Sesuai kebiasaan di Institut Taman Berkuda, tiap 5 tahun diadakan pergantian kurikulum. Nah, kurikulum 2008 ini menyediakan mata kuliah pilihan yang sangat beragam dan banyak jumlahnya dibandingkan yang lalu. Hemmm, cukup menarik. Namun, ternyata oh ternyata ada satu lagi masalah. Kuliah hanya akan dibuka bila pesertanya minimal 5 orang. Jumlah mahasiswa jalur pilihan IF (sekarang namanya sains komputer) angkatan saya hanya 9 orang. Yang berarti satu kuliah harus diikuti lebih dari 50% dari kami. Hal ini sulit karena minat yang cukup tersebar diantara kami. Jadilah minggu-minggu ini berlalu dengan gosip hot tentang buka tutup kuliah.

Permasalahan lain adalah bagi kami angkatan 2007 (cieeeh, bukan 2002 ya :-D ), semester ini bisa jadi adalah semester terakhir. Di semester terakhir, sebagian mahasiswa akan dengan cerdik memilih kuliah untuk menambang nilai.Namun, semester ini, kuliah-kuliah yang menarik semuanya adalah kuliah penuh kerja keras, kuis, dan tugas..hoho.. Sedangkan, kuliah yang "nyantai" hampir semuanya tidak menarik secara keilmuan :-D

Selain itu ada kebijakan lain dari kampus dimana untuk mata kuliah S2, 2 sks setara dengan 3 sks S1, dan 3 sks setara dengan 4 sks S1.. Maka demi mempersedikit load kuliah, kami mulai coba-coba sit in di kuliah labtek tetangga, yang masih dekat hubungan keilmuannya, dan dosennya tampaknya sedikit lebih berperikemahasiswaan dengan menjadikan 2 sks S2 masih setara dengan 2 sks S1 :-D (dasar mahasiswa, licik!!)

Buat saya sendiri, semester ini adalah semester yang penuh pertaruhan. Salah sedikit memilih kuliah, saya bisa jadi ga lulus semester ini, bisa jadi kehilangan pekerjaan.. Tampak cukup riskan untuk memilih kuliah yang berat, walaupun kuliah itu menarik. Namun disisi yang lain, masa sih kamu akan mundur, ga ngambil kuliah yang kamu sukai, hanya karena kuliah itu susah.. :-D Hmm, masih 2 minggu untuk memilih kuliah. Kita lihat saja apakah saya bisa bersikap realistis atau keukeuh pada idealisme saya :-)

งานสมัยปี 2 ตลกๆบ้าบอ...อย่าว่ากันเลยนะ

Here are two screenshots from this work called "TEC-1" (it's the name of abandoned termoelectro-central which some day will (maybe) turn into modern arts museum of Latvia), in my video interpretation the lower floor of this building is sort of drowning in color, while the upper floor and the huge steam boiler is melting in polythene.

Please stop sticking my book next to One Piece.

*At least the shrinkwrap was still on it!

I totally appreciate that you even stock it, but honestly--when does common sense kick in? Would you really put a book like mine, with a cover like that, next to something like One Piece? I could understand if a copy of Only The Ring Finger [bl]Knows was there next to it...

Would you have placed Dale Lazarov's Sticky next to St. Lunatic High School? Of course not. >_<

UPDATE:  A new review from author Hayden Thorn!

Ok , today i have done a new Hat (Custom Image Header) for my Blog , I wait for your opinions about it :D :)

It's happened to me a couple of times recently--and the first thing I think is OMG, I like their work and they read my stuff! Then I think...wow, they gave me a good review--should I thank them in public? This opens up a whole new can of interbutts-social worms. =_=;

I know it's all the rage for artists to say thanks to comments on posted art, but do artists respond to official reviews of their material, or reviews posted at author/publisher/fan sites where someone has posted a review of their work? I comment on web comics I like, or art I really enjoy, but I don't expect anyone to know who I am--or even care that I commented. I found out recently that someone did know me, and was afraid to comment on my nice comment or say hey wassup? :/ I thought, how weird. I'm nothing special, believe me. 0_0. But I know how they felt. You've read someone's work and you like it, and they favorably review your work and it's strange. Basically you genuflect and go into full frontal ass-licking mode to anyone within earshot of your monitor [yes, cats count!]; but do you comment? Do you email and say thanks?

I saw that Gadarene was reviewed favorably and rec'd at Aarin Fantasy; but I didn't log in and say thanks and all that. >.> I mean--I thought about doing it because I appreciated the nice words, but I stopped because I didn't want to look like a tool. I'm not the friendly type anyway, why start acting like a pod person? *sigh* Can I still be a fan in the fandom, and a creator whose works are up for review and judgment?

I guess artists are nice and graceful and cool because it often comes natural to them; their craft is instantly visual and so feedback and how they handle it is important. Writers are a different breed. We're world-building egotistical jerkbutts by nature. It's not easy being omnipotent for hours at a stretch and then instantly snap out of G*d mode to deal with other people on a level playing field. A nice comment is nice...but writers overthink it...should I say something back? What should I say? How should I say it? Should I read and review their shit too?

>_<

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from the test of my ADDA styling-only-design workout, the result is 'worked'. my work is going on finalists for the competition. the next step is up to me to present it and the ideas behind it in 3 Oct, hope this works again so i could change the trend, haha.

Jadi ya, Jualikan itu bahasa indonesianya selfish. Kalo leu semua ngerasa ini jayus...jahh...emang seeh kalo kita ngartiin sell dan fish pasti jadi jual dan ikan. Sebenernya ay bikin istilah ini karena hampir semua translasi mengartikan selfish jadi egois, dan kata egois rasanya gak enak secara masih berasa kata asing!

Maka dari itu ay menciptakan suatu kosa kata Bahasa Indonesia baru demi menyambut HUT RI ke-63!! Kata yang benar-benar Indonesia!! Pengganti kata egois!!

JUALIKAN

Yeah! Jadi sekarang kalo ada yang mau bilang "Ih tu cowok egois banget, makanya gue putusin!", mereka harus mengganti dengan "Ih tu cowok jualikan banget, makanya gue putusin!"

Enak kan ngomong jualikan? Serasa ngomong petakilan atau kerajinan atau celamitan, karena secara tata bahasa, JUALIKAN seperti memakai partikel -an dan membuatnya menjadi kata sifat yang lazim dalam Bahasa Indonesia!!

Gahahahh...!!! Ayo gunakan kata JUALIKAN untuk HUT RI ke-63!! Mulai tahun depan, tanggal 15 Agustus adalah hari lahir kata JUALIKAN!!