Five years ago today, I was dialed into MOREnet, using that to telnet into a free ISP, where I had ftp’ed a 4.3 meg ZIP archive into /tmp and began rz’ing it onto my Amiga 500 at 9600 bits per second. I then took that archive, split it up into several 720k archives, and using sneakernet I took the files over to my fathers 486DX4/100. I reassembled the files there, unzipped them, and slowly began to realize that qtest was going to be a whole lotof fun… Of course, the fun didn’t really start until I took the game to CCM and we played our first network game… qtest became Quake, and the rest is history… qtest was also instrumental in meeting Chris, as girls are always impressed by kicking the living shit out of them in video games. Too bad she eventually got better than me. :)
I think it is awesome that the group responsible for one of the coolest music videos I have seen in a very long time are also fans of Mr. Bungle, and that they listened to Bungle while making the video. Good to know that people still have taste.
Update: You missed it… I needed to reboot, and only one person connected (from Cisco) during the 2 hours I was streaming (and they connected for 90 seconds), so I doubt anyone is upset that they missed it. :)
Yummy! I just had some hotdogs out of the microwave. I officially ran out of debit last night, but it isn’t that big of a deal, because I really need to start getting rid of some of the food lying around here anyway. :)
Time to resume calc in a few minutes… I haven’t packed my shit up at all…. Saturday after my final is probably going to be rather busy.
Today is Reading Day, which means that people don’t have finals today (unless they are in night classes, or their teachers are douchebags). I know I will go nuts if I try to study for calc between now and Saturday straight, so I am going to attempt to come up with a gameplan as to how to throttle it so I don’t break.
I talked it over with Egon last night, and I have decided not to take my Chem final on Monday… The final blow was that it was all new material, as opposed to a cumulative final… This would require me doing tons of studying, and in order for the final to affect my final letter grade, I would need to score VERY well. I would rather focus my studying on Calc.
So now I only have saturday’s calc final left to deal with, so I think I am better off overall.
I just finished my DataComm 2 final… It wasn’t too bad, but one question had me running around in circles until the last few minutes…. It was lots of math that I had no rememberence of at all… But I eventually figured it all out (thank god for open book/notes exams).
I sold back a bunch of books that I had no use for today, for some play money for the next week or so. I might also need it to feed myself, since I am running low on debit (unless some over-debited soul wants to help a geezer out.. :P).
As this chapter draws to a close for me, I am left feeling very awkward. Each final milestone I reach leaves me feeling excited, relieved, anxious, and empty all at the same time. It is painful to know that the time I spend with my friends here will be it for awhile, but I look forward to spending time with my other friends and family back home. I guess any parting of ways is going to be bittersweet, and I have really been looking forward to this parting for 4 (6?) years now, but it is somehow still coming as a discomforting shock. Last night’s house meeting was particularly awkward and painful….
I will not miss Rochester, I will not miss RIT, I will not even miss CSH as a place. But as a smart man made me realize many years ago, CSH isn’t about the bricks, or about the workrooms. CSH is about the people, the great people, that make it up, both on floor and off. My comfort comes in knowing that the bricks can be taken from me, but the people will be there for some time to come.
What a great night’s sleep! I hit the pillows around 1:30a and woke up around noon. I am on the phone with Chris right now, and then I am going to hit the books preparing for my test and also the little extra credit problem for calc.
Got a ride back here from Ben after he woke up around 11am today… I chilled for awhile, ate some oatmeal, and then took a nap.. elph came by around 3-ish and we hung out, went to The Commons for some food and talk, and came back for some TV…. We ended up in Ethan’s room watching Jurassic Park and she left about an hour ago…
It is nice to have a day where you can just relax and chill with friends…. Tomorrow I need to do some calc work and study for my Data Comm exam on monday. For now, I am just being very lazy, and enjoying it…