Hey everyone,
I apologize for my lack of activity on here of late. School’s been hammering me really hard lately, and I’ve been working my way through some personal and spiritual issues, so this has kind of taken the back seat. The mythical “Constructive Post” of yore is still in the works, but I’m putting it on hold for a bit – I want to wait until I can give it my undivided attention, so I can make sure I get it right.
For anyone interested to know my current homework load, I have a Linux lab, CCNA Assessment, Intro to A&P Term sheet, and a practical assignment for Cyber Law class, which is due on Thursday. For the practical, I have to take an incident report, a fact trail, and all other information given to me in a packet, and I have to write up an affidavit and search warrant from that. Gonna be fun.
Which brings me to another exciting topic about my college tenure. I am currently in the Cyber Security & Computer Forensics program at Stark. If I were to take six classes next semester (and not fail any this semester) I could graduate in May. However, due to the fact that the Cyber Security & Comp. Forensics program, in my opinion, kind of pigeonholes me into the law enforcement side of things, I am going to also complete the Network Administration and Security program, which should only take another year. There are three kinds – the general program, the Linux database program, and the Cisco administration program. Not sure which one I’m going with yet. If I do take that program, I should be able to get 2 Associate’s in about 3 years. I talked to my advisor about how I should go about it, and he told me I should spread out the Cyber Security classes I still need to take, and juggle those classes along with the Network Administration classes. So I’m not entirely sure if I’ll be inviting you guys to my spring graduation yet. :(
In tech-related news, Windows 7 will be released to the public on this coming Thursday, October 22nd. For anyone running a Vista machine, purchasing the upgrade is worth it, although I would wait a bit to make sure the usual fare of Windows “release bugs” get worked out. I will say this, though – my experience with Windows 7 has been phenomenally better than that with Windows Vista. The upgrade process from Vista to 7 is fairly straightforward – just make sure to back up your important files. If you are looking to move from XP to 7, I would advise on buying a new computer – not only is the XP to 7 upgrade process incredibly strenuous, but the computer may have a really difficult time running Windows 7. As an aside, I heard Microsoft did some special with Family Guy that had a bunch of promos for Windows 7 earlier this week, but I don't think that will ever erase the horrible memory of those “Windows 7 Party” commercials… *shudder*
I’ll try and put a poll up here before the night is out. If you guys have any suggestions about what you would like to see here (I know I get kind of boring), shoot me a message in the comment box, or get a hold of me by Skype, Gmail, Facebook, phone… whatever works. ;)
Until next time,
-Kylo the Magnificent
great to know your alive and well!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you and read your good, long post!! :) Thanks for the updates on your "college tenure", as you put it; reading it all as you wrote it out made it very easy for me to understand *what* exactly you are doing :P
ReplyDeleteSee ya later. :)
Your poll was VERY hard to vote on, because all those elements are essential to a good story!! :) I decided to break the trend and vote on romance...But villains are awesome to have in stories, and the action must be intense, and you've got to learn about the character, and of course the storyline must make sense. (Can you tell that I'm the sister of an author? :P)
ReplyDeleteWow, it sounds like you are b-u-s-y!! Glad to know you're still alive though!:D
ReplyDeletebusy busy...!!!! always fun. enjoy it while you can. it will be gone soon enough. wow listen to me, i sound like an adult... not good! haha i'm gonna vote in the poll. not sure what yet. but i think the answer to the question can be found in any jack cavanaugh book! he's a great author, has all the options you put in your poll, and his stories just tug your emotions. you get done with a chapter the take a deep breath and "snap out of it" and you're like "oh this isn't real?!" anyhow great author. thought i'd throw that out there... I'm free advertisement for him :) later bud!
ReplyDeleteHey are you able to make a poll with more than one choice....I was split between romance and action...both very interesting parts of a story :)
ReplyDelete@Rosebud: I'm glad you were able to understand everything - it's kind of hard to explain sometimes. And yes, all of those answers are essential to a good story - I want to know which one you like the most. ;)
ReplyDelete@Bethany: Yes, I'm very busy, but I somehow have managed to stay sane... the spider monkey ninjas from space will never take me alive. :P (By the by, if you guys ever happen to stop by for an "official" visit you can try out my flight sim - joystick and all.) :)
@J*Bar: Free advertising is awesome! I have never read any of Cavanaugh's stuff, but I hear it's really good. Once school dies down, I'll have to read some. :)
@Peter: I think you can make more than one choice, but you're only supposed to pick one - the one you like the most. ;)
Another post to come soon!
-Kylo
I can't wait to try out that flight simulator!!!!:) :)
ReplyDeleteI love the stuff all of it!!!
ReplyDeleteHow have you been doing in scool???
-KIRSTEN-