Just as the artistic juices start to flow again, the fall semester starts for college. And yes, I've been very fucking busy since. Especially with one of the classes having for an assignment "Read this entire book, then post a character analysis before Monday next week." Basically, I have a week to read the entire book, then write a character analysis.

You know, maybe if that was the only class I had, there wouldn't be a problem. But seriously, who goes through a semester taking only one class? Very few people indeed. Compounded with the other THREE classes I'm taking (another English elective, Business Law, and Computer Sciences), that kind of assignment is just a teeny bit overkill.

But you know what? It's ok. This is my fifth and last semester at this particular college. Afterwords, I move on to a university for the spring semester, following my focus major, PHYSICS! Yes, I'm one of those crazy people that enjoy calculus and theoretical such stuff :3


There's one problem with that, though. Very nearly all colleges have their courses setup with the assumption that their students will begin attendance in the fall. Therefore, all the beginning courses are unavailable. >_<

So, I'd begin my focus major taking several electives unrelated to my focus major. Kind of sucks, really, and it almost feels like I'm wasting my GI bill on a semester (I will only have 16 months left on it when I'm done with my LAS here).

Thus, I'm torn between waiting-out the spring and summer, and starting in the fall of next year, or beginning in the spring and missing most/all of my major courses.

BLARG!

I love EVE. Even when I can't play it, I still am
I mean this in the sense that your character continues to train-up skills while you're away from the game for days, weeks, or even months. Of course, you have to select which ones to train, and log on to start the next one when the first ends, but that's minimal maintenance.

Due to this, my main char has accrued over 65million skillpoints. That's a lot; some people who have been playing the game since 2003 when it launched don't even have that much.

The best part, though? Research agents! I make money in the game without playing it, too! And I can trade that money in-game for "PLEX's," or "Pilot License Extentions." It's a 30-day gametime thingy which can be traded in-game for money. The way that works is like this: you purchase a PLEX with real money (35$ for two of them) through account management at EVE's main site. Then, you log in, select the char you want to have them, and click the "Redeem items" button. When you load up that toon, the 2xPLEX's will be his/her hangar floor. This can then be traded in-game through the market browser for money.

In my case, I don't sell GTC's: I buy them with the in-game money. So, technically I never have to pay real-life money to continue playing... someone else already paid for my gametime, and I traded with them for it.

Awesomesauce, no?



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