We Now Return You To
Aug. 26th, 2002 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksYour Regularly Schedualed Journal
You know that feeling you get in the morning, where your joints are stiff, and you feel constrained? Yeah, that's how I kinda feel now, being back at school. I'm not used to this, yet - it's the difference, the freedom, the autonomy that makes me ache, if you catch my meaning.
Returned to LiveJournal to find that Kincaid had discovered me, in particular because she responded to that semi-rant of mine. ^^;; It's rather like having a celebrity around. ^^;; I'm such a weirdo.
As per that post, it wasn't one of my best - I was working under odd circumstances. I'd heard the announcement made by the NEA several days earlier, and all I could think about was "What the!?" As you can tell by the lack of articulation, it rather struck me in an off way. Along with that, I was not only working off emotion, but half-felt emotion, in that it'd been several days since the emotion hit me - I still think it's inconceivable, but my steam had let out, I guess. Additionally, I posted it durring a bout of insomnia last night, so I'm sure I wasn't thinking my clearest, and I'm further weakened by the fact (as pointed out by Kincaid) that I had no sources to cite.
Generally, I don't trust the Government. They're a nessisary evil - chaos is no one's friend. But even given that, I think they should be as limited as we can stand. They shouldn't get down on a personal level. As far as this NEA announcement, while I don't know how dogmatic their word is, it smacks greatly of indoctrinazation or bold-faced propaganda or somesuch. People have a right to their own opinions - just give us the facts, and we'll decide where to go from there.
As a final note, I've started to wonder how much of the History I know from school was rewritten...
Right then, Journal-buisness now. Today was my first day "back at School." I have an easy schedual, really - today I had a class from 10:00 until 11:00, and then one from 5:00 until 7:30. That's it. I'm hoping to fill that large chunck of time in between with a job and make some money.
Anyways, today I had some errands to run, the first of which was getting my Student ID validated for the new semester, which was very painless. Then I had to check my account at Student Accounts. Getting there, I learned that I had a loan for $11. ^^;; Obviously, that's not right, and as such, they sent me to Financial Aid to have them fix it. They also gave me a print-out which showed that I still owed some $14k. O.o
When I got to Financial Aid, they said that $11 was all I qualified for, pointing to my other loans and scholarships - but I also had WorkStudy on there, which I shouldn't have. If I'm going to work for the school (and I may not, depending) they're going to pay me, not the school. He said something along the lines of "Well, it doesn't happen like that" and I told him it did last year, and he finally conceeded and made the nessisary alterations. Then, he explained that the reason I still "owed" $14k was because Student Accounts has skrewed over their system, and none of my loans or anything had been credited. So that's all good.
My two classes today were great. Of my 5 classes, 3 are specifically CompSci related, and that's what I have on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The first, at 10:00, looks to be on mathmatical logic and algorithms and such - the logic part doesn't seem to be anything more than the Highschool Logic course I took a couple years back, so that's cool.
I almost overslept and missed my second class, which is odd in that it's at 5pm. O.o What'd happened was I came back to my room around 3:00 and thought I'd take a nap for an hour or so. I set my alarm, but forgot to turn it on! Or, I woke up about 5min before I needed t'be in class and had to rush over there. This one is on Assembly Language, which is basically manipulation of the 1's and 0's that the computer actually reads. ^____^ The code, the code! I'm such a weirdo, but I LOVE binary numbers. I think there's a name for my condition...
Claire comes to visit in a few days. ^^;; I'm really kinda excited. Heh, maybe it's to be expected, after not seeing her for four months straight.... *sigh* I still kinda feel like she's 'gone,' y'know? It feels like we never talk, and I'm sure she's really busy with all that stuff she needs to do for school... I worry sometimes that, maybe, she's not interested in me anymore, for some unknown reason. I'm a fool for it, as I have EVERY proof to the contrary, but... I guess maybe I just feel neglected. And I kinda feel selfish for feeling that, which I don't like. ^^;; I still trust that she wants to come up here, and I look forward to Thursday.
I suppose that's a decent general update. As a final note, I highly suggest "Cry Little Sister" by Sisters of Mercy and "Contradictions" by Natalie Imbruglia. I used to really like Natalie's stuff, but I think her newwer stuff is too...mmm, bubbly for my taste. "Contradictions" is a pretty good one, though. Also, I'm looking to get more songs, but I've run out of ideas on my own. Please suggest any specific songs I should check out and, barring that, any bands you think are worth it. I generally like anything but Rap (yes, Claire and Kate have succeeded in getting me into Country) and I'm particularly interested in Industrial or Electronica or anything else that might sound mechanical or digital. Until next time, kids!
