byCarmine

So much stuff to organise and do, so little time.

So far the list as follows:

- arrange transfer of phone and broadband … check

- arrange transfer of gas and power … check

- arrange redirect of post … check

- sign contracts and arrange pick up of keys … check

- call lawn mowing to arrange move

- arrange Winz Accomodation Allowance update

- update contact details with everyone

- pack!!!

Also, my first assignment has been given out for comp336 – build a character for unreal using blender and give some sort of presentation. Pondering choosing a well known cartoon character.  Mickey Mouse? Bart Simpson? Felix? Papa Smurf? Actually a Smurf could be quite good… easy texture to apply, lots of resources to work from. Am restricted to only 2000 triangles so a bit limited in complexity.

Another also, got a new work project as well coming my way working on an eCommerce site using Magento. Looking forward to it! A good chance for me to stretch my web application skills to a new level! It seems that people are actually starting to believe I am good at what I do! My Mum still doesn’t seem to be convinced though. And seemed almost… ‘disappointed’ that I got the work? I don’t know. Tempted to ask her what her problem is. But I might be just undoing a whole can of worms that wouldn’t be worth dealing with.

I can’t wait to move. Truly.

So far so good. I had my game graphics and modelling lecture today and it was quite interesting and it looks like the course, overall will be.  Over the semester our aim is to develop an unreal mod… so it is going to be a bit of fun I think.

Got an eary start tomorrow so need to sleep early.

Not got much (anything) in the way of packing done today. Not good. Hard when Uni is on though to get stuff done. Will aim for Wednesday.

Lotta good news this week. The two big ones:

We’re Moving

Yes, you heard right. Finally, we’re moving out of this cold, damp, horrid house and into a nice warm brick home that’s within walking distance of the University. We’re signing the contracts tomorrow and if all goes well, the move in date is set to be the weekend of the 25th. So, going to be a little busy with the packing and all the usual stuff that comes with moving… updating power, gas, phone, broadband etc.

Job?

I might be getting a good part time job working for the company my brother works for in Australia. I’ll be able to do it from home, part time.. and it involves doing the very thing I’m at University studying for, web application development and management. So it’ll be REALLY good experience. It’s not set in stone yet, but it is looking very promising. Got to get a CV together for it and study up on Magento a bit. Excited though. This would be a bit of a dream job for me.

PS. University starts again on Monday. I’m doing two papers (so part time this semester), Human Computer Interaction and Game Modelling and Design.

Tired. Up till 2am last night studying. Math test went bad yesterday. Very bad. Not enough time. Missed half the questions. Spent too much time on a question which in the end had two mistakes in it. Guess I’ll be relying on the exam in three weeks.

Web design exam today went very well in contrast.

Mum’s bronchoscopy and biopsy went “well”. Just got to wait a week for the results.

For Comp333 (web app development):

My internal mark is going to be about 78 out of 80. I only need a 7 out of 20 in this test to get an A+.

For Comp235 (math):

Reason A: This test tomorrow is worth 30%. However, my final grade is made up of either 50% internal and 50% final exam (the test being part of internal) or 100% exam. What ever is better. However, the exam is on the last day of the exam period, with 2 weeks of uninterrupted study. Plenty of time to improve my grade.

Reason B: It is second year, it doesn’t count towards honours. I only need to pass.

And yet, I still can’t convince myself of this. I think, deep down I still feel like I’m making up for the past. I did so badly at University (academically) the first time around, I feel I have to make up for it. Sure there were reasons for the crappyness the first time around, cancer being a big one. But ultimately the 4 days a week partying were a large part of it too. And boy were there some amazing parties.. I remember going through 7 or so kegs of Steinlarger and having to taxi in more.. and a waterfall of beer going down our back steps.. and people drinking out of our pots because we were too cheap to buy cups for them. I remember a massive party we had to get kicked out of our fixed term tenancy contract. We had helicopters flying over head. They talked about our flat parties for years afterwards.

I missed out socially, a lot, in my teens and I made up for it at University. I learned a lot of things there that I really needed to learn. Perhaps more so than the academics.

But the guilt is still there. I know that because for the last 6 years after dropping out of University, I’ve had re-occuring nightmares about failing. They stopped when I started again at Waikato. And I’ve not scored below an A since. Actually I’ve only had one A, all the rest are A+s. But still, in my mind, it is less about my achievement, and more about it being easy. It isn’t though. I work bloody hard for it. But I seem to be cheating myself out of feeling accomplished. I did well because it was easy. Not I did well because I earned it.

Laptop adapter dead. Yay for iPod touch.

Not so good for assignments and study. And with the long weekend not likely to be fixed any time soon.

Unless I fork out for an adapter myself ($129 NZT) outsidecof warranty. But with my exams and assignments soon do I really have a choice?