last free day
It's my last free day. Tomorrow, classes will start.
I'm listening to "Free Bird." I used to yell out that request to bands all the time, but just as a silly joke (yes, I am a walking and talking cliche). I didn't realize that this was an insult to the band until my trip to NYC when my sister explained it to me (whoops, it wasn't her, I think maybe it was earthdog at Zero One instead -- dang, what've I been smoking?). I feel bad for all the bands I've inadvertently insulted throughout the years. But is it still an insult if you request it from a cover band? I think that might be at least half of them. Oh well, it's not like I threw anything at the stage.
I was hoping and expecting to be a lot more productive with my free time in August. I always have unrealistic expectations of my productivity. I was hoping to write a few posts to my much-neglected "real" blog. Instead, I spent most of my free time putzing around on LJ and Flickr. Erika tells me to not be disappointed with my lack of productivity. Summer break exists because people need a break from school, after all, and if anybody needed a break, I sorely did. And yet I filled most of the break with summer school and the economics seminar at FEE. Plus I processed a ton of photos.
Getting close to finishing the NYC trip photos, finally. So at least I have that. Of course, once I'm done, then comes the decision of what to upload next. I was hoping to have gotten through my backlog by now. Some of the photos probably aren't even worth going through now, due to the lack of timeliness. Does anybody care to see photos of Sharks games with the season long over? Of assignments I shot for The Spartan Daily last semester?
Well, it's not like too many people care about the photos I'm uploading now. I'm kinda disappointed in the lack of attention that my photos garner. I was pretty proud with how a few of them turned out, especially some of the MOMA ones, but the only photo I've taken that's been favorited more than once is the one I took of my dessert there. Flickr folk are so frequently fickle. Then again, I should just be excited that my photos are getting viewed at all, let alone considerably more views than they used to get.
I'm not really excited about classes starting. Not sure what this means. Does it mean I'm depressed? Does it mean I didn't give myself enough of a break from school? Does it mean that the novelty of school has worn off? Does it mean I've picked the wrong field, and am just going to end up trapped again in a career that I hate? Argh.
What do I plan to do with my last day of freedom? Well, I've tentatively allocated most of it towards this Mind Flame project for Burning Man. We need software on a laptop to convert sound information (and hopefully later EEG data) through some sort of FFT algorithm to control the servos that set the color and size of the flame. girgirl found some code that we're trying to get to compile. I'm not knuckling down like I ought to, but just keep poking at it here and there while putzing around on LJ and Flickr.
Thus this post, an exercise in procrastination. But I guess I can count it as structured procrastination, as I did also want to spend part of the day being creative. I know I used to count LJ entries as being stupid, and thus lumped into unstructured procrastination, but now I think they oughtta count for being at least somewhat creative production. Not like a novel or film or anything, but it's still something produced and (presumably) consumed.
Oh yeah, saw Night Listener with Erika, Silvia, J0n, and another friend of his. The movie was okay. Good acting, and it was quite effective at creating a creepy and suspenseful mood. But it didn't really end up going anywhere.
Kinda like this entry, I suppose. Maybe this one oughtta get categorized as unstructured procrastination after all?
I'm listening to "Free Bird." I used to yell out that request to bands all the time, but just as a silly joke (yes, I am a walking and talking cliche). I didn't realize that this was an insult to the band until my trip to NYC when my sister explained it to me (whoops, it wasn't her, I think maybe it was earthdog at Zero One instead -- dang, what've I been smoking?). I feel bad for all the bands I've inadvertently insulted throughout the years. But is it still an insult if you request it from a cover band? I think that might be at least half of them. Oh well, it's not like I threw anything at the stage.
I was hoping and expecting to be a lot more productive with my free time in August. I always have unrealistic expectations of my productivity. I was hoping to write a few posts to my much-neglected "real" blog. Instead, I spent most of my free time putzing around on LJ and Flickr. Erika tells me to not be disappointed with my lack of productivity. Summer break exists because people need a break from school, after all, and if anybody needed a break, I sorely did. And yet I filled most of the break with summer school and the economics seminar at FEE. Plus I processed a ton of photos.
Getting close to finishing the NYC trip photos, finally. So at least I have that. Of course, once I'm done, then comes the decision of what to upload next. I was hoping to have gotten through my backlog by now. Some of the photos probably aren't even worth going through now, due to the lack of timeliness. Does anybody care to see photos of Sharks games with the season long over? Of assignments I shot for The Spartan Daily last semester?
Well, it's not like too many people care about the photos I'm uploading now. I'm kinda disappointed in the lack of attention that my photos garner. I was pretty proud with how a few of them turned out, especially some of the MOMA ones, but the only photo I've taken that's been favorited more than once is the one I took of my dessert there. Flickr folk are so frequently fickle. Then again, I should just be excited that my photos are getting viewed at all, let alone considerably more views than they used to get.
I'm not really excited about classes starting. Not sure what this means. Does it mean I'm depressed? Does it mean I didn't give myself enough of a break from school? Does it mean that the novelty of school has worn off? Does it mean I've picked the wrong field, and am just going to end up trapped again in a career that I hate? Argh.
What do I plan to do with my last day of freedom? Well, I've tentatively allocated most of it towards this Mind Flame project for Burning Man. We need software on a laptop to convert sound information (and hopefully later EEG data) through some sort of FFT algorithm to control the servos that set the color and size of the flame. girgirl found some code that we're trying to get to compile. I'm not knuckling down like I ought to, but just keep poking at it here and there while putzing around on LJ and Flickr.
Thus this post, an exercise in procrastination. But I guess I can count it as structured procrastination, as I did also want to spend part of the day being creative. I know I used to count LJ entries as being stupid, and thus lumped into unstructured procrastination, but now I think they oughtta count for being at least somewhat creative production. Not like a novel or film or anything, but it's still something produced and (presumably) consumed.
Oh yeah, saw Night Listener with Erika, Silvia, J0n, and another friend of his. The movie was okay. Good acting, and it was quite effective at creating a creepy and suspenseful mood. But it didn't really end up going anywhere.
Kinda like this entry, I suppose. Maybe this one oughtta get categorized as unstructured procrastination after all?