Things that go on in my life that cannot be catagorized somewhere else, sort of a catch-all
Wow. Your going to love this. After going 0/6 and 1/7 for my prom, I have now been asked to go to someone elses prom, specifically Katie M. Everyone should obviously see both the humor and irony in this. Of course, I will be going. The date is June 5th, mark your calendars.
I decided to try and not combine blog topics anymore. Today is the 3rd of 4 productions of How to. Last night was a tremendous success. The house was almost packed and it should be packed both tonight and tomorrow night. During “Brother Hood of Man,” the audience really got into the groove and we performed an encore right then and there. Everybody was pretty damn estatic…so was I come to think about it. Tonight should be even better and tomorrow night should just blow everything away.
*Sigh*, it’s the 5th of May and the year is getting close to be half over…but it feels like it just started. I had a dentist appointment today. Teeth look nice and clean, no cavities; but the wisdom teeth gotta go! So I’m going to schedule an appointment and get that taken care of. How to continues and we started Tech Rehearsals today. ONLY ONE WEEK ‘TILL OPENING NIGHT!! I would highly suggest you get tickets now as seats fill up fast in our small theater. I hope to have pictures from rehearsals up soon!
The Senior Project continues. R2 is getting closer to running status. I finished with the CPU box and began installing some safety cutoff buttons. I also have to create and install some safety restraints/cutoff ropes. I hope to have pictures of my project up soon as well.
So prom is pretty much just 36 hours away…and that has put me into a dead panic. I really have no reason to be in a panic…maybe I’m just excited. Hmm…I’ll have to ponder that one for a little while. In any event, work on the Mexico 2004 slide show continues and it is lookin’ good…in fact, it’s looking excellent! This has to be one of the best mexico videos ever!
Today, er, yesterday (Thursday), I started out by tapping the gas tank on robot 2 and installing a drain. I then reasseblembeled the engine and put some screws into the drive shaft to hold the brake and the gear in place. Then I began work on a new power supply unit. That was acutally really fun. I got to create my own layout and drill some aluminium to mount the 4 power control units and 4 capacitors to. I will probably spend another 2 or 3 hours on that project tomorrow.
Time:
Today: 5 hrs
This week: 10 hrs
Total: 10 hrs
Wow. This was one heck of a Tuesday. Starting at about 3, we starting receiving quite a bit of hail. And then the wind kicked up. We lost power at about 6ish. I went to go get my tux and I had to take 2 different detours because of trees falling and blocking the entire roadway. I was able to get my tux from the Mens Warehouse, and I have to say that the service I received was exceptionally excellent. The person helping me, Richard, was very helpful. They defiantly have will have my business again. So yea, tux is done, that just leaves corsage and transportation. So back is the power outage. I arrived home at about 8:30 to find that we didn’t have any power. The first thing I thought was Hmmm, fun. Then I realized AAAAhhhhhh no TV!!! I can’t watch 24! But if any of you know me, I usually don’t take no for an answer…at least the first time. So I hooked the inverter up to the van and ran an extension cord from the front of the house where the car was to the back of the house where the TV was. I plugged the TV and DirecTV receiver into the cord turned them on. And voila! It worked! So I got to watch the last 40 minutes of 24 and that was cool.
Now for the Senior Project. As part of the Senior Project, I am required to keep some sort of log of my work. I thought this would be a good spot to keep it. So here goes! This was the first day of my Senior Project. I arrived at about 8:30 and waited for a little while. I had neglected to find out what time Andy was getting there, so I headed up to UPC for about 45 minutes. When I returned about 10:30, I found Andy in his office. He outlined the plan for the next few days and then I got started. Today I was moving some of the work benches around to make the room more efficient. I also started working on assembling the server rack. I left at 12:30 to go to ballet at school.
