This summer I will be staying in Seattle to do one of the following:
I don’t really know what to do or to think about my upcoming summer. But, sadly, I need to start thinking about it now.
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Went and saw Troy with the info crew on Saturday night. I mean, we only had to sit out 3 sold out showings of it until our 10pm showing. But, it was a good movie. Not knock your socks off like Gladiator was the first time you saw it (or every time in my case). But, it was a very good story. It makes me want to read up on the mythology of it this summer. I think that is one of the things to add onto the list of things that I want to do this summer. But, yeah… Good movie. I’m sure that I’ll end up purchasing the movie when it comes out. No night is complete without some pictures of the event of the night… or us screwing around in Starbucks. I mean, is there really a difference? I would like to think not.
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For some reason last night when working on my deliverable for 340 in the TE Lab I did not feel any pressure to get it done. I rarely ever have studying left to at last moment like I did last night. However, last night I was content with just getting what I could completed before it was due the next day. It was really strange for me. I also noticed that I have been really calm the past few days. I don’t know why that is. Have I finally hit the wall and just want a break? Maybe. But, in either case it is so nice to just be calm and to enjoy each day to the fullest.
Current Feeling: Content
Busy week this week and it will hopefully let up starting next week. But, despite the amount of work, studying, and other crap that went on this week, I actually had a really good week this week. You can read all the juicy details, or hrm… well, what I have, below.
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Again no INFO 380 today. However, this time I made it all the way to class with Jamie to find out that it was canceled. This was because the internet was out at her place and I was going to check my email to check on what was new from overnight. Oh well. It ended out good though. Anthony, Rufino, CA, David, Jamie, and I went to IHOP for some breakfast since we didn’t have class. Now it’s time to prepare for the rest of the day and our INFO 310 Presentation that we give this afternoon. Until later…
**EDIT** We owned our 310 presentation!
Current Feeling: Clean
It has come to that time when the academic year is beginning to wind down and the level of attentiveness is falling rapidly. Classes are starting to pick up the workload and time is lacking to get all of these tasks done. Now, one look at my calendar and you will see that I have free time to use for my own personal use, but I just feel really busy in general. Tomorrow is a presentation for 310 (which will rock) and a draft of our systems proposal is due in 380 (is 96 pages enough?). Also, in addition to all of that I need to start on the 340 deliverable. So much to do and little motivation to do it.
My time is disappearing and I am getting burnt out quite quickly. I need a break from school and to just relax. I can’t wait for those two weeks off in June before summer classes begin. I am less than a month from the end of the year, but it is not coming soon enough. I know that next Tuesday I will have this large sigh of relief when this is all of this stuff is due and over with. But, until then, time seems to be ticking really, really slow. I know that things will be alright, I just need to take a step back and relax, breathe, and then move forward with what I need to do.
Current Thought: Be calm. Things will be alright.
Currently Attending: INFO 340 with Prof. David Hendry
Well, no INFO 380 this morning. Here’s how I found out.
Me: *Waiting for either 372/68 to go to campus* Bus shows up @ 9am, like always, and I file onboard the 68 with the rest of the Nordheim folks. I am standing on the bus and I feel my left leg vibrate. I am thinking, that’s odd, no one ever calls me this early in the morning. So, I pick up the phone.
Jamie: Did you get the email?
Me: What email?
Jamie: The one about 380 being cancelled.
Me: No, why?
Jamie: It’s cancelled! Where are you?
Me: That’s cool. I’m on the bus… and the door just closed. Ok, so, great.
Jamie: Well, just come over!!
Me: Ok, I’ll be there!!
That’s how I found out about it this morning. I usually make a point to check my email in the morning since the iSchool has that as their preferred method of information dissemination. But, I have this thing for packing my bag, like a 10 year old, the night before class so that I don’t forget anything. Well, I guess by me packing my laptop I didn’t think of checking my email. Then the question gets asked, why didn’t you check it on Outlook on your PC? Um, damn good question. I don’t really know. I just didn’t? I dunno. I guess that is a lesson learned.
Not having class was a good thing because I had a feeling that the Prof was going to flip out at the poor turnout for the transformation project that he had planned. I am sure that we will hear about it on Thursday, but that’s ok. I think I can handle it. Needless to say the day has started off good so far. Now I just need to get cracking on all the work that is due in the next week.
Lesson Learned: Check email before going to class!
