Past Due Update

A lot has gone on since my last post.

First, I must admit that I finally got around to buying World of Warcraft. I have not found a more addicting video game since I got my Nintendo Entertainment System back in the 80's. Hopefully I'll be able to exercise enough self control to actually do things of importance before playing the game.

I'm now having to use my laptop as my primary computer since my PC decided to just stop working. I'm not sure what's going on with that thing. It started rebooting randomly... and then the reboots started occurring more and more frequently. Then one day the screen went black but the computer's fans continued to spin. I then turned off the computer and then it wouldn't come back on at all. I left it alone for a few days then powered it back up just to see if it would magically start working just as it magically had stopped. It didn't work. The computer at least powered up... but the screen remained blank. I know it's not the monitor because I use a TV for as my screen and the TV is able to still function properly. I'm hoping it's just the video card and not the motherboard. Either way, I can't afford to get it fixed at the moment so it's just going to be an expensive paperweight for the moment.

I started school back up... finally. I've been out of school for almost a year now and feels great to be back in. I was amazed at 4 year college’s tuition. For 1 summer class I paid the same amount I paid for 4 class and books at Blinn. This summer I'm taking an Abnormal Psych class. My professor is absolutely hilarious. But more importantly, his teaching method actually has me retaining what he says without much effort. Well... it's either his teaching skills or I just managed to get a whole lot smarted over the past year. I've only been in school for a week now and I've already turned in my first paper. I managed a 46 out of 50... or a 92 depending on how you want to look at it. Either way, I made an "A" and I'm super psyched about that. I was afraid I was barely going to get a passing grade since I really didn't know what to write about nor how to relate it to the class' themes. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw my grade. Hopefully the rest of this summer session will follow this path (except I would like ot feel a lot more confident in my future papers).

I’m also toying with the idea of getting a dual degree. The psych department required a minor; however, if I get a second degree (which is only about 2 semesters of extra work) then I can graduate with 2 different degrees. I’m thinking of getting a BS in Psychology and a BA in Philosophy. I’m really hoping that it’s possible to get a BA in both because I really don’t want to have to take that many science classes. Then again, this is only an idea that I’m playing with in my mind at the moment.

I'm finally moved into my apartment. I had to drive from Austin every day this past week so I'm really glad that I no longer have to do that. My apartment is close enough to campus that I can ride a bike... so now I no longer have to schedule my day around when the busses come and go (except when it rains). I'm really happy with my apartment (except for the cost of rent). It's extremely close to everything I really need. There's a liquor store and a tobacco store practically across the street. But seriously, there's an H.E.B., Target, Blockbuster, various food places, a police station, a hospital, and a pet store all within about 2 miles from here. I still have a lot of unpacking to do… but at least all the furniture is in the right rooms along with all the boxes. Now all I have to do is empty boxes and I’ll be done.

I will have my own internet connection this Thursday. I was glad to find out that the cable companies finally provide an internet connection without charging for basic cable. I rarely watch T.V. and didn't want to have to pay for a service that I'd rarely use.

I'm not sitting in my apartment and am remembering how lonely living by yourself can be. Don't get me wrong, I love having my own space and my own things and the ability to do whatever I want whenever I want in my own place... it's just nice to have someone to talk to every now and again. I (obviously) haven’t lived here long enough to make any new friends so hopefully I will find a good beer drinking buddy in the near future.

I'm also in need of a job. The cost of living here is much more expensive than I'm used to. In College Station I had my own apartment and it only cost me $380 a month. The 1 bedroom apartments here cost almost double that. I'm hoping that this job I'm thinking of will be available at the hospital here that I know is available in Austin's hospitals. It's not exactly "permanent"... it's very similar to substituting in that you call in to see what times/days are available. It'd be the perfect job for a student. I'll be contacting the hospital sometime this week.

I need to take a defensive driving course sometime this week so that I can provide all the info to the Pflugerville courthouse so that a warrant for my arrest won't be issued. I have until July 3rd to get all that taken to the courthouse. Oh, the defensive driving course is because of the wreck I was in back in April. Now that I think of it, I'm not sure if I made a blog post about that. In case I didn't, I was in a wreck one day in April as I was leaving from work. Yes, it was my fault. I went to turn and didn't see the person driving in the turn lane due to a semi blocking my view of the lane. I should've just exited at the light like I did most days. Oh well. At lease my car was fixed so I didn't have to spend any extra money buying a new car.

Let's see... I'm sure there's something I'm forgetting... but since I can't think of it and since I can't really play WoW right now I'm going to end this post and go to bed.

Thanks for reading... if you made it this far.