Dilligas.com HomeNovember 2, 2002 - Still swamped I'm still completely overloaded on things to do. I have a Sociology test on Friday that I don't want to study for, I have programs to write and assignments to do, and then my EE166 class, which I don't even get credit for, wants me to map out every single course I'll be taking for the rest of my frickin' college career ... and it's due Tuesday. Here's a hint: I don't know! Not that I'm bitter and resentful.
In happier news, our football team won today in a close game over Missouri, 42-35. Maybe this'll get us back in the top twenty.
Meanwhile, my search for the perfect balance of fun, work, and sleep continues. And continues to be unsatisfying. Maybe it's just the result of a long week and an all-too-short weekend, or maybe I'm just burning out. Either way, I'm just not feeling ... myself lately.
I've been promising a big update on here sometime soon, and it will come, pictures and everything. Just .... later, after things get less crazy.
November 4, 2002 - Frickin' crazy The college life is still incredibly busy. Save half an hour of video games this afternoon, I haven't stopped going for a long time now. I'm not used to this much work.
My scheduling is finalized - I'll be taking twenty credits, including two Sociology courses (which will finish off my minor that I want to get), but I didn't get into my Computer Science course. Fortunately, it turns out to not be that big of a deal; it doesn't affect my four-year plan at all. Which, incidentally, is here (Microsoft Word, 39 KB).
My Sociology test on Friday and my Computer Engineering test next Tuesday should keep me hopping for now, along with all the stuff I have to do for other classes, organizations, people, et cetera.
Sitewise, I finally added an official photos portion of the site and tweaked the layout just a bit to make it easier to maintain. Uploaded a bunch of pictures, the most interesting of which are here and here. Work still needs ... well, work, and I need to make a schedule for next semester. For now, it's one update at a time.
November 6, 2002 - Lightening up? Well, despite being ditched by three seperate people to play racquetball tonight, it almost seems like things are trying to ease up a bit. I haven't been doing much for the Daily recently, and after my Sociology test on Friday and my Computer Engineering test on Tuesday, I might be home free. Is that light I see at the end of this tunnel?
Of course, none of this is to say that I'm any better-rested or any less imbalanced of late. I'm still extremely tired of school in general, but having hope helps. I'm so looking forward to Thanksgiving.
On the site, I added next semester's schedule in the school section. Now the only major thing left to do is revamp work, and put up the new layout if I decide to.
For now, I'm going to bed.
November 8, 2002 - Late-night update I'm really quite tired right now, so this'll probably be very short.
Patricia's parents are here this weekend, which is very nice for her, since she's been wanting to see them. Plus, I get a free meal out of it! Sweet.
This weekend is looking like it's going to be chock-full of work, which really sucks. I guess that next week, after Wednesday or so, will be much better. But by then, the instructors will probably be trying to get the last-minute before-Thanksgiving stuff in, so maybe it's all just hopeless until Thanksgiving.
On a lighter note, my Sociology test went quite well today, much better than I expected. Yay. We'll see next week.
Nothing's been done on the site. Expect nothing for awhile. Sorry.
And as a finale, I'd like to mention that two doors down had a party tonight and then everyone left, but they left their music going. When the RA's opened their door to turn the music down, they discovered (I witnessed this) sixty-four open, empty alcohol containers of one sort or another, mostly Coors Light cans. Neither of them are even close to 21. I laughed.
November 10, 2002 - Trounced again What was the football score? Something like 58-7 or something. We just cannot play on the road. Way to bomb out on national TV, guys.
How have things been going, you ask? Well, as I wrote Patty tonight, "Well, Diff Eq, for one, had a test a week ago and a couple of work-intensive homework assignments since. Sociology (normally uber-easy) had a test Friday (which I felt ill prepared for) and has two assignments due Monday and Wednesday, respectively, both lots of busywork. CompE has a test Tuesday, which again I don't feel prepared for. Computer Science has a huge, very strange programming assignment due Wednesday. I'm doing a little bit of ISUDaily work, maintaining a few websites, pretending to have a social life, being involved with a club or two.... Ugh."
That about describes it.
November 12, 2002 - Hope! It seems that I might finally be squirming my way out from under this enormous load of crap that has been the last three weeks or so. The only thing on my list right now is a math assignment, due Thursday. Seriously. The only thing. I'm quite shell-shocked. I mean, I spent the vast majority of today doing things that didn't suck! It was the first relaxing day in .... a long time. Maybe there is still hope for the college lifestyle.
