...herp derp

[demotivate.livejournal.com]

This may seem sudden but in light of circumstances that have been building for a while, I feel that I must leave Sing. Lain, Carolina, Arthur (who hasn't intro'd yet) and Hanna are going home. Psi and Chi can stay with Maine if Chelsey prefers. NPC Lev will be taken over by another mod at the team's discretion.

Er.

I promised myself I'd never do one of those backpedaling drop posts, but you can definitely thank Vic for smacking me a good one and having me change my mind. I'll be staying around, though my role on the moderation team may change.

As some know, I am a full-time grad student in addition to holding several jobs. The combined stress was taking its toll on my ability to stay involved with the game, but I am working now with my fellow mods to arrange a better solution. I never wanted to leave anyone holding the bag and I definitely have some big plans for the game itself. If I can continue to be involved creatively I would be honored if you all would still have me.

So, my biggest apologies to the playerbase at large. I know this break in composure isn't, er, very flattering, but thank you everyone for being sympathetic and helping to ensure Sing stays on track. ;3;

Comments

[lightning-feet.livejournal.com]

GOOD.

/keeps forever.

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

God I know right. "I should really give this up-- well I guess I can approve apps during discussion. FUCK ME THIS IS ADDICTION."

I vow to keep this game relaxed enough that we can both enjoy it. Because hell, if it's any indication, I was so in need of a game that could accommodate school that I MADE ONE.

*cultivates robots forever* :c

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

"Meh, my job is IT so I can totally just. tag in between readi-GODDAMNIT"

i keep telling myself that WELP at least it's not alcoholism like my parents! Yes that's totally... damn it... :(

Aghsdfn yes oh gadn. I'm so... idk, I left the first game I founded because it got too big for me :( so... yeah.


[/fills game with robots]



i should be doing my readings now in fact I just

today has been a bad day for working :(



ALSO I am glad I am not the only person who is like "JESUS, DISCUSSION IS BORING AS FUCK TODAY *tags tags tags* *prays that fellow students aren't like 'what are you doing'*


hey hey what's your degree in

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

NMNgnm nomnom icons

also, it will be a ... while...? Before I can actually app, namely due to aforementioned epic fail re: skool. I SHOULD BE RESEARCHING DAMn it all

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

Note to other mods, stop advertising and keep Sing slim and pretty on a water diet forever.

GOD IT'S NOT EVEN that discussion is necessarily bad a lot of the time it's just like LOL WHAT YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT HEIDEGGER OKAY BEING A MOD HAS MORE TO DO WITH MY PROFESSION THAN YOUR DEAD BEARDED GUYS.


I think on paper I'm in Cinema?? But my focus is on new media studies and practice so it's a fun conversation to have with those parts of the cohort who have trouble checking their email and think videogames are something their boyfriends keep wanting them to try. :c

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

That's okay, I can be patient. And well, SCREAM, papers and sorting out next semester's courses and all that. Hanna will still be here, playing his MMO and waiting for all these sci-fi types around him to stop being melodramatic...

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

*clings to game* PRECIOUSSsssssss

I'm worst in my class on how to teach undergrads, because I so fundamentally disagree with our teaching methodology that I have threatened to set our textbook on fire. So class is mostly me going B|



I am (MFA) in Creative Writing and my focus is nonfiction. so I hang out with people who navel-gaze a lot and like... encounter douchewads who say things like "oh yeah I work three jobs and I'm taking four classes (WAT) and I write three hours a day and still have time to go out every night"

and then I go cry in a corner yeeep.

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

tell me again about loving something to the point of obsession, Izanagi.

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

... oh lol yes. courses. for next semester. and... loans... and applying for food stamps... and...

... I should probably... try to get some granfdnafd /scream




man seriously what is with these robots and space marines and their ~dramu~

[judgments.livejournal.com]

/out melodramas all this sci-fi bs

[im-sorry-dave.livejournal.com]

I SAW THIS LATE
BUT SOOOOON

I WAS ABOUT TO POP YOU ONE

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

Oh god haha. I AM the person taking four classes (well, three and a research group) and working three jobs. But I definitely don't get much time to socialize, if that helps.

