Sunbird Posted April 16, 2017 Report Share Posted April 16, 2017 1 minute ago, A Budgie said: Oh, okay. I've seen both red and white beaked birds before, although the white seems to be more common. That's cool. Yeah, I definitely see coots a lot more often than moorhens. There were probably several hundred of them on Utah Lake yesterday, spread out across various areas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Just now, Sunbird said: Yeah, I definitely see coots a lot more often than moorhens. There were probably several hundred of them on Utah Lake yesterday, spread out across various areas. Huh. Although we have them, ducks seem to be more common. And ibisis, which everyone hate. And guinea fowl, for some reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, A Budgie said: Huh. Although we have them, ducks seem to be more common. And ibisis, which everyone hate. And guinea fowl, for some reason. LOL, I've heard stories about the Australian attitude toward ibises. Apparently tourists come over from the US or England or wherever and "ooh" and "ahh" at the ibises and the locals are just like, "Whatever, those birds are everywhere." Am I right? Do the guinea fowl you usually see look like this? Spoiler I took that photo yesterday as I was heading home from my birding excursion. It's a Helmeted Guinea-fowl; some people in the USA keep them on farms, but they're not native to North America. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 @Sunbird Yeah, the ibisis are known as a pain. And yes, that's what our guinea fowl look like. I don't think they're local, though. They only appeared a few years back so we think they escaped off someone's property. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 I wrote 1,000 words today…. ….with the wifi on. Seriously, the last time I did that, the wifi was out. Super proud of myself for that. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: I wrote 1,000 words today…. ….with the wifi on. Seriously, the last time I did that, the wifi was out. Super proud of myself for that. Good job! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) ….and now I'm up to 1,050. I have tripled my usual daily word goal, and nearly finished the chapter. Edited April 17, 2017 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: ….and now I'm up to 1,050. I have tripled my usual daily word goal, and nearly finished the chapter. Congrats, Twi! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemalurgic Headshot Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Um, I finished my prologue. Maybe I'll make it longer later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 So, I just recently learned that my school will be giving the opportunity to take the ASVAB on May 5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashan’Elin Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 I finally finished the latest chapter of a fanfic I've been putting off working on for almost exactly ten months. At least I finally got that chapter done, no more of that hanging over my head! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) @Nashan'Elin When can we see it? @Sunbird Those are some *mad* pics!! @TwiLyghtSansSparkles Great job! I tend to write at night, under a lamp via traditional methods. Then I transcribe them the next day, it helps alot with my productivity, could it help with yours? (1000 words a night is usually the least I write thanks to this, I used to be so distracted when typing lmao) I haven't shared what I've been working on past few days, but here are some photos I took passed two days, as well as a little story sequence thing I made last night Oh and some other ramblings. Cycle Spoiler The death of me Spoiler I am a tree Spoiler I'm not the best at drawing people >> And here is the mariner comic I did a while ago (not my best work, I was tired af) Spoiler Last frame says, "I Iook to the sky and laugh, I was blind, and now I could see" Edited April 17, 2017 by Darkness Ascendant 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 @Darkness Ascendant those are really cool. I liked the tree one and 'The Mariner' especially. Even if I did look a little weird turning my computer on the side to read them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, A Budgie said: @Darkness Ascendant those are really cool. I liked the tree one and 'The Mariner' especially. Even if I did look a little weird turning my computer on the side to read them. Thank you I think the tree would be good for a picture book or something. blame this strange site's stranger upload mechanics >> I can never get them to upload straight...even when rotating the image before >> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistrunner Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 15 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said: I won another $5000 scholarship, this time for a speech contest. The next level of the contest is an additional $6500, and the championship is another $10,000, which would bring me up to around $20,000 for this scholarship. It's all a drop in the bucket for a Master's degree, but it's something. Well, even a $100 scholarship is $100 less to earn, so $20,000 is pretty fabulous. Congrats! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Budgie Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Cognizantastic said: I won another $5000 scholarship, this time for a speech contest. The next level of the contest is an additional $6500, and the championship is another $10,000, which would bring me up to around $20,000 for this scholarship. It's all a drop in the bucket for a Master's degree, but it's something. Woah, that's cool. Great job! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Wait wait wait - $20,000 is a drop in the bucket? Where are you studying? My entire 6 years,including taking every summer semester (so 3 full semesters a year) has been... $40,000? Ish? Something like that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 So, the day after I go see Dawes (my favorite band) in Nashville, the limited edition Night Vale audiobook vinyl is available. In Nashville. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 @Cognizantastic - That's obscene. Wow. Where are you planning on studying!? But good work on the scholarship It'll help! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Cognizantastic said: The college I want to go to is $60,000 a year including room and board. I don't know how much will be written off as a result of my financial circumstances, but my expected tuition will still be a lot. I don't have $20,000 currently, only the opportunity to obtain it. As of now, I have $10,000 in scholarships I've won. Let's say my tuition is slashed down to $40,000 a year... 40K x 6 years = 240K, of which 10K is less than five percent... 1 minute ago, Erunion said: @Cognizantastic - That's obscene. Wow. Where are you planning on studying!? But good work on the scholarship It'll help! It really does depend on the school you're going to. I went to a community college for my AA degree, which was I think maybe $2K per year—cheap enough that I could pay out of pocket—and then transferred to a four-year close enough that I could commute. I had to take out some loans, but I paid the difference out of pocket, so I wound up graduating with around $10K in debt. Grad school was the really expensive one—even paying part of it out of pocket, I graduated with another $20K in debt (although I'd paid off my loans from my undergrad degree while I was going to school, so that was all new debt). Of course, the more prestigious the school, the more expensive it's going to be. I went to a smaller public university for my undergrad and a more well-known but still nowhere near Ivy League school for my graduate degree, and the smaller price tag is part of what led me to make that decision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Cognizantastic said: Pomona College, In Claremont CA. I want to major in sociology with a minor in economics either there or McKenna. I want to work for the United Nations. Good luck! That sounds awesome - or maybe you could go into politics and reform you guy's current situation Starting with tuition fees at uni's, cuz whoa. You pay per year what I paid for my degree. Mind you, I'm not including room/board. But still. (Note, I go to the second-most prestigious university in my province... which is famous for being the hardest grading university in Canada and one of the top 16 hardest in the english speaking world...) Edited April 18, 2017 by Erunion Clarification 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erunion Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 @Cognizantastic - Philosophy is important. They don't teach enough philosophy anymore. I deeply regret the lack - they should teach basic philosophy (especially logic, especially applied logic) in high school. But then you'd need high school teachers trained, willing and paid enough to properly teach philosophy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverblade5 Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 In my digital electronics class, we had class presentations today. My best friend made an electronic chess set, that has a large magnet that's programmed to move pieces around the chess board. The teacher was so impressed that he asked for permission to post a video of the presentation online. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) 8 hours ago, Silverblade5 said: In my digital electronics class, we had class presentations today. My best friend made an electronic chess set, that has a large magnet that's programmed to move pieces around the chess board. The teacher was so impressed that he asked for permission to post a video of the presentation online. o_O I drew up a design for something exactly like that for a theory class a few years ago >> That's freaky. EDIT: Because I am extremely happy I will post this here too I WROTE 6K WORDS ON SONGWEAVERS TODAY >> I don't know how that went so fast... Edited April 19, 2017 by Darkness Ascendant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Hail, Hydra! The Secret Empire event for Marvel had begun and currently, it is sooo good! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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