A late new years
My main resolution this year is to really work on bettering myself. I know what has to get done and what I'm planning on doing.
First, I'm going to cut down on my gaming (basically, I'm going to refrain from playing as much WoW as I currently do). It's nearing the end of the Winter Semester and I'm noticing that I'm lacking in my school work. My grades in two classes are looking a little bit on the slumpish side, Sociology and Intro to Operating Systems.
I think that Sociology is just a BS class anyway. I despise these arts and sciences classes. This one really annoys me as I have trouble remember sociological points of view of certain people and who created what theory.
It seems like a ridiculous class to actually take and I find myself having trouble remembering the little things in the class that ALWAYS end up on the damn tests. It's like the professor is looking at me and waiting for my eyes to drift off to the left before she pulls out a "by the way, this insignificant theory I said won't be on the test really will be" and I miss it. The class drives me insane but I will pass it.
Intro to Operating Systems is like 2 classes rolled into one, to me. The first part is file systems and how operating systems organize their data on the hard disks. The second part is using different operating systems (mostly UNIX) and learning the basic commands. The class isn't all that hard but the professor is EXTREMELY tough to pay attention to. It's not that he's a bad guy, he's pretty cool and funny, but he's really boring when it comes to his lectures. I tend to drift in and out of sleep without realizing it. I even find myself asking stupid ass questions I know that answers to just so I can stay awake. It's sad really.
Networking Devices is definitely a tough class but I find it extremely interesting. It's basically about frame diagrams for packets traversing a network (or internet). We study many different aspects from how the headers of various protocols' packets are made up to troubleshooting with utilities like Ethereal. The hardest part about the course, to me, is remembering all the protocols we've discussed and the different network type, like differences between Ethernet and HDLC. It's a class I know I'm going to have to start studying harder for in the next few weeks to prepare myself for the final and the RFC paper.
Web Development? Well......I'll just let that be because it's an easy class.
I'm also trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my life. I recently received a letter from a Navy ROTC officer trying to get me to come to a training camp during the summer. They offer a monthly salary and pay for the last 2 years of college for me. I'm definitely considering it right now but I really am not sure if it's what I want to do. I'm not afraid that I'll be deployed. If I have to go, I have to go. I think there's a lot of honor in the military and I wish that there was a 1 year mandatory term kids would have to serve like in other countries. Not enough kids have respect for anything anymore and it's sad.
I've also been really considering going for my Masters right after getting my BS. I know, as time goes on, it'll be harder to go back to college. I also know that a Masters will look great on any resume, even if my resume is relatively light right now. I'm hoping employers would look at it and see that I don't have many jobs due to my dedication to furthering my education. It's tough to decide if I want to do that right away. I know I could try for a nice job, like Matt has managed to land but relying on that is probably a bad idea.
Me and Steph are still going out but, as usual, things are weird. I don't understand girls at all. You think things are looking up and then reality pulls a Rick James and bitch slaps you. We seemed fine, besides her going to CA (still up in the air I guess), everything was looking good. We were talking on the phone more and everything. Then, about 4-5 days ago, she doesn't really talk to me much. 3 days ago she's acting all pissed or something and being EXTREMELY stubborn about my hair (I'll leave it out because it was just insignificant). We really haven't talked much in the last couple days and it really annoys me. I have no idea what happened 5 days ago that got her "mentally frustrated" at me. I don't recall saying anything or doing anything. I could just be a normal guy and not realize what the hell is up. In fact, that sounds about right because I really have no idea what's up. Maybe we'll talk later tonight and she can explain to me what's up or something.
My parents have kinda been wanting me to transfer down to the University of Tennessee and stay with them. In general, it'd be cheaper and more convenient. I can see how things would be easier down there, I miss the 'ol family and it sucks that when I went to college, they all moved but I can't leave the people I know up here. I'm not ready for that. I just don't think I could do it.
As for other things. I'd really like to improve myself personally. I don't tend to go out often enough. I make a lot of excuses for it but it's probably just me. I think the largest problem is I can't think of things to do. I have a bunch of friends at JWU but I'm not sure if most of them are people I'd really hang out with much. I'm not sure though. I also don't want to be spending much money as money is getting tight. I'm not into partying or anything like that, which is one of the two reasons I don't live in the dorms. JWU is quite the party school and I'm just not into that. So, I'm working on things to do and places to go.
I'd really like to start eating healthier this year too. Fast food is practically my life right now and I really need to stop that. My mom ended up buying me 3 cook books and I was just informed that my grandmother is sending me some cooking recipes. I guess that right there would be my motivation. Can't be weak, here.
