I'm so bad with posting on this thing I guess it is because I don't think about it, but I probably should because it gives me a chance to sit back and ponder a bit.   So school started about 2 weeks ago... on my birthday actually (which mind you I did nothing... and no one really did anything... I have a tendancy to hide on my birthday).  So my classes:

Advanced Figure Drawing... Well interesting things happened, the poor teacher ended up in the hospital for almost a week and a half, so the class started slow.  She came back and the class continued to be slow.  I mean I guess I'm surprised and used to my previous teacher who teaches everyday and gives us huge assignments... but it is figure drawing so we draw naked people what more is there to it.  So at first I thought the class would be a bit overwhelming but in the end.... an easy class.

Art & Cinema.... bleh this class is about the film type I hate... avant garde and all that random non-narrative stuff... the thing that drives me nuts about this class is all the reading we have to do for it.  SO my blow off class became a headache class!

Advanced Character Animation.... I love this class, then again it is cause I my favorite teacher at DePaul is teaching it.  I mean this class is basically going to help me make my Demo-reel for GDC in hopes that I would get a job.  And it is great it is a night class that ends at 9 and ever time the teacher has stayed until about 10 just talking to a bunch of us.  I'm excited about this and my aniamtion skills are improving and I'm sure happy about that.

Capstone... So ya this will kill me... next time I post I'll put the story up so you all can see it.  Funny thing is had one before class started and Jeff and I changed it because we wouldn't have been able to finish our previous story.  But I'm excited for this and of course need to spend a little additional time on it in order to keep up with my weekly goals :P

So ya those are my classes and they are already keeping me busy as all hell @_@ Also I work in the game labs still and at Harold Washington.  Whee... so busy.

But I will say... I have learned that I need to be less stressed... cause last week... FOR A WHOLE WEEK... I had a headache... I was dying... I hated it.  I was in a horrible mood... it was visible, I hate being like that.  All I can say is since I've been more mello-ed out and to be honest not caring too much about things that I don't need to... I have been good about that and ya it is good so far.  But if I have another headache like that I'm going to the doctor right way.

Also this post has been taking forever to write cause I'm doing it while I'm working at Harold Washington. @_@  So I woke up with stuff I wanted to write about and then forgot.  But wheee I feel so nice right now and happy.... :)  And the nicest part is right now I feel loved and cared for... such a nice feeling to have

I've realized something. . . I tend to post a lot more on LJ when Jeff is out of town.  I guess Jeff is my IRL journal that gets to hear everything that is going on in my life.   Also I mean he is kinda always there... so <3.

Anyway... this mornign I got to sleep in... until 8 o_o OH MY!  Well I go take my shower, make my self a PB&J to eat, and then turn on the wonderful news.  The news has been so depressing the last few weeks.  I mean hearing the stock market is falling, jobs are low, bailout this and that... is actually quiet scary.  I mean to think I will be graduating this coming spring and to hear that the economy sucks.  Well all I can say right now is I'm uber grateful for the job I picked up this summer and have been working at.  Sure it is a part time thing, but it does pay the rent and bills.  In the end it is great that this job is a part time thing... cause I will be needing to work on my portfolio in hopes of getting a job at either an animation or game studio.  So hopefully that all works out.

Enough of all that depressing stuff... I have been working on my senior capstone... primarily the preproduction art stuff.  So character design and storyboarding.  Which I've realized I throughly enjoy but probably would never get a job in because I don't have enough talent for it... and the fact that a lot of it is being shipped elsewhere. My teacher for that class has already sent out an email with a bunch of due dates already for this quarter.  First story and basic writing stuff is due Next Friday... myself and Jeff (we are working on an animation together) have already done that and maybe once it is finialized I will post it up here and see what you guys think.  Then on the 20th Rough Storyboards are due... I've said screw that... he is getting the real deal story boards. I'm not just rough sketching things I'm going all out with it.  Cause then the first day of class he wants the final storyboards... which at that point for myself will be an animatic.  Woot for being ahead.  I mean the main character is already concepted out and probably tonight I will start one of the other ones... I mean I'm moving slowly but I will be meeting all of my end goals I'm sure of that.

Also Gmail is the greatest thing in my mind.  I mean I have documents flying around and being shared and then the calendar... and everything :)...

Also BLEH christmas shopping @_@.... too much of a headache.  I think I know what I want to get for a few people then I go.... ahhhhh MONEY... so everything I was maybe thinking to buy myself will have to wait.  But Persona 4 is being brought... I need that game :)

What else have I been up to.... OH thanksgiving... I cooked with a cousin of mine... we cooked enough food for well x3 the amount of people there were.  I mean there were mess ups and what not but it worked out well.  Then I spent that weekend with the family.  Got back to the apartment... and had a cleaning frenzy this week. So it looks nice now :)

Ya no add is kicking in here at work :P  I'm out

... but I've sadly been way too busy.  Hence why the lack of updates.  So right now I will catch everyone up on like the important things.... which isn't really all that much.

