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Well, it seems I have survived my first semester of College. All in all it was great fun and the teachers were chill and easy to work with. Met a couple of new friends and stuff. As far as grades go I'm not sure what I have since they haven't been posted yet. I'm feeling pretty good about it though, hoping for some A's and B's. Now that I have nothing to do expect to see some actual stuff being posted (or not, depends on whether or not I get distracted by other things). I've got some ideas but I don't know if I have the time, patience, or the willingness to not be lazy to get them on paper (or whatever medium openCanvas is considered).

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Status 8-14-09

As of writing this post I have approximately 24 hours before I move out to live in a dorm. Awesome. My schedule looks like its set up for a good run, the only classes that may involve some work are Calculus II and English 101. Looks like an easy ride, so far so good.

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Status 3-01-09

Nothing of importance happened. I'm updating my journal to prove that I', "still alive." School has been a killer for the past couple of months, which explains the lack of updates and such. Finding time to draw is tough, especially with half of my classes this semester being AP, but I got a couple of sketches I'm working on so I'll post them when they're done.

Quote from the stupidest person I know: "You can't do CPR on someone unless they're breathing!"

I'm on Twitter! [link]
I use Last.fm! [link]

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Status 1-1-09 "New Year"

Well, another year has come and gone. Senior project is basically done and I aced the presentation. This means I will have almost to homework aside from the occasional English and regular Calculus work. I got my ACT scores back and managed to get a 28 out of 36, not bad I think. I'm pretty sure Ill be able to get into NC State University, but I wont officially know until the middle of January. Also, six more months until Graduation! w00t! In recent news, I have been mauled by the hunter that is Left 4 Dead (PC) and have never recovered. Surviving a zombie apocalypse has never been more fun!

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Status 10-13-08 "Status Update + Boredom"

The toughest part of Graduation Project, the research paper, is finally over. w00t! Less things to worry about now, so I have a lot more free time. I've been trying to learn how to work Maya, another 3d modeling program, but I cant seem to figure out the interface. I guess I'll just stick with blender3D because I have far more experience with it. Also, I seem to have gotten myself hooked on a free mmorpg called "perfect world." its actually pretty good looking and immersible for a free game and the first time I started it up I was impressed at the game's depth. Also also, Company of Heroes (by Relic, the same masterminds behind Homeworld and Dawn of War) is ridiculous. Try it out some time.

Yeah... So I was really bored today and I stumbled upon a website that supposedly tests your personality so I took one of the tests. Its surprisingly accurate in some areas while being slightly inaccurate in others.

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion |||||| 22%
Stability |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 78%
Accommodation |||||||||| 34%
Interdependence |||||||||||| 43%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||||| 78%
Mystical |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Artistic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Religious |||||| 23%
Hedonism || 10%
Materialism |||||||||||| 50%
Narcissism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 70%
Work ethic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Humanitarian |||||| 23%
Conflictseeking |||||||||||||| 56%
Needtodominate |||||||||||||| 56%
Romantic || 10%
Avoidant |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Anti-authority |||||||||||| 43%
Wealth |||||||||||| 50%
Dependency |||||||||| 36%
Change averse |||||||||| 36%
Cautiousness |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Individuality |||||||||||||| 56%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||| 63%
PeterPanComplex |||||||||||| 43%
Family drive |||| 16%
PhysicalActivity|||||||||||||||| 63%
Histrionic |||| 16%
Paranoia |||||||||||||||| 70%
Vanity |||||||||| 36%
Honor |||||||||||||| 56%
Thriftiness |||||||||||| 50%

"Stability results were very high which suggests you are extremely relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic."

"Orderliness results were high which suggests you are overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense too often of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun."

"Extraversion results were low which suggests you are very reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive."

You can take the test here: [link]
Explanations of the attributes are here: [link]

What the heck, I might as well tag a couple of people with this while I'm at it, so I'll tag:



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Status 9-15-08 "Fall and Folding"
Well, I've been in school for a good 2 weeks now and its as boring and confusing as always. I've got a loaded semester as I have HN English IV, Graduation Project (Read: 10 page report), HN Calculus, and Marching Band. Engrish has been a breeze so far, The lowest grade I've gotten is an 87, and that's on a classwork grade. Senior Project is a pain, I've got 25 notecards and an outline due this Thursday (8-18-08) and I haven't started at the time of me writing this. Calculus is hard. Not only do I have to talk to a TV (we don't have an actual teacher, we do webcam sessions), I also forgot most of the basic stuff over the summer. Catching up is going to be fun...

Ever heard of Folding@Home? Hosted by Stanford University, its website is [link] . Its a distributed computing project -- "People from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved." -- that studies the folding and unfolding of proteins. Understanding this can lead to cures for cancer and diseases such as Alzheimer, so if your computer spends a lot of time idling, why not donate a few of your CPU's (or GPU's) cycles to Stanford so they can get one step closer to finding a cure for various illnesses.

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9-15-08: "Mid September Update" [link]
8-11-08: "Mid August Update" [link]
7-14-08: "Mid July Update" [link]
6-29-08: "End of June Update" [link]
6-14-08: "Father's Day Update" [link]
5-29-08: "New Journal" [link]
4-25-08: "School Update" [link]
4-15-08: "Tagged" [link]
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