hello! I would say that my modern-day hero is probably my parents! I absolutely love them!
True that! I appreciate them so much more now that I have to cook and do my own laundry.
Hey, I think I remember talking to you a couple of days ago! Hows it going? Honestly, I don't remember what we talked about, but I remember your name. haha
Yeah, sorry about that last time, I was trying to simultaneously do homework and then got caught up in the homework and forgot about the chat... Haha no problem. Unique names are nce. *nice
its all good, I'm fine! Ya the unique names are nice, its just fun when you notice that you have met the person before. Its kind of like walking into a room with someone you already know I have really come to find enjoyment in chatting on here. Its kind of fun. There are so many different things that you talk about That prompt at the top is just a beginning place where you start, but then later an hour or so, you are talking about things that are completely different. Its been really coo l
Right? I mean your name is pretty unique too...which is probably why I remembered the incident.
Thats funny that we both remember each other.
Yeah the prompts are nice, but if you get the right person then you completely ignore the prompt I once talked to someone and we just launched into a whole pseudo-persona of being monsters And the prompt was something like computer catfishing
thats true. Kind of like this one. The only thing that it does I start the conversation if you don't know the people oh, haha. Thats hilarious. Was it with you that I completely misunderstood the computer cat fishing thing? I just had no clue what that really meant
I don't think so....
oh, well, I completely didn't know what that whole cat fishing thing is and still don't completely understand it, but the other guy kept on going on about it, and at the end of the conversation I was just so confused and ended up googling what it mean
Yeah I remember the question from the summer version, and learned that it's basically when you pretend to be someone you're not to get into a "relationship" just for the money Wow. Fun times. That's like me with politics. Just smile and nod
Ya, pretty much, thats what I understand of it too. There are just so many things out there that we don't know and people think it is just common knowledge Politics is definitely one of those things I have a friend in one of my classes that is talking a lot about politics and I, just like you, nod my head and agree with anything they say, because honestly, I have nothing to argue with them
Exactly. You just say every generic thing that could apply to any conversation. Literally though there are so many things in modern culture that I'm completely oblivious to My friends start talking and I just zone out and they can't believe I don't understand and I'm all "sorry, I lived under a rock"
Ya, like anything on the news I don't watch the news, and I feel like everyone talks about it, and I have no clue what they are talking about We have a TV and I have internet, I just don't care as much as other people do I guess about what other people are doing around the world. I really only care about what affects me directly. Although, looking back that now seems a little selfish, but its more the reality that there is so much negative news out there that I don't want to listen to it all
Ugh same. Now that I'm 18 I feel that "patriotic obligation" to read up on the news and look at the elections and actually vote...but it just seems like a lot of squabble about things that aren't going to be done. Yep, I feel the guilt.
Ya, oh shoot, I almost forgot about the elections. I have no clue what Im going to do for that. I want to vote to put in my opinion, but I just realized I have no idea how to go about doing it
Looks like a question for the politics guy in your class
Ya, thats a good point, maybe ill talk to him and see if I can get him to show me how to go about doing it. Although its one of those things where Ive said yup to so many questions, I think he thinks I know a decent amount of politics and knows how to vot haha
Right, and if this chat is going on by then you need to pass on the info...I am also in the dark about this... You can "ask for a friend" Or "how to explain it to a younger sibling"...
thats a good point, maybe I could put it that way. I was actually just talking to him though, he said he had classes right now, but maybe if we are on long enough, I might be able to ask him after and relay the question. Another hard part of politics is the fact that there aren't really right or wrong solutions for people to vote for and stuff. They all have their own opinion and they each have their own pasts that seem to be dug up and brought to light. The hard part is I don't want to vote for someone with a bad past but you never know if that was just the past and if they have changed and I hate not voting for someone because of things like that. I wish there were an easy way to figure out exactly what they were to do during their time in office of whatever position that we elect them to
Well. If was the easy there wouldn't be a point to life I guess. Morals are hard. You always read in fiction/fantasy books where there's always a good or bad guy, everything is black or white. The unfortunate part is that is literally fiction. Everything is gray and it's up to you to use the good ol agency to figure out which decision is going to be the best
ya, that sucks. Thats the worst part of agency. haha When you have no idea what to choose, but you know you still need to choose something to be a good member of society That is a great point though, even though its fictional, that is what makes books so good, it has to do with the conflict vs the  good guy. Sometimes I really like when the good guy is faced with really impossible solutions. It makes it seem more like life. We all know that is more what life is like. Its not ever a clear cut, just have superman come save the day, its more like the average Joe, that is faced between a decision that often leads to higher consequences. One of the worst questions that has gotten me to think the most is, "if you were faced with switching the rails on a train that was forced to keep going, and on one side there was an entire family that you didn't know or on the other side it is your child, which one would you pick?"
Ah man those are the worst questions I mean I almost want to say my own child, because as horrible as that seems, if I'm looking at it from a religious stand point, then I know that I've tried to raise my child to the best of my ability in the gospel and they have that knowledge, while the other family might still have yet the opportunity to hear the gospel in this life Plus, I'd know that my child is going to someplace better, while that family could have no concept of an afterlife and go through a much rougher time if faced with death
Ya, sorry to pop that dark of a question, it just has really made me think. I wouldn't want to say yes to either one but sometimes that is what life really asks  of us I hope that I'm never actually placed in a position like that though. Im going to do everything that I can to not be placed in that position. Anyway... politics...Somehow they are all bad choices. It seems like they all do things we wish they didn't, but we need to pick one. The other thing that we need to think about too, is the fact that they are human and they make mistakes just as much as we do and sometimes more. I may not be doing the same kinds of sins that they do, but I still have my fair share of mistakes
Ethics is a tricky and brain hurting business. Haha, yeah just don't ride any trains... Right. Like the license plate: don't judge me because I sin differently than you
Yup, what are you studying again?
