Art

Just a quick post today.

After seeing my room thanks to Skype, Mum told me I needed some art for my wall. I entered the lottery to win a piece of art for the year, from the MIT collection. I won my third choice: Chinatown by Varda Chryssa. I have been told that the character depicted means 'news' or 'report'. As far as I know, very few Chinese speakers read this blog, but feel free to correct me if necessary! It was hard work getting it home: it measures almost 100x80 cm and is relatively heavy (actually, I don't think it's the weight but the size that makes the difference).

There wasn't particular meaning in my choice. I was looking for something big, because I had so much bare wall, and I particularly wanted something colourful. Many of the artworks available were not colourful, so I went for this one (after two others). The red provides quite a contrast to the rest of my room, which has a distinct blue theme: partly by choice (bed linen), partly as was given to me (the carpet isn't very blue, but it is made from a mix of blue, brown and grey fibres). It's nice to have something to break up the monotony of white paint.

Week 4 college football rankings

1 Alabama

2 Boise

3 Houston

4 Iowa

5 Texas Christian

6 Lousiana State

7 Michigan

8 S Florida

9 Virginia Tech

10 Auburn

11 Miami

12 Kansas

13 Florida

14 Cincinnati

15 Georgia Tech

16 Oregon

17 Oklahoma State

18 UCLA

19 Wisconsin

20 Texas

21 Missouri

22 Georgia

23 N Carolina

24 Arizona

25 Texas A&M