Mood: Even more excited!
Reason: uploaded Vince, Courtney, Dee, and Perry to my deviantART gallery! I hope to get started on the main characters soon!
The tricky bit is that the course (it’s an art theory class) has no relevance whatsoever to their line of work (they’re thinking of becoming video-game animators for Square Enix, much like how most members here dream of working for Pixars). Granted, I do think that art theory plays a relevance in developing your design and can be a source of inspiration, but these guys don’t really want to analayze Impressionists or former graduate’s works (they have the ideas all in their ‘head’), so they feel the subject’s a big time-waster. And I do agree to an extent.
But that’s some good advice. I don’t have to be forced to do something I don’t want to, especially if involves what is essentially academic cheating. Thanks lizardgirl!
It was a cinch! 
As for your feelings of homesickness, if it’s not too inconvenient, try to convince your parents to help you ‘settle in’ your new home. I’m not sure how far your uni is from home, but I believe it’s in the same country? I had to move to another continent, and I knew virtually no one in my school. That’s not to trivialise your situation, but just know that you’re not the only one. I was lucky enough my parents accompanied me for the first few days before flying back, and they helped to set up my bank account, find out nearby eateries, etc.
Try as much to be friends with your housemates if you’re sharing accommodation, and get to know your classmates. Some of my closest friends were the ones I met within my first week, and you can count on them when you’re feeling lonely or run into trouble. Of course, it sucks that you have to do all the housework now, but it’s cool to be able to make your own decisions! Before you know it, you’ll be having the time of your life! Of course, call the folks once a week just to see how’s it going back home. 
Netbug: Oh dear. Get well soon!
mo: You do improv? Wow, I’m terrible at ad-libbing. And I should go to a concert one day. Two of my friends have been to Lady Gaga’s recently. 
*Makes mental note to check out JSWeC’s gallery.
Ah, fair enough, thedriveintheatre. That does make the situation a bit more tricky.
And wow, you had to move continent? I really can’t imagine doing that, you must be a pretty strong person to have dealt with that! My uni’s only an hour and a half away from home, so it really isn’t that far. Thanks for the advice though, you’re right that making good friends will help a lot.
We get cleaners to look after our accommodation though, so no housework just yet! 
Current Mood:OK
I’m okay, I guess. Nothing really exciting going on. Although I haven’t watched a Pixar flim in a long time besides Toy Story, which one should I watch?
The Incredibles, the most exciting!!(now someone’s going to kill me)
Current Mood: Relaxed
Reason: I’ve been MIA for a few weeks as I’ve been working around the clock on revamping my short film for my school’s Merit Scholarship competition. For the last two weeks, if I wasn’t in class, I was more than likely in the computer lab. Some days I was in there for 13 hours 
Definitely worth it though. More often than not, I enjoy my time in the lab.
This is my last week of school before Spring Break and it will be a more relaxed week than I’ve had in awhile! I have a couple things due but nothing too strenuous.
Mood: excited
Reason: I get to hang out with my friends as my spring break kicks off! (technically, it started last friday)
Mood: Happy and worn out!
Reason: It’s been such a loooong weekend, but a really great one, nonetheless. 
My sister had her Sweet 16 party on Friday night, and what we did was my mom basically set up an Italian bistro in our den. Like, my dad made little tables, we moved all the furniture out of the room, he built lattice strung with Christmas lights to cover up the bookshelves and TV stand, my mom made red and white checkered tablecloths, we found baskets for breadsticks and Italian-styled plates for our spaghetti and meatball dinner, and… we bough sparkling grape juice and made our own personal labels for them, and it looked like the real thing. (Of course, we weren’t trying to encourage drinking, mind you… )
We had Italian music playing over the surround sound speakers, and we hooked up a friend’s projector and played images of Italy on a huge, doorway-sized vinyl screen my dad also made for my 16th 2 years ago. It really had some atmosphere, guys. I honestly felt like we were in an Italian restaurant. <3
It was a blast. We played these really random games, took lots of nice pictures, and even had a “dance party” - we cleared all the tables out, everyone lined up, and we did a couple rounds of the Cha-Cha Slide, the Cupid Shuffle, and the Electric Slide at about 2 AM, all jacked up on caffeine. Once everyone finally settled down, we all slept in the den on the floor (we were able to pack all 11 girls in there comfortably) and went to bed around 4.
Needless to say, it was SO much fun. My 16th wasn’t even THAT cool. For real.
Then we supposedly lost internet and phone for like, 3 days… only to realize my sister had accidentally unplugged it when she was hooking up the Wii to the projector. 
