_computers are taking over my life_

Computers are officially taking over my life. All day long (well...at least from 9-6) I am on my computer for class. Whether our project becomes successful or falls flat depends on our knowledge and skill on the computer (as well as design...as well the potency of our computer). So we've been sitting in the classroom.. and then sitting in the kitchen.. for HOURS today trying to get complex geometries and pretty surfaces to appear the way we want them to. So much fun. 

The pretty front view of a few modules. Screenshots. Classy. 

The "water pipes" of our module...that won't shell properly!

This is what happens when 3DS Max is dysfunctional. . 

This is what happens when Rhino is dysfunctional. 

 And on a completely unrelated and ultimately more pleasant topic - I'm increasingly loving the walk to school. First off: yesterday was the first day of school for all the youngsters. Which is really fun to see. Tons and tons of small children and highschoolers walking to school..many of them with parents in tow. All wearing their first-day-of-school-I-got-new-clothes best. And besides, the smells of fall are in the air. The slight smell of fallen leaves decomposing. The crunch under your feet. The increase in coats and decrease in shorts (which is probably a good thing...there are some short shorts here....on the guys...).

But I really like the fact that things in the morning are starting to become regular. I begin to see the same sights and the same people. The elderly man washing the sidewalk outside his restaurant. The regulars in the pasticceria/bar. The same dogs walking with their owners in the nearby park... and especially the three-legged dog on the boulevard near school with the owner with bright red sweet-looking shoes. I think I really like fall in Torino. ...minus the presence of way too much technology...