FJ Blog

I gave my speech today. Whew!! I got ahead of myself on part of it... I don't think any one noticed.. I had to go back in my powerpoint presentation. (I was jumping around but I handled it well! -- phear my 1337 powerpoint skillzz!! ;) ) I had an audiance of 15 people so.. I don't think they'll increase my hit count a great deal.. for those who did hear the speech and would like to see the sites I featured.. there they are


http://www.blogger.com

http://caleb.diaryland.com
http://bigwhiteguy.com


http://ultra.retroseven.nu
http://mercuryfrog.com
http://whatswrongwiththatboy.com

http://solbeam.com
http://globaltrancemissions.com

http://www.metafilter.com
http://antislacker.com

I just need to post... time to let out some frustrations! I'm currently taking a Fundamentals of Public speaking class. I'm doing an informative speech on blogs. As you can imagine I know a thing or two about blogs. Well, this is turning out to be a bad choice because I'm only allowed to use one internet source. So, right now I'm plugging things into google trying to find "once on paper" articles that tell things that I allready know. It's nuts. I actally found a use for Yahoo Internet Life magazine. That magazine is so lame. It's no surprise they're gonna discontinue it. The only people who are interested in that kind of stuff are people like me. People like me know all the stuff thats in there long before it makes it to the magazine. My aunt, (the one from OKC..the aol user) accidentally bought a subscription to YIL magazine.. she dosn't understand any of it... so she gave the magazines to me. It made me glad that I had never subscribed to it myself. speaking of things that are pathetic... how about the webby awards? They're almost as bad as the grammys.

My life dosn't always suck. Sometimes good things happen. Lately good things have been hapening. At one point in my life I noticed that for everything that's good .. or any new good thing, there is something bad to level it out. Right now my life dosn't suck. My life as a whole. My life is not good either. I am really.... feeling... stupid right now. i've been on an "up" lately. Looks like I'm coming in for re-entry... things are gonna get hot. (hot as in bad not the good kind of hot). I'm spending my weekend in Beemer. I know I'm in rual nebraska... about 2 or 3 miles away from town (on a gravel road) I saw people crossing the street.. they were wearing dark clothing... I almost diddn't see them. I decellerated, nearly stopping, and thought "what the hell is going on?!" I noticed that they were waveing at me as if I should not go forward and thats when I saw it. A large black cow. maybe it was a steer. then another, and a third. The first one just looked at me, oblivious to the damage it could do to the front end of my jeep. the other two were entering the road as I saw them. If you're reading this and wondering... no the cows have nothing to do wiht my mood... I just thoguht it was interesting that on a dark night like this ... there were dark cows.. yeah.. .I think I might post again later..

It's tuesday,... second day of the 2nd 5 week session.. the summer is winding down.

I met a new friend for lunch today. By new friend I mean some one who has only been my friend for a short time. Actually I met her in person for the first time today. The same girl I mentioned in the previous post. She seems very nice, and she's cute. We had lunch at spaghetti works. It's a pasta place. Its nice to meet new people once in a while. Hopefully trhough the people I've met allready I'll continute to meet more. I'm going to Beemer this weekend, I have to file my FAFSA. Those of you who know what a FAFSA is are surely thinking "Gee FJ aren't you running a little late" . Yes, I am. I had to request my pin number be sent to me and It should have arrived to my home in Beemer by now. I'll apply online this weekend.

Speaking of things coming in the mail... I orderd some stuff online on saturday. I knew the order wouldn't be processed untill Monday, but I found out that the expected delivery is July 22nd. That totally sucks. I was hopeing that the stuff would get here by Friday. I'm having it shipped to Beemer because thats where most of the stuff needs to be. blah I was enthused though that Newegg.com has retail boxed 1.1Ghz durons back in stock! Hopefully I'll get in touch with my uncle so that I can order one again before they're gone. I don't really want to spend the extra money and get a 1.2 Ghz one. It's not worth it to me.

lately my mental state has just been a mess.

Ok, I totally screwed up on the exam I had yesterday. I am pretty sure I failed. no, I am not exadutating. I will get it back tomorrow, and I will know what I got on it exactly. I have been getting all As up untill this point, but as poorly as I did on the exam I can only hope for maybe a B. I was freaking out most of yesterday and early this morning.. I went in early for some help from the instructor. I've calmed down a bit now. I will be ok I guess. It's not the end of the world... yet.... I have a final on Friday morning. Wish me luck.


I'm making strides on building a socail life.... I've been talking to a girl from Lincoln via e-mail for the last day or so. She's single.. my age.. seems nice.. is deaf.. has a son. I have not seen what she looks like .. and think waht you will about me but I hope she's not attractive because I do not want to fall for this girl.. I fall for people way way too easily. In my last relationship, I was dating a girl who had a son before she met me.. he was put up for an open adoption... and well sure the girl was psycho but still .. I allowed myself to be subjected to weird and akward @#%^... ok.. she mentioned, without provoking, that she's not looking for any one right now .. woo ..that's a bit contrary to what I had been told.. ok nevermind.. I'll be ok.

Gather 'round time for another FJ update.


