Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIa: Beyond Blogosphere. (Read 217740 times)

pen · « **Reply #2800 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 07:35 »

Bonjour thread,

I'm thinking about going back to school. My company will reimburse 90% tuition if my courses are related to my work in some way. Maybe I'll go for finance management? I don't know. I'm going to look into some classes and see how often they're held and such. I hate wasted opportunity, so if I can get an almost free education, I would certainly love to do so.

valley_parade · « **Reply #2801 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 08:04 »

Quote from: Linds on 20 Oct 2009, 05:25

I like my shuffle more than I did my other two. It has yet to fail me and surprisingly holds quite a bit of music! On my trip to Chicago, I brought it along and it didn't repeat any songs. (10 hours of no repeats is pretty swell.) But I did have ^that happen to my first one, but it was old, so I recycled it and got a new one.

Before Sir MacBookington The First died and I had all my music at 160kbs, I could fit like 550 songs on a Shuffle.

Now I have to wipe it and get it all re-booted, cos I'm giving it to my mom.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #2802 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 11:17 »

Quote from: Jace on 19 Oct 2009, 21:54

I have never owned an ipod. I rarely have problems with my mp3 players. I just take out the memory stick, copy the music over, plug the stick back into the player, and I'm on my way. But mine don't look as pretty and I can't say that one of the things I can't live without is my ipod.

My first mp3 player was not an iPod, and I made the switch because of third party support. I love being able to drive and change the song using my car's stereo rather than actually having to manipulate a device not intended for use while driving.

They finally recognized that something is wrong with my iPod and gave me another one. Hopefully this one works.

I've got my waveguides mid-term in an hour and I'm slightly worried, but that's mainly because I completely bombed the waveguides section of the prelim, and it's residual fear.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #2803 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 12:57 »

Hey blog thread!

So, apparently one of my friends isn't doing to great at Uni, so she's moving back home for the rest of the year, which is complete balls. I found out because she told me while we were in a large bar, but she said a bunch of other stuff as well like when she was leaving, but I didn't catch that cause I was in a loud bar. I'm now debating sending her a facebook message enquiring for more information (essentially going 'say what?') but I feel like that is kind of weird? Would that be a socially acceptable thing to do?

Also, freshair (my student radio station) committee had a meeting, and I've been designing posters for our broadcast launch party, and I got a lot of compliments up to a point where a girl asked me why I'm not studying art or something, and since these are all creative people who I respect this meant a lot to me, and I feel like it's upping my confidence when it comes to applying to grad school for a graphic design degree which is something I've been generally anxious about since I'm studying comp sci, and I really want to combine the two.

On that note, my friend's mom works as a chef at Pentagram, and told me that Lisa Strassfeld did a degree of Media Arts at MIT, and I looked into it, and it's definitely something that I really want to get into. So, I'm hoping to get a little portfolio together, and if I can maintain my grades from last year I should be alright for getting in I think.

But then again, I feel like I'm definitely not good enough for MIT. Ahhh confidence crisis!

Also, for freshair, people have been contacting me to design their own private fliers, which is awesome and I would love to do, but really I don't have enough time for this (see run-on sentence in University/College thread), and I don't really know how to turn people down.

Also also, apparently I'm in debt, which is not so cool. I need work to pay me pretty soon, but since I didn't official become an employee until this month, this may not happen this month, so frugal living for me!

Long post! Breather.

McTaggart · « **Reply #2804 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 13:19 »

If you phrase it along the lines of 'when are you leaving' then I can't see an issue.

greenMonkey · « **Reply #2805 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 14:14 »

Dear blog thread,

Bloo blee blaa blaa blaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

That's basically what I did today. Fuck my unproductiveness.

Love,
me

Jace · « **Reply #2806 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 17:28 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 20 Oct 2009, 11:17

I love being able to drive and change the song using my car's stereo rather than actually having to manipulate a device not intended for use while driving.

I can also do this with my mp3 player, or just a USB stick, depending on how complicated I am feeling.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #2807 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 18:04 »

You can just plug your mp3 player into your car stereo system and go crazy from there? What kind of car do you have?

Quote from: StaedlerMars on 20 Oct 2009, 12:57

So, apparently one of my friends isn't doing to great at Uni, so she's moving back home for the rest of the year, which is complete balls.

One of my friends got an 0.8 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) his first semester.

Jace · « **Reply #2808 on:** 20 Oct 2009, 23:49 »

Its just a 2001 saturn L200. I put a nice deck into it after it was stolen though.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #2809 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 05:56 »

Tonight is my first production team meeting for the play I'm stage managing! I'm pretty excited about it

It is creeping ever closer without us having started work, so I'm glad we're getting going.

