Domestic Geek

I was right to dread. That school is so f***ed up. It's bad enough that the class schedule was not posted and we had to wait in a line to find out where we were supposed to be. Then the stupid teacher didn't show. I was so po'd that I left at 10:30. I couldn't concentrate to work on Visual Basic or even surf the internet. Oh, well. A bright note is that a friend of mine called me at noon and told me that the teacher is actually supposed to be there tomorrow. We'll see. I'm so tired of the nonsense there. That school is going to suck as long as it has its current administration. The school's president is a moron and a liar.

I am so dreading going back to school tomorrow. I know I'm going to be angry about something there before the day is over. The lack of planning and organization of the administrative staff there never ceases to amaze me. Well, better get to bed. Those people are hard enough to deal with on a good night's sleep. I hope they're offering a class that I actually need. Guess we'll see.

My life is so boring!

Jack Lemmon died yesterday. He was one of my favorite actors. It's sad to think that all of the big male stars from the "Grumpy Old Men" movies have passed away. First Burgess Meredith in 1997, Walter Matthau almost a year ago and now Jack Lemmon. You know you're getting older when the people you admire start passing away.

I am really dreading going back to school on Monday. I have no desire to face the idiots that run that place. I stopped in today to see what classes are being offered next module (as classes start Monday) and there is NO SCHEDULE POSTED!!! That means Monday morning will be a zoo. Yay. This is all doing wonders for the apathy I feel about CollegeAmerica right now.

During the two weeks I took off I realized that the things I really want to learn about are not taught there. I want to learn about UNIX/Linux and I was told that "maybe" Unix 3 would be offered in September (my last month). I was told there wasn't that much interest in that class being offered. BULLSHIT! I know many people who want to take it. I want to learn more about web programming, ie. Javascript, Perl, CGI scripts, Cascading Style Sheets, Photoshop, etc. You can take javascript, but only after you finish the other programming classes. I have no desire to learn those. I'm not going to use those. So, looks like my 18 grand was pretty much wasted. I've taken four networking classes and can no more administer a network any better than I could have last June. The hardware stuff I know Marcus taught me, cuz I sure didn't learn it in the hardware classes. I may be A+ certified, but I can't fix a computer. I've been working on Visual Basic 3 for two months now. I got a letter from the librarian wanting the book back. I don't even want to finish it, I'm so fed up. I like programming, mind you. It's like solving puzzles or playing games, but I know I'm not going to do this for a living and it's pretty much a waste of my time.

I really want to learn networking. There are only 1 or 2 more classes offered and I know I'm not going to learn what I want in those. I want to learn about network security and firewalls, etc. We briefly read about those, but how can you do it if you've never had hands on practice? You can't. Oh, well.

On another cheery note, sales are sucking bad at both stores still. My paychecks on the 5th are going to SUCK! How am I supposed to move when I can't even afford to buy groceries right now? Do I need to find a part time job or start selling my plasma again? It's looking like it. So, I guess now I'll start selling some of my crap on eBay and get some other stuff ready for a garage sale. I'm also not extremely happy with Marcus, either, but that's not a story I choose to share. Boy, life is fun right now.

The alumni lists on our old high school's web page were actually links for places like classmates.com and such. I'm sure that somewhere along the line my sister must've signed up with one of those. Had me worried there for a second. I've thought about signing up with those, but the people you really care to hear from again are never the ones that are looking for you. That's one of the reasons I have no desire ever to attend one of my class reunions. The people I want to see never come (too busy, better things to do). Another reason I'll never go is that if I really cared how these people were doing, I would've tried harder to stay in touch. The final reason is that most of my friends were either younger or older than I was and would not be at my reunion anyway.