This is so wrong!
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Most of my day yesterday, when I wasn't busy yakking it up with people on campus, was spent working on this user manual for my Senior Project. It's about 45 pages and still isn't finished! I just have so much school work, it isn't funny. At the moment, I'm completing my Meteorology assignment. It's 10 questions that needed to be answered. I figured if I get the small stuff completed for Meteorology and Digital Photography, as soon as its assigned, it leaves me more time to work on the big assignments.

I saw this t-shirt in the mall yesterday. I had to go to Target and A.C. Moore. I decided to browse this sports store to see what all they had. It's mostly Bulldogs stuff. And you know what I say to that? TO HELL WITH GEORGIA! Even though I didn't attend, I'm still partial to Georgia Tech. And they had one Tennessee Titans hat in the whole place. At the mall, I did get the rest of the items of one idea I had for my photography assignment.

My evening was spent at Lindsey and Chris's house. Poor Lindsey got in a car accident yesterday morning! Thank God she's fine. I told her we could call off last night, but she said no. We ended up having dinner, watching the Atlanta Braves game, playing with her new dog, and making and photographing the making of a cake as it related to eggs, for my assignment.

My Labor Day weekend will be spent working on school work. I'll need to do more on the big projects. I will be so glad when I get my degree. That will take one monkey off my back.

[♪ Listening to: "Anything For You" - Gloria Estefan]

It was a summer Saturday night, ten years ago. It was my first end of August not attending school since the 1980s. I had graduated high school and was expecting to go to in a couple of weeks. My mother and sisters were in Pooler at a pageant. My dad, brother, and I stayed home. My dad was in our den watching TV. I was in my bedroom trying to surf the Internet on my computer. It was a 386, the screen only supported 256 colors, and it took forever to load a webpage. However, that crappy little computer changed my world. But enough about that computer.

It was while I was on that computer that my dad came barging into my room to announce the news. Princess Diana was in a car accident and her boyfriend was dead. She had a broken arm. I got off the computer and joined my father in the den. The sun went down as the news came in. She had this wrong. She had that wrong. It was a broken arm. No, it's a concussion. The news changes constantly. Cell phones weren't as cheap as they are now. We didn't have one, so we couldn't call my mother to tell her.

It was between 9 and 11 that night that my mother and sisters came home. They had a bad day at the pageant. My mother just wanted to vent. She had no access to the current news. However, when she came into the dark den, we told her what we knew of the accident at the time. My mom stopped her venting. She sat with me on the couch. She had news to catch up on.

The next thing I remember is they came on TV and announced the sad news. My mother and I were hugging each other. Princess Diana was dead. My mother started wailing about it. "No! No! No! I got up at 3 in the morning to see her wedding! She can't be dead!" Those weren't my mother's exact words, but I'm sure said them at one point. The whole house was in disbelief over the news. We had a hard time that night going to bed.

The next week was a blur. I ended up going to Florida to visit a friend of my mother's as a graduation gift. I didn't have time to keep up with all the Diana news. I kept up with it via my phone calls with my mother and occasional viewing of the news when I could. A week after Diana's death, I came home from Florida. It was a trip I really needed. However, I remember catching part of Diana's funeral on TV before I left. I also got the news that Mother Teresa had died as well. My trip home was numbing, to say the least.

This memory is nothing. This memory is everything. This memory made an impact on me. I still can't believe Diana is gone. She was always there, and then POOF! She was gone.

Sadly, this story more about me missing my mother. I miss that night and other nights of sitting on the couch watching TV. She was there, and now she's gone.

[♪ Listening to: "Seasons Change" - Exposé]

That last entry was full of typos. I forgot to run spell check before posting. I was frustrated and in a rush. As soon as I pressed post & publish, I packed up and met up with Lindsey. We went to Sticky Fingers and had a good time. In the past year, we've gotten to know each other a lot more between being on campus, Wesley foundation events, and hanging out in other ways. I'd have to say she's my best friend. After talking to her, I always feel better. Today was no exception. We're getting together again in the evening at her house for dinner and working on my photography assignment. I have to get the stuff for dinner and the project tomorrow.

