Sunday, May 22, 2005

yay, my computer's working again...i hadda reformat my hard drive last night and this morning. it was loaded with adware and spyware. i downloaded some program thing to find it and it found 4400 adwares, spywares, and corrupt files. after it'd cleaned 'em up, several programs ceased working. apparently it deleted some files that the internet required to get online because they'd become corrupt as well...ah well, hard drive's all fixeded again. now i just needa reinstall my games and i'll be good to go.
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Friday, May 20, 2005

well, um, i registered for fall classes today...was supposed to do it 4 days ago...ah well. they're only offering 3 classes i need for my degree and two of 'em are only taught by instructors several people have told me to avoid, so i'm only taking one class in the fall...philosophy 170...intro to logic. my brother's taking it this quarter and says it's really really easy. that's good. i could really use an easy quarter. spent the last two years doing chemistry, physics, circuits, economics, calculus, and the labs that go along with some of those. it's time for a break.

i'm not sure if i have good news or not, but in the summer, i'm gonna be switched to night crew. my boss doesn't want me around the customers because i'm not a robot like he wants, and i'm tired of dealing with him. in a way it's good that i'll be getting hours without having to worry about some jackass watching my every move with every customer. the downside is i'll be starting at 10pm and getting off at 7am...gonna mess up my sleep schedule and make me miss all the cartoons i watch at night. they took trigun and big o off the air (after showing all of 'em) and replaced with full metal alchemist and ghost in the shell. those are all right. hopefully i'll see all of 'em and they replace 'em with garbage i don't wanna see before i start working nights.
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Friday, May 13, 2005

doobie doobie doo
my tax return got here the other day $1022 :)

nothing much else to report
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Sunday, May 8, 2005

hey, this thing works again.....
....it wouldn't lemme sign in for the past couple of days. anyway, just wanted to tell ya guys my scholarship finally showed up...just in time too.i was down to $80 and $93 in bills to pay...now i'm back up to $1500 and i actually have a couple of hours at work this week.

i'm thinking of finding another job though. my boss and i don't get along at all. we have all these things we're supposed to do with each customer (greet, give full attention, be accurate, give parting comment, thank by last name, and offer help out to their car)...most of those are ok, but the thank by last name is just stupid. well, anyway, i'd been having problems with that one (because i don't care), but yesterday at work, i was doing good...problem is i missed one person...and that one person happened to be some secret shopper that was grading me. he said i was perfect except for that one part, and because i missed that one part, i got dragged into the office where the boss basically threatened my job. lessee if i can remember his exact words...frank (district manager) is putting a lot of pressure on all the store managers to perform service, so when you don't perform, i get pressure from him. he said that if you're not going to play the game, you shouldn't be on the team...god, what's with all the cliches in my company. this place blows. thing i don't understand is how is thanking someone by their last name (which is often the wrong name printed on the receipt so i thank them by someone else's name) service? to me customer service is getting the customer in and out with everything they came for quickly and effectively while making sure they have a good time while they're there...no one likes grocery shopping, so i try to lighten the mood and make people enjoy themselves...and it works...99% of my customers love me, but is that good enough for the boss? of course not. i have to go through all these stupid procedures with each customer, but be natural and sincere while i do it? yeah right...set procedures for every individual turns you into a robot...here's an example of one of my co-workers...hi, how are you today? did you find everything all right? (order finishes) congratulations, you're eligible to get a 6 cent per gallon discount on gas now through june 15. here's your receipt, thank you (insert name) have a good day, would you like a carryout?...that exact wording in the same monotonous tone for every customer...how do people stay sane like that? know what one of my favorite things about all this service garbage is? they give me such a hard time about it, but when i watch the managers, they miss one or two of the attributes on just about every customer or every other customer. so, yeah, i think it's time to give my boss the finger and find a job that's not so full of ass kissers and hypocrites.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

hey, it's been a while...nothing really going on other than school. just thought i'd post something so some of you don't worry.

i wouldn't say i'm over rebecca...i mean, i still love her, but i have accepted we won't be together. i'm not sure how long it'll be before i can move on and start looking again, but i'm not there yet....tomorrow will be 7 months since she left....*sighs*
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Friday, April 15, 2005

well, i've been talking about school a lot lately, so i figured i'd show you guys some examples of what i've been doing. you can click the pictures for a larger view of it. the first pic is a sample of what MatLab (the program we're learning now) does. MatLab uses arrays of numbers and commands to describe real life things. it can do pretty much anything (one of the guys in the class is trying to program it to bake a pizza...hope he figures it out soon...i'm hungry), but we're using it to simulate and visualize digital input signals. the instructor says the program should be easy to understand for anyone that's taken any programming in c classes, but i haven't, so i'm having some trouble figuring some things out. luckily it follows a lotta patterns, so once i find one, i can apply it to several different applications.



and the second is an example of a schematic i drew using PSpice. PSpice is an electrical circuit simulation program. you tell it the circuit, parameters, and hit the 'run' button and it simulates how the circuit will react. it's a pain in the ass to learn, but much easier to simulate than build each individual circuit and test them (after you learn to use the program anyway).



