The Nameless

Sigh, I really should be taking notes for the class I am sitting in. However we are discussing the trades in the book I just spent the last few days reading, digesting, and re-reading, I think I have a pretty good handle on this particular subject. Was talking with my wife, Crisy, and half seriously suggested that once we finish our degrees that we sell our house and move to the Canadian Maritime s. I thinking that this maybe a fabulous idea. Neither of us really have ties here anymore. Still it is something to consider.

Well, I think I am finally getting the hang of this full time classes thing. Before when I was at HCC I was only taking two classes. This made it easy to focus on one class or the other. Now however that I am full time, I have to spread my focus out over four classes. I am getting a handle on it but the transition has been difficult. So, now I sit waiting for my Physical Geography class to start, it's interesting. Fortunately this classes grades are based on three tests, and class participation so no papers! thank god, I have enough writing to do in my other three classes.

So I invested in a Asus Eee PC netbook for taking notes, and writing at school. Because well, sometimes even I cannot read my own hand writing. I have used it for two different class periods so far and it has been a godsend. Although I am still getting used to its smaller keyboard, so I am making more typos than usual, but at least I can read what I am writing! Speaking of writing, I am writing a ton in my Greek art and archeology class. About twice a week my professor assigns study questions, that usually wind up being 2.5 to 3 pages typewritten single space. It is worth it though as I am learning an awful lot about bronze age Greece, the Minoan, and Cycladic civilizations. Especially the art and architecture. It is a fascinating class.

I have been back in school now for almost a month now and am very busy. I am definitely working harder than I ever did at HCC but it is worth it. For the first time in about ten years I feel that I am going somewhere with my life and it is good.

Gah, getting used to a daylight schedule again kind of really sucks. Especially after ten years of working nights. I am not really sleeping well at night as I feel I should be up and about doing things, and I am dragging during the day as I really should be sleeping. Then again however, that’s how I was before I was working nights. I guess I can’t win for losing. Speaking of sleeping at night, I must say that I really love my Doberman mix, Jasmine. She is the best dog I have ever owned. However, she has discovered the best way to wake daddy up , when she has to go potty, is sit over him and stare, and occasionally shuffle her two front paws. Now since Jasmine is a Doberman mix, she has the full Doberman markings. Namely she is all black, with tan around her jaws, paws, some on her chest, and of course the two tan dots on her eyebrows. Now, why this is so effective, is that in the dim light of our bedroom at night. When I finally become conscious of her looming over me, the first thin...

updated links, it has been a while since I have used this space.

I think having this blog will be useful now, giving the direction my life has taken. On 11/25 I was notified that I was being laid off of my job. My official last day at the office was today, Merry Christmas. All things considered though I think that this is a positive thing. I had been basically stagnating at work for about ten years or so. I hadn't been happy in about six years, and had not really cared for about four. To paraphrase the movie "Office Space" I was doing just enough not to get hassled by my bosses, or get fired. A topic for another post is why I never pursued advancement at my job. Trust me I have stories about my former place of employment. Now however the future is wide open. I have chosen to forgo rejoining the job market, and finish up my B.A. degree. If you have been following this blog at all, you would know that I am in school. This semester I applied for and was accepted as a transfer student at UMBC. In fact, I received the acceptance letter a...

 

 

Been slacking on my promise to write something everyday, meh. Anyhow, the semester is over, and my overall GPA is a 3.5. I got an A in the lecture portion of the astronomy class which honestly surprised me, but I’m not complaining. This lowers my overall GPA from a 3.86 to a 3.85 and after discussions with Crisy and Mom I have decided not to retake the lab. Instead I will be focusing on transferring out of HCC to a four year school, which one? I do not know yet. I will have to visit schools and decide, that is one my projects for the summer. On a related note, Crisy asked me if I wanted to join Mensa. I am easily smart enough if all the assessments and IQ tests I have taken over my life are correct, but honestly I have no real desire to join Mensa. The thing is, all of the Mensa groups and members I have come into contact with, do not do much of anything, save sit around and feel smugly superior because of how smart they are. I really do not need to join Mensa to feel smugly superio...

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo .

Well, it's certainly been awhile in updating this blog. I am really going to attempt to update more often, as writing something everyday will probably help me become a better writer. So, what has been going on in my life? Well for starters, I just finished another semester at school, I took Astronomy and it associated lab course. It looks like I will be getting a B in the lecture portion of the course, which is fine, and a C for the lab, which I cannot accept. I will more that likely retake the lab course to improve my grade. I lost focus this semester, although my work was solid, and calculations were spot on according to my teacher, I just did not turn in the assignments. That is personally unacceptable and I can and will do better. For the first time In my life, I have a good GPA (3.86) and I will not allow myself to ruin it. In other news I read something interesting last night. Apparently anthropologists believe that given enough time, humans can out run any other animal on...

 

 

As you have probably seen I am working on a new assignment, accent color. I go in for the critique tonight of my vertical landscape assignment I will post how that goes as well as the edited pictures from the critique