Dilligas.com HomeFebruary 4, 2004 - Snowy update So remember that snow we were supposed to get? Well, for once the weathermen weren't wrong, and we did in fact get pounded with a solid nine or so inches of snow. One would think this would yield a snow day ... but one would be wrong. Apparently, if CyRide goes, the university goes. And apparently, CyRide never stops going.
Oh yeah, and we're supposed to get about 5 more inches tonight. Thing is, it's supposed to be snowing pretty hard already ... and there's nothing. It's anybody's guess, I suppose.
Reading. I have reading to do. Still. And yes, I am still complaining about it. Some deadlines got pushed back, though, and I just don't care about the four chapters of (thrilling) Software Engineering that I'm supposed to know, so I'm thinking I'm good so far. The programming assignments are providing a measure of enjoyment, though, so that's always good. We're doing some work with Linux in one of my Computer Engineering classes, which is neat because I have wanted to get more into that for some time now. And two classes focus on Java, which is yet another interest of mine. At least some of them are interesting.
Outside of class, I've been busy too, of course ... though I am having a hard time remembering with exactly what. Ah well; suffice it to say that I'm busy, and leave it at that.
As for the site, I archived January. I also redid the color scheme somewhat; I was getting bored with the green, so the links, clock, and logo are now blue and orange-ish instead. (If you still see the green logo or clock, clear your history and cache, and try it again.)
The week is more than half over. I love Thursdays and Fridays ... guess why.
February 8, 2004 - Balmy! Check it out, it's a whole ten degrees here. I actually wore shorts for the last two days ... But maybe that's because I was busy playing DDR. (Props to Emily for hostessing on Friday night!) Whatever, it's still a comparative heat wave.
This weekend was pretty fun. I have this real bad habit of making Fridays and Saturdays my days of fun, in which I do no productive work whatsoever. That, of course, makes Sunday my day of never-ending work, by which I really mean that I sit around and procrastinate all day because the amount of stuff I have to do seems so daunting I can't seem to start on it. Ah well, I get by, I guess. I spent the majority of today working on a project for one of my Computer Engineering courses; despite it being a rather large pain, it's pretty cool to see the results. Sure, maybe it's pointless, but it's still cool.
I'm down to two ridiculously overdue things on my To-Do list, so I'm improving. I'm very proud, especially considering one of them says "Read four chapters." Oh, and it was due two weeks ago. Damn.
An upsetting note: We got stomped on Saturday. I'm talking seriously, 100%, outright, hardcore stomped. Bad times.
In place of doing any work on the site, or anything productive at all really, I'm just going to mention that my computer has been up and running for four straight weeks now, and expect you all to be satiated. So there.
February 13, 2004 - Bad mojo Remember how I mentioned that my computer had been running four straight weeks? Yeah, so on Thursday, it crashed. Hard. To make a long story short: It took six hours, dozens of blue screens, three Windows reinstalls, and a lot of my patience... but the machine is back up and running. Sure, I lost all of my not-absolutely-critical files, but since I managed to back up the work- and school-related items, and resolve the crash fairly well fairly quickly, I'm not terribly upset over it. Things happen, I suppose.
So let's go back to the more normal news, shall we? It's Friday the Thirteenth for one thing, which means that there's a basketball game tomorrow... And knowing our team, it's anyone's guess how it'll go. I have big plans to go sledding on Sunday with a group of people, and that should be a blast. Other than that, this weekend will likely be spent asleep or doing some sort of work; academic or otherwise.
I had my first exam today, in a Computer Science course. I'm thinking it went allright, but it's one of those where you never really can tell... So I guess now the waiting begins. I'm certainly not going to stew over it; I have projects and assignments to more than fill my plate until I get that test back.
So I guess it's just another weekend, to be enjoyed until Monday comes around and classes start again. Whee.
February 16, 2004 - Weekend, weekday. Day, night. The computer is back up and fine. Huzzah.
So, this weekend was great. I did a ton of work (*gasp*), had a ton of fun, and managed not to let the lack of sleep affect me too much. All this in spite of Singles' Appreciation Day on Saturday... Not that I even thought about it. To me, it just meant cheap candy on Sunday!
