sigh
I'm really quite bored and lonely. I don't have any friends around here, I rarely see my Mom other than at night before bed and in the morning before leaving, and I'm 100+ miles away from anyone I would care to generally hang out with. I miss Kimberly; my constant nature, I guess.
Classes are alright, but I'm finding that I'm becoming more and more of an outcast (maybe cause I'm older and more college-experienced than most of my classmates, but that's just gross generalization); I feel more disconnected from others and more like I'm just a pompous asshole. I hate that, but I can't help it if I've finally overcome my shyness and am able to have a direct conversation with an instructor, not fearing what others in the class may think of me.
I'm looking more and more into building a new synth to play with, and so far it looks like it'll cost about $100-125 for parts and construction materials (found a great deal on plastics at tapplastics.com). I really would like to build in a MIDI->CV Converter (a standalone unit would cost me between $70-250, by kit or commercial-product), but then I would need to start learning to use PIC Microcontrollers and spend $30-50 on a programmer and spend an extra $30-40 on parts for the actual Converter. It could end up costing about the same either way, but I would learn more, gain more experience, and have more toys to later play with if I went with PIC Microcontrollers. *decision made?* BAH!
Need to stop thinking about making a large pu order direct from China, TuochaTea.com. But I waaant more teeeeeeeaaaaa! :-D
My only consolation nowadays is a good cup of tea, time with Kim, or, uh... uhmm... err... yeah, actually those are the only two things that have been able to make me happy lately. What else is there for me, anyway?
Classes are alright, but I'm finding that I'm becoming more and more of an outcast (maybe cause I'm older and more college-experienced than most of my classmates, but that's just gross generalization); I feel more disconnected from others and more like I'm just a pompous asshole. I hate that, but I can't help it if I've finally overcome my shyness and am able to have a direct conversation with an instructor, not fearing what others in the class may think of me.
I'm looking more and more into building a new synth to play with, and so far it looks like it'll cost about $100-125 for parts and construction materials (found a great deal on plastics at tapplastics.com). I really would like to build in a MIDI->CV Converter (a standalone unit would cost me between $70-250, by kit or commercial-product), but then I would need to start learning to use PIC Microcontrollers and spend $30-50 on a programmer and spend an extra $30-40 on parts for the actual Converter. It could end up costing about the same either way, but I would learn more, gain more experience, and have more toys to later play with if I went with PIC Microcontrollers. *decision made?* BAH!
Need to stop thinking about making a large pu order direct from China, TuochaTea.com. But I waaant more teeeeeeeaaaaa! :-D
My only consolation nowadays is a good cup of tea, time with Kim, or, uh... uhmm... err... yeah, actually those are the only two things that have been able to make me happy lately. What else is there for me, anyway?