No more assignments!!

well at least for this semester. i finally got all my assignments done (i'm hoping correctly). now all i have to worry about are the finals. one of my finals is worth 55% of my grade, one's worth 40%, and i think the other one is worth 30% or something like that. that's one thing i really don't like is how the final grade of the class rests completely on the final exam (well not so much for 2 of my three classes but still). i liked having 4 or 5 tests thru-out the semester with (depending who's teaching) the lowest one being dropped. oh well, can't really change the system here.

hmm....what else is there. well last week i saw star wars episode 3. it was good although it wasn't as good as i was expecting, although i had built it up in my mind that it was going to be the best movie of the year. but now i want to watch the other episodes again (mostly episodes 4 and 6, since i watched 5 last night). although seeing episodes 1 and 2 wouldn't be all that bad either.

oh yeah, also found one more class that will transfer back to tech, which brings the total up to 3 that i found and am waiting on one more. its called coding theory and to me it sounds like it would be a nice little addition to the other engineering stuff 'cause it somewhat goes over how do pin-point problems and such amongst a lot of other stuff. i'm hoping it will transfer as a technical elective.

a couple other funny things that have happened. on friday night someone asked where i was from and i said america and asked why. he responded with that i sounded irish. do i really sound that irish to everyone? 'cause several people at tech thought i had an irish accent and now an australian thought so as well. i suppose i could have a worse accent or something. oh and the other thing is that the weekends usually involve playing Risk on saturdays and soccer on sundays.

speaking of playing the soccer yesterday was heaps fun. i really wish i coulda seen how high i was off the ground (i kinda went flying after a 1 on 1 with the person playing goalie). anyways they said that i was a good meter or so (3ft) off the ground. i must have jumped or something though 'cause minus just a little bruise on my shin that was the extent of the injuries. i do remember though when i was in the air that i hoped i would land wrong on my shoulder or anything. all in all though it was heaps of fun. i'm trying to decide if i want to wear my cleats next sunday or not though, as the grass is really slippery and my regular shoes don't have that good of traction any more.

anyways i think i'm gonna type some emails to people now. hope everyone is doing well. laters

so i lied again

i figured out i can only sit and type a report without doing something different for about an hour or so. isn't that about how long you're suppose to sit and do anything school related though? 'cause isn't there a study or something that says that every 45 minutes or so you should get up and do something else for 15-30 minutes or am i just inventing studies?

oh yeah, during one of my other breaks from my assignments i finally went and got my hair cut. it was the first time since the end of january that i've had my hair cut. the sides aren't as short as i would like them, but its suppose to be getting colder (i'm waiting for when i actually have to wear a hoodie during the day) so i guess its ok that its a little longer (meaning that the person used a #3 attachment instead of a #2).

well since i'm typing i might as well be typing up my assignment since that's all i really have to do for it (as long as the rest of what i need to type is about 600 words). thats one thing i don't miss though about being in engineering is the stupid word lengths of assignments. oh well after this one i won't have any more word count assignments, at least i hope not. well back to typing, ciao

so i lied

ok so i lied about having another blog entry, but i thought this was kinda funny. here i am sitting in one of the computer labs. the computer next to me is turned off. every now and then a person walks in moves the mouse around or its buttons on the keyboard ('cause they think the computer is turned on). nothing happens so they push the monitor button a couple of times to see if that works, but nope. do they not realize that the monitor has a completely different power button than the actual computer? anyways that's just a random observation i've made while i've been typing up my assignment (i think i'm half way done in typing it and my fingers/hands are starting to get sore since i haven't had to type so much in a while). i do think i'm gonna take a break and go get some lunch. laters

end of the semester

well there's 2 weeks of classes left so everything is starting to be due, meaning that there may not be a blog entry again for a while unless i get bored and feel like walking up to the computer lab (its like a 7 minute walk or so from my room), so i really don't think there will be an entry 'til all my assignments are done. i have to type one up today and then all my other ones i can do by hand, at least i'm pretty sure i can.

i have found classes that i will be able to get into, so its a really big chance that i will be here for the next semester.

anyways back to my assignment before i get hungry and decide to go have lunch. laters

