Time To Say Goodbye?

The past couple months, I've been mulling over the idea of quitting blogging (again). I really have no use for this blog anymore. It's rare that I post about something I need help or advice with, which is why I started blogging in the first place. Also, I have no motivation to post anymore.

Besides a couple people, most other bloggers are on Twitter now. On there I have access to a handful of people all day long, and they can give me (usually) instant feedback on something if I need help. With blogging, I have to wait hours until someone reads the post and comments. Twitter is much more efficient.

I guess I'll keep the blog open in case I need to post again, but for now I think it may be time to say goodbye to blogging.

Well, maybe "see you later" is more appropriate?

Don't Ask, Don't Tell REPEALED

The United States Senate has *just* voted to repeal the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy which prevents open gays/lesbians from serving in our armed forces. The final vote was 65-31 in favor of repeal. The U.S. House of Representatives also voted to repeal DADT earlier this week, 250-175.

Oh hai

I broke my sunglasses today. The only other pair I have is this one that came free with the pair I broke:

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I think they're way too big so hopefully I won't have to wear them in public :P

(That shirt makes me look fat D: )

This week is finals week. It's also supposed to be pretty snowy with lake effect snow accompanied by a clipper system moving through starting tomorrow. If it's too bad, I'll stay overnight at Mom's. I'm glad she got that house close to my college :D

Yeah, this post was definitely pointless. I just felt like posting that pic I tweeted earlier today about my sunglasses :P

Facebook Fight

Alex got into a fight on Facebook the other day. I took screenshots. You'll probably have to click to read them.

NOTE: Alex's nicknames used here are Al, Chip(py), and Connor. The Alex with bad grammar and the red 2 beside his name is Alex's friend also named Alex. I've called him Alex2 on here before.



I thought it was entertaining at first. Then the Jessica girl posted this on his wall. I started to feel bad for him. Btw, Jessica is the girl he used to text a lot a couple years ago. I mentioned her on my old blog. Soon after he started texting her a lot, we stopped doing the sexual stuff.


The "you've changed" thing hit me kinda hard. He has changed. He's become cold, assholeish. I experienced that for years but now he's like that on Facebook too. I turned the same way in high school before I moved back with Dad. People said I changed too. I was an asshole to people also (still am sometimes).


I put this as my status last night and he responded today:


I feel really bad for him. I wanted to write *hugs* but didn't want to cross the line. I actually did want to give him a hug though :\

Kinda Sorta Came Out, But Not Really

Today in English class we had to get in groups to go over each other's rough draft for our last assignment before the final exam. In the group is a girl, two guys, and myself. I've become friends with the girl (who sits beside me) and one of the guys, Matt (who sits in front of me).

As we were working in our groups, a cute blond boy behind us got up and left before he was supposed to. Matt said jokingly, "His boyfriend must be waiting for him." Then a few minutes later, I said that I couldn't wait to get out of class. Matt again joked, "Are you going to meet your boyfriend too?"

I said, "Maybe."

*we all laughed*

"Maybe he (the guy who had just left) is my boyfriend?"

*more laughter*


I said all that in a joking manner, so I doubt they took me seriously :P

Thankful

Today is Thanksgiving here in the United States. Without going into a history lecture, Thanksgiving is a holiday where you're supposed to give thanks today.

So, I am thankful for...

• Blogging
• Twitter
• All the friends I've made from each

Starting a blog is one of the best decisions I've made. A couple years ago I was in love with my best friend who no longer wanted to be friends. It took awhile, but I finally got out of that slump. I couldn't have done it without the help of the many friends I have made on here and continued through Twitter.

So thank you, everyone!

The Hunt

Ok, so a couple posts ago there was something in the comments about me looking for a boyfriend or something of that nature.

To be honest, that's probably one of the last things on my mind right now. I mean, sure it'd be really nice to have one but I'm more concerned with school. Honestly, I'm not even actively looking for one.

I am content with life right now.

Missing Links!

After the weird deal with the sidebar, I ended up deleting everything over there then re-adding it all. Well, I didn't take a note of the links to other blogs so there are only links to the blogs I'm following over there now.

So if you want me to link to your blog, comment below or email be and I'll add it. Note, if you email me sometimes it'll end up in the spam folder, which I don't check regularly. You'd be better off if you just comment below.

