I just got the last of my grades. I got a 3.42 GPA for the semester. Not the best but still higher than any semester GPA I had during my original college run. Since I managed to pass everything they asked me to take, I should be holding my diploma in 8-10 [...]
It was a pleasant night. The last of my college work was turned in just a couple of days before and I was heading to Milwaukee for the first time in a long time. Cruising down the highway, my iPod playing in my ears and nothing but trees and stars to see. [...]
When I moved out of the dorms and into my first apartment, I needed to buy a bed. In a fairly typical college student move, I maxed out the little room left on my new credit card to get a cool futon. It wasn’t just a cotton batting one, no, it had a two-layer foam [...]
So I occasionally post on this forum that has a couple of ongoing threads; “SHIT THAT PISSES ME OFF” and “SHIT THAT MAKES ME FUCKING HAPPY”. These are very popular threads where people post various things going on in their lives. I just posted to both of them.
Recently I picked up a USB drive and I have put some portable apps on it including Cross-platform Portable Firefox, Gaim, and PortaPuTTY. I can pop my USB drive into any computer (campus lab, work, etc.) and have all of my bookmarks, IM contacts, terminal sessions, etc. It’s been really nice.
Normally I hide [...]
I noticed something looking through my pictures. I seem to like taking pictures of turkey remains.
Should I be concerned about this?
Some days it just doesn’t pay to leave the house.
Sunday was a beautiful spring day. Mostly sunny, brisk wind, and warm temperatures. I figured that I could spend the afternoon shopping for a programming book and taking my kite out for the first time this year.
Yup, it’s that time of year again. Luckily tax day is two days late this year since the 15th was on a Saturday.
Small towns are different. I went home on Sunday to visit my mom and was reminded of this fact.
There was a stretch in February and March that was pretty rough. Between classes, work, being sick, Trivia, and more, I got a little bogged down. Something had to give. Unfortunately, my ASP.NET class is what gave.
The professor mentioned to me that he was very forgiving on due dates for students that were in their CIS internship. I [...]
