Two weeks until exams.
I'll put up a larger post for you all later today, but I've got class now. I just felt bad not updating in, oh, a light year. Even though that's a measure of distance.
*shrugs*
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Busy as a beaver working night shift.
Yeah, that's been me the past few weeks. Busy as h-e-double-hockey-sticks.
Essentially, I had a programming exam I wasn't ready for, a Programming Project I started way too late, homework I was behind on, a Philosophy paper to write, a Color Guard event to organize by pretty much myself, ROTC inspections, a rare opportunity to visit Ferris St. to see Julie for the the first time in ages, an EECS exam, and now this upcomign Monday a Math exam.
I. Want. To. Punch. Things.
But in all reality, stuff is finally winding down. I've been low on sleep because of having to constantly wake up early the past few days, but at least I haven't needed all nighters recently, and I've had some small amount of free time to take breaks the last few days. Now I just need to buckle back down as hard as I was during my rough weeks. Gotta get those grades up!
Mainly because I'm worried about my prgramming grade. 27/100 on exam that had an average of 54 with a Standard Deviation of 22. No idea what that means I technically got, but it's certainly not good. For the future exams, I need to learn how to program faster because at my current rate there is no way I can program 4 seperate programs in an hour and twenty minutes. It's just not happening.
However, my philosphy and EECS 203 seem to be going all right. Waiting on my latest paper grade for Philosophy, but the first was an A so here's hoping... and the exam I just took for EECS actually went really well I thought so my hopes are high. I'll let you know.
As for personal life, you can all breathe a sigh of relief I'm sure to know that I'm feeling a lot better. Being obscenely busy helped, but I think I finally managed to get the friendship restarted with Katelyn. Took her long enough to let it *grumble grumble grumble*. <_< But that has me immensely pleased and has finally let my mind focus on, you know, school. The reason I'm here in the first place. Oh Happy Day!
Hmph. Well, I'd continue to elaborate on what you all are missing out on hearing from me, but I've got to go get lunch with a girl from my ROTC program.
Shush you. It's entirely platonic.
Essentially, I had a programming exam I wasn't ready for, a Programming Project I started way too late, homework I was behind on, a Philosophy paper to write, a Color Guard event to organize by pretty much myself, ROTC inspections, a rare opportunity to visit Ferris St. to see Julie for the the first time in ages, an EECS exam, and now this upcomign Monday a Math exam.
I. Want. To. Punch. Things.
But in all reality, stuff is finally winding down. I've been low on sleep because of having to constantly wake up early the past few days, but at least I haven't needed all nighters recently, and I've had some small amount of free time to take breaks the last few days. Now I just need to buckle back down as hard as I was during my rough weeks. Gotta get those grades up!
Mainly because I'm worried about my prgramming grade. 27/100 on exam that had an average of 54 with a Standard Deviation of 22. No idea what that means I technically got, but it's certainly not good. For the future exams, I need to learn how to program faster because at my current rate there is no way I can program 4 seperate programs in an hour and twenty minutes. It's just not happening.
However, my philosphy and EECS 203 seem to be going all right. Waiting on my latest paper grade for Philosophy, but the first was an A so here's hoping... and the exam I just took for EECS actually went really well I thought so my hopes are high. I'll let you know.
As for personal life, you can all breathe a sigh of relief I'm sure to know that I'm feeling a lot better. Being obscenely busy helped, but I think I finally managed to get the friendship restarted with Katelyn. Took her long enough to let it *grumble grumble grumble*. <_< But that has me immensely pleased and has finally let my mind focus on, you know, school. The reason I'm here in the first place. Oh Happy Day!
Hmph. Well, I'd continue to elaborate on what you all are missing out on hearing from me, but I've got to go get lunch with a girl from my ROTC program.
Shush you. It's entirely platonic.
Friday, October 15, 2010
A much delayed update
It's been a while since I've kept up this blog as I should. Apparently my goal of weekly posts has been quite a failure. Sorry!
So here's the update on Paul:
First off I should comment on the subject of my last couple posts, which is the discussion of my girl troubles. The situation has drastically improved, as we're now talking fairly regularly. I'm not entirely sure she trusts me not to make a move and thus isn't being entirely as close as I'd like, and well, I've moved on from the relationship but that isn't to say by any means I'm over her. So, I'm making the choice everybody recommends against, and continuing to hang out with her when possible. In general that sort of... extends the moving on process but let's just say I'm not the type to want to color in the lines and lose a good friend because of a relationship. I'm weird. We've established this. :P So beyond her I'm trying to reconnect with friends who I've liked in the past and looking around for Campus groups to join where I could meet some new girls and find some options. It's a process, but y'all can rest assured I'm much better today than I was the entire month of September.
