BIG SMILES

Hi everybody, I have been invited to join HKN, which means that I'm in the top quarter of junior electrical engineers here at Tech. It's going to be interesting to join, but I would really like to make it happen.
Last week I was walking across the drill field coming back from class and a helicopter just flew over the drill field and then landed right directly on the drill field and three or four dudes wearing suites and carrying suite bags, one of them was a general of some sort as well. It was a military helicopter and marines or army guys were definitely driving the thing. The sucker blew everything around on the drill field, everything. That was a crazy thing that I kept meaning to tell you all about but kept forgetting.
I have also made a wish list of vinyls on Amazon.com. It should be a public list that you should be able by searching for Nicholas Kaminski's Vinyls wish list, but I really have no idea if that would work at this point, I might have to do some research on that and let you guys know. I mention this chiefly because I know a certain Skip that has a record player and I know there are a number of vinyls on my wish list that she would steal if I had them, so I encourage her to go there and get a few of them so that I can steal them from her instead. That's kind of all for today I'm off to look into either homework or general goofing off, it doesn't look good for homeworks though-I needed this weekend and I am well pleased by it so far.

Busy Week

Well, hi every body, this has definitely been a really busy week. um practice has started-I'm playing more center now, which makes me happy cause I feel like I can relax and play better at that position. After this week is done I only have 3 more weeks of practice (3 days a week and saturday scrimmages) of football then after that I only have to worry about school. School this week was crazy, I had a test on monday in electronics and one on wednesday in signals-I feel like i did well on both, which is really nice because if i got an A on both of those tests i won't have to take test 3 for either course, because the lowest grade is dropped-not that i'm going to completely skip test 3 but more like i really don't have to worry about it beyond it being a study aid for the final. I have a project due tonight as well as a stupid tech writting module and electronics homework tomorrow. This week has been nothing but football and work, so basically just all work, which kinda sucks especailly when there are people around here that do nothing all day long then complain about how tired they are after taking a 3 hour nap. I haven't been able to go to sleep without simply colapsing from exhautsion since last weekend. Then people tell me that I'm never around-well, sorry, but i have two engineering majors and i play football. I know some people think i'm not around because of jen, but the only times that i see her are for lunch and doing homework. She has been really supportive and helpful-she keeps asking if there is anyway she can help and even demanded to copy some notes into a new notebook. It's funny cause she's not an engineer, but she's one of the few that seems to understand how much work i have to do and is actually making lift easier for me instead of complaining to me and making life worse. i have also discovered that i really like unix as it is proving to be more and more helpful as i learn more and more that i can do with it and then actually make used of what i have learned. well i'm sure there is more i wanted to say, but i have forgotten what that is now and i feel as though i must get back to work-the time i just saved with unix is just about up. Sorry for the huge just block of text, but i'm kinda in a rush-this whole week is a rush. I'll try to remember to post again soon

Posting Feast o Joy

Hello everybody, once again it is directly after a winter workout and I am back in my room posting to say hello to all you readers. These goofy workouts are started to wear on me-it's been a long long two weeks. Tomorrow we have a team cookout at 5, but we still have to lift. Then on Friday we have the last winter workout for this year! YAY! Only one more to go.
Ugh, yesterday I was squatting 350lbs plus chains and after I finished and was going to put the weight back I lost my balance and dropped the darn thing down my back. I'm fine except for the scrapes that it left. But it's little stuff that build up over these two weeks to make them really bite.
Eh, I guess that's all I really have to say, I'm glad I have friends to hang out with while not doing work and I must say I am well pleased to be dating Jen.
Well, that's kinda all for today, I've been at school for a really long time now and it's getting to be the point when I want to be at home for a real length of time, but that will come very quickly methinks.

Ow!

Well, I'm writing this after Monday's Winter Workout on the second week of thems and I definitely hurt. This week is going to be tough, but I do definitely have a bunch of people supporting me and I appreciate that. This is one of those weeks that I'm kinda just planning on making it through because after this week life begins to get a whole lot easier really really quick. I don't really have a lot going on, I feel super boring. Most of this weekend I just laid about being happy that I was alive, hanging out with friends, playing cards, watching movies, and playing video games. I am most pleased with the peoples I know here. Oh, I forgot to mention Connor was gone this weekend to a concert and visiting home and next weekend he's visiting his grandmother and home. It's kinda nice to have the room to myself and have the quiet to sleep and such, but it's also nice to hang out with friends. I'm very sore and tired so I think I go forth to find a soft spot to sleep for a bit

Finally My Computer Works

I just finished with my last winter workout this week and let me tell you those things are not fun. But I'm definitely getting much better as time goes on. For the first one on Monday I couldn't sleep beforehand and that one was much worse than I thought it would be, I'm really glad that's over. I knew my problem was dehydration and lack of quality rest, so I spent pretty much all of Tuesday relaxing about the room and pushing fluids and Wednesday was not that bad. Since I had a winter workout on Monday, lifting on Tuesday, another winter workout on Wednesday, and then more lifting on Thursday, by the time I went to sleep last night I was worn out from a long week so I was a little nervous about this morning, but I stayed hydrated and got to bed early enough all throughout this week so today was tough, yeah, but I can definitely handle winter workouts now.
As for the computer, despite my best efforts I did in fact lose most of my data, but in a way I guess that's ok because now this machine can be completely organized and stay just for school from the start. The huge bad news is all the information and applications I had gathered for scholarships were also lost, which makes me mad, much like a hornet, fortunately I got an email recently about some kind of academic scholarship for student athletes, unfortunately I found that email yesterday when I finally got done with shifting through my ton of emails and the sucker is supposed to be due today, so I shall be looking in that shortly and hopefully I can at least get one application in.
Classes are going pretty well, this week was a little tough cause I had to both come back from the break and deal with winter workouts, but I made it through and now it's the weekend where I can relax, get myself set up for next week and sleep a whole bunch. I guess that's all I really have to say for now.

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