Well... it's time for another blog post. Been trying to update this thing more often, but I seem to never be able to find the time. Still, about once a month isn't too bad, and hopefully I'll be able to do two post next month.
Last semester ended pretty well. I had a A, B, B-, and C+ for the semester. Not as good as I would have like, but it was probably one of the best semesters I've had in a while. I give the credit to two things... One, only working one job, and two, doing a decent amount of socializing last semester.
The socializing part is kind of strange... But, I know if I don't get enough contact with people I end up feeling isolated and alone and that I should just stop trying and curl up into a little ball and stop doing things. Last semester between the group projects and being able to interact with people, I think I got the bulk of interaction needed to keep me sane. This semester though... with only 2 classes, one of which is online, kind of isn't allowing me to do things with people. Hopefully I can find some other way of not isolating myself and feeling like I'm a horrible person.
On a side note, I've been watching Babylon 5 on netflix. So far it's a pretty good show. The first season is kind of stupid, but the second and third seasons so far are enjoyable.
Anyway, I have course work to do, so I'll post sometime late. ~Night!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Glargh... Finals
So... I just got done with finals... Well, not just done. I mean, I finished them up yesterday, but still. I kind of feel better about this semesters finals than I have at almost any other point in my academic career. I know that's not really saying much, but the extra time I had because I was only working one job helped a lot in the beginning. Only wish I could have stayed focused a little more near the end of the semester. Still, that lack of focus may have had more to do with all the projects being due at the end, though I will admit, some of it was because I missed some class. Not a lot, but 9am courses are hard to make it to when you didn't go to sleep until 3am the night before.
In an effort to try to get me to wake up earlier, I have decided to cut caffeine from my diet, starting yesterday after finals. I don't like staring up at my ceiling for an hour or two at night, waiting for sleep to come to me. And I think that might have been part of why I missed some of my morning classes this semester... Well, that and staying up late working on homework. So far, I'm randomly getting tired in the middle of the day, but that might just be because I've only been getting 3 hours of sleep a night this week (well, with the exception of last week, which I got something like 11 hours).
Anyway, My birthday came and went. I'm now 25! And at that day I felt like a good chunk of my life has passed me by. Still, I'm feeling a lot better since that day, partly because I think I passed all my classes, and partly because I've been trying to do stuff with friends.
Going to need to find an apartment. My lease ends at Pegasus Pointe at the end of July. Two of my friends are interested with rooming with me, so I'll see how that goes. Hopefully we'll be able to find a decent place.
Attended this year's megacon. That was pretty enjoyable. Though I don't think it was as good as previous years. Still, was good to see a convention again.
Anyway, I'm starting to ramble, and I keep having to correct my own typos, so I'm going to call it a night... ~Night!
In an effort to try to get me to wake up earlier, I have decided to cut caffeine from my diet, starting yesterday after finals. I don't like staring up at my ceiling for an hour or two at night, waiting for sleep to come to me. And I think that might have been part of why I missed some of my morning classes this semester... Well, that and staying up late working on homework. So far, I'm randomly getting tired in the middle of the day, but that might just be because I've only been getting 3 hours of sleep a night this week (well, with the exception of last week, which I got something like 11 hours).
Anyway, My birthday came and went. I'm now 25! And at that day I felt like a good chunk of my life has passed me by. Still, I'm feeling a lot better since that day, partly because I think I passed all my classes, and partly because I've been trying to do stuff with friends.
Going to need to find an apartment. My lease ends at Pegasus Pointe at the end of July. Two of my friends are interested with rooming with me, so I'll see how that goes. Hopefully we'll be able to find a decent place.
Attended this year's megacon. That was pretty enjoyable. Though I don't think it was as good as previous years. Still, was good to see a convention again.
Anyway, I'm starting to ramble, and I keep having to correct my own typos, so I'm going to call it a night... ~Night!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Posting from the past, read in the present!
This might be the first post I've done in a while where I wasn't emotionally off-kilter. I blame this getting caught up on sleep last night. Hopefully I'll stay this mentally clear for a while.
First, been working on a lot of school work. My game AI class is having me write up a pathfinding algorithm, and my Discreet Mathmatics class is having me program up a Deterministic Finite Automa machine (Also need to write a conversion from a NFA to a dfa as well...). Outside of class, I've been watching Battlestar Galatica, and I'm pretty close to finishing it. Have to say though, the remaining 5 cylons... kind of feel disappointed in their unrealistic choices. Still, it's a fantastic series.
Over Spring Break (which was last week), I spent most of it working or doing stuff for school projects. Still, I managed to get a game of Munchkin in with some friends of mine, and that was pretty cool. I don't know how many people know of Munchkin, but if you have a group of friends, I highly recommend playing it. Megan, Kira, Chris, and Megan's Boyfriend Lucas all got together and played. Pizza also was involved =).
