Classy

[pasithea]

So... Looked at the winter catalog. Pressure is off at work for the moment and I can theorhetically take whatever classes I want but I've learned that my boss can be sort of fickle about this so I should not be overzealous. It looks like if I took non-art classes I could potentially take more classes though as some of them can be stacked on the same night. Most notably, I could take classes my SO is interested in so we could take classes together... Geez. That sounds a lot more juvenille and highschoolish when I write it instead of just thinking it. "I'm like gonna take classes that my girlfriend can take! Fer sure!" Of course, my second ulterior motive with math and language classes would be to bring my GPA up higher.... How warped is that? I consider Alegbra, Trig, and Japanese the 'easy-A' classes and art classes the hard ones. o_O Anyhow, here's the schedule.

Class	Days/Times	COMMENTS
Japanese	6:00-8:10 M/W	Only quasi-interested here. I think I'd get more from French or Spanish classes honestly but I could study with Stacey and that'd be a big plus.
Intro to C	8:20-11:00 M/W	Easy A. Sooo easy of an A. Stacks nicely with Japanese and Stacey might be interested in it. I could manage an A in this class but it would require significant work.
Intro to PERL	8:20-11:00 M/W	Not as easy of an A as C. Line-noise languages make my head hurt. Still. Not as good in PERL as in most other languages so it wouldn't be bad and I think Stacey might be interested in it.
Data Structures	5:30-8:10 M/W	This class is in C and would actually be interesting to me. I would almost certainly get an A in it and I could apply it directly to my current job and it has good future job-market potential.
Algebra 1	8:20-10:30 M/W	An easy A, probably well-below my current math understanding but maybe not a bad place to start at this school. Also, has no pre-requesites.
Algebra 2	8:20-10:30 M/W	Also most likely an easy A. Probably about where I should start since I've been out of math classes for a while. Placement testing would be helpful.
Trigonometry	6:00-8:10 M/W	An A with work. I actually really liked trig when I took it in highschool. It has some application for work and a lot of application for Maya. Might be worth it.
History of Cinema 1895-1950	6:00-9:40 T	I started to take this class at Cabrillo several years ago but found the instructor had changed the course significantly and it was not a class that interested me as a result.
16mm Film	6:15-11:55 T	Ooooh. I could like actually use my Beaulieu or something. But until midnight? Yipes!
Audio Production	6:15-11:55 Th	This would be very helpful to animation and isn't always offered int he evenings. OTOH it might require buyign some new and expensive techno-junk and I already have a lot of techno-junk.
Story Boarding	6:30-10:00 W	Storyboarding for animation... I think I have this down for my own purposes. Maybe I should leave well enough alone.
Animation Workshop	6:30-10:10 M	My standard favourite animation class and a good fallback. Unfortunetely it falls on a Monday so it's probably a no-go this quarter as there's other things I'd like to take.
Independing Animation Project	Any time	WOO! I pitch a project to Marty, I work on it and show him slices now and then, no actual classtiem required. I think I'll definetely take this class!
Intro to Maya	7:30-10:10 T/Th	Yes. I feel I learned nothing in intermediate Maya but this is taught by a different instructor and might be better although it's in the same lab so probably not, and the class times are sort of obnoxious too so... Unlikely I'll take this one.
Classical Guitar	5-6:40 T	I might gain something form a classroom environment here but it does say this is for nylon-string guitars. I don't know if I can restring mine to use nylon or not, or if they'd accept a steel-string guitar or not. This might be a good relaxing class but if I take it between hard classes on Tuesday Monday and Wednsday it could be stressful. Haveta think about it.

So... Those are my picks. Any feedback would be much appreciated. I think 3 nights a week is probably pushing my luck with work but maybe not. I'm tempted to go like 'Japanese, C, Guitar, and Independent Animation'. Challenging class, Easy A where I can draw, Relaxing class, and credit for my personal animation projects.

The japanese and C might also be good because Stacey could take notes for me if I was stuck with work so my schedule could be a lot more flexible as a result. Hmm. Definetely needs more thought. Any input would be appreciated.

Comments

[ataramos.livejournal.com]

I had to highlight to read that, and started laughing right off the bat, because the highlight of the first word was 'ass'...sorry. ^^;;

[centauress.livejournal.com]

Which level Japanese is it?

I'd pick it over Trig, but I do need to get back into math if I'm to take any more courses. I feel so stupid that I can't remember any of the Calc I took.

The C course would be okay, maybe even fun, but I don't see much application for it anymore. Even NetHack is slowly moving to C++.

Umm... When does the winter session end?