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I feel like I should write something on here, but I’m not quite sure what.

Yesterday was Everett’s birthday. Happy (belated) birthday, Ev!

The graphics midterm wasn’t as terrible as I was expecting… but I still don’t think I did well on it. Meh. We’ll see what my midsemester grade is. If it’s a C or below, I’ll probably end up dropping the class (just because I hate it so much).
The algo midterm wasn’t bad. I scored below average on it… but given that the average was 87%, I didn’t do badly at all. This pretty much solidifies by B for midsemester, which makes me really happy given that it’s algo and I find the class rather difficult.

The only midsemester grade I have so far is analysis, and it’s a B (as expected). That makes me happy.
If I had to guess on the other ones…
Algo: B; Graphics: B-; Alt. Photo: A; Color Photo: A-; Numerical Methods: A
Yay for relatively good grades?

It’s nice having midsemester break and not much homework to do, especially after last Tuesday’s OMG STRESS AHHH foo. I need to do numerical methods and to finish up algo, but besides that, the weekend is mine. I think I’m going to work on a small set of promos for Student Wars (since I want to get cards for Everett and Ben done, and I doubt I’ll finish Internships anytime soon).

I keep having the weirdest dreams. Last night, one dream involved various things on the purity test… and me doing them. -_-
I don’t think I’ve ever had such a disturbing dream. I don’t really want to elaborate. *shudders*
(By the way, I’m about 80.8% pure right now)
Another dream involved me getting back my graphics midterm with a big red X over every problem, and 0/100 points. Meh. At least that made me decision to drop the class easier :-P

Mike freestyled Butterfly yesterday. Managed to get an S- and perfect combo without ever looking at the screen and otherwise jumping around the pad. It was all sorts of awesome to watch.

My life has been amazingly happy lately.
Know how, in your mind, you have this idea of what the perfect guy/girl/robot for you is like… and how they’d act and look and what they’d be like?
This is nothing like what I ever imagined it would be like.
…
And that’s part of what makes it so perfect.
It’s nice to finally realize that a relationship is not the end-all solution to all your problems… because it’s not, and if you’re using it as such, I feel really bad for your significant other. At the same time, it really is nice to have someone to spend time with and to always have that feeling of being cared for.
This was completely unexpected, things just kinda happened. I didn’t have any expectations for this going in, and I still don’t have any.
And you know what? I feel like that’s the way it should be. Relationships should be something that just happens between you and a friend. If you’re actively seeking out relationships, sure you might find one, and sure it might work out… but more often than not you’ll be disappointed, and you’re probably expecting too much from them if they do happen. I think I realize this now.
^_^

One thing I’m curious about: Is it weird that we dated only after entering a relationship? I mean, usually dating comes first… but I’ve always said I wouldn’t date anyone I couldn’t see myself in a relationship with… and I wouldn’t enter a relationship with anyone I couldn’t see myself in a long-term relationship with… so, to a certain extent, they’re synonomous to me.
I guess that’s why, for the longest time, I was confused about Facebook having separate things for “Looking for: Dating, A Relationship.”
Mrrr

Endeca wants me to interview with them. Yay.
*signs up for a slot*

This evening is ITG with Ben, and then shooting studio foo. Huzzah!
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I’ve been playing too much ITG lately. Oh well. It’s the only exercise I get :-P

Life makes me happy.
*gives out bundles of happy to everyone else angsting over grades or various life foo*

Updates

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I guess I should update about my life since my last update (that wasn’t deleted) :-P

The interview with Microsoft went decently, I guess. I feel so dumb… I basically had the first problem solved, I was just screwing up the final step… if I’d sorted by reverse order (i.e. largest keys first) instead, it would have worked perfectly. I didn’t realize this until I’d walked out. Meh. At least I feel good about the second problem (basic fibonacci), although the fact that he gave me such an easy problem probably doesn’t bode well for my performance on the first problem.
The interviewer was, however, 20 minutes late… and overall, he was kinda rude. I don’t know. I’ve never met an interviewer who was so dispassionate and such before. The least he could have done was apologised for being late, and he didn’t give me a chance to ask any questions at the end either. Meh. Microsoft, you can do better than that.
-_-

Um…
Monday afternoon (or was it Tuesday?) there was an interesting adventure involving a scammer guy dude and me and a friend. Things turned out okay though, so yay.

Classes are okay, I guess. I got a high C on the analysis exam (100% on all the problems except the one that I knew I couldn’t answer, which was unfortunately 25% of the exam), which makes me happy, given that it is analysis and it is hard. Graphics is starting to get unbearable, but I can’t drop it because it counts for both CS and photo, and it would put me back a semester. I dunno. I’ll get through it okay, I just really dislike the class.
Next week I have three midterms and two crits. This makes me unhappy. So much work and studying to do this weekend and such.

Meh, and probably the biggest thing… I am now officially in a relationship, and I feel like the luckiest guy in the world.
Not much to elaborate on there.
Whee! *bounces*

Mike sliding on acorns

Interview, film, work, whee

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Tomorrow morning is my interview with Microsoft. I’m going to fail a horrible miserable interview-death and be sad. Oh well :)

Today in alt. photo I shot and developed my first roll of 2 1/4″ film. I must’ve done a good job, because the negatives came out perfectly. I actually found it quite a bit easier to load this stuff onto the developing reel than the 35mm… probably because it’s a lot shorter and the reel has wider slots, so it’s easier to get the film in the slot… only hard part is getting it started, but meh.
2 1/4″ negatives are teh sex. Yay for medium-format film and cameras!
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I want to shoot more now. I should go see how much 2 1/4″ film and polaroid tests cost.

I’ve been getting homework done. My analysis homework is about 1/2 done (and I still have 9 days to work on it, so I’m good). Numerical methods is done, as is algo. Graphics is acceptably done (as in: it’s done enough that I’ll probably get a C on it, and I don’t care enough to do any more, which is a horrible attitude, but meh… I hate the class anyway). I guess my general apathy about classes has faded, although I’m still incredibly “bleh” about graphics. If it wasn’t for the fact that it counts as a requirement in both my major and minor, I would drop it. Mrrr.

It feels like I have no time for anything anymore, and it’s really not true… I have so much more spare time than a lot of my friends, I just spend it doing stupid non-productive stuff like napping or writing journal entries such as this one or photographing random things that aren’t for assignments. I think it’s just that I don’t have enough time to do all the non-school-related things I want to do. Oh well.

Life makes me happy. :) Yay life.
More studio shots, because I don’t know what else to post.