I was all miserable on Sunday afternoon without it, so I went over to my friend’s house to chill with her, and we watched Hairspray and ate the BEST chocolate ice cream I’ve ever had in my life. <3
It’s been taking me a while to adjust to the week again.
little chef
Wow, lots of long days then, Hannahmation? It’s good that you can relax now though- as they say, work hard play hard!
Aw, that’s sweet what you and your parents did for your sister’s birthday, little_chef.
Mood: Very happy.
Reasons: Spend the day catching up with one of my best friends yesterday and loved it, we had a lovely lunch together. Plus a bunch of us have booked to go to Bestival, a music festival, this September. A few of my favourite bands are playing and it’ll be a lovely reunion before we all go off to uni. I’ve never been to a music festival before so despite the reputation of festivals for being rainy, muddy and unhygienic, it should still be fun.
Very interesting that we tend to go through mood cycles collectively as a forum. It’s like everybody will be posting ‘happy’ statuses, and the minute someone writes they’ve had a bad day, the rest echo the same sentiments. At least, that’s what it seems like to me. 
Mood: Relieved
No really, this is not to ‘fit in’ with the previous mood statements. I truly do feel relieved. Just went through a class test for Digital Composite (we had to fix a really nasty photo that looked like someone ripped to shreds in two hours) and I think i did okay for it. I tried my best, 'swat counts.
Other than a couple of group meetings and helping a friend out, I think I should be free for the rest of the week to indulge in some fanwork to celebrate HTTYD’s impending release…
Mood: Kinda bummed
Reason: It’s been sooo spring-like for almost three weeks now, with temps hitting over 50 F for days at a time (VERY unusual for my location this time of year!)… until yesterday. It started snowing, and hasn’t stopped since. I’m not really all that surprised, since winters up here are so unpredictable. 
I still remember having a full-out snowstorm in early April one year, and it didn’t melt until almost the middle of May…
Hopefully, as soon as the sunshine comes back out and warms the ground back up, this stuff will be gone. It’s the wet, slushy stuff; it’ll be gone within a week of nice weather.
little chef
Current Mood:Scared
I got 40% on a test in our Spanish class. I don’t pay attention in that class. I don’t wanna learn Spanish! They can’t force me to! But then our devil Spanish teacher Mrs.Bustic. asked me where my paper was. I said I had it right on my desk. She said that I had to correct it and turn it in or I’m in for recces. I thought no worries. I could just look up the Spanish words online. Yesterday when we were packing up at school I opened my Spanish folder and it wasn’t in there. I looked around my desk and I couldn’t find the test anywhere! What am I going to do?!
Is there a lost and found at your school? It may be there. Or you could retrace your steps. And I’m not trying to say anything, but becoming fluent in another language looks nice on a job resume.
Mood-Blah/Yay.
Doing papers for school. I don’t feel like going to Taekwondo. The computer screen’s light makes me feel dizzy. I’ve finally saved up $100 to buy a Wacom Bamboo Pad and I’m buying it tonight.
At Spanish class yesterday, I was nervous the whole time. But the teacher didn’t even ask me about it or mention it! It was like she completely forgot about it!
Current Mood:Nervous
Tomorrow a friend from Kindergarten might come over and play video games with me. Nice, but I don’t remember him. His name is Nathan, and I don’t remember a Nathan from my class. There are 2 kids I think it might be. I hope it’s the first kid I thought it was from Kindergarten. But I don’t know what to say to him and how to react. I’m a really shy guy. I was hoping you guys could give me some advice.
annarborjack, I’m not really a fan of Spanish either, but it does help you in life if you know another language. If you need to ever communicate to someone who doesn’t speak English, or like FounderofAzn said, it looks really good on a resume. Plus, (and this is just me) I really like the spanish culture that you learn about in Spanish class, or at least in my class.
Mood: Relieved, Tired, but overall, happy
Reason: This morning when I was going to school I went out to the car to start it and warm up the heater before everybody else gets out there so that they can have a nice warm car. Anyways, I went out there and the car simply wouldn’t start, it did that thing where you could tell it was trying to start, like the ignition going, but the actual vroom of the engine wouldn’t go. It turns out that there was something wrong with the car and that we’d have to take the other car that isn’t as nice (not that I really care), but for whatever reason my step day hid the keys and he couldn’t remember where they were. Bassically, in the end, everybody got to school on time, except me, who was about 40 minutes late. Thankfully, my first period was watching a movie, so I didn’t really miss anything Then when I got home today I got to hit the gas tank under the car with a mallet, which somehow got the car to start (don’t ask me how, cuz I have absoulutely no idea).
I’m tired cuz it’s like 9:10, which I know isn’t really that late, but I woke up at 6 this morning and I’ve been looking forward to sleeping in ALL week.