Thinking about getting a three hole punch, a few binders, and printing out all of my previous blog entries. Truthfully, I use this less like a blog, and more like a diary/journal. On the off chance that google ever abandons blogger, I'd still like to be able to keep these entries, despite how melancholy most of them are. For me to do that, I need to print them all out...
I signed up for an online dating site about 3 weeks ago. A free one, though, aimed at furries. I'm kind of a borderline furry. I like the art, though a lot ofthe sexual focus, well, some of it is ok, but most of it is disturbing. Anyway, signed up with a dating site directed at this group, and I may have a potential date from it. It's a guy who goes to UCF who's into going to anime conventions. He seems to have similar interest to me, so who knows. If we get along well we may go to megacon together.
Anyway, that's about it at the moment. I'm going to go start working on other things. ~Night!
First, been working on a lot of school work. My game AI class is having me write up a pathfinding algorithm, and my Discreet Mathmatics class is having me program up a Deterministic Finite Automa machine (Also need to write a conversion from a NFA to a dfa as well...). Outside of class, I've been watching Battlestar Galatica, and I'm pretty close to finishing it. Have to say though, the remaining 5 cylons... kind of feel disappointed in their unrealistic choices. Still, it's a fantastic series.
Over Spring Break (which was last week), I spent most of it working or doing stuff for school projects. Still, I managed to get a game of Munchkin in with some friends of mine, and that was pretty cool. I don't know how many people know of Munchkin, but if you have a group of friends, I highly recommend playing it. Megan, Kira, Chris, and Megan's Boyfriend Lucas all got together and played. Pizza also was involved =).
Thinking about getting a three hole punch, a few binders, and printing out all of my previous blog entries. Truthfully, I use this less like a blog, and more like a diary/journal. On the off chance that google ever abandons blogger, I'd still like to be able to keep these entries, despite how melancholy most of them are. For me to do that, I need to print them all out...
I signed up for an online dating site about 3 weeks ago. A free one, though, aimed at furries. I'm kind of a borderline furry. I like the art, though a lot ofthe sexual focus, well, some of it is ok, but most of it is disturbing. Anyway, signed up with a dating site directed at this group, and I may have a potential date from it. It's a guy who goes to UCF who's into going to anime conventions. He seems to have similar interest to me, so who knows. If we get along well we may go to megacon together.
Anyway, that's about it at the moment. I'm going to go start working on other things. ~Night!
Friday, February 25, 2011
200th post
Well... this is my 200th post to my blog. Wish it felt more monumentous.
Last week was my second with only one job. Was able to keep up with my readings, but I spent a little too much time on my 360. As such, I canceled my 360 gold account. Hopefully I'll be able to work on at least one of my side projects as well as class work, even if it's nothing more than one of the side stories I'm currently working on. Getting a side program done would be very nice. I almost feel as if my coding talents are slowly deteriorating.
Anyway, I know this was a short post, but I do need to get some sleep... ~Night!
Last week was my second with only one job. Was able to keep up with my readings, but I spent a little too much time on my 360. As such, I canceled my 360 gold account. Hopefully I'll be able to work on at least one of my side projects as well as class work, even if it's nothing more than one of the side stories I'm currently working on. Getting a side program done would be very nice. I almost feel as if my coding talents are slowly deteriorating.
Anyway, I know this was a short post, but I do need to get some sleep... ~Night!
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Out With the Old
Stupid January. Who would have thought you would have gone by so quickly. If feels like last week was New Years. Oh well...
So far, my desire to increase the amount I write is... intermittent. I am writing more than I was last year, but that's not saying too much. About twice a week I'll do an exercise from the writing exercise book I picked up, and maybe once a week I do some work on a sci fi story I'm writing. Outside of that, I haven't been working too much on non-work/non-school activities.
In order to help with the amount of non-school, non-work activities, and to help increase the amount of stuff I do for school, I am quitting my Orlando Job. My last day is Friday, February 11th. Currently I'm working 3 days a week there. When I did the math, I realized that I was driving more back and forth to the one here than I was to the job in my hometown. And since the job up here was all through city traffic, that means significantly more gas usage. I only wish I turned in my 2 weeks a week earlier, as I have a project due in a class at the start of next week, and I could have used the extra time this week for that project.
So far I'm staying up to date and on top of my classes. I feel like I'm slipping a little every week though, which is why I feel I need more time for courses. Still, I'm optimistic about this semester.
There were a few more things I had wanted to write, but a combination of IM chats and lolcat pictures have made me forget what it was I wanted to type, so ~Night!
