The night ride(part 1)

The car presses on, forward into the night. Trees passing by only illuminated by the glare of the high beams and the soft glow of the half filled moon. The 2004 Pontaic Grand Prix pushes farther, it seemed distant to society. No buildings or other cars, just trees, grass, and pavement. The distance from society was not far at all, but the driver seemed to be thinking of other things.

The driver looks at the dash, the display shows 11:19 pm. It was a Saturday night, a prime Saturday night to be precise. The driver had plans but those plans fell apart in the early evening. Now there was nothing to do but to drive. The driver seemed to have no place in mind, driving for the sake of driving. Driving without purpose but taking in the sensations. The stark cool night air was calming. Not comforting as being in the warmth glow of the sun but, strangely calming. The cold wind breeze passes through the car windows the driver never took notice of the cold. He could not feel how cold the wind blew or how long he was going to continue driving.

New post!

So I am returning to the blogosphere. It has been quite some time since I contributed to blogging. To be honest without blogging I have not been very on topic with anything. Maybe it was the fact that I ended up sleeping for 14 hours today that made me realize that I can't be doing this right. Either way expect to see more blog posts in the next couple of days.

I had a pretty decent weekend friday night. I was finally able to spend a nice night not stuck at my house. The first part of that day was crazy. Chem exam that I could have been more prepared for. Then had dinner with my Mom, Grandma and my cousin who is done with two years of med school. My cousin has changed a lot. Though I think she started things off on the wrong step that day. Starting to lecture me on school, even though she said she wasn't lecturing me but thats what it felt like. Luckily I had band practice that night so I could get away for a while. After band practice Brad and I met up with Anna and went to shoot pool. We went to my favorite place to shoot pool The Ivory Room. The place is really nice and it was also their first time to be in a pool hall which surprised me. I was going to pool hall since I was 17 and 2 years later it didn't seem to be that big a deal.

The best part of the night is when I was able to take a walk around outside near the woods by my house. It was a bit cold but it didn't matter to me. Nothing is more relaxing than being outside in the middle of the night. It is so peaceful, no loud noises, very few cars. It is kind of a place to really get a collective mind and take in all the sensations. The wind blowing through the trees. It really makes me excited for when Spring really blooms and the following summer.

Where is the Theory!?

I've been practising guitar a lot more in the last few days. Maybe its that somehow I feel that eventually I can do vocals and play guitar. It is really a long shot if you ask me. I also lack the theory behind guitar chords. Which means I am at a deficit when trying to play ska chords that work together and or in the same key. This weekend I might be able to learn a bit of guitar theory so I can be more useful. It is definitely strange to have red fingertips again. It is a good feeling! I am very disappointed in myself for not practising guitar like I used to. I was distracted by other things in my life. I forgot how much relaxation I can get from just sitting down and playing through a chord progression. It is even better when now I'm playing ska riffs. They are upbeat and make things even more enjoyable.

Fog

I don't know what it is but for some reason I have a thing for fog. It is foggy outside this morning. I can't sleep so I figured now would be a good time for a blog post. This fog reminded me a lot about the night I went in to a open area and all I could see was white snow and fog. It was very peaceful to me. The fog also has a nice way of distorting light and I could even say it puts a mood into the air. I know some people get an eerie feeling when walking in fog, but to me it is calming. It could be something about the fog obscuring all the things in society or nearby buildings. Another thing about the fog is the way it effects light. Something about seeing the radiance of something in the air is quite fascinating. When there is fog everything seems much quieter. I think this quietness really adds to the peaceful effect of fog on me. If only I could just go for a walk right now through the fog. That would make for a very relaxing and peaceful evening. Well I'm going to try and call it a night. I really need to get my sleep schedule fixed. Being unable to sleep until early morning is most likely not good for me with school and work.

SKAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

Well the only thing eventful for today is that my friend Brad. Who has just recently started a ska band. Has asked me to do vocals for their ska band. I seriously am surprised that I was considered for this. Then also they are possibly playing at the tri-high ruckus. I have always wanted to play at that show at least once. Now I can possibly play that show even as an alumni. I intend to put on a sweet show, maybe pull something like the guy from Granola, Add Bacon did at his show and go temporarly insane LOL. It would make for a very interesting show if you think about it.

UGH

I'm so glad it is finally the weekend. Though found out that because of my screw up of last semester I am not on academic probation meaning if i don't bring my GPA up I won't be able to register for classes next semester. Now my Dad does not want me to go on the Spring Break trip. I can't back out of the trip now, I'm going through with it no matter what. I am not going to be the one who backs out of this after getting people's hopes up for the trip.

Woo I am Programmer!

Well it has been a frustrating night, nothing seemed to be able to work for me. My exploit attempts on the lab network were fruitless. I don't even know where to look now to figure out what to do. My dad is not going to be any help here. Where is the fun in being told how to do something instead of figuring it out yourself. HMPHF! I just want to see how it is done at least once so I at least have something to go by.

Though I finally had some success with my program. With a lot of coaching from my good friend Vignesh who is taking the same class but over at Ann Arbor.

Found out I was using my C compiler and not my C++ compiler.

After realizing that, my program compiled and built the executable correctly. It was really exciting to get it working. I almost yelled out truimphantly but it was 2am and my parents are sleeping. Well I think I might be shooting for over achievement in my programming class because my source code is turned in and it isn't due until the 27th. I'd rather have it in early instead of waiting until that day when I could question my professor on why it wouldn't compile. Anyway I should be heading to bed now. Gotta make it into work sometime in the AM.