For my senior project work today, I continued working on my user manual I'm up to 30 pages now. It's filler for my senior project report. I spoke to my advisor about the total package of my project. I felt better after talking to him. I'll be on campus tomorrow to continue work on the manual. I don't know what all to place in it, but I'm going to try to cover what I can in it. My project keeps creeping in scope. Every time I turn around, something else needs to be added to that site. It will all get done!

E-Commerce ended up being another waste of time. I spent time taking few notes and thinking of the questions I need to ask my father's cousin for the project. I figured I'd use her small side business and use it as the basis for my business plan. We did have a guest speaker, so it changed it up a bit.

I ended up driving Joey home. He got on me, again, about my driving. Okay people, I suck at the standard transmission! I'm trying! At least I can drive the car. There are many people that can't drive a standard transmission. My mother couldn't drive a stick. My mother never felt I could drive a stick. I know I'll get it down. It's going to take me time. Some people get things down in a heartbeat. Some people take time to master things. This is going to take me a while to master. It's sort of like multiplying fractions. Took me forever to get the concept, but once I did, I never had a problem again.

[♪ Listening to: "Surrender To Me" - Samantha Cole and Richard Marx]

That quote just popped into my head today as I was in Meteorology class. I always think of the weirdest stuff in that class. Today was a bad day for me and the professor. I tried asking questions in class, and I don't think he understood me. He tried answering the questions as he understood, and it made me feel and look like a fool. Both had to deal with calculating the angle of the sun in the sky. One question was me trying to figure out where a negative sun angle was at. The other one dealt with a figure being subtracted in the equation was always going to be an absolute value. In Astronomy class, I had trouble figuring out angles as well, so I have to think of a formula that works for me. That's why I asked the absolute value question. I'm not going to fault him, however. He admitted at the start of class that he forgot our notes. It just ended up a bad day.

However, my bad day continued when I went to the IT lounge. What's with female English majors and their IT major boyfriends thinking that the IT lounge is their special place to cuddle, make out, and do other couples stuff? I couldn't use the IT lounge to do my school work because there is a couple of kids in there that are turning the IT lounge into their leisure hut. They're 19; they think they know everything. Tuesday, the English major spent most of the day on the IT major's lap. Today, they are gaming in the lounge. It's annoying because that's a place for us to do our work. Instead, I'm in the ACM room having to work on my work. I've been putting up with the kids until today, when there were no outlets for Internet access or my computer's power adaptor to be used. Really, if they want to game and cuddle, go home; don't do it at school.

We IT people are just lucky to have the 2 crappy computers and the 3 IP addresses we have in there. Having English majors invade (IT's in the same building as English) and then the room being used for things other than doing school work defeats the purpose of the lounge.

I'm angry at Financial Aid. They didn't process all of my financial aid. I was expecting a $3,000.00 check. They sent me a $300.00 check. My CSEMS scholarship and my student loan weren't processed. I just came back from Victor Hall to go talk to them. I didn't. The line is long. Looks as if they screwed over a lot of people. You know, if they worked on Fridays, like the rest of the damn world does, maybe half the campus wouldn't be over there ready to kill Financial Aid.

And finally, Thursday Threesome, Over the Rainbow:

Onesome: "Over-- the Rainbow" Has someone 'Somewhere' done the song better than Judy Garland did in the movie? ...or does she still 'own' it in your opinion? Can't beat the original!

Twosome: the-- best all time album in your collection? ...or one you'd like to have? Sure, the Go-Gos count, but hey... It so hard to choose now. When I was younger, it was Repeat Offender by Richard Marx. Now that my taste has grown, I'm liking a lot of stuff.

Threesome: Rainbow"?-- As sung by Billy Ray Cyrus? (Yes, on his latest album.) Who has done the best "cover" of a song you like to listen to? You know, better than the original artist... "Beautiful by Richard Marx. Originally done by Carole King, Richard's version is faster and more upbeat than Carole's. In fact, my mother, a huge Carole fan, prefered Richard's version. When I'd get blue, she'd sing me the song and remark "just like Richard sang."

