Progress Report
And here I am, back to the neglected Livejournal. The last entry
had a nice bulleted list of stuff I'm trying to get accomplished this
semester. Here's how that stuff is going.
- Booking for Living Proof is... interesting. I've hit a bit of a slump this past week, mostly due to the fact that I haven't had more than five minutes to sit in front of my computer and write e-mails. I'll be getting on that more this weekend. That said, the first part of the lineup is up on the website. Check it out. Tell your friends.
- I finally picked up some research credits. I'll be crunching numbers and making graphs out of Dr. Wetherbee's deep sea shark data. Cool stuff. Unfortunatley, because I apparently didn't get on board until a day after the drop/add date, I have to fill out a late add petition and give myself about another day's worth of running around getting signatures. Why? Because my name is Chuck, and there has to be some kind of annoying extra step. That said, it's cool to finally be doing something related to my major.
- I played at the open mic sponsored by ZETA and ended up in the 5-cent Cigar for it. Maybe FlareGunSuicide won't be overshadowing my solo stuff after all...
- The new graphics card is in my computer, and about 60-70% of the time it works beautifully. If it feels so inclined, it also sometimes turns my monitor off and forces me to restart my computer. After uninstalling, updating, and rolling back drivers until I ended up back where I started, and after asking random visitors, I'm thinking it might be some kind of heating issue. Unless any of you computer nerds out there (and I know there are at least two of you who read this) have other opinions and would wish to offer advice. It sure would be swell if it were just a heating issue, because unlike everything else involving this box that I type stuff into and play games on, fans are relatively cheap.
- My car's heat only works when it's all the way up. Also, when it hits that sweet spot that allows it to work, the headlights flicker. I've got to give those Dodge engineers some credit; they know how to make a car that really wrings out every last bit of frustration before its engine inevitably blows out.
As always, my life remains a nice 50/50 mix of awesome and annoying. Until next time, don't forget to spay and neuter your pets.
- Booking for Living Proof is... interesting. I've hit a bit of a slump this past week, mostly due to the fact that I haven't had more than five minutes to sit in front of my computer and write e-mails. I'll be getting on that more this weekend. That said, the first part of the lineup is up on the website. Check it out. Tell your friends.
- I finally picked up some research credits. I'll be crunching numbers and making graphs out of Dr. Wetherbee's deep sea shark data. Cool stuff. Unfortunatley, because I apparently didn't get on board until a day after the drop/add date, I have to fill out a late add petition and give myself about another day's worth of running around getting signatures. Why? Because my name is Chuck, and there has to be some kind of annoying extra step. That said, it's cool to finally be doing something related to my major.
- I played at the open mic sponsored by ZETA and ended up in the 5-cent Cigar for it. Maybe FlareGunSuicide won't be overshadowing my solo stuff after all...
- The new graphics card is in my computer, and about 60-70% of the time it works beautifully. If it feels so inclined, it also sometimes turns my monitor off and forces me to restart my computer. After uninstalling, updating, and rolling back drivers until I ended up back where I started, and after asking random visitors, I'm thinking it might be some kind of heating issue. Unless any of you computer nerds out there (and I know there are at least two of you who read this) have other opinions and would wish to offer advice. It sure would be swell if it were just a heating issue, because unlike everything else involving this box that I type stuff into and play games on, fans are relatively cheap.
- My car's heat only works when it's all the way up. Also, when it hits that sweet spot that allows it to work, the headlights flicker. I've got to give those Dodge engineers some credit; they know how to make a car that really wrings out every last bit of frustration before its engine inevitably blows out.
As always, my life remains a nice 50/50 mix of awesome and annoying. Until next time, don't forget to spay and neuter your pets.