10 October 2007 @ 09:40 am
In which I blab about classes once again.  
First and foremost:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REI!

(And Ali too, but I shall see you tomorrow! BTW, what time were you planning on coming over? 'Rents are doing convo at the house, so a bunch of college students will be at our house eating our food...)

Second and secondmost: the new Lunargyros page got screwed up yesterday, but it's finally up today instead. Next week will be a two-page update!

And now, things in no particular order:
- Sooo my paid account expired. I said I didn't want LJ to have any more of my money, and I meant it. Goodbye, shiny icons, I shall miss you... ;_;
- Well hey, none of us saw this one coming! I'm still betting Tails will also be a fighter, and am holding out hope for Sora to be playable since the KH composer is on the project. But I am confused...is Ness still going to be in SSBB, or is Lucas taking his place?
- For people saying that third term was supposed to be OMG DIFFICULT, I'm so far able to keep pace with classes. The KH doujin's kinda been put way on the backburner because of it, but hey, school comes first.
- Kinematics is actually fun, and while all of the teachers are good artists in their fields, for Kinematics he's ALSO a good teacher, for which I'm thankful for! He actually takes the time to explain things completely and concisely, stops and re-explains if someone has an issue, and we're learning a bunch about the tools without being overworked. So HOORAY FOR THAT.
- In contrast, animation is...not so fun. Which really sucks, because I'm interested in learning it. The teacher is quite nice, very funny and likes to make weird sound effects, but he takes FOR-EV-ERRRRR to actually explain what he's talking about! He either goes off on tangents about whatever or keeps repeating easy steps that we've already dealt with. Not only is it extremely difficult to pay attention to him (especially since his class is the last one of a straight nine-hour-day), but because he takes SO DAMN LONG to get to the point, the last two times he's kept the class a half our late. Which, if I've already been sitting there failing at paying attention to him for the last three hours and I'm not going to get home until after 11:00 because it takes me 45 minutes to drive home, is Extremely Not Cool. -_-
- Digital Video Essentials kind of intimidates me. Maybe it's because I was never much of a photographer...I feel so much more comfortable getting my ideas down on paper. I don't know if I should change my final project idea or not...
- Acting for Animators is kinda weird, but fun in a physical-activity kind of way. (I was so sore after the last class!) XD I don't think I would be as comfortable with it if I didn't know the people in my class as well. Our group is kickass!
- I'm enjoying Visual Structure just because I'm excited about doing my story in an art-direction kind of way. XD I'm already ahead on the homework, but mostly because I'll be gone next class...
- The first class, our Production Design 2 teacher showed us how you can modify a Nintendo DS to function as a miniature Wacom tablet, with pressure-sensitive painting and eveything. Seriously, how many classes have the teachers explaining how to use your handheld game consoles as everyday art tools? XDD
...So now I'm begging for a DS for Christmas, not just because everyone and their dog is playing Phoenix Wright and I WANNA DO IT, TOOOOO. Oh yeah, and possibly 358/2 Days, too.
- In Poly Modeling 2, we had to do heads for a bipedal character again. Last time, my head was total crap. This time, I tried an entirely different method for going about it (instead of box modeling.) OMG, it went SOOOO much easier and looked better, too! ;_; Modeling it poly-by-poly and using extrude makes so much more sense in my brain than box modeling. HOORAY IMPROVEMENT.
- ...We have to get our stuff together from the first two terms for internal critique time. Internal critique time is when our classwork is shown to an industry professional and they do an evaluation on just how much you suck. O_O;;;; *INSERT PANIC MODE HERE*
- Falcon Peak was in the shop all weekend. D: It had been making some clicking noises from the dashboard, and on steep inclines my dashboard and headlights would flicker on and off. So we took it into the shop on Thursday, and I didn't get it back until yesterday. But the lights don't flicker anymore, and Falcon feels better than ever! I better not have to take it back again for some other dumb reason soon. I have the worst luck with cars.
- I want it to be tomorrow already.
- I hate my wireless connection and its constant hiccups. ♥

Drawing: And now it's time for Harry Potter homework...

Writing: Sporking, on the rare occasions I have time...
 
 
Current Mood: cautious
Current Music: Sonata Arctica - Misplaced
 
 
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[identity profile] daisy-the-mage1.livejournal.com on October 10th, 2007 06:05 pm (UTC)
Sora in a Super Smash game would be really cool. Well, if Tails is in it then who knows who else they'd put in?
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[identity profile] lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on October 11th, 2007 05:37 am (UTC)
Indeed, since they're reaching out for third party properties a bunch this time, anything is possible! It's a slim chance, but I'm holding out hope. :D
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[identity profile] ggmoonycrisco.livejournal.com on October 10th, 2007 07:21 pm (UTC)
OH MY GOD WHAT

You mean the delusional little freaks were RIGHT about Sonic?!

Oh for heaven's sakes. Well, if it turned into a fight over "who would beat who" game-quality wise, that gives us a clear loser...
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[identity profile] lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on October 11th, 2007 05:39 am (UTC)
Delusional? Dude, I was predicting Sonic in the next Smash Bros. game ever since Nintendo ate the Sonic franchise. How could they resist pitting him against Mario? ;P
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[identity profile] tafkae.livejournal.com on October 10th, 2007 07:30 pm (UTC)
Can I please SMACK those girls who are talking to Kylie?!
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[identity profile] lynxgriffin.livejournal.com on October 11th, 2007 05:40 am (UTC)
You can, but if you do, Poppy's gonna tell her father on you and then you'll really get it! D:
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[identity profile] tafkae.livejournal.com on October 11th, 2007 01:13 pm (UTC)
Ohshi-
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[identity profile] chocobrandon.livejournal.com on October 10th, 2007 07:43 pm (UTC)
DAAAAMMNNN!! didja waTch the in game fooTage?!? its so awesome! i mean..they even playd the "SA:2" song along to Sonic beating Mario around!hAHAHAha. Its utterly fanTastik! He's like all over the place.0-0 i'm ..i...i just..wow.
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[identity profile] chobit001.livejournal.com on October 11th, 2007 06:46 am (UTC)
I won't be there till after 8ish (since I'm teaching lessons in Thousand Oaks...expect me more around quarter till 9ish.

And thank you!
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[identity profile] ryuuzoku-aya.livejournal.com on October 11th, 2007 11:52 am (UTC)
*sneaks in and puts on her Earthbound fan hat*

Yeah, I'm confident Ness'll be in it too, hopefully not as a clone and with a completely different moveset than Lucas. For god's sake, they brought back the Ice Climbers and Ness has been in Smash since the original back in the Nintendo 64 days.

I'm also hoping that they put a few of the other Mother series characters in 'cause the psychic kids are neat.
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[identity profile] gaelic-bohemian.livejournal.com on October 11th, 2007 05:42 pm (UTC)
Thank you for the birthday wishes, love! I miss you!!
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