Something good had to come out of all the network problems. For me, this was realizing I could hand-edit a Sub-Station-Alpha file 3-4 times faster than in the program or on a QC encode. Add to this the time I save not downloading a QC copy and this makes me very happy.
Classes have been moving along at a pretty average pace, although I must say, I am slowly getting a distaste for English. The HCOM classes here laugh in the face of grammatical style, even when your professor has a heavy emphasis on style. Don't believe me? He told the class that since 4 pages was a lot for people to write, all papers will be in 12 point Courier, double spaced. I don't know about you, but for me that screams an essay of a page and a half. And this is supposed to be a creative Argumentation class! Our first assignment is to analyze an advertisement. We are to look at it's argument using the principles of egos/pathos/logos, or we are to do a style analysis on it. Chris, Joel, Steve, Gabe, Blair, etc, does this sound a lot like the crap we did in Robertson and Kerns? Probably more frustrating than anything is that there is no assessment / challenge for this course, and my AP Scores don't let me by it. My university excels at not articulating things properly. Example:
AP Language -> ENGCOM A: Writing, Critical Thinking (Eng 1a, etc) AP Literature -> Literature and Pop Culture Requirement (not ENGCOM B: Literature, Argumentation, and Analysis)
So very annoying. It's an 8 am wonder. I've sort of been playing catch up ever since school started since I had 1 day when I wasn't in training to run my errands, buy my books, get my graduation application, etc. ... And upon looking over the form, this is due in
In response to "Dates sneak up on you quick":
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.