{"id":146,"date":"2006-10-03T23:06:52","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T03:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/?p=146"},"modified":"2012-10-07T22:34:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T02:34:39","slug":"lots-of-foo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal2.alanv.org\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Lots of foo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of stuff, whee.<\/p>\n

Today’s algo lecture was among one of the most interesting lectures I’ve ever been to. The professor started out a little shaky, and then got completely confused in notation and in his explanation and stopped… and then tried to recover, and got even more lost… and it was actually kind of funny. I feel a little bad for him, but meh… I doubt this is his first time lecturing, so I don’t know.<\/p>\n

Also, apparently junior year is the time for major angst, so let me join in the fun. Lately, I’ve been doubting more and more that CS is the right major for me. That said, I have no desire to change my major since the thing that I’d rather do is photography, and besides the fact that I don’t have the skills to be a photo\/art major (and that CMU doesn’t have a photo major), I’m also not talented enough to make a living off of photography. In any case, I’m apparently good (enough) at CS that I can graduate and get a good job… and I don’t completely hate it (I just don’t enjoy it nearly as much as photography).
\nI dunno… the past few weekends I’ve found myself in my room huddled over math proofs for my various courses, and it’s just not at all enjoyable for me. I’ve also procrastinated like hell on my latest graphics project (build a roller coaster and animate a first-person view of riding it) because it’s just seemed completely uninteresting to me. The fact that graphics is my only programming course this semester, and that it’s the only course I’m seriously considering dropping, doesn’t forbode well for other CS courses.
\nInstead, I’ve been going out and shooting massive amounts of film and digitals and then spending time in the darkroom\/lab working on prints… and the more I do it, the more I realize that it’s really what I love to do. I really, really want to be a photo major.
\nSo yeah, I dunno. I do enjoy my major though, even if I don’t particularly enjoy the classes (at least when compared to photo courses).
\nWheee.<\/p>\n

Today was our photo crit in color photography (for our artificial lighting project). I shot formal portraiture<\/a>, student life<\/a>, and music<\/a> for the assignment. They came out very nicely, and Dylan apparently liked them, so yay. I think I’ve found my niche in portraiture, so that makes me happy. Time to start experimenting with it.<\/p>\n

Relatedly, you should go to http:\/\/art.alanv.org<\/a> and look at some of (what I consider) my best photography. Whee.<\/p>\n

In the world of ITG, I definetly see myself improving.
\nGot an S+ (#1 machine record) on KeeL Over (marathon course)
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\nAlso starred (#1 machine record) Infection normal doubles (only a 6-foot, but meh… I’ll take my victories where I can get them)
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\nYayzor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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