It's Been a While
Oct. 13th, 2004 04:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksI haven't updated in a while, so I guess I should.
I can't decide if this year is more busy than last year or not. On the one hand, I don't really seem to have a lot to do. On the other hand, it's already October, we're having our midterms, and it seems like I never have more than a few hours to breathe.
I sent off my Scholarship application a while back and got an email this past monday from the lady in charge of collecting all the material for the selection committee. She noted that my essay was dangerously short and, as the committee wouldn't be meeting before the 18th, I had the option of revising and expanding my essay, and emailing her the result. I did so, and I've been talking with her about it, and she says the new essay (two pages as compared to an original single paragraph) makes my application much, much stronger. I'm really hoping to be selected, because not only is Computer Security the field i'm interested in entering, but it would give me some real kind of direction for the next few years. Elsewise, i'm just one more college graduate looking for a job and an apartment.
My sister Jenny is now, and always has been, a horrible liar. I was at home over the weekend, and she called to ask when Mom and Dad we're supposed to get in at the Airport. I said not until the afternoon or evening, at which point we began to chat about nothing, and she noted that my phone had been off (she called me on the groundline at home). I said that my battery had died because I'd forgotten my charger at school, and she said 'shoot, I forgot my charger, too, I think.' So, naturally, I ask if she's on her way up here, to which she says 'No, I'm just taking the boys to the park.' I reply, 'Jenny, if you're taking the boys to the park, why do you need your charger?' To which she answers, sharp as a bowling ball, 'I don't know.' Several hours later, Jenny et al show up at the house, predictably.
Over the weekend I played a lot of City of Heroes, since they still haven't opened my ports here. I ran with Svelt some, and got her to Lv10 or Lv11 or so. I think my three favorite characters, though, are Sic Semper (Lv7 or Lv8 Natural Tanker), The Abandonment (Lv6 Magic Defender), and Bethan (Lv10 Magic Controller). I had Bethan form a SuperGroup, Circle of the Rose, which is going to be a Magic-Origin-Only SuperGroup. Josh noted how it has interesting synergy with the villain group Circle of Thorns. I think I'm going to have Abandonment start a chapter of the Circle on his Server, too, when her gets to Lv10. Josh got his character, The Guardian 2.X, to Lv20, which let him get a cape. I have plans to give Bethan a cape-and-cowl costume when she gets to that level. I think she's my favorite.
Talked with Claire in passing the other day, which is always good. I'd like to get together with her for dinner at the next opportunity, catch up a little. Being that she's at UMass right now, I don't know when 'the next opportunity' will be. I also need to get down to Virginia Beach at the next opportunity, as well; aside from visiting with Leslie and possibly the Crofts, as is standard, I'd also like to visit with Christin, Sarah, and Genie, too.
Contra again Tomorrow, as with every week. I'm looking forward to it, hoping to get a chance to visit some with Suzannah, and having fun dancing, as usual. I'm dealing better with that all; still generally confused, frustrated, and disappointed, but it isn't getting me as depressed as it has in weeks passed. On the one hand, I'm still am (and, if history is any indicator, always will be) rather fond of her, and I'd like to pursue a relationship. On the other hand, I can't make her feel for me, or force her into a relationship she doesn't want, and in the end I'll be able to handle it and move on, if needs be. So, we'll see how things go. I'm getting back to a sort of equilibrium, without the undercurrent of misery I've had of late, and that's a good thing.
Work still sucks, and both Bonnie and Billy irritate me the way no flesh consuming microbe ever could, but it's not so bad. In particular, the $420 that I should be getting from them in the next week or so will make it slightly more bearable. And that girl who was behind the reception desk this morning was really pretty; girls with glasses generally are, you know.
I'm also President of the local chapter of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), which if nothing else will look good on a transcript. my goal for the year is simply to pull it back on it's feet and give it some kind of longevity: last year the chapter all-but-died when our officers graduated and our membership evaporated, leaving me the sole surviving member. Right now I have three other members, enough to fill the Officer positions, and aside from anything else I just want there to be someone to pass this on to when I leave.
And I guess that's my life recently. Or something. Class tonight, and work tomorrow, neither of which I really want to go to. I've been sleeping poorly recently, which means I'm tired during the day and napping in the afternoon. It's rather like Freshman year, but not as much fun.