Kthxbai


P.S. I'm working on a proper blogpost between doing school stuff and relaxing.

Procrastination Strikes Again!

I guess I waited too long to register for next semester. The English II class I wanted is now closed. That means I'll either have to pick a different time and teacher, or wait until third semester.

Words of Wisdom

"Life is not about getting on a giant hamster wheel and chasing after that dollar that is just out of reach. If you equate life to money, you're dead."


"You mature in three main ways: physically, mentally, and intellectually. You have already matured into adulthood physically; that started at about 13 years of age and continued until you were 16 or 17. Intellectually, you are just starting to mature into adulthood. Good decision making is a learned process. That is why we have laws that say you cannot do this or that until you reach a certain age. Mentally, some of you have matured and some of you haven't. Maturing mentally is when you realize that you are not the center of the universe. It's not about you."


"You should be fluent in your native tongue."


"What you read and watch on television is directly proportional to how well you use your language. Some of you don't read at all, and it's obvious."



All of those were said by my English professor.


Oh, and all is quiet on the home front. I'll be registering for classes this week. I'm taking English II with the same professor next semester :)

Fixed!

Alan just left a comment on my last post with a suggestion on how to fix the sidebar problem.

Well... it didn't work :P

But it lead me to the right solution and I got it fixed :D

So thanks for the tips, guys!

:)

What the ----?

So I changed my header picture for Veterans Day and after I did, the sidebar over there -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
somehow moved to the bottom of my blog O_o

It's still showing as being on the side in the layout editor and I cannot figure out how to fix it >_<

Any ideas?

Polar Opposite Days

Yesterday was probably the worst day of the semester. Aside from my morning class math class, I spend nearly all day working on Tech Drawing work. A bunch of worksheets on auxiliary views were due yesterday and also a take-home test.

During the first part of the day, I finished the take-home test. Then I had lunch and wrote the symphony post. By the way, I think I'll wear my suit with no tie. I like that look :)

The rest of the day (from 1p-5:30p), I was trying to wrap my head around auxiliary views. I won't bore you with what they are since probably none of you are interested in drafting :P I just couldn't get it and I got really frustrated. Knowing there was a drawing test during class, I had to know how to draw an auxiliary view.

By the time 5p rolled around, I still had a bunch of incomplete worksheets and I still didn't understand how to do an auxiliary view without looking at the book.

So I was angry with myself for not being able to understand it, frustrated with the class, and pissed off with the instructor, who is not cut out to be a teacher at all.

For the test, we had to draw views for each of the individual parts of a gyroscope, draw assembled views, one auxiliary view of the base, dimension it, etc. We had the entire class time to do it (3 hours). No one got done. I got most of the drawings done, but I didn't have enough time to dimension it and some of the other things.

Grr...


Today has been completely different though :)

I'm writing this with only half the day gone, so hopefully I don't jinx it :P

Anyway, I had English class this morning. As I've said before, I really like my English professor. I'm definitely going to take his English II class next semester.

Tuesday, we had to turn in a revision of our worst paper of the semester. Today, we graded another class's revisions. The exercise is to help identify mistakes in writing and know how to fix them. It better helps you as a writer identify your own mistakes. We've never done this exercise before. We were being graded on both our grading and the grade we got on our revisions. We were allowed to leave when we were done.

Barely 15 minutes into the exercise and people were getting done. A girl handed the professor the paper she was grading and he asked her why there weren't many marks on it. She said it was because she didn't see much wrong with it. He said, "So if I go over this paper, I won't find much wrong with it?" She said, "Well you might, but that's why you're the professor. I'm not here to be an English teacher." He just said "ok" and she left.

An older lady (early 40s maybe) and I were the last ones to get done. When it was just us left, the professor said, "And here you two are, the best writers in the class and the ones who will benefit least from this exercise, poring over these papers and are actually taking time to find the mistakes, correct them and are the last ones to finish."

That compliment made my day :D

Then the prof said, "That girl, when she said she wasn't here to be an English teacher, I thought to myself 'I don't want you to be an English teacher anyway.' If you're going to be an English teacher, you had better be fluent in your native tongue."

