This week has been rather uneventful, so I haven't had anything worthwhile to blog about. I have begun getting grades back, and I've got 100's in every class so far, so there's an update on how school's been going.
I am still absolutely in love with my writing class. My teacher is in the process of publishing a novel, and hearing him talk about it kind of makes me want to write one. I know it's something that I'd never end up sticking with, but it sounds really fun.
Spent the majority of my free time this week playing video games with my friends. No one should be surprised about that.
Wednesday was meat day. For dinner, there was brisket, ribs, and philly cheese steaks. I had a cheese steak, then decided I wanted some brisket. After that, I got ribs, and then another cheese steak. By the fourth plate, the server laughed when I said I wanted more. I didn't think I ate an unreasonable amount of food, but he probably did. (Side note: I've actually lost weight since moving down here.)
Apparently some glass exploded in the Student Union today. I wasn't there, but my friend told me it just sort of shattered because of a combination of the hot sunlight and the AC. I really wish I could have been there so I could tell my grandkids of the time the stairs blew up in college.
By far, the most interesting event of the week was my trip to McDonalds tonight. One of my roommates asked if I was hungry and wanted to go get food, and I went with him. We got to a McDonalds, went inside, waited for 15 minutes, and then someone came up and told us they were closed. She didn't seem happy that we were inside her store. The doors were unlocked and the lights were on, so I'm not sure how we were supposed to know they didn't open until 5. Also, it was 3 AM. I cannot understand why workers were there two hours before open.
We were not going to be defeated quite so easily. We went to another McDonalds, and they were actually open. We placed our order and waited for the food. While we were waiting, a man came in, clearly very, very drunk. It seemed like he had something under his shirt, which my roommate also noticed, so we backed away. At this point, I didn't care about my food, I just didn't want to be involved in a robbery. Turns out, he was hiding his buddy's hat under there. Apparently there had been a fight at the Waffle House two buildings down and he took off with the hat. He we to great lengths to tell us about the fight he was in. Evidently, the cops arrived at one point, and he decided to lay face down in the rocks by the road. He claims he was laying there for an hour. I kinda believe him.
After telling us his story, he asked us if we could drive him across town. We said no. He begged. We said no. He asked if we could just drop him off at the exit and he would jump out of the car while it was moving. We once again said no. He was beginning to get angry, and I was beginning to become a frightened. My roommate told him that we actually snuck out after curfew and had to get back before our RA figured out we were missing. He seemed to believe that, and left. Only then was our food ready. We went to our car, keeping an eye out for the strange man, and drove back discussing the events we had just witnessed.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Busy Week
I apologize to all of my loyal readers for how long it's been since I've made a post. I know that this blog is brilliant and probably the highlight of your day, but I've been very busy. Turns out there are things to do at college. Wish someone would have told me.
When I wasn't in class or doing homework this week, I was either hanging out with friends or playing tag with the IT department. I had expected my chat with them to fix my issue. It did not. Nor did the next chat. Or the one after that. I finally gave up and called them, and the line was busy. They called me back while I was in class. This went on for pretty much the whole week, until I finally got ahold of them. I am very excited to say my problem was resolved, and I have wired internet in my room. About time.
I have spent most of my downtime in my friend Tristan's apartment. It's got tons of space for a few of us to hang out and play games or watch TV or whatever we want to do. No one else seems to share my passion for watching poker and boxing.
My roommates were going to the midnight launch event for Madden 15, so I tagged along with them. The clerk was pretty confused when I asked to buy a game other than Madden. Apparently when they have a midnight launch event for a certain game, they expect people to buy that game. Regardless, they sold me the other game anyway. I was a very happy nerd.
I got my first college grade. It was a 100%. I was happy. The assignment was a lesson in following instructions and creative problem solving. My instructor was amused by how I managed to turn it into a lesson in doing as little work as possible. My one paragraphload of crap well thought out explanation for how I completed the task was convincing though, so I completed the assignment correctly, and received full credit.
I worked my last weekend at McDonalds. I'd been there for about a year and a half, and it had been a great first job. It wasn't the most enjoyable work, but it was a great place to work and I'd grown close to a lot of people there. I'm very excited to move on to new opportunities, but it still sucked saying goodbye. I'll miss that place. I didn't think I would, but I will.
