Topic: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

[Joseph Collins]

Please don't talk about politics.

I... really wasn't.  I was just saying, Clinton looks like crap these days, and explaining why I came to this conclusion.  I actually turned to TV Land to watch M*A*S*H when the commercial just happened to be in the way.

[Archer]

He mentioned going to a campaign and said a politician looked like [parasitic bomb].

He never actually mentioned any politics.

[Quickman]

Politics.  Politics, politics, politics.  Politics, politics.  Political talk and more politics.



In all seriousness, commenting on how Clinton looks like rewarmed microwaved Barbie dolls is just fine.  Commenting on how he was seen in a campaign ad is just fine, too.

[Sakura Leic]

Okay just making sure.

[Quickman]

I saw ball lightning yesterday.

[Sakura Leic]

Ball lighting?

[Quickman]

Ball lightning.  A bizarre atmospheric phenomenon.  Basically, lightning in ball form.  It was just after a rain storm and I was outside taking an evening walk.  I saw this small, blue orb float slowly in front of me and vanish.  I had a flashlight and checked the area where I saw it, in case there was something there that was reflective, but found nothing.  I tried recreating the conditions and see if I could reflect my flashlight beam off of something and create the same effect.  No luck.  I dunno what the hell else that was, so I guess it was ball lightning.

[Sakura Leic]

That is amazing.

[Quickman]

And a bit unsettling to see a floating ball of blue light appear, move silently out of the woods, and then vanish as it got to the road.

[Sakura Leic]

At least it didn't say "Hey Listen!" before it left.

[Quickman]

I prolly would have crapped my pants!

[Gaia]

Hmm.. Has anyone compared Fakeman to the Futurama robot cop yet? They share some similarities..

[Police Girl]

[tornado fang]ing incompetent Post Office. Ship my stuff faster.

[Sakura Leic]

"Hmm I understand that sometimes figurings come in pieces so it's easier to store and ship, but that kind of defeats the purpose when the figuring is 4.5 inches tall."

[megaman24681012]

University sucks.

So much bloated workload, difficult courses, unnecessarily expensive tuition, and the most complicated and unintuitive registry I've ever dealt with.

Also, I don't see my sister or my brother often because of our schedules! (My bro is in 2nd year and my sister is in grade eight)

And the environment and expectations goes directly against my hermit lifestyle!

I'm always stressed. I wish I was stronger.

[Sakura Leic]

Yeah it's tough, I still have much to learn as well.

[Quickman]

I'd like to continue or at least supplement my education with some enrichment studies, where I could just pick and choose the classes I need.  But, last I checked, not many universities offer such things around here.  If I want figure drawing classes, I need to sign up for a four-year hitch, and before I even get to take the classes I need to take, I'll be slogging through core requirements for a FOURTH TIME.  I like Psychology and all, but I've taken General Psychology three times.  And I've taken Intro to Drawing three times as well, and each and every time I've taken that class, I'm always asked, "Why are you in this class?"

Because the goddamn curriculum makes me take that goddamn class!

[Sakura Leic]

I wish there was a college like that, that sounds fun though that must be annoying.

[megaman24681012]

The worst part was that high school had a relatively intuitive teaching system.

For instance, my Math 30 Pure class had a teacher that TAUGHT me the lessons.

My MATH 113 class has some unenthusiastic professor yammer on about the subject.

This could possibly be the last math class I'll ever have for the REST of my life. 

[Sakura Leic]

Yeah High School doesn't prepare you for college that much.

[Quickman]

High school honestly doesn't prepare you for jack, really.  Well, unless you're in some of the clubs or take AP courses.  Otherwise, the standard curriculum is focused nowadays on passing standardized tests.  No actual teaching goes on, it's all memorization and repetition, unless you're lucky enough to be in AP courses.

But, for us schlubs who get stuck in remedial classes?  HAH! 

As for enrichment courses... I know of one academy that offers such classes, and they can be taken online.  But for something such as figure drawing, I think attending an actual class would be far more beneficial.  Lo-res webcam can't capture all the nuances of that nude model that you're supposed to draw.  Nah, this is something you need to see in person.

[Sakura Leic]

High school honestly doesn't prepare you for jack, really.  Well, unless you're in some of the clubs or take AP courses.  Otherwise, the standard curriculum is focused nowadays on passing standardized tests.  No actual teaching goes on, it's all memorization and repetition, unless you're lucky enough to be in AP courses.

But, for us schlubs who get stuck in remedial classes?  HAH! 

As for enrichment courses... I know of one academy that offers such classes, and they can be taken online.  But for something such as figure drawing, I think attending an actual class would be far more beneficial.  Lo-res webcam can't capture all the nuances of that nude model that you're supposed to draw.  Nah, this is something you need to see in person.

I'm glad a lot of people agree with me on this, Chemistry was hell because of that.  Why doesn't school make sense?  But yeah for drawing definitely take a real class.  I know my mom takes that art thing they used to show a lot on TV but I don't know how much it costs.

[Mirby]

I submitted my application for the spring semester at City College of San Francisco earlier; had to if I wanted to get dat financial aid. Here's hoping I'll actually be able to get in and get back to school.

[Sakura Leic]

That reminds me, Mirby what exactly are you doing now?

[Mirby]

I'm in a housing program. I'm also currently the longest-serving member on the Youth Advisory Board for the homeless youth services agency I receive my housing from.