Undergrad

YAY ME! GO ME! HURRAYYYYYYYYY! I feel so sexy driving it, I think it is actually beyond my sexiness (if you can imagine that, I know it is hard)... For some reason I am scared senseless driving it because I am afraid something might happen to it and it is my girlfriend ($20,707.22 lifetime companionship) and so I don't want something to happen to it... I need to get over that so I can enjoy it fully... I also finished my last test of my undergraduate degree today... it was ok, semi hard, semi easy... we'll see... but still YAY ME...

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I know I have had mixed emotions in the past, but right now I am extremely happy and super excited about Francisca coming to my graduation... I hate how I have been so high in emotions lately... Now that Algorithms is over though and there is less then a week before I have my BS, I am feeling accomplished and in high hopes and spirits... Despite the fact that I still am scared and clueless about what I am going to do with the rest of my life...

Labels: francisca amunategui, undergrad

Well, in about 3 hours I have an interview with Freescale, a company that use to be part of Motorola... My uncle works there and told me about an summer internship that I might want... So, I thought why the hell not, and I am going to try... They pay for relocation even... I don't know how much they plan on paying me yet, but if it helps pay for grad school, then yippee... I also applied to be a video game tester in Orlando for $8... that is with EA... that would be sweeeeeeeeeet... I get my foot into the video game industry... which is cool...

If I live here the whole summer then I could start looking for houses in Dallas in case I get accepted to SMU... I am kinda scared to move so far away, but the truth is I really have no reason not to... all I have to think about is myself, which is weird... I am really excited about the thought of it, even though I am scared too... I need to feel like I am at a different stage in my life, because I will be... I don't want to be stuck in the same lonely routine in Tallahassee...

I hope they think I am good enough to get into these gaming schools... I would work like crazy once I got in, the problem is getting in... at least everyone at SMU will remember me because they freaking announced that I drove all the way from Florida during the main presentation by the Director of the school... embarrassing... but oh well... I feel more qualified than the other people there sounded... none of them seemed to know anything about programming... they were all scared about having to program... and I was really really excited about it... Even if I didn't go into video games after graduating, I would be a SUPER DUPER programmer and be able to apply to other places as well... They would teach me a whole bunch of very useful things...

Next week, after my Algorithm's test, I am going to start programming like crazy and finish up my portfolio...

Guess what! I got a 104 on my first intellegent systems test... so now we are done with 50% of the course and I have like a 99.999999... which is sweet... I only need like 40%'s on the rest of the course work to pass... that is a fun class...

OH well, I have to start getting ready for the interview... so yeah... bye

Labels: electronic arts, freescale, gaming, grad school, kelly folts, tallahassee, undergrad, work

I am super excited to go to Orlando this weekend... I have a high expectation that I will have fun... I guess it is kinda easy to have that expectation when you are going to an amusement park... but I am more excited about chilling with my friends... I've only been here a week and already I have that lonely feeling I was so happy to get rid of when I left here... I guess even when I was down there I had that lonely feeling, it was just easier to find something/somebody to distract me from feeling it...

I have read 2/3 of The Da Vinci Code since yesterday... I seriously cannot put the book down... I want to buy Angels and Demons now so I can start reading it as soon as I am done with this one... I actually bought The Da Vinci Code last semester but never had the time to pick it up and read it because of my huge course load... I am excited about my Intro to Intelligent Systems class... it is going to be easy and interesting at the same time... there is a lot of programming which is my passion... We are making a spam filter for the first project... it'll be fun...

I am starting to stress about all the grad school stuff I have to do... I finally have 3 teachers writing me letters of recommendation, but now there is all this crap I have to do for them so that they can start... I started filling out the application for GuildHall, the gaming school in Texas... that is the one place I really hope I make it into... I really don't want to stay here in Florida... Unless maybe I went to UCF and worked for Electronic Arts while studying there...

I was invited to my friends wedding... the only problem is that it is in Montgomery Alabama... I want to go because then I could dress up and look sexy, but I want to bring a date (so to speak) because I won't know anyone there if I do go... I guess it would be a lot to ask somebody who doesn't know the bride like I do to go to a wedding with me... especially in short notice (it is in 2.5 weeks)... oh well, I might ask somebody...

I start my TA job next week... pretty excited about it... (the money anyway) I got paid this last two weeks too and I didn't even work... $200 a week... yippee... that on top of my lab job which I make about $100 a week, and the website that I do for the sociology department which has really really kicked up in the last month or so (i've been working about 5 hours a week which is up from an average of .25 hours a week) I make $12 an hour on that job... I have a lot of free time still though... in a way I am excited about homework so that I can be distracted from boredom...

