hello friends,
so i've been making this website at work. it's pretty dumb. i had to learn about stupid metal things like beams and channel. not channels guys. channel. yeah i still don't care about it. imagine the tetris block U. you know but all blocky and not curvy. now make that a long steel beam. that's a channel.
here's the site. Metals Supply
It's cool that it's a real place. in my web design class we made up fake sites on our private UH server, but this is for real. you can google this bad boy.
i had some trouble with it here and there, but it's nice to see the fruits of my labor.
UH Trip
Kathleen is back in the H. she's leaving for some dumb vietnam camp tomorrow though. i think they train her to love hello kitty and other fob vietnamese things. make banh mi and stuff. i digress. i picked her up so we could go to UH. i had a meeting with my internship supervisor lady. dr. willis. she's a nice old lady. she was telling me how they're trying to set up texts and twitter and fb and everything like that to get alerts from your teachers. it's gonna be called "Cougar Bytes". she was really proud of that name. it's pretty snazzy.
kathleen came with me, because she's taking a online class from Tech, and she needs to take it at a legit testing site. we went to the ssb, where we learned that she had to email the guy who would proctor it. the lady was like he's really busy, so she has to email him and can't talk to him right now. he happened to be my old stats teacher, and he passed by and said hi. i was amazed that he remembered me.
anyway, since i had the hook up. we just walked into his office and i chit chatted him for a little, then i let kathleen talk to him about her test. good thing i dominated his stats class, or he wouldn't have remembered me.
the lady mad-dogged kathleen when we left his office, but we got the info we needed.
FOOD BLOG
after all that. kathleen and i went to house of te. she got some weird rice salad. i forgot what it's called, but it's suppose to be good for you. i got a chicken, brie, and cranberry baguette and a iced chai tea. the stuff was super good. we were sad though, because their dinner menu started at 4, adn they had a korean bbq special. house of te was good.
on a side not my mom and dad keep trying to make me get on the treadmill, because they think i'm getting fat. can't nobody hold me down. oh no.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Summer
i really like summer. it still means something to me since i'm in school. i would think that people with real jobs think summer is just another season to get by. they go to work and do the same junk everyday working for the weekend.
since i'm in school though. i'm like "that's right i don't have to wake up super early for that dumb 9 o'clock class" I have work now, though. It's pretty sweet. The boss keeps tellin me that he only wants me to work 12 hrs a week, but there's always junk to do so i end up working like 20ish. but that's still only like 3 or 4 days a week. like today. i'm workin from 10-5. i woke up at 9:15. not too shabby
also, i think i've been doing something very bad. no one said anything so i thought it was normal. i have just been counting all the hours i've been at work. for example: if i worked from 8-5. 9 hrs. 10-5. 7 hrs. I'd take an hour lunch and think nothin of it. i assumed it was like baker st. i mean our breaks were only like 15 minutes, but i didn't have to clock out for it. so i was like ok i get paid to eat for an hour that's cool. not the case.
so the predicament is my friends. should i just keep doing this and get free monies, or should i finally start doing my timesheet correctly. no one said anything to me about it. i found out on my own, so i could play dumb for a little longer, or be a good boy.
i think i'll be a good boy. God is watching when i do my timesheet and he's shakin his head with sweet baby Jesus. it was fun while it lasted. you can only beat the system for so long friends.
since i'm in school though. i'm like "that's right i don't have to wake up super early for that dumb 9 o'clock class" I have work now, though. It's pretty sweet. The boss keeps tellin me that he only wants me to work 12 hrs a week, but there's always junk to do so i end up working like 20ish. but that's still only like 3 or 4 days a week. like today. i'm workin from 10-5. i woke up at 9:15. not too shabby
also, i think i've been doing something very bad. no one said anything so i thought it was normal. i have just been counting all the hours i've been at work. for example: if i worked from 8-5. 9 hrs. 10-5. 7 hrs. I'd take an hour lunch and think nothin of it. i assumed it was like baker st. i mean our breaks were only like 15 minutes, but i didn't have to clock out for it. so i was like ok i get paid to eat for an hour that's cool. not the case.
so the predicament is my friends. should i just keep doing this and get free monies, or should i finally start doing my timesheet correctly. no one said anything to me about it. i found out on my own, so i could play dumb for a little longer, or be a good boy.
i think i'll be a good boy. God is watching when i do my timesheet and he's shakin his head with sweet baby Jesus. it was fun while it lasted. you can only beat the system for so long friends.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
And I'm BACK!!!