This guy is my favorite teacher <3

My Dad, being a minister, has to have exceptional English and speaking skills. My Mom, being a librarian and high school teacher, also has to have good English skills. I am glad they passed it on to me :)

Oh and if you were wondering, the paper I got had a lot of red ink on it after I was done :P I gave it a C grade, though he would have probably given it a D.

Going to the Symphony (Maybe)

I mentioned in a previous post a trip to Pittsburgh Mom and I were planning.

She had bought us tickets to see a concert at Heinz Hall performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra titled, "John Williams and the Music of the Movies" and it was to be conducted by John Williams himself.

Unfortunately, due to a back injury, he was no able to make it to Pittsburgh and therefore the concert was cancelled. They're supposedly working on rescheduling it...

A question for symphony goers (Naturgesetz), what should I wear?

Pizza

Yesterday, I met my old friends Andrew and Kelsey for pizza! :D

For those that don't remember, Andrew and Kelsey were my best friends in elementary school until I moved out of the area. I've heard from another friend that Andrew may be gay, but I've never seen or heard anything to support that rumor.

Kelsey is the only girl I've felt strongly about. People used to say we'd get married someday, though we've never gone out. In fact, yesterday was the only time I've ever really been out with her outside of school. She has a boyfriend, by the way. :P

Anyway, Andrew and I go to the same college so we made plans to get together yesterday at the Pizza Hut near the college. It was only supposed to be the two of us until he texted me asking if Kelsey could join us. Then I saw this on Facebook:

We had a great time! Andrew was right, it was like 6th grade all over again. They haven't changed at all :)

There are no immediate plans to get together again, but I'm sure we will. Kelsey goes to a University not too far away, but next semester she'll be going to the college Andrew and I go to, so I'm sure we'll be together frequently then. :)

I hope

The Word "Queer"

Definition from Dictionary.com:

1. strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular: a queer notion of justice.

2. of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady: Something queer about the language of the prospectus kept investors away.

3. not feeling physically right or well; giddy, faint, or qualmish: to feel queer.

4. mentally unbalanced or deranged.

5. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive .

a. homosexual.

b. effeminate; unmanly.

6. Slang. bad, worthless, or counterfeit.

–verb (used with object)

7. to spoil; ruin.

8. to put (a person) in a hopeless or disadvantageous situation as to success, favor, etc.

9. to jeopardize.

–noun

10. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive . a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.

11. Slang . counterfeit money.

—Idiom

12. queer the pitch, British Informal. to spoil the chances of success.


Dear LGBT activists,

STOP using this word to describe yourself! To me, other gay people, and homophobes; the word queer is a derogatory term! There is nothing good about the word. Stop using the same word the people who are working against us use as an insult!


If you're wondering, this is what sparked this small rant:

Gay activists plan " queer kissing flashmob" during pope's visit to Barcelona

Election Day!

Hey, Americans!

DO

NOT

FORGET

TO

VOTE

TOMORROW!

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Today, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephan Colbert hosted a rally in Washington D.C. Originally two separate rallies (Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity, and faux ultra-right conservative Stephen Colbert's March To Keep Fear Alive), the two combined their rallies after a permit problem (Colbert says he didn't know he was supposed to have a permit).



The rally included musical guests from Tony Bennett singing America the Beautiful, to Ozzy Osbourne, among numerous others. In my personal opinion, the musical entertainment left something to be desired. The Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, conducted experiments with the audience doing the wave, jumping all at once and recording it using a seismograph, and having the audience respond at once to sounds shown as words on the jumbotrons (i.e. laugh, silent, laugh like a mad scientist, laugh politely, cheek pop, and cheer).

Tens of thousands turned out for the event:





Skits were performed by Stewart and Colbert, including a "debate" on what to fear (see videos after this post).

Fears included:

Poison in our water,



Muslims (with Kareem Abdul-Jabar, basketball legend and Muslim making a cameo),



and robots (with Star Wars' R2-D2 making another cameo).




At the end of the rally, Stewart made this speech:

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Jon Stewart - Moment of Sincerity
www.comedycentral.com
Rally to Restore Sainty and/or Fear The Daily Show The Colbert Report

While I never watched The Daily Show or The Colbert Report before, I wanted to attend this rally. The reason for the rally, a call to tone down the noisy rhetoric and hate spewed by both sides of the mainstream media and other news outlets from MSNBC to CNN to Fox News, is one that I agree with 100%. It doesn't do anybody any good.

