So many parts of my life are great, and yet there’s still a lot of it that could be so much better. I can’t let it get worse, I just can’t. Maybe I’m just too afraid of stumbling, or maybe I’m not afraid enough.
I’m so confused.
Are they really my parents?
So I actually spent Thanksgiving in Los Angeles, unlike the previous years like 2005 when I went to my aunt’s house in San Francisco. Since I actually didn’t spend the summer at home this year, I didn’t see my family all that much this year and I think it’s good that I went down to see them. With both me and my brother in college now, and my sister about to enter college, my parents seem to be entering that part of their lives where they’re just going to be doing all sorts of things that retirees do. My mom already takes up sword play and tai-chi, and my dad seems like he’ll be going along with the ride. They were also planning a trip to Vegas, which seems totally weird since they both hate it there and hate traveling. They just seem so much more relaxed than I’ve seen them before. My mom even laughs at my sarcastic comments now, something she never would have done first year of school. Maybe they did finally stop worrying, and realized they did a good job raising their kids.
Valued Employee
So my job with the College Writing Program started off pretty easy. I basically came in when I was need. Now however it seems that I am needed near everyday, what with my old boss no longer working there and them bringing in a new person who wants to do a lot more. I’ll miss my old boss with his love of sci-fi and general laid back nerdy behavior. My new boss is also cool, though not nearly as nerdy (she does have an LJ though). Good news is though I got a promotion and now make 2 dollars more an hour (and they are adding those 2 dollars to every hour I worked before, so I get a bonus). I must say that’s pretty good progress for 2 months.
Linkblogging
After playing around with a variety of linkblog solutions, including WordPress plugins and My Web 2.0, I found a decent guide in the Codex on how to build one. It even told me how to put them into the blog next to the regular entries. Hopefully, I’ll be able to post more with the link blog, which I’ll be calling Asides like Photo Matt does. If you like the links, here’s the RSS Feed.
Delay of Game
So in the afternoon on Wednesday, I went to the MCB advising office to get a course entry code for a lab I need to take next semester. Problem is they are out of codes right now. They said to check back in a few weeks. Maybe people will drop or they will open up more sections.
Basically, if I don’t take that lab next semester, I don’t graduate next semester. I’ve been thinking about staying in school for a little while longer, as I can’t imagine life without right now. However, it seems a little weird that the choice has been taken away from me. When they told me, it felt like no big deal. Now, I sit here thinking about it and it feels like everything’s different. I’ll be hear at Berkeley again, waiting to finish. I don’t know how to feel right now.
Blank
I haven’t had anything to write about in a long time. Nothing seems to really be that important at the moment.
It’s been the usual drills, the midterms, the little get togethers at the house, and working on a few projects. I don’t know, it’s just feeling like the same old routine again and again. Problem is, I really don’t want to let it go. It’s basically my last year or so in college, and I still really am unsure of what will happen after that. People have already been planning and looking for jobs and such, where they plan on living, and such. I keep saying I’ll figure it out, but really will I?
Me and Sergey
Me and Sergey
Originally uploaded by enlewof.
One of those nerdy cool things, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, spoke at my search engine class. I got a photo with him.
From Wikipedia:
“Sergey Brin (born August 1973 in Moscow, Russia) is an American entrepreneur. Born in Russia, Brin studied computer science and mathematics before co-founding Google with Larry Page. Brin is the President of Technology at Google and has a net worth estimated at seven billion U.S. dollars.”
Update: Newscenter had a story on it. “Google cofounder Sergey Brin comes to class at Berkeley“
One of those AIM virus warnings
It seems rather trivial to send a virus over AIM. I mean they’re usually sent by people who are on your buddy list, so you generally trust them and click on their little links. But of course, you shouldn’t really do that.
So don’t click these links:
That’s my good deed for the day.
Seeking Employment
I’m now employed by the College Writing Department here at Berkeley. I work as a Media Liaison (actually student assistant, but my boss told me that was my title). I’ll be building the web site for a professor’s R&C class, and helping out with her general technology like setting up laptops, and Mac troubleshooting. Should be fun and easy.
Meanwhile, I just set up a new website: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~alew/wordpress/. I’m basically using it as kind of portfolio and collecting ground for the things I’ve done so far, and trying to use it as a marketing platform for myself (like I don’t do that enough already). Hope I can maintain it.
Edit: I just wanted to mention that while the site was built by me, all the components were built by someone else; I just put them together to me. The blogging software, the extra functions, and even the design were made by someone else. The joys of open source software and sharing allow this, which makes it ultra-fabulous. I describe this more in the About this site page.
Welcome
Welcome to my new website. Hope you enjoy it.
There are a couple of issues that need work. Bear with me while I try to get them fixed.
To those of you who read may have read my other personal blog, no I have not abandoned it. In fact, I am in the process of trying to find a way of integrating the two together.