this brings into question what I'M doing wrong XD! cuz I'm not that bad off at all... D8!!? I did summat wrong, I will prolly have last minute freak outs soon or summat DX!
keep fighting, gurl.
's all I can say, my love
I SUPPORT YOU!

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yeah i went through something like that last semester when i was there, too, heh.... I mean, that's college life, but at MCAD it just felt brutal, especially since I lived 30minutes away from campus. It was the first time in my life I had to pull true all-nighters, drink black coffee (which i don't care much for), and missed almost 3/4 of the same class, like... a lot, because it was the early morning one and i just didn't have the energy to hear my alarmS go off after getting slammed the whole week, lol.
only, i put food before homework, because that's what keeps me going, lol. if i don't get some food, i get really bitter. Fuck MCAD, man; I would have brought a full meal on a porcelain plate to class if I had the time to heat it up before leaving my house, lol. I got by with big bags of trail mix (i recommend that) and GOLD FISH crackers (haha), and MOST IMPORTANTLY... a PB&J sandwich and a caffeinated beverage, lol.

That was one of the biggest things that pissed me off about MCAD: a new project every week from just about every single gawddamn class. I thought I'd really enjoy it all when I started there, but after awhile I didn't even have TIME to ENJOY any of my projects. The ones I enjoyed most were the 2-D ones because they were relaxing (except for when I pulled all nighters for it), but even those I half-assed to do everything else. I even had to make sacrifices in other classes to finish other assignments. Oh, and this was also the first time in my life where I would check out my grade possibilities and think "Well, I can get by with a C in this so I can concentrate more on this..." and i HATE HATE HATE doing that.

... so there's my own vent about MCAD in response, lol. Sorry to hear it's taking a serious toll on you!! Totally sucks, man. :S But hey, if I were you I'd go ahead and make the meal and not worry about being a little late to class, or just bring the whole pot of soup into the room and don't share, lol.

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"or just bring the whole pot of soup into the room and don't share, lol."

OMG that would be so friggin' hilarious!!!
A part of me wants to say that it's because I'm still adjusting. When I graduated from the community college in Orlando, I took a year off to work and look for schools. But at the same time, doing this for 4 months straight should get me back into the swing of things, you know? And I have changed alot of my study habits. But I just can't seem to shake this deadline crunch every single day. Like now, I'm most likely going to have to go to my drawing class without this week's homework because I have an essay that's due at 9 that needs to be approved with the learning center before the teacher will even look at it. WTF dude? And it's worse to not bring in hw AND be absent. I hate this, I hate this alot. I agree with you totally that I thought I would enjoy it, but it's like I don't have the time to enjoy anything. They have little events that I never go to but would LOVE to go to but that would mean sacrificing study time. If I were to treat this like a job, and combine my in class time with the BARE MINIMUM amount of time I'm supposed to put aside for each class, I'd be working 46 hours.

46 FUCKING hours! At least back home when I worked like that I got paid for it!! Here I'm going into debt to kill myself!!!

I'm bringing water and those nature valley snack bars with me but I never thought of Goldfish and you just reminded me of how much I miss that snack too, lol! I just might get some, lol!

And I really honestly want to put meaning into what I'm doing. I hate doing a half ass job just to get the grade and get it overwith because I feel like it's a waste of money. And that's the worst part about all this. I want to do good, but I don't want to do it and hate it. I don't want to hate doing art. I don't want to hate what I love to do. But this is all wearing me so thin it hurts.

Thanks alot for the comment though and feeling my pain, LOL! At least I'm not alone in the matter ^_^

You mentioned something about when you were at MCAD. Are you taking a break this semester? (I so totally don't blame you if you do!!! LMAO)

Genki

well, yeah. That's because you suck
LMAO!!!

Thanks for the loves!!!

Genki

D'X!! BUT LOVELOVELOVVVVEEE~

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I'm bout to start University. THANKS FOR SCARING ME!

but then i look at it like this
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Hm. I hate this school more than community college. The only things I keep looking forward to are seeing friends and driving here and back home (it gives me time to scream out frustrations with my music...).

