Dog Days Are Over

I couldn't sleep the other night, so I ran some numbers. Each week I spend 24hrs in class, 16hrs at work, and 35hrs doing homework. I low balled that last figure, I think it's closer to 40-45hrs. Either way, I'm doing just shy of 80hrs of work a week. That's two work weeks for the price of one, folks.

On a semi-related note, I'm super depressed that I missed Autumn. My favourite season, and it lasts all of three weeks. Trees are already on the barren side of life and there's that chill of winter in the air. I never went for a walk, never took out the camera. HOORAY FOR PRIORITIES AND SELF DISCIPLINE!

Anyways, I've wasted enough time here and need to get back to studying.
-Cril

Happiness, it hurt like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
and washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming so you better run

Florence & The Machine - Dog Days

(This is from the album Lungs, which is nothing short of truly fantastic)

Filler

#4) What is your ultamite goal in life?
C: "to take over the world"
S: "but my goal... well, not really a goal... i just dun wanna die alone... i wanna be married and stuff"
E: "to be the driving influence behind our entire civilization"
L: "i dunno"
S: "I dunno"
T: "Seriously, I don't know."
R: "probly to be famous world wide"
J: "i guess my ultamite goal in life is to marry a guy that i really love and have some lovely children"
A: "I can not answer that at this time."
A: "its to retire early...with lots of pension"
K: "i'd have to say, to be truely happy. I don't care what i'm doing, just to be happy with whatever it is"
I: "To live a happy life. Meh. I just don't want to die angry. I wanna succeed in my goals and die happy."
S: "to pick up my new paintball gun before sunday..."
S: "be successful while earning money"
R: "To get laid?"
J: "To witness hundreds of people cheering and overjoyed because their souls are secured in heaven"
P: "owning my own successful business that involved me programming"
N: "to get married, have kids, be successful in wutever i decide to do"
T: "to find lasting happiness that doesn't come in a prescription bottle"

Oh boy. Gravity sure is heavy tonight.
-Cril

Moby - Shot in the Back of the Head

Weekend? What weekend?

Fun fact: I've spent 20 some-odd hours on homework this past week. I think I'm doing pretty well at getting work done. I spend half an hour checking email once I get home, do homework, twenty minutes for supper, more homework, go to bed. Every night.

The scary part is that those 20 some-odd hours have all been for one assignment. I still have three others on the go, and I'm starting another class tomorrow. People tell me that I'm stressed, and I need to take more time for myself. I hate to break it to you, but there isn't any other time left. If these kinds of assignments are the norm and/or I get two of them at once, I'll have to quit my job. Period. It's not a poor time management thing, it isn't overestimation, it isn't being pessimistic. It's just the fact that there are only 24hrs in our planet's rotation.

Ok, fine. Maybe I should just relax - it'll be alright if I hand in the odd assignment a day later than it's due. Oh wait, if it's 30 minutes late I fail the assignment. Maybe if I know I'll have a slow class, I could spend a day at home to catch up. Oh wait, if I miss any two days I'll fail the course.

Am I stressed? Yes. It's not because I can't cope with so little personal time or that the work itself is intimidating. It's because there simply aren't enough hours in the day for me to work part time, sleep, and do school. Chances are classes are starting off heavy to intentionally intimidate new students. But if this last week of school is anything to go by for the rest of the semester, one of those above three things is going to have to give.

Anyways. I don't have any art to post because I haven't had an opportunity to do some sketching. When I get the chance I may fill the gap by uploading pics of the assignment I've been working on, but in the mean time consider Sketch-a-Day to be dead, dead, dead. And just some heads-up: my posts from here on out are going to be rather sparse.

Batman: Arkham Asylum gets released on PC this week.
Damn.
-Cril

A.R. Rahman - Mausam & Escape

Monday Monday

Alriiiight! I've survived the first week of classes. Half week. Where the classes were nothing but standard introductory stuff. Yeah, so basically I ain't seen nothin' yet. Which is too bad, because I almost feel confident about this whole fiasco. I guess I better hold off on making some sort of sitrep for another two weeks until I have a full, proper week under my belt.

But here are some of my notes so far:

-The building is terrible. The layout is bizarre and the design is barren and unwelcoming. And it has HORRIBLE acoustics - rooms upon rooms made of brick and concrete that reveberate sound so that it's near impossible to make out what you're instructor is saying, even though he's 10ft away.

-The 'S' in SAIT stands for 'SCUMBAGS'. They run the campus parking lots, and are charging EIGHT FREAKIN' DOLLARS A DAY. They say it's to "encourage students to use public transit." Retards. That isn't encouraging public transit, it's just discouraging motorists. Ah, the good ol' "screw the student over at every opportunity" is strong with this one.

-Art History looks to be wildly intruiging. It's too bad I'm not just auditing the course - I get the feeling that it'll be brutal academically.

-Holy crap, I'm definitely at an art school. Piercings, tattoos, multicoloured hair, and more tattoos. None of which look particularly flattering, but that's just me.

-The Beach Boy's 'Surf City' has the lyric "Two girls for every boy". This ain't no sunny resort and that ratio is a bit closer to 2.3. I heard a prof mention that it was around a 70/30 split for female vs male students. I guess those stereotypes about art school are true.

-I've bought roughly $400 worth of school supplies for all of one and-a-half classes. This may get rather expensive rather quickly.

-The professors I've met so far seem pretty intellegent, engaging, and good at what they do (both as a teacher and as a professional in their field). My Media & Digital Technologies prof seems a bit dry, but that's based on one half-class.

And that pretty much sums up Week #1.



Oh, fun fact: Today is my first anniversary of changing residences. I celebrated by waking up and getting out the door by 8AM, working on a statutory holiday, picking up school supplies and then chugging away at homework for a few hours. I'm such a party animal. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get ready for class tomorrow and figure out what to do about parking.
-Cril

Monday Monday
Can't trust that day
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be
Oh Monday Monday, how yould cou leave and not take me

The Mamas & the Papas - Monday Monday