10/31/13

Happy Halloween everyone. Today was, well rather normal. I had report prep and I worked on my prototype for my project. It went well. I like my costume for today. I decided I would be normal.

Get it? Later

10/30/13

Sorry I haven't posted. I've been busy with my paper. Hopefully now I will be able to do this. Later

10/23/13

So today, well I kind of had an "oh crap I have no idea what I'm going to do" moment. I realized that I have a paper that's due in 6 days, and with some commitments, that equals more like 3 days. I don't have much done on it. but I think I have it under control. It takes me about an hour and a half to read 1 article, and I only have 2 left to read. I also don't have much in the way of other assignments that might draw my time away from it. Well, except for my marketing project that's due a week after the paper. Didn't do much on that front either. Damn. Here's the thing, I've pulled off crazier miracles. Today I had entrepreneurial 2 test and marketing. I got maybe 1/6 of the work for my paper done today. Also had film club and college republicans. Later.

10/22/13

Today was the first day of midterms. One in report prep, 1 in management. Read below what I posted to google plus. I had a meeting for an engineering competition. Later.

"So I just had my midterm in my management class. Really don't like this class. For starters, at least 1/3 of the lectures to date have been on stuff that wasn't on the test at all, like "the ISM network for employers that we're developing" and "how our program is so much better than other programs." That stuff is cool an all, I guess, but it's no where near 1/3 of class time valuable when it ISN'T EVEN ON THE TEST! Next, another third of the time was spent on tangents that somewhat relate to the material, but isn't on the test. So, another third of class time spent on things THAT AREN'T ON THE TEST! So in total, only 1/3 of the lecture time is spent on stuff that is actually on the test. Unfortunately, that only made up about 1/10 of the test. So where do we get the information for the other 9/10 of the test, in the reading material.
OK, so we don't have a book per-se, we get packets every class, and each class, we can expect anywhere between 25-100 sheets of paper a week, most of the time double sided, so double the number of reading materials. The amount of hand outs I've received half way through the semester is thicker than some text books. OK, now compared to some classes, it's about the same of reading material. But here's the kicker, HALF THE PACKETS AREN'T TESTED MATERIALS! Half the packets are "general information" reading, so it's a 50/50 chance if what I'm reading is on the test or not. And these packets aren't easy to read. Most of them are walls of text. I am not about to waste my time reading something that isn't on the test. I have more important things to do than "read general information," like read for other classes where the professors are nice enough to say "here are the pages you have to read, go do it."
And now just to kick me when I'm down, the necessary information that is given in class does not correspond with the necessary information in the readings. A fact, statistic, relation, etc. that is said in class is not in any of the readings, and a fact, statistic, relation, etc. that is found in the reading is not in any of the lectures.
So lets see, 7/12 of the "material" is not on the test, and the other 5/12 of the material, split into 1/6 class and 1/4 reading can't be found in the other resource, so if you missed it, you're screwed. This class is going to kill me."

10/21/13

Today I tested out a new medication combination. I like the results for the most part. What I like most about it, I'm doing an experiment. It's been so long since I was able to do an experiment. When I realized this, I was super happy. I had marketing and that was fine. Had students for life and things have gotten really interesting with the new leaders. Later.

10/20/13

Today I helped my film club make a short film. It's a 2 minute film, but it took us 6 hours to film it. I took a lot of behind the scenes footage. After my midterms, I'm going to write a blog about the experience and maybe cut a vlog. It was a really fun day, though I probably should have been studying for my midterms on Tuesday. Lol. Oh well. Later.

10/18-19/13

Hey, sorry I forgot about yesterday. I had an interview at 8:30 AM. I think I hit out of the park. I had my entrepreneurial class. It was fine. I did laundry. I rented American Pie. Kind of funny movie. Not much else.

Today I spent the entire day studying for Supply Chain Management. Oh crazy. Not a big fan of that class. My teacher doesn't really teach much in the lecture. It's all from the readings. Oi. Later.

