Updates
Time for a SERIES of updates.
Car: Good times. Almost got the tags for it. Should be done monday. I'll be happy when that is complete. Sadly the gas mileage is terrible. Saturday + fayetteville and back ate up half my tank this weekend.
Appartment: Looks better. Got some posters. doesn't look as bare.
Computer: I bought a 24" iMac because my laptop sucks at the video and the games. I'll take my laptop to tulsa to get it cleaned next time I'm there.
Specs on pooter: 24" iMac, 2.8 core duo extreme, 256 ati radeon hd gcard, 2g ram. Should be a good time.
I'm still fairly bored. I deced to go to a unitarian church service today to see how that went. I was happy with it. I might try to make it back out that way in 2-3 weeks when I'm going to be back in arkansas. I still have some thoughts on the service to digest, figure i'll go regularly for a bit before I make any decisions. This is far away better than the Pentecoastal and Presbyterian services I've had the `fortune' of going to. I am a stranger in a strange land, hopefully this will help to alleiviate this.
I think I'll try to make it into Tulsa in two weeks. I think I should hit up my uncles restraunt. He might be able to hook us up and what not. No idea what they serve there, just that he has some relatively important position in its infrastructure. If Tulsa people are interested I'll see what I can do. If I end up in Tulsa, I'd rather not sleep on the floor at my parents house. I need to call my grandfather to see if he can house me for a few days.
Still oh so bored. I think things will be a lot better with my new machine. This will have to be the last big purchase i make for a while. I need to cut back on spending and save up a buffer fund for emergencies and start working on the student loans. Good news is they are smaller than I remember, bad news is they haven't gone away. I set up the federal ones to automatically debit from my account, that'll be fun.
Work is interesting. More than a few times they seemed to have implied that I should go to a team called network management. They deal with keeping the databases of what the network layout is. Not that I wouldn't mind beign on that team, I just don't like being strictly a code monkey. I don't think this team is for me though. Way too much travel. I just need to get a feel for more of the field before I choose where I would rather be. I've been given a go to move to anywhere in network engineering. My temp boss, because my real one has back problems, has basically said that I can go anywhere I'd rather be. I've shown that if I'm left alone I'll still do valuable work.
Funny thing is most of the network engineers can barely program shell script, let alone the `complicated' perl scripts that I've written. I do need to refocus my efforts on network architecture and algorithms. That's my new focus now that the majority of my scripts are complete. I have one idea to tie them all together into one application, but I don't want to do that right away because I really need to learn network infrastructure. Mainly because they are starting to say I'm not fit for the current job. I should learn the algorithms inside and out so i can trouble shoot. Sadly there is my fear of talking on the phone to conquer.
I'm chapter 7 out of 9 of this intro networking book. I need to get the next one.
I do think they are getting the feeling that I'm pretty sharp though... I swear, bring 10 UofR CS grads to wal-mart with a blank check to fix things, and it'd get done correctly and in a hurry. Not even UofR, any region good northern school could be handy.
Also, the glasses i think are a blessing and curse. The more I use them the less my headaches become, but the more I use them the more headaches i get. Maybe I'm just imagining things. or my sinuses are getting to me.
Also. I do no good (socially) around strangers when I'm with someone I know. I do marginally better when I'm on my own. Like when I'm with people i know i'm in a different set of mind. I'm not trying to learn how to speak to a new person. Which leads me to:
I have serious trouble reading the meaning behind people's speech acts. Sarcasm is often missed, but I've developed my dry wit to deflect *most* thoughts that I didn't consciously understand what was said. Unsaid implied things I don't catch at all usually. Like when my boss was suggesting if i wanted to go to a different team, it didn't even occur to me that she thought I'd be better suited until a coworker informed me of his opinion on the matter. Stuff like this doesn't even occur to me at first.
This is partially the stuff that lead me to linguistics was to help me along but I don't think it has helped. People tend to get upset with what I say or can't tell I'm joking. This may be beyond my fixing. Being on my own in the real world has really brought my shortcomings. UR was nice because I feel I knew people who were either more patient or like-minded. I don't know. Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water here.
Anyways. Enough Rambling.
