Things sure are not as going smoothly as I hope. The school year is started again, and I came back with three failed courses. As usual I still couldn’t fit courses I want to my schedule. Or, for that matter figure out what courses I want. I’m now worried that with a screwed schedule like this I might not even be able to finish my four year program in five years. I also need to get high grades to offset effects of the last two years on my GPA. Sigh.
诸事进展并不像我希望的那么顺利。我带着三门砸了的科目回到新学期，像往常一样在课程表上找不到安放我想要的科目的地方。当然，前提是我知道我想要上什么课。我现在担心以这样乱七八糟的课程安排我大概五年都完不成我该四年完成的专业。而且我还要用高等第来拉平以前砸了的科目对我的GPA的影响。哎。
From the (three) Saturday garage sale I bought a grill and an microwave oven. … oh curses. Already run out of shelf space. Where should I put my new textbooks and fursuit now? This room needs a redesign badly! Adding insult to injury is the grill setting off the smoke alarm on the first use. And I didn’t realize I bought a book on Amazon for $50 (oh my wallet)…
从上周六旧货抛售中买到了微波炉和电烤盘。……可恶。已经没有地方放东西了。接下来新书和兽装放那里呢？房间急切需要重新设计！更讨厌的是烤盘第一次使用的时候就触发了烟雾探测器。
Which, on a happier note, is the only book on fursuits – Critter Costuming. It proves to be interesting, although not enlightening like A Theory of Fun. It was written five years ago, so things like head construction is somewhat out of date, and there’s a lot of stuff in it that is available in online fursuiting communities, but it has a nice overview of materials and also contains useful tips on performance. (Unfortunately, it doesn’t mention obscure-in-US stuff like the popular 502 resin glue.)
I also got this bunny hat in a furmeet. Cuuute ~
好消息是我在网上买的书送到了。这是目前唯一的一本兽装制作指南。它确实很有趣，虽然不像《快乐之道》那样醍醐灌顶。这本书是五年前写的，所以例如头部制作等方面的内容有些过时了，并且许多东西都可以在网上的兽装社区中找到，不过它关于材料的综述是我所很少见到的，并且也包括了一些关于表演方面的建议。（可惜的是没有提到像是502胶水这样的美国罕见的材料。)
并且我在周六的兽聚中买到了这个兔子帽子。可爱吧～
附注。是的，我回到渥太华了。八月份。
PS. Yes, I came back to Ottawa. August.
