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).