Kickin Into Gear

Well, we're headed into week three of classes. This semester is gonna be stressful and tiring. In addition to going to class for 15 hours a week and the homework load that it brings, which is a lot due to mostly 2000 level courses, I'm also working 10 hours a week at a job with increased responsibilities from last year. This means that for each week, I'll be spending 25 hours working and going to school and another 10 to 15 on homework. I've got a full time job on my hands. It's a damn good thing I've got fantastic people, one special person in particular, to help me though.

Round Two

Tomorrow marks the day I move back into room 437 E and start my second year in Elysium. I am definitely ready. I've got another friend up here and a special someone back home to miss. Let's start this party. It should be interesting to meet any new members of Elysium. It should also be interesting if my special someone comes and visits me. Let's go Huskies!

Feelings

Hello world,
Now first off, I honestly thought I'd be blogging more. My life in Elysium has been mostly uneventful. A good time here, drama there, a terrible time in class in between: all par for the course for college.

Then feelings happened.

The worst thing about these feelings is that they're not for anyone here. No, these feelings are for someone back home. These feelings are for my best friend, who is wonderfully enough my ex as well. He's in a "trial relationship" with a girl he's wanted forever, but he seems doubtful that she'll continue to return his feelings. There's also the possibility that she'll go to Colorado for college, something she wants but he wouldn't be able to handle. All of this would be okay to me, standing by as a loyal best friend to help handle, but she had to come to me for advice about my closest friend - my ex. I am dazed and confused by the situation I've been thrown into. I have to be honest and nice even though my brain wants to tell her off. Why does this happen to me? My Tech friends (lovingly referred to as Brick Squad) are all in happy (or mostly so) relationships with none of this kind of drama afoot. Feelings are awful and confusing.

KCCO

Alright, so I am a huge fan of The Chive. They have a very popular, and therefore elusive, brand shirt that is known as the KCCO (Keep Calm and Chive On). It had a launch this year already, at 12 PST at some point earlier. I kept an eye on the timer while in my Intro to Java class (which gets out at 3EST, 12PST) and tried to get one, but theChivery, their store, crashed at launch time. The KCCO is launching yet again and I will try to get one again. Hopefully it'll work.

Job Prospect!

I might be getting a job with campus IT! I have an interview on Tuesday for a position in Classroom Control Systems Programming! Yay jobs!

Other than that, it's pretty much been normal life here in Elysium. I'll be sure to tell the Internet if I end up getting the job or not.

People

Have you ever met someone that you tend to completely agree with in almost every way, but you can't stand their personality? I have. It sucks. This guy (who will be referred to as [Kid] from here on out), who is in one of my classes, makes comments that I agree with all the time, but he does it in a way that is so douchey. This morning, he asks a question that /might/ have been a dig at our professor, but she anticipated it. Nevertheless, [Kid] turns to his friend and fist bumps him. I saw him fist bumping like five times, and it always bugged me.

Anyway, time for other general news. Today is TMT night, and I'm excited to watch Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead with my hallmates. I sent in a few applications to the IT department and one of them sent me an email with follow-up questions. I replied and I'm hoping I get the position.

Life During Month Two

Life has certainly been fun so far here in Elysium. Just last night, we had a nice bonfire out at the Breakers and had an interesting encounter to retire the night. Programming is coming along quite nicely. I got 100% on my first homework program, which was a solo endeavor. Homework program two is a pair effort, and I think we've finished that one as well, which was well before even the test sets were due. I attended a program called "From Russia With Love," a celebration of Russian composers performed by the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, as conducted by my Music Appreciation teacher, Dr. Neves. All in all, I've had a nice life so far with Allen, Brian, Erika, Corey, Margo, and the rest of the crazy people here.