A preconcieved notion of reality*

Designed objects

Pro:

• field I want to explore
• Learn a lot of skills very quickly 
• Hands on and sustainable 
• Current field (skills are useful for getting jobs)
• Friendly people in class, department is impressive
• Can make new friends 
• Works with sound class possibly? (actually nope)

Cons:

• Gives me 2 9-9 class days 
• Requires a lot of outside time 
• My schedule is already really intense 
• This is my last semester taking 16 credits, why push it? 
• Unknown department 
• Woodshop freaks me out (like A LOT)
• Doesn’t work with any of my other classes 
• Can’t devote full effort to it (I can take it next semester)

Artist books

Pros:

• last class I can take with my roomie 
• Department I already know 
• Can do work in apartment instead of in studio 
• Safer (mentally)
• frees up my schedule 
• Learn new skill 
• Works with all my other classes except sound (actually might work with sound as a time based medium)
• Gets rid of 2 night classes
• If I can’t get in to it I have DesOb as a backup still

Cons:

• How important of a skill are we talking? 
• Have to start fighting to get in now 
• Bullshit with academic advising 
• Means I have class thursday morning