Posted on Monday, 16th June 2008 - View 0 comments.
Ooookay. Here's the big one.
I, in 2006, attended LaTrobe university doing a Bachelor of Nanotechnology/Bachelor of Science double degree. Fucked that up, downgraded to a Bacher of Science degree for the second semester. Fucked that up, too. More a hugely idiotic lack of effort than any inability to do the work. Lived on campus for the year, at Menzies College. Loved it; best year of my life. In any case - in light of the ridiculously bad results, I decided to take a break from education for a year or two. Three months into the next year - decided I can't just work for that long. So ended up doing a Diploma of IT at the local TAFE. Yep, fine, easy as piss. Finished the first year, got a CertIV in IT. Finefine. Got nearly halfway through the second, and getting more sick of it by the day, for numerous reasons. But. BUT THEN.
I got an email from LaTrobe, probably hmmmm, early May? regarding mid-year reenrolment. Awesome. Went to an information expo regarding it, saw some bird to see what my options were. Turns out I could apply - and might get in - but given my results, it wasn't certain. Go see the dude in the faculty, she said, and apply in person. So I did - with a cover letter, certificates from TAFE, etc etc. All that sort of shit. So. I told the dude my situation, and his reply was basically along the lines of "yep, righto, what subjects." Wooo. Easy as pie.
So. Went back a week later to organise my student status, IT account, etc etc. Worked out my timetable - 18 hours, over five days. Shiiiit. To travel from home, 3 days per week, is not do-able. Let alone five. So I went to see Menzies again as to chances of getting back in there. Told to apply online - so I did. And got in. Which, for me, is incredibly good news. More than I could have possibly have hoped for, considering I was fully expecting to be knocked back from the university, let alone the college which prides itself on the academic success of its residents.
To put the icing on the cake, though - got an email from them tonight. My room has been reserved. On the same floor, in the same building, as my old room. A few metres down the hall, in fact. So, it's going to be all new people, which is awesome (and not because of the lot I lived with last time - that was perfect, and contributed to my awesome experience last time) but in familiar surroundings. Considering I don't really have a way with words, I'll just leave it by saying I'm fuckin' ecstatic about this. And I leave in three weeks! All the better!
Isn't going to be an easy year, though. Two years since I last did anything of the sort - and these are lead-on subjects from the first semester, which I passed but not by lots. In any case, I now have hindsight. Which will be the thing to help me the most.
Yay for walls of text. On that note, I'm out. Time for work. Gogo 11pm-7am shifts.
I, in 2006, attended LaTrobe university doing a Bachelor of Nanotechnology/Bachelor of Science double degree. Fucked that up, downgraded to a Bacher of Science degree for the second semester. Fucked that up, too. More a hugely idiotic lack of effort than any inability to do the work. Lived on campus for the year, at Menzies College. Loved it; best year of my life. In any case - in light of the ridiculously bad results, I decided to take a break from education for a year or two. Three months into the next year - decided I can't just work for that long. So ended up doing a Diploma of IT at the local TAFE. Yep, fine, easy as piss. Finished the first year, got a CertIV in IT. Finefine. Got nearly halfway through the second, and getting more sick of it by the day, for numerous reasons. But. BUT THEN.
I got an email from LaTrobe, probably hmmmm, early May? regarding mid-year reenrolment. Awesome. Went to an information expo regarding it, saw some bird to see what my options were. Turns out I could apply - and might get in - but given my results, it wasn't certain. Go see the dude in the faculty, she said, and apply in person. So I did - with a cover letter, certificates from TAFE, etc etc. All that sort of shit. So. I told the dude my situation, and his reply was basically along the lines of "yep, righto, what subjects." Wooo. Easy as pie.
So. Went back a week later to organise my student status, IT account, etc etc. Worked out my timetable - 18 hours, over five days. Shiiiit. To travel from home, 3 days per week, is not do-able. Let alone five. So I went to see Menzies again as to chances of getting back in there. Told to apply online - so I did. And got in. Which, for me, is incredibly good news. More than I could have possibly have hoped for, considering I was fully expecting to be knocked back from the university, let alone the college which prides itself on the academic success of its residents.
To put the icing on the cake, though - got an email from them tonight. My room has been reserved. On the same floor, in the same building, as my old room. A few metres down the hall, in fact. So, it's going to be all new people, which is awesome (and not because of the lot I lived with last time - that was perfect, and contributed to my awesome experience last time) but in familiar surroundings. Considering I don't really have a way with words, I'll just leave it by saying I'm fuckin' ecstatic about this. And I leave in three weeks! All the better!
Isn't going to be an easy year, though. Two years since I last did anything of the sort - and these are lead-on subjects from the first semester, which I passed but not by lots. In any case, I now have hindsight. Which will be the thing to help me the most.
Yay for walls of text. On that note, I'm out. Time for work. Gogo 11pm-7am shifts.
Posted on Monday, 16th June 2008 - View 0 comments.
Fixed the horn in my car today. When I ...*ahem* removed the steering lock a while back, I must have lost a connection somewhere or other. It's funny how many retards there are on the road when you don't have a functional horn. In any case, opened her up today and all is well again. That is all.
Posted on Monday, 16th June 2008 - View 0 comments.
First of a few blog posts.
Anyway - I bought, recently, a bass guitar and enrolled in lessons. I had expressed my interest in starting to play to the folks - and they came up with an awesome suggestion. Rather than my paying for it all myself, why not have them put some money towards it as an early 21st birthday present? Sure, why not!
In any case, went and bought a guitar, amp, hard case, all that jazz.
Click me.
An ESP B-50, with a Laney RB-1 amplifier. Seems like a nice little setup and does the trick. Slowly learning different notes and how to play the thing in general.
I'm also beginning music theory in the lessons - first 'lesson' doing it was a complete and total mindfuck. Probably doesn't help that I'd barely read the textbook on it, let alone done anything of the sort before. But. Tis all good - seem to be getting used to it. Kudos to my teacher Aaron, too.
Anyway - I bought, recently, a bass guitar and enrolled in lessons. I had expressed my interest in starting to play to the folks - and they came up with an awesome suggestion. Rather than my paying for it all myself, why not have them put some money towards it as an early 21st birthday present? Sure, why not!
In any case, went and bought a guitar, amp, hard case, all that jazz.
Click me.
An ESP B-50, with a Laney RB-1 amplifier. Seems like a nice little setup and does the trick. Slowly learning different notes and how to play the thing in general.
I'm also beginning music theory in the lessons - first 'lesson' doing it was a complete and total mindfuck. Probably doesn't help that I'd barely read the textbook on it, let alone done anything of the sort before. But. Tis all good - seem to be getting used to it. Kudos to my teacher Aaron, too.
Posted on Tuesday, 10th June 2008 - View 0 comments.
Having just learnt of a little foobar2000 component that listens for TCP/IP and then outputs data based on what's being played - I thought I'd give it a look. Little bit of fiddling with site and PHP settings, and in it goes. Down the bottom there.
Posted on Monday, 9th June 2008 - View 0 comments.
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