Second! School stuff. First month was notably rough for an entirely good reason, I assure you.
I was out of pencils.
No really. :P My motivation was low for class and thus I'm behind in most everything. Doesn't mean I'm doing badly in my classes though. Got my Philosophy paper back and it was a 96%, and the Professor was very complimentary of style and substance, with the only downsides being a few more requests for detail in some cases.
My EECS 203 Discrete Math class is going distinctly average. 47/85 on the first exam, but the average was a 49. So it could use some work but that class should be fine.
Programming is waiting on my second Project Grade. I haven't been following the lectures because he's talking to a group beyond my programming level, but lecture slides and the internet help resolve that. I have another massive project to start soon, but I think I'm doing well.
Then there's Calc 4. I dunno my grade yet but I'm pretty sure I failed my first exam. I know what I'm studying for Fall Break! :P
ROTC continues to go well. There's always room for Improvement but I would rate myself very well individually among the current batch of cadets. And I think our current batch of cadets is quite good.
The ROTC Alpena trip went quite well. Surprisingly the MOUT training with Airsoft guns was the low point of the trip due to poor training by the Marines in charge of teaching us. As a whole though, fun and informative.
And now I will try and attach those room pictures you've been waiting on... let's test shall we?
So here's the update on Paul:
First off I should comment on the subject of my last couple posts, which is the discussion of my girl troubles. The situation has drastically improved, as we're now talking fairly regularly. I'm not entirely sure she trusts me not to make a move and thus isn't being entirely as close as I'd like, and well, I've moved on from the relationship but that isn't to say by any means I'm over her. So, I'm making the choice everybody recommends against, and continuing to hang out with her when possible. In general that sort of... extends the moving on process but let's just say I'm not the type to want to color in the lines and lose a good friend because of a relationship. I'm weird. We've established this. :P So beyond her I'm trying to reconnect with friends who I've liked in the past and looking around for Campus groups to join where I could meet some new girls and find some options. It's a process, but y'all can rest assured I'm much better today than I was the entire month of September.
Second! School stuff. First month was notably rough for an entirely good reason, I assure you.
I was out of pencils.
No really. :P My motivation was low for class and thus I'm behind in most everything. Doesn't mean I'm doing badly in my classes though. Got my Philosophy paper back and it was a 96%, and the Professor was very complimentary of style and substance, with the only downsides being a few more requests for detail in some cases.
My EECS 203 Discrete Math class is going distinctly average. 47/85 on the first exam, but the average was a 49. So it could use some work but that class should be fine.
Programming is waiting on my second Project Grade. I haven't been following the lectures because he's talking to a group beyond my programming level, but lecture slides and the internet help resolve that. I have another massive project to start soon, but I think I'm doing well.
Then there's Calc 4. I dunno my grade yet but I'm pretty sure I failed my first exam. I know what I'm studying for Fall Break! :P
ROTC continues to go well. There's always room for Improvement but I would rate myself very well individually among the current batch of cadets. And I think our current batch of cadets is quite good.
The ROTC Alpena trip went quite well. Surprisingly the MOUT training with Airsoft guns was the low point of the trip due to poor training by the Marines in charge of teaching us. As a whole though, fun and informative.
And now I will try and attach those room pictures you've been waiting on... let's test shall we?
Monday, September 27, 2010
Dorm Room!
Well, my life keeps a rolling on. Homework continues to pile up and get thrown down, though progress is finally being made after a marathon 5 a.m homework run last week. O.o I slept so much this weekend it's not even funny. Really. Nobody laughed. Not even me.
Anywho, girl troubles are also decreasing. Mainly because I'm getting better at giving her space, and as such the few times we see each other (football games, para examplo) have gotten a lot nicer, more friendly, etc. To go a bit more in depth into my thoughts... despite all advice, all logic, everything everyone has been telling me... I'm going to try and end this breakup at least once. She's too good a catch to follow common sense and logic about. :P Whether or not she's willing to give me a chance to win her back is a total unknown... but I have the beginnings of a plan, and that plan also coincidentally involves me convincing myself that I can move on if I wanted to. Double win? Double lose? Heck if I know, but it's a learning experience. I do doubt that the bit of a tangle I'm in hopefully will never happen again, no matter what the results of her decision are in a few weeks when I check back in to see if she's ready to talk. But you all can rest assured that my emotional state will be assuredly more stable even if this does fall apart again.