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Thursday, April 7, 2005

i still exist
sorry i haven't been here in a while. i'm busy at school and when i get home i don't feel like doing much of anything. right now i'm sitting in the physics lab waiting for my partners to get here to start my lab. i'm finally starting to figure out some of my circuits stuff, but math is starting to give me a bit of a headache...i'm beginning to dislike multivariate differentials...and now we're using them in three (or more) dimensions and attempting to draw space curves and lines and planes tangent to those curves...*takes exedrin*...ouch. ah well, at least physics is pretty easy right now...we're studying electrical circuits (i've already done two quarters of a circuits class, so that's easy). now we're starting to move into magnetism and the force it exerts on an electrical current or charge...*twirls finger in the air* yippee (sarcasm...as if you couldn't tell).

i got paid this morning, but as soon as i got my check, it disappeared...deposited in bank, then wrote a check to visa...avoid getting credit cards as long as you can kiddies...next step is to get next pay check, reimburse parents for car insurance. by the time i have money of my own again, it'll be next month and i'll be stuck with more bills...ah well, summer will be here soon enough and i'll be able to work more and have more money. and hopefully that scholarship and tax refund will show up soon. the scholarship was supposed to pay for the current quarter, but it didn't show up in time, so i hadda pay out of my own pocket...hence the reason i'm broke now. =/

i keep getting calls to play poker and having to turn them down...technically i can afford to play, but i'd rather save the money i do have until all my bills are paid off (seems the smart thing to do), then play again when i'm back outta debt.

as for life outside of school and matters not pertaining to money...actually there really aren't any. my life gets to revolve around school now. :( i miss the good ol' days when i could just screw around and have fun all the time...responsibility sucks. oh well, if i ever wanna get outta this place, i s'pose i should take some.

i have a bit of advice for anyone out there that's in love with someone that doesn't love you in return...just because you love them, does not mean they have to love you back. let them go. i've learned that the hard way, and now the girl i love thinks i'm an ass. last time i talked to her, she said all she wanted was for me to quit being an ass. when i asked what she meant, she said that me pitying myself and moping around because she'd left was very ass-like...so take it from me kids, if someone leaves you, do not show them you hurt. it only makes things worse.
and on that note, here's a song that has become one of my favorite songs ever.

"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"

Now I was sitting waiting wishing
That you believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
But Lord knows that this world is cruel
And I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
And in loving somebody don't make them love you

Must I always be waiting waiting on you?
Must I always be playing playing the fool?

I sing ya songs I dance a dance
I gave ya friends all a chance
Putting up with them wasn't worth never having you
And maybe you been through this before
But its my first time
So please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you

I cant always be waiting waiting on you
I cant always be playing playing your fool
I keep playing your cards
But its not my scene
Wont this plot not twist?
I have no place to read?
Keep building me up, then shooting me down
Well im already down
Just wait a minute
Just sitting waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting waiting

Well if I was in your position
Id put down all my ammunition
I'd wondered why'd it taken me so long
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And If I was I wouldn't be so cruel
Cause waiting on love ain't so easy to do

Must I always be waiting waiting on you?
Must I always be playing playing the fool?
No I cant always be waiting waiting on you
I cant always be playing playing your fool, foool

-Jack Johnson
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

hey guess what...i finally found an anime i really like...big o... most of 'em i've been able to tolerate or just couldn't stand. a few were decent though (ghost in the shell, hellsing), but i didn't really enjoy them. i think the main reason i like big o is because of dorothy. she's awesome. i wish i had a cute little android to help me with things...hehe. the only thing i dislike about the show is the opening theme. that song is just so stupid, but that's ok. i usually just go find something to eat while the theme is playing anyway.
isn't she cute? sorry i couldn't find a better picture, but i'm kinda rushed at school right now. i found one site with a few pictures i may show you guys, but i can't link directly to that site, so i'll have to save them and upload to a host site to show you guys, but i can't do that at school. i've only seen information about one season, but i've heard there's more. hopefully they play more than just the first one on adult swim (been staying up until 2am on monday and tuesday to watch it), but if they don't, i may be stuck finding someone that has the rest or buying it myself. i'll prolly buy it.

Edit: ok, i'm home now...here's some better pictures.



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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

school...bleh
well, today's the second day of school after spring break. i didn't wanna get up today. is it bad that i'm already counting the days until this quarter's over? 11 more weeks to go (including finals week) until summer vacation. yay no school then...but work, lots of work...bleh. someone please save me from the tediousness of life. this sucks.
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Thursday, March 24, 2005

hi all, i've gotta couple of questions for you. i've been staying up to watch some more anime lately and have a few questions about two in particular. first off...trigun...there's a huge bounty on vash's head, but i'm not sure why. some guy said it was because he destroyed a city, but he didn't say how he managed that. just said he's not human...what is he and how did he destroy it? and my other question (the one i'm more intersted in) is does anyone know a good site to find pictures of dorothy from Big O...i've been trying to find a decent one to use as a model to draw her, but the links i've found on google kinda suck.
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