Unfortunately, I waited too long to start seriously planning the trip. A month ago, hotel rooms within my price range were all booked up. So, I was planning on driving down to D.C. early in the morning, then going home that same day. It would have taken me 6 hours at the most one way, so the idea was a little crazy (ironic considering the reason for the rally). It wasn't until last week I found out there were rally buses leaving from major cities, including Pittsburgh. However, the Pittsburgh buses were already filled. I begged Dad to let me go, but he wouldn't let me. I watched it on C-SPAN instead.

I thought it was a great rally and I hope it sends a message.




Now, for those who don't know, Stephen Colbert pretends to be a right-wing cable TV blowhard. His show, The Colbert Report, is used to show how utterly ridiculous some of the things you hear from news organizations actually are. Here now is a segment titled "Stephen Colbert's Fear For All" which highlights the "5 main fear groups." One of the 5 is homosexuality, which is why I'm posting this here.

Watch:

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Fear for All Pt. 1
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Fear for All Pt. 2
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes 2010 Election March to Keep Fear Alive

Just An Ordinary Day

Yesterday was my 19th birthday. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary except reply to birthday wishes on Twitter and Facebook. Mom offered to buy me dinner, but I had to go to CAD class and didn't have time. Instead, she and I are going to go to Pittsburgh in a couple weeks and celebrate.

More on that later.

I got mostly money for gifts. I prefer getting money instead of having people buy me stuff I may not use. With money I can just buy what ever I want/need.

So... Yeah... I'm running out of things to blog about!

Date Fail

Ok so it wasn't really a "date" but Amanda and I planned on going out for our birthdays. Her's in on the 25th and mine is on the 28th. I planned on taking her to The Spaghetti Warehouse in Pittsburgh, but her husband didn't want her going that far *rolls eyes*

So instead we changed the plan and decided to go to another semi-fancy Italian restaurant a bit closer to home in the city my college is in.

Buuuuttttt

I texted her right around the time she was supposed to leave her house to come to Dad's and she said some things came up at the last minute and she probably couldn't make it.

So we're gonna try for next weekend.

Purple Day Thingy

I guess today you're supposed to wear purple in support of the LGBT community.

I'm not really that familiar with the concept but I guess it's kinda like wearing pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Anyway, I completely forgot about it this morning and wore a black shirt. Actually, I don't have anything purple other than an Easter tie...

So to make up for it, I changed my avatar on Twitter and some of the colors on my blog.


On another note, stay tuned sometime over the weekend for a proper blogpost. I'm going out with someone on Friday night.

That's all I'm saying right now.

;)

English Journal II

In CAD class but it's break time so I figured I better blog this before I forget.

Got my English journal back today. Like I said before, the prof didn't read them. He just made sure we had the required number of pages.

More about last night:

Not sure why Mark sat behind me. I should note that he was already there before I got there. He asked me a couple questions during class, and did stuff that prompted me to look at him (probably not done on purpose). Everytime I looked at him he was smiling. He has a lovely smile :D

Too bad he has a girlfriend...

Sent from my iPod

ZOMG!

Mark, the cute guy, is sitting right behind me tonight! He usually sits on the other side of the room! :O

Sent from my iPod

@ Commenters

(like the new header?)



Ok, so I guess there's a lot of concern about my last post. People think I'm unwillingly outing myself and all that stuff.

Well...

I did write that knowing full well that the professor *may* read it (not aloud). But, the whole journal is 21 pages long and the excerpts I posted are buried beween a bunch of other random garbage.

I think it is unlikely the professor is going to read my whole 21 page journal when he's got a lot of others. Also, grammar and form do not matter so he's not even going to look that closely at them. I think he's only looking to see if we have 21 pages.

Also, he certainly isn't going to read it out loud in class. And there is no way it is going to make it back to my Dad or anyone else.

Third, I know this professor is gay-friendly based on stuff he said during class once. He's also a very liberal guy.

So while I don't think there is any risk involved in writing that, I don't think there will be any bad consequences.

