27 Aug 2004
I just remembered that I haven’t yet posted my submitted subject selections for next year, so here it is:
Advanced English – 2 units
Extension 2 English – 2 units
Modern History – 2 units
Mathematics – 2 units
Business Studies – 2 units
Information Technology Framework – 2 units
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Information Technology Specialisation Studies – 2 units (Board-accredited, not relevant to UAI)
Total of 12+2 units.
I’m excited about the lack of physics on that list, and the addition of a unit of English. I’m also excited about being able to lose a subject sometime next year — although it will be hard to decide which to lose, as Maths is… discouraging, but more enjoyable than Business Studies, which is dead boring, frustrating, but doable. Meh! That’s still a bit down the track, I guess.
In other news, which actually happened a few days ago, but has only just come to my attention (whilst drinking Milo, no less — it really is a brain food/drink! — no, I’m not getting paid for product placement, I choose to!), I’ve decided that SACS really is scheduling drama events to co-incide with tests and assessments, specifically of the Mathematics variety.
Wednesday, HSC drama AND a maths test (which I missed, and was re-scheduled to Thursday anyway; not that it mattered, since I hadn’t looked at a maths book for about five days prior to that, and really did need to study). Earlier in the year? I think it was SACS Idol (which was in blog version 1.5, I think, which has since disappeared into the void – so no hyperlinking here), which we were halfway through bump-in for (Wednesday morning?) and I had a maths test. It may have even been the same day in the two-week cycle. Wouldn’t suprise me!
They’re out to get us. Don’t doubt it.
Man, I really want to wear a tinfoil hat into school some day. It’s on the list of crazy things to do.
27 Aug 2004
Oh, damn, I’m not at a class.
Please, call me and ask my whereabouts.
Don’t bother checking absentee records; it’s not like they exist for a reason.
Why can’t people catch a cold via telephony?
I need to change my number.
27 Aug 2004
Okay, so I finally got sick of using my own thing. Why? Pfft. It was unsupported, not-so-interoperable, and hacks and fun stuff didn’t work out-of-the-.tar.gz-archive for it. Well, okay. I’m lazy, that’s why. And WordPress is infinitely more fun to use, as well as being quicker, cooler, and nicer.
What’s not to like?
There are many things which are exactly the same about it, only done more intuitively, but there are also some completely new features. Like trackback/pingbacks. And post statuses (Draft or Private, anyone? I can work on a post, mark it as draft, and continue later. Or, if I don’t want the world to see a post, then I can mark it as private. Or just set a password on the post. Whatever!)
My only qualm is getting existing content to play nice with WordPress. At the minute, I don’t know if I will/can be bothered, but we shall see.
26 Aug 2004
I can’t stop sneezing.
mod_rewrite and other things are being tested out for this website as I write this.
My left hand was attacked with a pair of scissors by a munted one this afternoon. It bled for a while, then stopped.
My design hand is getting itchy fingers whenever I see this website. Even if change doesn’t come soon, the thought is there.
I need to restructure the way content is handled around here, urgently. This erratic, five-a-day posting isn’t good for things. Stay tuned for more.
25 Aug 2004
I just turned to my printed modern essay which I’m editing from, and reached for the mouse to stop it from going onto a screensaver.
This is either a reflection on my procrastination, or the pervasive nature of technology upon users day to day lives. Not the first time this has happened, of course, but my blog panel just happened to be sitting in the next window, so I flicked to it.
I need to kill my screensaver.