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What have I been doing lately?

For one I’ve been working my ass off. My Advanced Computer Graphics class has taken up a lot more time than I expected. I’m working on generating an animation for my final assignment right now. Now I can concentrate fully on getting out of here.

I don’t play video games much anymore. I finally cancelled my Everquest II account earlier today. I don’t see the need to pay for something that I don’t use. Maybe I’ll get the urge to play again in a couple of months and reactivate my account.

I got Jade Empire for the Xbox. It’s made by the same people that made Knights of the Old Republic. I haven’t had a chance to play it much it seems like a really good game so far.

I’ve been watching tons of DVD’s lately. I’m not sure many of them are worth a recommendation. I’m watching one right now in which they are arguing over who would win in a fight between Wolverine and Batman. I say Wolverine. I haven’t been to the movie theater much, but I did see Sin City. If you haven’t seen it, go see it. Now!

I hate job hunting. So far I’ve only had one company show any interest and that was earlier this week. It was from a place in Richmond, Virginia. I have a phone interview scheduled and hopefully it will go well. I’m hoping some other places will also show interest.

In case I didn’t mention it here, my ear problems went away after about a month. It’s nice to be able to hear again.

What in the world happened? From what I have read, that is Hootie (Darius Rucker) in the new Burger King commercials. Is he that desperate for money? I have 3 Hootie and Blowfish CD’s, but I feel like I should go buy some more just to help them out.

I have to admit, though, that it is a catchy song. I can’t get the stupid thing out of my head. Too bad the Burger King in Starkville closed recently, or I might have to go get one of those sandwiches.

Everybody sing!
When my belly starts a rumblin’ and I’m jonesin’ for a treat
I close my eyes for a big surprise
The Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch
I love The Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch
The breasts(?) they grow on trees
And streams of bacon ranch dressing flow right up to your knees
There’s tumbleweeds of bacon and cheddar paves the streets
Folks don’t front you because you got the juice
Theres a train of ladies comin’ with a nice caboose
Never get into trouble, never need an excuse
That’s the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch
I love The Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch
No one tells you to behave
Your wildest fantasies come true
Dallas cheerleaders give you shaves
Red onions make you laugh instead
And french fries grow like weeds
You get to veg all day
All the lotto tickets pay
There is a king who wants you
To have it your way
That’s the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch

Beware the Ides of March!

I’ve been hard at work over the past few days on a project for class. Procrastination sucks! Sometimes I wonder if I went into the wrong field. Maybe I should have gone into education or business. I’m starting to hate sitting in front of a computer typing all day. I think I’m already getting carpal tunnel. Oh well. The pretty pictures I get to create make me feel better…most of the time.

“What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one.” — Chris Rock, this year’s Oscar Awards host.

A couple of weeks ago I started having problems hearing in one of my ears. My ear feels stopped up and I’ve got this constant ringing. I can still hear out of it, but not very well. I’m not exactly sure what caused it. A couple of days before I had used some earplugs because I was using some noisy machinery, but I’ve done that plenty of times before. I didn’t stick the damn things in that far. After a few days of hoping it would return to normal serious I decided to go to the health center on campus. The doctor said that my eardrum was retracted and gave me some medicine to take. The medicine didn’t help at all but it might be useful the next time I have allergy problems. He had asked me to return for a follow-up, so I went in today. The doctor now wants me to go see an ear, nose, and throat specialist. So on Thursday I’ll be going to Tupelo to see this specialist. Hopefully, I’ll be getting some good news. Maybe I’m just paranoid and worried for nothing. I guess we’ll see.

On Thursday through Saturday there was a conference in Jackson that I was told to attend. It was sponsored by this group that is trying to encourage minority graduate education in Mississippi. I have so many other things I need to be working on, I wouldn’t have gone if I had a choice. Most of the stuff on the agenda was stuff that I’ve either already heard before or stuff that doesn’t do me any good to hear now since I’m almost done with graduate school.

So I went down to Jackson on Thursday and after getting something to eat and doing some shopping I went to the conference site. After a while I was starting to get bored out of my mind. I looked at the agenda and didn’t see anything interesting, so I decided to skip the rest of the night’s festivities. I went to see Ocean’s Twelve at the theater in Clinton. I even got my own Regal Crown Club card, which I remember Randall mentioning a few weeks ago. I thought it was a good movie, though I can’t compare it to the first one since I barely remember it. It’s pretty rare to see a good movie with so many big name actors.

Friday was a bit more interesting but nothing really noteworthy. On Saturday I left early in the morning and drove back to Starkville. Hopefully one day I’ll get to go to a real conference.

Well, Christmas break is pretty much over. I’ll be heading back to work in about 6 hours. I have to get back on a normal schedule. I started this vacation schedule before Christmas break even began.

Anybody make any resolutions this year? I always avoid doing that so I won’t be disappointed if I break them.

Happy New Year!

I’m now in Jackson for the to spend time with the family during Christmas. I actually drove my car down here. It’s the farthest that I have driven it in about 8 months. Now I just hope that it’ll get me back to Starkville on Monday. In my haste to get on the road and get down here, I accidentally left without the presents that I spent so much time picking out. Oops! I didn’t realize it until I was unloading the car here in Jackson. It looks like I’ll be taking some packages to the post office next week.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas. May you get good presents and eat lots of good food.

I wish we would get some real snowfall this year, hopefully around New Years. All my traveling should be done by then. We got a little bit of something last night. Maybe just snow flurries? There’s nothing on the ground but a little it on cars and rooftops. Now I need to go and try to pry my door open without doing any damage to the car.

Today is the anniversary of my escape from the womb. Yes, I stole that from Family Guy. I’m not sure what I’ll be doing today. Probably nothing. At least this nothing will be special, because it’s my birthday 🙂