observations from a nobody

Last few days have been pretty typical. Classes are starting to wrap up which means all the last minute work needs to get done. My digital photography class starts it’s presentations tomorrow. I have mine ready for display. I am hoping for a somewhat decent grade to top off the class (which should be fairly easy). The professional photography class ends on Saturday (after one last regular class on Thursday). Still working on the final for that class. Going super last minute with it which isn’t too good but there isn’t anything I can do to help that. The project I laid out is much harder than I thought it would be and the current weather is not helping as I try and finish it up. I am crossing my fingers.

English is still a bore. He is still throwing daily quizzes at us and then the final will be next Thursday. Supposedly in class essay on some secret topic. I am really hoping I pass that class, along with political science. As for political science, my group was supposed to present our semester project today but time ran out so we have to present (and shorten) our presentation for Wednesday. Should go smoothly. The final is a multiple choice test next Wednesday. I like those kind.

Not much else to talk about really. The only notable thing is that I have been playing Forza 3 (hence the title). Driving like an asshole pays off like it should. Other than that, nothing else is special in the land of me. All I can say is that I could use my paycheck. Three more days.

So life is dandy and all at the current moment. Nothing is really keeping me down. Quite the reversal from some of the events in the last few weeks or so.

School has been ok, well aside from Tuesdays and Thursdays which I dread unlike no other. The others I enjoy going to each time they come around. Web is easy, except the test that we just took. Who the fuck puts essay question on a web design test? Both photo classes are going good. Getting better with technique and all that. Earlier I took some photos for a project due in two weeks but I need to take some self-portraits this weekend for this coming Monday. Not sure what I am going to do for them but I am sure I’ll think of something. The film class is a pretty tight group. Always joking around and such which makes the day go by.

Work is work. Nothing new about that. My current schedule makes it almost the same every day I come in. Unloading something. I don’t mind it. The managers know I can get it done when they need it so they usually just acknowledge me coming in and I get to work. Just that good I guess.

My time at home has been consisting of Dawn of War II, EVE Online, and now Empire Total War. The first two have been keeping me busy for quite a while. Empire on the other hand is pretty different compared to the other Total War games. Still figuring out the little details in the campaign and such. Another thing that sort of bothers me is that the time limit for the campaign seems shorter than the other games in the series but I am sure it will be fine once I figure everything out.

Lastly, tonight is the final episode of Battlestar Galactica before the 2-part series finale. Not sure what to expect but I know it will be pretty depressing. This season has been shocking on so many levels and I can’t wait to see how it ends. Science fiction has never been this grand. Sadly though I won’t be able to watch it as it airs due to work but it will be the first thing I do in the morning tomorrow.

2008 has been a fairly wild ride. Many downs and a handful of ups. Of those ups came good times. Many things have changed, especially myself. I am not sure if the changes are good or bad but what I can do is look back and what caused them and look to the future. It sure has been crazy.

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So today has had its fair share of awkward moments.

First off, the girl in history who I mentioned earlier this week got a lower grade than the guy who wanted to copy off her. Her and myself were surprised at his score since he isn’t exactly a good student. The guy and myself got the same score with her being a point lower. On an earlier quiz the girl and myself got the same score. One of the others in our group said that we should start a study group for next time. We’ll see how that goes.

Skipping ahead to work now since all I did when I got home was play Dead Space. Anyway, I get in and one of the assistant managers (the one another co-worker and myself hang with) comes over and says “Your mom is here.” I first thought “what?” but then realized it was my co-worker’s girlfriend dropping off a meal for me. I bought drinks for my co-worker the last few times so he said he’d get me lunch for today. Chinese food! So once I get started working on my totes the second in command of the store (who apparently didn’t quit, still unknown WTF happened) talked with some of the other employees and whenever I walked by he got quiet. When he did say things to me he told me I was acting weird today. He is gay and everyone is cool about it but I think he has a crush on me which had me thinking all day. The irony in this situation is crazy considering the girl who I have been flirty with came in for her paycheck. When she came in I went over to the office and chatted for a few minutes with her and then she went off with one of the assistant managers and talked. She did the same thing as the SiC in terms of me walking close and her getting quiet. Something is up. Quite a weird day for me.

As for the irony in the situation with the SiC, I seem to be able to attract a gay guy (if it is so) without being gay and flirtatious but my efforts towards the opposite sex I fail miserably. I really haven’t bothered since my last outing way back in March. Back then I was with someone I really cared for but things happened and now we are just friends. Since then I have told my ex how I really felt about her and that I will always be there for her no matter what and that I am always a friend to her. Many of my friends say I shouldn’t live in the past but I can’t help it. It is also probably the reason for my failing at hooking up with someone these days. I’d love to be with someone and a lot of my friends believe that I should have someone because of how good of a friend I am and how I care for them. I don’t see anything happening anytime soon because I can’t seem to escape the past and my introvert/shy/random personality fucks shit up all the time. Maybe I’m just being pessimistic and emo tonight.

Blah.

Back on Monday night when I last posted I was getting ready to get my new computer operational. Most of the parts were brand new but the video card, sound card, and power suppy stayed the same. Now my computer is a powerhouse that can finally play Crysis, albeit on High but still better than nothing. I am all ready for Red Alert 3 and Left 4 Dead.

In other news since I left off, I have a big check coming this week from Walgreens for my massive amount of overtime and bonus shifts. Can’t wait to see the digits on that. As for school, it still sucks. At least I started my research paper, not that I have gone farther than the first page but something is better than nothing. I think.

I’ll probably update this post with pics of my computer upgrade but I am not in the mood at the moment to resize them so you’ll have to wait.