Hard at work, with a a healthy mix of procrastination, can describe my past two weeks at Hamilton. With four classes, two towards my theses, I’ve found myself spending entirely too much time reading, writing, and studying. It truly is amazing how much more work we’ve been given, and in a lot of cases, the work is being piled on in courses that have little to do with my majors. To ease the pain, or at least to make my life somewhat easier, I’ve decided to exercise the credit/no-credit option available for courses that aren’t calculated into your major’s GPA. In my case, I’m taking the course Vietnam through Film as credit/no-credit, and at least for the time being, I’m very happy that I’ve done so.
Outside of work, activities and social life continue. I’ve gotten myself a radio show and this Tuesday between 2 - 4 pm EST you can hear me on WHCL 88.7 FM or online via the shoutcast stream. Titled On-Air Stylings with the Fickle Finn, it will be a continuation of last years show with Sean, except of course, it will be all me. I hope to incorporate a bit more electronic and jazz into the show but we’ll see. It really depends on my mood at the time! My work with the campus EMTs continues and I’m loving the distraction, although some of the petty things we need to deal with are driving me nuts. Whatever the case, it’s still exciting and I haven’t yet gotten tired of the adrenaline rush that you get when the pager goes off.
Living in 4002A with Greg and Grant is a wonderful experience. With a kitchen, living room, bathroom, and three singles, we’ve got plenty of room. This weekend we BBQ’d with friends and it’s genuinely relaxing being able to escape campus and come back to a real house. Ask me though how I feel about the place once I can no longer bike to campus - with snow, it might become a genuine prison!
My saga with Apple and the PowerMac G5 has been completely resolved. Mid last week, I received my replacement machine from Apple and it truly is fast. With dual processors, a faster system bus, larger hard drive, newer graphic card, and dual layer DVD burner, my disappointment with the time it took for the machine to be fixed/replaced has subdued. Now, if only I could get my hands on one of the new iPod nano’s.
Always useful suggestions… I was thinking of a snowmobile but skis might be more affordable/practical :)
Aram Kudurshian on September 16th, 2005 at 02:34 pm
Snowmobile eh, well you do like those gadgets…
Chaz on September 17th, 2005 at 06:11 am
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Hey Aram,
Long time no see. Here in the, finally, sunny Côte d’Azur we would like to suggest Cross Country Skis, as an alternative to bikes, come snow fall — or what about snowshoes?
chaz on September 13th, 2005 at 11:24 am