Comics Will Save the World

No not really, but taking comics class gives me an ironclad reason to have my parents buy me some graphic novels that are on the reading list. Hey, you can't skimp on education. ^_^

Sir Bagsit (yes, you heard the name right) is going to give us 4 DVDs worth of comics scanned in jpeg format. The good thing about it, he says, was that we could view it on our DVD player. I'll be reading comics on TV in case you're wondering.

In respect to his fellow local artists though, Sir maintains that he will never ever scan local comics. If we wanted them, we'd have to buy them ourselves to support the industry. He said Marvel and DC could afford it so there's less guilt. ^_^

Speaking of such, I just found out last weekend that the magazine stand in Ayala MRT station, right before the escalator leading to Glorietta, sells local graphic novels at a cheaper price. I also found out that I couldn't haggle to save my life. I always took the listed price as something final and non-negotiable. But since I was such a consistent customer, the tindera gave me a discount, probably out of pity seeing that my wallet was so thin. But here I was shelling out 250 for a graphic novel.

I have already read Arnold Arre's "After Eden" and "Mythology Class" and I can say he's not half bad. But this one, "Ang Mundo ni Andong Agimat" raised the bar for local comics. He has already blazed a trail with Mythology Class and became a tad too romantic with After Eden but this I say followed after Myth Class' lore and the pacing and character development was just a level short of the great classics. The best thing about it though was that it gave enough closure for the first story while hinting at the possibility of a sequel. Now this man is bound to go somewhere for sure. ^_^

On Nametags and Retirements

I took Visual Design in hopes of getting something substantive out of my photoshop skills. I normally don't take criticisms well so I say this has been a humbling experience to say the least. @_@ I learned that if I'm designing something, I should always put my best foot forward. I have to juggle a lot (creativity, function, recall value and the like), and seeing how design is always made for "someone else" I have to work with differing tastes, which do not always agree with mine. Believe me, a lot of clients will be clods with no sense of design but you have to make it work somehow. ^_^

Our first assignment was making a nametag.


I got a C because 1) it wasn't legible enough, 2) the material sucked, and 3) the design was, I don't know... lacking. I see that Ali is difficult to please here. I have to pull all the stops now if I'm to complete my cuatro sem. Haha. I love challenges. ^_^

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Chong kicked me out as Know Your MEAn columnist because I was too lazy. I said, "You can't fire me, I quit!" Haha, I guess I couldn't hack it anymore, and seeing how MEAns are so accustomed to keeping deadlines, I guess I simply lacked the initiative. @_@ I know there are a lot of unanswered requests and whatever, but I guess it was a good stint all in all. I just hope the new columnist would be less lazy. Haha.

Good Morning, Incomplete

I was barely expecting to get a 3 for my QPI following my accursed semester of frustration, which, if I think about it long and hard, could be traced back to my dismal random number (SOAB! >_<). Thanks a lot. Sans the needless trips back and forth from the covered courts to the SOM department, I was looking forward to a day of reunion, considering we didn't go out of town and I practically spent the whole break alone in my room, refusing all human interactions (even online) L-( But fate, in its usual comedic self, didn't give me that break. I looked at my report card to see the usual B's and occasional A's and B+'s but I never counted on seeing this. Not at all. @_@

Beside Theology was the letter "I". :-O

Now, wait a minute. I tried to stop the impending aneurism. For the life of me, I couldn't remember any requirement that I might have missed. Was it because I was always late? No, she should've given me a "W". But an "Incomplete"? This is new. >_<

Needless to say I stormed my way to the Theology department to give Rosanna a piece of my mind. But then I saw a post saying, "All students with Incomplete marks please return at 2pm." The time then was 10:45. Mmffckr! This day can't get any worse. >_<

Between then and 2pm, I killed time just so I could kill Rosanna (in my thoughts, at least). I thought of the different scenarios that could have conjured up such a grade. Maybe it was a mistake on her part. She probably lost our Ecological Footprint. Or she must have a personal dislike for our group, or worse, me. @_@ Now, Ma'am and I never got along, to say the least. Given how I react to negative motivation, I never got myself to taking her class seriously. I just did enough to "pull through". Maybe it backfired. Maybe this time I failed to "pull through". Well, I'm about to finally find out, at least. T_T

And the verdict? Apparently, me and a few other people from our class were fortunate enough to receive some sort of "special" treatment. Since we failed miserably in the finals, she was willing to give us another shot because it killed her to see such consistent students get low grades. @_@ For a moment I felt horrible. Sure, I hated her as a teacher, but as a person, Ma'am isn't half-bad. In a way, she knows that maybe (just maybe) some circumstance, outside of ourselves must have led to our failure and now instead of giving us a final irrevocable "C", she chose to give us an "I" just so we'd have a shot at something more decent. ^_^

So now what? Now I study my thesis statements again, especially thesis 11. Hear that, fate? XP