgetting people so email me people that need to be on the list and I'll add as necessary. The blog-site will be up shortly but I gotta get used to the time change first. Six hours is a beast....

...AAANNNDDD shortly has now past. Here is the blog. So why am I in Spain? To answer that question correctly and completely we have to go back about two years. When I first started grad school, there is a sample schedule that everyone is shown in order to allow everyone to see how to graduate in 2 years (if your a 2G). Me being the person I am, I went against the grain. Long story short, the schedule suggests taking 15 credits for 4 semesters to be done. I took 12 credits my first semester (to ease my way in), so my whole Grad School career I was 3 credits behind for graduation and this Spain studio is the last three credits that I need to graduate. But to be totally honest, I wanted to get out of the country for a few to see the world. This place is big and I have a lot to observe.

So in the past month, I have graduated from Michigan (never going back) and the next step is this; Spain. So while I am here the class will be taking these walks through all of Spain, focusing on the architecture (obviously) and taking the time to draw, document, and enjoy all the spaces we are in. When I do some sketches that I am proud of I'll scan em and share with you all but I haven't done that I am proud of yet. Mostly in part of the fact that I am living in a hotel right now and getting housing is my number one priority, but that is another post for the blog.



So here's the setup. For those of you that were tuned into Inner City Livin', Big City Dreams (Chicago), It's pretty much the same format but this time I doubt that other characters will be participating and seeing that for the past three days I have seen some amazing (and really bad) graffiti around town I will be featuring some of it as much as possible. Pretty much it's just me and my experiences with the aid of the daily soundtrack. So from here on out, enjoy, leave comments, suggestions, questions, Spanish phrases that I can use because I speak absolutely no Spanish, or anything you think is pertinent. FlightDeck Captain Out. Look Up + Look Out!