Dear Goddess...
I can't feel the end of my right index finger for all the writing and typing I've done in the last 10 hours. I've conquered an extremely excessive homework assignment in EAS 380 (translating METAR code to plain english...by hand and having to write it all out for *85* stations).
I squeezed in my CSCI 201 C++ program as a break in the EAS hell.
HURL 201, well, it's getting read after my CSCI 201 lab and before class.
Ugh. Friday has a quiz in CSCI 201 (easy) and Math 112 has homework from section 1.5 due.
After today, it's downhill to the weekend!
29 January 2003
26 January 2003
Noooooooooooo!!!
I was digging around the Triple J site looking for a good list of Aussie bands...when I discover that Peter Garret, the lead singer of Midnight Oil left the band on 2 December 2002.
I *knew* I shouldn't have missed the concert last year, especially when the Blues got their asses spanked. I should have ditched the Blues game in St. Paul and went to the Quest in Minneapolis and seen the Oils. I didn't however and like Hunters and Collectors and INXS before them....another huge Aussie band I love has disbanded before I could see them in concert.
I'll *truly* be pissed to hell and back if the Whitlams disband before I see them.
I *knew* I shouldn't have missed the concert last year, especially when the Blues got their asses spanked. I should have ditched the Blues game in St. Paul and went to the Quest in Minneapolis and seen the Oils. I didn't however and like Hunters and Collectors and INXS before them....another huge Aussie band I love has disbanded before I could see them in concert.
I'll *truly* be pissed to hell and back if the Whitlams disband before I see them.
22 January 2003
Wierd dream
I was standing in a local McDonald's...waiting for them to give me my food...
When over the boombox in the kitchen, KS95 (Twin Cities station) starts playing "Life's A Beach" by The Whitlams.
This isn't all that wierd except, McDonald's doesn't allow boomboxes...
The Whitlams have never released an album in the US...
and it's totally out of format for KS95.
Feel free to discuss this and what it could mean...
Burning all the photos, sorting through the clothes
You bought this new for me and now it's full of holes
Remember babytalk in the morning
What's the hurry my girl?
You don't need any coffee if you take the day off school
We're all over and I'm all over town
We've got work here tearing it down
You know it's quicker packing for a holiday
'Cause I'd see these things again
I loved you in this T-shirt of mine
You can have it - it say's "Life's a Beach"
There's a beach umbrella, couple lying in the sun
And for once in my life it's not the people from the suburbs
It's me's got it wrong
On through the evening and into the dawn
Journey me, journey me
where love keeps on
Burning all the photos, they have a habit of mocking a single man
I'm keeping the first one, we're not even holding hands
We're all over and I'm all over town
We've got work here tearing it down
There's a beach umbrella, couple lying in the sun
And for once in my life it's not the people from the suburbs
It's me's got it wrong
When over the boombox in the kitchen, KS95 (Twin Cities station) starts playing "Life's A Beach" by The Whitlams.
This isn't all that wierd except, McDonald's doesn't allow boomboxes...
The Whitlams have never released an album in the US...
and it's totally out of format for KS95.
Feel free to discuss this and what it could mean...
Burning all the photos, sorting through the clothes
You bought this new for me and now it's full of holes
Remember babytalk in the morning
What's the hurry my girl?
You don't need any coffee if you take the day off school
We're all over and I'm all over town
We've got work here tearing it down
You know it's quicker packing for a holiday
'Cause I'd see these things again
I loved you in this T-shirt of mine
You can have it - it say's "Life's a Beach"
There's a beach umbrella, couple lying in the sun
And for once in my life it's not the people from the suburbs
It's me's got it wrong
On through the evening and into the dawn
Journey me, journey me
where love keeps on
Burning all the photos, they have a habit of mocking a single man
I'm keeping the first one, we're not even holding hands
We're all over and I'm all over town
We've got work here tearing it down
There's a beach umbrella, couple lying in the sun
And for once in my life it's not the people from the suburbs
It's me's got it wrong
21 January 2003
19 January 2003
Family update...
I just spoke with my step-dad again.
Mom, my two aunts, and my uncle haven't left the hospital since Friday morning. The family and the doctors decided today that they are going to be pulling the feeding tube, the IV tube, and other such things tomorrow morning.
His vitals signs are deteriorating, his kidneys have stopped passing fluid, he is now showing signs of liver failure...
So they are pulling all the "modern medicine" and will be giving him large amounts of morphine and other pain killers to ease his suffering.
They don't expect him to last more than two to three days.
I will try to make a brief LJ post before I fly down. It'll be short notice for me so I may just disappear for a few days when I fly down.
Thanks to everyone who has e-mailed me through the last few weeks. Those e-mails and notes help me more than I let on.
Mom, my two aunts, and my uncle haven't left the hospital since Friday morning. The family and the doctors decided today that they are going to be pulling the feeding tube, the IV tube, and other such things tomorrow morning.
His vitals signs are deteriorating, his kidneys have stopped passing fluid, he is now showing signs of liver failure...
So they are pulling all the "modern medicine" and will be giving him large amounts of morphine and other pain killers to ease his suffering.
They don't expect him to last more than two to three days.
I will try to make a brief LJ post before I fly down. It'll be short notice for me so I may just disappear for a few days when I fly down.
Thanks to everyone who has e-mailed me through the last few weeks. Those e-mails and notes help me more than I let on.
KVSC Politics
Okay...what the fuck is up with this?
I go on the air at 6am...I go off the air at 7am.
They are cutting power to all of Stewart Hall on campus.
