The University Support Group

[Psycho]

Hi, it's the second week of courses for me, and I am bored to death intellectually.

Socially, I have enough to do to more than make up for my lack of academic stimulation.

I know, it's only the second week of classes. But PLEASE. I'm accustomed to hitting the floor running. CHALLENGE ME PLEASE.

Now watch, I'm going to be crying my eyes out about how hard my classes are going to be at the end of the semester, and how badly I want finals to be done and over with.

[Psycho]

Told the roommate I'd be at a sleepover tonight,
but plans change and I ended up wanting to sleep in my own bed.

I definitely walked in on my roommate in bed with a man.

I definitely walked straight out of the room.

It was possibly the most embarrassing moment of my life.

The two ended up leaving, which is how I'm in my room now, but I'm still not sure what I'm going to do.

Awkward.

[Crystal]

That's got to be SO awkward I'm lucky, my roomie's pretty nice. Her boyfriend's over for this weekend, but he sleeps on the floor. XDDD And he's a nice guy.

ghostkomori said:

frazeocity said:

Case in point: In my last Linear Algebra lecture, I learned that, under proper circumstances, 1+1=0.

Ohhh, ouch. That's almost as headhurting as me learning that urinal+signature=art.

Sadly, I had to learn both of those. D:

[Enn]

I start back at my second year of uni this Tuesday, when I move into the new house I'm going to be staying in. Timetables are published the day after, so that's when I'm going to find myself back working again.

:3 I'm really excited to be going back to work, to be honest, I find law really interesting. What I'm nervous about is the new house, and the people there- I've never met any of them, so not knowing what it'll be like, not knowing who I'll get on with an all, it's gonna be nerve wracking.

So, packing will be on the Monday, in between a driving lesson, four hours of work and mailing some stuff off to Scotland. :3 It's gonna be busy!

[Huntress]

I hate Mondays *Puss-in-Boots-voice'd* Since I commute between home and dorm, I need to get up at 5:30 every Monday to catch the bus and make it to the 10:15 lecture (which is skippable, in fact, but I like it and it's useful to attend). And I've always had trouble falling asleep, especially when I know that I need to get up early, so I've spent three Mondays getting almost no sleep and surviving on Irish Cream coffee and MSN. Beats coming on Sundays, I like my weekend, but still.

Mrm, and I think I've lost my groove >>

*stared at*

Or you could call it 'inner peace' but I like groove better xD See, once upon a time Hunty was a happy hippie-person who spent her days playing Neopets and drawing fancomics, and throwing together schoolwork and essays on the last minute. I still spend my days surfing ze net and finishing schoolwork on the last minute, but I worry too much. I beat myself up over not getting started earlier, and spend my days constantly reminding myself that I have this and this and this on my to-do list, and still end up doing it on the last minute. I get it done, and I get nice grades, but I'm eating my own nerves away >< I need to get my groove back. That plenty-o-time-for-that hippie attitude.

[Crystal]

;___________________________________;

I got a C on my Discrete math test. I misinterpreted the definition of odd... which was the STUPIDEST thing I could have done, because I've been getting A's on every piece of homework in this class that the teacher gave. But during the test, my head was all blurred and I was all just nervous - which I'm usually not during tests. And I -knew- something was wrong with my answer, but didn't know what... and lost 20 points over it. ;___________________;

I want to cry a little bit. The only way I'm gonna be able to get an A in this class now is to get an A in everything I hand in after this. And I want that A real bad. Better grades means I might get to upgrade my scholarship, see. And I need that money. So, so stupid. Such a dumb mistake. What a jackass I am.

[Komori]

Wow, registration for classes comes quickly. But things are looking up for me, I think.

Finally got the word on the Gary Goldman classes. He's going to be teaching two special topics classes: Advanced 2d Character Animation, and 2D Animation Production. To get into them, you've gotta' submit a demo reel of your best animation, as well as character designs and layouts. I just submitted my reel, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. Prof Khouri said I shouldn't have a problem getting in, which is really, really encouraging. It's funny, the department is being really secretive about the info on these classes. They haven't posted it anywhere public, it's simply traveling by word of mouth, and the demo reel deadline is ridiculously short. My prof said it was to instantly weed out the non-dedicated ones, because you really had to hunt down any sort of info. (Much love to Spot for finding the details for me!) But heck, this is Gary Goldman we're talking about, it makes sense that it'll be a super selective sort of class. (Oh man, do I hope I get in! :<)

I was also trying to register for Conceptual Maquette Design as an elective for my Sequential minor. I really like building maquettes, and this class is only offered once a year or so. Unfortunately, I hit a bit of a snag registering today, since I don't have the prereq for it. :/ I took "Character Design and Layout" in the Animation department, but it turns out I need "Character Design and Storyboarding for Animation" from the Sequential Department. Pfft, the most ridiculous splitting of hairs. So I had to fill out a prereq waiver and get it signed and all that jazz. But finally, I think I'll be able to reg for that class tomorrow. Hopefully there'll still be openings left.


This quarter's workload is amazingly huge, and considering the classes I'm taking next quarter, I don't think it'll be letting up anytime soon. I'm such a glutton for punishment.