Mmm yes. Serious business done. I don't want to talk too much about that, although maybe if you all ask enough I can run through the entire two weeks up to this point. That would be a LONG post however, and I'd rather have these be happy, fun-filled affairs!
Thus is why I bring you pictures of my dorm room! Yes, after two weeks of living in, I finally bring you pictures of the elusive Kleinau college residence.
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Well I'll admit I planned for this blog post to have said pictures but the internet is not cooperating. Sadly. Watch this space closely for more attempts!
Anywho, girl troubles are also decreasing. Mainly because I'm getting better at giving her space, and as such the few times we see each other (football games, para examplo) have gotten a lot nicer, more friendly, etc. To go a bit more in depth into my thoughts... despite all advice, all logic, everything everyone has been telling me... I'm going to try and end this breakup at least once. She's too good a catch to follow common sense and logic about. :P Whether or not she's willing to give me a chance to win her back is a total unknown... but I have the beginnings of a plan, and that plan also coincidentally involves me convincing myself that I can move on if I wanted to. Double win? Double lose? Heck if I know, but it's a learning experience. I do doubt that the bit of a tangle I'm in hopefully will never happen again, no matter what the results of her decision are in a few weeks when I check back in to see if she's ready to talk. But you all can rest assured that my emotional state will be assuredly more stable even if this does fall apart again.
Mmm yes. Serious business done. I don't want to talk too much about that, although maybe if you all ask enough I can run through the entire two weeks up to this point. That would be a LONG post however, and I'd rather have these be happy, fun-filled affairs!
Thus is why I bring you pictures of my dorm room! Yes, after two weeks of living in, I finally bring you pictures of the elusive Kleinau college residence.
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Well I'll admit I planned for this blog post to have said pictures but the internet is not cooperating. Sadly. Watch this space closely for more attempts!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Birthday!
First off, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. I had a pretty solid day of that... 74 Facebook comments, several texts, and three phone calls. It was a pretty good day.
That, and I gained a wee small bit of closure today. For those of you who don't know, my girlfriend Katelyn broke up with me two Sundays ago, and I was in a bad state last week because of it. Today I had another talk with her, and while hopes are slim for any sort of reunion ANYTIME soon, I now have a solid thing to blame for the current situation I'm in, and there's hope that I can turn this whole thing back into a friendship.
Whether or not a couple of months down the road that changes again... we'll see if that happens, and if I even want it to happen then. But, whatever the case... hopefully within a week or two she'll be able to stand my presence on a more regular basis. Hooray!
So, all in all the pretty good birthday. Some very... interesting presents from my friends, some good advice, baby steps towards restoring a friendship... I think it'll all turn out OK.
As a side note: my address here is -
Paul Kleinau
8285 North Quad
105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Pictures of my dorm to come sooner or later! :P
That, and I gained a wee small bit of closure today. For those of you who don't know, my girlfriend Katelyn broke up with me two Sundays ago, and I was in a bad state last week because of it. Today I had another talk with her, and while hopes are slim for any sort of reunion ANYTIME soon, I now have a solid thing to blame for the current situation I'm in, and there's hope that I can turn this whole thing back into a friendship.
Whether or not a couple of months down the road that changes again... we'll see if that happens, and if I even want it to happen then. But, whatever the case... hopefully within a week or two she'll be able to stand my presence on a more regular basis. Hooray!
So, all in all the pretty good birthday. Some very... interesting presents from my friends, some good advice, baby steps towards restoring a friendship... I think it'll all turn out OK.
As a side note: my address here is -
Paul Kleinau
8285 North Quad
105 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Pictures of my dorm to come sooner or later! :P
Monday, September 13, 2010
Soory about the delay...
Sorry about the lack of blog posts. I've been pretty busy this past week... that and yesterday was absolutely brutal towards my motivation to do, well, anything.
I'll sum it up with this: Girl troubles.
I'll talk more once I'm objective enough to talk about it.
I'll sum it up with this: Girl troubles.
I'll talk more once I'm objective enough to talk about it.
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