Car: Good times. Almost got the tags for it. Should be done monday. I'll be happy when that is complete. Sadly the gas mileage is terrible. Saturday + fayetteville and back ate up half my tank this weekend.
Appartment: Looks better. Got some posters. doesn't look as bare.
Computer: I bought a 24" iMac because my laptop sucks at the video and the games. I'll take my laptop to tulsa to get it cleaned next time I'm there.
Specs on pooter: 24" iMac, 2.8 core duo extreme, 256 ati radeon hd gcard, 2g ram. Should be a good time.
I'm still fairly bored. I deced to go to a unitarian church service today to see how that went. I was happy with it. I might try to make it back out that way in 2-3 weeks when I'm going to be back in arkansas. I still have some thoughts on the service to digest, figure i'll go regularly for a bit before I make any decisions. This is far away better than the Pentecoastal and Presbyterian services I've had the `fortune' of going to. I am a stranger in a strange land, hopefully this will help to alleiviate this.
I think I'll try to make it into Tulsa in two weeks. I think I should hit up my uncles restraunt. He might be able to hook us up and what not. No idea what they serve there, just that he has some relatively important position in its infrastructure. If Tulsa people are interested I'll see what I can do. If I end up in Tulsa, I'd rather not sleep on the floor at my parents house. I need to call my grandfather to see if he can house me for a few days.
Still oh so bored. I think things will be a lot better with my new machine. This will have to be the last big purchase i make for a while. I need to cut back on spending and save up a buffer fund for emergencies and start working on the student loans. Good news is they are smaller than I remember, bad news is they haven't gone away. I set up the federal ones to automatically debit from my account, that'll be fun.
Work is interesting. More than a few times they seemed to have implied that I should go to a team called network management. They deal with keeping the databases of what the network layout is. Not that I wouldn't mind beign on that team, I just don't like being strictly a code monkey. I don't think this team is for me though. Way too much travel. I just need to get a feel for more of the field before I choose where I would rather be. I've been given a go to move to anywhere in network engineering. My temp boss, because my real one has back problems, has basically said that I can go anywhere I'd rather be. I've shown that if I'm left alone I'll still do valuable work.
Funny thing is most of the network engineers can barely program shell script, let alone the `complicated' perl scripts that I've written. I do need to refocus my efforts on network architecture and algorithms. That's my new focus now that the majority of my scripts are complete. I have one idea to tie them all together into one application, but I don't want to do that right away because I really need to learn network infrastructure. Mainly because they are starting to say I'm not fit for the current job. I should learn the algorithms inside and out so i can trouble shoot. Sadly there is my fear of talking on the phone to conquer.
I'm chapter 7 out of 9 of this intro networking book. I need to get the next one.
I do think they are getting the feeling that I'm pretty sharp though... I swear, bring 10 UofR CS grads to wal-mart with a blank check to fix things, and it'd get done correctly and in a hurry. Not even UofR, any region good northern school could be handy.
Also, the glasses i think are a blessing and curse. The more I use them the less my headaches become, but the more I use them the more headaches i get. Maybe I'm just imagining things. or my sinuses are getting to me.
Also. I do no good (socially) around strangers when I'm with someone I know. I do marginally better when I'm on my own. Like when I'm with people i know i'm in a different set of mind. I'm not trying to learn how to speak to a new person. Which leads me to:
I have serious trouble reading the meaning behind people's speech acts. Sarcasm is often missed, but I've developed my dry wit to deflect *most* thoughts that I didn't consciously understand what was said. Unsaid implied things I don't catch at all usually. Like when my boss was suggesting if i wanted to go to a different team, it didn't even occur to me that she thought I'd be better suited until a coworker informed me of his opinion on the matter. Stuff like this doesn't even occur to me at first.
This is partially the stuff that lead me to linguistics was to help me along but I don't think it has helped. People tend to get upset with what I say or can't tell I'm joking. This may be beyond my fixing. Being on my own in the real world has really brought my shortcomings. UR was nice because I feel I knew people who were either more patient or like-minded. I don't know. Sometimes I feel like a fish out of water here.
Anyways. Enough Rambling.