- 12/31/04 - Happy New Year's Eve!
- And to celebrate the new year, I'm off on the road for Disney World! A bunch of friends and I are making a 10 day trip around the happiest place on earth! We'll see about that, but it's gonna be a ton of fun for sure. I'll be in touch when I return, but for now, Happy New Year to you all, and pick something you'd like to change about your everyday and make it happen!!
- 11/4/04 - New Wiper Blades!!!
- Hi ya'll, sorry it took so long. I'm making my list, and checking it twice, trying to get in touch with people, re-establish connections and use them to find gainful employment. Well, I'm not trying to 'use' you, but it'd be nice to have help where I can. Anyway, drop me a line, say howdy back, it'd be nice to hear from you too! Here, I'll start. I'm looking for work here in town, since I'm already established and that would be most hassle free. My car is slowly dying, but she's old so it's to be expected. Life in general has had it's up's and down's, but I keep getting them mixed up which just adds to the fun! OK, now you go...
- 7/22/04 - On we go...
- Wow, OK, it's kinda scary closing a whole chapter. Honestly I'm feeling a bit like a man without a direction at the moment. I see opportunity, and I know good things are coming, and it doesn't scare me, but it's all new. So come along and join me on this new adventure. It's gonna be a blast!
- 7/6/04 - PARTY TIME!!!
- "Just a shade under a decade too..." Yes, that's me, and not a doctor either, but plenty well educated in book & life. And, the being accomplished required some celebration. So it's time to have a party and we're gonna do all we can to make it a great one! Join me if you can, don't if you can't. Either way, email me if you're willing to pay me a lot of $ to do nothing, because now that I'm not a student, my only title is 'unemployed.'
- 6/12/04 - I R A Graduate!
- Oh so nice, the slow life. I've just been picked up for the summer to work as a coding slave for the people I was working with before. So it'll be a nice summer of relaxing, earning some dough, looking for the next job. Something that'll pay me like a CSBS. The next stage is exciting, and a little scary. Who knows what life will place in front of me. As long as I keep choosing the people beside me I'm sure I'll get thru just fine. I hope all is well out your way, thanks for checking in and I hope to hear from you some time!
- 5/15/04 - The End is Here
- Well, as of this writing I'm 90% sure I'm done with school. There were some strange circumstances (yeah, what's new) that leave me with some reservation about all out celebration. But overal it's a strange feeling. If I'm truely finished, what do I do now? For 26 years I've had someplace to go, the next thing I wanted was obvious, but now... Yes, I need to get a job, but the possibilities are endless! I don't have to stay here, I don't have to leave. Where I was headed was always clear to me, but now nothing is written. It's kinda fun, and once I am sure I'm actually there I'm sure I'll enjoy the feeling. So here's to that. And if you know someone looking to overpay someone with an engineering degree, let me know.
- 4/8/04 - The End is Near
- Camp is almost over, and I want to go home. I have major senior-itis, and it's getting hard to concentrate. In just a few weeks I'll be done with this school thing and on to a job that I get to put down at the end of the day. That's pretty exciting. But all that feels far off. The weeks are going pretty quickly though, and now my senior project group has its back against the wall so I'll be pretty busy from now until I'm finished. And life keeps rolling on. Easter is coming, and my chocolate is calling to me. I don't know what the weeks ahead are going to throw at me, but I'll live them out and see what happens.
- 3/9/04 - Midweek Break
- Whew, 2 exams down, 1 to go. English on Friday and I'm practically done until after Spring Break. How cool is that? I've gotten about 8 hours of sleep over the last 48+ hours, and I'm not feeling 100%, but I'm practically done. A little crisis this week, of my own making of course, but that's past, I'm set, I'm ready to go all the way. Graduation or bust! Want a smile? Find a baby and make it laugh...
- 2/28/04 - 1st Day
- Let the warm weather come. Frisbee today marks the true feeling of spring. As the weather will surely take a turn for the cooler we were at least able to get out and play for an hour or so. How exciting; a much needed break from school & work. So, you're thinking: "GREEN?!?"? Yeah, it's March come monday, and I was up for a change. At least for a bit. I'm not looking forward to the next two weeks. Quizes, homework, Exams... it's just around the corner. So I'll see you in two weeks, hopefully after more frisbee, and feeling good about the progress of this final semester.
- 2/11/04 - The Day's Getting Longer
- Hey, big week for movie news. First of all The Passion of Christ comes out in two weeks! And there's a rumor about a Hobbit movie. What, a Hobbit movie you ask? But Peter Jackson just wrapped up a trilogy of the Lord of the Rings! That's right, now there's a trailer of a Hobbit film due out December 2006! Exciting? You bet, but don't get your hopes up, most postings seem to be calling it a hoax, but check out the trailer if you can, it's pretty well done. For those interested, school is good. Homework is still hanging around. Soon I'll be clear of it though. I've been sick for about 2 weeks now, so it'll be back to the doc's soon. OK, AI homework is calling me again so I'm off. See you soon!
- 1/22/04 - Colder Still
- Well now, another chilly January in Chambana. I've officially started all the classes I have in this, the last semester of my undergraduate career. Ooh, kinda scary. Not sure I'm looking forward to being out of here. Actual responsibilities and all that, although having time away from homework is certainly welcome. So, you're probably asking, but Ben, what classes ARE you taking? Well, let me tell you. First of all is the second semester of Senior Project. We're developing a network protocol visualization for 802.11b traffic. Well, that's not important, but it's kinda cool. That, and papers to write for the Comp II sections. Then I have BA394 which is kinda a complex web page development. As long as the prof doesn't pick a totally horrible concept for us to work on it should be kinda fun. Wait, no reading you ask? Well, that's OK because I have Brit Lit to cover that. It's about love & marriage in British Literature, or something like that. All I know is that I walked in and there were MULTIPLE females in the room!!! A reminder: I'm an engineer, that never happens. I know this may be confusing, a CS major with no CS classes, but actually, I've just saved them for last. Two of them, CS348, Artificial Intelligence, and CS350, Numerical Analysis. AI should be fun, but both could possible be difficult. But a semester without a challenge wouldn't be any fun. Something to keep my graduation in the balance. OK, I have reading to get back to, wish me luck with the history of the word medieval and the development of literature in the freakin' 700s.
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