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I've been doing better now. Typing this while I'm riding coach on Amtrak.

I mentioned college a lot in these blog posts but I notice I don't seem to talk too much about my studies. I tend to keep quiet about my academic stuff because It tends to tire me and I don't want to feel self-centered when I feel like people struggle more than me.

I'm a geography major, studying what the hell maps do and what to put on maps. It's a fun commitment, especially after bouncing between 3 different majors feeling a sense of hopelessness after computer science didn't pan out what I wanted it to be. Geography is a major I didn't realize I could take, as I've been heavily interested in maps since I was a kid. Hell, I used to be able to recite all the 50 states and where they were and go on Google Earth when I was bored. After completely not giving a shit for my first half in college, I'm now picking up the pace with GIS stuff since it's the big moneymaker. LOL. Freshman, please figure out your majors ASAP and don't be like me at this point.

And yes, I'm still doing the college-radio-thing. I'm doing fairly okay, it's just a big social thing that I need to show face in. I like it, and I of course like meeting new like-minded people, but it's certainly exhausting, so breaks are much needed.

My outlook on college as it stands right now is just trying to be content, but not cynical.

_4.12.24

It's that time of the year again where I talk about how busy I am and how I can't currently work on the website! I do have some planned work for the website (new show write up coming soon), but some fun life events have come up and I'm very very behind on schoolwork. I got into a car accident and totaled my '11 Corolla so I've been in a different mental space for a few weeks now. I am okay now and I do have a new car, '12 Accord, but the best way I can describe my mood is, "I've picked up the jigsaw puzzle using one hand foolishly, but it suddenly dropped and the pieces are all over the ground. I need to pick them all up and it might take time, but I can re-piece the puzzle back together."

I do feel terribly ashamed of the accident and the financial repercussions that will entail but I've been needing to tell myself over and over that it wasn't intentional and I'm not an irresponsible human being. I also deeply loved the Corolla, despite being somewhat uncomfortable and slow. It was reliable. Never gave me problems for over a year. But whatever, you gotta move on.

_3.26.24

Updates:

I (un)successfully spliced a MiniDV tape. I'll add the photo of the job here soon. It's terrible... Everytime the tape runs through one of my camcorders, it makes an uncomfortable sound as if the camcorder is screaming, then an error code will pop up. Why exactly did I do this? Well... Never playback a tape from a DVX100 that's been sitting for a few months.
I actually went to three shows recently, but I've yet to upload any write ups. I'm borrowing my school's Canon GL2 to shoot some videos of these shows I'm going to. The first one has low quality photos that came straight from the GL2's photo setting, and it was a very bad show to begin with (except one pretty good band played). I might not bother writing anything up about it. The second one was a much better show, and I bothered this time to bring my Canon EOS ElanIIe with me. I'm supposed to be getting back the photos tomorrow, which will be scanned soon-ish afterwards... Not the prints, but the negatives! The third show was a packed cover show which I left early, so I might not bother with it. I didn't even take any photos while I was there...
I got five hours of sleep last night!
I've been thinking a lot lately.

_2.19.24

Today is my birthday! I've finally reached the age of 20. Not 21 yet, but I guess it's nice to now be in my 20s.

_1.24.24

Woah. What up. It's the new year, which means some new fun updates:

For the first time in 2 and half years, I'm finally leaving my supermarket weekend job and I'm now working a student IT job at my university on weekdays. More free time I hope? _{(I'm sitting at my desk as I'm typing this up)}
I got another pair of low top Converse. Label says they were made in 2006! The good era of Converse _{(despite being post-Nike-acquisition)}. Won't be giving my One Stars anytime soon, though. _{(I'm wearing them as I'm typing this up)}
I got a "new" digital camera. Sony DSC-S85. A few dead pixels _{(which is a given with these old cameras)} but overall has been a great upgrade from my S70.
I'm getting the gist of what I want to do with my website. I'm done seeking out what to do, all I'm doing is tweaking the style of pages as I go.
My birthday is in 3 weeks...

One thing I noticed about the start of this year, 2024. I swear, I feel like this is going to be a different year than the early 2020s. I mean, we're out of the early 2020s, and approaching the mid 2020s, so it's a given, but it just feels a little different. Not necessarily a bad or a good thing, just an observation.

_1.5.24

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