Myrtle Beach

So, just got back from Statesboro, visiting my friends from high school. That was fun times and now I'm in Myrtle Beach South Carolina with my family for the week. The weather up here is absolutely gorgeous. I'm outside in the courtyard of the place I'm staying at and it's got to be maybe 70 degrees out right now and just a little breezy, mmmm love it.

Off to the BEACH!

Trying to Keep My Sanity

The last few days have been absolutely nuts. This week is finals week and I've been trying my best to keep from having a complete panic attack over this stuff. I had my Music Appreciation final last week so thankfully I don't have to worry about that anymore, however, this week isn't any more fun. I had my Government final on Tuesday which hopefully went well, I didn't study too much for it because, by looking at previous tests I have been doing pretty well on all tests with very little studying if any at all so I did a little extra preparation this time and just took the test and got it over with. Today is a little worse, though thankfully not too much more then Tuesday. I had a final paper due this morning which I got done, but then was promptly informed I was missing several other assignments that unless I did them, I would be failing the class. So thankfully my teacher was generous enough to give me until Friday to finish some of the major ones that would kill my grade if not finished. Then tonight I have my Grammar final, which, aside from sentence diagramming, I should be pretty good for. Hopefully I can at least pass it so I can keep my GPA up, it was one of those mistake classes where it seemed like a good idea and then inevitably, right after the withdrawal date, the teacher starts the difficult stuff so until then I thought I would do pretty well in that class, after then, not so much. So I have to take that tonight and then I'm officially FINISHED. The only things left to do after that would be to finish some of these missed assignments if I don't finish them before the end of today (which I'm trying to do) and then I just have to start my application process for GSU for the fall.

Bored on the Week Before Finals

So, it's the week before my finals start, that means it's crunch time, WOOHOO...not. So far this week, I have managed to skip most of my classes in favor of sleeping and studying basically 24/7. This week they were thankfully just doing review for finals in most of the classes so I just go to the few that I think I need help with and otherwise I just try to keep my mental sanity in tact, which often proves more difficult then it sounds.

Also, in news this week, I have switched my laptop to Kubuntu 8.04 instead of Ubuntu 8.04 just to try something new. So far so good, it has some quirks I'm not a fan of, but nothing I can't live with for now. Hopefully I'll find fixes for what I don't like in the near future.

Jan 2nd and a happy new year to everyone!

Well happy new year everyone. Today is Jan 2, 2008...wow, it still feels weird saying 2008 I guess I'm going to have to just get used to it though. Do you ever get that feeling when the new year starts? You just can't let go of using 2007 (or just can't remember to use 2008) when you write things? I know I do, it's actually kind of annoying on things like school papers and such. I often times will catch myself still saying or using the previous year often times well into June or July, but I really try to remember what year it is, it's just usually a slip of the mind when putting the date on a last minute paper or something. Anywho, so my girlfriend of many years now got me some wonderful things for my birthday. Among them were two video games for my Nintendo DS: "BrainAge 2" and "My Word Coach" (I guess she thinks it will help me in my classes this semester or something). But I have to say, I'm very impressed with these games, especially BrainAge 2. This game is not like traditional games when you think of things like Halo or Counter Strike, heck, it's even different then the other teaching game I got before it "Big Brain Academy". The game isn't really oriented in a "beat this as quick as you can to brag about it" kind of game. I really feel this is a teaching tool. The instruction encourages you to take your time and to only do each lesson 1 or 2 times per day as to make sure your not just cramming it in you're head, but rather that you are actually learning. I have played it now for about 45 minutes a day since my birthday and I have to say, I think it really is helping me think more. My "Brain Age" is certainly improving (I went from having a brain of a tired old 56 year old man to a 45 year old man in just 3 days) and I feel like I can do things off the top of my head a little faster (or maybe I just 'think' that I can) but whatever it is, I like it. I will continue this post later since I'm at work, I probably shouldn't post up too much at a time so I can still get some work done while I'm here.

My Birthday!

Today is my birthday. The thing that stinks though is that it's right now 11:35AM and I'm at work, yes, on my birthday I'm at work until 2PM, this really stinks! I have to say though, yesterday was a blast. A friend of mine took me to a race track out in Alabama called "Little Talladega". It's a road course designed mostly for motorcycles so it's pretty short, but it's a pretty well balanced short course for cars. There were around 10 cars there and in groups of three we all went out on the track and just ran around as much as we wanted (or our cars could handle). I got to do everything from pull 1.2 lateral Gs in a street legal, race tuned Mini Cooper S to going 140mph and getting there in under 8 seconds in a Ferrari 599GTB and then slowing down to less then 50mph again in under 5 seconds. I even got to ride in a 1990 Porsche 911 with a 12 year old karting champion behind the wheel, let me tell you his name is Sean Rahal and you guys who are into racing better start looking for this kid as he moves up in the racing classes. He is going to be starting Formula Mazda in the next few years and probably moving on from there. One day we may see him in Foruma1, in fact after that ride yesterday, there is no doubt in my mind we will be seeing him one day in that racing series. That, so far has been the best birthday present ever, it was absolutely amazing. But today seems dull in comparison. I am at work here for another 2 hours and afterwards I'm going home to celebrate my birthday with my parents. Which, by the way, reminds me, my mom wanted me to let her know when I got home where where I wanted to go for dinner so I need to look something up.

Until tomorrow, take it easy!