Time:
Today: 2 hrs
This week: 2 hrs
Total: 2 hrs
My Mexico group had a get together yesterday. We were playing Spoons and I wrote a note and taped it to one of the cards and made sure that it was passed on to the person I wanted to ask to prom. She was defiantly confused when she got the note taped to the card, but she gave me a conditional yes. Conditional because she has a tennis tournament in Yakima and she doesn’t know when she’s going to get back, so she’s going to check on that and get back to me.
On another note, I’ve been thinking more and more about colllege. Especially since I only have 2.5 days of school left before I start my internship at the UW. Anyways, it has been more this, “Oh Fu**! I’m going to college in Colorado.” It’s not bad feeling; more of an anxious feeling, a feeling that causes one to forget to breathe. I’ve been practically living in the same place for the last 18 years and now it all has to change.
I was watching Star Trek: DS9 and there was an excellent quote that defines parts of my life philisophy very accuratly: It is the Unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. We are explorers. We explore our lives, day by day. And we explore the galaxy, trying to expand the boundaries of our knowledge. And that is why I am here. Not to conquer you with weapons or with ideas, but to co-exist and learn. -Benjamin Sisko, “Emissary Part II”
My galaxy has become smaller today as I have a date to Prom. Yes, that’s right, Andrew is going to Prom. More details to come later, perhaps. For now, I’m going to have them keep them encoded to prevent certain groups of individuals from misusing the information in an attempt to prank me and capture it on video.
Passcode Charlie-Alpha:
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Canyonlands was a very cool and special expierence. I did manage to keep a log of some sorts. Mexico was also very cool. It was certainly a different expierence, coming from 10 days of hiking and living in my own filth. I heard from the rest of my colleges while I was away. I can now confirm what I’ve know for several months. Next year, I, Andrew Ferguson, will be attending college in the State of Colorado at (drum roll please): Colorado School of Mines. Perhaps the sad thing about making my own decision is that decisions from many of my friends are now going to be trickling in. Ben is going to UW and Quinn just announced that he will also be attending UW. Staples will be heading East to Boston College. Of course, you can just check the College page to find all that information. Tomorrow I head back to school to finish my last 9 days of regular school. Then I begin my 5 week internship at UW. In many ways, I really am not looking forward to High School ending. It means the end of everything I’ve known for not only the last 4 years, but the last 18 years as well. But at the same time, it’s also very exciting as I can start a new journey.
Link of the Day: http://www.neen.org/demo/clinger.swf
The end of another really hectic week is just about over. We’ve been practicing How to for two entire weeks now and one thing is really clear: this is not like The Sound of Music in any way. The Sound of Music was musical about music with music in it. How to is a funny play with music and dancing added to it. Most people in the musical have singing experience, myself included. However, I would venture to say that most people don’t have dancing experience. Therefore, we’ve been working a lot on dance routines and it’s really been exhausting…but fun.
I also went to the REI garage sale today and got bunches and bunches of stuff. I got a pair of $100 UGG Austrailia Mocisons for $5, some Smith Sunglasses, a fleece coat, and some other good stuff. I’ve also given up on the project to update you of my location via cell phone for the time being. I’m having a hard time getting data from the cell phone to the computer reliably.
Link of the Day: http://www.mattread.com/Tweaks/page.php?p=3&more=1&c=1
I’ve been having trouble sleeping the last week. I’m not quite sure why, but I have been stressed out a little. In just about a week, I’ll be on my way to California and then TJ, Mexico for a 17 day combined trip. I’m going to bring my GPS with me and I’m going to email my coordinates back to the server. The server will then post an autolog about my position, how far I’ve travelled, and perhaps even a satellite picture of my position.
I finally worked up the nerve to ask the girl out to prom. She didn’t say yes, but she didn’t say no either. However, the important thing is that I did ask. I hope to have this concluded before I leave for Canyonlands, but if it’s not, that’s fine too.
I feel much better now. I should get lots of sleep tonight.
Link of the Day: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/tjochem/www/nhaa/nhaa_home_page.html