Random Announcements

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT thanks brother! Things are rolling along pretty good! I’ve been screening student candidates for my reading program the last few weeks. My first students come Monday!

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle awesome man! Here’s to a great year

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT cheers indeed!! And good luck with your little manimals too!

[Oaktavia]

@sabergirl that's so rad, I am happy for you! My county paid me back for mine too, the only way I would ever have done it. Such a rad focus you were able to choose to, as is your career.

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia I just started my MFA program yesterday! I may be naive, but I'm loving it so far and I'm really looking forward to the whole program.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf that's fantastic man! Stoked for ya!!!

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia thank you! If I’m feeling brave, I might share some of my work later on.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf your upcoming grades might boost your confidence

[Matt]

I’d be happy if I never learned another thing again. I know quite enough.

[seawolf]

@Matt

[Tago Mago]

@Matt and I’m sure you‘re doing all you can. We are all proud of you

[seawolf]

@Tago-Mago

[Graeme]

@seawolf what field is your MFA in? I finished a master's in Creative Writing a couple of years ago. I haven't done anything with it yet, though.

[seawolf]

@Graeme said in Random Announcements:

@seawolf what field is your MFA in? I finished a master's in Creative Writing a couple of years ago. I haven't done anything with it yet, though.

Wow! Congrats! Where did you do your MFA? Mine will be in Furniture Design and Woodworking. My university also has a robust teacher training program, so if all goes well, I'll get to teach my own class by my second semester, and continue to do that throughout the program. The end goal is to teach, so I should be very well equipped by the end of these three (yes three!) years.

[Graeme]

@seawolf I studied at the University of Sydney, but it was all remote due to the Pandemic. The only time I was on campus was for graduation.

Furniture making sounds interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what you produce. And, yeah, I can imagine it's a lot of work.

[seawolf]

@Graeme that had to have been challenging!

[Graeme]

@seawolf I didn't find studying remotely that difficult, but it was tricky fitting it around work.

The course material wasn't too challenging, except for a unit on genre theory. But writing itself can be very difficult, and I can understand why George R.R. Martin has struggled to finish books.

[seawolf]

@Graeme that makes perfect sense!

[Oaktavia]

My masters was online too, also during the pandemic. Lots and lots of writing.

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia Mine will be largely hands-on. I'm taking a really interesting History and Critique of Art and Design from 1950-present class, but the real work starts this morning when I meet with my studio professor to find out what I'll be doing in the wood shop this semester.