And now I'm writing this blog at 1 AM waiting for a playstation conference to start so I can watch it and be a nerd. I'll try to update this thing on a more frequent basis this week if I can.
When I wasn't in class or doing homework this week, I was either hanging out with friends or playing tag with the IT department. I had expected my chat with them to fix my issue. It did not. Nor did the next chat. Or the one after that. I finally gave up and called them, and the line was busy. They called me back while I was in class. This went on for pretty much the whole week, until I finally got ahold of them. I am very excited to say my problem was resolved, and I have wired internet in my room. About time.
I have spent most of my downtime in my friend Tristan's apartment. It's got tons of space for a few of us to hang out and play games or watch TV or whatever we want to do. No one else seems to share my passion for watching poker and boxing.
My roommates were going to the midnight launch event for Madden 15, so I tagged along with them. The clerk was pretty confused when I asked to buy a game other than Madden. Apparently when they have a midnight launch event for a certain game, they expect people to buy that game. Regardless, they sold me the other game anyway. I was a very happy nerd.
I got my first college grade. It was a 100%. I was happy. The assignment was a lesson in following instructions and creative problem solving. My instructor was amused by how I managed to turn it into a lesson in doing as little work as possible. My one paragraph
I worked my last weekend at McDonalds. I'd been there for about a year and a half, and it had been a great first job. It wasn't the most enjoyable work, but it was a great place to work and I'd grown close to a lot of people there. I'm very excited to move on to new opportunities, but it still sucked saying goodbye. I'll miss that place. I didn't think I would, but I will.
And now I'm writing this blog at 1 AM waiting for a playstation conference to start so I can watch it and be a nerd. I'll try to update this thing on a more frequent basis this week if I can.
Monday, August 25, 2014
The Year Long Slumber
I had a pretty busy weekend, so when I got back on campus (after driving around lost for half an hour) and taking care of some stuff, I decided to take a nap. It was about 5 pm at this point. I woke up this morning at 5:45ish. I guess I needed sleep.
I had purchased a dozen chocolate donuts. I was going to eat some for breakfast this morning. I was really excited about these donuts. Apparently I was more excited for these than I thought, because I woke up and they were gone. All of them. Also a lunchable and three twinkies. I'm a little bit sad that I didn't get to enjoy these snacks consciously, but I'm pretty impressed with how much I managed to eat in my sleep. Especially because it was all in a plastic tub under my bed.
My dream was really uncomfortable. I went to Red Lobster and was looking at the lobster tank while I waited for my table, and fell in love with a lobster named Mary Sue. We got married. We bought a house in China. We adopted seven kids.
I had sushi for lunch again today. I found out that there's a box of sushi that is cheap enough for me to get free every day. I will very likely get this box of sushi every day. It's not even great sushi. But it's free. I like free.
I have to wait until 10:30 for the sushi place to open. JUS101 starts at 11. This gives me 30 minutes to inhale the box of sushi and hike across campus and up five flights of stairs. I decided to take it slow today. I made a mistake, because someone had arrived early and taken my seat. Joke's on some other loser, because I took his seat. Show up to class early, dingbat.
Speaking of JUS101, the professor learned my name. I don't know why my name was one of the first ones she learned, but I do know that I am going to get called on every time she needs a volunteer now.
It's been over a week. My wired internet is still not on. I am becoming more than a little bit frustrated. Running out of options, I googled around a bit to see if others have had any problems with it and found a live chat with the IT department. They couldn't escape me any longer. They guy on the other side said they'd been swamped with requests, but he put in another ticket and marked it as a priority, so it should be up tomorrow. He also gave me a number to call if it isn't. I'm going to get it one way or another.
There was chicken fried steak for dinner tonight, and I ate four. That is all.
I had purchased a dozen chocolate donuts. I was going to eat some for breakfast this morning. I was really excited about these donuts. Apparently I was more excited for these than I thought, because I woke up and they were gone. All of them. Also a lunchable and three twinkies. I'm a little bit sad that I didn't get to enjoy these snacks consciously, but I'm pretty impressed with how much I managed to eat in my sleep. Especially because it was all in a plastic tub under my bed.
My dream was really uncomfortable. I went to Red Lobster and was looking at the lobster tank while I waited for my table, and fell in love with a lobster named Mary Sue. We got married. We bought a house in China. We adopted seven kids.
