First week over...

My first week at university is finally over... it feels like it's lasted a year. Certainly I'm sure I'm not going to enjoy this semester as much as I did last one. My subjects are:

• Imaging and Animation - At the top of my dislike list at the moment. We already have both our minor and major assignments given to us (though we can't start the minor one yet). The major one consists of drawing a scene, and then rendering it. Drawing... not something I enjoy at all, least of all when the image is required to be a sophisticated 3D scene.
• Games Studio 2 - much more fun (and difficult) this semester. The one and only assignment, lasting us all semester, is to create a mod for a game. I've teamed up with three of the Five, and we're currently planning a Stargate mod (what else?) for Neverwinter Nights. Still unsure if that will go ahead though..
• Mathematics for Computer Science - a much more relevant topic to the Games students, and significantly easier (so far) than last semester's maths, this one focuses mainly on logic. It's purely discrete, meaning no calculators are required (or permitted). One advantage to this subject is no assignments, which should help ease the workload.
• Programming Techniques/Programming Principles 2A - the next step in learning C, this subject could be amusing but the single lecture I've had so far indicates our lecturer isn't very good. Hopefully, however, this subject will present a challenge later on and I'll gain more interest.

Outside of that stuff, there's very little to report. I'm more in the social loop now, between Ari and the Five, but still feel a little isolated occasionally - that is, when I'm not collapsing of tiredness from uni classes.

Also, for those who are interested, I've read the new Harry Potter book. Very interesting, with dozens of new revelations, but I feel the ending was slightly screwed. I won't give it away for those who haven't read it, but it is quite a surprise in itself, and also defines how the books will continue in the future.

As to the gay side of my life, very little happening. I have finally uncovered why the Queer collective don't hold any rallies against homophobia, or such - apparently, if they take a political stance, RMIT cuts off their funding (which they could survive without, but not very well). I still haven't been able to figure out why, but it is at least an explanation.