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Title: 01/12/10 [Clans #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: jeffh4 on January 12, 2010, 12:08:22 PM
I suspect Mink is the embodyment of Amber's study habits. . . .

Sweet dreams, Amber!
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Tapewolf on January 12, 2010, 12:20:29 PM
I wonder if this attitude to study is why Mink still seems to be in SAIA...?  I'm assuming that the desktop is an import from the more recent high-tech age...

Pity he didn't seem to do the "Talking to grandmother in his sleep" thing, that really was a cool idea.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Mao on January 12, 2010, 12:26:55 PM
So is this one.  I fail to see why you'd complain about one cool idea vs. another.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: LizardSaul on January 12, 2010, 12:28:59 PM
Hm. Kinda reminds me of me, except I ultimately don't write the papers. :U
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Ted Schiller on January 12, 2010, 12:29:19 PM
Mrs. Williams, you're evil.
I laughed until my left side hurt.   :mowdizzy

With regards,
Ted
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: The1Kobra on January 12, 2010, 12:40:42 PM
S/He did the paper in one night? I suppose that's a common occurrence? (And I thought cubi don't have to even sleep!)

Why do I have the feeling that said paper is going to have numerous mistakes in factual content, structure, organization, and have a horribly un-polished feel to it?.

Unless cubi professors are used to seeing reports like that and lower their standards accordingly...
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Jasonrevall on January 12, 2010, 12:50:30 PM
Well he fails. The directions specifically said no using the internet as a source. Poor guy. I typically wait till the last day too but i always get books from the library to read in my free time to get ready.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Corgatha Taldorthar on January 12, 2010, 01:01:36 PM
He fell asleep around books.... It's entirely possible Mink did research in print, and just typed it.


It is also entirely possible Mink did no research whatsoever, and the paper is awful :p
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: SpottedKitty on January 12, 2010, 01:04:45 PM
Heh, what I really like is that Mink's apparently mastered the art of Type-Fu without looking at what he's doing. And not like a touch-typist, either...

I wonder how the result will read? Stream of consciousness, or pinball of (un)consciousness...?   ;)
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Reese Tora on January 12, 2010, 01:18:01 PM
tappa tappa tappa... hehehe
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Arcblade on January 12, 2010, 01:18:13 PM
Quote from: SpottedKitty on January 12, 2010, 01:04:45 PM
Heh, what I really like is that Mink's apparently mastered the art of Type-Fu without looking at what he's doing. And not like a touch-typist, either...

I wonder how the result will read? Stream of consciousness, or pinball of (un)consciousness...?   ;)

I like the idea of pinball of consciousness.  It makes my thinking habits look normal.   :mowtongue
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Anker Steadfast on January 12, 2010, 01:22:28 PM
This is much like I'd do it, except that I would only make the paper during the evening before delivery, and then go to sleep ... no way I'd miss sleeping.
Alternatively, I'd write it on the day I'd need to turn it in, if I had enough time to do the report (about 2 hours or so).

Oddly enough, I ALWAYS had great grades on my reports.
Kinda weird really, maybe the intense writing made me more creative ?
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Jasonrevall on January 12, 2010, 01:26:09 PM
Quote from: Corgatha Taldorthar on January 12, 2010, 01:01:36 PM
He fell asleep around books.... It's entirely possible Mink did research in print, and just typed it.


It is also entirely possible Mink did no research whatsoever, and the paper is awful :p

this is true, i just assumed those were books at his desk in his room, like have on my desk. Forgot that most people dont have books laying about like i do.  :P
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: ChaosMageX on January 12, 2010, 01:35:16 PM
Oh man, I can so totally empathize with Mink here, especially during my most recent semester.

I've taken to doing my assignments digitally in MS Word 2007 because I can make my equations much neater and can correct them without erasing over and over again.

The only problem is that I have to print them out when I'm done in order to actually turn them in, and I usually end up coming right down to the wire like Mink.

My worst experience was with one of my Fluid Mechanics assignments.  It seemed as though all the printers I had access to were out of order, and I had to miss the first 30 minutes of the lecture as I ran around to 3 different locations on campus, desperately searching for a printer that worked.

Luckily, when I finally did get it printed out and back to the lecture hall, I explained to the professor my situation and he forgave me and accepted it.

Remember, this is yet another good reason to become friendly with your professors.  That is priority #3, right after studying for exams and completing assignments in the first place. ;)
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Liatai on January 12, 2010, 01:47:35 PM
 :lol

Oh, man! This is me! Give me five days to write a paper, and I'll research like mad for the first day or two, and then type it all out in a mad frenzy the night before it's due and the day it's due. (Bizarrely, I get far better grades on the papers I do that with than the ones I try to write in pieces stretched out over the allotted time.)

