The Happy Thread

[LoliLovesRain]

Lol lokii xD its not my job yet but it shall beeeeee it is awesome tho xD

 

[#HBC | J]

I absolutely love Loli's career path and am major jealous. <3

But wow that seems intense for game design @ the digipen thing. Game design seems like such a cool field for people who can do it and they do seem to be always looking for more game designers to help out and the like so yay on that note haha.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

It's harder to find a job than you'd expect. It's really competitive. Especially for the specialty I want to get into

Digipen is one of the top schools in the world, if not the top school, for game designers. It's insane

 

[#HBC | J]

Yeah I have it is competitive, but nowadays so is every job just by nature. However, what is the specialty you want to go into Lokii?

So to put it into terms i'd understand, Digipen is like the Juliard for game designers?

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Basically. Digipen is usually within the top 3 on most lists for the major from what I've noticed.

I'm focusing more on concept art. I'd like to do 3D (mostly work in Zbrush for concept/hi-poly modeling) and texturing as well.....but my main main maaaaaaaain focus is concept art. So more on the 2D side of stuff haha

 

[Holder of the Heel]

As of September I'll be starting my online courses through American Public University for my bachelor's in philosophy. Afterwards I may possibly go to law school after taking the LSAT, depending if my interests go in that direction as I think it might. I've always felt ambiguous as to what I'd do with a philosophy degree, the one subject that really interested me, because being a professor just doesn't get my blood flowing and motivate me. And yet, putting up this potential law school idea gives me the first drive to study in my lifetime. Whether I go or not, I'll come out with a better GPA because of it. And American Public University seems pretty legit, and the general courses it asks me of are way better than Calhoun or UAH which demanded a lot of mathematics and science. I assumed course requirements were more standardized than this, but I'm happy to be cut some slack. Interested to see what happens! :D

 

[#HBC | J]

Basically. Digipen is usually within the top 3 on most lists for the major from what I've noticed.

I'm focusing more on concept art. I'd like to do 3D (mostly work in Zbrush for concept/hi-poly modeling) and texturing as well.....but my main main maaaaaaaain focus is concept art. So more on the 2D side of stuff haha

Wow your focus is really cool. I have a couple of friends in the art field and one of them is going to a school called Drexel for her art major, she loves drawing art but she is doing a computer design degree to get a stable career if I have it correct.

As of September I'll be starting my online courses through American Public University for my bachelor's in philosophy. Afterwards I may possibly go to law school after taking the LSAT, depending if my interests go in that direction as I think it might. I've always felt ambiguous as to what I'd do with a philosophy degree, the one subject that really interested me, because being a professor just doesn't get my blood flowing and motivate me. And yet, putting up this potential law school idea gives me the first drive to study in my lifetime. Whether I go or not, I'll come out with a better GPA because of it. And American Public University seems pretty legit, and the general courses it asks me of are way better than Calhoun or UAH which demanded a lot of mathematics and science. I assumed course requirements were more standardized than this, but I'm happy to be cut some slack. Interested to see what happens! :D

That is awesome Holder! I remember you talking about possibly doing a degree in philosophy and now that you are achieving that is spectacular and good on ya man! Also preparing for the LSAT is so cool if your course of action does take you that way. Hope everything goes well for ya!

 

[Holder of the Heel]

Thank you J. ^_^ Was having some self-esteem issues at first, but I really thought about it, and I quickly realized... I need to at least try! No more quitting. Always been a quitter... probably why it took no time for me to go from posting in the unhappy thread to the happy... it changes now, no more! >_< But what are you plans for college, J? :3

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

You got this Holder c:
Philosophy seems so interesting
I'd never have the attention span to study it. Not a lot of people do.

We believe in you c:

 

[#HBC | J]

No problem at all Holder! Everyone has self-esteem issues about almost anything they try and pursue haha. Great determination of just trying and not quitting! Proud of ya dude.

My plans for college is a little lengthy but I love it personally. So I am going to community college for two years in order to get my general studies out of the way, then transfer to CU-Denver to get my bachelors in Theatre Arts - Primary Focus Directing. I love directing and even had the opportunity to direct my high school's Winter Play and made a profit of over 1,000 dollars for the school so it was a success and just <3 theatre. I am a thespian through and through but I'm mainly an actor but I love every aspect of theatre.

But yeah, I am also hopefully double majoring in Teaching for Secondary Education.

On a happy note, I got premium hopefully now so yay haha.