Oh and by the way, I turned it in on Thursday so it's too late now anyway :P

If I do get outed, as one commenter said, it's time

English Journal

We have to write a journal for English class. Three pages for every week we have class. It gets turned in only twice - midterm and at the end of the semester. Well, midterm is here and it was due yesterday. 21 pages. Well, I needed something to write about so I wrote about being gay.

Here's what I wrote:

I wasn’t sure if I should write about this in here or not, but I want to write about it now (and I need something to fill the space!). To come out and say it, I’m gay. I’ve known for a long time, but I only started accepting it when I was 14 or 15. Nobody knows except one person, Alex, who used to be my best friend. I’m afraid to tell my parents because I don’t know how they’ll react. Dad will probably have a negative reaction since he is a minister. Mom may have a better reaction because I remember her saying once that she doesn’t think “those people” have a choice.

We do not have a choice. I get sick and tired of people, who are usually straight, saying that gay people have a choice in the matter. Well, I never chose to be gay. In fact, who would chose to be gay and have the possibility of your friends and family hating you because of it? I certainly wouldn’t.

It seems that society is becoming more accepting of gays today than it was only a handful of years ago. That is another reason why I am a Democrat. Democrats are a lot more likely to fight for gay rights than Republicans are. Republicans seem to be the Conservative Christians who think we should use the Bible as a law book. I don’t think it’s good for society that we do that.

Since my Dad is a minister and a Republican, I walk this virtual tightrope between being gay and Christian. I go to church every Sunday. Not because I want to, but because it is expected since I live with Dad. I do like going because I get to see a lot of people I wouldn’t see otherwise. However, I don’t know whether I believe or not. It’s difficult to when the Bible basically says that God hates gays while still claiming He loves everyone. I’m in a difficult position.

I also wrote this:

I started blogging a few years ago when I was in a situation with my best friend and I couldn’t get help from my friends or family since that would mean they would find out that I am gay. Writing down details of the situation here would be tantamount to too much information overload.

Anyway, I have met so many great people from blogging. Since they live all over the world, I also have learned about their culture and society, too. My best online friends literally live all around the world. They live in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, and the Philippines.

Talking

The cute guy in my night classes has talked to me twice now :O

(big deal)

Last week he came over to my desk to look at a sketch I did cos the teacher said mine was "the most authentic."

Then just a few mins ago I handed him the attendance sheet after writing my name on it and he asked me how to pronounce my last name. Then he asked of I have ever shot the rifle that shares my last name.

Both times made my heart beat fast D:

On another note, I'm getting over my cold kind of. Still coughing and sneezing, but no more sore throats or sinus headaches.

Sent from my iPod

Sick T_T

I've been sick since Friday.

Sore throat all day Friday.

Bad congestion yesterday and today.

My head feels like it's gonna explode.

-__-

New House Pics!

I had to stop at the new house Friday to let the gas company in to turn on the gas and light the pilot light in the furnace. While I was there I took some pictures with my cellphone (hence the bad quality). I want to go down again soon and take some better pictures and also take measurements to figure out furniture placement.

So here's the grand tour :P


The garage is huge! The day I took these pictures, I turned my car around *inside* the garage so I didn't have to back out into the alley :P



This is the backyard as seen from the garage and the back of the house.




There is a small man-made pond and waterfall off to the side of the house. The previous owners couldn't take the fish with them, so they left them for us. There are a few goldfish, including the huge one seen above, plus two others. Not sure what kind they are.



Kitchen.


Screened-in patio/porch.

Sunroom.



This room will start out as Mom's office, but she and her BF are thinking about turning it into a bar.


Dinning room. The door on the right leads to the downstairs bathroom. Inside and to the left of that doorway is another small room that has the washer, dryer, and basement entrance.



Living room.


Master bedroom.



This will probably be my room.



Eventually we'll use this room as a guest room, but for now it'll probably be storage.



1 of two huge closets.



The bathtub in the upstairs bathroom has jacuzzi jets! :D


Stanley Steamer came Saturday and cleaned the carpets and tiled floors. Gas, water, and electricity have all been turned on.

I'll take a load of boxes with me tonight when I go back down to the college for my Tech Drawing class (ugh). I'll probably take some more down each day this week. Friday is the official moving day.


