I've been living on my own for almost two months now. I'm starting to get used to everything, get into my own groove. I still haven't thrown an actual housewarming party, just a sofa-warming party. I still haven't officially met any of my neighbors, but I've gotten used to them. Upstairs I think is just one person, but they stomp around like they're 300 lbs, and usually when I'm trying to sleep. On the third level I think (or next door to upstairs), the man of the house likes to yell. Across the hall from me is a girl about my age, and I think she thinks I'm weird. Can't blame her; she's usually dressed very professionally, while I'm half-asleep in a gray sweatshirt and khakis that have seen much better days. Next door is strangely quiet and gives off a slightly creepy vibe. And no one really pays attention to when their laundry's done, even though there are timers on the things.
One of the things I've unfortunately found is that it's damn near impossible to get into any of the complex's parking lots when it snows. It really sucks. Hopefully, we've seen the last of the snow here.
I started up classes again. Database Design and Accounting. And I really didn't like how I had one week to do two week's worth of assignments in the database class, especially since I was out with a bad case of food poisoning this weekend. (Seriously, I was sleeping for most of Saturday.) Luckily, the accounting class is a lot more lenient; the first assignments aren't due for another couple of weeks. At least everything else should be much more balanced for the rest of the quarter. But I want to know why I don't have any luck with the teachers for advanced CS concepts (Networking Essentials, C++ 2, Data Structures Using C++, and now Database Design)? (Can't miss one week of class, else I'm immediately dropped/failed! Or the teacher wants a five page report... every week! And a twenty page report every three weeks! Or, as in the C++ classes, the teacher doesn't even know how to use the compiler, let alone actually teach instead of reading the Powerpoint provided by the book!)
March is the busy month at the zoo. I didn't know if it would effect IT as much as it does Gift Shop, but it really does. We have a page and a half list of projects that have to be done by next week. Some things have been finished up or are in the final stages. Other things are no where near completion, and worst of all, it's not our fault (outside companies that we have a warranty with being stupid and not fixing a laptop that we took in over two months ago). Monday and Tuesday next week will be interesting. The zoo's getting a new director, and the old director for the last 40 years is sticking around, but in another office... that just moved off zoo grounds. That was yesterday's big project, getting the zoo's new west office up and running. Well, it's up, can't quite say it's running yet though. There's still a lot of server configuring to do.
I'm playing around with the idea of moving this blog to Wordpress. Thing is, because I've grown to be a control freak, I'd rather have it on my own server instead of a wordpress.com blog, so I can play around with the extra space easily, maybe host a wiki or something geeky like that. Wordpress seems to be a lot more customizable and easier to code for than Blogger, so maybe I'd actually get back into web design again. That'd be nice.
On a final note, I've been told by a dancing friend that this follow dances like me. Not that I dance blues like that, with the hips and tricks and everything, but I could see little things, like bending my back weird during spins, having my left arm away from my body more than usual, and taking big steps (I walked up behind him while he was watching this and thought that she danced like me before he even said anything). My friend says he noticed it mostly in the swing-outs, but he can't put his finger on what exactly it is about them. The only thing I can think of is how she swings her left arm back during those, like I do. (I started doing that because the momentum of the swing out continues being carried by that arm while I wait for the lead to bring me in. It's a nice feeling while it happens and [I think] adds power back into the dance when I bring in back in. Jury's still out on whether it makes me a better dancer or makes me look more graceful. I know that the last video in which I saw myself dancing, I wasn't too bad to watch, but still no where near professional level.) It's still weird to see something like that; it's rare to see two people who dance a lot alike, even when they're in the same scene. I've tried to base my following and styling off of a few of the other follows at JNO, but I usually don't get compared to them like I do the follow in this video.
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