Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Despite my lack of updates I have spent a perverse amount of time on the computer as of late, mainly writing research papers. Recently both of my teachers decided that it would be a great idea if my next assignments were group oriented projects. Hoor-freakin'-ay. Of course I got thrown two groups with mentally challenged nineteen and twenty year olds that want to put all of the work off until the last minute. They are constantly whining and complaining about how busy they are, and how they have no free time to do the projects because they have too many other classes. Boo-hoo, I have no pity for these people. If you are only taking fifteen hours worth of college classes and you are not holding down some kind of part time job, you have an abundance of free time. I know that I have plenty of free time and I am juggling a fifty hour a week job that requires a fair amount of traveling and a few classes, plus I manage to drag my sorry ass into the gym for an hour or two a day, every day. I guess I am just sick of people telling me that they are too busy to shoulder their responsibilities, not a day goes by where I don't hear "I didn't finish this because it was my roommates birthday," "I couldn't get this done because my alarm clock didn't go off," "I'm sorry I wasn't at the library on time, I was on the phone with my girlfriend". These excuses aren't validating my classmate's actions, they are just making me angrier and angrier...roar! Now that I have vented appropriately, I think I shall discuss some more familiar topics. First up, web design. I am finally finding my footing on my two sites and I am growing more and more proficient everyday, so for everyone that has helped me out, much thanks. The other day I got Dreamweaver and I have spent the past couple of nights going through tutorials and experimenting with its multitude of uses...I get so excited about doing the simplest things. Also, Tony's CSS tutorial helped out tremendously, and cleared up a few questions I had. Even though I haven't been adamantly posting on the OB lately, I have noticed some pretty cool threads go up. James' Reanimatrix thread seems pretty nifty, and even though I won't be able to participate (or even attempt to participate) in his upcoming RPG, I have a desire to write a story for this particular thread. PoisonTongue or Petey or Slappy Mcfadden (as I like to call him) has a pretty cool RPG up in the recruitment forum called Spirited Away which I may try to participate in if I can get my creative gears a grindin'. Speaking of creativity (and sometimes lack thereof), Charles and I are developing something that is going to knock your socks off (or it could completely suck, but I am aiming for the former). Final note: get Mozilla, even if it is just for the composer....

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