First of all, on Saturday I went to the best basketball game ever. It was back and forth the whole time; really a great game. I had a front-row seat, courtesy of King, which was amazing by itself. Then, as we were up by one with 5 seconds left, and their 81% free throw shooter getting two foul shots, the arena practically collapsed from the noise. It was absolutely insane... And when he missed both shots, and both putback shots, the place went nuts. We all stormed the court, the whole deal. Absolutely insane.
Oh yeah, there was some racquetball on Saturday morning too, and then some madd fixing of some Internet outages on Saturday night.
Sunday we were scheduled to go sledding, but upon waking up and finding it to be minus-four degrees outside, we decided maybe that wasn't such a great idea. So instead, four of us had breakfast here, then we all went back to bed.
Funny story about breakfast. So we're cooking the bacon on this new skillet my folks got me for Christmas, right? King mentions that it smells funny in the kitchen; I tell him not to worry about it, since, in our apartment, it always smells funny when you turn on a burner. Five minutes later, I walk past the stove and notce what looks like a half-burned page of a book on the stove. I lift up the griddle ... and ash goes everywhere. Everywhere. Apparently you're supposed to take the label off of the griddle before you use it! Who would have thought it??
Anyhow, this week is looking kind of hectic. I've been doing a lot of academic work already, and have gotten a lot done. But we have a group oral presentation on Friday that we haven't even met about ... and more. But I spent about four hours tonight doing an assignment I thought was due Wednesday ... Yeah, turns out it's due next Wednesday. Stupid, stupid.
Yeah, I know I haven't done anything to the site in a long time. I've been hella busy. I'll get around to it ... maybe. Suggestions?
February 22, 2004 - Long hiatus Right, been slacking on the updates again. Feel free to berate me.
Last week, simply put, sucked. I spent the majority of the week doing schoolwork. I had very little time for any real work, and very little for much in the way of recreation. And our group presentation we gave on Friday sucked. Apparently the cool thing to do in group presentations now is to stop (twice!) in the middle of your section of the report (which you are reading directly off of note cards), lean to a fellow group member and ask, "How do you say that word?" This not only proves that you haven't practiced this at all, it shows you have no idea what you're talking about, and it proves that you copied things directly from the book, since you obviously don't know what they mean. Terrible.
But then this weekend came around and all was good again. Friday night I decided to go to bed early (after seeing a high-quality performance of Saturday Night Fever), and came away with a solid twelve hours of sleep. Saturday, I got in some racquetball, some videogames, and a showing of Elf before being ditched for a Perkins run by those weaker than I. Sunday morning brought a second consecutive week of breakfast ... this one without any griddle hassles! I did manage, however, to injure myself with both a grater and a peeler; quite an accomplishment, if I may say so. Later on Sunday, I hit the presentation of Othello, which was greatly enjoyable. Lastly on Sunday, I got a call in the evening begging me to join an Intramural bowling team, which I happily did. Fun times, and three free games of bowling, with the possibility of winning a T-shirt; how can you go wrong?
But, sadly, this brings us to yet another (manic?) Monday, which has a bad habit of leading into four other days that also have classes I'm supposed to go to. Blech.
I leave you with a description of the house we'll be staying in over Spring Break. Sweet.
February 29, 2004 - So apparently we're doing weekly updates now Last week seemed awfully busy as I was going through it. Looking back on it, though, I can't really remember what exactly was so captivating. Go figure.
Let's see. I had a test in one of my Computer Engineering courses; whoopee. I did a lot of work, too. For the first week in a long time, I went to all of my classes (I usually skip at least one of the Computer Engineering classes in the afternoon - see the schedule). I took at least three naps, and played some Final Fantasy 3.
Coming up this week, I have a test in Sociology on Wednesday, a test in Computer Science on Thursday, and a Sociology paper due on Friday. It's not looking to be a fun week, but the rest of the classes shouldn't be that bad.
This weekend was quite fun. Friday night, I stayed in and did a whole bunch of work, which I didn't really mind. Saturday, I watched us lose to Nebraska, then King and a whole bunch of people came over to play Halo. Huge props to Jackie and Adria for an awesome dinner, as well! After that, Kristi hosted a very entertaining game or two of Outburst. That brings us to Sunday, when I decided to get up at about 3:00. I did a whole lot of work, then headed to Ryan's for some quality Secret of Mana, which was a grand time.
So we're back to Sunday night. Hope everyone enjoys their respective weeks.
Happy Leap Day to all, and to all a good night.
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