UGH

Well, everybody it's been far far too long since I've been blogging or reading blogs. I'd like to some day get a phone that can receive emails and retrieve various blogs as RSS feeds, but that is not for a while if it should ever really happen. Well as for what's new with me I've had a test in Signals and Systems (grade still unknown on this one), Unix(78 on this one, hoping for a curve...), Computer Org and Architecture, probably the class I have to work the hardest in (92 on this one-I am well pleased) and Electronics (91-again well please). That leaves only electronics lab as a class in which I have not yet had a test and I've gotten a high A on every one of those assignments so far so it's looking pretty good for me. I have a project due in Computer Org and Arch on Friday but I have it mostly done and am planning on finishing it tonight so I can go to the snowboard party tomorrow. As for that Signals and Systems test, I feel like I got a 100 on that sucker but I wish the grades would come out for it so I can be sure cause those are the kinds of test that you always make so silly mistake on-like that electronics test. I really really want to join HKN (which is the electrical engineer honor frat) but just because I think I can, and oh man is the stuff I'm learning crazy interesting, I just want to learn it all right now.
I know all of you are on the edge of your seat to hear the next development with football or Jen. I hate to disappoint but this is the middle of the semester a time filled with crazy school work and tests and such so those two things have been back burnered for a while-I mean I still lift 4 days a week and that going well, other than the fact that apparently I won't be released on Friday until 7pm cause of timing but...but such is life sometimes.
Well I must go finish that project I mentioned and I'll probably write again soon I hope

Well Pleased

Just a short one today folks. I am very happy right now at this point, despite the fact that I seem to have lost a great deal of music from my external hard drive. I have actually set up my media box with a windows OS just because it'll be much easier to deal with this way. I'm currently in the process of ripping cds and figuring out how to regain my lost music (500GB are reserved just for music). I love music very much.
This weekend was AWESOME!!! but as of yet I didn't really get much work done, but that's ok. I dunno what to say, much to do, but much has been done. I am well pleased.
A small note as well, I meant some one new recently and it has turned out well for me. Now as I haven't really slept since friday at around 5:30am i must depart

Hmm... Now where did I put all that time...

Well, I'm back at school and I've been to every one of my classes except for electronics network lab and so far I have to say they are really really sweet. Intro to Unix turned out to be an online class, that I only have to so up to class for the midterm and final. My Electronics prof doesn't speak English very well at all, but he seems really fair about it and I think that classes will go well. For Signals and Systems my prof is really cool and easy to understand. In that class I sit up front next to one of my friends from over the summer (he's a computer engineer and that is actually an electrical engineering class, so he didn't need it till later in his career and that means that I'm split 50/50 between computer and electrical classes). Calculus of Several Variables seems like a typical math class, shouldn't be too too bad but it's still a little early to tell with that one. Um today I only have one class and it's at 8:00 am, thus giving the whole day to do whatever-today I just hung around, did a little bit of work around the room, setting stuff up and all, and a bit of schoolwork here and there so I won't ever really get swamped-the class today was Computer Organization and Architecture and that seems really interesting. I'm really excited about all my classes this time round and all my engineering ones seem unbelievably interesting and I'm excited about them. I have to be sure to remember that I do have two non-engineering classes though cause I can completely see my self spending all my study time on engineering just because it's interesting to me. But oh well
I lifted for the first time with football today, I was nervous and didn't feel good going into to it, but it was actually fairly easy for me overall. I actually felt a lot better after working out, tired, but better. I was nervous about what it would be, but I guess I kinda realized today that I am indeed an athlete.
Well as is only nature I've been hanging out with Paul. He didn't do real well last semester and now his parents are all scrutinizing cause they want him to pass and such. I mean the guy did kind of have an evil roommate that made him miss a bunch of classes, but it does completely make sense that his parents want to see him graduate with the degree of his choice. I would really like to help as best I can, cause I've already taken pretty much all of the classes his in now, but it's strange cause I'm younger than him but much farther along academically. He never asks for help, just not that kind of guy, but I hate to see a good friend of mine fail. It'll all work out though cause he's smart and knows how to work.
Oh I'm having trouble fitting all my stuff into my room so I'm thinking that I'm going to need to send some stuff back and get a bunch of those command performance hooks to hang up other stuff. I know I'll figure it all out some how. I did set up my new speakers and they are really nice. I really really really like my pen and the little book thing has proven unbelievably helpful so far. well that's really all I have to say for now, I'm going to go relax for a bit and then think about sleep

