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lance

Hey there!

Aug 30, 2006 17:01

So, I'm finally going to start posting again. I haven't been doing so lately just because my day-to-day activities this summer would be incredibly boring to read about and I haven't accomplished anything monumentally important. Unless you consider playing lots of World of Warcraft important. Most of you probably don't ( Read more... )

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zarkia August 30 2006, 22:17:07 UTC

awh - thanks!
what on earth are you studying in college? psychology and programming? seems like an odd choice.
are the storm of swords books any good - i've been tempted by them a few times, but never bothered. i don't really like books involving battles and they seemed to involve lots of battles and wars and stuff.

lance September 1 2006, 16:24:16 UTC

Haha, I'm a computer information systems major and a psychology minor...just finishing up the last few classes for the minor. I didn't go math or physics 'cause I can never find the motivation to do the work and I didn't want to be like every other CIS major and take a business minor. I had a psych course I enjoyed my first semester and it just kinda stuck after that. At one point I was thinking about maybe doing something with artificial intelligence, but I probably won't get enough math in for that now. Right now the line I'm using is that it'll help me deal with people in the workplace better if I can possibly understand their motives a little more. But yes, it is an odd choice, heh ( ... )

profstark August 31 2006, 00:40:42 UTC

George R.R. Martin is amazing. He blogs here on LJ, in case you didn't know that. I'm such a nerd that I read his posts religiously to see how the next book is coming along. *lol*

lance September 1 2006, 16:31:03 UTC

Actually, I didn't know...I visit his website every once in a while, but that's about it. Is there anything spoilery in the posts? Will probably wait until after I'm caught up completely before friending it anyway though. Enjoying this book fairly well so far. :)

profstark September 1 2006, 18:06:04 UTC

Not anything spoilery in his blog that I'm aware of. His blog is under the username grrm.

eiluned August 31 2006, 03:20:19 UTC

Hey, long time no post! Who's teaching your ENG 341 class?

lance September 1 2006, 16:34:17 UTC

Dr. McCarron, who seems pretty cool so far. Though it's in Ed South for whatever reason, so I probably won't be running into you guys that much this semester, heh.

eiluned September 1 2006, 16:40:11 UTC

Yeah, he's a nice guy. I've never had him for a class, but I've talked to him around the English office.

And I've only got one class that meets face-to-face this semester, Esci 101, and it's in the BA building of all places. Huh. We blow how much money on a new science building, and then stick science classes in BA. WTF. I'll be around the Lit & Lang building, though, in the writing center all semester, though.

thunderstorms August 31 2006, 15:20:32 UTC

I've never read anything by George R.R. Martin, is it good stuff?

lance September 1 2006, 16:37:27 UTC

If you want to know more feel free to ask, but this is copied from the reply I made to zarkia a few minutes ago, 'cause I'm lazy:

"As for the Song of Ice and Fire books, although there are wars breaking out (and probably bigger ones to come), most of the chapters aren't specifically focused on the fighting. There are tons and tons of characters to keep track of...a majority of the stuff is either people traveling from one place to another or having hushed conversations behind everyone else's back. If it weren't for some of the fantastical elements it could almost be considered medieval history...though considerably more interesting than a textbook. The sex/violence/language is pretty graphic, but most of the time it fits with the realistic feel of the world. Not all the likeable characters live, not all the unlikeable ones die. So far the first book has been my favorite. I'd suggest maybe reading a few chapters to see what you think at least."