spring semester is starting tomorrow!

oh hell yeah! excited but nervous... mainly because I'm worried about getting my velocity back up to speed after a week of sedentary-ness. but I'll be fine, I'm just a huge worrywart is all, haha.

My spring semester started first full week of January. Iv been slogging away at it and SOS is calling my name so hard. Iv only gotten to play a few hours since semester started. Most of them I played on my birthday this last weekend. What classes are you taking this semester?

we actually have a wintersession from jan to feb -- it's a five week intensive course -- before our spring semester. then we get a week of break before spring semester starts. so that's why we have such a late start, lol. 
also, happy belated birthday! 
 
I'm taking "waterbased silkscreen I" today and on tuesday I'm taking "intaglio I". then I'm either gonna take "tea, coffee, or chocolate" or "intro to material culture" as a liberal arts class; it depends on whether I get in, since I'm on the waitlist for both.

(if that seems like a pretty light schedule it's cus the studio classes here are 5 hours lol. so that kinda makes up for it. also I'm on a reduced courseload because I've got ADHD, so that's part of it too.)

my first class is in half an hour, so I'll let you guys know how it goes later on!!

I did not have fall classes this year, but I agree Spring semester is normally lethargic and sluggish. Hence the slogging away at it. I'm currently going back for my LPN to RN and I already have a BA. So taking 200 level classes again is not too bad. I'm taking Medical Microbiology and Sociology. Semester GPA of 3.5 so far. Hoping to get a 4.0 this semester. 

waterbased silkscreen is silkscreening but using water-soluble inks instead of oil inks. it's a lot safer and much easier to use for silkscreen because you can just hose all the ink off instead of having to use gamsol to clean it and stuff. I ended up choosing to use akua ink (soy-based and water-soluble) a lot in my monotype class during wintersession because I liked not having to worry about things like wetting the paper and wearing gloves and stuff, and I could paint with my hands (I'm 5). that's so weird and disappointing that your school didn't have a textiles class, though :/ textiles are super cool...

does your school have disability services? through mine I was able to get a reduced courseload while still being a full-time student, which is nice. some schools also gives you access to an audiobook library, which could be useful if you had to read a textbook that wasn't digital.


thanks! me too.
my first day was really good! I kept almost falling asleep though because it was so early though, haha. our professor is this older guy who looks kinda like the pinocchio's dad. he goes on tangents a bit and they're kinda funny. we learned how to degrease and make a stencil on our screens also everyone in my new major seems pretty nice! there was even someone else in my class who switched from illustration to printmaking (like I did) and she went up and talked to me so I ended up (gasp) ... talking to people?! during break time??!?

anyway my next class is on monday so I guess I have a little bit more break before things start getting super crazy, but I think things will turn out well!!

My school does have a disability services, it is required for any school that receives FASFA funds ie federal student loans.  My school is able to request digital text books even for my textbooks that are only available in print to the public. It falls under some of the new ADA rules that apply to education. Its how I got a copy of my sociology textbook digitally. Bad part is you still have the buy the physical book. So I just use it as a read along story time and highlight as it reads to me. Makes life much better. 

The waterbased silkscreen, I think I did that in high school sounds identical to my silk hoop I dyed. Was so much fun. I want to start oil painting again. It would be a blast. 

ok so I lied -- it was the "intro to material culture" class, which was amazing... and also full. argh...
honestly I'm not sure if I'm going to get into any liberal arts courses, considering the tea/coffee/chocolate one is probably gonna be pretty popular, and the safety class that I have, "global englishes," I couldn't even sign up for because I tried to do it too late.
it's frustrating because the only reason why I'm so late is because I never got a spring semester course sign-up timeslot in the first place...

That stinks about the late sign ups, but good luck to you starting your new semester!!! Your classes sound super cool!