So I was checking out my unofficial transcript this morning...

how 'bout them apples

new dwelling

looking forward to August

done

So now I'm just waiting for my grades. I have no doubt I passed all my classes, but there are always uncertainties until I see the final grade. Funny enough I don't feel any different. Maybe it's because I have been at this for so long I just don't know how to feel different. Or maybe I have been checked out for so many years I am as relaxed as I can be already. Whichever turns out to be the case does not deny the fact that I am finally done with school and earned that pesky piece of paper that seem to be so hard to obtain.

me worried?

I'm done with three of my classes. I already have my grade in the HR capstone class. I have a B-, which is the same as what he gave me last semester in legal issues. I'm fine with it. As long as I don't have a C in that class I'm happy. I think I worked a lot harder in that class then the last class. I feel like I learned something there for once. It's debatable how much I will be able to retain and use. But hey, a B- is not a C. I didn't do too well in the objective part of the final, but it was still above average. I did fairly well on the essay part, I guess he thinks I make sense on some of the stuff I wrote. So that's one down.

The one I took last Friday was pretty easy. I don't want to jinx myself or anything, but to keep my A in that one I needed a 65% in the final. I think I'm pretty set. I was the first one out the door again. Technology classes can be boring for me, but if it raises my GPA I'm all for it.

The one I took yesterday was on compensation. I'm interested in the subject but it's not the most exciting book to read. I think I'll get a B or B+ in there. That's still pretty good.

Tomorrow I have two more finals I am studying for right now. Well I will start in a minute after I finish eating. I'm expecting a B and C in those classes. That still gives me a decent GPA at the end. I feel like my mom is really nervous about this whole graduation thing. She keeps asking me about grades. It's getting a bit on my nerves. I understand why she would feel this way but hey, I'm good this time.

something different

As some of you may notice, this looks a little bit different. I've decided to streamline, consolidate, and make this a little brighter. After all the most important part is the content. All the links on my side bar are now on del.icio.us. I will need to sort them out further in the future, but as for now it's all consolidated into a few broad categories that resembled what I had out on this page. This way it's easier to sort and edit. Some of the list items I have moved to my Google notebook. Again, a whole lot more mutable and easier to organize and post. Speaking of posting, I installed a new software on my phone that allows me to post things to flickr, youtube, and facebook. Well they have a lot more applications, but I picked the ones I use most. It's nice to have because I don't have to mess around with my clunky email every time I want to post something. I suppose I'm really starting to embrace this pervasive internet thing.

Today is ridiculously hot. It's about noon and it's almost 90 degrees outside. Crazy. I had the air conditioner on last night so I could fall asleep. I don't think it can beat this heat. So I came out again to my perch. At least there's good coffee and air conditioning here.

another week and a half...

so close... and yet so far away

a good idea

http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/03/introducing-the-hipster-pda
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/notebook-productivity-tips-2/


I can totally do that. I think I'm going to make one tomorrow with all of that scratch paper I have. Yay recycle!

**update**
I'm so proud of myself. I almost gave in and bought stuff to make this bad boy... but no.... I made one with the stuff I had on hand. Yay to scrap paper!

reset

If I needed to hit the reset button, I did that today. My friend got me to go to the gym this morning. I made the 2 miles, and we're going to do it again tomorrow at 6:30 in the morning. I had the whole morning to myself. I refiled and organized all my papers. I can find my records now from bank accounts to health insurance to tax return. It's nice. The folder labels makes more sense now too. I did the same with my coursework. Now I have a pretty good view on what I need to do. It's actually not too bad. I'm doing laundry. I wanted to take a nap, but I made a gigantic mug of coffee instead. I cleaned my room. Cleared out part of my bookshelf that hosts my scrapbook stuff. I'm digging my way back to it.

In order for me to make more layouts, well other then the two I made, I need to know what I have. I got some folders and I intend to separate out the different elements and start planning some pages.

I felt like I got so much done today. Now I need to eat, and get ready for work. I work at 5... good times.

fried sushi and the 2 mile mark

I had fried sushi today. I had it on Tuesday too. I'm done with it. In fact I'm done with fried food for now... during the week anyway. I'm done with sodas, coffee with syrup, sweet tea, and sugary juices. That and I've been spending way too much on junk food lately. The more strip down my food the better. I've been taking my vitamins regularly. I need to just move down the list and do the things I've put down. I ran tonight. I made myself do it. I was at the 1.75 mark today, tomorrow is 2 miles. Quarter mile more at a time. I just have to do it. Let's see where that gets me.

my window is open

It's been a long time since I opened my window. This winter is long. I'm trying to do things differently this time around. I'm tired of feeling stale.