Today is Saturday July 6th, 2002. Today I slept late... got something to eat.. and looked up some stuff on the interent. Right now I've got a load of laundry in the washer and I'm updating my blog (but you know that)

School is going well. I'm doing alright in my class that I'm taking. The Library class I mentioned in an earlier post is over. It's only pass/fail, so it won't affect my GPA although it made me a bit nervous because not passing that one credit hour class means all heck will break loose and I'm off finding a new path in life. I'm not worried though. I feel fairly confident that I passed.. I took advantage of the help that was available to ensure that I'd do well. In my Statistics class I'm pulling an A. my quiz grades so far are 30, 30, 28, and 27 (all out of 30 possible) and my exam grades are 95 and 95. (out of 100). I have one more quiz that is due on Tuesdays, one more exam, and a final exam on Friday. The final is worth 20% of the final grade. An A is just what I need right now.

Monday starts the final week of the first 5-week session. In the second 5-week session I'll be taking an accounting class. I was talking to a girl that lives in my building, and she told me that she took a 300 level accounting class in place of the 201 class I plan to take. If I can do this I think that I'll go for it. I'm not even close to the number of 300 and 400 level classes I need to graduate. I will have to ask about that on Monday. This girl also took the same stat class I'm taking now last semester, she also had the same instructor. We agreed that he's nuts but we also agreed that his test and homework policies are pretty nice. The amount of time and use of notes on the exams and quizzes far outweighs his quirks.

[Breeding hamsters for fun and profit:] As I mentioned some time ago, my brother has pet hamsters. We have to keep the male (the original one we kept -- others died or were given away) and the females (the momma and one of the others, named champion) in separate quarters. We took a fish tank and filled it with bedding.. and then we bought a wheel and water bottle for the second cage. Hamsters love those wheels they run in. I was amazed at how well they take to the wheels. The two females will run in their wheel at the same time... I keep expecting the one closest to the edge to fall out.. maybe they do when no one is looking. Anyway, the place where we bought the hamsters is having a shortage.. so they are buying back baby hammies at $3 each. My mom has told me that they've considered letting them breed again and selling off the babies. Lucky hamsters I guess. A week ago my brother got back from spending a week in OKC. He brought back a tarantula. It eats crickets..

In other family stuff, my family, sans me, will be flying out of OMA tomorrow on their way to Florida. They and two other families (one of them our next door neighbors) will be going to Florida for a 7 day (6 nights) vacation. They'll be doing the Disney thing. They're staying at Disney's Wilderness Lodge.. it's one of those places that are part of the whole Disney package thingy. Staying in one of the Disney hotels allows you special discounts on certian things(I dunno what they are off hand) and it also gives you early access to the parks. As I understand it's on some kind of rotation, different hotels get early access to different parks on different days. I think they'll have a good time. My brother (the middle child) is taking his girlfriend with him, and my other brother has some people that are about his age going along so.. they'll all have a good time. I decided not to go, 1) I have to take classes this summer to get things in order, 2) I'm single, I have no gf to take and I'd be pretty much on my own. I could hang out with the adults I guess but who want's to go to Disney World to hang out with their parents? I'd be the youngest one going that's old enough to drink. The only people going that are older than me have me by at least 20 years. So... I didn't go.

it's raining right now.. a storm came up as I was writing my blog.. there's some lightning and thunder. I'll have to check the forecast but it's about time a cold front moves through here so that it's not so hot around here. We also badly need rain here in Nebraska. The further west you go the worse it is, western Nebraska is generally drier than eastern Nebraska, but not like this. The rivers are very low. There is a stretch of the Platte river where they are encouraging any one with a fishing license (or under 16 as it is that a license is not required) to go out and catch fish by any means possible (excluding explosives and electrocution). There is a concern that the fish will die because of the low water levels. Beemer does not usually have a water problem but due to the drought lawn watering restrictions have been put in place. Some of you may be thinking that's nothing, but in a place like Beemer where water is usually abundant it's not something every one is used to. Omaha and Lincoln are in more trouble than Beemer. Omaha regularly has restrictions on water during the summer, and I belive Lincoln does also. I've noticed that on campus they seem to water the greenspaces quite a bit.. they look pretty good but I wonder if there's any effect on the rest of Lincoln's water supply. I don't know if the University is bound by the same regulations as residences.

I got a call from My Uncle Craig in OKC today. I will be building a new computer for them and I'll also be getting them off of AOL. I'm looking at a 1.1 Ghz Duron system. I will blog more about this in the future. This machine will be primarily an internet machine. A 1.1 Ghz system may be overkill but it's the most cost effective system I've been able to find. I may look into canableizing the old system for a modem and floppy drive.

My 4th of July was uneventful. I got some much needed sleep. I really didn't do much of any thing. It was a much needed day off, even though I didn't go any where or do anything. I've been pondering ways to increase my social life. Ya know it'd be great if I could get a social life kit. I'm thinking like a bonsai tree or those home brewery kits. I could pour in some high quality hops and barely and get some good beer making yeast.. hmm too bad making friends doesn't happen by letting a tank sit in your closet.

There is so much that I'd like to get into right now.. fix up my web server.. get A+ certified, improve my 1337 skillz it's been a long time since I worked on some kind of project that involved creative thought. I need to get me a copy of Macromedia Flash and learn how to use it. I've got some weird complex goin on.. ya know what I feel like doing if I have free time? stuff like watching TV. bleah! TV is evil.. sure there are some great stuff on TV but it'll suck you in.. make you its slave. I think I'd like to learn how to be a social and functional member of the outside world... I've been looking into that lately.. People are nuts though. If people are nuts then why do I want to interact with them so much? I must be nuts.

and this concludes another FJ update.