Randomness Redefined

Just to let you all know that I’m not dead. The reason that I’ve been so busy lately is because of my decision to take another compressed semester class this summer. This summer I am experiencing the ‘joy’ of CIS 528 which is basically an advanced course in databases and database administration with some net fusion and web development stuff thrown in so the can technically refer to this as a course in web application development. At any rate the course is at least interesting and the professor that was is teaching knows his stuff and if the homework was not so damn time consuming I would actually enjoy dragging me ass out of bed so early in the morning and slogging through another day in class so I can then get a quick lunch thrown into my gullet than racing off to another shift on the phones. I shouldn’t really bitch as I choose to do this to myself and the class is only for a few more weeks so not all is lost but what fun is that?

The last few weeks have been fairly interesting, I have seen Batman Begins and The Longest Yard (again), had coffee with some friends, helped my friend April move into her new apartment, and my dad suddenly had a midlife crisis and bought a 1997 Mustang V8 convertible! I doubt I will ever get to drive it as I’m sure my touching it increases my premiums even higher than they already are, but its a beautiful red color and in it looks like it just rolled out of the factory.

In regards to the coffee I met Emily and Jason from Andy’s wedding out at Barnes & Noble and then we went to see the longest yard as they had seen everything else, it was nice to see them again, especially Emily, but I learned that she got her grad position up at Wash U and will be moving back to St. Louis shortly. Just my luck isn’t it? I seem to always be to early or to late in my relationships, she is the first girl that i have been interested in almost a year and I had hopes of maybe getting to know her better. I can see that is probably not going to happen for awhile if ever because I do not want a long distance relationship unless I just can not avoid it. At least I can count her as a friend and who knows what might happen but damnit I am fed up with being single and i would love to start dating again if i could only find some interesting girls who will actually stay in town.

In other news, it looks like Eric and I may have finally found a place to live, I am going to take my parents on a tour to ease their concerns, the place is pretty sweet IMO, 3 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths. It comes with a fridge, stove, and a dishwasher. the only utility that we will have to pay is electricity as cable TV, DSL access, water, sewer, and trash come with the $600 a month rent (only $200 for yours truly and we will split the land line and power 3 ways so this is totally doable). We are hoping to move on this soon as their is an opening and Eric loses his lease July 31. I will write more about this as it develops but I am hoping to start living on my own finally at long last. Other than that I pretty much go to class and work and come home and study PL/SQL queries, play a little more WoW and sleep when I remember. This summer has been pretty good for once and if I can make it through August 15th. I think I will be doing pretty damn well. Till then I’m going to go study for my midterm and maybe watch some more episodes of Firefly that Matthew and I bought on impulse at Best Buy last night. Its a cool looking space western that Fox dropped the ball on and canceled. they are supposed to have a movie and the Sci-Fi Channel bought the rights to it so maybe they will make more episodes.