I can't decide if this year is more busy than last year or not. On the one hand, I don't really seem to have a lot to do. On the other hand, it's already October, we're having our midterms, and it seems like I never have more than a few hours to breathe.
I sent off my Scholarship application a while back and got an email this past monday from the lady in charge of collecting all the material for the selection committee. She noted that my essay was dangerously short and, as the committee wouldn't be meeting before the 18th, I had the option of revising and expanding my essay, and emailing her the result. I did so, and I've been talking with her about it, and she says the new essay (two pages as compared to an original single paragraph) makes my application much, much stronger. I'm really hoping to be selected, because not only is Computer Security the field i'm interested in entering, but it would give me some real kind of direction for the next few years. Elsewise, i'm just one more college graduate looking for a job and an apartment.
My sister Jenny is now, and always has been, a horrible liar. I was at home over the weekend, and she called to ask when Mom and Dad we're supposed to get in at the Airport. I said not until the afternoon or evening, at which point we began to chat about nothing, and she noted that my phone had been off (she called me on the groundline at home). I said that my battery had died because I'd forgotten my charger at school, and she said 'shoot, I forgot my charger, too, I think.' So, naturally, I ask if she's on her way up here, to which she says 'No, I'm just taking the boys to the park.' I reply, 'Jenny, if you're taking the boys to the park, why do you need your charger?' To which she answers, sharp as a bowling ball, 'I don't know.' Several hours later, Jenny et al show up at the house, predictably.
Over the weekend I played a lot of City of Heroes, since they still haven't opened my ports here. I ran with Svelt some, and got her to Lv10 or Lv11 or so. I think my three favorite characters, though, are Sic Semper (Lv7 or Lv8 Natural Tanker), The Abandonment (Lv6 Magic Defender), and Bethan (Lv10 Magic Controller). I had Bethan form a SuperGroup, Circle of the Rose, which is going to be a Magic-Origin-Only SuperGroup. Josh noted how it has interesting synergy with the villain group Circle of Thorns. I think I'm going to have Abandonment start a chapter of the Circle on his Server, too, when her gets to Lv10. Josh got his character, The Guardian 2.X, to Lv20, which let him get a cape. I have plans to give Bethan a cape-and-cowl costume when she gets to that level. I think she's my favorite.
Talked with Claire in passing the other day, which is always good. I'd like to get together with her for dinner at the next opportunity, catch up a little. Being that she's at UMass right now, I don't know when 'the next opportunity' will be. I also need to get down to Virginia Beach at the next opportunity, as well; aside from visiting with Leslie and possibly the Crofts, as is standard, I'd also like to visit with Christin, Sarah, and Genie, too.
Contra again Tomorrow, as with every week. I'm looking forward to it, hoping to get a chance to visit some with Suzannah, and having fun dancing, as usual. I'm dealing better with that all; still generally confused, frustrated, and disappointed, but it isn't getting me as depressed as it has in weeks passed. On the one hand, I'm still am (and, if history is any indicator, always will be) rather fond of her, and I'd like to pursue a relationship. On the other hand, I can't make her feel for me, or force her into a relationship she doesn't want, and in the end I'll be able to handle it and move on, if needs be. So, we'll see how things go. I'm getting back to a sort of equilibrium, without the undercurrent of misery I've had of late, and that's a good thing.
Work still sucks, and both Bonnie and Billy irritate me the way no flesh consuming microbe ever could, but it's not so bad. In particular, the $420 that I should be getting from them in the next week or so will make it slightly more bearable. And that girl who was behind the reception desk this morning was really pretty; girls with glasses generally are, you know.
I'm also President of the local chapter of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), which if nothing else will look good on a transcript. my goal for the year is simply to pull it back on it's feet and give it some kind of longevity: last year the chapter all-but-died when our officers graduated and our membership evaporated, leaving me the sole surviving member. Right now I have three other members, enough to fill the Officer positions, and aside from anything else I just want there to be someone to pass this on to when I leave.
And I guess that's my life recently. Or something. Class tonight, and work tomorrow, neither of which I really want to go to. I've been sleeping poorly recently, which means I'm tired during the day and napping in the afternoon. It's rather like Freshman year, but not as much fun.