Editing and Publishing You?
Computer Science with an emphasis in animation Thats pretty cool, iditing and publishing a more of an art major or writing major editing
Nice! I was wondering whether to go into a CS field in high school, but my teacher definitely did not prepare me for college courses. And I like words. So here I am. Yeah, I might try for a creative writing minor...or some random science minor like biology
Oh, that would be cool. Ya, I really like Computer Science and Animation and luckily for me BYU offered both in the same degree! Its like they knew that I was going to be coming here or something. Nah, I actually bet they get a lot of people like me that want to do animation, that are really interesting the computer side of it as well Its pretty common in the industry I think writing is cool, I just find that I don't enjoy it a ton, because it seems to take quite a while to devise good topics and create creative things. But so do all things that are great. I havent really thought of it like that until just now. It takes time to create good programs and good art
Are you a freshman or...not...? I mean I honestly can't stand writing essays or technical papers but I'm fine with editing them, or writing my own creative...stuff. Though it's hard for me to get idea from my brain onto paper so it's easier to edit others' "fantastical ideas"
I am a sophomore although, this is kind of my second full semester here at BYU I started in winter and then went part time through the summer, but I have enough credits to be considered a sophomore. So it makes me sound older. haha Thats a good point, maybe thats something that I could explore a little. The fact that you don't have to be the creative genius behind the paper, but you can take those creative ideas and magnify them is really cool. That is actually one reason I like animation. I actually don't necessarily want to go into the hand drawn animation, but I like to take things that have been made like film and add just a touch to it to make it look a little better. I want to specialize in VFX or CGI.
Haha nice. So you can be an oldie. Right? It's the best. You already have an idea of what you want something to be, and other people have made the basic tools for you to construct something of fix something to your vision. Haha, so you can help with the next Avatar movie?
Ya, that would be pretty cool. Anything from Avatar, transformers, Star Wars, anything on those lines I think it would be really cool to one day work at Lucas films. They seem to have the industry figured out in the world of VFX and integrating computer generated stuff into films. Sometimes their effects look a little corny, but whatever, Its crazy that its still created solely on the computer and those effects weren't even there when they first filmed the movie. Its only till after that they are created. Do you see yourself doing stuff for newspapers or more for books?
I mean, I guess either...? I always thought it would be cool to work for national Geographic or something, or and editor for a fantasy author
Oh, that would be cool. Will you be able to work remotely as an editor, or do they prefer that you work in their place usually? I feel like editing would be really cool, because you just need to learn the rules to the English language and refine someone elses language, you don't really have to devise a ton of things up on your own. At least it seems to me that you rely on rules to make their work better
I...have no idea. I talked with my sister who's kind of in a similar field and she said that there isn't really an "editing department" in some businesses, so you kind of jus have to make yourself known within the group as an editor. Probably can be done either way, unless the author or publication wants you working with the person one-on-one
Oh, man that kind of seems pretty difficult to be able to get your name out there. In a way that will allow you to stay in the business
Definitely. Anybody that writes anything for professional reasons needs an editor...which is like a huge percentage of occupations
I guess though thats similar to some animation jobs. Sometimes you can work as a freelancer and just have to make yourself known in the animation world thats a good point, nearly any kind of business would need an editor. Mainly because businesses almost always have a website that need to have an editor
Exactly. And part of the classes required for the major are the Digital Humanities and Technology classes, so I'll be getting a hand in the tech/visual field too
Oh thats cool. Does that also mean that you could go into editing scripts for movies and stuff or is that someone elses jobs?
I think that's a slightly different field. In terms of tech/visual field, things like spreads for magazines or aesthetics for magazines/journals/websites
that makes sense, thats still cool though, because there is always a need for an editor in website design mainly because sometimes web programmers don't necessarily have the best English. I consider myself one, so I feel like I have the liberty to say that Its just something that I think is neglected a little for more of a mathematical reasoning side of thinking. We barely know how to speak to other people. Just think of the people with the worst type of social abilities, its always the computer science people. Haha Thats why we all live with our parents until we are thirty or forty! haha
Gotta love those stereotypes. Because you're obviously going to be stuck in a dark corner of a room with only the light of your computer screen that you're hunched over 24/7 next to a cup of coffee....or hot chocolate
yup... Looking forward to it! haha. Especially the coffee.... cough... cough... I mean hot chocoloate Eh... I don't even think I like coffee. Ive never had it, but it smells weird to me I don't mind not drinking coffee or tea, they just seem really expensive and they seem to take a lot of time to do too. Rephrase of the last sentence... after reading it, it doesn't make sense. They seem to take a lot of time to make
Oh yeah, I saw a statistic once that the amount of money and "average" American spends on coffee in a year is like...in the thousands... I mean I like the smell of coffee? Just wouldn't drink it.
That works, Ive been to Starbucks before and I just find the odor of the place weird, maybe its just because Im not really that used to it. Maybe one day Ill find it ok, but I somehow find the smell of coffee gagging. Its kind of a weird reflex Thats ok though, some people really like it! Maybe its because the closest thing that I can associate to the smell of coffee is those coffee jelly beans, and they are disgusting. They should really put those in that beanboozled game but rather those are the beans that are apparently the good ones. I beg to differ! haha
Oh beanboozled, how we love thee... Haha well I got to go to my class Nice discussing politics, ethics, and computer science major habits!