Tomorrow we're having a hall party so that everyone can meet the people they're living with (except I'm not sure they will all go so it might be awful). There's also the Principal's Drinks Party which may be a little odd but probably quite nice. And on Friday I'm going to a pudding seminar about (coincidentally enough) the scientific developments which led to the creation of the iPod and other media storage devices. Free cake! Interesting talk!

I'm sorry I keep coming in here and posting about how rad my life is at the moment but I'm so excited to be doing all this awesome stuff. I'm more tired and more achey than I have ever been before; last night I did an hour's sprint running, then did a very quick supermarket shop and left my shopping at a friend's college because mine was too far away, then had an hour's very intensive dance class before lugging my food home. Every bit of me aches and tomorrow I am probably going to go and run 3km as I'll be missing endurance training in the evening. But it's worth it.

jhocking · « **Reply #2810 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 05:59 »

Quote from: Jace on 20 Oct 2009, 23:49

Its just a 2001 saturn L200. I put a nice deck into it after it was stolen though.

So in other words you had to purchase a special car stereo that plays mp3 files (you mentioned you can do it with just the usb stick, so presumably your car stereo is an mp3 player with a usb port.) Your statement earlier that you can control the playback of mp3 files through your car stereo without needing an ipod probably should have included the caveat that you purchased a new car stereo for that.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #2811 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 06:02 »

Well, they're not so special anymore. You can get some nice low - med models that subbort USB now days. It's a pretty great feature.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #2812 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 08:41 »

Yeah, but my stereo came stock from the dealer with iPod compatibility. It's pretty nice to just get in my car, plug in my iPod and immediately go (while listening to the same song in the same playlist) without having to have spent extra money (which I definitely don't have) on something else. Basically, it's nice to have all of my electronic equipment work together (I use iTunes on my computer, too) with only the purchase of one piece of equipment.

Reed · « **Reply #2813 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 10:05 »

The Masters student in my lab told me I listen to weird music today (I had Flaming Lips - Embryonic playing on my laptop).

I told him that I have killed for less.

Coward · « **Reply #2814 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 10:41 »

Have you?

Have you really?

jhocking · « **Reply #2815 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 10:43 »

dude, we're not living in The Invention of Lying.

Coward · « **Reply #2816 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 11:07 »

Fair enough bud. I'd just point out that perhaps living in the world of Unnecessary Hyperbole isn't so great.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #2817 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 11:10 »

I think Unnecessary Hyperbole is an oxymoron.

Reed · « **Reply #2818 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 11:27 »

You can go ahead and work with him for two years and then tell me you wouldn't say the same thing.

Plus, I love me some hyperbole.

Coward · « **Reply #2819 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 11:34 »

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against a measure of artistic license. That said, it's not Reno, and it's not fashionable to kill for (x) < (music opinions).

The extra letter · « **Reply #2820 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 12:36 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 20 Oct 2009, 11:17

I've got my waveguides mid-term in an hour and I'm slightly worried, but that's mainly because I completely bombed the waveguides section of the prelim, and it's residual fear.

I've got no idea what waveguides are (although I remember something about it when a visiting lecturer touches briefly on optical networks, I think) but it sounds like some sort of awesome sorcery or something.

snalin · « **Reply #2821 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 13:23 »

Going to Germany tomorrow! Gonna meet kids my age from Germany and Norway. We will be doing rad stuff. YAY!

Will probably report after. Did i mention it's free? Well, it's free!

Jace · « **Reply #2822 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 16:00 »

Quote from: The facebook page for the game store I work at

Thought for the day: Steampunk is what happens when Goths discover the color brown.

I think this made my day. Also, Advance Wars is so good.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #2823 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 17:18 »

Today has been busy enough that I can smell myself sometimes (this is happening far more often than I would like, I need to invest in stronger deodorant apparently) but also pretty cool. I took a college tour which was nice, my production team meeting went well, orchestra was fun and not too hard but challenging enough to be interesting, and then I spent the last two, two and a half hours chatting to a girl on my corridor who is incredibly rad and I get on with really well so it's nice to have friends

And tomorrow I have no lectures until eleven

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #2824 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 18:42 »

Quote from: The extra letter on 21 Oct 2009, 12:36

I've got no idea what waveguides are (although I remember something about it when a visiting lecturer touches briefly on optical networks, I think) but it sounds like some sort of awesome sorcery or something.

Sorry, the sorcery is found in the quantum optics take-home midterm that I have out now. There is actually a section in the lecture notes titled "Magic Pulse Solutions."

FIXDIX · « **Reply #2825 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 18:54 »

Dear Blog Thread,

I am pretty sure my girlfriend is going to break up with me tonight or sometime tomorrow. We just had a talk how she says she's not ready for a commited relationship and all that.

I now have to go to work and wait until tonight to talk to her because she needed time to think whether or not she wants to continue the relationship.

