Anyway, spring semester rolled around, taking 13 hours that time, and my midterm grades looked to be about the same. After that discovery, I hit the books and managed to pull my grades up to passing, though not enough to get back my scholarship. It wasn't all bad, however. I became a member of Delta Chi Delta, a Men's Service Club (the only one on campus) and made many new friends because of it. As the name implies, we dedicate ourselves to serving others, either on campus or in the community. In Harding, they don't have fraternities like you'd expect in other American universities. Instead, we have social clubs, probably to avoid the hazing issues that come with fraternities. More on this in a later entry.
As a result of my negligence on my first semester, I took summer classes at a local university in Fort Smith while I stayed with my grandparents. For those that don't know, my father lives in Louisiana and my mother still lives in New Zealand with my crazy step-dad. The classes I took were General Psychology and Western Civilization since 1500. I decided to take them over the net so that I could still travel around with people when I got the chance. I got two. I went with my uncle Brent, my cousins Darrah and Kenley and their boyfriends Dustin and Tyler to San Antonio, Texas, to visit a huge water park called Schlitterbahn. If you get an opportunity to go there, I suggest you do it. The other time was with my grandparents to visit my uncle Shawn in Corinth, Texas (not Greece). It was great to see him again. As far as my summer classes went, I passed them both: West Civ a B and a C in Psych.
And now for this last semester: I enrolled in 15 hours of classes again, though this time I didn't fail them. To offset the cost of tuition, I worked in the cafeteria of the school on Thursday and Friday nights. Thankfully, I was able to pay my tuition in time for registration. We also inducted new members into Delta Chi Delta, 14 total. A great bunch of guys, to be sure. I got to be part of a one act play directed by Allison Musselwhaite, a fellow theater student. The play was called Twice Upon a Time and I played one of the seven dwarves, Depressed. Funny, considering all of us were taller than the girl who played Snow White. Anyway it was a fun experience and am proud to have been a part of it. I'm actually slated to be in another one act called Ghost a la Mode opening in February. It's a comedy piece about a couple wanting to open a canteen in an old house inhabited by ghosts, and the couple convinces the ghosts to help them get the money to build it. Problem is , the ghosts are actually scaredy-cats. Anyway, should be a fun show and am looking forward to working on it.
I also became part of an unofficial(by which I mean not sponsored by the school) group of students who gather together to watch anime. We're a very small group, but it's still fun. You may notice I added two new series to my anime list at the bottom: Stein's Gate and Angel Beats. It was with this group that I saw these shows, and I wholeheartedly recommend them. Stein's Gate is about a group of college aged people who are working on a time machine, and actually succeed by being able to send text messages to the past and alter the timeline. Though their experiments get the attention of SERN (CERN in real life), an organization that has been researching time travel and have been trying to achieve world domination by time traveling. Angel Beats takes place in a high school campus in the afterlife, and focuses on a boy, Otonashi, who has lost his memory on arriving and has joined up with a group of students who are trying to fight against God and a girl with superpowers called 'Angel'. I know it sounds a bit blasphemous, but trust me, it's a really good series. As with anything involving anime, the premise sounds a little odd, but if you watch these series, I'm sure you'll enjoy them. Angel Beats is available in both English dub and English subtitles, though I imagine the subbed version will be easier to find online. Stein's Gate is subbed only, though a dub is coming soon. A movie is also being made, so that ought to be exciting.
I found a web comic a while back by accident that I've been reading lately. It's called Bittersweet Candy Bowl. It's a high school drama comedy story, with most of the characters as cats. If you're into that sort of thing, you should investigate it. It updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Link is here bittersweetcandybowl.com
Go to the archives and start from the beginning.
On Thanksgiving, I went to my grandparent's in Fort Smith and spent the week with them(we got a week off school for Thanksgiving. Lucky.) As far as Christmas goes, I stayed with my dad. I got some cash, a car cover and a cleaning kit for my car. My dad gave me his old car in October and I've been driving it ever since. My mom also sent me my Code Geass DVDs I left behind and some candy from New Zealand, among them a bag of Crunchies. Delicious.
One last thing before I close off: Fall 2011 game crop. In case you haven't noticed, this past fall has seen the release of several highly anticipated games like Gears of War 3 and Assassin's Creed: Revelations. I've been able to play a few of these games and so I will give you a brief rating on what I've played:
- Gears of War 3- Great, didn't answer everything I wanted answered from the last 2 games, though the developers said this would happen.
- Warhammer 40000: Space Marine- Great. Nice to see the Warhammer 40k universe brought to life in such an enjoyable way
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations- Great, minus the Den Defense mini-game. Really wrapped up the Ezio/Altair story.
- Sonic Generations- Have no fear, Sonic fans. This one didn't suck. In fact, it was one of the most enjoyable titles I've played in the series, except for Sonic Adventure 2.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim- Fantastic. Really big game. Maybe too big, but still incredible.
- Batman: Arkham Asylum- Quite fun, though I didn't finish it.
And there you have it, a brief (lol) summary of my exploits over the past year. By the time you read this, it'll probably be 2012, so Happy New Year, and may it be blessed. And in case you're worried about the whole Mayan calendar apocalypse thing, don't be. They just couldn't be bothered adding onto their calendar, so they stopped, simple as that. Truth is, we'll never know when the apocalypse is gonna come until it's already here. So I wouldn't worry too much about it. Or do. Take your pick. Anyway, I'll try to update more often next time around and I wish you a Happy New Year. Let's close off with something funny.
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