This will shut down KVSC and UTVS (University cable channel) for about 90 minutes.
I go back on the air at 8:30....and my normal shift is done at 9am.
So why the f*ck am I going on the air at all. Why not just leave the station off air until 9am when Paul comes in and the power is restored?
*GRRRRRRRR*
JT the Big Bear is pissed off.
I go on the air at 6am...I go off the air at 7am.
They are cutting power to all of Stewart Hall on campus.
This will shut down KVSC and UTVS (University cable channel) for about 90 minutes.
I go back on the air at 8:30....and my normal shift is done at 9am.
So why the f*ck am I going on the air at all. Why not just leave the station off air until 9am when Paul comes in and the power is restored?
*GRRRRRRRR*
JT the Big Bear is pissed off.
17 January 2003
Events inevitable
I called down to my mom's house to talk to my step-dad about where a couple of lakes were in northeast Arkansas...
My step-dad was on his way out the door....to meet my mom at the hospital where my grandfather is.
He told me that Grandpa has gone downhill dramatically from when I saw him over Christmas. When I saw him then, he was fighting for breath, arching his entire body with every breath. He didn't always know who was there.
The doctors called the family in tonight as they don't expect him to make it through the night. He's thrashing with every breath and is fighting to get every breath.
My grandfather will (would?) turn 84 next month.
I never realized how much he meant to me. I'll always remember sitting at the dining room table passing the afternoons away with Grandpa playing cards, listening to his baudy jokes from the Second World War, and now I realize that no matter how much I looked forward to that, it won't happen again.
Sometimes, it takes the loss of a loved one to realize how much they meant to you. If we are really blessed, we realize that those who are still with us are just as special and we need to tell them and enjoy those good times while we can.
For now, I'll cry. I guess the timing couldn't be better. Monday is a school holiday. I could leave as early as tomorrow morning and still be back for classes on Tuesday. I just don't now how well I'll be able to handle it.
My step-dad was on his way out the door....to meet my mom at the hospital where my grandfather is.
He told me that Grandpa has gone downhill dramatically from when I saw him over Christmas. When I saw him then, he was fighting for breath, arching his entire body with every breath. He didn't always know who was there.
The doctors called the family in tonight as they don't expect him to make it through the night. He's thrashing with every breath and is fighting to get every breath.
My grandfather will (would?) turn 84 next month.
I never realized how much he meant to me. I'll always remember sitting at the dining room table passing the afternoons away with Grandpa playing cards, listening to his baudy jokes from the Second World War, and now I realize that no matter how much I looked forward to that, it won't happen again.
Sometimes, it takes the loss of a loved one to realize how much they meant to you. If we are really blessed, we realize that those who are still with us are just as special and we need to tell them and enjoy those good times while we can.
For now, I'll cry. I guess the timing couldn't be better. Monday is a school holiday. I could leave as early as tomorrow morning and still be back for classes on Tuesday. I just don't now how well I'll be able to handle it.
Back to the grind
Well, it's been a while since I've updated my LJ.
I've been busting my ass for the last couple of weeks getting Stocky Jock back on-line, working on the website for the LARP game that I play, and this week, starting the spring term. So far, it's going well. I've got a much better attitude this semester compared to last semester. I will have an "A" in EAS 260 after I finish off the "I" that I currently have. As for EAS 307 and 322, I have no idea yet. I'll be talking to my profs about it next week.
Otherwise, my schedule is quite nice for this term...
KVSC 6a-9a (I love that shift)
MATH 112 - College Algebra MWF 12-1p
CSCI 201 - Fundamentals of Comp. Sci (with some C++) MWF 1-2p Th 12:30-1:45p
HURL 201 - Non-Oppressive Relationships I T-TH 2-3:15
EAS 380 - Intro to Forecasting T-TH 3:30-4:45
(edit note: HURL == Human Relations)
Aside from KVSC on Monday mornings, I don't have class until at least noon. Tuesday, I have class at 2pm ;)
I like this schedule. My classes are close together in time and location and it's a nice mix of classes each day.
I've been busting my ass for the last couple of weeks getting Stocky Jock back on-line, working on the website for the LARP game that I play, and this week, starting the spring term. So far, it's going well. I've got a much better attitude this semester compared to last semester. I will have an "A" in EAS 260 after I finish off the "I" that I currently have. As for EAS 307 and 322, I have no idea yet. I'll be talking to my profs about it next week.
Otherwise, my schedule is quite nice for this term...
KVSC 6a-9a (I love that shift)
MATH 112 - College Algebra MWF 12-1p
CSCI 201 - Fundamentals of Comp. Sci (with some C++) MWF 1-2p Th 12:30-1:45p
HURL 201 - Non-Oppressive Relationships I T-TH 2-3:15
EAS 380 - Intro to Forecasting T-TH 3:30-4:45
(edit note: HURL == Human Relations)
Aside from KVSC on Monday mornings, I don't have class until at least noon. Tuesday, I have class at 2pm ;)
I like this schedule. My classes are close together in time and location and it's a nice mix of classes each day.
03 January 2003
Final arrangements
I just got a call from my Mom asking if I would be a pallbearer for my grandfather's funeral. I told her yes, but it would be contingent on my being able to arrange the absence with my professors.
He's now totally unresponsive and has to have a feeding tube.
It's just a matter of time. As Mom and I were discussing, we don't want to lose him, but we don't want him lingering on and suffering.
He's now totally unresponsive and has to have a feeding tube.
It's just a matter of time. As Mom and I were discussing, we don't want to lose him, but we don't want him lingering on and suffering.
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