Hullo Again

Well, I know I haven't been keeping up with the blogs while I'm home, but that's how it goes. but I've started to collect the Barnes and Noble Classics book collection and I've accordingly posted a listing of the books that I currently have right here. Um, that's everything I have...wait no, actually on Wednesday I'm going down to Richmond to inspect the condition of an antique mercedes that I might be purchasing that day. It's a black manual, it's pretty cool and if I hadn't lost the link to it I'd post the pictures of it. but hopefully it turns out and well and I'll own it, but who knows-must first be sure it works. oh it's also a diesel and the plan is make biodiesel to run it on. but that's kinda it f

Yay for Christmas

Well, I know a bunch of you have been complaining that I never update my blog, well, I'm a busy person with not a lot to say all the time so you all should just be happy that I have a blog in the first place. But I must say I'm very happy to be home for Christmas, in fact Christmas is just ending now and it's been a very nice and relaxing day-except for the parts where Max was running around yelling, those bits were more exciting. I like that little fellow Max, he is acceptable as a nephew. I got a bunch of neat gifts, a bunch of stuff that I will definitely be using back in college. It's kinda strange now, because I didn't really get a lot that I can mess around with immediately, but that's nice because in the long run the gifts I got will be really useful to me and I'll remember that they're gifts everytime I use them. I really really like the pen, I'm very happy to have gotten that especially, I shall be using it often so I foresee the need for ink cartages for that. I really like the shirt I got as well, but my favorite clothes item is probably the bathrobe, something that will see a great deal of use, now if only I had a bubble pipe.... well, that's really all I have to say for now, I really really want to be able to play the bass like Spud can, but now that he has one he can teach more, but he still has to practice every day-I figure it'll be a nice hobby for him that he can do sitting in his chair and maybe it'll even help his blood pressure, cause I know playing music helps mine. well it seems to be read and sleep time.
good night.

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Staying till the End

Well, My room is pretty much ready to go. It's all cleaned and organized and what now, and at this point I'm more or less just hanging out as long as I possibly can. I have a neat way to either brush up on old languages or learn new ones for free. I have also found a bunch more CDs in the process of cleaning my room and I have updated my database accordingly. I also found out today that one of the things I get for the bowl game this year is a sony home theater set up, with 5.1 surround sound and a 5 disk DVD changer. I think that's pretty darn neat frankly. umm not much is really going on, I have to figure out a way to carry my laundry bag, duffel bag, backpack, and bass when it comes time for me to leave here, but that's still about an hour away. I would bring home my amp but I don't really think it's feasible for me to carry and I'd like to learn the basics of slap bass over the break, which I don't really need an amp for any way. Another short post, but I don't have much to say really. I'm glad classes are done, only a week before I get to go home, and I'm going to be mostly lazy this week. ahh well, I guess I should take out the trash soon

Reflection on this Semester

Well, now that I've taken the last exam for this semester it is officially over and I can safely say that I learned a whole lot and the vast majority of it doesn't fit in any kind of book. I think my grades are poor this semester, but I also think I passed all my classes and that's what really counts. I don't think I want to be an A student anyway, I'd much rather learn a whole lot and pull in B's and the occasional C, basically just pass. I care about my grades this semester but I don't, they bother me but they don't. I just really really want a break, especially after the madness of exams, I'm just going to lay around the rest of the time I'm here, I know practice isn't going to be that hard, and I know I need to rest and do just fun things for a while with no stress. I'm going to crush a couple of my classes next time round, but that's a way's off so I don't even care about that right now. I really wish I could go home, I miss being there, but this next week is going to fly by and I'll be there and bored soon enough. It just sucks when I'm the only one left in the dorms and everybody else is home. Oh well, I'm going to take this time to organize the room a bit, listen to loud music, play my bass, and play some video games or watch tv or something. It's time for me to rest.