Things that go on in my life that cannot be catagorized somewhere else, sort of a catch-all
The person I was going to ask to prom was not here today. I’ll have to try again tomorrow. Other than that, my life has been pretty boring. We’re going to go stage Coffee Break right now.
Link of the Day: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4534017/
Can you believe that Merriam Webster actually has a defination for “cold feet“?
Apprehension or doubt strong enough to prevent a planned course of action
And that pretty much what happened today with regards for asking someone to prom today. More specificly, the apprehension part. I’m going to wear so warmer socks and try again tomorrow. It’s all about the timing…it really is.
Today’s Link of the Day is a double header: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvonair.html (Ever heard of Takoma, Washington? Apparently the FCC has) and http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001879356_btyahoosearch15.html (Just read the headline)
Last week was very hectic. I started my third and final trimester, I began rehersal for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and sometime mid week I announced I was going to Prom. On Thursday, we blocked the first part of How to, the overture to be percise. Suficive to say, it’s very entertaining. Everybody should purchase tickets now before they sell out, which they almost always do a week or so before the performance. On Friday I helped setup for my school auction. While setting up some lights, I strained a muscle in my back. That left me moaning in pain for a better part of the weekend. However, I am happy to report that I am feeling much now. Saturday afternoon I saw The Passion. I’m not quite sure what to say about it, however, it has given me a lot to chew on, which is always a good thing. And just tonight, I figured out who I’m going to take to Prom. I’m not going to say who, but no one ever going to guess who it is, except maybe Hanway. I’m going to ask her tomorrow…
Link of the Day: http://www.pixy.cz/apps/barvy/index-en.html
The outside of the large white envelope certainly didn’t hide anything:
Congradulations…You’re CU-Boulder bound!
We’ll see about that. Never-the-less, University of Colorado @ Boulder has offered me admission into their College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. They even sent me a certificate to frame and put on the wall. How cool! The admission is, of course, conditional; “contingent upon all final credentials reflecting academic achievement similar to our assessment at the time of admission.” The only schools that I have not heard back from are Caltech and Johns Hopkins.
Link of the Day: http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=SecurityPosters
My first week of classes for the 3rd and final trimester is almost done. My classes are pretty good: Physics, Life after SAAS, Study, Page to Stage/Senior Project (English), Lunch, Ballet, Calc II, and American Government. Usually at about this time on Friday, I’m really ready for the week to be over. But it really feels like the week is only half over. All the better I suppose. I still haven’t decided on a college yet, but most of you should be able to surmise that CSM is going to be the place to be…however, that is in no way final. I have decided to go to prom. I’m not sure who it’s going to be with, seeing as I have no current girlfriend. Quinn, Peter, Ben, et al. have put together a list of potential candiates.
Link of the Day: http://www.myphysicslab.com/
As the school year ends and the big college decision looms overhead, I’m still working on making Andrew Ferguson dot NET a better place. This, of course, may beg the question of why I would put so much time and effort into such a project. The answer simply being that AFdN is my hobby and I enjoy working on it, even if I’m the only one to reap the benefits. Hopefully, everybody who visits the site finds some bit of useful knowledge to take with them. In any event, version 8.0 of AFdN is officiall under way! The site will again be programed in PHP with a mySQL backend, however, it will be designed to run both on Apache2 and IIS6. Further enhancements include streaming the Windows Media Video’s with true WMP9 Streaming technology. This should allow all users, irregardless of internet connection, to access the videos. This should also fix the issue with Linux users as well. I also should have my SharePoint portal up soon. All these changes primarly stem from the upgrade to Windows Server 2003.
In other news, the auction at church went over pretty well. Our group of six guys raised over $2,500, a pretty good chunk considering the auction netted somewhere around $100,000. I’ll see what kind of number I can find during the week. This upcoming weekend, I’ll be working at my school auction. I’ll also be watching The Passion.
Tomorrow pretty much begins the begin of the end for high school. After four years of pain and suffering, I’m almost done and get to move on to 4+ more years of pain and suffering at college. However, some exciting things have been happening. As I’ve already mentioned multiple times, Andy and Julia were married on Sunday. I also am going to start working on seting up my Windows Server 2003 box today. Tomorrow I have my English test, which will conclude an entire trimester of various trips to hell and back. I also have my final vocal performance. Thursday has a Physics test at 8:30am followed by a Project Materials test at 10:30. I finish the week with a Calc II test and an American Government test. Sounds like buckets of joy…but not.
Well, Andy and Julia were married today at approximately 1:40pm PST. Afterwords, I felt an unusual sense of completeness, that I had done whatever I needed to do and that I could begin working on whatever I needed to work on next. There’s no telling about what my job was that I complete or what I will work on next, but it feels good. The world feels good. Mr. and Mrs. Collins are heading to Mexico for about the next week or so. All I can really say is Happy Honeymooning and thanks for letting me be a part of you life and your wedding.
Yours Truly,
Andrew Ferguson[sig]
This past week has been rather busy. However, it has also given me a chance to reflect about the past four years the next four to six years. On Friday, I was able to spend a day at CSM and unless CSM falls off the face of the Earth, or CalPolybecome non-traditional, or Caltech suddenly becomes less liberal, Golden, Colorado will be my next stop. Then on Monday and Tuesday, the entire Senior class went to Camp Burton to discus graduation at Meany Hall. That sort of set into motion the idea that there really is only a limited time left. I think that changed the entire attitude of the Senior class. And now today, I’m working on the slide show for one of my buddies who’s getting married in 3 days!! So much has happened, is happening, and will happen over the few months, it’s going to be amazing. The farthest event that I’ve put on my calendar is starting college and that’s only 6 months away or so. I’m not even out of high school. Between now and then I have to:
…among other things. And that’s just the major stuff I can think of right now. I’m almost afraid to blink my eyes because everything is going to pass by so fast. Ack.
So while I didn’t have an ear infection, the doctor did say that I had fluid in the middle part of my right ear, more specificly, the Eustachian Tube. When there was a pressure change, the tube could not open