Well, apparently the person who purchased my one month sub has recently passed away. =Inqy

I'd pay respects but I really don't know what to say right now. I almost feel like getting a friend to ride me all the way to her memorial... Just goes to show that anyone can go at anytime. Be thankful for the people by your side.

Anyone's got Fire Emblem on the DS? I'm on Hard Mode 3 right now. Just got to chapter 4 after hours of attempts. Anyway, I'm collecting Friend Codes. Add me:

386 7337 970 95

===This is my head. Forever dreaming a few steps ahead.===

Week 5: It would appear that things have gotten both better and worse. That's definitely this month's message in a nutshell.

Courses:
Object Perspective - Your basic art class. We hit the ground running with this one. Lecture and Lab are next to each other as always, adding up to an 8 hour total. Thing is, even though they say it's 4 and 4, it's really 1 and 7. Meaning that, the guy talks for about... an hour, gives us 2-3 assignments, and needs it majority done by next class.
So far, those assignments were a self-portrait, a metamorphosis (Turn one object into another within nine drawings), an abstract value, and a Still-Life (HATEHATEHATE!!!!) I need to finish the Met, I'm no where close to finishing the Still Life. Although it feels like I hate this class, I think it's just the still life that's getting on my nerve.

3D Foundations - Speaking of which, I have no idea what to say about this course. A class where the teachers make creating things easy as pie... but when you get on the computer, it's the hardest thing ever. Everything just... works for them. I'm talking about Maya by the way. 3D Modeling, while damn near impossible, is loads of fun. I"m going to make something good out of this...

Anyway, 80 percent of our grade is based on 3 projects, 50 of that goes into a six second animation which USED TO BE a group project. Now we do it ourselves. (Not to mention that we're the first month that is having this change implemented. Why am I always the sample set?!)

Things I need:
Human Anatomy Book. Not one about drawing, but an actual anatomy book. Like the ones that doctors have.

People who actually know how to code. These guys know nothing yet.

===This is my foot. Forever on the road to awesomeness.===

===This is my head. Forever dreaming a few steps ahead.===

+Week 4.
My lips, fingers, and feet are healed! The bumps are gone. I guess it was that HUGE Mosquito bite from before. As for classwork, it's definitely been getting better. Hit 90s on my Lecture Apps, 89 on Midterm. As long as I can pull a 85+ on the midterm tomorrow, I'm staring an A-/A right in the face.

As for my Proxy Postulate, I'm going to do some rough ideas today, and the painting tomorrow and Sunday. Going to try to pull out something great. It's been a while since I've made something.

Oh, and you know that feeling that you get towards the end of school? And the feeling that you get right before school starts? Imagine having both happen at the same time.

"YAY EVERYTHING'S DONE!!!"
"Time to get focused on more work ahead."

It's not depressing, but it's nothing to jump around about. I guess it's pretty mellowing. The feeling of relief until the other side of the hurricane hits you. My hurricane has like... 20 different eyes though.
(Previous Weeks in Month 00/01)
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Chapter 00: Moving In.

No real problems as of now. Met Mario, my new roommate/brother, as well as three other interesting people: Rob, a lean guy with a black-belt in Tae Kwon Do and a record of car accidents. Deets, his chubby roommate. Cool to talk with, nice chef, and very laid back guy with a bit of messiness about him. Last but no where near least interesting is Albert. He's the "That Guy" of this group. Loud, lewd, and bi-polar. Definitely a stand-out person if you get to know him. We were all just getting ready for everything before class started. The only thing important to note was the laptop delay. Apparently, the Game Dev guys didn't get their laptops until today. So for about a week and a half, Mario has been going without internet. You could see the withdrawal on his face sometimes.
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Month 01: English Composition / Ethics and Psychology
+ Week 1.
- It's only been two days and I already feel on edge. I have an assignment in both Psych and English that are due at 12:00 and 1:15 respectively. One is a creative writing assignment that I'm about to upload to dA. The other is a character-creation thing where we have to make a character from scratch detailing their views on justice and ethics in the terms of what they taught us today.
(People Known by Name: Nicole, Taylor, Matthew, Tom)
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+Week 2.
-Well, Week 2 passed by swiftly. Handed in a memoir assignment. Finished about... 3 Lecture Applications for Psychology. This week, though, was mainly about hanging out. I now have my initial posse. A few tugs of hair here and there but we're getting by. I've been watching them play Halo and Call of Duty for hours on end. Then they put Soul Calibur 4 in and I rape them all with Random Character. I also had to struggle with finishing a Film Analysis last minute... It was difficult coming up with things to say for that.

