2025 | University Blog Post - #1

Y'know what I really hate? Like, really really hate.

Jobs that look at themselves as your main priority in life. They want all your time with no regard for you as a person who has a life. That's about every job though.

This same thing can apply to university classes. 

Starting on the 25th, or Monday of this week, I had officially begun my third year of university. Congrats, me! You've made it this far, and now have only a couple years until you leave the country and do whatever you do. All whilst not owing your university a cent (so far).

From day one, my classes have been blasting my ass with constant work. If you told me it had already been a month I would believe you—reminder that it has been six days. I feel tired already.

I spent the first three days preparing for our school involvement fair, which went just fine. For the anime club we only got about four people this year. Nowhere close to our best, but also not our worse. The radio club did much better.

Speaking of the radio club, all members have become majorly motivated with a new task—revive it to the state it was in the 2000s. Everyone is on board, and the idea machine is going crazy. I look forward to seeing where that goes.

The anime club had its first meeting this Friday. It felt different this year. We went back to our old club room, and everyone already sits closest to the door. I hate that so much, really. Come sit in the middle of the room to see the televisions better. Why do you hide in the back corner? Is it because this is a classroom and you have some kind of primordial fear of them??

A couple old members were missing, be it because they couldn't make it, dropped out, or one who is back home on the west coast because all his classes are online. A few new members couldn't make it due to other things they needed done the first week.

The meeting itself went fine, I guess. I felt very tired, so I lost what I wanted to do in a mind fog. We did introductions, they went as... well as they go. We watched the first episode of Genshiken again to warm up the new members, and then we all just chatted for a while. We originally planned to walk, but it wasn't long before some members shot that down because walking around our town was too much. So some went off to get lunch, and the rest of us sat down outside to chat. Apparently no one checks the weather, because all of them were freezing. Maybe my old man habits do come in handy sometimes!

We tried having genuine conversations, which for the most part were successful. It wasn't until I got struck with a sudden wave of exhaustion that I decided to get going. Unfortunately, some other members showed up as I was preparing to leave and I got a bit caught up in the excitement. I don't like when that happens, I also wish to control that better. Not sure what causes the sudden spike in energy.

The meeting as a whole was just — fine — just fine. The conversations were exciting, but it didn't feel like last year. I'm not sure what's up with that. It could've been my exhaustion. Maybe I miss those who weren't there, and the lack of their presence makes it feel a bit more dull? Possibly. 

Thankfully we have Monday off. I've spent all of Saturday catching up on copious amounts of work. I need a couple days to do absolutely nothing. Next week I promised to be in the radio studio every day going back over our training material to create an easy 'how-to' guide for new members to follow. I feel I might've bitten off more than I can chew with that, but we'll see. I'm pretty dedicated to that club, and I feel comfortable all alone in the studio.

I just want whatever this feeling of "change" is to kinda... go away. Something with the other club is bugging me and I just. 

Can't. 

Place it.