Chris

Heading down south, to dream another dream.

Ugh.

I've been apologizing all semester for my disjointed posting schedule, and today is no exception. But I have an excuse!

I spent the entire weekend working away at my Database Modeling final project. The only major part of it was I had to do interface mockups, which sounds simple right? Oh, it was easy enough. But it was one of the most time consuming things I've ever done. I easily put 15 hours into that project over Saturday and Sunday, stopping for sleep and food and the occasional MSTK3 short.

But, I think (hope) it was worth it. Pretty sure I did an A job on the project overall. It's probably too late for me in that class to pull up into an A from my current A-, but at least I didn't drop to a B+ like I thought I was going to.

I am actually all done with everything. I just have to go to the open house in the CIS lab tonight to present our Systems project (and we already did the grading for that so there's no pressure) and then wait till Wednesday to watch everyone in Goth do their article presentations, I having already done mine last Friday. My attempt to get out of having to attend the final was rebuffed, unfortunately, so I'm still stuck here. I dunno if I'd try to drive home tonight anyway, the roads are still pretty crummy and I want to drive in daylight rather than pitch black.

So, basically I'm just wondering what kind of grade I'm getting in my courses. I'm hoping for A-'s across the board, won't be shocked at a couple B+'s, but will be dismayed if I drop below that.

Blah. I have felt pretty awful lately though. I have a headache again today that will not go away, and I don't agree with using pain medication for minor aches so I'm just dealing with it.

Aside from that, I got nothing going on. Just killing time till Wednesday. My room mate wants me to watch Arrested Development, and I've seen scenes from it before that looked awesome and have had friends online tell me all about it. So maybe I'll give the show a shot tonight. And then kick myself when I have to go buy a season dvd.

How about this storm eh? My car got stuck in the middle of the road while we tried to move it to the opposite side of the road for calendar parking. And this wind! Geez, on my way into the school today I am sure I almost lost my face, and at one point it blew long enough for me to be unable to breath temporarily. Scary stuff.

Ok, I'm out. Late.

So close, yet so far.

UnggggggggGGGGG.

So here we are. One more day of class to go for the Fall semester at St. Scholastic. Been quite a trip.

Course I am in no reflective mood. This week has been kind of disorienting for me.

I've been kind of sick all week, and haven't made it to work study unfortunately. No money for me I guess. Blah. I've spent countless hours now sitting at my laptop doing absolutely nothing. I basically have spent 4 days watching Mystery Science Theater 3000 and eating.

I have enough homework to do, and thanks to my procrastination my weekend is probably shot. But what can you do I guess. I can only ever get work done under pressure anyway.

The exam in Database yesterday went well. I am a little uncertain about a couple primary keys i made for associative entities but otherwise I think I did quite well. All that is left is a work day tomorrow. I doubt I'll go. Then it's a weekend of working on the final project for submission and presentation Monday. Woo dee woo oh no.

I don't recall how in depth I went into detailing the presentation Monday in Systems. Ugh. I am pretty sure I blew it for my team and made it seem unprofessional, so I am feeling pretty crummy about that. I just hope we get a decent grade. I just saw that my team had to go to C.H.U.M. today to finish something up, so I missed that. So I feel even worse. Even though I think I did my share of the work, this is probably the crummiest I've felt in a group. Course, I usually take the lead, and this was definitely a change to that: There is no way I was technically proficient enough to top David in regards to the database transfer. I dunno. Hopefully I was able to help enough rather than hurt the group.

I still have to write a paper about my team mates and my reflection on the project. I've been procrastinating on that since Monday of course, but I should be able to do it shortly. Then we have to go to the CIS open house Monday night to show our project. There isn't much to it, but whatever. Then that class is done.

I got an e-mail from Russel the internship coordinator today about my lack of internship. Kinda brought me back to reality as far as that goes: I wish I had done my internship but it just didn't seem like anything came along and I didn't know what to do. So now I have to do it during my busiest semester yet, and will probably have to settle quickly for something I don't particularly care for. Whatever it takes to get my degree, I say.

I THINK I am done in A.I. but I am gonna talk to Tom tomorrow to make sure of that. I did my work in the class I believe, and I think he'll agree. Hoping for no surprises.

Speaking of Tom, me and the other 3 guys had to talk to him yesterday about the wireless programming class next semester which didn't have a high enough enrollment, so it looks like it is more than likely going to be an independent study course with a few speakers. We shall see how that goes. Programming is definitely not my strong suit... if ANYTHING is.

That leaves Goth Lit. All I have to do is a presentation on an article (easy peasy) Friday, and then show up at the final next Wednesday to be bored and do nothing. Then, I am out of this town for 3 weeks. Ugh, it can't come soon enough.

So last night I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the emergency room. Turns out I was very mistaken and was just dealing with a lot of excess gas, which I am still dealing with today. Pretty embarrassing. But I really don't get what the heck is wrong with me: I have so much gas for no good reason, including random chest pains, and last night my left arm went numb and I started sweating like crazy. I think I just kind of tricked myself into the heart attack along with my recent chest pains that have had me worried. Anyway, there is a chance I have acid reflux or something so I am taking Prilosec and hoping that does the trick, maybe. Otherwise I may as well start investing in Gas X cause this indigestion I've been dealing with for like 2 years seems to be almost unrelated to my diet.