Sorry guys! I know it's been quite some time without an update. I'll try to be more reliable.
I had finals for awhile, so I've been a little busy. They're pretty gay. I had to make up some stupid grant proposal for my technical communications class, that took a whole day.Basically all my finals took a whole day to do, along with at least the day before cramming for them.
I did ok for the semester, but i basically beat the system. As most of you know I left UT with a super sucky GPA. None of that matters anymore at UH. They're just transfer credits. @ UH I get a clean slate. Bam got me a 3.5 going strong. I totally beat the system. No one needs to know that I went to UT on my resume. Super awesome.
Bryan gave me his starting strength book. I haven't read much of it. Just the squats section. Also, I don't go to UH since school ended so I'm trying to figure out how I'm gonna do these real workouts.
I went to the doctor on thursday. They gave me a tetanus shot and an annual checkup thing. He touched my balls and looked at my booty. Took my blood too. We'll get the tests back in a couple weeks for cholesterol and such. I told him about my wrist and how it hurts.
Our conversation:
Dr.: "So have you been having any problems with anything?"
Nikko: "Yeah I kinda messed up my wrist"
D: Oh how'd that happen?
N: I tried to jump over this metal fence thing when I was drunk, and I landed on it funny.
D: *chuckles* Ok . . . well lemme check it out for you.
N: yeah it was really swollen for like a week, but now it only hurts in certain positions
D: *starts touching my wrist* Hmmm, well I don't notice anything wrong. I think you just need to start working out. Strongers muscles will help prevent these kinds of injuries
D: Do you work out?
N: I used to before I messed up my wrist
Man whatever Dr. Delfino Garcia. What a gay diagnosis. Tell me it's broken so i can get a cast or something cool. Give me awesome drugs. Don't tell me I'm a weakling. You were wearing cowboy boots to work.
Anyway, I've decided to do 100pushups.com. I'm going to couple it with my push-up pro, and make it even better. I'm also trying to play tennis twice a week at least.
I'll update more, and Kathleen graduated. She had an avatar navi speak at her graduation. It was like a speech in Dances with Wolves but James Cameron style. She's coming home tues. EXCITING.
-nikk0
I had finals for awhile, so I've been a little busy. They're pretty gay. I had to make up some stupid grant proposal for my technical communications class, that took a whole day.Basically all my finals took a whole day to do, along with at least the day before cramming for them.
I did ok for the semester, but i basically beat the system. As most of you know I left UT with a super sucky GPA. None of that matters anymore at UH. They're just transfer credits. @ UH I get a clean slate. Bam got me a 3.5 going strong. I totally beat the system. No one needs to know that I went to UT on my resume. Super awesome.
Bryan gave me his starting strength book. I haven't read much of it. Just the squats section. Also, I don't go to UH since school ended so I'm trying to figure out how I'm gonna do these real workouts.
I went to the doctor on thursday. They gave me a tetanus shot and an annual checkup thing. He touched my balls and looked at my booty. Took my blood too. We'll get the tests back in a couple weeks for cholesterol and such. I told him about my wrist and how it hurts.
Our conversation:
Dr.: "So have you been having any problems with anything?"
Nikko: "Yeah I kinda messed up my wrist"
D: Oh how'd that happen?
N: I tried to jump over this metal fence thing when I was drunk, and I landed on it funny.
D: *chuckles* Ok . . . well lemme check it out for you.
N: yeah it was really swollen for like a week, but now it only hurts in certain positions
D: *starts touching my wrist* Hmmm, well I don't notice anything wrong. I think you just need to start working out. Strongers muscles will help prevent these kinds of injuries
D: Do you work out?