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Today was another busy day, but at least I got to sleep in a bit. And for once this week, I don't have a headache. It must be the Coke I had earlier in the day.

My day started by attending the first Math/Computer Science colloquium of the new school year. Today's presentation was by the Math department's head, Dr. Lorrie Hoffman. The topic was about maintaining and attracting students to degree programs like math and science. Most of the people there today were faculty members. A few math students showed up. For the IT department, it was just me and Lindsey. The only CS people I saw were professors. It was a very interesting topic. It was a shame we didn't have time to have a lengthy discussion between the audience members. I wanted to say a few things about being a science student from my prospective and getting to know more.

Senior Project met today in the library. I basically ignore the speech. I know; that was wrong of me. At the point, I didn't need to know how to research stuff in the library. I used my time starting a instruction booklet that's part of my senior project. I ended up working on that when I wasn't in class or talking to my Senior Project director. After class, he pulled me aside to get my opinion on the library day. I told him it was a god thing for first semester people, but us second semester people were bored. We've been there, done that. He also asked me for my opinion on other stuff, which I gave. I have to continue working on that booklet tomorrow. Getting that written is a load off my back and is part of my Senior Project paperwork.

I took this photo on my way to Digital Photography class today. Some flowers looked nice on campus, so I stopped and took some photo. In class, we were assigned a 1 page biography and a Power Point presentation for a 20^th Century Photographer. I chose Alfred Eisenstaedt, the photographer of the famous sailor/nurse V-J Day kiss. The girl next to me didn't know who to choose, so I told her to take on Annie Leibovitz. The assignment isn't due until the 17^th. As soon as I came home, I wrote the paper and did most of the work on the Power Point. That's one less thing I have to do tomorrow and the next few weeks. Now, to get off my ass and do my E-Commerce paper that's due the 27^th!

[♪ Listening to: "Eye in the Sky" - The Alan Parsons Project]

That song popped in my head today in Meterology class. At the place I sit in the lecture room, I can see nearly everything that happens in that classroom. I can see the people coming in late. I could see some people working on a crossword puzzle. I could see and hear some guys talk about solar and wind energy. Today's class was about, well, more about the atmosphere. I took notes, but nothing sticks out in my mind. So long as I remember it for the test, that all that matters.

I went to lunch with these guys Jack and Jeff today. Jack asked if I'd go to lunch with him. And no, I'm pretty sure Jack isn't interested in me, based on things said today. I've known Jack for a while; we're active in ACM together. We found Jeff, this triple major that's been working on the CS project I should be working on, in the CS project lab, so we took him along. We had a nice lunch at Logan's. We talked about stuff in the School of Computing that we liked and stuff and people that annoy us. It was nice to just go out and eat with different people for a change. It was nice to eat with people, period.

E-Commerce class was a bore. I spent half the time dreaming of possible photos for my photography assignment.

My day in a nutshell.

[♪ Listening to: "Eye in the Sky" - The Alan Parsons Project]

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I got asked to have dinner with Lindsey tonight. I had to turn her down. I'm so worn from today. My day started at 8 AM this morning and I had a bad night of sleep.

Let's see. I was still trying to go to bee bed at 2 this morning. I heard a band bang, which I could only assume to be the gerbil cage being knocked over. It was. And it was Scooter that caused it. The worst part was PupPup wanting and trying to eat Puddin' Pop.

I had golf class this morning from 10 to 12. It's hot in Savannah. At least it wasn't as hot has it has been. Still, from being out in the heat that long this morning, I've had a headache the rest of the day. At least I did learn a few things in class and I could actually smack the ball a bit. I'm so glad there is someone in that class I know who can golf. He signed up for the class after hearing I was taking it, but he didn't take it to be with me. He took it because he loves golf!

