I found out Tim's middle name today.
It's Janteé (pronounced Jean-Tay, like Jean Luc Picard).
Everyone call him that now.
Tim M. Not A. Al-Tim has a good middle name. YUS.
Um.. anyway, I'm slowly improving at DDR.
Regained my A in There You'll Be today. A in Sync (as always). B in Era. B in A. B in B4U remix.
Or, I guess I should say, I'm getting back up to the level I was (AA in There You'll Be, AA in Sync, A in Era). Meh.
Not much going on today. Classes, homework, classes.
I'm doing pretty badly in 251. Got a 60% on my second homework (which may go up to an 80% when the last problem is graded, but not likely), and not well on my third homework. Meh. Oh well, at least I'm passing it. Meh.
Tons of exams coming up. Econ exam Friday. 251 exam Monday. Calc exam Wednesday. 211 exam Wednesday. Blargle.
I also was thinking about something today....
In life, there are two roads to everything... the easy way, and the hard way.
Sometimes, you'll want to take the easy path. I mean, why do more work than you have to?
Other times, you owe it to yourself to take the hard path.
Choosing a college... I could have gone in-state for free (plus a yearly stipend). I could have gotten easy As. The easy path.
But I chose the hard path. And it's infinitely more rewarding (and infinitely more expensive -_-).
Programming... you can take the easy path where everything works. Or you can take the hard path, where your code is well-written and fully correct. An A is an A... but the second A meant you learned more.
And now, I'm at another crossroads... or at least I was a week ago.
I made my choice. The hard path. The one that'll take time. But it's also the one that'll ultimately mean something.
Two seemingly parallel paths... that may or may not eventually diverge in totally opposite directions.
The easy path... I could choose it. I could go down it. And I'd be happy... for a while.
But I owe it to myself to do what is right, both morally and emotionally.
I need to take the hard path.
I'll trip a few times (I already have). I may get hurt. Things may not work out. But at least it'd have MEANT something.
...and no, you're not supposed to understand that :-P
Talking with Apphia, it made me wonder where I get my strength from.
She gets her strength from God when she needs it. It's a good method for her.
But me... I'm atheist. I don't believe in anything...
It made me realize that I pull strength from friends. From people I care about and who care about me.
That's what I believe in. In friendship. And in myself.
So, to all of you, thank you for being there for me when I need it :)
There's so much I want to say... but I can't. Yet.
But I'm getting there.
Some more random thoughts:
1) I havn't updated my website lately. I need more photos. And updates to CMU page.
2) I'm still a wuss. Why can't life make things easy for me?
3) I want a job this summer :( Bleah for hard-to-get internships.
4) I really have been taking fewer pictures lately. Perhaps my entry was actually true...
5) ... So much for a few minutes. It's been 2 days.
And now for something TOTALLY random:
CMU Alan V: ring ring ring ring ring ring ring... chrisamaphone
CMU Alan V: ring ring ring ring ring ring ring... chrisamaphone!
CMU Alan V: it comes in singles
CMU Alan V: singing this jingle
CMU Alan V: its the worst
CMU Alan V: go and curse
chrisamaphone: cellular, modular, interactive odular
chrisamaphone: chrisamular phooooone
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