+Week 3.
-Got my Memoir back. Got a 100. I'm happy. Woot. Seeing as how I was pretty scared of the grade I was getting for that, I think I should put more confidence in the Film Analysis that I just handed in. And seeing how my next paper is a research assignment, I don't think I want to procrastinate as much as I did with these. Adding onto the good news, I finally got Maya to work. It took me 3 days and an entire Hard Drive Reset, but it works. I was kinda angry at the fact that I had to re-install MAC OSX. It took me an entire day to put Final Cut Studio in my computer. Now I have to do it AGAIN. I need to setup that Time Machine thing, but I'll need an External Hard Drive for that. I also need a Video Camera to start these videos.

Now you can't have good news without bad news, otherwise it's just news. For some reason, I've been breaking out with a LOAD of little bumps on my hands, under my ankles, and now my lips. The ones on my lips are annoying as hell. They aren't visible at all, but I can feel them when I lick them. It makes my lips feel like they're perpetually dry. And the ones on my hands are just ... ugh. I can't stand looking at them. I need to go to the doctor...



Misc.Notes

Dear Lord,

Please please please do not put me into Lab Group 3 or 4. I can deal with Group 5, but 1 and 2 are optimal and perfect, just like you. Thanks for getting rid of those annoying bumps on my fingers too. I felt like I got hit with Leprosy. People didn't even want to shake my hand. DX

-Your Awesome Son, David.


Assignments Done:
Eng. Comp: Cleanup in Aisle 10, Kitchen Exercise, Memoir(100), Film Analysis(97), Research Paper
Eth & Psych: Lecture Applications 1(71), 4(92), 5, 7(95), 10

Exams:
Psych Midterm: 89
Psych Final:

To be finished--

Non-Class Checklist

Needs:
Video Camera
External Hard Drive
A way to get these damn bumps off my hands.
Learn CSS to design this Journal nicely
Graphics for designing the Journal (Anyone want to help with that?)

Projects:
Proxy Postulate 1: Birth
Scion's Wake

===This is my foot. Forever on the road to awesomeness.===

===This is my head. Forever dreaming a few steps ahead.===

tick... tick... tick... Time begins to move both fast and slow. Slow enough to make me not forget all the things I hate about this place, yet so fast that I'm starting to miss everything. I've been saying the same things to all my friends when I leave the school. "See ya later. Then again, I just might not." Those guys. Weird. Strange. Different. Messed up in the head a bit. but they're awesome. I need that. They make me question myself sometimes, if I have any real personality to myself at all or if I really know what I'm doing with myself. I'm pretty sure I do now.

My friend Sharon told me once that I'm not weird at all. I'm a normal person who just likes being around weird people. It was true to a point. I do like being around weird people. I'm not really normal though. I almost believed it. I was much more 'normal' compared to my usual group. But I re-realized, that I don't really belong with the 'normal' crowd. I'm a niche kind of guy. I bounced around so much before, but it seems that I finally found the hole for me to stay in. And it's always a party in that whole.

Well, I know who I am now. Where I'm going is still a wide, general path but it's getting straighter. Ah well. I'll just have to drill it down into a thinner road.

===This is my foot. Forever on the road to awesomeness.===