After an Ethics class half as long as it should have been, and after a pizza-filled lunch backed by Bubble Bobble, and even after having no appointments my first hour at ASAP, I am still trying to grapple with the fact that our University seems to enjoy making additional steps for us to go through (us being the CSUMB Anime Club) in order to throw even a basic event. Last semester, we did something known as Saturday Anime POP, where we showed the first three episodes of Chobits and Hellsing. The event was pretty easy to set up, and had a decent turnout. Thanks to a massive amount of changes to policy, what took only 3 weeks to organize and set up now takes at least 8 weeks. Rights must be submitted for the showing at least two weeks before the event, flyers are due even before that (though you don't know what building / room you can get from the Uni), and this alone turns what was normally a small amount of work into almost more work than it is worth. And I don't even want to get into all the problems that are coming up with Fanime this year. Apparently, although we are all ariving seperately, every driver who will have a CSUMB student in the car may need to be Defensive Driver certified. Yes, that would mean even if you were the only one driving to Santa Clara, if you were going under the club, you could very well need your Def. Driver certification. This means 4-6 hours in a class that happens only once a month. The whole Def. Driver thing isn't actually solidified yet, but I wouldn't be surprised when it happens. It seems that the Uni has over the past 2 years introduced more and more requirements for Student Organizations to hold events. These requirements are getting more and more elaborate. As opposed to looking at the requirements, they work to "simplify the process". In simplifying the process, some other department introduces new requirements, new steps, and then we go right back to where we started. It's a big circle that keeps growing.
In other news, I am debating doing a bit more work on some Wolf's Rain wallpapers to keep me occupied until Ep 6 comes out. If I get them done before the weekend, I will post them up.
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