I had a meeting at work this morning. It was probably the most productive meeting I've ever been to. Half the people were painting the room, and I lead the other half into a crop session. That's right. Cropping. I think we ended with with about 8 layouts this morning. In two hours. We're pretty efficient. It's funny I have all the material in my room. The good stuff. And I've only done two layouts. I don't know what holds me back. Having other people make them and encouraging them is fun. They were reluctant at first, didn't know what to do. I just told them, there's no right answer, just put down what you feel is good. They did. And it turned out great. How come nobody ever really said that to me before? I feel like I don't have that sort of encouragement. I always want to do things the "right" way, and I end up not working on it at all. I tried to be a perfectionist, and I give up when I can't get it perfect.

Having done something and learn from it is better then not doing it at all.

The Gore-Powell ticket....

Yeah, I wish. Wouldn't that be a cool thing? Hell I would even campaign for that. Out of my incredibly busy schedule I will find time to help make it happen. I kid you not. But hell... that'll never happen... So this is yet another fairly depressing election. I decided not to vote for the primary. Honestly I don't really like anyone in particular right now. I heard on the radio or maybe it was the TV this morning something I've been saying for a while. I think it's awesome we have a black man running. Notice I didn't say "african american", I said black. After all I don't say "female american" for the other candidate. I'm tired of this politically correct bullshit. Anyway, point is, somebody mentioned it's great that he talks about hope and change and move forward and some such... but where is the substance? I don't see any of that, it's actually a little depressing. I was watching the news this morning and there was yet another investigative report. So what if Hillary was the board of Walmart. People are so fricking hypocritical. This company is successful because it has a clear vision and great execution. People may not agree with they way they run the business, but hey, it's the 10th(?) largest economy in the WORLD by itself, and there are great reasons for that. People want to turn the board member thing against her. I think that's a more or less desperate move. The roles of unions are getting more and more marginalized. The AFL/CIO does not hold as much power then it did before. The whole reason to have a union is to gain bargaining power. With the advance of information technology, people are more and more aware of the rights they have when it comes to employment. With the exception of the SEIU, the union is becoming obsolete. I starting to not like watching the news.

Anyway, I had too much coffee this morning I think. It's not even 9 in the morning and I'm sitting in the union ranting. I have a pretty damn good reason for it. I got up early so I can find parking. It took me 5 minutes instead of my 45 minutes then ending up at park-and-ride like Tuesday. It's not that bad, it's actually about 45 later then I had to get up last semester, and I get to eat before I head out. I think I'll have to do that from now on. Ah well.

I got all of my classes. This semester I'm only taking 15 unites. Yeah I said only. I took 18 last semester. But I think there's actually going to be more work this semester, seeing they're mostly capstone seminars. Did I mention those are the last classes I need to take? Yeah it looks like I get to walk this May.

I honestly don't know what I want to do after this. I just want to put my head down and get done with it.

The new-ish Foo Fighters album is pretty good. I finally got around to listen to it. I wish they were going to play closer then Oakland. I would have gotten tickets for it.

ah yes, school and stuff

So this week was the first week of school. Well technically half week because it didn't start until Wednesday. It has been all kinds of suck. I have 3 classes I need to add into, and one of them I'm not even sure if there will be enough room. So yeah. Good times. I'm just not going to worry about it now, nothing I can do at the moment. I will most likely get into the classes I need. So yeah.... frustrating, but it will happen.

I did a fun little quiz thing on ABC News last night. It's a match-o-matic on ideology. So who are my top 3 candidates for this election? Biden, Dodd, and Hilary. Imagine that. I just find it amusing.