So this quarter started off very quietly.  Little did I know it would be a very busy quarter and caught me off guard.  I mean I had 4 class.... 2 jobs... and 2 club boards.  SO I guess I'll start with the classes this quarter:

First I had a Figure Drawing class, it sucks that I had to wake up for a 8:30 class... but I throughly enjoyed it and learned a lot about the figure.  I think this class has improved my drawing skill.... by a ton.  I get to take an advanced figure drawing class and I'm excited about that, but I'll talk about upcoming classes after this quarter stuff.  I've also learned through this figure drawing class that I would probably go crazy if I were a fine artist.  It cost too much to maybe not get paid for stuff I worked on.  After having to buy all the materials and everything... it hurt my wallet.  Not only that but I will say I dislike a lot of the medium used.

Next class.... I'll go with sociology cause this will be a sentence long.  The class was boring.

Now for the harder class first my 3D Modeling class.  First, I hated modeling before this class but I will say I learned a ton in this class... and can maybe get by modeling very simple things that don't need to be geometrically correct.  But that final is like the one I really don't care about.  It is due tonight at 7:00.... so I'll be working on it after I get out of work today.  All I really have to do is complete the hand textures, and by hands I mean the mittens I've modeled.  If anything I know for sure modeling is something I would not like to do as a job/ for the rest of my life.

Last class this quarter... which has been kicking my ass mentally but I've been doing really well in is the Rigging class.  Rigging is basically the building of the skeleton and controls to animate a 3D model.  So this stuff get really in depth and can require a shit ton of programing.  I mean it takes me a bit to understand what is going on... a lot of repeating and asking Jeff questions (I'm honestly surprised he has hit me yet for asking too much... but I love him for helping me :) ).

So those are my classes... which have been interesting.

Next the two jobs... are well the one at the game lab which I've been working 8 hours a week... and then the one I picked up at Harold Washington where I work for about 18 hours.  The oddest thing about the Harold Washington one is... last week they asked me if I wanted to work on Tech... I was like o_O wait... I don't know this stuff.  They thought I did, because I checked some computers... which I would think any person who has been using a computer would know.  I don't know the serious stuff like swapping hardware out and all that.

That is work.  Now I guess the two boards and I will say this ahead of time... no one take anything personally :P

I'll start with JMAC... I've missed JMAC, I really haven't been able to go to a meeting or even many outside events this quarter.  Monday became my..."OH SHIT RIGGING DAY."  I know next quarter I will be able to because I will be in LPC with a 5:30 ending class and then heading straight there.  I'm excited!  I mean to be honest I really have no complaints with JMAC...I mean at times the Saturday board meeting has gotten in the way of me being able to work on homework... but I get a smile on my face when I'm at the meetings cause I get to see everyone.  So next quarter I'm excited and hope to be able to spend more time and maybe get to know the freshmen.

Now DeFrag.... to be honest... it has been driving me nuts.  But I think that is the board meetings and all the circle talks.  I mean I feel like there is a lot of .... we should do this and this, but no one wants that responsibility.  I mean the emails are... repetitive and I really do not like how people keep responding about the same thing or putting stupid comments that aren't needed.  I mean I still love spending time at DeFrag stuff... and working there.  Hopefully the board will shape up and I won't go crazy next quarter.

Ya I mean... that is this quarter.  I should take pictures of my apartment actually so you all can see what it looks like... well those who haven't seen it :)  Oh and I <3 Tales of Vesperia.... and need to pick up Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.

Winter break is even busy for me.  First Thanksgiving I get to cook... and will be spending the weekend at home. The first two weeks I work at HWC.  Then the weekend of the 12th I will be staying at Elaine's while we have a cosplay-a-thon.  The week of christmas I will be staying at home.  During all of this I will be working on Project Nightlight (Game project) and Senior Capstone (an animation that Jeff and I are working on).  Once the story gets finalized and I bring to work on story boarding I will put it up here and see what you guys think.  I've already started on the main character concept art and Jeff has started modeling a bar... which is AMAZING looking.  Jeff is too good at everything :P... which is a good thing cause that kid is gonna be crazy successful (and he doesn't realize it).  SO that is winter break I think as of right now... but who knows how much more crap I will be doing... I hope to do some rigging reading.

Also AHH.... before break I need to reformat my computer.  Hopefully I can do that all tomorrow and just get that stuff done... cause that computer is becoming more and more special everyday.  It is almost 5 years old now... and hasn't been formated... it needs help is the moral of that story.

Next quarter... I will probably try to keep the same amount of hours at the game lab.... at HWC I'm counting down by 4 hours. And have 4 classes.  Which are:

-Advanced Figure Drawing
-Senior Capstone (which is make a film for 2 quarters)
-Advanced 3D Character animation
-Some stupid required class

SO ya... I mean I can't wait for next quarter.