 

[solitonmedic]

My game Lost Saga is getting a big makeover tomorrow that includes reforms, new stages, characters and modes! >w<

 

[Holder of the Heel]

Thanks Lokii. ^.^ Skated by high school not caring, getting bad grades, so I appreciate the support. And I'll be honest, when it comes to reading some philosophy books, it requires your complete and absolute attention, can't have the slightest distraction, and even then it sometimes takes rereading some paragraphs.


And a director?! Whoa, that is really big. Not only that, but it sounds fun. To have such a thespian passion and personality must be great! What kind of roles have you acted in before, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[#HBC | J]

Okay well the list goes on for a little bit so sorry for a bit of the rambling. I only started acting a year and a half ago but I have been given the opportunity to have a lot of fun with a couple of roles.

Larabee (major villain, lead) - Sherlock Holmes
Bellhop (only teen role in adult show) - Neil Simon's Plaza Suite
3 Lead Roles in Kids Playwriting Festival 6, it was a series of plays and young writers who won in a script writing contest got the chance to "direct" their shows with actors in it. That was a lot of fun.
Wesley (only teen role in adult show) - Dracula
Mellresh (Male Lead) - Enchanted April
Scrooge (Lead of play) - A Christmas Carol *That was sooo fun*
Director (haha, ;P) - Shakespeare in Hollywood (Parody of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream)
Matthew (Male Lead) - Anne of Green Gables the Musical

So I've been able to have a few roles here and there which I am grateful to have been a part of productions for. I've done stage-crew and the like for others as well.

Also since you asked about the plays I acted in, I decided to fish something out from an interview that got done of me from another board and someone asked a question about the plays I've been in.

Haha I was probably going to say Anne of Greene Gables but that was a musical. I mean that was such an eye-opening show as to what I wanted to do the rest of my life because of how much I learned in that one show in regards to singing with an entire orchestra and in front of an audience and dancing and just being alone on-stage with just a spotlight on you in front of hundreds of people singing a powerful ballad song and dying on stage was just, I can't even. It was also the first time that I had to wear a wig on stage but that was interesting in of itself. Better than having to wear a fake mustache! I will tell you that much.

Uhm I would have to say that it is a tie between Enchanted April and A Christmas Carol. I would probably say it is a tie. Christmas Carol was the first time I was given the literal lead of the entire play and I got to play Scrooge. It was such a fun show to do but it also challenged me as an actor a lot because it was completely different then who I am which kind of made it easy but at the same time not. It's weird, acting haha. But yeah I loved the show because I got to delve into so many different emotional character acting with like hating the world and everyone in it, to crying on stage, to even dancing around on stage as the happiest man alive. It was such a fun performance but holy monologs there were so many of them and I put off learning all of them till the last week of the show which almost made my director kill me but I fixed that really quickly. I guess the moment I take away most from that performance is that when I went to take my bow as the last bow of the show, the entire audience stood up and gave me a standing ovation which was really shocking because it was just.....I can't explain it hahaha. I guess I would say that is single-handedly the greatest feeling in the entire world and helped me realize that is what I wanted to do the rest of my life.

Then with Enchanted April, I would say it was my favorite because I literally got to be a chauvenistic pig to one of the "Not so nice" girls of theatre because she was my wife in the show and experienced so many different things there as well. It was also what I considered my first "real" show in front of hundreds of people and getting used to what goes on during Tech and Hell week fully. I mean the things I had to do was definitely interesting because I had to endure the dreaded stage kiss for the first time, while having a posh british accent (funny thing, I get casted as British guys a lot), then there was a towel scene were it was a really small towel for comedy aspect and this was all in my first "real" play so it taught me a lot. It was just a lot of fun. The script was terrible though! Like the play was just like a Life-time movie in the terms of it being all about women's feelings and emotions and ugh it was just boring to listen to the entire time. It was about women "finding themselves again in an Enchanted April". No thanks. Funny story though, for the towel scene I only have like 10-15 seconds to change backstage before I had to go back out again which was insane because it literally was 3-5 lines and they would also talk faster due to being nervous, so the first night when I thought I could do the quick-change by myself, I went on with the towel and my socks which made my director face-palm at me. Then the costume crew sent some of their members to help. They were all girls, and all friends of mine. That was interesting to say the least. xD However, there were some that weren't friends and I got introduced to them as "meet your strip buddy" so the name just stuck with the girl. Aaaand my ex was also one of the girls who helped me with the quick-change, though I wasn't dating her at the time.

