Fellow College Students...semester begins

[Mouse]

Once again the spring semester rolls around and all students are preparing for the courses that will, again, begin and take away from the fun time that we call life...anywho, when does the school season start for you guys. My day of recokening in on next Monday...wish me luck

When do my fellow posters start?

Oi, school, bah! :sick:

[Tokka-B]

Um, I'm not in college, I skipped it, i was too good for them, even Oxford wouldn't except me, said something about not allowing kids who are brighter than the deans...psshhh

[Reznorite420]

i was too good for them, even Oxford wouldn't except me..and we see why :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Tokka-B]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
It should be obvious, i was working on my latest invention, so i am a bit tired, plus I wasn't planning on having an inglish major, LOL

lol, look at how I spelled English...

[xZAOx]

"my ingrish is some poor!"

ok, old EQ joke...anyways..

we start this thursday (the 9th). bleh.

[azure turtle]

Started today... bleah. :dead:

[Kali]

I'll hopefully be starting Jan. 27th. IF I can get my damn transcript. :x

Oh, and welcome back, Azure. :D We missed you.

[azure turtle]

*blushes*
Thanks, Kali! :anime:

So Jan. 27th is the big day! Don't worry, the transcript will come. Then you can rejoice!! Or dread, like the rest of us. ;)

[Mouse]

I'll hopefully be starting Jan. 27th. IF I can get my damn transcript. :x

Oh, and welcome back, Azure. :D We missed you.

i bet getting the transcript is going to be a pricey number, they don't come cheap...good luck Kali and don't forget..have fun!

Azure! Welcome back from the depths of space...many welcomes...how was the holidays? get any mangos??? :D

[Kali]

Actually, I'm going down to my HS tomorrow to pick my transcript up for free. Since I'm going back to school (after graduating in 2000), it's free. At least that's what the lady said on the phone. Usually they're $5. The problem was that the school has been on vacation the last two weeks, so I had to wait. :P

[Mouse]

oh yes, the waiting can be a pain and then some, yeah...everytime you enroll for a new school you always need a transcript from each, and they don't come cheap as you go along further in the schooling food chain.

not fun.. :dead:

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

I go back for my second semester this Monday. I'm kind of looking forward to getting back. After New Year's, the holiday, as it is, is pretty much over. That and the parents start to get annoying. The only bad thing about starting a new semester is the cost of all the books you have to buy. Jeez, do colleges think we're made of money or something?

Anyway, I am looking forward to the second semester.

"Give it a rest, Donatello. Pacing back and forth isn't going to get the mail delivered any sooner."
"Oh, I can't help it, Raphael. Today's the day I find out if I got my degree."

Raphael and Donatello, from "Donatello's Degree"

[azure turtle]

Azure! Welcome back from the depths of space...many welcomes...how was the holidays? get any mangos??? :D
*blush*
Thank you, thank you. Holidays were busy, as always. Nope, no Christmas mangos. I did have a bit of eggnog, though. :anime:

Oy, I hear ya NTCF. Text books cost a small fortune. :dead:

[HorseTechie]

Oowee! Classes begin on the 13th for us here too. I'm just working on a Masters degree, so I just take two night classes a week. One is about how to use MacroMedia Director (a program kinda like Flash), and another class covers digital sketching. I hope we learn how to use the Wacom pad in that class too! :D

[azure turtle]

Forgive me for asking this, HT... But what's a Wacom??

[HorseTechie]

It's a... *stops a minute to think of the best way to describe the thing*

It's a 'digital board' that you can draw on. With this, you pretty much bypass the need for paper, pencil, ink, and a scanner. Unfortunatley, I don't have this on my home PC yet.

http://www.sunysccc.edu/library/mediaweb/wacom2.gif

[azure turtle]

:teek:

Wow!! That sounds cool! Ah, technology nowadays. :anime:

[HorseTechie]

:D Gotta love that cool technology! Seen many of the Transfans put the things to good use on their art forums too.

[azure turtle]

Does this mean you'll be sketching a few turtles with the Wacom, HT? ;)

[Jephael]

I have classes at the Montgomery County Community College, which doesn't start until Wednesday the 22nd. I'm kinda excited though!

[Mouse]

college starts monday and then we'll see what will become of my sanity. but first, party this weekend!!!

oh well, that is life...work, work, work....

