Now, I’ve realized I haven’t done some serious college writing in well over a month. Not that I look forward to writing about it, but that’s something that’s been left behind, despite the tag cloud on the right suggesting otherwise. Here goes nothing.

I’ve got a three-day week when it comes to college. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. I can’t say that enough times, because it leaves me with a comfortable four-day weekend (can’t stop saying that, either!). Everyone should have four-day weekends.

On to the actual part of me being at college … things seem to be going well. The “degree seminar” class is probably the strongest point, as my our work earned 48/50. The teacher’s got an unusual way of grading this one, giving 50 points for the first draft and the remaining 50 for the final thing, instead of the standard 35/35/30 system. I can’t complain. 48 points? That means we only need 22 points to pass and I think we are way past that. We’re supposed to defend our work (being a bit of a thesis and all) but, even if we don’t, something that would take away some points, we still pass. Yay for us.

The budget class couldn’t be better, and could be a lot worse. The teacher is a riot. She’s always making jokes, about things in general and about people in class, but no one is offended. Everyone laughs. There wasn’t a class last week because of Teacher’s Day (on which notable teachers were awarded things), and so we had quite a lot of work to deliver for this past Tuesday. I’m one of the few who actually did everything, but I got a number wrong on one of the last few tables, something that was bound to happen at one point or another, which resulted in the totals being different from the expected amounts. I explained this to the teacher and she told me that if she finds that to be the only thing wrong with my assignment, she’d let it go. Fingers crossed!

Then comes graphic design. Oh, so much can be said about that one final class in a string of nine (yes, it’s Graphic Design IX) that may determine all that happens after this term ends in August. I’m pretty sure I won’t fail this one, though. The project I’m working on is smooth sailing, more or less. I’m delivering everything on time, and the teacher seems pleased with my work, but it’s not the best effort I’ve made. The thing is that this project is rather intensive. I’ve got to design posters, stickers, billboards, radio and TV ads, a web site, a magazine and all those things using the same theme, which is environmental protection. Not a particularly exciting thing, especially because it’s focused on this country. The amount of online information about national parks, endangered species and all that jazz is rather limited, and the work I’ve created based on it is not really innovative and would probably not cause much impact if this environmental campaign thing were to become a reality. But, hey, at least I’m delivering things on time. Right now, I want the points!

And that’s the college update. What a strange journal, this is. Rather than writing about things on the day they happen (like a handwritten one would be), I let life’s things pile up and just throw them into a post or two when I feel like it. It’s a bit out of sync, but I think I’ve almost got that fixed. Just one or two overdue posts and I can go back to the usual day-by-day rants that drive people away make this blog a frequent read for anyone who might like it.

For now, I’ll just enjoy my usual long weekend. I’ve got no assignments for Tuesday, nothing big for Wednesday and just a bit of making things up research and summary work for Thursday. So, a worry-free weekend like few that I’ve seen since the month began. And to think that the halfway point of July is only a few days away. How time flies …

By the way, see that SocialVibe thing on the upper right? It’s not an ornament, you know.