Labels: electronic arts, grad school, programming, reading, undergrad, wedding, work

(I wrote this last night, but for some reason it didn't post... so here it is)

I beat halo 2 about 30 minutes ago... go me! After that I came over to the computer to see if my last teacher posted a grade, and it turned out that he did, and for the first time ever I made straight A's (meaning no A minuses either) just pure, sexy A's... oh well..

My family and I celebrated my birthday today (well, technically yesterday, the 13th) because they are all going to be busy tomorrow and can't... I opened all my presents except one of the one my parents got me... I got 2 dress shirts with matching ties from my parents, Ultimate Bustamove for Xbox live from my sister, and a brick from my grandparents... luckily they used fifty $1 bills for the padding... B) think they are all tricky and stuff... I am hoping the other present my parent's are giving me is the digital camera I want... even though I have nothing really to take pictures of, I want one... because then if I wanted to take a picture I could without paying a lot for film/processing...

I don't know what I am going to to do when I get up this morning... if that makes sense... I already beat Halo 2, maybe I can try and beat it on Legendary (the hardest difficulty)... or just play it online for the whole day... who knows... I just hope I don't get any more mature since I am 22, because that would suck and I would be boring and have no reason to live...

Oh well, the best birthday present I got was getting out of the hell semester I just had... I am glad I did so well, if I didn't then I would have been angered considering the amount of effort I put into it... next semester better be easy... or fun... well, my elective better be fun because "Complexity and Analysis of Data Structures and Algorithms" sure as hell won't be... I think I am taking "Introduction to Intelligent Systems" as my elective... learn about making computers think like a human... sounds cool, sounds fun... sounds hard though...

Labels: birthday, gaming, honey folts, lori folts, megan folts, papa folts, patrick folts, undergrad

Well, I am done with school... I aced my History test, so now I have at least two of four A's for sure, the only two classes I am unsure about are OpSys and Distributed Networks, both classes depend on the class curve... I will be pissed if they give me an A- or something... I calculated it and if they didn't have minuses here then I could graduate with a 3.5 rather than a 3.489599999ish... I'm going to see if they will drop some of my classes that doesn't count toward my major... one that I got a C in, and then that would throw me over the 3.5 GPA too... oh well...

I was really excited for about an hour after my exam... now I am already bored... About a week ago I was excited about seeing everyone for my birthday and chilling, and then I found out that everyone I've asked isn't going to be there for my birthday... I feel old... I got my first gray hair this week too... The reason I probably haven't gotten one before this is because my hair is falling out before it can turn gray... I am so close to graduation too, that makes me feel even older... I don't know what I am going to do with my life either... my life has just got so flipped upside down this year... I can't wait until this year is over...

I am a completely different person than I was this time last year... 35 lbs lighter, (most of that is probably hair weight loss... he he), 1% smarter, etc... At least I am still 100% sexy... even with my ugly "Paul Bunyan" beard that I have no reason to shave... I haven't kept up with anyone I use to hang out with, haven't had time I suppose, haven't had anything to talk to them about... My friend Megan and I have become close again at least... Patrice's boyfriend is really cool, I just kicked his ass in Scrabble...

There are the regulars in the lab (the place I work) that are really cool too, but I don't know if they just put up with me because they want to use the lab or not... and I don't know if I will work in the lab next semester either, depends on how my schedule works out... I don't even talk to my family much anymore either... nothing to talk about except for boring classes... glad they are over...

Me, Vin, Anton, Duane, Tom, and some guys that Vin knows are planning to make a website with puzzle like games to play... I didn't think it was going to actually happen because I thought I was the only one who has the motivation for something like this, but when they saw my half-made tetris game they all got excited and they actually have a meeting planned to start working on the design for the site and gather game ideas... I didn't even start this either, Vin did and invited me to take part in it... If this actually works out it might help me get into Guildhall like I want (the gaming school)...

Oh well, I am just going to play xbox the whole time I am there... Me, Sebastian, Joe, and Sean... whenever they are not in school/not in South Florida... I am going to my Grandma's for Christmas, I am excited... I'd prefer it if she came down to my house, but still, I am excited...

I fly home tomorrow afternoon... glad to get out of this place for a month... I need a time to relax and find out who the single Nikk is... I am a little scared about seeing Francisca again because last time, even though I swore to myself I could do it, I really couldn't... I got all defensive and to prevent from shutting down completely I tried to just push her even further away... She doesn't want me and it hurts... I want her as my friend so much, but it hurts too much... One minute I would be happy never to hear her name again, the next minute I would never be happier to talk to her... grrrrr times a million...

