Monday, February 19, 2007

No Time To...

... do a lot of things. Yeah, I've been busy lately.

First off, I am the secretary of CS Squared. Uh, well so far that hasn't meant much, but eventually it'll pile up. Instead, me and John have has to run the computer club down at Beek's (an elementary school here in Blacksburg) all by ourselves, when last semester we had six people working on it. It doesn't necessarily take up a lot of time, but it's just another thing I have. But yeah, it's pretty fun to do.

Another thing is the nineteen credits that I have, which is the maximum that any student is allowed to have without speaking to some adviser and getting special permission to take more. I have four classes Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and then three on Thursday and Friday. So, I'm basically in class all day. Then, after the long days--ugh, Unix, Discrete, and Physics?--I have yet another thing to tend to... (before I can even begin my homework too)

I got yet another part time job here at the Tech. Yup, that's right. Gabe's a workin' man. Sort of.

Here we have a newspaper called The Collegiate Times. So one day a friend of mine tells me that he's part of the web development division which works on the website, posting the articles up everyday--among other things. Also, they apparently need people to help. Obviously, I think it a cromulent opportunity: helps me out by teaching me about the intrawebs and helps my resume out by giving it more things. Win win situation. There is one downside... actually, multiple. Like I said, I have work late at night, usually between eight and eleven, and I don't get back to do homework for a while. Annnd, so far it's unpaid--our division doesn't have enough money at the moment--but eventually I'll be a paid employee! *eyes shine* Actually, we're thinking of working on the website for our school yearbook and, if we do, we'll get five hundred dollars (lotta money!). And, according to my boss, I'll get half of it. Sa-weet.

But yeah, all these things have kept me busy. Oh, and programming practice started up again--on Saturday mornings as usual--which has me working even on weekends. It's all cool though, quite fun even. Really, I just want to get enough experience out of college to get a job I like which pays enough. Then, travel the world and enjoy myself. Oh, and learn. I love constantly learning about new things. In fact, my Science and Religion class has me questioning so many things that... well that's for another post. I think I'm done for now actually. I'll talk to you crazy people later.

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