I had sushi for lunch again today. I found out that there's a box of sushi that is cheap enough for me to get free every day. I will very likely get this box of sushi every day. It's not even great sushi. But it's free. I like free.
I have to wait until 10:30 for the sushi place to open. JUS101 starts at 11. This gives me 30 minutes to inhale the box of sushi and hike across campus and up five flights of stairs. I decided to take it slow today. I made a mistake, because someone had arrived early and taken my seat. Joke's on some other loser, because I took his seat. Show up to class early, dingbat.
Speaking of JUS101, the professor learned my name. I don't know why my name was one of the first ones she learned, but I do know that I am going to get called on every time she needs a volunteer now.
It's been over a week. My wired internet is still not on. I am becoming more than a little bit frustrated. Running out of options, I googled around a bit to see if others have had any problems with it and found a live chat with the IT department. They couldn't escape me any longer. They guy on the other side said they'd been swamped with requests, but he put in another ticket and marked it as a priority, so it should be up tomorrow. He also gave me a number to call if it isn't. I'm going to get it one way or another.
There was chicken fried steak for dinner tonight, and I ate four. That is all.
Friday, August 22, 2014
The End of A McEra
On Fridays, I get out of classes at noon, so I had initially planned to drive home every weekend and work. I realized pretty quickly after moving in that that was a horrible plan. Nevertheless, I was committed, so I got in my car and drove. I had discussed the way to get home without getting lost with my parents when I went home for lunch on Wednesday, so I felt pretty confident in not using my GPS this time. I got lost. Less lost, but lost.
Made it home safely though, and that's really all that matters. I relaxed for a little bit, and got dressed for work. I went in and immediately put in my two week notice. It was a bittersweet feeling. Working down closer to school will be a much more convenient way of living, and there are tons of new opportunities. Besides, it's always good to shake things up. On the other hand, I really kinda liked that job. It wasn't great, but people were nice and the hours were flexible, and I was really good at it. I've been at McDonalds for 15 months now, 14 months longer than I had intended to work when I first applied, and it was a great experience.
I realized when I got home that I left my phone charger in my room back at school. I went over my room three times because I had this aching feeling that I had forgotten something, but each time I didn't find anything that I would need at home.
Made it home safely though, and that's really all that matters. I relaxed for a little bit, and got dressed for work. I went in and immediately put in my two week notice. It was a bittersweet feeling. Working down closer to school will be a much more convenient way of living, and there are tons of new opportunities. Besides, it's always good to shake things up. On the other hand, I really kinda liked that job. It wasn't great, but people were nice and the hours were flexible, and I was really good at it. I've been at McDonalds for 15 months now, 14 months longer than I had intended to work when I first applied, and it was a great experience.
I realized when I got home that I left my phone charger in my room back at school. I went over my room three times because I had this aching feeling that I had forgotten something, but each time I didn't find anything that I would need at home.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Groceries 101 - An Intro To Shopping For One
Classes went as planned, Won't be writing much about those unless something unusual or interesting happens, because it's boring to write about, and I can't imagine it's any better to read about.
However, after my Principles of Informatics (INF128) class let out, the professor invited us all to go grab some lunch. I went. No one else did. It was neat interacting with him in a less formal setting. I like that about college. It's easy to get to know the professors.
After my last class let out, I decided to run to the Kroger right off campus for an umbrella. It had been raining all day, and a friend of mine told me umbrellas cost $20 on campus, so I decided not to buy that. Scott and I hopped in my car and drove right down the road. I figured I'd get some food while I was there, because I had done a good job of eating through everything I brought. I grabbed a cart, and decided to make a lap around the store and pick up whatever sounded good. I found Jones soda, so I bought some Green Apple and some Creme. I found Hostess products, so I bought some Twinkies. Found chips, so I bought some. Found Lunchables, threw a few in the cart. Donuts, same as above. Day old canoli's from the bakery? Into the cart! Headed to checkout, got a Kroger card, and put all of my stuff in the car and drove home.
Went to dinner with a group of friends, some from high school, some new, and ate an absurd amount of loaded nachos. And buffalo chicken sandwiches. And cherry pie. And a lot of other food. Seriously, I had 5 plates by the time I was done.
Went back to my new friend Tristan's apartment with the guys (I want an apartment next year) and watched some Netflix for a while. We ended up watching a lot of really stupid youtube videos, but it was a great time. Got a text from my mom asking if I got the umbrella. Oops.