I finally got the pay check that they didn't give me 2 weeks ago... that was exciting... money money moneeeeyyy, moneyyyyyyyyy... speaking of the apprentice, they picked the dumb "barbie" girl as a finalist... if she wins I will never respect Trump as a corporation again... I just want to smack some sense into that stick with legs...

Oh well, enough talking to myself since I know I already bored everyone so much that they haven't been reading for the past 7 paragraphs... yeah... I'll update later once I have anything good to add... which I probably won't... I might have a party on the 18th, I know that the Benham Christmas party is that night, but it is the only night I have a chance of celebrating my birthday... D and Anton will be down in South Florida during that weekend so they can come too... I just don't know where I would have it...

Labels: best friend, brian and patrice mankowski, francisca amunategui, gaming, joe castelbuono, sean rush, sebastian amunategui, undergrad

The Sims 2 comes out this Thursday or Friday (the website says Friday, but the commercials say Thursday) I will finally have a life... or at least be able to act one out... I am really excited... the graphics are awesome...

I get paid Friday as well... and I already got some of my money I earned when I was down there... It is all going to pay off my debt that I have for buying my laptop, as well as other computer parts for my desktop... doesn't matter though, I have nothing to save it for or use it for... I'm going to get a $60,000 job when I get out and have nothing to spend that money on either...

I keep feeling like I am getting ahead in school, but then they assign a ton more and I am right back where I was, with a ton to do... I am taking the two hardest Computer Science classes right now... Programming Languages and Operating Systems... Programming Languages is a "history of" course... <yawn> we learn all about the many different computer languages and why/how/when they were developed... in Operating Systems, it is more interesting, but much much harder... we have to do low level programming, aka, disk access, file management, etc... (the basics of what Windows does)

I went out tonight with people in my major, but only to work on a hard assignment for programming languages... it was as fun as doing homework can be... The other week Patti came here and I spent 72 hours straight with her... I have been talking to my other best friend on the phone a lot lately... I might even see her this week if I evacuate to Atlanta... Weekends aren't really something to look forward too, I just sleep through them because I have nothing to do... I do all my homework at work... so weekends might as well be weekdays... at least then time goes by quicker...

I am getting to know people's name in my major... it might be useful someday... everyone sees me as the nerd though, because I "always" do good, and I enjoy programming... oh well...

Its frustrating me that Ivan moved further west... I already boarded the whole house, upstairs and down, because I knew I wouldn't have had time later in the week to do it... it better have been for something... hopefully it makes a big turn and heads straight towards me... assuming everyone would stay safe of course...

Oh well, I organized my thoughts now... time to go to bed...

Labels: best friend, electronic arts, hurricane, nerd, patti botero, programming, undergrad

My family is probably going to come up here to out run the hurricane that is coming... FREE FOOD! yay... they said they will most likely be here Thursday night. Depending on where the hurricane is headed of course...

I still love my job, it is the third day now, and I get to sit here and do whatever I want... super... I am at work right now.

I got my new hard drive yesterday and I am getting my new RAM today... my computer will be super... I already have Linux up and running and now I need to install Windows... At least I will have something to do this weekend... either hang out with my family, or work on my computer to get it just right...

The Sims 2 comes out soon, I want to preorder it... They have a DVD edition so you don't have to have a million CD's...

I have maintained my goal weight of 180lbs... I am going to try and loose more though... I use to be 206ish before my diet, and I peaked at 213... my ring doesn't even fit me anymore... my fingers probably weighed 10 of those pounds I lost... he he... I have lost all this weight on a CARB ONLY diet... which I think I should start marketing... I could make millions...

My History teacher is leaving for 2 weeks.... she is going to China to pick up her newly adopted baby (16 months)... if we go to class when she is gone we get extra credit on our midterm... and on this Thursday class is canceled... (we have to do some stupid online thing that takes five seconds instead of doing class) My history textbook is actually interesting, it isn't really textbookish... it is more novelish... and all the questions that she is going to ask us are opinion questions with short answer/essay answers...

Miami/FSU game is this upcoming Monday at I think 8:00... going to be exciting... hopefully we will win for the first time since I became a Seminole.

I have been asking around and it turns out that most people in my major don't have over a 3.0 GPA, they all have like 2.8s and stuff... so it is really looking like I am a strong contender for the National Security Agency scholarship that I want...

