Chris' GMod Comic

Well, fuck. Last night my hard drive failed and I lost everything to do with the new storyline (as well as other comic-related things).

I made a backup last week, but unfortunately I didn’t include the Sal and Lars stuff in it, as I wasn’t expecting my HDD to die on me.

All that work, gone. Just like (snaps fingers) that. Needless to say, I’m not a very happy chap right now.

As you may or may not know, I recently applied for a course at the local college. The course, NC (National Certificate) Administration (Office Bitch) was to be my stepping stone into a good job.

However, on Monday 7th, the tutor of this course called me. She said that because I had both Intermediate 2 Admin and Business Management with an ‘A’ grade, she felt that the NC course would be too easy.

So she arranged for me to go in today and speak to the HNC (Higher National Certificate) tutor. The HNC Admin course is full, but I’ve been placed on a reserve list (since people withdraw from the course or don’t turn up for induction). If a place on the HNC course does become available, I will be given an unconditional offer to join said course.

Alas, another problem arises. I’ve been to college before – and I received funding from the SAAS (Student Awards Agency for Scotland). I didn’t complete this course (because we moved house and getting in on time became nigh on impossible).

The problem is, because I have already received funding for an HNC course, I won’t get it again, should I be offered a place on the HNC Admin course. So, the tutors are deciding whether or not to put me on the HND (Higher National Degree) course instead!

“But what the hell does this have to do with the comic?” I hear you asking. Well, if I get put on the HND course (or the HNC if the SAAS agree to provide funding again), then it means that I won’t have time to create any comics, as I will be at college 16 hours a week (and the HNC tutor told me in my interview today that she expects her students to do 16 hours of home study a week).

If I get accepted on this course, updates for Chris’ GMod Comic will dry up. I might make a quick one now and again, and I’ll be sure to update during my holidays – but other than that, ‘Updates Whenever’ will become ‘Updates When I Have The Fecking Time To Do It’ – which is effectively still ‘Updates Whenever’, but worse.

The course is due to start on September 6th, and finish on June 17th 2011. So that’s a year (give or take a week or two) with very few updates.

I’ll stop drivelling on now, and give you a chance to take in this earth-shattering (metaphorically) news.