[Machias Banshee]

*stops in at the library*

Hi everyone!

wow, things have really been flying around here!

Well, i start up on the 20th, so that's when i'll be returning. heh, start my new major in Writing.... :D gonna do pre-cal, psychology, fiction writing, Karate and voice :thyper: looking forward to it. My only worry is of getting another psycho-maniacal 'funtime' boozer freak.... :dead: heh, we'll see what happens....

[azure turtle]

Hiya Machias! So you're going with the English major, eh? Very good choice, me thinks. :D Hope to see you around soon!

[Kali]

Hey, Machias, glad to hear you'll be back.

Well, you can scratch my start date, all the classes I wanted were full, I'll have to wait until next semester to start unless I get lucky and someone drops out before classes start.

[HorseTechie]

Awww... that sucks, Kali. I remember those back-ass crazy enrollment days when I was an undergrad freshmen too.

WWow, now you're going for an English major, Machias? Fascinating... maybe I should have been more bold when I was in college to switch to somehting with a better career. Not that I hated the horses or anything... :wink:

[Kali]

I'm feeling a lot better about it now, though. What would really suck would be if I got the class and had to miss a lot of classes or totally drop it because I have to get surgery or something. So if I'm able to, I'll be reapplying for the summer semester, and I won't procrastinate this time! Maybe I'll even go down and show off my sketchbook and get out of the prerequisites. :D

[azure turtle]

Aww... But I'm glad you're determined to stick with it, Kali! Ooh... I'd like to see your sketch book. :anime:

[Kali]

Eh, it's just the same stuff I have up on my site. :) I really should do more "sketching" in my sketchbook, take practice tips from my comic art books and draw each body part by itself over and over instead of the whole figure all the time.

[azure turtle]

I think your drawing style is already very good, but I guess it's even better to constantly push yourself to reach new heights. :D Ah, so the drawings on your site come from the sketchbook. Total coolness. I was looking at your sketchbook the entire time, and had no idea. :embarass:

[Kali]

Uh huh. Some pics come straight from my sketchbooks, others don't, and there are pictures I've yet to show anyone. o.O But I started my "part by part" regime today, starting with eyes. Then I realized that I already knew how to draw really good eyes, so I switched to hands, which will take time since my character range from having three to five fingers. :lol:

[HorseTechie]

Hrmm.. yeah, I noticed myself, that it seems harder to draw a hand with five fingers, as opposed to Turtle hands. :wink:

But I love the classes I have this semester now. One class is actually about learning how to make 3D art with the Maya program, and then anther class is all about sketching properly. It was titled as Digital Sketching, but the prof wants us to do more of the real sketching with charcoal and the 18X24 size sketch pads. Hence, gotta know how to sketch first before doing it digitally. The funny thing, is that his definition of sketching means using your whole body to quickly scrawl out all the detals you can see without wasting much time on the nitty gitty things that "drawing" entails. Fun, fun! :D

[azure turtle]

Maya! That's what the dudes at Pixar use. A special guest speaker came to our campus to lecture on using Maya. He worked on Monsters Inc. Too bad I couldn't attend his guest lecture... :(

[Cascadia]

I am at the University of Colorado-Boulder. I am graduating in 3 weeks :o :o :o with two majors and a minor. I am also taking some summer school because the job market is not good right now. I am taking Meteorology, Nutrition, Organic Chemistry, and Calculus 2. :o

[Mars-Chan]

*jaw drops* :o :o :o :o I'm only a college Fresh, (two-year college) and all ready I've had too many classes! *falls on her back, groans* Can't take it anymore....make it stop!!!!
I've got a music major I'm attempting to achieve, so I can play guitar! :evilgrin:

[Cascadia]

This semester I am currently taking Geographic information systems, cartography 2, landscape ecology, molecular evolution, international economics, and money and banking systems.

I have been in college for 6 straight years. I have taken close to 200 credits of classes. I have taken courses in various areas of biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, hydrology, ecology, etc.

[Kid Icarus]

you all have my pitty.

really though, college seems fun, but it also seems like more work than fun.

[azure turtle]

Eh... College is a combination of fun and work. You just have to learn how to balance the two. :)

As for me, I'm a second year right now. Looks like I'll be here for a while. :embarass:

[That Matt Guy]

College sucks, I skip almost every class except for my Pre-Civil War US history class. Next semester I'm going to load up on history courses so I will actually want to go.