N: I used to before I messed up my wrist
Man whatever Dr. Delfino Garcia. What a gay diagnosis. Tell me it's broken so i can get a cast or something cool. Give me awesome drugs. Don't tell me I'm a weakling. You were wearing cowboy boots to work.
Anyway, I've decided to do 100pushups.com. I'm going to couple it with my push-up pro, and make it even better. I'm also trying to play tennis twice a week at least.
I'll update more, and Kathleen graduated. She had an avatar navi speak at her graduation. It was like a speech in Dances with Wolves but James Cameron style. She's coming home tues. EXCITING.
-nikk0
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Sports Talk
i wish i could be a sports talk radio host. colin cowherd and mike & mike have super awesome jobs. all they do is talk about sports and do random awesome things, just because they know sports people.
sports news:
the nfl draft is tomorrow. the texans pick #20. if someone super awesome is still there the texans will take em. if not they'll go ryan matthews or the best cb left on the board.
big ben is gonna get suspended 6 games. basically big ben is a super creeper. he macks on drunk girls and tries to take advantage of em. "ALLEGEDLY" read the report on deadspin.com. he walked into the bathroom where the drunk girl was with his meat out.
the astros are really bad. our best hope is to trade roy o, or the big puma for lots of prospects. or maybe mclane will sell the astros to some russian gajillionaire like the nets did.
tiger and elin are dunzo. she took the kids to sweden. he's out with his friends in orlando partying it up.'
the nba playoffs are in full swing. the thunder can win these games. kevin durant needs to turn it over less. the bulls are done. kg elbowed that sucka in the head. youtube it if you haven't seen it. it was like BOOM
sports news:
the nfl draft is tomorrow. the texans pick #20. if someone super awesome is still there the texans will take em. if not they'll go ryan matthews or the best cb left on the board.
big ben is gonna get suspended 6 games. basically big ben is a super creeper. he macks on drunk girls and tries to take advantage of em. "ALLEGEDLY" read the report on deadspin.com. he walked into the bathroom where the drunk girl was with his meat out.
the astros are really bad. our best hope is to trade roy o, or the big puma for lots of prospects. or maybe mclane will sell the astros to some russian gajillionaire like the nets did.
tiger and elin are dunzo. she took the kids to sweden. he's out with his friends in orlando partying it up.'
the nba playoffs are in full swing. the thunder can win these games. kevin durant needs to turn it over less. the bulls are done. kg elbowed that sucka in the head. youtube it if you haven't seen it. it was like BOOM
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Burgers
this is my burger ranking of places i've been to:
1. Tornado Burger (#1 spicy) best burger i've ever had. fries are super good too. in the thin soggy kinda way.
2. In-and-Out Burger. (Cheeseburger) animal fries are off the chain. the burger is very good. believe the hype. very good very delicious and fresh. everyone remembers their first in-and-out experience. San Fran band trip. Joe Nguyen got outstanding solo for his euphonium solo in concert band.
3. Smash Burger (Create-your-own Smashburger) Multigrain wheat bun, sharp cheddar, LTOP, sauteed mushrooms. nice and juicy. fries are good.
4. Whataburger (#5 add jalepenos) You're thinking, really? i say yes my friend. whataburger is very consistent and very delicious. those patties with the cheese and bacon is simply magnificent. fries are also thin and delicious. what makes whataburger so awesome you say? it's the ketchup. best ketchup hands down you'll ever put on your food. don't know what i'm talking about? take ketchup for granted? go to your local whataburger and taste the difference. when the world goes into a global apocalypse whataburger ketchup will be the currency other items are measured against.
"how much for that blanket?"
"10 ketchups"
"i got heinz"
"don't insult me"
"del monte?"
"get outta here you're wasting my time"
5. Fuddrucker's (1/2lb the works) good bun. good burger. the bun is just crispy enough to give you some flakes, yet tender to bite through and taste the craftmanship of it all.
