2004

Nov182004

Journey's With George

I had seven reports to do at work today. Having finished those not too long after lunch, I played solitare for a short while. I then realized that I was an intelligent human being and decided to learn how to play freecell, and I did. After winning a handful of games it was time to go home. We made soft tacos for dinner. Afterwards, I watched Journey's With George while I took the paint off the backplate of my MP3 player as it had been flaking off for a while. Later in the evening I spoke with Bianca on the phone for a while, who had recently come into town.

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Nov172004

All the President's Men

After getting dropped off at the mall this morning, I stopped in EB Games for a few minutes and got my first lok at the Nintendo DS. I found the console itself to be rather undesirable but the graphics and features are decent. I doubt I'll be getting one anytime soon. I'm alot more interested in the PSP at the moment. I don't remember what was discussed in Englsih class today, couldn't have been anything important. After class I had lunch and McDonald's and took the 1:15 shuttle uptown. I saw that the 2005 schedules came out today so I saw my student advisor, Julia, for a few minutes to discuss what I might take next semester. At the moment I'd like to take Review Writing and Art & Craft of Film. I'm not sure about the other two yet though. After that I went back toth elab for a while. I got up to go to class but found I misread my watch, so I decided to go to the Richardson building and look at the lab in there. I was in there for a while before leaving to go to class, again. Tonight journalism class featured a movie, All the President's Men. There was pizza as well. The movie was pretty decent, an account to the expose by Woodward and Bernstien which led to Nixon's resignation. I not well versed in those events so am unsure of the accuracy of the film.

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Nov162004

Visit to Karr

Since there really wasn’t anything for me to do at the office today, I stayed home. I did a little work around the house but not much. I tested out Xlink Kai for Halo 2. I was pleased that it worked well with so little effort. Around 2:30 I left the house to go to Karr to pay some teachers a visit. I saw Mr. Bryant and Ms. Waller among others. Since school was still going on I was unable to speak with anyone at great length. After getting home, I didn’t do much of circumstance for the rest of the day. I was on the computer and in front of the TV for a while. I talked to Khadijah on the phone for a couple hours late in the evening.

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Nov152004

Business as Usual

During today’s English class, the professor went over the first draft of reader response essays. Being of a political nature, a lively discussion resulted. After class I walked to Purple Roses for lunch and then took the shuttle uptown. I was in the lab for quite a while this evening as I was there for a good while before class and we lad a lab in info. systems this evening. Tonight’s lab was on web applications or some such thing. Mr. Perriatt just discussed some web apps. On the market, there was little need to be in front of computers. The lecture that followed continued on chapter 12 from last week. While boring, the lecture what a lot shorter than usual. After class I intended to visit Theresa, but she was sick. I think I woke her up when I called. I then went to meet dad at the library to go home. Later in the evening I continued playing Halo 2 and finished the campaign. I must say I was quite surprised with the ending. After that I watched the documentary on the game that came with the limited edition and then went to bed.

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Nov142004

Saints vs. Chiefs

After church today, Dad and I went straight to the Saints game. Today’s match was versus the Kansas City Chiefs. As always, I wasn’t expecting much from a performance from the Saints, especially after last week’s disaster. Even so, the Saints won, coming out on top 27-20. The Chiefs had a chance to tie near the end of the game but a fumble crushed and last-minute chances. The rest of the day was pretty quiet. Mom and dad went to pick up Andrew later in the evening. I spoke with Ami on the phone for a while until they returned. Late in the evening I wrote the essay for English I was assigned last Wednesday. It was quite late, or early when I was finished and I went to bed.

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Nov132004

Tulane and West Jefferson

This morning’s class discussed some laws surrounding the media. Mr. Rhode had not yet finished grading our tests, although I have complete confidence in my performance on that test. I went straight home from class, although I had a rather long wait for a bus back to the west bank. Shortly after getting home, I continued watching Seven Samurai, which I had started last night. It’s 3 hours long so I’ve taken it in steps. Later in the day Dad, Andrew and I left to go to the Tulane game vs. Army. Actually, we dropped Andrew off at my grandma’s in Metairie to stay the night and assist with the renovations they’re doing at the house, including new flooring. Having left there Dad and I made our way to the Superdome for the 6:30 kickoff. Tulane didn’t have too much trouble with Army, defeating them 45-31. We left the game early so dad could see West Jeff. play Baton Rough-Catholic in the state playoffs. We arrived near the end of the 1st quarter. West Jeff. won handily with a final of 41-21. After the game we stopped in Best Buy for a short while. Dad needed an IDE cable for the computer. I got to handle the Canon 20D for the first time… very nice camera.

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Nov122004

Thursday and Friday

Thursday and today were quite similar. I worked at mid city today with some reports to do. There was a good deal of traffic through the office today, although it was rather dead yesterday. After getting home I did nothing of particular circumstance. I watched TV and played Halo 2 for a while before bed.

