Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Back in School

So, yeah. Back to college. I'm moved in; this year I've got a single room. It's considerably smaller than what I'm used to, but it's enough. And certainly worth it since I don't have to deal with a roommate. There are, of course, a lot of problems on campus that should have been taken care of during the summer. For example, there is something wrong with the card readers that makes it so that several don't recognize my card. Normally I post from the Linux lab in one of said buildings, but no such luck today. Anyway, other than that, things are going well. Me schedule is as follows:

Discrete Mathematics - Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 8:10 - 9:00. Dreading having to wake up for this one tomorrow, but other than that I foresee this being a rather easy class.

Weight Training - Monday/Wednesday, 12:10-1:00. Getting that physical activity credit out of the way.

Programming Practicum - Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 1:10 - 2:00. This is gonna be tough; the programming class that separates the minors from the majors. However, we learn some really cool shit in this one, so I'm looking forward to it.

Artificial Freakin' Intelligence - Tuesday/Thursday, 9:45 - 11:00. Hells yeah! A. Fuckin' I.! I foresee this being a really cool class. We'll actually be building robots towards the end of it.

Creative Writing: Fiction - Tuesday/Thursday, 2:45 - 4:00. This counts as my art credit, so getting that out of the way. What I learn here might actually improve me as a GM, but thus far I'm thinking it's meant more for mundane fiction. I do hope the professor doesn't have anything against high fantasy and science fiction. Otherwise this could be a long, annoying experience. The reading list for the class appears to be completely missing those genres.


That’s it for now. Still no word on whether or not I get the Robotics T.A. job; I’ll find that out tomorrow after Practicum. Hopefully my laptop will come in soon and I will therefore have more secure internet access.

3 comments:

Chris said...

As I've told everybody off to college/school, I hope it's a good one, and I hope you enjoy yourself. Classes you like always help.

Bell said...

OMG A.I.

That sounds awesome.

And Creative Writing! OMG I want to read Dox poetry. Pleeeeease.

Everything else...scary. Mathematics are discreet? Are they also subtle and tactful...?

Proven Paradox said...

First off, I've got the T.A. job both this semester AND next. So yeah, things are lookin' hella good right now.

Dani: First off, this will be fiction. Not poetry. If we start having to write poetry I will drop the class.

Also, yes, Mathematics can be discreet. Subtle too. Tactful, not so much.

(For clarification, discreet = noncontinuous in this case. Algebra and calculus usually deals with continuous functions. Discreet, not so much.)