I think the site has eaten my last three posts, or else I forgot to hit the proper button.
Spring semester started today. I made it out of fall with a D (for diploma, or delightful) in Spanish- meaning I should be done with that- and a couple of Bs and an A. Considering how burned out I've been since summer, that's just fine with me.
Anyhow, this time around I've got two art histories: one on Japanese woodblock prints and taught by a dry, boring-sounding man, and ancient to medieval taught by an extremely enthusiastic woman. Back to back. Should be either fun or dreadful, or both.
I've got ceramics, which I know absolutely jack about. We're not throwing in this class though, so at least my arthritis won't be the issue I thought it would.
The other studio is something called Circuits and Bits- interactive electric art, buttons and lights, or something. Or, as I told my advisor, "Robots? I'm in."
There's also a jazz history class, which could be alright depending on which side of crazy the instructor falls on: the "I am nuts and you get an arbitrary grade based on which color m&m falls into my hand", or the "I am nuts and full of myself but I grade fairly". Because he's certifiable for sure, and loves to hear himself talk, but I can deal with that as long as he's clear and upfront about his expectations.
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I'm probably going to let my subscription here go whenever it's up. At the moment, it's one more bit of interesting clutter that I can't really afford, and as much as I love lurking the groups and sneaking in comments edgewise and whatnot, I've been more underwhelmed than exited about the sets and much of the site for the last year or two.
We'll see though.
Spring semester started today. I made it out of fall with a D (for diploma, or delightful) in Spanish- meaning I should be done with that- and a couple of Bs and an A. Considering how burned out I've been since summer, that's just fine with me.
Anyhow, this time around I've got two art histories: one on Japanese woodblock prints and taught by a dry, boring-sounding man, and ancient to medieval taught by an extremely enthusiastic woman. Back to back. Should be either fun or dreadful, or both.
I've got ceramics, which I know absolutely jack about. We're not throwing in this class though, so at least my arthritis won't be the issue I thought it would.
The other studio is something called Circuits and Bits- interactive electric art, buttons and lights, or something. Or, as I told my advisor, "Robots? I'm in."
There's also a jazz history class, which could be alright depending on which side of crazy the instructor falls on: the "I am nuts and you get an arbitrary grade based on which color m&m falls into my hand", or the "I am nuts and full of myself but I grade fairly". Because he's certifiable for sure, and loves to hear himself talk, but I can deal with that as long as he's clear and upfront about his expectations.
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I'm probably going to let my subscription here go whenever it's up. At the moment, it's one more bit of interesting clutter that I can't really afford, and as much as I love lurking the groups and sneaking in comments edgewise and whatnot, I've been more underwhelmed than exited about the sets and much of the site for the last year or two.
We'll see though.