6. Lankford's (Langford's) i forgot what it was called, but it's this little hole in the wall with big servings and great service. i got a South of the Border Burger. That my friends means there is guacamole in it. Guacamole is said to enhance anything it touches. I think God said that somewhere. (forgive my blasphemy) But yeah the burger was big and juicy and delicious. i use these words a lot, because that's basically what people want to know. we don't want dry burgers. we barely eat. a maximum of like maybe 6 times a day if you eat small portions. ( 3 meals a day is bad btw. you should eat small meals throughout the day to keep energized) The bun if i recall was a little sweet and that made everything all the more enjoyable. fries, rings, and fried jalepeno strips were good. nothing out of the ordinary, but good nonetheless.
7. 5 Guys Burgers and Fries.(bacon cheeseburger) I don't see what the fuss is about. "oh man 5 guys rocks" "blah blah it's so fresh and delicious" i agree it was fresh. delicious? nay my friend. i went to 5 guys twice and was sorely disappointed. the burger is so bland. it's like "hey i'm just ground beef made into a patty. enjoy" no i cannot enjoy you're blandness. does your burger suck because you offer free toppings? is that how you recoop your loses? by providing trash burgers that have no flavor? are the free peanuts taking away from the chance of making a delicious juicy burger? yes, to all of the above. Enough of my burger bashing. their cajun fries are off the chain. if someone wanted to go to 5 guys. i'd go and just get these. freakin amazing.
i've obviously been to more, but these are ones that are of note. from here on out. if i eat a burger at a noteworthy place i'll let you know my review.
1. Tornado Burger (#1 spicy) best burger i've ever had. fries are super good too. in the thin soggy kinda way.
2. In-and-Out Burger. (Cheeseburger) animal fries are off the chain. the burger is very good. believe the hype. very good very delicious and fresh. everyone remembers their first in-and-out experience. San Fran band trip. Joe Nguyen got outstanding solo for his euphonium solo in concert band.
3. Smash Burger (Create-your-own Smashburger) Multigrain wheat bun, sharp cheddar, LTOP, sauteed mushrooms. nice and juicy. fries are good.
4. Whataburger (#5 add jalepenos) You're thinking, really? i say yes my friend. whataburger is very consistent and very delicious. those patties with the cheese and bacon is simply magnificent. fries are also thin and delicious. what makes whataburger so awesome you say? it's the ketchup. best ketchup hands down you'll ever put on your food. don't know what i'm talking about? take ketchup for granted? go to your local whataburger and taste the difference. when the world goes into a global apocalypse whataburger ketchup will be the currency other items are measured against.
"how much for that blanket?"
"10 ketchups"
"i got heinz"
"don't insult me"
"del monte?"
"get outta here you're wasting my time"
5. Fuddrucker's (1/2lb the works) good bun. good burger. the bun is just crispy enough to give you some flakes, yet tender to bite through and taste the craftmanship of it all.
6. Lankford's (Langford's) i forgot what it was called, but it's this little hole in the wall with big servings and great service. i got a South of the Border Burger. That my friends means there is guacamole in it. Guacamole is said to enhance anything it touches. I think God said that somewhere. (forgive my blasphemy) But yeah the burger was big and juicy and delicious. i use these words a lot, because that's basically what people want to know. we don't want dry burgers. we barely eat. a maximum of like maybe 6 times a day if you eat small portions. ( 3 meals a day is bad btw. you should eat small meals throughout the day to keep energized) The bun if i recall was a little sweet and that made everything all the more enjoyable. fries, rings, and fried jalepeno strips were good. nothing out of the ordinary, but good nonetheless.
7. 5 Guys Burgers and Fries.(bacon cheeseburger) I don't see what the fuss is about. "oh man 5 guys rocks" "blah blah it's so fresh and delicious" i agree it was fresh. delicious? nay my friend. i went to 5 guys twice and was sorely disappointed. the burger is so bland. it's like "hey i'm just ground beef made into a patty. enjoy" no i cannot enjoy you're blandness. does your burger suck because you offer free toppings? is that how you recoop your loses? by providing trash burgers that have no flavor? are the free peanuts taking away from the chance of making a delicious juicy burger? yes, to all of the above. Enough of my burger bashing. their cajun fries are off the chain. if someone wanted to go to 5 guys. i'd go and just get these. freakin amazing.
i've obviously been to more, but these are ones that are of note. from here on out. if i eat a burger at a noteworthy place i'll let you know my review.
