fifth year

wow. it's hard to believe we've already been back in syracuse for a month already. things have been crazy to say the least between classes and everything else going on this semester. I'll try to catch you up a little.

only a month into classes and thesis has become a four letter word among the 5th years. everyone is getting more and more excited/nervous/anxious about it, but for the most part I think we're all handling it well. after the initial commitment to topics we're now underway in our research and already the amount of information to be found is overwhelming. I personally will be researching how personifying an object with a name impacts the relationship the user or consumer has with it. I'm sure that may sounds confusing, but think about how many people you know who have named their cars. or computers. or cell phones. it's more people than you think, and what I'm interested in is how this changes the connection between person and product.

we've also had some new faculty additions to the industrial design department this year. first, ruth spitzer who is teaching thesis research for the 5ths and human factors for the 3rds, and won kim who is teaching two of the 2nd year classes. they're both extremely talented and it's great to have two more sets of eyes critiquing our work this semester.

besides id I've been plenty busy dancing this semester. after missing last fall from being in london I forgot how much involvement DanceWorks requires first semester. I'm on the board again this year doing graphics which is really fun for me, and it's been great dancing as much as I have been and also hanging out with that group of friends.

I think that's plenty update for now. back to th*sis.