I'd really like to work on these things. We'll see how it goes.
First, I'm going to cut down on my gaming (basically, I'm going to refrain from playing as much WoW as I currently do). It's nearing the end of the Winter Semester and I'm noticing that I'm lacking in my school work. My grades in two classes are looking a little bit on the slumpish side, Sociology and Intro to Operating Systems.
I think that Sociology is just a BS class anyway. I despise these arts and sciences classes. This one really annoys me as I have trouble remember sociological points of view of certain people and who created what theory.
It seems like a ridiculous class to actually take and I find myself having trouble remembering the little things in the class that ALWAYS end up on the damn tests. It's like the professor is looking at me and waiting for my eyes to drift off to the left before she pulls out a "by the way, this insignificant theory I said won't be on the test really will be" and I miss it. The class drives me insane but I will pass it.
Intro to Operating Systems is like 2 classes rolled into one, to me. The first part is file systems and how operating systems organize their data on the hard disks. The second part is using different operating systems (mostly UNIX) and learning the basic commands. The class isn't all that hard but the professor is EXTREMELY tough to pay attention to. It's not that he's a bad guy, he's pretty cool and funny, but he's really boring when it comes to his lectures. I tend to drift in and out of sleep without realizing it. I even find myself asking stupid ass questions I know that answers to just so I can stay awake. It's sad really.
Networking Devices is definitely a tough class but I find it extremely interesting. It's basically about frame diagrams for packets traversing a network (or internet). We study many different aspects from how the headers of various protocols' packets are made up to troubleshooting with utilities like Ethereal. The hardest part about the course, to me, is remembering all the protocols we've discussed and the different network type, like differences between Ethernet and HDLC. It's a class I know I'm going to have to start studying harder for in the next few weeks to prepare myself for the final and the RFC paper.
Web Development? Well......I'll just let that be because it's an easy class.
I'm also trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my life. I recently received a letter from a Navy ROTC officer trying to get me to come to a training camp during the summer. They offer a monthly salary and pay for the last 2 years of college for me. I'm definitely considering it right now but I really am not sure if it's what I want to do. I'm not afraid that I'll be deployed. If I have to go, I have to go. I think there's a lot of honor in the military and I wish that there was a 1 year mandatory term kids would have to serve like in other countries. Not enough kids have respect for anything anymore and it's sad.
I've also been really considering going for my Masters right after getting my BS. I know, as time goes on, it'll be harder to go back to college. I also know that a Masters will look great on any resume, even if my resume is relatively light right now. I'm hoping employers would look at it and see that I don't have many jobs due to my dedication to furthering my education. It's tough to decide if I want to do that right away. I know I could try for a nice job, like Matt has managed to land but relying on that is probably a bad idea.
Me and Steph are still going out but, as usual, things are weird. I don't understand girls at all. You think things are looking up and then reality pulls a Rick James and bitch slaps you. We seemed fine, besides her going to CA (still up in the air I guess), everything was looking good. We were talking on the phone more and everything. Then, about 4-5 days ago, she doesn't really talk to me much. 3 days ago she's acting all pissed or something and being EXTREMELY stubborn about my hair (I'll leave it out because it was just insignificant). We really haven't talked much in the last couple days and it really annoys me. I have no idea what happened 5 days ago that got her "mentally frustrated" at me. I don't recall saying anything or doing anything. I could just be a normal guy and not realize what the hell is up. In fact, that sounds about right because I really have no idea what's up. Maybe we'll talk later tonight and she can explain to me what's up or something.
My parents have kinda been wanting me to transfer down to the University of Tennessee and stay with them. In general, it'd be cheaper and more convenient. I can see how things would be easier down there, I miss the 'ol family and it sucks that when I went to college, they all moved but I can't leave the people I know up here. I'm not ready for that. I just don't think I could do it.
As for other things. I'd really like to improve myself personally. I don't tend to go out often enough. I make a lot of excuses for it but it's probably just me. I think the largest problem is I can't think of things to do. I have a bunch of friends at JWU but I'm not sure if most of them are people I'd really hang out with much. I'm not sure though. I also don't want to be spending much money as money is getting tight. I'm not into partying or anything like that, which is one of the two reasons I don't live in the dorms. JWU is quite the party school and I'm just not into that. So, I'm working on things to do and places to go.
I'd really like to start eating healthier this year too. Fast food is practically my life right now and I really need to stop that. My mom ended up buying me 3 cook books and I was just informed that my grandmother is sending me some cooking recipes. I guess that right there would be my motivation. Can't be weak, here.
I'd really like to work on these things. We'll see how it goes.