You know that feeling you get in the morning, where your joints are stiff, and you feel constrained? Yeah, that's how I kinda feel now, being back at school. I'm not used to this, yet - it's the difference, the freedom, the autonomy that makes me ache, if you catch my meaning.
Returned to LiveJournal to find that Kincaid had discovered me, in particular because she responded to that semi-rant of mine. ^^;; It's rather like having a celebrity around. ^^;; I'm such a weirdo.
As per that post, it wasn't one of my best - I was working under odd circumstances. I'd heard the announcement made by the NEA several days earlier, and all I could think about was "What the
Generally, I don't trust the Government. They're a nessisary evil - chaos is no one's friend. But even given that, I think they should be as limited as we can stand. They shouldn't get down on a personal level. As far as this NEA announcement, while I don't know how dogmatic their word is, it smacks greatly of indoctrinazation or bold-faced propaganda or somesuch. People have a right to their own opinions - just give us the facts, and we'll decide where to go from there.
As a final note, I've started to wonder how much of the History I know from school was rewritten...
Right then, Journal-buisness now. Today was my first day "back at School." I have an easy schedual, really - today I had a class from 10:00 until 11:00, and then one from 5:00 until 7:30. That's it. I'm hoping to fill that large chunck of time in between with a job and make some money.
Anyways, today I had some errands to run, the first of which was getting my Student ID validated for the new semester, which was very painless. Then I had to check my account at Student Accounts. Getting there, I learned that I had a loan for $11. ^^;; Obviously, that's not right, and as such, they sent me to Financial Aid to have them fix it. They also gave me a print-out which showed that I still owed some $14k. O.o
When I got to Financial Aid, they said that $11 was all I qualified for, pointing to my other loans and scholarships - but I also had WorkStudy on there, which I shouldn't have. If I'm going to work for the school (and I may not, depending) they're going to pay me, not the school. He said something along the lines of "Well, it doesn't happen like that" and I told him it did last year, and he finally conceeded and made the nessisary alterations. Then, he explained that the reason I still "owed" $14k was because Student Accounts has skrewed over their system, and none of my loans or anything had been credited. So that's all good.
My two classes today were great. Of my 5 classes, 3 are specifically CompSci related, and that's what I have on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The first, at 10:00, looks to be on mathmatical logic and algorithms and such - the logic part doesn't seem to be anything more than the Highschool Logic course I took a couple years back, so that's cool.
I almost overslept and missed my second class, which is odd in that it's at 5pm. O.o What'd happened was I came back to my room around 3:00 and thought I'd take a nap for an hour or so. I set my alarm, but forgot to turn it on! Or, I woke up about 5min before I needed t'be in class and had to rush over there. This one is on Assembly Language, which is basically manipulation of the 1's and 0's that the computer actually reads. ^____^ The code, the code! I'm such a weirdo, but I LOVE binary numbers. I think there's a name for my condition...
Claire comes to visit in a few days. ^^;; I'm really kinda excited. Heh, maybe it's to be expected, after not seeing her for four months straight.... *sigh* I still kinda feel like she's 'gone,' y'know? It feels like we never talk, and I'm sure she's really busy with all that stuff she needs to do for school... I worry sometimes that, maybe, she's not interested in me anymore, for some unknown reason. I'm a fool for it, as I have EVERY proof to the contrary, but... I guess maybe I just feel neglected. And I kinda feel selfish for feeling that, which I don't like. ^^;; I still trust that she wants to come up here, and I look forward to Thursday.
I suppose that's a decent general update. As a final note, I highly suggest "Cry Little Sister" by Sisters of Mercy and "Contradictions" by Natalie Imbruglia. I used to really like Natalie's stuff, but I think her newwer stuff is too...mmm, bubbly for my taste. "Contradictions" is a pretty good one, though. Also, I'm looking to get more songs, but I've run out of ideas on my own. Please suggest any specific songs I should check out and, barring that, any bands you think are worth it. I generally like anything but Rap (yes, Claire and Kate have succeeded in getting me into Country) and I'm particularly interested in Industrial or Electronica or anything else that might sound mechanical or digital. Until next time, kids!
