I have a list esp. for design majors (L A and Arch)
YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL WHEN...
1. the alarm clock tells you when to go to sleep.
2. you're not ashamed of drooling in class anymore, especially in the Structures lecture.
3. you CELEBRATE space and OBSERVE your birthday.
4. coffee and cokes are tools, not treats.
5. you think it's possible to CREATE space.
6. you've slept more than 20 hours NON-STOP in a single weekend.
7. you fight with inanimate objects.
8. you've listened to all your cds in less than 48 hours.
9. you lose your keys for a week and you don't even notice.
10. you've brushed your teeth and washed your hair in the studio washroom.
11. you've discovered the benefits of having none or very short hair.
12. you've used an entire role of film to photograph the sidewalk.
13. you know the exact time the vending machines are refilled.
14. you become excellent at recycling when making models.
15. when you try to communicate, you make a continuous and monotonous whine.
16. you take notes and messages with a rapidograph and color markers.
17. you combine breakfast, lunch and dinner into one single meal.
18. you see holidays only as extra sleeping time.
19. you've got more photographs of buildings than of actual people.
20. you've taken your girlfriend (boyfriend) on a date to a construction site.
21. you've realized that French curves are not that exciting.
22. you CAN live without human contact, food or daylight, but if you CAN'T letter, it's chaos.
23. you can use Photoshop, Illustrator and make a web page, but you don't know how to use Excel.
24. you refer to great architects (dead or alive) by their first name, as if you knew them. (Frank, Corbu, Mies, Norman...)
25. you buy 10 dollar magazines that you haven't read yet.
27. when someone offers you a Bic pen, you feel offended.