I read a book!

Yesterday I read two books, something I haven't done in a very very long time. I used to read like a fiend, anything and everything I could get my hands on but in the last few years being a (more or less) responsible adult (ha ha!) has diverted my attention from reading every spare minute I could. There's laundry! And grass! And never-ending weeds! And dishes... and the folding of laundry... and well, the cleaning of ALL THE THINGS.

Nevertheless I sat down on Sunday afternoon and read, count 'em, one two! TWO whole books. I was very excited. The second book is a "classic". I was stoked, I was going to catch up on something everyone but I had to read in high school! Page eight, I started to laugh as he explained how someone was picking their nose and making it look like they were just pinching/scratching, but in reality we all know they are digging. Ha! we've all seen that, so this book might be awesomely relevant! Page 12 more relevance! I can't believe Ms. H never made us read this back when I was a teen! It would have been relevant!

Page 13. I begin to notice random italicization. Some random words, but even random syllables! Did the author do this or is it a typesetter problem? Do they expect me to believe the narrator speaks randomly like this?

It's written in a narrative style, so half the paragraphs start with "so anyway..." And half of it is weird teenage rambling, self-aggrandizing and self-loathing. So anyway, I find that super annoying, super fast!

Hmm...teenage angst. Running away. Depression.
So glad I missed it during my awkward teenage angst-filled phase!

other gems from today's class

current = cuwwent
desired (I have started hating hearing about choosing the "desired" selection)
retrieve= retweeve (we retweeve a lot of stuff in pwogwamming, pronouncing R's always optional)
error = "application error. contact your analysis." (uh, analyst?)
"grrr! i cannot type in the dark!" (or in the light)

what a nut... he's one of the reasons I've disappeared for a while, 29 days left! w00t!

what in ternation??

Mentioned several times in a lecture: "Alteration"
Written on board several times in a lecture: "Alternation"

Words of wisdom

Deadpan:

You might want to check my addition... I use a solar powered calculator and mark at night.

Members

Programming is super funny. There are many times a day that there are discussions about public. vs. private members, adding to a member, hiding and showing members, and most importantly the particular value of particular members.

It's hard to keep a straight face some days.

Odd instructor habits

Last semester an immigrant instructor said EARLS instead of URLs. Odd but he's an immigrant.

This semester, a java genius, also says EARLS.
A network guru, says *sigh* :eyeroll: all class long.

Instructors are so odd.

School and if I were in charge

Sometimes going to NAIT is like going to high school. Someone got a lab extension because: no ink in printer at home. Also someone got an extension for visio crashing their computer at home so they couldn't complete the lab to hand in. Meanwhile, the instructor has already marked & handed them back today... and they are still not handed in for the special crew.

I'm not sure if the instructor is scared of this student or what, because if I was an instructor I'd be like "you FAIL at problem solving" - seriously, memory stick or email or something, bring it to school, they have printers here. Also The Future Store sells ink.

I'd be a mean instructor, I'd kick people out all the time and make fun of lousy work and people who don't know how to double click.

So what happens at the University if you have to hand in a CD and it is blank? Hahaha, lab extension at NAIT!

260 - The History of the Internet. 3 times a week. Today's agenda: introduction to Web Design.

As if I hadn't already been bored...
Here's my chat log:

Me: hahahha, the history of the internet prof is talking about the internet.com today and he's calling them "EARLS" (that is: URLs) phahahahha
J: HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
you should tell him that the term url is deprecated and he should be
using URI instead
pfft history indeed
Me: In class example:

This is a paragraph that tries using underlining, italics, and bolding
together with a line break.

J: ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
em is for emphasis, hth!
Me: u is deprecated -- hth! hahahhaa
Me again: {text-decoration: blink;} HTH!!!
(css itt!)
J: Oh yes! swoon!
Me: HAHAHA, oh man after I sent that we have actually just added blink to our style sheet... HAHAHAA Oh my I'm going to love this class... Snoooze! Ohno! :pencil:
J: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha watch your eyes! :pokepoke:

It's just too early for this in the morning, is what it is.

Nerds 2.0.1

260 - The History of the Internet. 3 times a week. It is enough to make me >:( most days.

You have no idea but in this class today we are watching a video on the history of the internet made by PBS in 1998. >:( It contained the following quote:

it's not a hula-hoop, the internet is not a fad

I dunno but this class sucks. It's the history of the internet OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I want to run screaming from the room. Also he announced the rest of the itinerary for that class... XHTML. Awesome. I guess I might do alright in this class if I don't fall asleep and impale myself on my pencil!

Registration Post-it

My NAIT program sent me registration information in the mail on Friday that said I need to show up Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursdsay or else. The letter was dated Wednesday, and postmarked Thursday, and arrived Friday. Today someone from the program office calls me during a funeral to inform me that I have to get down to the registrars office today or else they revoke my registration. I go and guess what? I stand in line. Boo!

For a half an hour or forty minutes I stand listening to silly teens complain to their dads about how hard college is going to be, to little punks talking to their friends about how lame class was last year and which girl was hot. I stand in line some more only to be confronted by a registrar office lady who has no clue. At all. She had no idea you could pay online. No idea you could register online. No idea at all. Eventually she figures something out and she sends me down the hall with a POST-IT that says "Registered KS Aug 27-07" to the student ID card picutre people who send me away, since apparently the registration system takes a day to update. I should come back tomorrow, or if possible next week. By way of goodbye the student ID card picture lady says "make sure not to lose that post-it."

OK that's so awesome: I have a post-it as an official piece of registration.