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All's well. School's going surprisingly well, I'm excited about an internship this summer, or maybe a co-op in the fall. A co-op's basically an internship that takes place during the school year, but they're generally for at least 2 terms and sometimes all three. I think it'd be worth taking a year's break if the company was one I could see myself staying with and if I got to go somewhere interesting. I'm not so much not looking forward to school next year, it's just this is opportunity to experience something new in hopefully an interesting place while not really losing ground with school. I would hate to miss graduation with all my friends I've made though, so I'm not sure what I want to do. I've considered doing a co-op after graduation and before grad school, but I haven't looked into how to go about doing that yet. I've got a meeting with my advisor tomorrow so hopefully he'll be able to guide me a little.
Ever since moving to my own place I feel like everything has been made just a little bit better. My social life is definitely improving, I'm meeting more new people than I ever remember in the past plus it's been people whom I have quite a bit in common with. For example, I've been dating this girl I met at Denny's at 1AM. So bizarre. Everything lately, from how well things have been going, to the people I've met, to the manner in which I met them has just felt surreal. How could school being going so well considering how much fun I've been having? Not to say I haven't been working harder at my classes, it just seems like I've had more fun in the last 2 months than I had all last year. I think it's just that I've got my own place, where the upkeep is nearly nothing, whereas before living at home, there was always something that could be done. When I think about it I feel guilty, because there are definitely things that I could (and should, in some cases) be helping with. I've just been really wrapped up in all the things I've been finding to do, because this sudden expansion of my social horizons is really new. I plan on going home Sunday and then probably towards the end of next week to help out with things, so hopefully I'll make some headway.
Been enjoying a site called www.8tracks.com quite a bit lately. People upload songs into playlists of at least 8 songs, including only a small description (no track names, only 3 artist names allowed to be mentioned) and a few genre tags. Because of licensing, you can only see the track names after the song has played, and if you listen to the playlist more than once it gets shuffled. I've found a lot of new stuff, but there are at least equal amounts of songs you've probably heard. I uploaded a mix of weed rap/gangsta rap that's pretty ballin'. You should check it and the site out.
Ever since moving to my own place I feel like everything has been made just a little bit better. My social life is definitely improving, I'm meeting more new people than I ever remember in the past plus it's been people whom I have quite a bit in common with. For example, I've been dating this girl I met at Denny's at 1AM. So bizarre. Everything lately, from how well things have been going, to the people I've met, to the manner in which I met them has just felt surreal. How could school being going so well considering how much fun I've been having? Not to say I haven't been working harder at my classes, it just seems like I've had more fun in the last 2 months than I had all last year. I think it's just that I've got my own place, where the upkeep is nearly nothing, whereas before living at home, there was always something that could be done. When I think about it I feel guilty, because there are definitely things that I could (and should, in some cases) be helping with. I've just been really wrapped up in all the things I've been finding to do, because this sudden expansion of my social horizons is really new. I plan on going home Sunday and then probably towards the end of next week to help out with things, so hopefully I'll make some headway.
Been enjoying a site called www.8tracks.com quite a bit lately. People upload songs into playlists of at least 8 songs, including only a small description (no track names, only 3 artist names allowed to be mentioned) and a few genre tags. Because of licensing, you can only see the track names after the song has played, and if you listen to the playlist more than once it gets shuffled. I've found a lot of new stuff, but there are at least equal amounts of songs you've probably heard. I uploaded a mix of weed rap/gangsta rap that's pretty ballin'. You should check it and the site out.