10/17/13

Today was fine. I had a presentation to give for my report prep class. I did fine considering I only practiced the morning before the presentation. I worked on an assignment due tomorrow. I also went to a job fair for business majors. I've found that business majors job fairs are kind of hit or miss for engineers minoring in business. Sometimes "wow, you can do the job of the guys majoring in your minor AND you can do the engineering stuff, you're on the short list." Other times "no there really isn't anything for someone like you." Hit or miss. I also started a new blog, Happy Gamer Rambles. Here's our first ramble. Later.

10/16/13

Today was, well... let me just say what happened. I scheduled my classes today. All my classes are only offered Monday Wednesday Friday. They actually chain, 9:30-2:20. I also have 1 lab on Tuesday, but that means that Thursday is free. I didn't really like having 3 days off a week last semester, but looks like I don't have a say in the matter. I had Entre 2 and marketing. We talked about black Friday in marketing. That was fun. I got all my signatures for TBP. I had a job fair today. I might have landed an internship at Marathon because of my Pokemon tie. Yay. I had my filmmakers club and I might have an acting part because I have a beard and a big bald spot. Later.

10/15/13

Today was OK. I had report prep and I worked on my project. I then stayed at the engineering campus just reading stuff for my management class. I had my management class. We got to see our midterm before we take it next week. That was pretty cool. I now know what I need to study. Later.

10/14/13

Today was different. I had a test in marketing. Not sure exactly how well I did on it. I think it went fine, like high 80s. I also polished the bent for the honors society I'm "rushing." I got an invite to an honors society, and unlike the other one I'm in where I just have to get high grades and pay my money, I also have to get signatures from members and faculty advisers and polish the bent out in the main entrance to the engineering campus. Kind of funny. It's like I'm pledging for a frat. lol. later.

10/13/13

Today was fine. I went to church. Funny thing happened, the priests phone went off during the sermon. He related it to what he was talking about, so I don't know if it was a plant or not. Still funny. I read stuff for my marketing class. Ugg. Later.

10/11/13

Today was fine. My group and I busted butt to get the project assignment done before we needed to turn it in. We did it, but I don't like this whole "finishing last minute" thing. We then spent a lot of time working on the next assignment. We got it almost all done. I got a birthday card for my dad and I included some pieces of spearmint gum, or as I call it in the card, "green stuff." I had my pokemon league and it was fun. We got some stuff today, and I got all the points up to date. Later.

10/10/13

Today was crazy. I spent 11 hours at the engineering campus. Crazy. Had my report prep class and worked on projects. Crazy. Also got my copy of Action 52 today. Here's a picture of me with it.

Later

10/9/13

I had an introduction to Tau Beta Pi honors society. I had my Entrepreneurial class. I had my marketing class. I had my filmmakers club meeting. I had my college republicans meeting. I also had a realization. I miss calculator work. Homework where I have to use a calculator and my computer programs and the like. Sure it's tedious, frustrating, and I've rage quit on a couple of occasions. This is, at least I was using my brain. Now all my work is reading, and it sucks. Later.

10/8/13

Today was fine. I had report prep and supply management. I spent a lot of time reading materials. My action 52 comes in a couple days. Later.

10/6/13

Today was fine. I went to church, worked on project, and enjoyed animation domination of FOX. Later.

10/4/13

Today was stressful. We had this presentation for one of my classes, and we were still working on it until the due time at 12 noon. We did all the data and information, but we we made the presentation in a matter of 1.5 hours. After we put the presentation together, we finalized the corresponding paper in 30 minutes. The guy that printed it off ended up being 5 minutes late to class because, well, we needed to print it off 5 minutes before and the computer lab is on the other side of the building. We need to stop procrastinating. Damn. After that things were fine. I played pokemon and that was fun. Later.

10/3/13

Today was busy. I got up, packed all my stuff for today, left at about 9:10, and didn't get back to my room till 8:45 PM. This is probably the longest I've stayed away. I worked on my presentation for tomorrow. We basically worked on it all day. We had to call it quits once we all got really tired. So much work. Ohhhhh, later.