So things have changed drastically in the past couple days.
Chapter One.
I went to school and I found that it WAS A LOT like my high school and that was disappointing to me. The teachers were very unorganized. Because when I went to my first class and found out that I was supposed to get a syllabus when I signed up for the class. But I didn't. So I came to class with NO supplies or materials. Luckily for me, I guess, I wasn't the only one who was uninformed. There obviously was some communication error with the registrar and the teachers or something.
I also found out that my school cost a lot of money. Money that I wouldn't be able to pay back until I was at least 90 years old. Plus the amount that it turned out to be was so much and that wasn't per year. It was per SEMESTER! So I was kind of in shock on how much the school really costed. What I realized though was that there wasn't ANY cost of attendance information on the website... AT ALL. When I was looking up the school I thought that was odd but I think I know why now. They wanted people to attend so bad that they didn't want to put a price up because it would frighten people away with how much it costed. They also changed their requirements for acceptance right before I sent my portfolio. Which was also odd to me and now I know why. I think the school is dying. So they need as much money as they could get to keep it running.
Personally... I don't want to pay a large sum of money to go back to my high school. That just seems silly to me. It's kind of too bad because I really like the curriculum. Especially for animation. I really like how it was structured. I also LOVE one on one teaching. Because that really helps me out with the extra focused attention. Oh well.
Another thing... the school is really small. Like REALLY REALLY small. If you put both campuses together (they split up the campuses since there wasn't enough room on the main campus) that would make about HALF of my high school. I'm serious. It's that small.
And so after all that shit I went through to get in and the financial aid troubles I am dropping out. After tomorrow I will no longer be a student of LCAD.
Chapter two
My apartment is small. It is a one bedroom which is okay I guess. I can live with that but what sucks about it is that there are a lot of problems with it. Like the smoke detector... it likes to beep every once in a while. We got the battery fixed in one of them but the other one beeped for a little while today. Which was confusing.
The stove likes to move around a little bit. Like if you open the oven door it will move forward. The balcony doesn't have a gutter so all the leaves from the trees gets blown on the balcony and just sits there.
The kitchen sink's water doesn't get very hot right away unless you crank it over and then it's too hot so it can't cool down. The dishwasher can't wash dishes... so it just steams them. There are occasionally ants; not in the kitchen thankfully. The worst part about this whole thing is that I signed the fucking lease. So I am stuck here for five months.
I also feel trapped because public transportation comes like every 30-40 minutes. Which sucks. So I haven't left the house much since I've been here. I have also been skipping class. I am going to be dropping out anyway so there isn't really much point in going. I haven't figured out how I am going to get enough money to be able to motor around. So I have been putting off looking for other work until tomorrow because I am conserving my cash. That way I'll be able to do all my errands in one fell swoop. Unfortunately the apartment is so far up the road that one can't really walk down it because there isn't a sidewalk since the road is so narrow.
The complex it's self is HUGE. It reminds me of my friend's apartment building with how large it is. There are TWO POOLS! A basketball court and a volleyball court, a common room and several laundry rooms. It's crazy. I think it's too big for them to handle and the people in the loan office are very... weird... with how they deal with things I suppose. They were just odd when I was there. Californians... *sigh*
I really like my roommate though. I believe I have stated this before but I really do enjoy her company. There are some things that I haven't told her... Like signing the lease... because she needs to sign it too otherwise I can't get the mail keys and common room keys. I don't know why that is so hard to mention that I signed it and I know that she'll be okay with going up there to put her name down on paper. Because she has done it before. I just feel bad. Because the shit storm is about to begin.
Chapter three
I am going to stay here in Laguna Beach for five months however. Since I have that fucking lease (and it ends in may) and that is the only noose around my neck at this point. I do have a job interview at a grocery store on Saturday which I am going to tell them that I am going to be working full time instead of part time. And if I start at 8.00 an hour that will help me pay the rent and the bills.
I haven't told my roommate that I am getting another job because she got me a job at the Laguna Culinary school as a dishwasher... But I can't do that job because it's a "don't call us, we'll call you" type of job. For the amount of rent that I need to be making that is not stable work. So at the moment I am trying to have all my bases covered. I want to tell her about the other job when I for sure have it. But I need to tell her about the lease thing either today or tomorrow so that I can get my bank card. I don't know how long it's sat there in that mail box and I don't know what else I have awaiting me in there.
Chapter Four
So after the five months are up I am going to be moving my shit elsewhere. I am looking at going to Santa Monica Community College just so until I can establish residency. Then from there I can go to a four year school like Fullerton or something. Then it wouldn't cost so much money.
But besides that my uncle is going to finish teaching me how to drive some weekend. So that I can get my license. My roommate told me where the easiest place to take the test is. I am definitely going to go there and ace the test.
So after much thinking the plan is:
- Drop out of LCAD
- Work ass off at the grocery store
- Finish learning how to drive
- Stay here in Laguna Beach for five months
- Enroll in a Santa Monica community college
- Move back up to LA
- Hopefully have a car... (maybe not)
- Work ass off part time somewhere
- Live in an apartment either in or out of Santa Monica
- Save money for the college that I want to transfer to
Thank you.
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