I miss those days where I had the free time to consistently blog and talk about my days or what's on my mind and whatnot.. I've actually been quite busy lately with school. After realizing I'm going to be stuck at my community college for 4+ years before I transfer, I realized that I need to get as many classes done as possible, so I decided to take Calculus in the summer for some good momentum.
The semester system is really slow, and the quarter system is fast, but summer classes are REALLY fast. Especially since you're cramming in a semester's worth of material in a shorter amount of time than a quarter, you REALLY have to stay focused. A missed day of class could throw you miles behind the rest of the class... So far I've been struggling a bit, but enough to maintain a steady B in the class. My chances of acing the class are extremely slim right now.
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So apparently two of the sifus at my kung fu school quit! So the owner has been quickly looking for employees to hire and I just happened to be one of his victims. I was concerned about the job because all the teachers are either ex-monks from temples in China or at least black belts. Me? PSH, I'm green belt, baby. So far the job hasn't been much different from my old job at the Taekwondo school, but maybe a little more lax. So far I'm making less money than the amount of gas I spend per month on driving (to school and whatnot). Hopefully I get more hours!
I haven't been playing Magic much lately, but my friend is visiting from China for the summer! We've been cube drafting and it's a lot of fun. Problem is though, I've been getting home at like 2-3 in the morning on school nights..... I'm fine with lacking sleep, I just don't really want my parents to get angry... They're still Asian y'know. Last night, we went out to Superstars in Sanjose to draft the new M12 set. I managed to pull a Grave Titan in my first pack! I personally thought my deck was really good too (2 Incinerate, Shock, 3 Wring Flesh, 2 Act of Treason, Chandra's Outrage, Sorin's Thirst, a ton of 1-3 drop Bloodthirst creatures, 2 Bloodseeker, Gravedigger, Diabolic Tutor etc.). But I guess my skill is still lacking...
I managed to win round 1, losing a game to mana screw.
In round 2 I lost game 1 from mulliganing to 4 and not being to catch up. Then in game 2 I FORGOT to announce a Bloodseeker trigger, and lost the game with my opponent at 1 life T__________T I'm so bad..
Round 3 I lost game 1 to a 2/2 bear with the +1/+1 protection from creatures aura hitting me 7 times....... That many turns of not drawing one of my removal spells..... Then in game 2 I got stuck on 2 land..... My opponent even agreed my deck was scary, but I guess he was just being nice..
Aand soo I walked away 1-2 with one booster pack, but guess what I pulled? A Chandra! That's worth 3 times my draft, plus I pulled Grave Titan! So it was still a successful night.
Interestingly enough, I also sold a TON of my cards to the store (that were about to rotate out of type 2) in order to pay for my draft and net me $91.50 worth of store credit. Spent $20 of it on Grim Lavamancers for my mono-red deck though.