Daz

Procrastination

well here i am sitting in a computer lab trying to type my paper that is due later this week, but i can't really think of how to type it. isn't that how it always is you have everything you need to write a paper, but you just can't think of how to start it. i think i might make it similar to my powerpoint presentation i made on the same topic, which is define parapsychology, give a little history on it and then analyze (did i spell that word right?) several of the experiments, trying to prove if there may be any truth in the experiments done. i also have to say what things from previous experiment have now made the experiments invalid (ie discarding some of the info from the experiments). hopefully i'll get inspired pretty soon or have an ah-ha moment when i figure out how exactly i want to type the paper, since its like 25% of my grade. which also makes me hope that i quote things correctly so i don't plagarize or whatnot. this makes me think of the first assignment we turned in 'cause we were suppose to quote and such on it, but we still haven't gotten it back yet (and we turned it in around the end of march).

well i better get back to the assignment, also so i have time to do some other stuff since my dad's here in australia/canberra until friday. laters

you pick a title

hmmm....what have i done since monday, let me see.

tuesday night went and saw the movie Kingdom of Heaven or whatever the name of that movie is. i thought it was an ok movie, don't think i woulda paid full price to see it (although i wouldn't pay full price to see any movie). three out of the 4 other people i went to the movie with thought it was crappy. john (a fellow coloradan) kinda liked it as well, so i'm guessing its either that australians just don't like it or those i went with just have different tastes in movies. although ringo (one of the aussies) fell asleep during it and was saying it was crap, but we just kept telling him his opinion doesn't count 'cause he was asleep. he tried to say that was why he was sleeping, but he also fell asleep when a group of us saw Constantine, which he said was a good movie. maybe he can see the movie thru his eyelids, who knows.

oh i also made meatloaf one night (think it mighta been monday). i was surprised that it actually came out pretty good considering i improvised on the recipe a bit. i didn't have nearly enough ketchup for it (not even 1/2 the amount needed), so i used some sweet chili sauce. also i didn't have the right size pan to cook it in, so i just used a bigger one and just put it on one end of the pan. i don't think i used enough meat though in it. oh well. also i mashed some potatoes and was surprised i didn't end up peeling several layers of skin off as i was peeling the potatoes. i've never had that much trouble peeling potatoes before.

last night i was suppose to have a vball game but the team we were suppose to play ended up dropping out of the competition. it was nice though 'cause i worked on my multivariate calc assignment which is due today. didn't finish the assignment until earlier today (no i wasn't working on it all night), but the only thing i had to do today was integrate.

starting to really wish i had my computer with me, 'cause it would so much easier than always having to walk to the comp lab in order to check email or to work on assignments. anyways, should probably finish an assignment i have thats due tomorrow. laters

good news

well good news at least for me i guess, and some of my aussie friends. for those that don't know, i may be staying a 2nd semester here as long as i can find classes (and get into them) that will transfer back to tech.

other than that what else is new? well yesterday about 9 of us got together to play a little game of soccer. i enjoyed it mostly 'cause i really haven't kicked a soccer ball since around november or so. found out i've lost my endurance in running. which makes me remember how i had planned to be running in the mornings after i had settled into my room and here it is 4 months later and have i gone running, nope.

oh yeah, also my dad is coming to australia in a few days. excited about that, although i have a somewhat big assignment due while he's here. shouldn't be too hard to do though 'cause i've already had to do the presentation side of it and now i just have to type up the actual report.

well thats all i can really think of right now. hope all of you (at SDSM&T, CSU, etc) do/did well on your finals. laters

getting colder

well its actually starting to get colder here now. its not freezing or anything, its just long sleeve shirt weather. which will be really interesting since i really only brought one long sleeve shirt, unless you count the ones that button down. i do have a couple of hoodies (here all sweatshirts are known as jumpers) and a light jacket, so i should be set until i leave, unless i stay for another semester, which i'm currently trying to do.

not too much else is going on. just got done with volleyball practice. need to work on my presentation i have on friday. thats about it (other than i have to make a little under $700 last for the rest of the semester, which i should be able to do). after all i am a college student and i know how to buy the cheap food. also i can not go out (like fast food) as much as i have. i guess if worse came to worse i still have a hundred or so in travelers checks which i could exchange which would add another 125 or so. and i also remembered i have some american cash as well i could exchange, so actually i'm all set for the rest of the semester, as long as nothing comes up that costs heaps.

well i really haven't had anything to eat today, since i really only got up 5 hrs ago, even though i went to bed around 10pm last night. just didn't feel like getting out of bed. i probably would stayed in bed longer if i woulda had something to do like watch tv, but since i don't have one i was getting really bored and couldn't really keep sleeping longer. anyways, time for food. laters

Daz