I, Curtis

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  • Happiness is nowhere to be found

    No one around me seems to want to talk to me, and no one online is around. I am bored, there is nothing to do, but yet it is still much too early to sleep. I don’t even seem to have anything interesting to blog about. What a sucky day this has turned out to be.

  • Class Annoyances

    I am becoming more and more frustrated with my Art History instructor. I have emailed him and posted a forum discussion about a problem I am having with the course. The particular problem is that the instructor has not released the full details of quizzes once they are complete. In a standard classroom course, once everyone has taken a quiz, it is possible to obtain the hard copy of the quiz to determine what you got wrong, well, that’s supposed to be the case online as well. I haven’t been told that my request for release of the full quiz is inappropriate, and I haven’t been told that it would be handled either, the instructor has ignored all attempts at being contacted about the issue, which greatly pisses me off.

  • Associate of Fine Arts added

    I have now added the Associate of Fine Arts to my program at Gaston College. I don’t know if this will lead to a BFA, or not, but its at least a start and I am admitting that Art  is an interest I have.

  • Current Condition of Classes

    Presently I have classes that feel a bit like they are in very different conditions. I am feeling very good about American History  1, Art History  II, and Ceramics Studio. I am feeling more shaky with Intro to Literature as well as Sculpture. Literature is a bit misguided and in Sculpture I am just not very motivated. I get no sense of direction in Sculpture, and the course is starting to seem more pointless to me every day.

    C# is in a class by itself, its self paced, and I am keeping up with the deadlines. I think it will work out fine.

    I am on course for an A in American History, and at present, a B in Art history, but that can change any moment, there are a lot of assignments left. I feel like I can get back into the flow of things with Literature, I am just not presently very comfortable with the course and its delivery method. Sculpture is feeling more  lost, or more accurately I am feeling lost in it. The only course I am considering dropping is Sculpture, but I don’t like the idea of giving up like that. Its one of those things where if I keep the course I might not have a 4.0 GPA anymore, or if I withdraw I certainly won’t be on the President’s list for the semester. I feel like my only option is to fight it out and try to make it work.

  • Art of Sebastian Kularski

    http://www.ryneksztuki.lodz.pl/sebastian_kularski1.htm

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    It would seem that strange art is common among the Kularski clan.

  • Best Argument Against Open DNS

    http://www.publicroot.org/technical/INS-TLD-compilation.txt

    This is a complete list of TLDs that had been detected as in-use on the Internet as of the survey date on the file. This means that a DNS server somewhere on the Internet had to announce the TLD on the Internet. If the DNS system is open, then it is likely that a TLD list that is this fucked up would exist in THE root zone. At present the restricted ICANN TLD registry (maintained by IANA) keeps us safe from this insanity. If you are bored enough, scroll to the K’s and find "Kularski". Any yahoo (its on the list too) can have a TLD presence.

  • C# Enters a new realm of weird

    I thought my C# course was going pretty well, being self-paced and with minimal assignments to work towards. Yesterday there was an email sent from the instructor, apparently now we have a load of stuff to do through the Microsoft IT Academy, woohoo! I remember Microsoft IT Academy from when I had to use it to prepare for my certifications a long long time ago. I hated it then, and it is even worse now. There are now interact lab things to do, oh so much fun.

  • Video: Cool Ab Workout

    Saw this video on YouTube yesterday and thought it was a fun video to watch. I might try following along with this guy. He has amazing abs, and a strange sense of humor.

  • RT: September 4/5, 2008

    German makes almost perfect sense to me when I am very tired.

  • Life Gets Away

    I don’t usually blog lyrics, that is usually more of Chris’ way of expressing things, but currently I have this one song stuck in my head. It entered my mind from hearing the intro to another song, in a completely different genre. I haven’t heard the song in years, but occasionally it pops in and makes me feel a little strange. The song reminds me of exactly how much I reflect on events that have already happened as well as how I always wish I could change those events.

    Clint Black – Life Gets Away

    We’re tied to our memories
    They won’t let us stray
    We’re not gonna lose ones we made yesterday
    We look to our future
    And we make all our plans
    As if we control what is out of our hands

    The world keeps on turning
    I’m learning to see
    Right where I am is where I have to be
    You can’t count the pages
    All ages hear the call
    No matter how hard we try
    Life gets away from us all

    We start getting older
    The moment we live
    Look over your shoulder
    There’s hindsight to give
    Come good days and bad days
    The sun’s gonna rise
    So why look beyond what’s
    In front of your eyes

    The world keeps on turning
    I’m learning to see
    Right where I am is where I have to be
    You can’t count the pages
    All ages hear the call
    No matter how hard we try
    Life gets away from us all

    No matter how hard we try
    Life gets away from us all