I might be a TA next semester, but I am afraid of looking stupid... but if I am a TA I get paid at least $10 an hour and no matter how much you work you get paid for 20 hours a week... so if I did that, and this, and the website I would be a full time employee and might be able to get a faculty decal...

I might be getting Gmail in the next few weeks... which is an invite only thing... so I am excited... (Gmail is Google's new mail thingy that is all the rage) I will be able to invite some people after I have had the account for a while... if anyone is interested let me know...

Ok, I am boring so DONE

Labels: electronic arts, florida state university, football, hurricane, undergrad, work

Woohoo... Cyber Investigations looks really fun... we get to learn how to track people who sent threatening emails, learn how to look at files even after they have been deleted... etc... etc... loads of fun... I can't wait... and I will get a certification... B)

Labels: undergrad

• Theory of Computation: A
• Database Principle and Design: A
• Conversational and Reading German: A-
• Introduction to Probability: B

Go me... Second semester in a row getting on the Deans list... it is weird, the harder my classes get the better I do... I guess I freak out more... I have never done so good... of course, this is the first semester I have taken only 13 credits... usually I take 15... once I took 17... Francisca got straight A's... NERD... anyways... HI everyone...

Labels: francisca amunategui, nerd, undergrad

Hello... I had to test today... Computer Organization, or as Francisca calls it the 1010110001110 class... and German, which wasn't to difficult... I am starting to get demotivated for my classes... I had a really hard math test last week that stressed me out... and so after I was done, I decided I didn't care... and this weekend I hardly studied for either of my test... I think I did well enough to get B's on both, but the Comp Org one is kinda borderline... I have a 97% in both classes so far, so even if I didn't do to well I should keep my A's...

I am about to go out to eat with my sister and her friends because they are going to T.G.I. Fridays, and I want their points B) It is my neighbor's birthday party and there will be a lot of people... or in other words... a lot of points...

I am glad today is almost over... it was long... and hard, and boring... tomorrow I am going to be doing a programming (nerdism) assignment that is do Friday... I have to make a calculator, which isn't to hard... so that is exciting... he said he is giving us a break by giving us this assignment opposed to another...

I have one more test next Monday, it is going to be hard, but after that I will only have 2 more test until finals week... one in German, and one in math... hopefully I can make it...

I registered for my classes last week, it was exciting... I have the majority of my classes on only Tuesday and Thursday, and NO CLASS on Fridays! I am excited because that leaves me with extra tito time... OH! and I don't have class until like 1:00 PM on Mondays so I can drive home Monday mornings rather than Sunday afternoon... which is again, more tito time...

I am almost 21 and I just can't wait... it is just the fact that it is a milemarker in my life that is fun to hit... the next mile marker in my life is 40, because I will almost be dead... or over the hill at least... unless you call 25 a mile marker because you can rent cars from any car rental company... but that is the only plus side to 25...

I have a good idea for Tito's birthday present... I have something, but I have other ideas as well that are exciting me... I just hope that once I get it I can keep a secret from her... it would be the first time since I started dating her that I would keep a surprise from her... I get WAY to excited... we'll see...

I wish I had a lot of money right now so I can go buy all the video games that I ever wanted before they stop selling them... that is the only reason I would want money... well, and for a car... but I will get one of those when I graduate hopefully unless they don't keep their word...

Well, I have to go to Fridays now... yummy... thanks for reading this, for those of you who have made it all the way down to here...

Labels: boston, francisca amunategui, grad school, programming, tgi fridays, undergrad

Hi guys... I haven't written here for weeks because I have been busy as hell... I just finished my busiest week. I had 2 midterms today, and I have a paper due tomorrow that I already turned in so I am now in Gainesville with my Tito... I am VERY upset... Taco Bell stopped (at least in Gainesville and Tallahassee) serving Dr. Pepper... that is the worst thing that anyone company can do... loose me as a customer... I HATE Pepsi, so I can't drink anything while I am there... OH well, anyways, I got an 88 on my first math test... It was not only the highest grade, it was the only B (and it is almost an A, but nobody got an A out of 100 people...) GO ME! anyways... DIE TACO BELL! DONE

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For some reason my stress level has dropped dramatically ever since Monday... The major reason is that I took a math test and did well (I think), however I still have two papers do at the end of the week... I have been doing nonstop paper preparations today... but still I just don't feel stressed... This is the time in the semester that motivation drops dramatically... right before midterms... I wonder why it is that way... you should have more motivation at this time...

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