So that was embarrasing. But whatever, time to move forward, buckle down, and get stuff done.

I just finished The Shining. It was a pretty good book but it took forever. I don't mean, "Unggg soo longggg and where are the pictures?!" but it just felt like I was reading it at a mile per hour regardless of actual speed.

My RAM for my laptop refuses to arrive. Here's a note: never order from 4allmemory.com. Learn from my mistakes.

K, gotta go. Later days.

Woo Dee Woo Oh No.

I haven't blogged lately cause nothing has happened of note. So this is going to be a tad forced.

It's the last week of regularly scheduled classes and I am finding it hard to get motivated to get my stuff done. I removed the TV (with cable) from my bedroom so that there was less distraction, but that has only served to aggravate my malaise; the lack of effortless stimuli has resulted in me just blankly staring at a wall instead of the flashing colors provided by my television.

I have sort of set ahead of myself the task tonight of completing the summary/opinion piece on the article provided to me in Goth Lit as well as a study night for my exam tomorrow in Databases. I also have this strong aversion to work this week, as sitting at a computer doing endless data entry sounds like the absolute worst usage of my time. Yet it must be done. Gotta pay the bills, after all.

I would rather just sleep until December 17th so I can get home and do nothing for 3 weeks before what shall prove to be a very strenuous Spring semester. But I can't very well do that, or what is looking to be a B+ average will drop to most likely a D+.

So I put off work today, slept till one, finished a book I was reading about professional wrestling (natch), and ate some hot dish with my South Park. All that's left is to brave the cold to get my backpack out of my car (noooo) and I should probably take a shower and shave and such here.

I am honestly much more interested in getting out of the house and hanging out either at the mall or downtown. I just want to go spend money for material goods. Weird urge. The American consumerism beaten into my subconscious over all these years is really showing itself right now.

What I would also like to do at the moment (besides play Rock Band with my friends) is watch some Mystery Science Theater 3000. I'm strongly considering piecing together an episode on YouTube (typically broken up into 10 segments) and doing that with my late afternoon. How in the heck is it 4, anyway? Time goes by fast when I don't want it to and vice versa, it seems. I always consider purchasing MST3K dvd's but they aren't really worth it to me. There were how many episodes in the series and a 4 episode dvd is like $60. That all lends itself to the copyright issues that prevent the show from being aired on television today, but man what I wouldn't give for it to make a return to primetime.

I don't know. I just want to be done with everything.

Alright. I'm gonna go back to trying to force myself to start stuff. Later.

I better leave, I better leave, I better stop.

What's with these commercial jingles getting stuck in my head lately?

I got a haircut tonight, but not much of one. Just 3 inches off the back. I was getting sick of having shoulder length hair that i had to actually lift up rather than brush away when it interfered in my life. My hair is still long but it's at my preferred length of long. I'll probably get a shorter one in spring as usual.

I also bought some precision screwdrivers for my glasses. Of course they are all too big! But I can manipulate the smallest one to turn the screws enough. Whatev. Also got a new water bottle that cost like ten dollars. Ugh, what a price tag. But, I have this paranoia about plastic bottles giving me Alzheimer's and it will pay for itself considering most of my water budget goes to econopacks of Aquafina.

This week is dragging. I just want to go home to hang out with my potential girlfriend. I still say potential because I don't want to jinx myself, even though it really looks like a very sure thing. But, you know women. SOMETHING could come up when I least expect it. But regardless, this weekend looks like smooth sailing. Yesss.

Class is going OK. Ugh. The Shining is huge man. I kept trying to read it all night and I'm only like 200 pages in. There is no way I am going to find the time to finish it by Monday. It is taunting me.

I guess I still have tomorrow night, after work and working on the powerpoint with the group. But blah. I also have a quiz to do that will take a century for Database. Blah blah blah.

Anyway, I think I'm done here. TTYL.

I tried to do handstands for you.

Soooooo I think I am getting a girlfriend maybe? I am pretty excited about that.

But enough about my love life. I hope everyone had a safe Thanksgiving. I definitely did. Of course, the night of Thanksgiving I got in a crazy car accident. No one got hurt, but we got flipped on our side into a deep ditch and it was very scary. But, someone was watching over us that night and we were just fine.

Anyways, back I am to the grind after a very fun and enjoyable break, and I'm already looking forward to Christmas break. I got quite the work load ahead of me and I was too busy to get anything done tonight. Fantastic. This week I need to:

-Read "The Shining"

-Do a powerpoint presentation for our group project in Systems

-Do an assignment, 2 quizzes, study for a big exam, and begin a large project for Database Modeling.

Blah. I am doomed.

Tonight I got my Christmas shopping figured out. I got all the cards. Ordered this LED light thing for my Godfather's sink that will change the water color depending on temperature, my Godson is getting a Winnie the Pooh phone, and I'm getting my grandparents a gift certificate to their favorite restaurant.

All in all, things are looking up and the future looks promising. Welp, better hit the sack. Lots to do tomorrow. Peace.