Today, I tested the video function of my camera. The subject is my dog, Ranger:

And a simple quiz:

You Are a Life Blogger!

Your blog is the story of your life - a living diary. If it happens, you blog it. And make it as entertaining as possible.

For some reason, on Friday afternoons, I pass out. It started after I started working full time. At the end of the week, I would come home and just pass out early. It happened again today. I must have had a nice long 3 hour nap this evening. I've just had a draining week.

I did go to my counselor's appointment today. It did me some good just getting things I can't say to friends or family off my chest. I laughed. I cried. I grieved.

I only had UNIX class today. We got our tests back. I made a 92. That's a lot higher than I expected. I think the professor went easy on us. I seem to know more about UNIX than I expected. Now that we have the basics out of the way, we're starting programming Monday.

I got home from school around the same time as my dad. We went to Publix to pick up lunch/dinner. He had been craving a Philly cheesesteak sandwich from Publix. So, we went to Publix, along with Beth, and got that cheesesteak and a few other things. Never go into a Publix hungry. It's quite tempting. It's one of the more expensive grocery stores in Savannah. However, my father did get a deal on Fancy Fest at Publix. He bought $16 worth of food for Pikachu and Harri. He turned Pikachu into a Fancy Fest snob. She expects to eat Fancy Fest. She looks like a cat that is spoiled. Harri, since she's an alley cat at heart, she'll eat whatever she can.

[♪ Listening to: "I Can Tell" - BBMak]

Lake Mayer Duck
Uploaded by peachy92.

Today was an eventful day. I started with a long shower and getting ready for school. On my way to school, I stopped at Lake Mayer and took some duck photos. I thought this one was cute.

Once I got to school, it was time for the ACM meeting. I helped with the set and then did my job as the unofficial photographer. Today's speaker was from Cisco Systems. This same guy was at the Tech Fest back in April. Today's speech was a condensed version of that speech in April. I spent my time taking photos for the site, instead of listening. Aric, the Tech committee head for ACM sent a sheet around asking for people to join the Tech committee. No one joined. I don't know if the ACM site will be launched. However, we'll have pictures for it. Maybe this weekend I'll throw something simple together, including pictures. I had to leave the meeting early to get to Calc on time.

In Calc, we had a test. I don't think I did as well as I did on it last year. As long as I get out of the class with a B, it doesn't matter. And speaking of Calc, the past 3 classes have ended with it raining outside. I'm sick of walking across campus in the rain after class. I hope it's sunny on Tuesday after class. While walking across the campus from class, my brain started fluttering with thought of my life at the moment. I'm in a damned if I do, damned if I don't moment in my life. The only solution for this damning is to let time pass. Why do I think when I walk. Then, I blew the chance photo of my life. I thought a dragonfly was about to hit me! It wasn't a dragonfly. It was a hummingbird! Believe it or not, I haven't seen one this close before. Before I had the change to pull out my camera and take a shot, it flew away.

The rest of my afternoon was spent resizing photos from today, chatting away with the other IT students about dumb stuff, and working in Client/Server class. I didn't get to finish the assignment in class, so I have to finish it at home this weekend. It's just taking a lot of thinking to get the SQL queries to work.

Oh, and I'm sick of the rain. It rained all day.

[♪ Listening to: "Happy Nation" - Ace Of Base]

Thursday Threesome:

Onesome: How-- many Apples in your orchard? Didn't we just ask this one? Are you a Mac-o-phile, a Windows user, or one of those penguin people (Linux users)? I'm a Windows user. In fact, that's what they teach us in the IT department. However, I'm taking a UNIX class and have a Linux box in my IT lab.

Twosome: High is-- what in height for your family? Are you a tall group? ...a short stack? ...or a mixed lot? My brother is the tallest. He's about 6 feet. Beth's the shortest. Or I am. I'm not sure. We're average people, I think.

Threesome: Up-- ...and down and all around: Labor Day marked the end of Summer for those of us in the US (regardless of how the plants felt what with the temperatures out West and hurricanes in the East). How about you: what signals the change of seasons this time of year for you? School's in session. It was a nice day yesterday. I didn't feel as if I was sweltering in jeans and a shirt. My windows were down on the way home and I enjoyed the stops at the stoplights. Oh, and I had my first test of the semester!

[♪ Listening to: "I Don't Want To Care" - Jessica Simpson]

I gave it my all on today's UNIX test. I don't think I failed, but I'm not too certain about some of the questions, either. The rest of the day should be easy. In film class tonight, we are just watching Battleship Potemkin.

At the moment, I need to be working on a script for a video I just made for work. It's a 2-minute video on using Google. I need to vocalize for the video, but I hate talking aloud to myself. I'm just going to have to do it.

Last night, when I got home, I was in a drag. I just felt tired. It carried over to today. I didn't come to school until I had to for the test. Also, last night, the park across my house was being used in a police exercise. At first, it scared me. Finally, after my father and I figured out what was going on, I felt a little better. And yet, it still added to my tiredness. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

Update: I hate my voice. I sound so stupid developing this script. I think someone else can record the script for the video.

My dad got on me this weekend spending most of my time at the house. I was having a depressing weekend. I was missing my mother. Plus, when my dad gets down about my mother, I get down about my mother. I feel so bad for my dad. So, this Friday, I'm seeing the counselor at school, again. I need to vent about what I'm feeling towards my mother's death, plus a few other issues going on in my life at the moment.

During this weekend with my dad, I did watch Sunday's race with him, and we goofed off about getting a Technician Class ham radio operator's license. We took 2 practice tests, without any training, to see how well we could do. We passed both of them. We're joking about needing to learn Morse Code next. Who knows? Maybe I'll get that ham license one day.

I've got a test tomorrow in UNIX. I also have a test Thursday in Calc. I'm not worried about the Calc exam. I'm going to have to study up tonight for UNIX exam. I'm also doing some on campus events, too. Tomorrow is another Math/CS colloquium. Thursday, before Calc class, will be this year's first ACM meeting. I need to go to that one and take my camera, just in case. I might be the ACM photographer this year.

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