Recent Updates

Right when the Mariners were about to come back to beat the Giants, my computer picked up a nasty a virus that decided it was going to take over. Of course, this occured just past midnight, so there really wasn’t anything I could do about it until the morning. I spent literally all of Saturday at the library chatting with HP support trying to get this thing back up and running; I ended up having to run a System Restore, a process with which I am sadly very familiar.

My computer comes up with a major issue on a pretty consistent 6 month schedule. I got lucky last time; over Christmas break, it picked up this cool new trick where, as fas as I can tell at random intervals, my screen would turn a solid color. Normally it would black out, put I also saw different shades of blue, purple and yellow, which I can only assume were indicators of my computers mood. Now the reason I say that I got lucky, was because this issue was very isolated; it only affected the visuals. Jane and I nicknamed it “going blind,” because everything else kept working, my music would keep playing, and I found out I could even still send IMs if I that window had been open. A quick restart would fix the screen and it ended up being only a minor inconvenience.

Well this time my computer’s biohazardous clock apparently had to make up for lost time, because I had to restore everything to factory settings in order to get control back. So now I’m busy reinstalling, reformating, and updating every application I had before the roll back.

Aside from the fact that the Mariners went on to win that game, there are three positives of this situation:

1) As far as I can tell I didn’t lose data. My papers, spreadsheets and music are still here.

2)  I got a brand-new 30 day “trial” of Scrabble that came when I first got the laptop.

3) My computer no longer goes blind.

In unrelated news, Pandora, the site I use for internet radio has just this week changed their limitations on how many songs can be skipped while listening. This sneaky little change reduces the number of skips I get 12 fold. That’s a pretty big restriction to go unannouced. I’d go into more detail, but I know that Pandora is going to win this battle. It’s just a bummer.

To answer the obvious question: Yes, this is the most eventful information I have to share at the moment.

Senior

Grades came out yesterday, and they were much better than I was expecting. This must be one of my best semesters grade wise, so that feels good. I want them to be even higher next semester though, so I’m really going to need to work hard. I’m pretty sure I’m taking 18 credits again; at least that’s where I’ll start. Depending on how things go, especially French, I might have to drop down to 15.

Job hunt is under way, but no news to speak of yet.

I decided that I have 6 months to try and write my script. I’m hoping to get a lot of work started on it in the summer, but it has to be finalized by December. More details on that to come. I’ve written two scripts in 24 hours, so hopefully 6 months will be long enough to put something together.

Nothing Doing

Summer’s off to a slow start.

I spent most of yesterday cleaning up around the house and such. I went up to the bookstore hoping that I could pick up my Quantum book early, but that place was a mess. They’re restocking everything they bought back at the end of the semester, but apparently that didn’t include the book I need.

Tonight should be fun; some friends of mine are putting together a kickball game at midnight. Then, tomorrow officially starts the job hunt.

Summer

It’s official: I had the last of my finals this morning at 10:30, and I am done with Spring 09.

So far, I haven’t nailed down all of my plans for the summer. I do know that I’ll be staying in South Bend the whole time, save for a trip out to Jersey in early June. I’m hoping to teach myself a little quantum, teach myself a little French, and maybe write a script also. Seems like I’ve got a lot going on for having nothing planned.

My main activity lately seems to be gametracking the Mariners. I’m in the middle of the fourth inning in a game against Minnesota and it’s already looking ugly. It’s nice to see they’re getting all of the losses for the season out of the way early so that the end can be more fun. I think the Irish used the same technique a couple of years back…