So far, my desire to increase the amount I write is... intermittent. I am writing more than I was last year, but that's not saying too much. About twice a week I'll do an exercise from the writing exercise book I picked up, and maybe once a week I do some work on a sci fi story I'm writing. Outside of that, I haven't been working too much on non-work/non-school activities.
In order to help with the amount of non-school, non-work activities, and to help increase the amount of stuff I do for school, I am quitting my Orlando Job. My last day is Friday, February 11th. Currently I'm working 3 days a week there. When I did the math, I realized that I was driving more back and forth to the one here than I was to the job in my hometown. And since the job up here was all through city traffic, that means significantly more gas usage. I only wish I turned in my 2 weeks a week earlier, as I have a project due in a class at the start of next week, and I could have used the extra time this week for that project.
So far I'm staying up to date and on top of my classes. I feel like I'm slipping a little every week though, which is why I feel I need more time for courses. Still, I'm optimistic about this semester.
There were a few more things I had wanted to write, but a combination of IM chats and lolcat pictures have made me forget what it was I wanted to type, so ~Night!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Welcome in 2011
Well, first let me welcome in the new year! I know that should have been something done on the first, but I've been caught between working and school, so I haven't had a chance to do so yet.
As for New Year's resolutions, I have a few of them. The first is to write more. To help with that resolution, I picked up a 365 writer exercise book... One exercise per day. I've managed to stay up to date with it, but I left it at my dorm, so a day here or there I haven't done the exercises. My second resolution is something I've had no luck in so far. I hope to find someone to have a meaningful, romantic relationship with. Not sure how much luck I'll have with that, but...
Well... I didn't do too well in AI, but I wasn't expecting to. There's only so much you can do with a full class load, and work. Especially considering I didn't have a day off from both school and work until I was already struggling...
Anyway, I need to get going... Have random bs things I need to get done... so ~Night!
As for New Year's resolutions, I have a few of them. The first is to write more. To help with that resolution, I picked up a 365 writer exercise book... One exercise per day. I've managed to stay up to date with it, but I left it at my dorm, so a day here or there I haven't done the exercises. My second resolution is something I've had no luck in so far. I hope to find someone to have a meaningful, romantic relationship with. Not sure how much luck I'll have with that, but...
Well... I didn't do too well in AI, but I wasn't expecting to. There's only so much you can do with a full class load, and work. Especially considering I didn't have a day off from both school and work until I was already struggling...
Anyway, I need to get going... Have random bs things I need to get done... so ~Night!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Left Without Roommate
Well, I said yesterday that I would write up a blog today, and so here it is!
As mentioned, my roommate left. After my roommate left, I just sat on the couch for fifteen minutes, staring off into space. I don't know if Mintz (roommate's last name) and I were that close, but that does not prevent me from feeling lonely/saddened over it. I mean... I enjoyed our conversations, which ran the gamut of things happening locally to talks on mutual friends to discussions on economics and politics. I enjoyed the two of us swapping books all the time, and for that to be over is well... it makes me feel that a chapter has closed in my life. Sure, I still have Mintz's email and facebook info, but I no longer have direct contact, and it has been my experience with friendship that once direct contact is lost, friendships slowly fade away.
Anyway, that's pretty much it for tonight. I could write more, but I have work in the morning, and I want to get at least seven hours of sleep, so ~Night!
As mentioned, my roommate left. After my roommate left, I just sat on the couch for fifteen minutes, staring off into space. I don't know if Mintz (roommate's last name) and I were that close, but that does not prevent me from feeling lonely/saddened over it. I mean... I enjoyed our conversations, which ran the gamut of things happening locally to talks on mutual friends to discussions on economics and politics. I enjoyed the two of us swapping books all the time, and for that to be over is well... it makes me feel that a chapter has closed in my life. Sure, I still have Mintz's email and facebook info, but I no longer have direct contact, and it has been my experience with friendship that once direct contact is lost, friendships slowly fade away.
Anyway, that's pretty much it for tonight. I could write more, but I have work in the morning, and I want to get at least seven hours of sleep, so ~Night!
Another Notch on the Post Count
Well... the last month went by fast. In fact, I can pretty much say this entire year has been traveling at a break neck speed. It seems like a few days ago when I made my last post...
Finals have gone and went. I know I did not do well in my AI course, but since it is an elective, I am not too worried about it. I can always replace it with another elective, one that actually has relevance outside of academia (I'm considering database design to replace this one). I know I did well on my Interactive Graphics Course (gah, that had like... 15 hours of homework a week, all high end C++ coding =(.) I'm concerned about my system software course, but my Object Oriented Processes course I'm sure I did well in (And, I need to do well in, since it's one of the courses UCF demands me have a 2.5gpa in or better).