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Nov102004

Halo 2

I didn’t have any trouble getting up this morning, in spite of staying up late to finish my journalism assignment. I didn’t leave for class until quarter to eleven. I guess dad wasn’t in a hurry to leave this morning as he was going to have lunch with a law firm he does business with. As soon as I got to the mall, I walked to the EB Games store. Today marks the release of Halo 2. I’ve been waiting for this game like so many others for quite some time now. It’s the only reason I bought an Xbox a couple months ago. In English class today, Professor Greene introduced our next essay topics. We have to write a reader-response essay on one of two writings, either an Op-Ed about President Bush titled Filter Tips by Michael Kinsley, or a poem by Miguel Pimero. We discussed both at length in class. Afterward I had lunch with Ann. I walked back to the medical school with her through the mild drizzling. The shuttle was nearly 15 minutes late today. After getting uptown I went to the lab to touch up my journalism assignment and surf around until this evening’s class. This evening, Professor Marinello discussed some legal issues of journalism, including libel and slander. After class I walked to the library to meet dad and go home. After getting home I wasted no time to start playing Halo 2. I did just that until 1 AM this morning. Halo 2 is easily the most beautiful video game I have ever seen. The graphics and artwork are stunning. Everything thing about it is amazing and polished. I don’t suspect I’ll be getting much done for a few days.

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Nov092004

Covenant Committee Meeting

I went to work at mid city this morning. I didn’t have any reports to do but I had some assorted filing work to do. I didn’t think it would take any time at all but I was occupied for a good part of the time I was there. In the evening Dad and I went to Andrew’s school to pick him up after a half day. He then took us to Loyola where my mom works so she could take Andrew and me the rest of the way home. Dad had to go back to the office for a while longer. Mom was leaving work a little early as she wasn’t feeling well. Later in the evening I went to the semi-annual meeting of the Tall Timbers Owner’s Association at Eisenhower school. I attended so I could write a story about the meeting for journalism class. The meeting lasted a little over an hour. There were a small handful of speakers addressing topics like potholes and the neighborhood telephone directory. Overall it was pretty dry stuff. There was pizza and soda afterward so maybe it was worth it. Later in the evening I wrote the story, using the recording I made of the meeting and the sparse notes I made. I had not originally intended to finish the story tonight, as I will have a few hours tomorrow, but I was doing rather well. While the material was boring, I had plenty of it. I finished the assignment around 2:00 AM and went to bed.

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Nov082004

Business as Usual

We finished reading “The Rich Boy” aloud in English class today. I had lunch with Ann afterward. Later in info. systems class, we had a lecture more tedious than the class is used to.

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Nov072004

Sunday

I don't remember doing much of anything important today. I did some simple work on my bike, watched some TV. I went to Wal-Mart in the afternoon to pick up some pictures. The lost one of the rolls I turned in, they had no record of it in the computer either. While I was there I bought a Dremel rotary tool so I could polish some things that don't especially need polishing. Dad made a grilled chicken and pasta dish for dinner. Late in the evening I finished watching Rashmon.

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Nov062004

Tulane vs. Navy

There was a test in media arts class this morning, it was rather easy and I finished in about 20 minutes. Having known there was just a short test in class today, Dad was willing to wait so I had a ride home. On the way home I stopped to get a hircut. That went rather quickly as well, dad went to get gas and the drycleaning and I was done before he got back. After getting home I didn't do much of anything. Later in the day, Dad, Andrew and I went to the Superdome to see Tulane play Navy. We wern't expecting much of a performance as Tulane lost bad to Huston last week and Navy came very close to beating Notre Dame recently. In spite of that Tulane did just fine. While neither team looked to have much of a performance, Tulane came out on top with a final of 42-10. Later in the evening I watched “Frida” and went to bed.

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Nov052004

Work

I had several reports to do at work today. I had a headache so it took a little longer than usual, so I had work throughout the day. The office was more crowded than usual for a Friday, with numerous patients in and out throughout today. I had lunch aty the deli rather than bring food back to the office as I usually do. I was going to go with dad to a football game later in the evening after work but I still wasn't feeling so great, and Andrew would have had to come to as my mom was out for the evening, so I stayed home. Late in the evening I started watching Rashmon, but I was tired and I didn't get far.

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Nov042004

Work

Before going to work today I did the prep work for slow-cooked red beans for tonight's dinner. On the way to work we dropped off some pants for dry cleaning. Dad left me at mid city with plenty of reports to do. Before starting with that I vacuumed and replaced the toilet seat in the bathroom, a long overdue chore. After washing my hands thoroughly, I got lunch. Having eaten, I started on the reports and worked on those until about six o'clock. We stopped at the store on the way home for some things. Shortly after getting home we had dinner. Mom wasn't there as he had gone to see her mother, who wasn't feeling well. After dinner I floated between the TV and computer before going to bed.

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