Fuck humans ability to feel emotions goddamnit

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #2826 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 18:56 »

Hey, man. I've had times in my life where I've just been numb, and that actually sucks more.

Slick · « **Reply #2827 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 19:12 »

Yeah I don't want to shit on your suffering but feeling nothing at all at all sucks a whole bunch.
I realize probably that weren't what you were trying to do when you said fuck emotions but hey, whatever. Good luck with the future.

pen · « **Reply #2828 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 19:34 »

My dad's dog died yesterday, in my dad's arms. He called and tried to sound nonchalant about it a few hours after it happened. Today, while my brother was burying the dog in the backyard, my dad was breaking down and went to his room. An hour later, he was found on the floor unconscious. He had taken 90 (literally) fioricet and 10 blood pressure pills. 6 of those are a fatal dosage. 911 was called and he's now in the ICU in critical condition on a respirator. Don't know if he'll die or not yet. Odds aren't good.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #2829 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 19:57 »

Oh no! Hopefully he'll be okay. Fingers crossed over here.

Eris · « **Reply #2830 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 20:00 »

Jesus. I hope everything goes alright.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #2831 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 20:01 »

Hope he pulls through, Rachel. Thoughts are with you and yours.

Scarychips · « **Reply #2832 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 20:29 »

Oh god, Rachel. I'm really sorry for what happened. I sincerely hope he'll be okay.

LittleKey · « **Reply #2833 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 21:03 »

I'm really sorry too, I hope everything turns out okay.

Emaline · « **Reply #2834 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 21:08 »

Yeah, wow. That is terrible. I hope he pulls through. I hope everything is ok.

allison · « **Reply #2835 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 21:35 »

Sending thoughts your way. I hope you get good news.

Dazed · « **Reply #2836 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 22:25 »

That's really awful. Sorry to hear, sending positive thoughts and the best of luck to you.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2837 on:** 21 Oct 2009, 23:58 »

Good luck!

I hope everything will turn out for the best.

CardinalFang · « **Reply #2838 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 03:20 »

Damn.
I hope everything turns out okay.

pen · « **Reply #2839 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 06:07 »

Thanks guys. <3

JD · « **Reply #2840 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 06:51 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 21 Oct 2009, 19:57

Oh no! Hopefully he'll be okay. Fingers crossed over here.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #2841 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 06:57 »

Oh no Rachel that is awful. Thoughts, hopes etc. to you right... now

Dear Blog Thread,

I went for my U.S travel visa interview yesterday. I won't know for sure whether everything is cool for a few days but it all seemed pretty good from the interview. This is wonderful because it means I can really start planning for the trip and locking down dates + places.

Holy crap Blog Thread, This Is Happening.

Emaline · « **Reply #2842 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 11:30 »

At work they told me that the real reason that I didn't have friends in high school was because I was 60 and they were all young. This was said because I said that when I went through my pot smoking phase I just listened to a lot of velvet underground and slint.

jhocking · « **Reply #2843 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 13:28 »

Quote from: pen on 21 Oct 2009, 19:34

My dad's dog died yesterday, in my dad's arms. He called and tried to sound nonchalant about it a few hours after it happened. Today, while my brother was burying the dog in the backyard, my dad was breaking down and went to his room. An hour later, he was found on the floor unconscious. He had taken 90 (literally) fioricet and 10 blood pressure pills. 6 of those are a fatal dosage. 911 was called and he's now in the ICU in critical condition on a respirator. Don't know if he'll die or not yet. Odds aren't good.

Sometimes what happens to other people makes me feel like a dick for complaining about anything that's ever happened to me. My condolences, here's hoping he beats the odds.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #2844 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 13:58 »

Quote from: Emaline on 22 Oct 2009, 11:30

At work they told me that the real reason that I didn't have friends in high school was because I was 60 and they were all young.

yeah! o/

people tell me this all the time. "you're like a grumpy, insane 60 year old man trapped in the body of a twenty-something year old who wishes he was 16 again."

I guess I am just a confused person?

Lines · « **Reply #2845 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 15:36 »

It's ok. I'm a 60-something grump in the body of a 20-something with the soul of a 10 year old.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #2846 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 15:38 »

My parents tell me I was born middle aged, and my friends tend to agree. Woo...

pwhodges · « **Reply #2847 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 15:41 »

Nick Griffin is unspeakable; nothing more need be said on the matter.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #2848 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 16:33 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 22 Oct 2009, 15:41

Nick Griffin is unspeakable; nothing more need be said on the matter.

nobo · « **Reply #2849 on:** 22 Oct 2009, 16:45 »

Quote from: evilbobthebob on 22 Oct 2009, 15:38

My parents tell me I was born middle aged, and my friends tend to agree. Woo...

omg, benjamin button?

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