The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

….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

[Sunbird she/her]

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!

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

Um, I finished my prologue. Maybe I'll make it longer later.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

So, I just recently learned that my school will be giving the opportunity to take the ASVAB on May 5.

[Nashan’Elin he/him]

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!

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@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

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The death of me

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I am a tree

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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

[A Budgie she/her]

@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.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

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 >>

[Mistrunner]

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!

[A Budgie she/her]

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!

[Erunion he/him]

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? 

[marsoupial they/them]

So, the day after I go see Dawes (my favorite band) in Nashville, the limited edition Night Vale audiobook vinyl is available.

In Nashville.

[Erunion he/him]

@Cognizantastic - That's obscene. Wow. Where are you planning on studying!? But good work on the scholarship It'll help!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

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. 

[Erunion he/him]

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

[Erunion he/him]

@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. 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

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.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

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

[Orlion Blight he/him]

Hail,  Hydra! 

The Secret Empire event for Marvel had begun and currently,  it is sooo good! 

[Delightful]

13 minutes ago, Orlion On a Cob said:

Hail,  Hydra! 

The Secret Empire event for Marvel had begun and currently,  it is sooo good! 

Secret Empire?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

12 minutes ago, Delightfully Smoak said:

Secret Empire?

Hydra!Cap. Extremely political. Not. My. Cup. Of. Tea. 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

13 minutes ago, Delightfully Smoak said:

Secret Empire?

It's pretty much the culminating story of Hydra Cap. 

Also, for you DC fannies out there, Batman # 21 was pretty good, too! 

[Delightful]

I have chocolate. and Previously Grumpy Roommate has called a ceasefire over me being sick and offered to make me veggie soup later. I really can't figure her out. And I've finished work.

So I'm pretending tomorrow isn't  happening and being somewhat happy.

[A Budgie she/her]

@Delightfully Smoak good to hear things are better, even if it might only be for a little bit.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

And Columbine continues to be best in state when it comes to giving blood!