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Yeah, but it seems to happen in almost any guild. You get one or two threads that everyone posts in and everything else is ignored.
I don't mind this guild being a general guild, but I figure if we want it to stay on the original topic we should probably look at the forum itself a little more. xP I only say that because I know every time I come here I look at this thread, and maybe the top two in the forum. But generally I never even browse the forum.
I don't know if everyone else does that too and so the forum is ignored, or if I'm just a terrible person.

RIG?

I haven't paid attention to any announcement Gaia's made in a looooong time. I don't pay for GC and it's hard to make gold unless you really work for it so I don't really buy any items on Gaia either. So knowing what they're coming out with hasn't been important to me at all.
And if it's not avatar stuff I care even less.

What's Monster? xP

So, on top of work, midterms, medical crap, and everything else I had to sit down to try and figure out what classes I'm going to take next semester. WHOLE NEW BOTTLE OF STRESS burning_eyes

I have three semesters left to take courses if I want to graduate on time. For my major, I still need to take 9 out of 11 possible courses. Next semester, they're offering 3 of those courses, 2 of which are being held at the same time. I also need to take 4 more elective courses. I have 11 choices for those, but next semester they're only offering 1 of them and it happens to fall on the same time as the 2 required courses that are already conflicting. I also still need to take 2 honors colloquium courses on top of the senior thesis that I'll have to work on next year. I don't know how the hell I'm expected to do all this.

@Skippy, Monster is an anime. I don't know too much about it so far except that it is a psychological thriller. I have only seen the first two episodes so far. I could read more about it, but I don't want too many spoilers. Here is some info on it if you care to look.

@Kenny, that's awful! sad So I guess that there's no way for you to be a full time student next semester. They are posting the spring course schedule tomorrow and I hope that I don't have the same problem. I have four courses left. Three are specific required classes, and one is an elective. I'm just afraid that my specific required classes are going to be at the same time. @_@ I hope that you will be able to work something out with your adviser.

@Sarcastic - Yay! xd *goes to check cosplay pics*

If I take my two honors colloqs this semester then I should be able to get enough credit hours for full time status. But they're honors colloqs so that may end up being a ton of work so I don't know if I want to do that or not. I dunno, I'm going to go b***h and whine to the CS chair and the Honors college people to see what I can do. Hopefully there's some alternative I haven't seen yet.

When I was in high school I used to talk to the administration quite a bit (counselor, teachers, secretary, TA's...etc.) about courses and requirements and all that sort of thing (quite often when I was supposed to be in class, but that's a detail we'll choose to ignore). I was always looking for ways to do less or to get around the classes I didn't want to do, and to get through with it all faster, plus I like to know how the system works.
I learned quite a lot from doing that, and it's part of the reason I have my diploma now. If I hadn't spoken to all those people I never would've learned about the most excellent short cut I took. Instead of taking 5 or 6 courses I only had to return to school for one semester, and attend class twice a week for three hours to get an English credit. Had I not known what I did I'd still be in school.

Pester your administration Kenny, I'm telling you it works.

I was supposed to make appointments with my counselor (mind you it would've only taken a day at most to see them probably), but I would always just walk in and be like "Hey, I have a question." and that would be that.
If you walk in and just say "Hi do you mind if I ask you something quick?" you can get away with a 30 minute (give or take) conversation with them.