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The music that started it all :D

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
"Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner"
John Williams

Closing!

Mom informed me yesterday that they will be closing on the house this afternoon! :D

Move in will be sometime over the weekend.

I'll try to get some pics soon.

Eye Contact

Sitting in Tech Drawing class. Class hasn't started yet. The cute guy (Mark) walked in. I looked up and he was already looking at me. We both looked away :P

Sent from my iPod

Hired!

Well Dad had a session meeting today and I'm hired :D

If you missed my post about it, I'm basically just the janitor for the church :P I just have to go in and clean once a week. Also cut the grass and snow removal. I start in two weeks.

It pays only $140/month (after taxes) until the church does the budget in two months. When they do the budget we'll see about raising it up to around $200.

Income will go primarily to putting gas in my car.

Lender Troubles

Mom left this message on my FB page:

My lender says we cannot close on Monday. They say they need more information before I can close. Im not sure it is going to happen at all - sorry.

What the fuck?!

This is the second time the lender has asked for more information! Mom's BF used to be a real estate lawyer and said last week he wants to give them a piece of his mind, but mom won't let him. I think she should! I just messaged her back and said she's come too far just to quit now.

Ugh

Pictures from College

I sometimes tweet pictures while I'm out and about if I see something tweet-worthy. It's not really fair that those of you who don't follow me on twitter can't see them. So I guess I'll post the college related pics on here :)

This is the lobby of the theater and Technology Building (which I'm in most).

This is a blurry picture of the area between the buildings.

Took this my first or second day. This is the view from one of the lounges.

Here's the view from another lounge by the bookstore. This lounge has a bunch of couches, armchairs, tables for working, and a fireplace with a TV above it.

The view out another lounge area in the Tech Building.

This is looking toward the fireman training facility. Not sure what the brown brick building is for, but they had the white one on fire the other day. It was pretty cool to see :P

This was the sky my first day there D:

Driving through downtown

My first CAD creation :D I've made a ton of other stuff since then :P

And here's a couple pictures of the cute guy. Nothing too revealing :P

Awkward D:

Sitting in Tech Drawing class. The cute guy and I just looked at each other at the same time D:

Sent from my iPod

Boorreeddd

I'm sitting in my Intro to AutoCAD night class bored. We're on break now. Figured I'd try out blogging from my iPod again.

The cute guy in my night classes has a really nice smile and voice ^_^ His name is Mark if I haven't already told you.

I know he's straight cos I stalked him on FB :P

Break is about over now. Really random post, huh? :P

Sent from my iPod

Job

Well I unofficially have a job!

Dad came home the other day and told me he found a job for me. He told me that he was at the post office and the guy who cleans our church approached him and told him he'll be resigning at the end of September because he can't keep up with all his other jobs (he does a lot of stuff for the city). So that job will be open at the end of the month.

I've actually been after this job since last year. The guy never did that great of a job since he did have a lot on his plate.

Anyway, the job doesn't pay that much but it is a lot more than what I make now :P The current salary (which hasn't been raised in years) is $150some a month, but Dad says he can probably get it up to around $200. If I get the job then I'd have to go in once a week (Fri. or Sat.) and do general cleaning. In the winter I'll have to do snow removal (which Dad and I were doing anyway).

Dad has to take everything to the Session next Sunday during their monthly meeting.

First Week of College

My first week of college was... hectic to say the least.

After the first day I realized I had picked the wrong major. I picked Architectural Drafting and Design with CAD since I like building 3D models. I thought that major was focused on CAD but it isn't at all. The major I wanted is called Computer-Aided Drafting Technologies. I'm not sure why I didn't realize my mistake earlier...

Anyway so I changed my major Tuesday morning. I was already taking 3 required classes so I just had to drop 2 from the original major and add 2 more for the new major. The two new classes are Technical Drawing and Intro to Microcomputing.

The microcomputing class is really just a basic computer class where you learn how to operate a computer and use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. I already know how to do all that stuff so I was able to "test out" of that class. I had to pay $156 and take the final exam. I passed with an %80 which is a B. Since I passed I get full credit for that course but don't have to go to any classes or anything. That means I only have to take 4 classes now.

