Gah! So bored! Weekends are so boring here! What friends I have made are either living off campus, or doing something else. All there is to do is homework... And I'd rather put that off for later. I need to find someone to play ping pong with in the rec room... Or find a group of people to throw my Aerobie "Astonishing Flying Ring". It's supposed to be really nice outside this weekend.

Recently I've been working on a new website that uses PHP... I have no idea how it works. I plan on finding out though. I've been posting on that blog, but the posts are a little more personal than this and I don't feel like divulging its url as of yet.

I got a 97% on the Greek and Roman Culture quiz! Way better than I did on the first one. It's a good thing we get to drop the lowest quiz grade... I actually really studied this time! I'm not used to that... But it worked.

Computer Science is becoming tedious... I'm glad I'll be done with it for the most part after this year. I'm doing Computer Engineering for the circuitry and boolean algebra and whatnot, not the java and C++. It's good to learn it, but I like the other stuff way better.

It's so not fair! A lot of people have finals next week and then are done!!! We still have 5 weeks before finals. We did start later, are on quarters, and had a long winter break... Oh well. I have good classes for the most part, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Now I just need to find something to do...

posted by Rick at 5:51 PM | 0 comments

Sometimes I wish that God and destiny and all that jazz really existed... Simply because it would mean that I didn't have to rely on myself and all of my shortcomings so much.

Wouldn't it be great to live in a world where everything is preordained and there is only one path you will follow no matter what you do? Of course, that has it's drawbacks... But just think: a world where my introverted nature and shyness actually is how I am for a reason and is part of my path through life towards destiny. Sounds great... except for one thing. I would be nothing more than a pawn in the most elaborate game of chess ever devised.

Perhaps it's better the way it is: I choose my own path through life. I overcome the obstacles that I place in front of myself, as well as those placed by others. I decide how to handle situations. And I make my own destiny in a constantly zigzagging and backtracking path that may be so complex that no map could show its minutest detail.

Besides, would you rather walk along the straight path laid out for you through the woods, or leave the path and wander as you please and find your own unique way to the end?

posted by Rick at 10:58 PM | 0 comments