Jim’s Piece of Space

For the last year…maybe five, I have been using SmartFTP, however…this program is no longer free. Apparently they’re too good for us poor folk. So, I have moved on to another FTP client called FileZilla; while it may not have the same interface (which was one of the main reasons I loved SmartFTP), It is free and seems pretty well built and fast.

My blog has yet again fallen into neglect; so I thought I would put a song on here that I will dedicate to Briana, whom is the person I will spend the rest of my life with.

I want to see your face in every kind of light
In fields of dawn and forests of the night
And when you stand before the candles on a cake
Oh, let me be the one to hear the silent wish you make

What are you doing the rest of your life?
North and South and East and West of your life
I have only one request of your life
That you spend it all with me

All the seasons and the times of your days
All the nickels and the dimes of your days
Let the reasons and the rhymes of your days
All begin and end with me

I want to see your face in every kind of light
In the fields of dawn and the forests of the night
And when you stand before the candles on a cake
Oh, let me be the one to hear the silent wish you make

Those tomorrows waiting deep in your eyes
In the world of love that you keep in your eyes
I’ll awaken what’s asleep in your eyes
It may take a kiss or two

Through all of my life
Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall of my life
All I ever will recall of my life
Is all of my life with you

Sting - What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life

“It has been our policy to provide the media with convenient and sufficient access to the Internet,” said Sun Weide, the chief spokesman for the Beijing Olympics organizing committee. “I believe our policy will not affect reporters’ coverage of the Olympic Games.” —– Source :: Accessed: 4:10 pm (GMT -0500) on 30 July 2008

yea…so what exactly do they mean by “convenient and sufficient access to the Internet” just the idea made me laugh a little during class. Even the Olympics can’t seem to take down The Great Firewall of China.

The test to test out of IT320 (WAN Technology and Application) was 50 questions, and I needed a 70% to pass. Any guess what I got? Yup, a 68%, one question short of testing out; now I have to take the class…yay! It really does not seem like it will be that bad, after having taken the CCNA in high school it should be an easy class. Unfortunately now I have to take it and can’t get away with what I know; which is most of the class, the test just didn’t cover a lot of the stuff I already knew. ><

I’ve also been thinking about this thing recently, and in all honesty I want nearly the exact opposite thing to happen. What is going to happen will happen, there is no way to stop it, but it’s also not a permenant thing and I want to undo it as soon as possible. Everything probably goes the way it does for a reason and so this will also come to pass abit painfully, but it will. The number of words it would take to change the entire course of everything that is to come in the near future can be counted on one hand, if worded propperly, otherwise it might take two. With five words things wouldn’t change in the short term, and in the long term..six months, maybe a year…things could not possibly be better. In my life now I need to be dragged, pointed and pushed towards the right direction; there are no answers that I need or want besides one and it is going to be one of the most difficult questions I will ever ask even though I already know exactly what the answer will be.

School this quarter has been really hard, things getting changed, the stress quickly goes through the roof. Hopefully after this week it will finally calm down and life can get somewhat back to normal. Yet these things don’t bother me as much as some of the coming events. Life throws many many things your way, some are bad, some are good…but this one thing…honestly…it scares the fuck out of me, and I know I’m not going to be able to handle it. ;\

Even in games, change is needed, and in EverQuest…it was my time. After spending just over a year and a half in <The Elitists> on The Tribunal, it was my time to cause a change. The direction of the guild was not in the same direction that I was wanting to go anymore and after much time debating it, I left. It was not as easy a choice as you might imagine; there are some really great people in that guild and I still feel like I owe them for all the help they have given me over the years. Hopefully this new direction is the right one and the game becomes a game again, and continues to remain fun. To all those in <The Elitists> that were my friends when I left, I hope we can still remain friends and there aren’t too many hard feelings. You guys still kick ass and you better keep doing so or I’ll drive to your house, smack you around and drink your beer and in the most non-gay way possible,I love you guys

As I haven’t actually told more than one person where I went, you can now reach me at “;tell maelin.superglu” or in game email at “SOE.EQ.Maelin.Superglu” (or at least I think, I’m at class right nowand don’t remember the syntax x.x) or leave me comments here / email me.