Speaking of my schedule, it's a little weird. Basically I have a class every morning then a class from 6-9 every night except Fridays.

MWF I have Technical Math I from 9-10 then Technical Drawing from 6-9 (except Friday)
Tues. and Thurs. I have English I from 9:30 to 11 then Intro to AutoCAD from 6-9. Since there is a big gap between classes, I go home after the morning class. It takes 45 minutes one way and it's ~25 miles so I'm putting ~100 miles on my car a day :\ At least until Mom officially gets the house which is only 10 minutes away from the college.


I've made one friend already. A female :P We met Tuesday when I was waiting in a lounge for my night class. We have the same Intro to AutoCAD class.

There is also a guy in that class who is also in my Tech Drawing class. He's cute but straight :P He's the only cute guy I've noticed in any of my classes D:

On the fly post

Ok so I have 10 minutes before I have to get ready to go to my last class. I wanted to briefly update you on how things are going.

1. College has started of course

2. I changed my major

3. Because of that my schedule is totally different and crazy.

Basically each day (except Fri.) I have a class in the morning then a class from 6-9 at night. Fridays there are no night classes.

Now, there is a class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:10 to 3:35. It's a basic computer class that is required for my new major. It teaches Windows applications, Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. Since I know almost everything covered already, I'm going to try and "test out" of it tomorrow.


I'm have to go get ready for my next class (I'm at home right now), so I'll make a better detailed post over the weekend or when I have time.

See ya!

College Orientation

Today I had orientation at my college from 1-3 but I didn't get out of there until a quarter to 4.

I got there around 12:30 and planned on going to the bookstore to pick up my books which had already been ordered. I saw people going into the auditorium already so I just went there instead. They had a small band from Pittsburgh entertaining us before the program started. I'm sorry I didn't bring earplugs...

Speakers included the college president, a lady from Student Services, another lady from ACE which is tutoring and whatnot, and a really funny guy at the end. He called up a male and female from several different categories (new college students, parents, people with blue eyes, athletes, etc) to show us how diverse the school is. Speaking of diversity, I've check twice and they do not have a LGBT club/organization.

Next we were split into groups according to our program of study. There are two architecture groups: Drafting and Design and Mechanical Engineering. Me and 5 other people are majoring in Drafting and Design. We met in our main classroom with the department head who also teaches two of our classes - Architectural Graphics and Intro to Architecture (which is a history class).

He went through a lengthy Power Point about the different projects we'll be working on throughout the semester. It seems really interesting. We'll also be working with the guy who founded what is now a major architectural firm in the city my school is in. The guy turns 90 tomorrow O_O Random Fact - He flew p-51 Mustangs over Germany in WWII.

After he was done talking we headed over to the cafeteria building where they had information set up about clubs and sports. Nothing I'm really interested in. Their clubs sound kinda boring actually lol. All students got a free lanyard and student planner. It's the same kind of student planner I had at my old school and they are really handy!

After getting that stuff I went over to the bookstore where I had to get a ticket and wait in line for 20 minutes. Luckily there is a lounge right there with comfy couches, armchairs, a fireplace with a TV hanging above it. When I was finally able to go into the bookstore I just gave one of the girls my receipt and she went and got my books. They are heavy (and expensive)!




I still had to get my parking permit, but I wasn't going to lug those heavy books plus a bunch of papers around so I walked all the way back to the car to drop them off. All the way back over at the "Student Success Center" I had to get a card and put down info about my car and pay $30 and they gave me a pretty yellow parking permit :P

After that I was done so I came home :)

It takes me about 45 minutes both ways. I can't wait until Mom gets the house so I won't have to drive as far in the winter or when I just don't feel like coming back here lol. I haven't timed it but I think it only takes 10 minutes to get from the new house to the college.

Mom formally takes possession of the house on Sept. 15th (a Wednesday), then her BF is paying for cleaners to come the following day or two. So we'll have that weekend to get moved in. I'm getting a new bedroom suit (double bed, dresser, nightstand) so I won't have to use my crappy old stuff and I won't have to move anything out of Dad's house except for clothes and all that stuff.

I can't wait!