There is a German girl in the golf class that needed a ride back to campus. I gave her a ride. As she was about to get out, she noticed my car was standard, not automatic. She was excited about it and explained that in Europe, they don't use the automatic transmission. She knew she could drive my car. Strangely, this made me feel good. Now I know I can go to Europe and drive.

Wesley Lunch today was fun. Today's speaker was the new minister out at Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church out on Tybee Island. The center of his sermon was Michael W. Smith's "Place in This World." I feel old now because I remember when that song was new on the radio. I don't know how many kids there knew the song. Actually the passage that was the basis for the sermon came from Colossians, but the song was the way he felt was the best way to start and end the sermon. We also have a whole slew of new people appear today. I mainly stayed in my little clique of Lindsey, Jessie, and myself. We're friendly to others, but the 3 of us are closest to each other.

My time between lunch and Photography was spent jabbering with Lindsey and Jessie. We just talked and Jessie showed us photos of the place she wants her wedding to be held. I was working on the static part of my Senior Project, as well. The professor that requested the church website is wanting to bring me to see the congregation next week to show the site and answer any questions they have. So much to do and so little time! Time tomorrow will be spent on that, when I'm not busy with other school work.. At one point as I was working on the site, Joey came into the lounge. I showed him my take home test for golf to distract him as I did my work on the site. He distracted me by making me listen to a song on his mp3 player. I guess he was trying to make me feel old when it came to "How Do You Talk to an Angel." Usually, it's me making him feel old. I can be so evil when it comes to him.

I got my first photography assignment using the camera assigned to me today. Our photos must deal with eggs. I picked up $20.00 worth of stuff at A.C. Moore after class for the assignment. I've got 2 ideas floating in my head at the moment. I also need to stop at Lake Mayer this week to see if there are any eggs out there from the ducks. I wish I could submit and old photo. I need plenty of photos so I can narrow it down to 5 to submit. I did some of the work I need once I got home. This was to paint the fake eggs to be used for my photos. I'll start taking the photos tomorrow.

[♪ Listening to: "The Water" (iTunes Originals Version) - Amy Grant]

When I came home from school the other day, I started taking to my father. We talked about many things. I brought up the fact I found and inspected volumes III and IV of his Chicago at Carnegie Hall album. When I was looking at the album, I found the insert developed by the band to education fans, mainly the ones between 18-years-old and 21-years-old that just got the right to vote. (My father happened to be someone that fell into this new pool of voters).

The insert was interesting. From Robert Lamm's lyrics and this album insert, it was clear that the band did not like Nixon. And Chicago wanted to make sure he didn't get re-elected in 1972. However, Chicago did not explicitly express in this insert that Nixon was the scum of the earth. Not once did I see Nixon being insulted in the insert. The closest it got to being hateful to Nixon was the math expressed stating what could have happened in 1968 had the Twenty-sixth Amendment been in effect back then. Instead, Chicago's displeasure was turned around to encourage the new block of voters to register to vote. This insert contained the vital information for these new voters to register to vote in their home states, cities, and counties. It wasn't just a speech; this insert was something to prod for change.

I told my father that this is wrong with the world today. We should embrace and be proud of political discontent with the establishment and the need for change. After all, it's in our blood. Chicago did this with the insert. And it still happens today. But what's missing from this discontent is civility. No, today, we get both sides of the political spectrum insulting each other and going for the throat. It saddens me and sickens me. Whatever happened to civility?

If you wonder why I'm apathetic to politics some days, it's because of how we're all ready to go for the throat instead of talking and listening to each other in a calm manner. We don't take positive and active ways to change the world. We're content to sit back and insult.

In Savannah, we have a mayoral race coming up. The upcoming mayor race in town should be interesting. I wonder if it will just will be about change or another case of hate disguised as a chance for change.

Finally, don't comment on current politics on this post. I am not in the mood for it. I have seen too many entries devolve into name calling and hate. I am tired of playing that game. If you want to comment on current politics, do it on your blog, not mine.

[♪ Listening to: "Take Me Back To Chicago" - Chicago]