Dilligas.com HomeDecember 2, 2002 - Back at school So I'm back at school after a very nice, very short, very relaxing, and very short break at home. It's amazing how much stuff there is to do as soon as you get back ... and it's also amazing how much of it I haven't done. Whoops :)
My accomplishments for the night were finishing up my DiffEq homework, finalizing my four-year plan (yeah, right), and finally beating Dragon Warrior 2 (old-school, 8-bit, Nintendo RPG ... please tell me if you remember it). Not altogether too thrilling of an evening, but it's nice to be slacking off a little bit. Okay, a lot.
So my finals schedule is looking good, I think. It's two weeks from now, and it goes something like this: - Monday, 7-9 PM : Diff Eq
- Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 PM : Computer Science
- Wednesday, 7-9 PM : Computer Engineering
- Thursday, 12-2 PM : Sociology
So it'll be rough to have those two right in a row on Wednesday, but I have plenty of time to study for them on Tuesday.
That's about it. I hope to do my every-other-day updates for the next three weeks.
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!
December 7, 2002 - Bad Webmaster, no biscuit Yowch. Five days, no update. I'm such a slacker... Not that there has been that much going on recently...
I've gone to the last couple of basketball games, which we won (against powerhouses in the basketball world such as Western Illinois and Binghamton... Who's ever heard of Binghamton??), and those were cool. Unfortunately, our pep band (probably eighty people or so) feel the need to piss everyone off by doing ridiculous chants while the other team is shooting free throws. Example: "Stop! Your sock's untied." Completely unnecessary, though they do a decent job at making their actual music.
Next week is dead week, and since my Diff Eq test on Friday went better than I expected it to (basically, the professor was nice and didn't throw us any real curveballs), it should be a pretty slow week, once I get my three last-minute oh-crap-the-semester's-almost-over-so-I-have-to-assign-you-loads-of-work-over-stuff-we-haven't-covered Sociology assignments done.
I finally got paid from the Daily, and I threw my finals schedule on the school page. More updates later; ideally Monday.
December 9, 2002 - Back in the groove Finally getting my every-other-day-updating into shape. Yahoo.
It's Dead Week, ladies and gentlemen, and you all know what that means: A bunch of completely ineffective policies that no one follows. (Witness Patricia, up well past 3:00 AM studying for the two non-final exams she has tomorrow.) It does, however, mean that some classes are cancelled, some are pointless to go to (even more so than normal), and some ... well, sleep certainly beats some of them. Which leaves me without a class until 2:00 tomorrow!
I got my last Diff Eq test back today; it seems I aced it. That makes, so far, about a 493/500 for the semester in that class. I'll take it. I also got back a couple of homeworks and quizzes for Computer Science, all of which I'm happy with, so I guess if I do well on the final I'll be okay in that class.
Things are definitely going well, but I need some sleep. I finally made the navbar look like I wanted it to - no gaps between buttons! Thanks to Mom and her *ahem* antiquated version of Explorer for allowing me to figure that out. Anyway, within the next few days, I'll try to update my ISUDaily work page and maybe put up a couple new pictures. I have grandiose visions for the site, but I may be too lazy to implement them... We'll see. :)
Lastly, do this on December 20th, 11 AM - 4 PM Central time. It's free, and for once, it's quality. Bookmark it and be sure to hit it when the time comes.
December 12, 2002 - Missed a day I missed a day, but to make up for it, I'm doing this update while it's still light outside (*gasp*!), and I actually did some extra stuff.
For instance, I updated my work page with the last few articles I did. I uploaded a bunch of new pictures - some from Sunday's holiday party, some from Tuesday's basketball game, and some from last night's ice cream social. Plus, I updated the school section with the activities mentioned above.
Now, this dead week has been crazy. It's not a lot of schoolwork, per se, but I've been pretty much nonstop doing things since Sunday night. I'm not looking forward to finals at all, but I haven't exactly started studying for them, either. That's what the weekend is for, right?
That's about it for this update. I'll let the pictures speak for me about some of what I've been doing. Another update (hopefully) Saturday.
December 14, 2002 - Finals... All of a sudden, finals seem very close and very real. I spent a good chunk of today (by my standards, anyways) studying for my Sociology and Computer Science finals. I don't plan to touch Computer Engineering, but Differential Equations might be hazardous - plus that one's on Monday night. I think that'll be the focus tomorrow.
That is, assuming I get any studying in tomorrow. At one, there's a basketball game. At five, Deenaree's father is coming in to make the floor some Thai food, and at six, there's a building-wide event that I'm required to attend. Then, just twenty-three hours after that event gets out is my math final. This can only be described as grim.
So, in the next couple of days, I'm going to really have to buckle down and do some hardcore studying. Of course, this is acting like I have nothing else to be doing... For example, sleeping. Such is the college life at finals time. On the happy side, though, the holidays are coming up, and I'll soon have three-plus weeks off!
December 16, 2002 - Big changes that you may not see I'm back on the every-other-day updating. That means Wednesday and possibly Friday... Then I'm done updating this until mid-January. I know you're all crushed; both of you.
Anyways, I made some relatively big changes here tongiht; I probably spent four-plus hours on the site. Don't I have finals to study for? Yeah, but who cares? Regardless, the biggest thing you'll notice is the complete change of the photos section - it's now organized by galleries (which are easier to navigate through) and individual pictures, instead of being a haphazard conglomeration of pictures like on the old pictures page (which is still available). Plus, I made another admin-style utility that lets me easily and painlessly edit the captions on pictures (which used to be the biggest pain), so maybe there'll be more frequent picture updates. Also, enjoy the new shot of Deenaree, in full gallery form.
In school-type news, my Diff-Eq final was easier than I expected, but one problem still gave me some trouble. I think I'm okay, though; now to study for the two on Wednesday and one Thursday.
And on the social agenda for the evening (morning?) was a 2:00 AM run to Perkins; myself, Deenaree, and two guys from first floor. We did this last year in May, and it was a blast, so we decided to do it again. Last year, we went in a flatbed pickup, and on the way back, myself and Plummer (one of the guys) rode in the back the whole way, and though it was May, it was still hella cold. Well, in keeping with tradition, tonight we rode back with the windows down and our heads out them, like so many dogs. I quite literally couldn't feel my face when we got back. Once Deenaree gets her film developed, I might get a shot of our outing up here.
Four more days until break!
December 20, 2002 - Goodbye until January It's that time of year again, when finals are done and the holidays are close by.... And that means it's time to go home for Winter Break!
Coincidentally enough, that also means no more updates until I get back to school, most likely. (Should be about January the 14th or so.) However, when I do get back, look for a bunch of pictures from Florida and New Year's parties.
On the academic side of things, I finished all my finals, and I'm really not that worried about any of them. I think I'll be okay in all my courses. Grades come out on December 28th (I think), so I'll know for sure after we return from Florida.
Happy holidays, everyone!
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