[Luna]

Well I passed both my physics and precalculus midterm. I missed getting a B on the physics test by exactly two points which I could have gotten by not making a really stupid mistake and have a friction force of a wall on a block on my free body diagram. My minerology midterm is next week and I just remembered I have historical geology homework due tomorrow. I'd better do that before dinner and work.

[Komori]

Guhhhh... two more weeks until winter break. I think I can make it. I think I can. But whether or not I'll have feeling in my arms when the classes end is a totally different story.

But some good news, I got into Gary Goldman's classes! *does the happy jig* Two classes even, Advanced Classical Animation and 2D Animation Production! Shweet! And my friend says the news on the grapevine is that in the 2D Production class we'll be doing work for Goldman's short cartoon! OnO Working on an actual short for legendary director Gary Goldman?? Next quarter is gonna rock so awesome!

Plus, my third class is Conceptual Maquette Design with Prof Larison. That's also gonna be a rockin' class, because I love making maquettes (small-scale sculptures of character concepts). And my buddy Michelle's gonna be in that class too. That's especially awesome, because for the four years I've been at SCAD, this is actually the first time any of my good friends will be in one of my classes. :3


I am sooooo looking forward to next quarter, if I can just make it through this one...

[Belle]

I got my grades and my registration form for the last semester yesterday and...*drum roll*

I almost made it to the Dean's List. Again. ;_; I was .05 away. For some reason, it hurts. I should be happy. I got three B+s and 2 Bs. My QPI is 3.3, which is okay, considering how I thought my grades would turn out like. XD

In other not-so-happy news, my schedule is neurotic. Due to the lack of schedules available when it was my turn to enlist for my subjects, I have three consecutive classes in three very far buildings. With only 10 minutes (max! This is if the professors I took end their classes on time -- from what I've heard...not going to happen) to run from building to building. This is going to be hell.

Way to start the semester. XD

[Kengplant]

I think I'll be joining this. Art student trying to type this with one hand crossed beneath her other arm which is holding the wrap that she's eating away from the computer. That's kinda a long title though so you may want to shorten it to something less specific to this exact moment. I havent picked anything to major in yet, but I want to do something I can be narrative with. And my arm is getting sore from typing like this now o.0

[Komori]

*dances* Classes are over until New Year's! Huzzah!

[Deleted]

*HYPERDEATH*(tm)

I'm at critical procrastination levels at my college right now...
I have a prelab for Chem due tomorrow that isn't too long, but I haven't started...

I'm at a borderline D-F in Chem lecture class (56%, 55 is an F) with a test in two weeks that I've only attended half of the lectures for...

On top of that, I have another sociology essay due the day I come back from Thanksgiving break...which I haven't started on...

The good news? I'm doing well in Physics, with a B+, and I have a B in sociology.

[Huntress]

*eyes flare* THIS IS NOT HOW WE LIVE AROUND HERE, PEOPLE.

Mkay. So I don't really mind my dormmates. I don't really mind the fact that they use my soap in the bathroom (because I use their soap in the toilet) or that they sometimes use my plates and knives (because they're mostly exhange students and you don't travel all the way from world's end with your own plates, and they always wash them after use). I don't even mind that they use my dishwashing sponge (though it'd be nice if they, youknow, cleaned it from washing liquid foam before putting it away again) or my cooking oil (s'not like I use it often, and once I run out of it, I'll just start using their oil instead).

And I don't really mind them using my dishwashing liquid either. In moderation. But now I go to wash my dishes, and, quite simply, can't locate the bottle. It'd been running curiously low for a while now, and now it looks like it ran empty and someone threw it away. Real nice, guys. I mean, I don't mind sharing and stuff, but whoever signed me up for the pact? I'm a lone wolf. I provide myself with my own food and other essentials. If you wanna share, share amongst yourselves. Stay away from my stuff. Or if you don't, dunno, ask beforehand?

Mkay, so maybe they just mislocated the bottle. But whoever gave 'em the permission to touch it in the first place? My last year's dishwashing liquid lasted for the whole year, because I mainly use it to wash greasy pans and etc. Right now it's three months of schoolyear. Do you guys eat it or something? Not to mention that there are two other bottles on the sink, which I'm hereby going to use until the end of the term. Though that's mainly me being stubborn, 'cause the one I had was better, skin-friendly and etc.

Mrm. Atleast they haven't touched the coffee. I'm probably the only one in this section who drinks coffee. But I swear to gods, should I ever notice my coffee supplies running low faster - and don't think I don't keep an eye on it, I like my irish cream coffee, - I'm replacing it with gunpowder.

[Deleted]

NOT COOL, PEOPLE!!!

I'm reaching critical meltdown here....As much as I don't want to fail Chemistry, no matter how many times I crunch the numbers together, just to get a D-, I CANNOT fail the test on Tuesday, which is beginning to look more and more impossible as I look at the provided course notes, my notes, the book, and all the other cluttered crud that the teacher was stupid enough to not organize properly so that we could actually understand it! If I fail this test, that means I have to get at least a B on the final! Which is even more impossible!

GWAAAHHHH!!!!!!