I am heavily considering dropping myself down to a part time student, and working full time. I don't think I can handle another semester where 3 of my classes (Graphics, OOP, and System Software) have 15+ hours of homework a piece a week on top of what I work. Until I took a month long sabbatical from my job in Orlando, I felt completely burnt out, with general feelings of depression and loneliness. Loneliness because I spent a good deal amount of time alone, working on crazy project things, and depression because, no matter what I did, I felt like I kept on missing key concepts of the classes. In fact, for about the first week of November/last week of October, I kind of gave up on everything and just spent what time I had curled up on my bed, feeling like a complete failure when I wasn't working. Taking the time off one of my jobs helped a lot, and I did get things done. Not as much stuff done as I would have like, but better than nothing.
Anyway, I want to get to sleep for work tomorrow. After work, I should post another blog about my roommate moving out on Friday, so ~Night!
Finals have gone and went. I know I did not do well in my AI course, but since it is an elective, I am not too worried about it. I can always replace it with another elective, one that actually has relevance outside of academia (I'm considering database design to replace this one). I know I did well on my Interactive Graphics Course (gah, that had like... 15 hours of homework a week, all high end C++ coding =(.) I'm concerned about my system software course, but my Object Oriented Processes course I'm sure I did well in (And, I need to do well in, since it's one of the courses UCF demands me have a 2.5gpa in or better).
I am heavily considering dropping myself down to a part time student, and working full time. I don't think I can handle another semester where 3 of my classes (Graphics, OOP, and System Software) have 15+ hours of homework a piece a week on top of what I work. Until I took a month long sabbatical from my job in Orlando, I felt completely burnt out, with general feelings of depression and loneliness. Loneliness because I spent a good deal amount of time alone, working on crazy project things, and depression because, no matter what I did, I felt like I kept on missing key concepts of the classes. In fact, for about the first week of November/last week of October, I kind of gave up on everything and just spent what time I had curled up on my bed, feeling like a complete failure when I wasn't working. Taking the time off one of my jobs helped a lot, and I did get things done. Not as much stuff done as I would have like, but better than nothing.
Anyway, I want to get to sleep for work tomorrow. After work, I should post another blog about my roommate moving out on Friday, so ~Night!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
BSG
Been watching some of the new(ish) Battle Star Gallatica episodes. I must say, it's like someone created a twisted, underhanded soap opera series and placed it on a space ship. Would like there to be a little bit more romance to it, but outside of that I am enjoying it heavily... Maybe a little too heavily, as one night I stayed up till 7am watching episodes. I'm watching this on netflix, in case anyone is wondering how I'm viewing it.
Just realized I don't talk too much about my friends on this blog. I spend most of my time in front of a computer screen, doing solitary activities like writing, reading (for those two things both academic and for pleasure), and occasionally gaming. I don't exactly know why that is. I enjoy time with my friends more than almost any other thing I could be doing (well, except reading certain books, but those books are few and far between, yet... I don't know. It just never feels like my schedules correspond to that of everyone else I know. I'm either working weekends, or in class, or at my other job. And so, some days, I feel like I'm completely isolated from the world I know. But, if I'm honest, it's probably because I don't make as much an effort to expand my friend base and to try to keep in touch with the people I know through means other than steam/In game chat, etc. And now I'm 24, and find out that my life revolves around a small group of people, and I'm afraid that group will only shrink. To top that off, I don't see of any way to stop being single. And out of everything, that depresses me.
Anyway, I've gotten sidetracked from this blog post (just spent the last hour online with a friend as they tried to find out as much info about me from nothing but my screen names.) That kind of derailed my thinking, and now I want sleep. So ~Night!
Just realized I don't talk too much about my friends on this blog. I spend most of my time in front of a computer screen, doing solitary activities like writing, reading (for those two things both academic and for pleasure), and occasionally gaming. I don't exactly know why that is. I enjoy time with my friends more than almost any other thing I could be doing (well, except reading certain books, but those books are few and far between, yet... I don't know. It just never feels like my schedules correspond to that of everyone else I know. I'm either working weekends, or in class, or at my other job. And so, some days, I feel like I'm completely isolated from the world I know. But, if I'm honest, it's probably because I don't make as much an effort to expand my friend base and to try to keep in touch with the people I know through means other than steam/In game chat, etc. And now I'm 24, and find out that my life revolves around a small group of people, and I'm afraid that group will only shrink. To top that off, I don't see of any way to stop being single. And out of everything, that depresses me.
Anyway, I've gotten sidetracked from this blog post (just spent the last hour online with a friend as they tried to find out as much info about me from nothing but my screen names.) That kind of derailed my thinking, and now I want sleep. So ~Night!
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