Thanks PKNY
Thanks to everyone who came out to Pecha Kucha tonight. I understand that many were actually turned away at the door which totally sucks and I’m sorry. There’s nothing worse than dragging your shit out to rock, only to get totally denied from the rocking. Clearly people do not want you to rock. Listen, I have no control over this. If it were up to me everyone would rock. Rocking, in fact, would be some kind of requirement for just being a mammal.
I think the presentations went pretty well. I liked the dude from Snohetta because he seemed like a pretty jolly guy and also I like the idea that their employees get 5 weeks off and work 9 to 6, though I have a hard time believing that any office actually functions that way. I have a feeling that they “can” leave at 6 but never do. Kind of like how I “can” rob a bank, but I know I shouldn’t. I also liked the thing Israel (from 2×4) did with the t-shirts (though dude, Israel, you went way over the 400 second rule, you should be publicly flogged, but actually, there’s no such thing as private flogging is there? Flogging by nature is public so why do people always say public flogging? Whatever, English, you are vexing me again). There were about 800+ people there and it was so hot inside that I actually tried panting. I mean if it works for dogs, it could work for us right? Guess what, it doesn’t work, but I tried it so you don’t have to. So it’s confirmed. Panting doesn’t keep you cool. But you know what keeps you cool? MOVING AIR. Note to air: KEEP MOVING.
I was up till 5 this morning doing these slides–and there were three other people who took on a few slides themselves, so I’d like to give a shout-out to Marc, Lizzie, and John. Don’t ask me why I didn’t start making my slides last week, clearly I like to make my life really stupid. Basically up until the last minute I was frantically trying to figure out how I could make my slides as cheesy as possible, and believe it or not, it’s actually harder to make something look bad, than make it look good. Although I guess people make things that look bad all the time, but then again they think it looks good, but then if you really think about it, they probably worked really hard to make it look good to them, which is actually bad, so I guess people really do work hard to make things look bad, whether or not they think it looks good. Oh man I am tired. I think that makes sense in my head. It’ll make sense in your head too if you read it a few times or stay up long enough. Anyway, I am particularly fond of the slide with the cow that flew across and the ramen slide. Those are my two favorite. Though I also liked the one Marc made with the soldier that comes out and shoots hearts and the Egyptian pyramid one. When I first saw that I laughed so hard. It was about midnight and things were still funny to me. But then things stopped getting funny around 4. Anyway I’m glad I did it and I appreciate all those that came out.
I was one of those people who was shut out last night. We stood in line for a good 30 minutes even as we repeatedly saw different people come back reporting “No, they’re not letting people in. It’s over crowded and a fire hazard. No, not even if people leave. In fact, they want people to leave.” to their friends and then pull them off the line to just go get drinks or something. The shrinking of the line gave us false hope that maybe, just maybe we’d get in, even though we saw not a single person cross that threshold. Successfully anyway. I saw this one girl go up to a guy standing by the door and give him a kiss, and I was sure that would guarantee her admission, but instead they just walked back and forth on the veranda a little, and sadly she too never got in. At some point masses of people came out of the building and we took that as a sign that we could storm the castle so we all rushed up to the doorway only to have the bouncer laugh in our faces “Ha Ha Ha you silly fools. You will never get in, never!!” I peeked into the tiny opening calling out “Annie, Annie!” I was here! You would have let me in right? You would have called off the guards and parted the sea of bodies so that I could walk though and take a spot at the front all to watch your glorious 400 second presentation. But alas, you did not hear me, so the best that I could do was leave souveniers of broken fingernails and a little scraped off skin as I clung on desperately to the building for a few lasting seconds as I was cruelly dragged away by armed guards. Next time, I guess.
We do work til 6!
Nomenclature: Sorry, that sucks. You should’ve chained yourself to the girl from Treehugger that would’ve been hilarious.
Snoball: YOU ARE LYING!How is that possible? I don’t even work til 6 and I’m not even an architect.
I hate to depress you annie, but in fact we do only work until 6, sometimes we even leave sooner.
Snoployee: So does that mean you’ll get me a job there? I’m not an architect but I can uh color your drawings in. I’m very good with crayon, that’s my preferred media.
I went to PKNY but I went with a non-designer who pretty much wanted to leave after the 2×4 presentation (I mean it was cool but not 500(or whatever) T-shirts cool). So to make the story short I missed your presentation.
If you post it on youTube or wherever with a voice over I will be much obliged!
Pecha Kucha? Oh god, they just started doing those at my [mostly architecture] school. I’m sure it’s cool, but it sounds like you’re getting sucked in further and further into that dreaded field… beware!
planningstudent: I know, I think every city in the US has a Pecha Kucha now. I am totally getting sucked in, I can feel it. I must…resist….