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!
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