ITT Technical Institute, a technical school which is renowned for their high tech classrooms and advanced teaching techniques to prepare students for the information world of today. For a school which is supposed to be so technologically advanced and preparing students for a career in cutting edge technology, they are really bad at communicating. It isn’t exactly small things either that they don’t communicate, like teacher changes, classes canceled for the day, or the school closing early. I showed up to class on Tuesday morning at 8:20am or so, class started at 8:00am and around 9:00 to 9:15 am the Director finally came into the class and informed us that the class was too small and so no instructor had been assigned. Well, that’s bloody wonderful news, I just spend 90+ minutes driving up to the school to be told that I paid $1500+ for a class that doesn’t exist anymore. So what do we do about this new development? Am I going to get the money credited to my account? Nope, instead at 9:30 am I am told that I can either work out another class to take or I can hang around and go to the class that night at 6:00pm. With gas prices the way they are, there is no way I’m going to drive home, and sitting around for 8 and a half hours at the school is quite a large waste of time. While we are all figuring out what to do about this, the Assistant Director comes in and informs us that the class is going to be offered online since a few of the students are in their last quarter and can not attend the Tuesday night session. This is actually not a bad thing, I would love to take the class online; something that I haven’t done before and always thought might be kind of fun. Now it’s Wednesday and once again, they have changed their minds about this particular course; the Tuesday morning session is back on if we want to take it, which for once there was actually a phone call this time! Hopefully when I get home it will be on the message machine. Through all of this I have been checking the “Student Portal” to make sure that my courses are properly updated in the schools systems, not. Today it finally changed and shows me in the online class, which I still can not log into the “Distance Learning” website which tells me the assignments, due dates and reading assignments. So, I’ve paid $1500+ for a class that I’m not sure if it’s Tuesday morning, online or even if it’s offered at all. Seeing as I can’t log into the “Distance Learning” I would guess it’s not online, but the “Student Portal” tells me that it is online, and the Assistant Director confirms that I’m set for Tuesday mornings.

At this point, I really just want to get out of this school with a decently good grade point average (3.5+) and get on to a job where the information provided from all sources is consistent and correct. Maybe I’ll get out without a headache large enough to split a small planet into several pieces.

…that was this week, or the past couple of weeks really. My grades and all finally came in and wow I did a lot better than I was expecting, but still not quite as good as I hoped to. Ended up with two A’s, a B+ and a B, which comes out to a 3.625 and brings my overall GPA at ITT Tech up to a 3.33. Now we just have to figure out how to get the student portal to show my correct schedule for next quarter; which starts next week on Monday.

In other news, as if me actually doing well in school for once isn’t good in the first place…remember, I “graduated” high school with a 1.9…Briana is coming out to spend a week to a week and a half with me. I have known her for…gosh, it must be around five years or so by now and we have had a strong online relationship for the past eight months. I know, some of you are thinking online relationships don’t work, and this is all going to end badly, I/we will just get hurt; there is only one thing I have to say to you…STFU These last few months have truly been amazing and I would never think of changing one minute of them.

OH! one more thing about my classes; for the time being, my schedule for next quarter; assuming it actually was set the way I requested and paid for should look something like this (there are no days / times yet because I can’t remember)

IT320 WAN Technology and Application
IT222 Microsoft Network Operating System II
GE217 Composition II
GE273 Microeconomics

mmk, so I normally try to refrain from any profane language on here, but right now the only thing I have to say is Fuck Group Projects. Especially when your group messed it up the previous week, and half of them don’t show up the next week…which also happens to be the last bloody day of the class. I’m not in a great mood and I should be really happy; today is the last day for the quarter and I get to spend the next two weeks sleeping in, goofing off and spending time with Briana. RAWR! I’m about to just leave after we finish the final part and fail the presentation all together.

Another 12 week quarter is almost over, and with my GPA sitting right around a 2.8 before final grades for this quarter come out…I’m hoping for the best. Last time I checked they weren’t too bad…2 A’s, 1 B, and one unknown, but I think it’s an A. If my GPA gets up to a 3.0 the program chair will continue to allow me to take four classes next quarter; allowing me to finish my AA in Information Technology: Computer Network Systems 12 weeks early and at the end of March 2009. While she may deny it, I largely attribute my grades to Briana. She has really helped me to do well and believed in me when I didn’t, for that I say: Thank You love.

On another note, I finally finished the site on Leadership…I think. lol. Currently there are no CSS hacks and the site looks just about the same in IE7 and Firefox2. If anyone has any suggestions, comments, complaints, etc. leave a comment or drop me an email. I’m really hoping that at least one person out there finds this site helpful / useful.

Think that’s about all for now, I really should be studying for my final in “Microsoft Network Operating Systems I” (Windows Server 2003)