My Computer Engineering test went allright this afternoon, I think. I'm not overly worried about it, though I definitely studied the wrong stuff. And for me, even studying in the first place is quite a step, so I'm rather proud. :)
My lab is cancelled tomorrow, and I get my Sociology test back. Should be a decent day, methinks.
Of course, having time all of a sudden doesn't mean I've done anything to the site.... Yeah, about that... Soon. Maybe.
November 14, 2002 - The calm after the storm You know that feeling when you've been swamped for two weeks or so, and then once you finally get through it all, you sit down and go, "Damn, it's great to be done with that!"? Yeah, that's what's happening right now. Nothing at all going on this weekend - I'm bankin' on a lot of sleep and a lot of fun. Amen.
More concretely: I got my Sociology test back yesterday; 91, which is a bit lower than what I was expecting but still good, so I'm not complaining. I also get my Computer Engineering test back tomorrow morning; I'm honestly not sure what to expect on that. *shrugs*
Maybe I'll not be lazy and do something with the site this weekend. Work, pictures, the new layout, and making different titles for all the pages are some of the things on the checklist right now. Got an idea? Let me know!
November 16, 2002 - Lazy weekend So I lied about doing anything with the site. I had my couple days of fun this weekend in leiu of actually doing anything productive here. So sue me. So, the same items remain on the checklist. Timeframe: who knows! :)
Patricia and I saw the new Harry Potter movie last night - it was quite good, and (from what I can remember, anyways) followed the book nicely. It's definitely worth seeing if you enjoyed the first one. Our moviegoing turned into quite an adventure, though; we called right before we left to make sure they still had tickets for the 8:00 show. We were dropped off and went to buy our tickets and they said the next available showing was 9:50.... Which kind of killed our plans of taking the bus back (which stops running at about 11:00). So we had two-plus hours to kill... And K-mart is a great place to do it. It turned out well, though the (unanticipated) walk home was long and very cold.
Back to that annoying school thing - I got my Computer Engineering test back, with a 92, which I'm happy about. That just about wraps things up for before Thanksgiving; I have a program to write and a Computer Engineering assignment to do, but that's it. I'm so looking forward to this break.
November 19, 2002 - Lazy webmaster! Well, that's the first time in a while that I've failed to do my every-other-day update. My apologies, though I do have a good excuse: I was up until well after 5:00 AM watching the Leonid Meteor Shower. I just walked to the darkest part of Central Campus to watch them; it was really quite impressive and very much worth seeing, though I heard it was a ton better out in the countryside with no light at all around you. And it was so very, very cold.
I also donated blood today for the first time; they have one blood drive per semester here, and I figured I should be part of it this time, if only to set an example for the people on my floor. It surprised me how easy it was, how much they took out of me, and how not-at-all different I felt afterwards. The most painful thing in the whole process was the combined half-hour I spent waiting. All in all, a good experience.
On to a more academic topic: I got seven points back on my last Computer Science test! Now, granted, that only brings me up to an 83, but that's a hell of a lot better than the 76 I used to have. I don't feel nearly so bad about that test (or that class) now.
As for the site, I got off my lazy butt and actually redid the work section like I've been meaning to. While I was on a roll, I updated the honor societies' site also, adding some stuff that almost makes it look like a real site!
The Thanksgiving countdown continues... Slowly...
November 21, 2002 - Last update for awhile This upcoming week (actually Friday at 5:00 PM until Sunday at 5:00 PM) is Thanksgiving break, so I may or may not be able to update this while I'm home. I'm looking forward to a week of doing little more than eating and sleeping; in case you haven't noticed, I've been desperately needing a break.
Not much to say with this update, really, just have a happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2002 - Mid-Week Update Being at home is great. I spent all Sunday on the couch, watched nine straight hours of football, and basically have done nothing but relax and chill since I got here. It's been very nice. I've gotten a lot of real food, a lot of sleep, caught up with some friends of mine, and had a lot of fun. This week is just what I've been needing, but, naturally, I still haven't done my math homework. Go figure.
Not much to report; this is basically just showing off the update procedure to the family (and apparently, they're impressed). Have a Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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