Tuesday, September 4, 2001  12:15 pm  <|>
<105> Finally I return: So here I am, finally back online and back in the city.  It feels like I've been back a lot longer then a week and a half, but I've been having a good time so it's all good.  Last week I had 3 classes technically, but only 20 minutes of actual class.  My first class on Wednesday was my Writing for Media class.  It's taught by a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, making that the second reporter I've encountered directly from this paper (the first being the reporter who wrote an article about my other website last August).  So the class should be mildly useful and he only kept us about 20 minutes since it was the first day.  So then my second class on Wednesday was History of Design.  I show up, the class is packed, but the teacher never shows.  The rule at my college is wait 15 minutes for the teacher and if they don't show up you can leave without being absent.  The rule comes into effect a lot more often then you might think when it comes to certain teachers.... especially my Freshman Writing teacher last year, ah but I never have to see him again so... Anyway, we waited about 20 minutes to be nice, but then my day was done.  That 20 minute wait sure beat the 3 hour class I should have had.  So then comes Thursday.  My first 8:30am class of the semester.  As soon as we get there we are told that our teacher had a family emergency the night before and can't make her daily commute from New York (a majority of our profs live in NYC and take the train in everyday).  So aside from finding out my teacher for this class is one I had hoped never to have again, the day was still good because I didn't have to sit in class for 3 hours that morning collaborating and being spontaneous... don't ask.  I have Fridays off every week, which is welcomed plus I had Monday off this week because of Labor Day.  I had a nice 4-day weekend after all of that almost class last week, so now today really feels like it's my first of being back at school.  Right now I'm on my lunch break in between my core studio class for this semester called Interactive Studio.  It covers interaction, that's a given, plus things like HTML, Flash, Director (next semester), etc.  It seems like it's the most relevant class to my major thus far though and we're told it's the most important.  I'm sure I'll talk about this class much more later, but now my break is coming to an end and I have about 15 minutes left, just in time to watch Garfield & Friends!!!