I headed back to my room, did homework and played video games and all of the other boring stuff I'd been doing. Talked to a friend who's a senior in high school over Facebook (I'm really starting to appreciate Facebook now that I don't see everyone I know for 8 hours a day 5 days a week). He'd been thinking about NKU, so I gave him my two cents.
Sat down to write this blog and got a knock on my door. The guys in my dorm that use the other bathroom (there's four of us and two bathrooms) had somehow managed to break their toilet, and the maintenance guy wanted to borrow my plunger (I was the only one that brought one). Figured this was a perfect time to ask about that maintenance ticket I put in 5 days ago for my wired internet. As I expected, it wasn't his department, and actually has to shuffle through three departments before reaching anyone that can take care of my problem. Apparently IT has been swamped and is still working through tickets from before I moved in, but it should be up soon. As long as it is up before next Tuesday, I'll be satisfied. I have more digital games that I preordered (That's a total of 6 since I moved in) and I would really like to play them.
Two people on campus told me they've read my blog. As of now, I have 400 views on it. That's 400 more than I had planned on. I am considering selling the rights to make a movie based on it.
However, after my Principles of Informatics (INF128) class let out, the professor invited us all to go grab some lunch. I went. No one else did. It was neat interacting with him in a less formal setting. I like that about college. It's easy to get to know the professors.
After my last class let out, I decided to run to the Kroger right off campus for an umbrella. It had been raining all day, and a friend of mine told me umbrellas cost $20 on campus, so I decided not to buy that. Scott and I hopped in my car and drove right down the road. I figured I'd get some food while I was there, because I had done a good job of eating through everything I brought. I grabbed a cart, and decided to make a lap around the store and pick up whatever sounded good. I found Jones soda, so I bought some Green Apple and some Creme. I found Hostess products, so I bought some Twinkies. Found chips, so I bought some. Found Lunchables, threw a few in the cart. Donuts, same as above. Day old canoli's from the bakery? Into the cart! Headed to checkout, got a Kroger card, and put all of my stuff in the car and drove home.
Went to dinner with a group of friends, some from high school, some new, and ate an absurd amount of loaded nachos. And buffalo chicken sandwiches. And cherry pie. And a lot of other food. Seriously, I had 5 plates by the time I was done.
Went back to my new friend Tristan's apartment with the guys (I want an apartment next year) and watched some Netflix for a while. We ended up watching a lot of really stupid youtube videos, but it was a great time. Got a text from my mom asking if I got the umbrella. Oops.
I headed back to my room, did homework and played video games and all of the other boring stuff I'd been doing. Talked to a friend who's a senior in high school over Facebook (I'm really starting to appreciate Facebook now that I don't see everyone I know for 8 hours a day 5 days a week). He'd been thinking about NKU, so I gave him my two cents.
Sat down to write this blog and got a knock on my door. The guys in my dorm that use the other bathroom (there's four of us and two bathrooms) had somehow managed to break their toilet, and the maintenance guy wanted to borrow my plunger (I was the only one that brought one). Figured this was a perfect time to ask about that maintenance ticket I put in 5 days ago for my wired internet. As I expected, it wasn't his department, and actually has to shuffle through three departments before reaching anyone that can take care of my problem. Apparently IT has been swamped and is still working through tickets from before I moved in, but it should be up soon. As long as it is up before next Tuesday, I'll be satisfied. I have more digital games that I preordered (That's a total of 6 since I moved in) and I would really like to play them.
Two people on campus told me they've read my blog. As of now, I have 400 views on it. That's 400 more than I had planned on. I am considering selling the rights to make a movie based on it.
Homeward Bound
I love my writing class. It is, without a doubt, the most positive environment I've ever seen. I actually volunteered to read my writing in class, something I never did in high school. Ever. The professor is incredibly encouraging and I will definitely do well in that class.
Criminal Justice is interesting, but the class is going to be a piece of cake.
Speaking of CJ, my book finally was delivered. To my house, not my dorm. So I needed to go get it. I'd never made the drive home before. I knew the general idea of how to get home, but I had never done it before. I turned my GPS on just to be safe. It did not take me where I thought I was going. I got very lost. I also got stopped by a train. The train took 16 minutes. I counted. It wasn't a fun drive home. Went to lunch with my mom, picked up my book (and my copy of season 1 of Smallville that was in at the library) and drove back to school.
