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2008
1/01/2008
Happy New Year!
Winter break has been pretty nice so far. I've been spending a lot of time with my friends. Jackie, Ryan, and I have been watching some interesting anime. I doubt I would have ever seen them if Jackie didn't show them to me, but I'm glad she did. Some of the episodes are pretty cool. Justin also came over for a few days to go to the Packers vs. Lions game this past Sunday with me. The game itself was pretty boring since it was meaningless to the Packers. After they were up 21-3, or something like that, Favre and the starters were pulled and the game became boring.
It's kind of weird thinking this is the last time that a lot of us will be "living" in Green Bay or at least at home. I guess a lot probably won't change since most of us will probably come back to visit parents during holidays, but it's still odd thinking about it.
I usually don't really make any New Year's resolutions, but there are a few things I'm looking forward to doing in 2008.
1. Graduating. I'm really looking forward to ending school. I've had my fun and would like to start my life. I'll just have to make sure to enjoy my last semester as much as I can.
2. Moving. I've been looking at possibly buying a condominium instead of renting when I move back to MN. I'm really looking forward to this because it will make things seem more like home instead of a large building where a bunch of other people also live. This obviously is going to require more research and time as it gets closer.
3. Meeting new people. I don't really know that many people in Rochester. Well, I guess I "know" plenty of them but I only am really friends with three or four people. It would be nice to be able to meet people there who have some common interests with me.
4. Bike. I'm hoping to find a place in MN that is near the bike trail that I normally use or at least near something like it. I would love to be able to hop right on the trail.
5. Learn guitar. Mike, my older brother, gave me an acoustic guitar for Christmas so I'd like to learn that this year. So far it's been a mixture of being fairly easy to learn and physically impossible to make my hand do certain things. I think it'll be something fun to try.
I'm sure 2008 will be an interesting year and hopefully a good one too.
Winter break has been pretty nice so far. I've been spending a lot of time with my friends. Jackie, Ryan, and I have been watching some interesting anime. I doubt I would have ever seen them if Jackie didn't show them to me, but I'm glad she did. Some of the episodes are pretty cool. Justin also came over for a few days to go to the Packers vs. Lions game this past Sunday with me. The game itself was pretty boring since it was meaningless to the Packers. After they were up 21-3, or something like that, Favre and the starters were pulled and the game became boring.
It's kind of weird thinking this is the last time that a lot of us will be "living" in Green Bay or at least at home. I guess a lot probably won't change since most of us will probably come back to visit parents during holidays, but it's still odd thinking about it.
I usually don't really make any New Year's resolutions, but there are a few things I'm looking forward to doing in 2008.
1. Graduating. I'm really looking forward to ending school. I've had my fun and would like to start my life. I'll just have to make sure to enjoy my last semester as much as I can.
2. Moving. I've been looking at possibly buying a condominium instead of renting when I move back to MN. I'm really looking forward to this because it will make things seem more like home instead of a large building where a bunch of other people also live. This obviously is going to require more research and time as it gets closer.
3. Meeting new people. I don't really know that many people in Rochester. Well, I guess I "know" plenty of them but I only am really friends with three or four people. It would be nice to be able to meet people there who have some common interests with me.
4. Bike. I'm hoping to find a place in MN that is near the bike trail that I normally use or at least near something like it. I would love to be able to hop right on the trail.
5. Learn guitar. Mike, my older brother, gave me an acoustic guitar for Christmas so I'd like to learn that this year. So far it's been a mixture of being fairly easy to learn and physically impossible to make my hand do certain things. I think it'll be something fun to try.
I'm sure 2008 will be an interesting year and hopefully a good one too.
New pictures
5/20/2007
I posted some pictures of my new apartment in Rochester. You can get to them by going to the pictures section or by clicking here.
I'll be going to Madison today to see some friends at a graduation party/birthday. I'm not looking forward to the drive too much but it should be worth it. Hopefully gas is cheap somewhere along the way!
I've been playing the Halo 3 Beta online with some online friends and I have to say that it is way better than Halo 2. I can't put my finger on exactly what I didn't like about Halo 2's multiplayer, but I think it may have had something to do with how common dual wielding was. It's much harder in Halo 3 to dual wield because they don't start you off with weapons that can do that. Overall, it seems to make it so that it isn't just luck on who ends up killing who, but skill. They have this awesome stats page now (for both Halo 2 and 3) that shows a ton of different stats for individual games and overall games. Check out my stats. I think it's cool that it keeps track of your overall kill to death ratio. That should tell people if you really are helpful to your team or not.
I'll be going to Madison today to see some friends at a graduation party/birthday. I'm not looking forward to the drive too much but it should be worth it. Hopefully gas is cheap somewhere along the way!
I've been playing the Halo 3 Beta online with some online friends and I have to say that it is way better than Halo 2. I can't put my finger on exactly what I didn't like about Halo 2's multiplayer, but I think it may have had something to do with how common dual wielding was. It's much harder in Halo 3 to dual wield because they don't start you off with weapons that can do that. Overall, it seems to make it so that it isn't just luck on who ends up killing who, but skill. They have this awesome stats page now (for both Halo 2 and 3) that shows a ton of different stats for individual games and overall games. Check out my stats. I think it's cool that it keeps track of your overall kill to death ratio. That should tell people if you really are helpful to your team or not.
Over and over
10/11/2006
It's been a while since my last post. You'd think I'd have a lot to post about but I don't really. I went home to Green Bay this past weekend so I could pick up a few things and got to see Jackie, Chad, and Ryan who were all home for the weekend as well. That was pretty nice, since I never get to see anyone anymore.
Yahoo is making a digital time capsule that they are planning to beam into space in about a month. It's an interesting idea. If you want to be floating around in space, you can contribute items to it on that website.
It's supposed to snow in Houghton tomorrow and Thursday. The weather service even says it will accumlate. Pretty crazy, I wish I was there. Rochester is only going to get flurries on Thursday, according to ForecastFox. The weather is strange here, it will be perfect out and then all of a sudden start pouring out or hailing. So we'll see what happens.
I bought a book on AJAX programming yesterday so I could learn how to do all these fancy tricks that modern websites are using. I'm actually trying to read the book from cover to cover, since I really don't know anything about the technologies that AJAX uses (Javascript, CSS, DOM). It's actually a decent read, even if it is 600 pages. Maybe I'll make some improvements on this site after I read it. I have some ideas of stuff to make with AJAX too, so hopefully this book helps me out with that.
Yahoo is making a digital time capsule that they are planning to beam into space in about a month. It's an interesting idea. If you want to be floating around in space, you can contribute items to it on that website.
It's supposed to snow in Houghton tomorrow and Thursday. The weather service even says it will accumlate. Pretty crazy, I wish I was there. Rochester is only going to get flurries on Thursday, according to ForecastFox. The weather is strange here, it will be perfect out and then all of a sudden start pouring out or hailing. So we'll see what happens.
I bought a book on AJAX programming yesterday so I could learn how to do all these fancy tricks that modern websites are using. I'm actually trying to read the book from cover to cover, since I really don't know anything about the technologies that AJAX uses (Javascript, CSS, DOM). It's actually a decent read, even if it is 600 pages. Maybe I'll make some improvements on this site after I read it. I have some ideas of stuff to make with AJAX too, so hopefully this book helps me out with that.
Labels: AJAX, friends, green bay, programming, snow