I'm admittedly so not engaged in the discussions on teaching methodology. It's not even possible for me to TA till next semester at the earliest, and now that I'm not entirely certain I WANT to pursue a PhD, it's a whole ton of ¯\(°_o)/¯. WHAT IS THIS $50K USELESS DEGREE.

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

ohgod you poor thing I am going bonkers enough with three [/pets]

To be fair, this girl also sleeps only three hours a night and I am pretty sure she does meth or something. This is the only explanation I can come up with.

Yeah it's like... I don't care. Also, five paragraph essays are the easiest way to make freshmen hate you, and I don't know why we teach them, and hgndcnh gah.

I can't even TA till next year, and at my school they don't even give you that much for it (other than y'know, regular pay + teaching cred). I may only take it if it actually pays more than my job at IT, which it might not. Also, IT job = I can do homework or sit on the computer while working.


/SITS WITH IN DEBT FOREVER GOING WHY DID WE DO THIS...

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

Five paragraph essays? At the college level? Oh come on.

Hngh god I got to admit sounds like you're getting a much rawer deal on the TAships. /SITS TOGETHER IN THE DEBT CORNER, PASSES OUT THE IF-I-THOUGHT-IT-WOULD-BE-LIKE-THIS-I'D-HAVE-GONE-TO-NURSING-SCHOOL HATS

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

Can you even get food stamps as a student? I heard they reject you because student != poor, SOMEHOW.




even space marines and giant robots gotta have a good cry sometimes

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

SHIT. I'M SORRY, SERIOUSLY.

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

YES! YES YOU CAN :D :D :D It depends on your financial situation. I *believe* that if you have a grant / are otherwise being paid, you can't; but if you are like myself and are ENTIRELY dependent on loans (fuck you, scholarships, seriously, fuck you >( ) you can get them. One of my housemates totally has a shit ton, and I will be getting mine as soon as I have a month's worth of paycheck to prove that yes, my rent IS 75% of my paycheck why do you ask.

TL;DR - that is a lie, you can actually get food stamps as a student. At least in Massachusetts, dunno 'bout elsewhere. Use the Googlemobile, most places have online worksheets you can use to see if you're eligible :D






but robots can't cry

NO MATTER WHAT MICHAEL BAY SAYS DAMMIT

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Yeah.

Basically, the thought is: incoming freshmen can't write! They are idiots. So, we are FIRST going to teach them... THREE paragraph essays [/insert Seseme Street Count voice here]

THEN! we will teach them... FIVE paragraph essays! [/insert count voice]

AND then they will... NOT WRITE LIKE IDIOTS




Only no now they just don't want to write at all, they hate you forever and they've learned jack shit :|

My journal entries for this class consist of "This is stupid. This is stupid and we shouldn't be teaching this."

I have a feeling I'm giong to fail yes.



Yeah. I initially thought they'd comp our tuition or something, but... no. I haven't even been able to get a straight answer on how we get paid at all, other than "a teaching salary" which is like... what. Is it going to be more than I get as an IT desk monkey?

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, I googled and you can totally get them as a student in California.

Fuck yeah lowered expenses.





I must have stopped watching Bayformers before I got that far. I know I missed the robot blackface.

[tallwhite.livejournal.com]

When you need to vent, you know where to find me. Don't worry about stuff, I'm going to be poking people.

[idkmybffhanna.livejournal.com]

fuck yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :D :D :D

see the MOAR YOU KNO







robotears are in the same movie as blackface and tentarape. so you missed nothing.

[bastione.livejournal.com]

[bastione.livejournal.com]

Actually I have one of him with a the ~single emo tear~ but I haven't made it into an icon yet.

[bastione.livejournal.com]

Anyway you can't leave you'll make the robot cry.

[idkmybffzombie.livejournal.com]

Wow, just. Wow. Somewhere your school's pedagogy took a detour into Fail Land and hasn't come back. I'm sorry. Do they expect ANY students to come back for an advanced degree, with that sort of practice?

Here's hoping your professor actually agrees it's a load of shit, deep down. You might be surprised.



I would invite you out to my university where they at least cover your tuition up to a certain number of credits, but why in god's name would you want to go to this school otherwise. FFFFF, it'll bite them in the ass when they don't get TAs above the level of said desk monkeys.