I just finished typing up a paper yesterday to share with my Sophomore Seminar class about some of this. The paper is supposed to be about the biggest "issue" on my mind right now. Maybe you should take a read of it on Friday. I found out some truly interesting things from doing a little research around the web. I'm about 99% sure I'm dropping animation because of it. Also about 99% sure I'm dropping out entirely. For as much as we're paying and hating each class, it's almost like they want us to find an utter dislike for art so the teachers can keep having less competition. But it's not all-for-not. I have learned a few things, especially on taking shortcuts.

For instance, I've never visited the Learning Center to look over any of my papers. I still get B's on most of them. So long as you know how to do citations and can write, most teachers could care less. That'll save some time. Also, get the basics of each assignment done, especially those you know you will have little time for. For instance, my presentation on Friday calls for a visual. She told me that a storyboard was just fine. Storyboards are *pencilled boxes*. So I just drew up some quick illustration, inked some lines, threw some boxes in, and I'll paste some notes on it later. I figure that takes less time and looks better in the long run. I can only allow 5 hours per class this semester. I wrote a list of how much time everything takes me, even counting lunch, and estimated how many hours I can spend on each class.

BTW, I hope to talk with Schroeder after class this week to get some more insight on our animation hopes. You and DeeJay can stick around, too, if I can catch him.

Anyway, I'd write more but I have a paper to write by Thursday. I figure I wrote down enough page numbers for the "solitude" theme I should do that one.

*HUGS* and support!!
I can't say what/if you are doing wrong..as you have pretty much described my life.

So..if you come up with something..PLEASE pass along the secret!


(umm..we tend to stock up on those..protein bar things..which is quicker than actual food.)

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hahaha, I left MCAD and went back to a community college to finish off generals that I need in order to transfer out to California within the next year or so. Now I'm not suffering from migraines and heart palpitations whenever I look at my assignment notebook, lol. x)

I ended up quitting my job so I could focus on my MCAD work, which helped significantly, but I was still miserable because I wasn't enjoying any of it. I was taking five courses, and eventually I wanted to take, like, three courses instead of five, but then I would have felt that was a big waste of all that money!!

You know, now that I think about it, I'm not at all impressed with MCAD. Their tuition is much lower than most private colleges, yeah, but where the HELL is it going?! MCAD doesn't own ANY of the parking structures surrounding it - the MIA next door does, and I think I heard that they're trying to get it so that MCAD students can't use it, or they don't want them using it... whatever. So, obviously money hasn't gone towards investing in a fcking parking lot for traveling students. I hear the profs have skimpy wages. And, I know animation is not a VERY popular focus, especially here in MN, but the studio has only, like, what... 2 peg boards? I checked out a regular UNIVERSITY in California during the fall, and they had a whole room lined with probably thirty boards. I also went to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, but I don't really need to go into detail about that place because it outstrips MCAD and makes it look like a joke.

I dunno. Now I just hate MCAD, lol, no offense. My sister still goes there for advertising design stuff, but that's only because she doesn't want to go finish general ed. courses to transfer to the U of M and take advertising THERE, haha; she still hates MCAD as a school. Though... I would have liked to take some life drawing classes there, because I haven't taken a good one and those help loads, lol.

Here's some other food recommendations I have, if you like 'em haha: bananas, peanuts, trail mix, Peanut Butter and jam and bread (peanut butter especially, because it comes in a big tub and you can use it for other things, and peanuts make you feel full quickly) and if you like cheap desserts here's one of my favorites: cold smores, lol. The usual graham crackers, but buy a bag of chocolate chips or bars, whatever floats your boat, and put it in the freezer; use marshmallow spread on the crackers and once the chocolate's cool just put it on and eat and drool, lol. I love them. I use cold dark chocolate chips on mine.
...but yeah, anything that you can snack a little on while you do your work helps, like the peanuts or trail mix. If you chew gum, that makes you more hungry (tricks your stomach into thinking you're chewing food, so more acid is produced as if to break down and digest).

Maybe you can go to the counselors and ask for some help...? I bet they get a lot of people coming to them asking for advice because they're also about to break down from it all, lol. IT's always worth a try!!

Good luck! .O.

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