The Scariest Halloween Costume

I'm sitting in the Isys Lab listening to TAs talk about their experiences in the Junior Core of the Isys program. From what it sounds like, the second semester has a lot more work as we create the same type of project we did as a group this semester, but we do it individually. Horror stories of 30 hour periods in front of a computer and back-to-back-to-back all nighters make me a little uneasy. Yesterday I heard another horror story of someone who transferred from business management to accounting and accounting to Isys and declared Isys was the hardest of the three by far. So this year I'm not afraid of the ghouls and ghosts, but rather the monstrous Isys Junior Core. Maybe that's what I should be for Halloween.

Programming Fiascos

One of my classes is a computer programming class. The class itself is pretty fun. I learn about how to make anything work on a computer, how to create some basic user interfaces, and sometimes even learn how to steal things from websites. However, the coding can be like raising a child: sometimes it will do what you want it to do the first time, and sometimes it won't work until the hundredth time.

Last weekend I made a bank program, and everything worked the hundredth time. My roommate and I (we both have the class together) sat on our couch, put our laptops on our laps, and ran mental circles around our programs. Finally, after working on the code all Friday and Saturday, we got everything to work. The best part came at 12:00 midnight between Saturday and Sunday when I looked to him and said, "We must be the coolest people around!"

Good Joke

There are only 10 kinds of people in this world. People who can read binary, and people who can't.

Bitter Sweet Ending

Last night, Megan and I had "The Talk". The Talk consists of one member of the relationship complementing the other on the great time he or she has had. Then the unavoidable and expected "but" comes in and you know where it's going. Funny thing was we were both expecting it. I knew Megan was too young and she realized that a college relationship is bigger than a high school relationship. So we cut it off.

I didn't feel any different walking away from it. In fact, I felt that the 10 days we were dating was a blessing. Before I was dating Meg, I chose to stay away from the library, which was my second home last year. However, Meg and I would meet at the top floor of the library to study together almost everyday, and I rediscovered its educational value as a great study environment that I'll continue to go to. Unanswered prayers are good.