The wolf, overloading and generally just freaking out.

Where to begin, well it's been over a week since I shared my thoughts here.  I thought I'd sit down and power though everything that I've been working on.  So lets begin....

Everyone is watching the campaigns, everyone is so concerned about i'm a liberal, i'm a conservative.  Well as I stated on facebook this is where politicians want you.  By labeling you they put you in a group that you will defend and follow.  Meanwhile they have their grubby little paws in the cookie jar stealing all your cookies.  They like you peacefully oblivious.  It's obvious by the mass media bull crap that we are force fed on a daily basis.  Well it's time for a change, time to do something about it.  Don't just take things for granted, do your homework.  Be the wolf, not the sheep.  I will leave this part of this weeks message with a quote from Thorin of Wickedjester "It is not a question of who will let me, It is a question of who will stop me."  and "You laugh at me because I'm different but I laugh at you because you are all the same."

Well another week is almost in the books.  Am I stressing out? Yup very much.  I've been reviewing getting ready for my first java program for Advanced Java Programming and apparently i'm not happy with my progress in this.  I'm still struggling to get my routine down for this semester.  This week I'm swamped both at work and at home.  Sandra D. has been a bright spot in all this.  She's managed to keep me from freaking completely out.  That and my daily talks with Wayne who finished the same degrees last year.  So I'm riding the ragged edge a little not sleeping like I should mainly because I'm  freaking out over these projects.  Though I am less freaked this week than last week.  Hopefully next week I'll settle in and get some real work done.

Even with the craziness I've been happier and doing more than usual.  I blame Sandra for this, she has a knack for making me smile.  For me it's the looks she gives me when she thinks i'm not looking.   I think talking to her after work while we walk to the cars is probably my favorite and at the same time saddest part of my day.  Favorite because I get to talk to her and hang out.  Saddest because I have to leave and come home.  I know I went all sappy on you.  Well this is what's on my mind right now. 

Things I'm thinking about:
My programming project (more and more)
Sandra D. (of course)
Trying to remember what sleep feels like.

Movies I want to see:
Underworld
Red Tails

Music:
I listened to Dean Martin's "That's amore" earlier it's still stuck in my head.
Howlin For You by Black Keys
Outside by Staind
Crazy Train by Ozzy (nuff said)

Web Sites:
Wicked Jester  www.wickedjester.com
Order of the Stick  www.giantitp.com

Till next time I put fingers to keyboard and my mind to this madness, be safe.

Fourteen weeks to go and thars life in them thar hills.....

School News:
Well it has been a week since the last post so here we are again another late night.  Am I still freaking out about the projects? Oh yea! So far I've turned in my initial proposal on the user support project.  I finally decided to do an online gaming company for the game I'm writing for my programming Capstone.  So far I've decided that I'm still treading water but just barely.  I'm working on Chapter ones assignments in user support, reviewing chapters 1 through 4 in java and trying to get my written proposal together for the programming Capstone.  On the Java mainly I'm working through all the end of chapter programs.  Its boring but a good review.  So there are fourteen weeks of school left and i know your bored to tears by now I know.

Personal News:
Well good news, I'm on the dating scene again just when i thought it would never happen for me again. I asked her out and to my surprise she said yes.   Its nice to feel like I'm not a cast off anymore.  I don't want to say much about it for fear I might jinx it.  I know my plate is very full with school and work and now I've added more.  I think its worth it though.  I know I smile and laugh a lot more.  So yea that's life in them that hills. . . .

So since everything has been everyday things I thought I'd shake it up a bit so here's a new section for the blog.

All Things Geek:
Did you know that your digital camera can see infered signals? Turn on the camera phone point the TV remote at your camera and press a button you'll see the infered pulse.  Some are a light blue some red.  A good way to see if the batteries in the remote need changing.

Did you know you can hook the motherboards from 8 playstation3's together and make a super computer? You can. The PS3 uses a cell type processor that seems perfect for this.  There quite a few articles on Google about it.  Apparently it works very nice.

Upcoming. . .
More updates on school, personal news and all things geek.  Well we'll see. Until next time.

The beginning of the end.

Well it"s official the Spring 2012 semester is underway.  With a little effort, hard work and luck I will graduate in May.  It has been a long journey but I believe this semester will feel like the last three years rolled into one.  This semester is ambitious.  I will again be pushing the envelope in Java programming, learning about user support as it applies to help desk services, and finishing my two final projects.

My programming project will be an old school Mud. For those unfamiliar with what a mud is look up Dragonrealms or Aetolia online to get an idea.  I'm still writing up the proposal so I haven't worked out all the particulars with it.  The plan is to run the actual game from a C++ program which pulls the game data from an access database.  Then create a game masters interface for creature, npc, item and room creation in visual basic.  This seems very ambitious to me and may have to be scaled back some.  For now I have fifteen weeks to make this all come together.

My user support project will be to set up the servers, firewalls, routers, find an ISP, set up all the background support that my programming project Mud would require.  From remote connections to ecommerce for the site.  Again a pretty ambitious project.

I am a little nervous but looking forward to the challenges ahead.  This post has been all about school but this won't always be the case.  This is just what's foremost on my mind today.  With that I will close for now.

A slow start . . .

Well I set this up as most do with grand plans of how this blog would be different cutting edge and be my outlet, nae my canvas, to share my thoughts and ideas with the world.  So its at least been 2 months since the first blog.  As its 2012, lets begin a new. Today was a good, albeit, a busy day.  As I'm new to blogging bear with me while I find my way through all that is blogging.  I'm unsure what or where this is going but I wanted to put something in writing. 

Things I'm thinking about or into now: Reading George R.R. Martins "Dance with Dragons", Playing "Skyrim, Need for Speed The Run, Borderlands, Demon Soul", Listening to "Volbeat, Red, Five Finger Death Punch, RA, Shaman's Harvest", Watching "Burn Notice, Grimm, Sons of Guns, Sherlock, Dr. Who, Blue Mountain State, Last Man Standing, Whitney", Programming "Working on my Capstone which is a MultiUser Dungeon using Visual Basic, C++, and Access"

Well I think I've written enough for now.  Next time maybe I'll have the Database connected to the C++ or Vis Basic.