 

[Jasou]

My game Lost Saga is getting a big makeover tomorrow that includes reforms, new stages, characters and modes! >w<

Yeah, the reforms are really awesome. I'm quite sad there's no Lightning Mage reform yet though. I'd be active again and try for 100 on my Lightning Mage, but I just can't play much anymore because i've been focusing on smash, LoL, and other things such as work.

Awesome to see a fellow LS player here though :D, haven't found many others on other sites so far.

 

[Holder of the Heel]

Scrooge! That's awesome bahaha. XD And as your first lead too. Then I see a lead villain role for Sherlock Holmes? I used to read those on occasion because being a detective was an old idea of mine. Was that any fun? It also seems like your only villainous role?

The rest is great, especially you directing a parody of Shakespeare. How did you learn to direct, or did you somehow just transfer your acting skills into directing the acting and it just works well?

 

[#HBC | J]

Haha I would absolutely love to talk about theatre/acting/directing but I believe that distracts from this thread a bit since it isn't really a social.

I am trying to get a theatre thread posted for the Pool Room, but Werekill hasn't responded whether it would be alright yet or not.

However, feel free to message me on VM/PM/Skype!

 

[Lore]

Haha I would absolutely love to talk about theatre/acting/directing but I believe that distracts from this thread a bit since it isn't really a social.

I am trying to get a theatre thread posted for the Pool Room, but Werekill hasn't responded whether it would be alright yet or not.

However, feel free to message me on VM/PM/Skype!

I just responded. I kinda forgot that I hadn't replied yet, lol.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

For fun, I took some film classes in college some years ago. It was really fun, and almost got me to go into film.

Of course, the teacher's favorite film was

Spoiler

Citizen Kane

 

[#HBC | J]

I just responded. I kinda forgot that I hadn't replied yet, lol.

Haha yeah, already got to your VM but thanks again!

And now I'm super happy because the thread is finally live.

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325517

<3

 

[quote]

I've been able to get in a lot of work this week. I'll probably have made 300 dollars by the end of the week.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

After months of hard work and planning.....

......RAGE is finally happening ; u ;
Midwest regional that has eaten my life. Oh man. I'm so hyped.

 

[#HBC | J]

Good luck to you and your tourny Lokii! It sounds like you have been working on it for a long while and had a bit of complications with it but it seems to be going good now.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Thanks!!! I really hope it goes well! We have a great TO staff and a super cool venue (new venue is great for dodgeball)
Fingers crossed

 

[Teran]

Playing the beginning of Majora's Mask and making out until the moon starts crashing before you go into the Clock Tower is sure an awesome tail end to a date. xD

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Ooooo~ Sounds like someone had a lot of fun :'3

 

[#HBC | J]

Glad it all worked out or ya bro haha. ;P

 

[Holder of the Heel]

Playing the beginning of Majora's Mask and making out until the moon starts crashing before you go into the Clock Tower is sure an awesome tail end to a date. xD

You take my wall virginity (without my consent even) and you go off with some guy and treat me like this? I'll never forgive you....

Men are all the same!

 

[Teran]

I can't help it...

ROUND ROUND GET AROUND I GET AROUND~
I GET AROOOOOOOOOUND
FROM TOWN TO TOOOOWWWWN

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Terannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn~

*swoons.*

Smooth Criminal

 

[Jasou]

Weekends are very relaxing.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

RAGE was today
I was happy with how it went
now I'm tired and in pain

....sleep sounds awesome.

 

[Staz]

I'm starting a new life monday! i'm pretty happy with life right now, but I am gonna try to get in good habits, like exercise every day, get good at alot of things that i've wanted to do and much more! I'll keep ya updated!

lots of LOVE!

-staz

 

[Jasou]

That's awesome dude. Good luck!

 

[#HBC | J]

Good luck man!

Having a strangely positive day. I feel like I'm looking nice and I'm gonna go out for a drive today.

 

[Grandeza]

Had an amazing day yesterday at Warped Tour. I hope the rest of my Summer feels this good.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I memorized how to play the Mario theme on guitar today.

 

[#HBC | J]

I've always wanted to go to Warp tour. :o

Just went for a late-night jog with my dog which started me working out more and got an amazingly good deal on a pair of cut-off skinny jeans.

 

[SuperBowser]

Bumped into my best friend from year 7 on the train today. We talked like nothing had changed. We keep in contact, but we've been lazy over the last years. It was nice catching up. Shame the journey was only an hour.

 

[pickle962]

I got into the LBP Karting beta a few days ago!

 

[-LzR-]

I am happy that I do not have any financial problems anymore. It's such a relief.
I also have been very relaxed lately in my grandparents place. Such nice weather and everything is going so well.