It’s a long story kiddies so settle down, shut you pieholes and listen well.

I’ve spent this past week basically living at the academic building trying to finish my next 3D character model. It going to be much more detailed than the Blaze model and requires us to work in Z-brush which means I have to use the uber expensive Cintiq tablets. However they don’t work with just any old Wacom pen so I have to check out a Cintiq specific pen from the Tech office instead of just using my own.

I checked out my pen on Wednesday morning for exactly two days(the maximum) so it had to be back by 9:00 Friday morning. Unfortunately for me I overslept Thursday night and missed the deadline so I could return the pen and check it out again later that day. I could have just returned the pen late and paid a $9.00 late fee but the process of paying the Bursar, hunting down the IT director to give him the receipt (who is almost NEVER in his office), and waiting for the system process that transaction so I could check another pen out would have probably taken until Monday, the day the assignment is due. I basically had no choice but to keep the pen late to finish the project and pay the additional late fees.

Now after pulling an all-nighter Friday night and completing the modeling I returned the pen first thing in the morning expecting an added fee of $15-$20 dollars. I almost shit my pants when I heard $90 dollars - 10 times the original fee for just being one day late! I reluctantly paid it, about a quarter of the money I was planning to spend on a Wii and Brawl, Dammit. My birthday is in less than a month so I’ll probably get one then, I just wanted to get mine before classes ended.


Moving away from my money troubles,

On a brighter note I’m surprised at how popular my French Maid entries are. In just two days “French Maid Sally Acorn” became more faved, viewed, and downloaded than “The Real Classic Sonic” piece I submitted months ago. I know it’s only getting the attention because it’s on a really popular artist’s front page but I’m still glad something I actually put some effort into is getting the appreciation (“Real Classic Sonic” took less than an hour XP ).