And lastly, I’m happy to be on Pixar Planet again, since it’s been over a week since my last post. I feel like I’m behind on things happening here, even though I’ve been looking around from time to time without posting. Also, I finally got to talk to little_chef_eva09 today for about an hour and a half <3 She also sent me a PM that I read when I got home and I absolutely loved it! It totally made my day <3 <3
Oh yeah, and my Improv show last Friday was spectacular! Everyone said it was probably our best show and they told me it was probably my best performance ever! I was so flattered by that! One of my best jokes ended up being “Nobody Beats the Slapmaster!!” runs off stage Obviously, the end of a scene, but still, the whole show was a blasty
Mood: Mneh.
I’ve been babysitting at a friend’s house since noon today, and I won’t be home until later tonight… I came down with a cold over the weekend, so I haven’t been feeling the greatest, and just now started suffering from a massive headache. I really wanna go home, but she’ll be leaving again here soon to go judge a pageant, and I’ll have to watch the baby until she gets back. 
I don’t really know why I’ve felt so miserable all day…
little chef
Mood: happy
Reason: Got to see actual cherry blossom trees at a local park in my neighborhood!
Mood: Accomplished
I have finally finished a Halo campaign. In 3-ish days. Like, 2 hrs on Friday, 2 hrs yesterday, and 5 long hours today.
Weekend well spent. ;D
Mood: happy, tired
Reason: Just went and played volleyball with my family up at the park next to my house. It was so much fun, even though I thought that it was going to be totally lame. We ended up playing with this other family who couldn’t remember my name Lots’a fun though
and today I went to see the movie She’s Out of My League, and I totally loved it. I thought that maybe if they censored out the F’ words, it would have been a PG-13 movie, cuz there were some kissing scenes that got a bit intense Nothing too bad though, just the language. I absolutely loved it though, I laughed so hard, it had to be one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a long time.
Great Day… great weekend, school tomorrow
Current Mood: Uncertain.
Reason: For some reason, I’ve felt a bit detached from the world lately. It’s rather difficult to put into words. Even describing how I feel at the moment is difficult for me. Perhaps living in a somewhat limited environment has something to do with it.
Let’s see if I can collect my thoughts here. I don’t want to sound as if I’m complaining about my problems, because, in regards to myself, I don’t believe in dumping a bucketful of personal worries upon one’s friends if it can be helped. Some may disagree with me, but I just see it as rude. (I’m only talking about myself. I never mind it when my own friends talk to me about things.) Henceforth, I’ll try to keep my agglomeration of emotions… laconic.
I’m slightly anxious/nervous… as well as upset with myself. I’m on tenterhooks because I desperately wish to fulfill my artistic ambitions by way of taking art classes and going to a university, but my family’s financial situation, although better than it used to be, is still rather… frustrating. There are many things I wish to do, and people I wish to bless, but I can’t do them all because of this issue, and, lately, I’ve been getting a little anxious.
Regarding being upset with myself, sometimes I think that my oh-so-unique personality is a bit too quirky. I find it odd that people want to be friends with me. I don’t understand why they want to talk to me, let alone spend their time with me. I’m too weird of a person! What have I got to offer? I’m not rich; I’m not particularly extroverted; my talents need to be honed (or, talent, rather); I see myself as something of a useless dead-beat, even though I’m trying to support my family and cheer my friends up whenever they need me. I also don’t think I’ve been… particularly suave lately, or perhaps I’ve been too much so? I don’t know. Perhaps this makes perfect sense, but if there is one thing that I most certainly do not take for granted, it is friends, because, as amiable as I try to be, it’s really hard for me to make them because I’m not like most people. I’m not one of the “in” crowd. So, when someone does consider me a friend I see it as something of a great honor, and then what do I do? I screw it up, of course. I think sometimes I get a little too comfortable around people when I get to know them well, and then I end up doing things rather uncharacteristic of me, oddly enough. I just… don’t know why anyone would consider me a friend. I’m so scared of losing friends when I get them, because I hardly have any. Maybe this is why… points at paragraphs above
So much for being laconic and non-self-conscious, eh? Ah well. The point is that… I don’t think I’m worthy enough for some things, especially friends. I haven’t been attending to my moderating duties either, mainly due to lethargy, time restraints, computer viruses, and other things. What am I good for? sigh
I’m sorry, guys. I try to be up, but sometimes I have those days when I’m down, and as much as I try to hide it… it doesn’t always remained confined. To those who do consider me a friend, I… I appreciate it more than you know. And to one of my friends… I… don’t think I’m worthy, although I will admit that you have no idea how much I’m touched by your friendship.
Again, I’m sorry, everyone.
– Mitch