Oops My Bad!
i have a little confession to make.
i really haven't been trying this diet weight loss challenge.
i blame my new job. it's by all these food places i want to try. these new places coupled with the fact that leaving the office for an hour is awesome, because being there for a super long time sucks. These reasons have lead me to waver in my self-control.
Some of you may be reading this and saying you didn't tell me that. you said it was going well. (Kathleen) Yeah i lied. For the most part i do eat really well. I have a banana in the morning eat my little salad i make, and maybe eat another salad whenever i get hungry again. But man when i cheat. I cheat hard. The first two weeks i did ok. i Think i got down to 161. This week was just sucky.
Examples:
April 14th. i got whataburger after class. now that i don't have night class i get home super early. i didn't make a lunch so i decided to get whataburger. my justification. i didn't eat the rest of the day.
April 15th. i had super bad allergies. so i asked my boss if i could go to HEB to get some allergy meds. while getting allergy meds i saw donuts. i bring 8 back to the office, because there were only 4 of us there. i ate 2 delicious donuts. one glazed and one chocolate iced. also my mother had cooked spaghetti and i had that for lunch. but eating pasta is bad for this diet thing.
April 16th. So when i went to that HEB on buffalo spdwy i saw a smash burger. instantaneously i wanted to eat there. i feel like i am a burgerhead, and would like to try all the burgers that people say are good to find out for myself. so i went to smash burger. i got a multigrain bun as opposed to this egg bun they have. sharp cheddar, an LTOP, in the restaurant biz that is lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, and some sauteed mushrooms. the sauteed mushrooms i didn't know i got til the mexican guy gave me the check. an extra .99. i didn't understand his stupid mumbling. i was like yeah sure cause i didn't know what he was saying. if you're gonna be takin orders shouldn't you be all perky and loud? not mumbling and boomhauer-like. the fries are some special rosemary and olive oil blah blah to make them all special. they were ok.
the meal was just under $8. sans drink. i got a water. the burger was mad juicy. toppings were fresh. good large burger. i got the 1/3lb, it looked much bigger. there is a 1/2lb option obviously for a little more.
April 17th. My parents went out to eat at Berryhill on friday. They opened one up in Katy not to far from our house. I was suppose to go, but i got all sleepy. I literally slept from ~7pm to about ~9am the next day. Kathleen called at like 1230 to ask if i was alive, but i promptly went back to sleep after that conversation. anyway, i ask my mother to get me beef enchiladas. so now it's saturday and i eat these suckers for breakfast. it was ok. then we go to church and come back home. i eat a banana before i go to jessica's. i start drinking super early and sleep super early.
April 18th. i wait for the house to wake up so we can go eat somewhere. probably pho, maybe something else. pho is delicious DAD food. (day after drinking) there is also DADS which everyone must do (day after drinking shit). it'll be good where ever we go.
so yeah. diet starts monday. i have half a month to do it. it's totally possible.
"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
-kg
i really haven't been trying this diet weight loss challenge.
i blame my new job. it's by all these food places i want to try. these new places coupled with the fact that leaving the office for an hour is awesome, because being there for a super long time sucks. These reasons have lead me to waver in my self-control.
Some of you may be reading this and saying you didn't tell me that. you said it was going well. (Kathleen) Yeah i lied. For the most part i do eat really well. I have a banana in the morning eat my little salad i make, and maybe eat another salad whenever i get hungry again. But man when i cheat. I cheat hard. The first two weeks i did ok. i Think i got down to 161. This week was just sucky.
Examples:
April 14th. i got whataburger after class. now that i don't have night class i get home super early. i didn't make a lunch so i decided to get whataburger. my justification. i didn't eat the rest of the day.
April 15th. i had super bad allergies. so i asked my boss if i could go to HEB to get some allergy meds. while getting allergy meds i saw donuts. i bring 8 back to the office, because there were only 4 of us there. i ate 2 delicious donuts. one glazed and one chocolate iced. also my mother had cooked spaghetti and i had that for lunch. but eating pasta is bad for this diet thing.
