School and the converstation to come

Well, today was yet another boring, yet interesting day in the life of me. Networking is pretty much over at this point and my mind is kind of off and on in that class. We turned in out final lab project today and we should get the full credit on it. I also worked on and completed my part of our 311 paper. This was not as hard as I thought, but it’s only a first draft and it’s going to suck, but oh well. We have revisions to make to it anyways and I have more than a week to get it right for the final product. So, with that done, all I have left to do is work on this last lame ass CSE project. I’ll be so glad when this class is over. I mean, I can dig programming and all at times, but geeze I hate some of this stuff.

Anyways, back to yesterday� After work, I ran into Sandra, who is also an Informatics major. We talked about how work was and other random things like what buses we take to get home. But, then when we got on the bus, that is when the good conversation began.

It was interesting to talk to her about school and what she thought of classes. How she also thinks that one of our professors doesn’t always know what he is talking about in class. We also talked about the internal conflicts of some people in the major and how that all came to be and what we thought of it. Needless to say we differ on some things, but we agree on a lot of things too, which, was kind of shocking to me. I thought that I was more different from her than I really was and I kind of wished that we could have talked longer. The conversation was going well and then I had to get off of the bus. But, there are always other days to continue this conversation.

In other news, tomorrow will be way easy in class and work and I’m making dinner for Jula, Diana and maybe Kony (if he’s around). So, yeah, stuffed pork chops and potatoes here I come!

No More Xanga

I decided that my time on Xanga has come to an end and that I needed to go off and do my own thing. So, I decided to get a web host and two snazzy domain names: lazyi.net and ryanprins.net. Yeah, they both do the exact same thing since one is the mirror of the other, so you may see a link to ryanprins.net, but it will also work with lazyi.net as well. So, if you a lazy typer you can type in the smaller domain name.
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Lost in the Translation

Everyday we all walk around bringing to this world something unique and different. Do we act how we want to act, or are we influenced to be someone else to act as a person who we really are not? Should I take an action because it is the “socially” correct thing to do, or should it be because of what I want to do? What is it about society that puts all of this pressure on us? Will we ever have the answer to these questions?

Those are just some of the things that were running through my mind tonight after watching Lost in Translation. It just made me think a bit about the above questions. I mean, I would like to think that I am more of myself than I am of what other people want me to be, but I cannot be too sure sometimes. I think that I do a pretty good job being just me and being true to myself and never tying to be someone that I am not. This is just my perspective but it is nice to know who you really are. Sometimes the only way to know this is from your friends and people who know you more than just a name and a face. But it is just interesting to challenge your own thinking for a moment and to take a step back to reflect for a moment on how you really are.

I see myself as one who will stick to his word and will nine times out of ten tell you exactly what is on my mind and not regret any word of it. But at the same time I am extremely shy and sometimes just sit back and watch things happen and I can look and see a different perspective of things. This can be good, but at times opportunities are lost, by maybe they are salvaged as well by being like this. It’s nice just to be lost for a little while and to be found again. You have the chance to take a step back to think about who you are what you are as well.

Current Thought/Emotion: Tired and ready for the weekend.

Inner/Outer Perception

After having a talk with my friend Jamie tonight, I realized that I don’t think I view myself as highly as others view me. Now, this might be normal, or it might not be. I don’t know. But, I don’t know how I come off to other people. I think that I can come off as harsh, rash, sarcastic, and humorous most of the time. But, I don’t really see myself in any other light. When I am told that I am good at something I have to take a step back and think about the compliment and just think so myself: “Hmm, interesting, I never saw that.” I guess I have learned to be humble and to downplay what I am good at and to uplift others when they are good at something. It doesn’t really get to me since that is just how I am, but I don’t think I give myself enough credit sometimes for things that I am actually good at.

Current Feeling:Tired, but ready for what is next.

Yay! *sigh*

Sometimes you think you have it all figured out, then something happens and you begin to wonder about things that motivate you to do things. For me, this is school. The last week and a half was full of tests, homework, and projects due. Now, I realize that this is like every week for some people, but not for me. So, I get to this weekend and have a kick-ass time all weekend long, until today/late last night.

Friday was great to hang out w/ Jula & D, Saturday was boring as hell at work, but coffee w/ Jamie and her roommate Jules was a nice lift up for the crap day I was having. Then, well, there was Sunday, if you really want to know, read Jamie’s page. It was a great time, to say the least. The iSchool people rock, and they know it. Then we come to today. I mean, it was literally pissing outside today and there is no bus service on 25th on Sundays or Holidays (in today’s case). So, I had to make the 30 minute walk in the rain to the Micro Lab. Needless to say I was not in the best of moods.

I did a little work for my brother, not as much as promised (sorry). Then again after work, I go to catch the bus to head home. This bus drops me off by U-Village, so it’s as close as I can get on days like today. I ended up standing at the bustop after work, cold, wet, and tired for around 25 minutes. So, I was not too thrilled about that to say the least. Yeah, maybe my bad luck started last night when I thought I might have totalled my PC. I was a complete mess and I ended up staying up until 3am to get the stupid thing fixed. Ahhh!! Well, it is all better now… I think. It acts really lame sometimes, but I won’t go into details because for the 5 of you that read this, 2 of you will understand. Anyways, I’m off… And if I didn’t get to talk to you this weekend (you should know who you are), I’ll try again next weekend.

Current Feeling: Mentally Exausted

Nothing To See Here

Well, I don’t really know what to say. The networking midterm was interesting. I think I did alright, probably better than most, but still below my standards. *sigh* Oh, well. Also, in another topic of great news this week, I was not accepted the Peer Advising program this summer. So, yeah, summer school here I come. That’s ok, but I was disappointed when I got the nice but rejecting email from FYP. I thought that I was of the material/caliber to do that job, but I guess not. That’s fine, they’re missing out. Their loss.

Anyways, this past week I have found myself listening to a bunch of my old favorite CDs that I have on my iPod. I remember listening to bands like Live, Our Lady Peace, and Sister Hazel on a daily basis. Now, it just seems to be newer stuff that I listen to. But, listening to older music just brings back memories of times that were simpler and easier. Maybe that is why I am listening to them right now? I mean, life is an organized hell right now, this week will be grueling.

So much to do, and only so much time to get it done. I have been setting little goals for myself, but I always seem to come up short recently. Maybe it is because when I become overwhelmed I just shutdown and go into studying hibernation. But, the goal for tonight was to finish off my CSE Project. Well, that didn’t happen, but I went and saw Miracle with Jai. That was well worth the saved anguish. Quality flick if you are into the following: Hockey, Herb Brooks , the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Team, and well… Hockey. I thought it was sweet because I was friends with a kid back in 5th and 6th grade and his dad was on that team and I got to try on his Gold Medal. So, it was sweet to see this movie and to have some sort of connection with it.

Besides the stellar details above, things are not that bad. I get to hang out with cool people on a daily basis and I have it way easier/better than most. I should be thankful. I’ll just roll with it as things don’t go my way. I’ve done it before, now should be no different.

Thought of the moment: Just Bounce.

Blog in class

Well, I am sitting here in INFO 311 and my friend David was asking me if I was writing on my xanga. So, I decided to post this because this class is quite boring and I have nothing better to do. I mean, my PDA has 802.11b so I can just surf the web in class. This probably is not a good use of class time, but oh well… Time to go Tho is presenting.