Quote from: ChaosMageX on January 12, 2010, 01:35:16 PM
The only problem is that I have to print them out when I'm done in order to actually turn them in, and I usually end up coming right down to the wire like Mink.

My worst experience was with one of my Fluid Mechanics assignments.  It seemed as though all the printers I had access to were out of order, and I had to miss the first 30 minutes of the lecture as I ran around to 3 different locations on campus, desperately searching for a printer that worked.

Luckily, when I finally did get it printed out and back to the lecture hall, I explained to the professor my situation and he forgave me and accepted it.

I am convinced that university printers are evil, sadistic little mechanical buggers that take great joy in going out of order right when everyone needs them.  >( Same for staplers; I can't remember how many times I've run into class a minute or two after the teacher started talking because I'd spent the last half-hour looking for a stapler that wasn't jammed, in use, or out of staples so that I could turn in a paper.

Go, Mink, go!
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Anker Steadfast on January 12, 2010, 01:53:14 PM
There's a secret society of Staple Saboteurs, they run around the university at night and empty the staplers !!

True story .... it was meeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!  :mowninja

We were in sharp competition with the Printer Prowlers.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Liatai on January 12, 2010, 02:05:18 PM
 :dface

Are you in league with the Tape Takers? They hide all the tape dispensers when students need to finish a poster for a presentation.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Escher on January 12, 2010, 03:18:47 PM
Augh. I can relate to this SO MUCH
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: ooklah on January 12, 2010, 03:26:27 PM
Quote from: Jasonrevall on January 12, 2010, 01:26:09 PM
this is true, i just assumed those were books at his desk in his room, like have on my desk. Forgot that most people dont have books laying about like i do.  :P

I thought this was normal....



Mink! we want an A grade paper and sources following proper MLA format!!
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: jeffh4 on January 12, 2010, 04:13:23 PM
Hey, I just realized that we now have one more of those miniature shock/scream representations of a character in the first panel.  I think the last one we saw was Regina after Dan read her mind.

Isn't someone maintaining a wallpaper of all the DMFA characters who have been seen this way?  If so, please update.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Rafe on January 12, 2010, 04:15:42 PM
I'm sure Amber, could come up with a lot of material from her days at Mud Center University.
I was especially fond of the all the mice she managed to collect in the dorm.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Shachza on January 12, 2010, 04:17:11 PM
Quote from: Liatai on January 12, 2010, 01:47:35 PM
I am convinced that university printers are evil, sadistic little mechanical buggers that take great joy in going out of order right when everyone needs them.  >( Same for staplers; I can't remember how many times I've run into class a minute or two after the teacher started talking because I'd spent the last half-hour looking for a stapler that wasn't jammed, in use, or out of staples so that I could turn in a paper.

Go, Mink, go!

This is why I got a Bachelor's Degree in Stapler Repair before I went for my actual line of study.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: senrath on January 12, 2010, 05:13:55 PM
I have to say, in the first panel Mink looks like one of Fa'Lina's hand puppets.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: bradypodidae on January 12, 2010, 07:42:39 PM
I'm thinking Mink went off memory since this is another report on various Clan Leaders.

Oh yeah, and I'll just slip this HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY).
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Arroyo Milori on January 12, 2010, 07:49:36 PM
lol I can relate to Mink with turning in projects. : 3

...Now I want a Mink wallpaper D :
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Wanderer on January 12, 2010, 09:04:12 PM
Oh, of course I have NEVER done this. CERTAINLY not in my senior year at university. And I TOTALLY didn't didn't end up spending the entire week before finals writing papers and doing projects for every single class I was in because I'd been a lazy bastard and put all the final projects off until the last minute. No no, definitely not. :D
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Jer-oh-me on January 12, 2010, 09:15:45 PM
Oh good gravy guns, I did this CONSTANTLY in high school, particularly concerning my ''English'' classes. What constantly astonished me was how frequently I did well in spite of last minuting it. I like Mink, he's frigging adorables in so many many ways.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: iceick on January 13, 2010, 03:52:05 AM
Of course if you look at episode #654, you see that Cubi have the ability to instantly read an entire book. So Mink only had to study for about 30 seconds. Unless Mink never passed that course that is :youfail.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Anker Steadfast on January 13, 2010, 06:54:31 AM
Quote from: Liatai on January 12, 2010, 02:05:18 PM
:dface

Are you in league with the Tape Takers? They hide all the tape dispensers when students need to finish a poster for a presentation.

