Missed it by THAT much

My final grades for this term were:

Advanced Drawing and Perspective for Games: 1139/1300 (87.62%)
Character Development Design : 4019/4385 (91.65%)

So I got a B and an A-, but I didn't make the Dean's List. As my brother Skip would tell me, they are great grades, and I should be happy for them. I am, and cannot wait to start the next term which is less than a week away.

I am happy to say that I am done with the first of three years, and it went by very quickly. At this rate, I feel like I should have my degree by next year! One can only wish, right?

Meredith and I had at one point talked about getting me a larger monitor than my current 20in flat panel. I have been toying around with the idea of moving my desk in the den to the wall that is shared by our living room because our 27 flat panel TV is right by the door. If I had a wireless mouse and keyboard, I would be able to sit on the couch and work from there after I swapped the monitor cable from the monitor to the TV. Just toying with the idea:-).

Speaking of Skip, he and his wife Suzanne have the most adorable little girl named Sarah. She is learning how to play the violin and the ballet. You can see her at his website at the following link http://pelorus.org/wordpress/

So ... that is it for this term. 5 down, 10 to go!

The final week of this term

Well, here it is, week 9 of the final term of my first year. I have mixed emotions about it all. I am very happy and excited because it is one of three years down. I am bummed a bit because I am just finishing up my first class that I feel the teacher was really poor and that I might actually have him again next term with my very first 3D modeling class. I'll go more into this in just a minute ... first of all, my grades so far (keep in mind that we are now in week 9, but I only have grades up to week 7 in both classes):

Advanced Drawing and Perspective for Games : 913/1050 (86.95%)
Character Development Design : 2496/2725 (91.60%)

As you can see, I am pretty much into the lowest scores that I have received so far since I started school. This has me bummed out. Truth to tell, I blame the class layout and the instructor for my Advanced Drawing and Perspective for Games class. We were to turn in our rough drafts by the end of one week (Week A), and then turn in our finals the following week (Week B), but we would not get feed back from our instructor until the beginning of the week after that (Week C). It was because of this lapse that I missed out on some easy points, and my grade would be higher.

I know ... it is still a B, and I should be happy. I AM happy that I have a B. I am very happy that I am doing better in college then I did in high school. I am happy that I am doing something and having fun with it. I am bummed, though, because I had no control over it and it took some of my pleasure away.

Did I do anything about it? Others already had. They posted their displeasure about it in the discussion threads, and the teacher pretty much said that he was overwhelmed. I will have my say when I fill out the end of term survey. I get one for each class, and I will go into detail. Oh well.

Anyway ...

I apologize for the rant. I am hoping that everyone is doing great. My Aunt Karen from North Dakota came for a visit. Meredith and I had my mother and her over for dinner. Since that visit, Meredith has repainted the livingroom, and we have rearranged it. We made more open room because we intend to get a Nintendo Wii with a Wii Fit to try and get us into some shape. I am very proud to say that I have cut my soda consumption by 2/3. In about a month, I hope t be soda free.

So ...

With that being said, I need to head to bed. Tomorrow I need to get my hair cut, and finish up working on one of my final projects. It is due Wednesday, but I want to turn it in tomorrow.

Take care everyone!