Uhm I guess that sums everything up very simply.  So wheeeeeeeeee~

LOL I haven't posted in ages.... but now that I'm sitting here at work.... I guess I can. :)

I guess update on EVERYTHING!

School
So school has started and I can say I like all of my classes. It kinda sucks that my figure drawing class is at... 8:30 but I can manage :) Drawing naked people is fun! HAHAH! So my classes are:

Figure Drawing -- which like I said I enjoy very much.
Advance Modeling -- I hate modeling but this class has been okay. THe teacher.... says my character has great flow so I am doing something right.
Rigging -- I have been looking forward to this class.  AND LOVE IT!  Woot gonna learn how to make 3D characters have skeletons and make them move.... and all that jazz.
Sociology -- The teacher for this class has been REALLY good.... I might be convinced to take another sociology class if he teachers it :)

I know.... so much information but that is what comes to mind when I think of this classes right away.

Work

So work... I still work at the Game Labs (8 hours a week and whatever else I pick up) and then I picked up a job at Harold Washington College as a Lab mod/ tutor person (18 hours a week)..... so it keeps me really busy.  To be honest I think next quarter I am going to avoid working at 8 am.... just because I am sooo warn out by the time the weekend hits.  But ehh... it is money!  Actually this new job I really like... cause I get to help people and a lot of times I feel like I'm making a little bit of a difference in their education.

Apartment
I love the new place.... there has been some bumps in the road with it *cough* internet *cough*.... but I really have no time to sit and be on the internet there.  The apartment has become a place that I just eat and sleep at.

Other Stuff

I have been watching DBZ from the start.... I am in love with that series.  LOL... and I can't wait for October cause Vampire Knight is starting again and there is a Tales of the Abyss anime *fangirls*.... ALso Tales of Vesperia is <3..... and Elaine and I had started my Rita cosplay *thumbs up*

And I have a pretty nasty headache right now! -_-

One more week... one more week.... @_@

I want out of my house!

I've decided.... if I had a dog I wouldn't be as overweight as I am :P

I went to a family party... the rich family (so the ones I see rarely). There are only a few people I like to talk to and they are the ones that aren't all that rich. But I mean this house we were at made me feel out of place... 3 floors (including the basement) 5 bedrooms (at least).... 5 bathrooms.... I think but ya huge ass house. Anyway I talked to the few people I enjoy talking to for a long while. But the dog of the house kept looking for attention and I just kept playing with him. We played tug of war for a long while and throw/catch the stuff. I was entertained but that dog was worn out and as was I.... he was a cutie. haha

But ya it is always soooo weird being with the rich side of the family.... I are out of place!

Wheeee... I just went for the interview.... I think I basically got the job. The guy interviewing me basically wanted to hire me on the spot and said to already start thinking about when I could be scheduled in for work time and that they were looking for someone with a lot of morning availability.

So wheeeeee I'm happy! TeeHee!

Wheeee.... I am really excited for Tales of Vesperia... and I finally decided to play the demo on the 360. I enjoyed it a ton and can't wait until my team is back in the city and ready to play. Honestly I think the thing with these Tales of games... that I love so much is the fact that I get to play with friends. To be honest my first Tales of game was with Jeff and Mike. Maybe that is why I like them soo much, cause it was like a nice bonding experience.

And now I think I've decided since this might be my last Acen (cause who knows where I'm going to be next year... maybe it won't be, hopefully I can stay in Chicago), I know I want to do a really cool cosplay, meaning I'm willing to spend a little more than normal. So I think I'm gonna cosplay as Rita from Tales of Vesperia (the other one I'm considering is Anise from Tales of the Abyss)... but I think I want to do Rita just cause I love her outfit more and cause she is the character I will be playing throughout the game, so to actually dress up as the character I play will be awesome. The only thing for sure is that this one is gonna cost me a little more than I have spent on a cosplay in awhile. I'm guessing I'll be spending nearly as much as I did with the Risa cosplay. Ohhhh cooking mama you were a nice 30 dollar cosplay LOL.


But ya.... I just wanted to post about how excited I am.

And
>_>
<_< 13 days until I moooooooove out :P

So it is weird.... EVERYTHING is in boxes.... well not everything... and you know what I think I'm going to do it. I am ripping my wall apart...;-;.... ALL THE PICTURES! WHY!.... it has to be done and I think that will make me realize I am honestly moving away from my family. Wow... kinda weird.... it was gonna happen, but I remember the days when I used to think I would never be able to leave my family. It is odd.

I'm doing the wall right now..... otherwise I won't :( GOOOD BYE WALL!

This will be short... but i'm very busy, LOL!

Just one thing I came up with.... I am such a goddamn peace maker it is amazing. And it kinda scares me cause I worry something will happen when I leave my family. Hmm...