April 16th. So when i went to that HEB on buffalo spdwy i saw a smash burger. instantaneously i wanted to eat there. i feel like i am a burgerhead, and would like to try all the burgers that people say are good to find out for myself. so i went to smash burger. i got a multigrain bun as opposed to this egg bun they have. sharp cheddar, an LTOP, in the restaurant biz that is lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, and some sauteed mushrooms. the sauteed mushrooms i didn't know i got til the mexican guy gave me the check. an extra .99. i didn't understand his stupid mumbling. i was like yeah sure cause i didn't know what he was saying. if you're gonna be takin orders shouldn't you be all perky and loud? not mumbling and boomhauer-like. the fries are some special rosemary and olive oil blah blah to make them all special. they were ok.
the meal was just under $8. sans drink. i got a water. the burger was mad juicy. toppings were fresh. good large burger. i got the 1/3lb, it looked much bigger. there is a 1/2lb option obviously for a little more.
April 17th. My parents went out to eat at Berryhill on friday. They opened one up in Katy not to far from our house. I was suppose to go, but i got all sleepy. I literally slept from ~7pm to about ~9am the next day. Kathleen called at like 1230 to ask if i was alive, but i promptly went back to sleep after that conversation. anyway, i ask my mother to get me beef enchiladas. so now it's saturday and i eat these suckers for breakfast. it was ok. then we go to church and come back home. i eat a banana before i go to jessica's. i start drinking super early and sleep super early.
April 18th. i wait for the house to wake up so we can go eat somewhere. probably pho, maybe something else. pho is delicious DAD food. (day after drinking) there is also DADS which everyone must do (day after drinking shit). it'll be good where ever we go.
so yeah. diet starts monday. i have half a month to do it. it's totally possible.
"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
-kg
Friday, April 9, 2010
UH Professors
c++
so my C++ professor is this italian guy. i'm pretty sure he knows his stuff, but he's not too good at teaching it. i mean he lectures about c++, then we maybe see an example the last 15 minutes of class. 1.5 hrs of lecture then maybe an example at the end? com eon guy we're in a computer lab. why don't we use the computers? i'm not gonna lie. programming is pretty sucky when it's 9am. it's sucky when your teacher has to go to italy for 2 months, and has some other professor try to teach you things from your professor's slides. programming is cool when you figure it out. not cool when you spend lots of time and don't figure it out.
web design
we got this old man. i think he has parkinson's disease, cause he shakes like micheal j fox. he's super nice, but he doesn't teach us. we learn step by step from a book. if you have this book you can learn dreamweaver.
the teacher is pointless to have. he's also very pointless when everyone comes back from spring break and he says we have a midterm. 120 MC midterm that doesn't really ask us how to use dreamweaver. wouldn't a hands on test to create a webpage or something have been a better idea? couldn't a warning the week before spring break been nice? nope take this midterm. the average was a C.
visual communication
she thinks she's sooo cool. she was a hair model for tony and guy. is it toni? she has so many degrees. blah blah. we do stuff in photoshop and word. most people don't know how to use photoshop so she lets them make their lab assignments in word. in this class we learn the basic principles of design. you know rule of thirds. white space. alignments. the color wheel. fonts.
anyway my gripe with this class was our research paper. we wrote about whatever topic that dealt with digital media. some people wrote about photography. others about how the internet changed the media. blah blah. what we wrote about doesn't matter apparently, because she went on a grammar nazi rampage. 3 errors was a letter grade deduction. bam 10 errors you get a D. she just stopped reading your paper and gave you a D.
basically the content you wrote meant nothing to her. "i only care about commas and run-on sentences" "my hair is better than yours" "i'm a polish grammar nazi. how ironic"
technical communication
this is an internet class. it's suppose to help you write better when you get in the real world. we write fake memos to grandma's about how to use the internet. we wrote some "how to" on some food recipe we didn't care about. i imagine the people in my class doing everything the last minute like myself. so instead of being prepared and thinking about our writing. we procrastinate and turn in rubbish weekly.
the one thing i do enjoy about tech comm is discussions. the prof posts some article about something he finds interesting. then each person can write about if they agree/disagree with the author, or with another students post.
the main reason i like this discussion is cause i make amusing title posts. There was an article i talked about earlier about google making us stupid. for my title i wrote "I R Brite". most people write "Discussion #X" for their titles. i hope my teacher enjoys reading my titles.
