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Argh!

Now using headphones to listen to music LOUD

Argh!

Now listening to music with the volume all the way up (on headphones).

First Day back at TechBC, Fall 2002

TechBC SFU Slurrey

So I get up this morning, 6.30am. Read email and the like, have some breakfast, look at the newspaper, and head off to school. Nobody else in the house is awake when I leave. (Listening to Eiffel 65 - Dub In Life now) My commute to SFU Slurrey is only 30 minutes now, instead of the 90 minutes it took me before. That was probably one of the only good things that happened to me today.

Got to SFU Slurrey, found that neither of my access worked to get me anywhere, even in the door. Complained at security for that, so I could get some work done later on. Looked at the CMS, had no idea where my class was, because of a pile of changes. SFU changed the numbering system for the rooms! And they did it on a zig-zagging grid. What the hell were the facilities people smoking?

My first class was INTD210 - Visualizing Project Management. Yes, the class is new to me, but the instructor is dry and doesn't seem to care about the material. We formed up into our own teams, my team consists of 4 girls, myself and Tien. Brittney will be joining the team as of next class as well. The teacher told Micheal Cox and myself to stop answering questions, as, once she waited for an answer, and none was forthcoming from the class, it was like trying to extract hen's teeth, and we gave up and just voiced out the answer loudly. The teacher eventully got annoyed with the lack of input from the class, and let us off 20 minutes early.

I bought a second hand Sound Blaster 128 and USB hub off Aaron, since we had arranged it previously, and I did the transaction while waiting for the next class.

The next class was ITEC240 - Data Structures. Come on! I've done the data structures side of programming and computer science a long time ago. They getting really annoying! If I wanted to really learn something, I would like to study software design patterns. I went to try and see about challenging the course (along with my math course), only to be told that I need to wait until next week, as the first priority is new people with stuff messed up. I'm certain this isn't entirely SFU policy, but I'll let them be for now, as I know some of them are really busy and understaffed.

Had a quick lunch, discussed a website with Ian, Marie-Claudé and Erica (Good thing #2 in here, getting paid nicely). Did most of the math weekly assignment (that was not for marks, just for practice) and then went to the math class. It was scheduled in when we had an open lab, because yesterday, when we would have had the class, was a public holiday. Again, I'm certain that is not SFU policy. The math class, as an open lab, was the first class of the day that was actually in a room with computers. Even our programming class wasn't in a computer lab. I used one of the chairs and took a nap. The teacher is some weird russian woman, who keeps mixing her metaphors badly, and doesn't make much sense at all. She was also lacking in intelligence enough to write on the whiteboard using a permanant marker.

Most of the way thru the class while I was napping, Marissa snuck in, and came and hugged me. That was good thing #3 that happened for today. Talked to her, hugged her, grabbed my stuff and left to go home. Thought I saw stabmyhead at Surrey Central Station, not exactly sure. Took the 30 minute transit ride home. Jon broke something on his server, and I told him that I'm not fixing it for a while.

(Stuff that happened tonight in the next post)