Today is the first day of classes at Mississippi State University. When I was in school I was always excited about the first day of each semester and I still am even though I’m not in school anymore. It was ten years ago that I had my first day of classes as a freshman here at Mississippi State. Man, I’m getting old.
I read last week that 37 degree programs at Mississippi’s state universities are being put on probation because they are not producing enough graduates. The programs that were put on probation at Mississippi State (my alma mater) are:
I thought this was interesting because I got my master’s in computer science last year. I thought about the possibility of pursuing a PhD while I was in graduate school, but it was only for about a split second. I have a vague memory of hearing that the PhD program in computer engineering was in trouble when I was in school, but I didn’t know about the one in computer science. It looks like they might be merging the computer science and computer engineering PhD programs in the future.
I guess it won’t be official until August, but I have now finished my master’s degree. Now I need work!
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.
The first week of school was last week. This is the first time I’ve been in classes since May so it felt a little weird. I almost forgot to go to class on the second day. The only class I’m taking is Advanced Computer Graphics (MW 2:00-3:15). This is the first time this class has been offered since I entered the graduate program. I don’t think there was anything on the syllabus that I hadn’t been exposed to before, but hopefully I’ll still learn a lot. I think the programming assignments will be the most useful.
May will be here soon and I will finally be out of school. I can’t wait.
Today was the first day of classes at MSU, and campus was crazy. There were so many people, but it’s usually like that on the first day. I’m sure it’ll settle down in a few weeks. I actually rode the shuttle to the union because I didn’t think I could find a parking place nearby. It’s pretty easy to spot the freshmen. They’re the ones that look so young and don’t really know what they’re doing.
I finally started working out again today. I know that I’ll be feeling it in the morning. My goal is to lose 60 pounds in 5 days (just kidding).
MSN has a list of Top Ten Business Movies. I’m not surprised to see Office Space on the list.
I watched Cold Mountain. It’s a really good movie with a bunch of recognizable actors, but I thought it was a little too long.
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