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John Williams' work on the original Star Wars movies are some of his best, in my opinion. Here is the main part of "The Battle of Hoth - Part 1" featured in The Empire Strikes Back. This action piece is one of the most fast-paced I've ever heard. It's really good :)

John Williams
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
"The Battle of Hoth - Part 1" excerpt (full version here)

Oh Hai!

Let's get to the most important thing first:

I have a 3 hour orientation on Friday at my college. My old friend Andrew is going to the same college so I'm thinking about sending him a message on Facebook to see if he wants to meet up while we're down there.

So, I'll blog again after I get back from orientation.


Less important thing:

The poll has closed. Here are the results:

New Poll! Finally something interesting on this blog! ;)

It's been forever since I've done a poll!

On Twitter an interesting topic came up regarding which term people use when they're talking about masturbation. The 3 most popular on Twitter are jack off (American), wank (British), and a new one: fap.

So out of curiosity (and a little competition between the Brits and Americans), I'm asking which you use when talking about jacking off *cough* I mean masturbating?

You are allowed to select more than one!


My answer: I use all of them lol

Ignored :( ::UPDATED::

Well I sent out a bunch of friend requests on Facebook the other day including one to Jacob. That night I looked at his profile (at his pictures to be more specific :P) and the "add as friend" button was on his profile again. If you have a pending friend request it'll say "awaiting friend request confirmation" or something like that. So that means he must have ignored my friend request, but then I wasn't sure if I actually sent him one because I sent a bunch out.

Sooooo I sent another one. Yesterday I looked and the "add as friend" button was there again! So I guess he doesn't remember me.... Also there is usually an option to add a message to your friend requests, but he apparently has that disabled. So I can't even message him!

Ugh...


::UPDATE::

One of Jacob's female friends posted a few days ago that she was going shopping "with Jacob." I assumed that meant the Jacob I'm talking about. So after some encouragement, I commented on that post saying, "Jacob (last name)? Tell him I said hi! I sent him a friend request but I guess he ignored it... I don't think he remembers me haha." Not even two minutes passed when she replied, "haha ok i will! I'm going over his house later so i'll mention it to him! :)"

So... I don't know what's going to happen now haha.



I'm disappointed they didn't perform this at the Star Wars concert cos I love it haha

Gay Marriage Debate

On my "news flash" post about the Prop. 8 ruling a debate sprang up between a few people about gay marriage. I think everyone already knows the arguments but if you want to know the arguments about this specific debate on my blog feel free to go read the comments.

To those involved in the argument and everyone else, just watch the first minute of this clip to find out why it was ruled unconstitutional. If you want, continue watching to hear excerpts from the judge's ruling.

From The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC:

Holy Hell!!!!!

I was on Facebook earlier today and a girl from my old school posted about going shopping with her friend Jacob. When I went to that high school, I was sure Jacob was gay. I even had a crush on him at one point :P

Anyway so I did some "Facebook stalking" and found out for sure that HE IS GAY!!! That means I went to school with two gay people at the same time! Now I really wish I never left that place to come back here!

I added him and some of my other old friends on Facebook. I wish I didn't live so far away from them all. Well I suppose 45 minutes isn't really *that* far, but still...

Proposition 8 has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge!

This is a great step towards greater equality for marriage among the LGBT community.

Goodbye Old Friends

Today we had to take one of our dogs, Chubbs, to the vet to have him put down. It's difficult to describe what was wrong with him. You can see in this picture that he has a mass in his mouth, but that wasn't the reason he had to be put down.



Also Saturday I had to take two of the cats the neighbors had left behind and dump them off near the home of a lady who works for the PSPCA. She houses animals she rescues until she takes them to a proper shelter. Every shelter in our region is over capacity and so is our house. We would have had to wait until Christmas time before the humane societies were able to take in anymore cats (that's crazy!) The one cat already gave birth months ago and is pregnant again, and the other one is pregnant too. We couldn't have any more cats in our house and we couldn't take them anywhere so I was forced to take them out there in the middle of the night and let them loose with the hope that they would wander over to that lady's house.



They were outside cats so they can take care of themselves in the wild, but they were pregnant...

Ugh I feel bad about doing it, but I had to...

*sigh*

Now we have 1 dog and 8(!) cats. Hopefully we'll be able to get rid of a few more soon (by using more humane means).