Funeral Noodles?
Sunday, April 17th- Saturday, April 23rd
April
17th
Mood: Alright
God I'm tired.
I guess going to bed about 5am will do that to you. It's my mum's fault though for being so talkative! Intelligent conversations aren't for 3am on a Sunday morning.
That was probably the highlight of today as well. I did nothing at all for the majority of the day. I guess I wasn't in the mood with it being Sunday.
The only thing I really did worth mentioning was make a start on Violeta's assignment. Yes, the assignment might look boring, but I think I might be able to pull off a good report if I do it correctly. I only intended to get a few headings down, but once I got started on Wikipedia.org (such a good website), I started writing some decent stuff. Okay, it might be very wordy and talk about "intelligence" and "ontological issues" but it's a start right? The first 500 words or so are in the bag!
Now if I can do that again tomorrow in uni, I'll be well on my way. Although I haven't a clue what direction to take this report in. I guess I have an idea, but that's all it is. I haven't really looked into it, and I don't want to do alot of work in one area, only to find out it was unneeded.
Terry's already done 5 pages.
!
Bastard.
Still, mine will be better than his, oh yes!
I still need to ask Violeta about the robotics section though. I'm not sure which I should go for - a wide range of topics mentioned only briefly, or a specific sub-section of robotics in great detail?
I guess I could write about Honda and Sony working on robotic humans, their current progress and their current research projects. That would at least be interesting, and I'm sure it would satisify the questions. I think.
We'll see.
Less than two weeks for Hitchhikers Guide - yay.
Christopher Eccleston is apparently considering the role of Silas in the new Da Vinci Code movie. Speaking of Eccleston, he's being replaced by the guy who plays Casanova on BBC3 for the next season of Doctor Who.
Finally - Kay spoke to Holly on the phone tonight. Apparently she's having fun and seems happy.
I'm glad to hear it. I guess she's settled in now.
Night
Chris.
April 18th
Mood: Alright
Well, today was kinda quiet.
Didn't exactly do alot. Apart from playing musical classrooms with Steve, the afternoon was pretty hassle-free. The work we're doing is easy, but it's managing to hold my interest at the same time. Which I guess is good.
Ended up going MaccyD's for tea - not sure I should have considering the effects it has on the body, but oh well. You only live once and all that.
Jeff's class was a little slow. We followed this tutorial using CORBA (programming thingy), but we could only get so far because the genius that set up the computer network decided to DOWNGRADE the software available on the network. We tried installing it ourselves, but they (semi-understandably) prevented .msi files being ran.
Grrr - kinda limits what we can do.
Jeff's exam is next week. Not sure I'm ready for it really, but it's not as if I have much option. I guess it will be good to get it out the way, although I'm not too sure how this weekend is going to pan out. Meh.
So with the classes being relatively lively and me having an early night, it kinda limited the amount of work I could do.
Okay, so I didn't do any, but at least I've a reasonable excuse.
And that's my day.
Like I said, nothing's been happening lately worth writing about. Just the usual boring I'm-snowed-under-with-work and then a few concerns about stuff. I guess I just gotta see how things turn out.
At least I get to phone Holly tomorrow.
Something to look forward to, I guess.
Night.
Chris.
April 19th
Mood: Okay
Don't you just hate it went bad news sinks in?
The reality that I've got 9 weeks left before I finish my course has sunk in, and now I'm worried. I've got my project to complete (which is a few weeks away), 3 exams (Steve's, Jeff's and Violeta's), 3 assignments (Steve's and Jeff's I haven't even received yet) and a presentation to give.
And somewhere in there I have to fit my revision and own fun time.
Erk. Not sure I'll be getting much of that in the next few weeks.
I know I'll be happy to get it all done when I'm finished, but until I have finished, I'm going to be worrying. After all, this is IT. The finale. The end.
This sniffle is annoying me as well. Doesn't seem to be going, while my skin irritation does. I guess that's something, although I seem to be infecting other people.
Ooops.
Don't you just hate change?
Why do things have to go and change so much? I mean, a few weeks ago, everything was great. I was pretty much sorted. My tutor thing was coming off and starting to look promising. I was seeing a wonderful girl twice a week, and sometimes more. My work was going great as well.
Now my tutor thing has fell through. I'll be amazed if I even get paid for the time I did, let alone if they ever get back to me. That wonderful girl has moved away, and things seem to have changed there as well. My work is going fine I guess, but it's just the workload that's bothering me. I've got so much on that I'm not convinced I'll be able to devote the time I would like, which means I won't get the grades I could.
*sigh*
Shows how much things change, doesn't it?
I dunno, I have a feeling things are going to get worse before they get better too. In a few weeks, I'll have nothing to do. No uni work to distract me, nothing to look forward to. Don't get me wrong, I've got the summer coming up, but I just have a feeling it's going to suck.
I need a break. A change of scenery, or at least a bit of a boost.
But we don't always get what we want.
Hm.
Phoned Holly, we manage to talk for about 40 minutes or so. Okay, so niether of us are great on the phone, but I did try. Managed to have a bit of a chat, and it was good hearing from her. She's getting really busy now though. It's good in some ways, but in others...
