So, it's been a while since I've last updated. Yes, a little bit over two weeks. However!! In my defense, I've had a lot of preperations for Christmas, New Year's, and helping my sister move out of our parent's house. The end of 2009 was quite full, but very pleasing.
With the beginning of 2010 underway, the second half of the academic calender is about to begin. I've discovered, that the academic calenders don't seem as important as they once were in high school. Mainly because there are 3 points in which a person can graduate from college, unlike in high school when everyone graduated at the same time. In college, you look at them only to tell when classes start, end, finals week begins and ends, and when any breaks/three-day weekends occur. I've used it a few more times than that to figure out deadlines for the Undergraduate research conference, but that's about it.
However, I'm also excited to start my classes. I have some difficult classes ahead of me starting this coming Monday (January, 11th). They should prove exciting though. Upcoming, I have Calculus II, Human Anatomy, Machine Structure and Programming, Public Speaking, and a Computer Science Seminar course. This will be the deciding point about where I want to go with my education. Right now, I'm sitting at a point where I could choose any one of a million possibilities that involve computers and technology. However, I have focused in on three or so possibilities. The first is taking a purely Computer Science route. Taking on this as my only major would involve taking up a minor, which based on the classes I'm currently enrolled in, would likely be Biology. It is one of the quickest minors I can obtain without taking the Mathematics minor built into the Computer Science major. Another route which is closely similar is Software Engineering. This differs from Computer Science near the end of the academics. Some courses are no longer required, but a few others are then required in the place of the dropped courses. An idea that springs to mind is, 'Why not go for both?' That is very possible. However, a little bit of digging brought up another alternative. This being Cognitive Science. With various concentrations, I could major in this and have a deeper understanding of 4 different fields (Computer Science, Biology, Philosophy, and Psychology). Should I concentrate in Computer Science while majoring in Coginitive Science, approximately half of a Computer Science degree would be earned. And THAT has made me think of earning 3 degrees. However, this would then require me to push myself harder academically then I've ever pushed myself before. And I have a feeling that I would be the first to walk down this path. My interests in computers has drawn me toward Artificial Intelligence. And that's why I'm tempted to look at Cognitive Science, since this is one of the larger focuses of the field. I'm not sure what I will be doing, but I have until late March to figure it out.
But everyone needs balance in their life. As I talked about in my last post, I've involved myself into a game called Warhammer. This past weekend, I spent some time with friends of mine and we sat around almost all weekend and built models that we had either purchased or had been gifted with. Based on the game's point system for their models, I have roughly 1200 points in models alone. With various 'upgrades' that the game system can provide and proxying 1 piece, I can field an army worth almost 2000 points. This makes me smile. I was able to go from 0 points - 2000 points in nearly a month. However, this will involve a great deal of painting, patience, and possibly frustration when they released my army's updated armybook. It is due for release in February and very little information is being released to the public. I am new to the scene, so I am not particularly phased by the lack of information. From what I've read, however, this is not exactly a promising sign. From the rumors I have been reading, I fear that one of my model units (called the Pestigors) won't be useable anymore (point wise, that's nearly 10% of my army). But, we'll just have to see if January will produce any more rumors or facts from Games-Workshop.
I think that will conclude my update for today.
Except for this: I still haven't forgotten about the photographic, audio, or video versions of what I want to do with this blog. I'm still trying to determine the best ways of getting these accomplished with no cost to myself, which is proving difficult.
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