I think I got somebody at work in trouble today. I felt kind of bad about it for a bit. He's a nice kid and all. But when you sell 19 computers/printers with no service plans at all, and you tell me you didn't really try, I don't think I should feel too guilty about it. One of the managers said he needs to talk to him, another one got upset enough to want to see a write up. That comes at a bad time because he just applied for a leadership position. This gets me thinking. Am I out to get people that is actually nice to me? I feel like I'm out there to hinder somebody's career. He has a lot more to lose then I do. Maybe this is my way to try to push him to do better. I don't know. Maybe I like to put people down. I'm sadistic like that. Maybe I just felt obligated. I know it was the right thing to do. I didn't actually point out that particular shortfall. It stands out by itself. It is something I had to show those people anyway and they had been asking for it. Maybe that is where ethics and loyalty comes in. I tell it like it is. I do what I'm suppose to do. I can still sleep at night. That probably means I'm doing the right thing.

cooler...

this rain is actually a little depressing. I didn't feel like going out at all today. Well actually I couldn't have even if I wanted to. I was buried in my piles of dust-balls and "I have that?". I was actually productive today. For once. I wish I had the drive to do all of that stuff when I started my vacation... mmm... a whole frickin month ago. Ah well, at least it is done. So my bookshelf for current school work is ready, my whole corner of the desk is organized, my stacks of books looks good too. I got this in a state that I can put in a new monitor with not a lot of problems. I'll be so happy when I get that 22" monitor for pretty much nothing.

I thought about picking up a new case for this computer. It turned out to be unnecessary. Which is good, because I don't really want to spend another hundred bucks. I'm turning into a sort of cautious shopper. Which is good I think.

The subject of buying some sort of residential property came up the other day. I'm really starting to think about it. I am pretty comfortable right now, but it would be nice to have my own place. I refuse to rent. What is the point for me to rent when I live in a good location already. Saved rent money become house payment of the future is what I say. I'm just happy I have the freedom to do that.

I dug up my resume. I need to work on it. A lot. I need to send it out and find a real job. I should go to the career center sometime soon. I need to get those things done. Ha... look at me planning... =p

I'm cold. I'm on my rig and I'm cold. This thing runs about 30 degrees cooler then my last cpu. I lost my space heater.

I've decided to really tone down my laptop use in school. Unless there is something I need to look up and data to enter, I'll keep it in my pack. I find it to be a huge distraction when I'm in class. And I need to do well this semester. So yeah, that's all.

new rig

So I started cleaning my desk today, and went, what the hell.... I put my new Mobo and CPU in. Took a little bit to get everything working again. Well actually that was the easy part. The hard part was to rearrange my stuff on my desk. When in hell did I accumulate all of this crap? I rewired everything on my desk. I'm also cold. Why? This thing runs a helluva lot cooler then my old rig.

I'll count that as not bad

My Grade Report > Fall 2007 > Undergraduate > San Jose State University
Course Class Name Official Grade Units
ANTH 160 Recon Lost Civs C+ 3.00
BUS3 152 HR Info Systems B 3.00
BUS3 154 Wkfrce Plan Staff & Train A 3.00
BUS3 157 Legal Issues in Hrm B- 3.00
COMM 100W Writing Workshop A- 3.00
PHIL 186 Prof & Bus Ethics B+ 3.00

last day of class

I had my last day of class for the semester today. I will not be taking the final on Wednesday, so that leaves me two days off and 4 finals left. Not too bad. It's weird to think the hardest part is over when finals week just started. But that is the case for me this time. This whole semester was full of challenge, mainly time constraint. I think I learned a lot about myself. The writing class was arguably most beneficial since I place so much weight on my writing of late. I learned to write with a purpose. To find an audience. To have a defined voice. Anyhow, I should sleep. I should rest while I can. Winter vacation is coming.

p.s. My graduation documents have been processed from the college of business, it just has to go through administration now. I should be walking at the end of next semester.

forwardish

I have this really bad habit of not going to sleep until I'm totally drained. I did that last night, because I knew I can sleep in today.

I picked my classes for next semester yesterday. The only thing left is this one class I can't register for because I haven't taken one of the prereq yet. No matter, I talked to my professor and he said he'll probably be able to add me. I'm golden. So I'll have to wait for my graduation evaluation and it looks pretty good. Only thing now is the work.

I have five papers to write in the next three weeks with various drafts and revisions in between. I'm really looking forward to this winter vacation actually. I need a bit of a break. Mental break.

I finally got around to fold my laundry today. About time. It's one of those things where I just do half of it and get lazy about the rest of it. The crazy load of homework contributes to it too I suppose. There's like a month left in school and I'm thinking maybe I should actually work on homework ahead of time. I get so very impatient when people ask me how I'm doing with school. I'm doing good, leave me alone. I know what I'm doing. I do now.

My WoW account expires at 5 tonight. I have a new card. I'm thinking I'll wait until next week to punch it in. I need this week to work. Focus. Yeah that's not really going to stand, just an idea.

13.1

That's right, only took me 3 hours and 20 min.... faster next year? OMG I'm hurting....