Built a computer in my crappy CIT course. It was a trainwreck. They didn't have enough screws, and they gave us a bunch of incompatible parts. We had to go back to the cabinets and get parts a dozen times. We got done an hour early though, so we got to leave.
Nothing really happened the rest of the night, I hung out with friends and ate food and stuff. I noticed while writing this that I was referring to campus as home, so I guess I'm a college student now.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Second First Day Of Class
Didn't have my first class until 11 today. Had a very vivid dream of the noise from the trash pickup the night before, so I woke up at 7 anyway. Hope that doesn't become a recurring thing. Got breakfast (biscuits and gravy every morning. Here's to gaining 50 pounds) and headed to my first class, Principles of Informatics. It's a very large lecture with over 100 people and 4 professors. Looks like that one will have the most homework of the five, but it still really doesn't have too much. It was mostly going over the syllabus, so I don't have an opinion of this one then.
Met a friend from high school for lunch. There's sushi on campus. Really good sushi. I ate a lot of really good sushi. I had a two hour lunch break, but he only had one hour, so he headed off to class and I went for a jog. We agreed to meet up after classes were over to hang out.
Media Fandoms and Transformative Works. Sounds like the stupidest class ever. It is, but I like it. It sounds like we're going to cover a lot of interesting topics, and I am pretty excited for it. We went over the syllabus and got let out 45 minutes early. I'm beginning to like the teachers that finish what they need to finish and then let us go. Wastes less time.
Since I got out early, I had 45 minutes left to wait for Scott to get out of class. I decided to watch poker, but Fox Sports South was only showing reruns. Who wants to watch reruns of poker? You already know who's going to win. I watched 45 minutes of reruns of poker.
Scott got to my room and we headed out to Gamestop, because I had a coupon that was only good this week. The coupon was buy 2 get 1 free. I had a very specific set of three games I wanted to get. Gamestop had two. I asked the man at the counter if he had the other one in the back, and he gave me the BEST service of my life. He told me they didn't, but a store 15 minutes away did. The other store didn't have the two games I wanted that this store did. He got a rep from the other store on the phone, and they worked out a deal where I bought those two, and returned them at the other store, only to repurchase them and use the coupon. Seriously incredible service. Also, the guy at the other store had a pin on his lanyard of one of my tattoos and gave it to me. That was cool.
We got back and Scott's friend Tristan wanted to get dinner, so we got dinner. Then we headed back to my room to play games. Four hours later, Scott went home, and I fell asleep writing this blog, which is why it's being posted in the morning. Oops.
Met a friend from high school for lunch. There's sushi on campus. Really good sushi. I ate a lot of really good sushi. I had a two hour lunch break, but he only had one hour, so he headed off to class and I went for a jog. We agreed to meet up after classes were over to hang out.
Media Fandoms and Transformative Works. Sounds like the stupidest class ever. It is, but I like it. It sounds like we're going to cover a lot of interesting topics, and I am pretty excited for it. We went over the syllabus and got let out 45 minutes early. I'm beginning to like the teachers that finish what they need to finish and then let us go. Wastes less time.
Since I got out early, I had 45 minutes left to wait for Scott to get out of class. I decided to watch poker, but Fox Sports South was only showing reruns. Who wants to watch reruns of poker? You already know who's going to win. I watched 45 minutes of reruns of poker.
Scott got to my room and we headed out to Gamestop, because I had a coupon that was only good this week. The coupon was buy 2 get 1 free. I had a very specific set of three games I wanted to get. Gamestop had two. I asked the man at the counter if he had the other one in the back, and he gave me the BEST service of my life. He told me they didn't, but a store 15 minutes away did. The other store didn't have the two games I wanted that this store did. He got a rep from the other store on the phone, and they worked out a deal where I bought those two, and returned them at the other store, only to repurchase them and use the coupon. Seriously incredible service. Also, the guy at the other store had a pin on his lanyard of one of my tattoos and gave it to me. That was cool.
We got back and Scott's friend Tristan wanted to get dinner, so we got dinner. Then we headed back to my room to play games. Four hours later, Scott went home, and I fell asleep writing this blog, which is why it's being posted in the morning. Oops.
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