Life so far.
Well, I know I've been a bit negligent with the posting lately, but really, not that much in my life has prompted me to post. Sure, I have a large number of political and other links, but they're all in chat logs and I'd have to dig through them and sort into categories and everything. Yeah. I'm lazy.
Currently, I'm in a PC Baang, because I just had to get out of the house. Too much of having to do silly things, like repair a coffee table that was put together wrong, or move firewood, install a storm window, apply mulch, or drive around so my mom can go shopping. Of course, the one night that I had planned to go out and finally finish the book that I had started over Thanksgiving break, I have the privilege of having the 'Where are we now?' speech from my parents. Yeah. I love how they offer to help me 'move forward' with my life and then I end up doing all of the work anyway. I'm just tired of hearing it, that's all. Then again, maybe I'm turning into a giant grump.
I checked my grade online (yes, grade, singular) and I got an A in Arabic, which means I finally get to graduate, which means employers will need another reason to ignore my resume (but I'm sure they'll come up with something). I had wanted to write a simple ray-tracer (probably only using cubes or something else really simple) but I haven't even started on it. Mostly research so far, but I think I understand how (mostly) to proceed. Since I have to go back to my apartment on the 3rd anyway, I don't think I'll get anything else done with it. I had wanted to completely re-write my Bookswap code as well, but (assuming I am not interrupted with pleas to collect the shower curtains) I don't think it should take more than 2 days.
All in all, I'd just like to be able to relax a bit more and not have my mom come in and wake me up for no reason. I want to be productive, but starting the day without a good amount of sleep is not how I like it. Parents! They just don't understand.
Christmas was similar to last year, and the two years before, owing to the fact that I don't really need anything, and that I don't have many friends here in Maryland (and I'm also really bad about calling to arrange events), the day just wasn't very special to me. Most of the stuff I got, I'll be returning or giving back to my mom to probably wrap up and give to me another year... One good thing was a sort of updated Poor Richard's Almanac, complete with a picture of Ben Franklin on the cover. Everything else, I could (and will) live without.
While my days haven't been completely filled with annoying stuff, I haven't really been too motivated to do anything that I had told myself I would do. I went and bought sweat pants, but have yet to do any serious running. I figure I'm eating better, though, so maybe I'll wait until I get back to New Jersey to be aerobically inclined. I have been playing some of the games I got from Home of the Underdogs, but X-com keeps crashing on me. I have enjoyed Bahamut Lagoon, though. It has provided many hours of gameplay so far, and I'm quite happy with it, even though I thought I wouldn't like the strategy-rpg category.
Currently, I'm in a PC Baang, because I just had to get out of the house. Too much of having to do silly things, like repair a coffee table that was put together wrong, or move firewood, install a storm window, apply mulch, or drive around so my mom can go shopping. Of course, the one night that I had planned to go out and finally finish the book that I had started over Thanksgiving break, I have the privilege of having the 'Where are we now?' speech from my parents. Yeah. I love how they offer to help me 'move forward' with my life and then I end up doing all of the work anyway. I'm just tired of hearing it, that's all. Then again, maybe I'm turning into a giant grump.
I checked my grade online (yes, grade, singular) and I got an A in Arabic, which means I finally get to graduate, which means employers will need another reason to ignore my resume (but I'm sure they'll come up with something). I had wanted to write a simple ray-tracer (probably only using cubes or something else really simple) but I haven't even started on it. Mostly research so far, but I think I understand how (mostly) to proceed. Since I have to go back to my apartment on the 3rd anyway, I don't think I'll get anything else done with it. I had wanted to completely re-write my Bookswap code as well, but (assuming I am not interrupted with pleas to collect the shower curtains) I don't think it should take more than 2 days.
All in all, I'd just like to be able to relax a bit more and not have my mom come in and wake me up for no reason. I want to be productive, but starting the day without a good amount of sleep is not how I like it. Parents! They just don't understand.
Christmas was similar to last year, and the two years before, owing to the fact that I don't really need anything, and that I don't have many friends here in Maryland (and I'm also really bad about calling to arrange events), the day just wasn't very special to me. Most of the stuff I got, I'll be returning or giving back to my mom to probably wrap up and give to me another year... One good thing was a sort of updated Poor Richard's Almanac, complete with a picture of Ben Franklin on the cover. Everything else, I could (and will) live without.
While my days haven't been completely filled with annoying stuff, I haven't really been too motivated to do anything that I had told myself I would do. I went and bought sweat pants, but have yet to do any serious running. I figure I'm eating better, though, so maybe I'll wait until I get back to New Jersey to be aerobically inclined. I have been playing some of the games I got from Home of the Underdogs, but X-com keeps crashing on me. I have enjoyed Bahamut Lagoon, though. It has provided many hours of gameplay so far, and I'm quite happy with it, even though I thought I wouldn't like the strategy-rpg category.