Alas, no .... those were the deliquents from the Beta house!!  :eek
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Eon on January 13, 2010, 07:38:52 PM
Am I the only reader who is actually organised with their coursework? :p

Still, amusing strip. I've known many people who do behave rather like that.  :3
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Arcblade on January 13, 2010, 07:57:48 PM
Quote from: Eon on January 13, 2010, 07:38:52 PM
Am I the only reader who is actually organised with their coursework? :p

Still, amusing strip. I've known many people who do behave rather like that.  :3

Nope.  I'm not hyper-organized.  But I get everything in on time. 
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: OminousShadow on January 13, 2010, 08:12:34 PM
Heh. I have him beat, there were times I waited till the Day the Paper was due and got it done so damn fast and decent, I had a B- at worst.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Anker Steadfast on January 14, 2010, 04:24:46 AM
It's quite possible.
After all, teenage years is one of the most random periods in a persons life. :)
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Mao on January 14, 2010, 05:15:06 AM
Quote from: iceick on January 13, 2010, 03:52:05 AM
Of course if you look at episode #654, you see that Cubi have the ability to instantly read an entire book. So Mink only had to study for about 30 seconds. Unless Mink never passed that course that is :youfail.

Actually, no.  He used a scrying spell.  That wasn't a 'cubi ability at all.  So

(http://i38.tinypic.com/2rwqkrc.jpg)
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: JackTheCubiWolf on January 14, 2010, 06:54:36 AM
Heh, seeing a chibi mink running around panicking like the made me laugh so hard.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Eon on January 14, 2010, 10:06:38 AM
Quote from: JackTheCubiWolf on January 14, 2010, 06:54:36 AM
Heh, seeing a chibi mink running around panicking like the made me laugh so hard.

He's a mink? o.รณ

EDIT: Oh, wait! Mink's his name. Sorry.  :giggle
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Corgatha Taldorthar on January 14, 2010, 10:07:00 AM
"Mink" is his name.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: 127.0.0.2 on January 14, 2010, 08:09:48 PM
I don't think this restricts to Amber's study habits. It think me and pretty much all of my friends have attended the Mink School of TIme Management.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Cvstos on January 14, 2010, 10:00:31 PM
Quote from: Eon on January 13, 2010, 07:38:52 PM
Am I the only reader who is actually organised with their coursework? :p

Probably. :)
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Arapaima on January 15, 2010, 01:00:39 AM
I think this comic was the universes way of telling me to get off the internet and back to my lab report.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Prof B Hunnydew on January 15, 2010, 08:50:52 PM
Quote from: Arapaima on January 15, 2010, 01:00:39 AM
I think this comic was the universes way of telling me to get off the internet and back to my lab report.

Yes Yes Back to the Lab and get cracking on that reseach paper

lol
PBH
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: iceick on January 16, 2010, 04:25:57 AM
Quote from: Mao Laoren on January 14, 2010, 05:15:06 AM
Quote from: iceick on January 13, 2010, 03:52:05 AM
Of course if you look at episode #654, you see that Cubi have the ability to instantly read an entire book. So Mink only had to study for about 30 seconds. Unless Mink never passed that course that is :youfail.

Actually, no.  He used a scrying spell.  That wasn't a 'cubi ability at all.  So

(http://i38.tinypic.com/2rwqkrc.jpg)

But I'm pretty sure they still teach it at SAIA though. (I mean if they teach gardening and basket weaving :rolleyes they should teach scrying)
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Mao on January 16, 2010, 07:21:26 AM
That still doesn't make it a 'cubi ability.  Anyone with a talent for magic can learn it.
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Sunblink on January 16, 2010, 01:54:07 PM
The artwork in this page is terrific, especially that one panel of Mink waking up. Well, uh, everything on this page is awesome but I like the art and the bird professor the most, because his design, markings, and color scheme are beautiful. He reminds me of a really badass sneaker.

Yes, a sneaker. (http://www.widefashion.com/wp-content/gallery/595/nike-blazer-mid-09-nd-black-metallic-silver-lucky-green02-600x400.jpg) To be honest, you could come to all kinds of conclusions when you have a head cold.

I hope we start the countdown of tri-wings in the next page. I'm getting really, really excited. >:3
Title: Re: 01/12/10 [Clan Leaders #2] - Insight into Amber's College Years
Post by: Anker Steadfast on January 16, 2010, 07:45:29 PM
Ack .. whenever someone talks about birds, I always end up thinking about this little birdie (http://www.maliki.com/strip.php?strip=3).  :eek

Luckily I don't understand french, so all the other comics on Maliki's homepage (http://www.maliki.com) don't traumatise me .. much.  :D

Except for her cat strips ... Poor cats!
And the snail badminton.

:erk