I'll see her Saturday for a few hours though.
Hm.
Managed to double my work on the Thinking Machines assignment. I know that's not saying much considering I'd only wrote 500 words or so before, but at least it's shaping up. I've managed to write a bit more about different people's papers and their own opinions on Turing Test (where you give a person two computers - one controlled by a computer, one controlled by a human. The test is to see if the person guessing identifies the wrong machine as computer-controlled). It's more interesting than what I've been taught in-class, and it's starting to sink in. That said, I'm not convinced that everything I've wrote is applicable to the question. It's interesting, and related to a certain degree, but I've just got to write about whether appearing human is similar enough as BEING human.
Complicated stuff with thought experiments and philosophical stuff.
Not exactly what I'm used to, but it makes a welcome change from the programming I'm accustomed to.
Really can't be bothered with the class tomorrow, but I can't afford to miss another class. I've taken alook at the work we're doing tomorrow - it's all about Fuzzy Logic. And there's around 100 slides to go through of set theory.
You just KNOW that's going to be fun.
I can't be bothered doing any more work, especially with a Mike Shinoda interview published over at MTV.com. Apparently, a track from Mike's solo effort The Rising Tied (yes, Tied) - featuring Styles of Beyond called 'Remember The Name' is somewhere online. However, to find it, we're going to have to be clever.
So I got together with a few other people and tried looking in various places. I've tried checking the official site for hidden buttons, links etc. There's nothing there but three arrows pointing to a particular point on the image. However, I've checked the code behind the flash animation (I decompiled the flash animation ;)) - nothing that we couldn't already see. I'v checked a few Mike's blog, and a few of his friends too. Nothing there.
I guess we're not looking hard enough, or it's not out yet.
Dunno.
Night.
Chris.
April 20th
Mood: Alright
Boring.
Yes, that's exactly what my class is, and my day pretty much.
Got up just before dinner (my dad didn't realise I was due in class =x) and went into college. Got in just before the class due and just sat around. The class was relatively easy - we were only doing fuzzy logic and such.
Didn't really pay attention mind, I've been distracted lately.
I think I've settled upon things though. Sorta. I've half an idea.
Which is half an idea more than I've had lately.
I guess I just have to cross my fingers and hope things go well.
Not sure what to expect.
Spent rest of the night working on my project - the testing section. Yeah, I know I've not finished my program yet, but I can test it and forge the results. I'll have them working by the time I submit my project, honest guv.
But by this time tomorrow, I should have the testing section done - at least in draft. That's roughly four sections complete of seven. Not bad, but still a long way to go =/.
Meep.
Night.
Chris.
April
21st
Mood: Good
Not sure where this day went really.
For the amount of things I've done today, you'd expect to have been rushed off my feet.
Far from it really. I was bored stupid for the majority of the evening. Hell, before 10pm I was trying to find other things to do. You see, I spent a bit of time on my AI assignment, writing (well, trying to) some more on how no one can agree on anything in the topic of AI.
I agree with parts, but there's some stuff that doesn't make much sense to me. I think we'll never be able to make creative machines, or machines that can understand contexts.
I'd be more than happy to be proved wrong though, because imagine a machine with deductive reasoning! How cool would that be? Imagine the possibilities in the world of science!
Anyway, I'll stop geeking out.
I got tired of it easily (I just wasn't awake enough for philosophical essays) and so played on FIFA for a bit. I guess I'm just trying to keep myself busy. After that, I read some of my book on James' ossuary - right now it seems to be identical to the documentary I watched on Easter Sunday. Strange I guess, and it's not exactly a great read.
*shrug*
Something I guess.
I couldn't be bothered with work and the LPU's been dead lately. Hell, I ended up browsing Amazon for DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and Z-trip albums.
There's a few matches, but nothing I can really afford to pay for, or to wait. In the end, I ended up buying a (humourous) book on how to cope with change(!) and a Danger! 50,000 Volts DVD with Nick Frost.
They're not due til next week though.
I guess I'll be off now, Tintin calls!
Night.
Chris.
Mood: Alright
*not here*
April
23rd
Mood: Okay
I lost her. I'm not angry, just empty. But I'm not going to dwell on how I'm feeling. No point and it'll only cause upset.
God she looked beautiful.
Figures really, I couldn't have her, and she just had to look great.
*sigh*
One thing I've learnt is that when a passion becomes a chore, you put an end to it. You leave it be. Which is exactly what I'm going to do with this blog. I've come along way in the near 2 years this has been running - Nicole, the coming (and going) of the girls, the festivals and my time at uni. However, there's no point carrying it on - definitely not in the next few weeks anyway.
Just to clarify, it's not to do with tonights events. I was thinking about doing this before, but I guess tonight forced me to do it. It's not the end of OMAHM. It's just going on a holiday. Okay, a very long holiday, but it's one that's very overdue.
I'm sure when it returns it will be fresh-faced.
Thanks to everyone that kept up with what I've done. I appreciate it. Yes this has caused some problems in the past, but don't worry, they'll be back with more rants and drama - hopefully before I lose all the readers.
Goodnight everyone.
Chris.
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