Info Management
this class should be very interesting to me. i'm a computer information systems major, so i should love all this nerdy stuff. "oh man this backbone network connects my LAN to your MAN all in a WAN? that's gnarly bro" "oh snap this tcp/ip connection is off the chain" i feel like knowing this stuff is kinda cool on your own, but when you gotta know it cause you're forced to it loses it's luster for me.
perk of info management. we took the midterm last week. now we don't have class for the rest of the semester. just a group project due sometime before the semester ends.
these are my classes. i hate school.
so my C++ professor is this italian guy. i'm pretty sure he knows his stuff, but he's not too good at teaching it. i mean he lectures about c++, then we maybe see an example the last 15 minutes of class. 1.5 hrs of lecture then maybe an example at the end? com eon guy we're in a computer lab. why don't we use the computers? i'm not gonna lie. programming is pretty sucky when it's 9am. it's sucky when your teacher has to go to italy for 2 months, and has some other professor try to teach you things from your professor's slides. programming is cool when you figure it out. not cool when you spend lots of time and don't figure it out.
web design
we got this old man. i think he has parkinson's disease, cause he shakes like micheal j fox. he's super nice, but he doesn't teach us. we learn step by step from a book. if you have this book you can learn dreamweaver.
the teacher is pointless to have. he's also very pointless when everyone comes back from spring break and he says we have a midterm. 120 MC midterm that doesn't really ask us how to use dreamweaver. wouldn't a hands on test to create a webpage or something have been a better idea? couldn't a warning the week before spring break been nice? nope take this midterm. the average was a C.
visual communication
she thinks she's sooo cool. she was a hair model for tony and guy. is it toni? she has so many degrees. blah blah. we do stuff in photoshop and word. most people don't know how to use photoshop so she lets them make their lab assignments in word. in this class we learn the basic principles of design. you know rule of thirds. white space. alignments. the color wheel. fonts.
anyway my gripe with this class was our research paper. we wrote about whatever topic that dealt with digital media. some people wrote about photography. others about how the internet changed the media. blah blah. what we wrote about doesn't matter apparently, because she went on a grammar nazi rampage. 3 errors was a letter grade deduction. bam 10 errors you get a D. she just stopped reading your paper and gave you a D.
basically the content you wrote meant nothing to her. "i only care about commas and run-on sentences" "my hair is better than yours" "i'm a polish grammar nazi. how ironic"
technical communication
this is an internet class. it's suppose to help you write better when you get in the real world. we write fake memos to grandma's about how to use the internet. we wrote some "how to" on some food recipe we didn't care about. i imagine the people in my class doing everything the last minute like myself. so instead of being prepared and thinking about our writing. we procrastinate and turn in rubbish weekly.
the one thing i do enjoy about tech comm is discussions. the prof posts some article about something he finds interesting. then each person can write about if they agree/disagree with the author, or with another students post.
the main reason i like this discussion is cause i make amusing title posts. There was an article i talked about earlier about google making us stupid. for my title i wrote "I R Brite". most people write "Discussion #X" for their titles. i hope my teacher enjoys reading my titles.
Info Management
this class should be very interesting to me. i'm a computer information systems major, so i should love all this nerdy stuff. "oh man this backbone network connects my LAN to your MAN all in a WAN? that's gnarly bro" "oh snap this tcp/ip connection is off the chain" i feel like knowing this stuff is kinda cool on your own, but when you gotta know it cause you're forced to it loses it's luster for me.
perk of info management. we took the midterm last week. now we don't have class for the rest of the semester. just a group project due sometime before the semester ends.
these are my classes. i hate school.
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