12.09.05
Yay Friday
Been a while since a real update, but I finally have some things that are (possibly) worth posting.
Firstly, my schedule for second semester is now official. It is as I posted before, but I shall post it once again:
1. Computer Organization (Fienup)
2. ALPHA Autonomous (McCrea)
3. Advanced Algebra and Trig (Staniger)
4. Computer Science II (O’Kane)
5. ALPHA In-Depth (McCrea)
6. Eastern Civ. (Engel)
7. Great Books (Demoss)
So let me know what we share, if anything (if its 1 or 4 I will be quite suprised!).
The scheduling process was actually a bit annoying, as I figured it may be. They told me Computer Org. was closed, but O’kane, McCormick, and Fienup all said I could be in it anyway. They only have 20+ students in it, but it is only registered for 20 (apparently they tried to change it but the change failed). Either way, they accept up 30+ I think without too much thought, so no biggie.
Later I had Mr. Carr help fix up my schedule. He kept mistaking my first semester courses for second, which was kind of aggravating. He is quite an amusing fellow, though a little dry. I think he like Mr. O in the respect that you need to pay attention to really catch his humor, but he doesnt know it. Overall we got it mostly worked out, but he forgot to change 5th hour (sash just wont work!!). Later I got Mr. Flaherty to change it, so the schedule should be all set.
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I went and got my PSAT scores back today. I was actually quite suprised at how well I did (I had low expectations), but it is still much worse then I could have done. I’m very disappointed in my performance, but I really did do it to myself. I didn’t study up or read much besides the booklet they give out, and I was a bit sleep deprived when I went. Also there are other forces that threw me off, but I’m not going to get into that.
Lets hope I can do better on the ACT’s (I need at least a 30!).
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Today was the last normal day of classes at UNI for this semester. Kind of exciting, but overall nothing out of the ordinary. McCormick taught right up to the end, jamming all he could into our last session. For all I know he may post a last assignment on the stuff we covered today.
CS I was pretty boring. We finished up the example, turned in out lab and final assignment stuff (I think I was the only one who actually did it) and left. On the plus side we did get to leave about twenty minutes early. Yay for that.
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To top off this evening (without rambling about Tales of Symphonia), I finally watched The Usual Suspects. ::poke carl::
I must say it was a great movie. Very interesting, though I pretty much knew the big secret the whole way (damn my thought process of deduction, the ending would have been so much more suprising). Anyways, it ended in a good manner, allowing people to piece everything togeather (which makes most people identify with the cop).
My thoughts back tracked to Ender’s Game during the final credits. The way I should have felt during the movie (that is, understanding and figuring things out with a character) hit me perfectly at the end. I always figured something was strange, but the instant I read the words where Ender realized he had been controling real men and real ships instead of just playing games I figured it out as well. The moment was shocking. One of those “holy shit” moments you get from time to time (especially after a thought provoking movie, such as the Usual Suspects).
My movie for tomorrow is Saw. I’ve actually heard it was pretty good (and bloody), so we’ll have to see. I also heard the second was better than the first, so I must see the second eventually as well. But lets not rush things.
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I don’t feel like I have too much more to say. I’m fairly hooked on Tales of Symphonia right now (after scheduling GCN play time into my schedule to keep me sane during my studies this weekend), so I’ll probably go play that. I’m determined to hit disc two by the end of this weekend, and finish it over break. Uplink also looks like a good play currently. Quite amusing at the least.
Toodles.