Apartments Unfurnished

Week 5 of the semester is complete. What's scary is that it means from here on out the classes should level out in pace of new information, so that's pleasing, because these first few weeks in my math classes have been a rough and sharp review of all subjects prior, which is hard to do because it's so much to cover.

Speaking of classes and such:
I did well on that Trigonometry test, (98).
I took my first Calculus test, and although I haven't seen the result, it's not good. I know it's not good.
Programming class is going well. I understand 99% of what happens in that class.
My intro to computer systems class, we are finally transitioning into powerpoint, so hopefully that will be more exciting now. Who knows.

Personal life time!

I'm still getting attacked by the parental units for who I hang out with. I know what I'm doing here. I know enough to be guarded at the right times, and when to just unwind. I don't appreciate the constant berating. So, I'm looking into finding my own place. I'm already looking and making calls. There are a LOT of crappy places but so far a couple have stood out, so we'll see.

Finding new friends is still a challenge, but I knew that it would be, and frankly, I don't really have a lot of time to keep friends with my current schedule.

This last weekend, I went to a house party, and I think I made a good impression on most of the folks who were there. I had a good time and just like any good party, there were a couple of girls who went stumbling off, escorted home by their sober boyfriends/friends. There was a fight, there was a girl who cried, and there were a few games of beer pong. I'm still bad at that game. haha.

The following night, I spent some quality time with a girl and ended up staying at her place. I didn't really mean to, but I'm not ashamed of it. I really do like that we fit together naturally when sleeping. That to me is a big plus. If it's forced, it's less appealing.

I know, not nearly as drama filled as some of my previous posts, but I'm thoroughly OK with that. 

This week's blog is brought to you by The Kinks, Love It All on their album, Konk.

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One more week...just gone. I need a weekend that is twice as long as this one because I feel like I don't have time to do anything that is "relaxing". Granted, I did just watch the movie "Black Hawk Down" but honestly, that was the first thing I did to unwind this weekend. It's as though I just can't catch my breath academically. Right now? I should be studying Calculus.

Speaking of academics, here's the latest:
Computer Science (Programming): Getting better at creating programs, in fact despite the fact that I walked in late last Monday, I managed to tackle the hardest classwork problem virtually solo. It also turned out to be the most work and longest by a long shot. I still rocked it though. I made it look as though it was boring for me. I wish all my classes came as naturally to me.

Computer Information Systems: This gen-ed class, is actually a bit of work, because I feel like it's a LOT of busy work thus far, and on top of my other three classes, the challenge is just to complete the work.

Trigonometry: We had our test on Thursday, and while I feel more confidant about it now, at the time I was not enthused to take it. I'm sure I'll get the results back this week. Crossing my fingers.

Calculus: Dear Lord this class is hard. Things the teacher says "should be easy" are not, and the homework was a bear to tackle this last week. If I wasn't siphoning help from my father, I know I would have fallen on my face long ago. What's worse is that I created a study group AND gotten a math tutor, and it's still viciously hard. FML. I'm supposed to be able to recognize trig identities that I haven't learned yet in order to simplify parametric equations.

As for my personal life, it's frustrating to say in the least. I supposed context is necessary as per usual though eh?

I still haven't made many friends. I think that it's definitely got it's pros and cons, but the people that I would hang out with, aren't terribly social people. I like hanging out with social people so that I can meet a ton of different people. Yes, I'm still meeting people on a daily basis, but not in any sort of way to make friends with them.

As for romantic interests, that's all sorts of screwed up. I won't even entertain much to say that I think it might be in my interest to branch out and find a girl that's right for me, and not find a girl who I'm right for. I might have to give up on the idea of finding a mutually beneficial girl. It just isn't in the cards for me.

Furthermore, my nice guy attitude that I've attempted to adopt has failed me. I'm genuinely a good person, but it hasn't worked for me, as in, it hasn't actually gotten me anything that I want. At least when I was an asshole in the past, I could get what I wanted by being manipulative towards others. Ladies, you are the reason that aassholes continuously re-emerge in generation after generation. You date the asshole, younger kids see that being an asshole works, they turn into assholes themselves. Nice guys? Yeah, we're fucked from the get-go. You say you want to date us, but at night, our beds remain absent of you. My solution? Time for another change. Time for the year(s) of Colin to reign.

I recently realized that I put my brain to good use when it's just idling. I subconsciously plan. The nice part about this is that I can attack most new things with a real sense of logic and it works out. Except of course for anything involving relationships/ anything that has a variable form.

I recently was told that I MUST watch the film "The Notebook". Overall, I'll give it a 7 out of 10. Detracting elements include a plot that I could see through in less than 2 minutes, thinly veiled elements of surprise, and lastly, a poorly concluded ending. I feel that given the generalize plot of the ending, a different director could have summed it up in a more finite sense. Still though, it did earn solid marks for great cinema photography and a story that feels like we could relate our exaggerated lives to.

This week's music is from the talented artist Travis McCoy ft. Bruno Mars entitled "Billionaire" on Lazarus.