New stuff is cool. I got new shoes yesterday. And new pens. And a new game that I’m in love with. Now, the game is kind of old (a couple years) but its good. Especially since it was only $5!! Godfather the Game. Its really well made. Its like GTA only better because its not just a button masher during fights. You actually use your mouse to fight. And you have a pressure shopkeeps to pay the Corleone family a weekly fee for protection. And you have to buy out racketeering businesses and steal business from the four rival families. And then you have missions on top of that. I’ve enjoyed it and I just got it yesterday.
I’ve decided to change my attention from C to HTML (which I know a bit in already, CSS (which I also know about), PHP (I’m learning it now) and MySQL (having looked at yet). The reason is because I don’t use C until second year but I do do HTML and web development in first semester of the first year so I want to be ahead of the game. Also, I want to get a website up and running so I can get some ad revenue flowing for next year. It’ll be nice to get a site going that caters to a lot of people. I’ll just have to get my page rank up and have a GREAT website to keep people’s attention.
That’s my plan. Hopefully it pans out.

God bless

I went a bit prodigal this weekend and drank. Alot. 10 beers in a matter of an hour and a half or so. It might have been 12 because Alyssa says she had 8 and we had 24 and only 4 were left and it was in a separate room than the people so they couldn’t have taken any. Anyway, I realized I don’t like drinking. It amplifies whatever mood you were in that day. Maybe its just me, but I usually get grumpy. So. Unless I had an awesome day all day and no upsetness, I’m not drinking.
I’m really stoked for the CPA program though. It’ll be cool. The SLC campus and rez’s are both really nice. It’ll be good.
Anyway. That’s all for now. I’ll be back later no doubt.

I’ve just realized that there’s a HUGE! difference between the smartest person (people) on earth and the not-so-smartest.
I’m not even talking about people born with dispositions or diseases or problems. Just the people that were born normal and given the same possibilities for school and still, at the end of it all, came out an idiot. And compare these people to the University level mathmaticians and engineers who live, breathe, eat and sleep knowledge. Now I know there are like 9 intelligence types, not just math and english. But these ones are the ones that require the most cognitive (this could be argued) involvement. Most of the other intelligences (musical, spatial etc) rely heavily on math (music - beats are a division of time and keys are based on a 12 based numerical system that uses the pattern of 1,3,5,6,8,10,12,1 for a major scale; spatial - relies on vectors and speeds and other laws of physics to be understood). There’s evidently an enormous difference of intelligence between the smartest and dumbest people. But its all subjective. So…

Now try to imagine God’s intelligence. He knows ALL things, not just has a partial understanding of some (or most I guess), but ALL things. He knows ALL the laws of physics, not just the ones visible to us. So, some people may be strive for Omniscience, but he IS, by His very own nature, Omniscient.
Does that mean that smart people are closer to God than dumb ones though? I guess it would depend on if they know the one vital Truth….  

I’m thinking I really want to take the Computer Programmer Analyst course at either St. Lawrence or George Brown.

SOO. I’ve decided to hop back into the programming game. I’ve ALMOST caught up in Java. I’ve still got graphics and sorts to re-learn (which just so happen to be the two things I sucked at most haha). But I’m back on top of methods and loops and if statements and all that easy stuff.
I’ve also decided to learn C++, a language I’ve wanted to learn since grade 10. The curriculem for grade 12 when I was in grade 11 would have made us learn C++ but then the next year, the year I went into grade 12, they cut C++ and just did more Java. Blah. Oh well. I’ve found a really thorough tutorial that I’ve been working throught. The only problem is I don’t have a C++ Environment to code in at work and go through with it. But its alot like java so far so I think I should be able to keep the code memorized. I’ll have to go dump it out on paper tonight to see if I can.

Anyway. That’s what’s new. New plan for my life lol. I’ll probably still be a youth pastor, but only part time. Like offering my services to a church at some point or something. Who knows.
Anwyay (again). I’m out.

God bless.

I’m poor. But conservative!

I realize that I’m only poor because I a - don’t work enough and b - don’t save enough. Soooo. I’m going to start doing more of both.
My VISA got racked up last month with $200 of unplanned expenses being charged to it ($150 for a 500GB External HD that was on sale, it saved me $200, and $50 for a 4GB flash drive that was on sale and saved me like $30). I’m just bouncing back to that because I got my VISA down to $50 (from almost $500). Next pay I’ll be flush again and can hopefully put some money away. Then I’ll put away more and more each pay. It’ll work out.
So, I need to sit down and make a budget. I realized I have $400 a month of money that I don’t know where it goes. I’ll have o figure that out. I’m going to be paying close attention to my spending for the next little bit.

Changing workstations at work let me post again! WOOHOO!
So, right now my schedule consists of work, school, Alyssa, sleep. BUT I’m lucky and get to add a fifth item (which may take away from the forth, who knows). MORE SCHOOL!
Stream offers a program called Stream U. Basically, you have an array of courses you can study from and complete the work and in the end you can recieve a certificate for each of the programs you complete. These same courses would cost roughly $300 a course at Loyalist, but I get them free. And I can actually use the certificate on resumes and such. So, on my agenda is i-Net+, Network+ and Linux+. Then if I finish them, I’ll do Security+. That should be enough training to get a decent job as some low level IT somewhere if I ever need to. Plus I’ll learn alot which is cool.
In other news, I went to the mall today and saw Alyssa there(I knew she was there, that’s more or less why I went). While she had to talk to her boss I tagged behind her mom at Old Navy. When we were in the boys section and she was looking for clothes for Luke, Alyssa’s little brother, I happened across a sweater I liked that was on sale for $11.25. Even though it was in the boys section, the XL still fit well. SO. I have it on me now haha. Its good to know I can fit it boy clothes. Its probably less money than men’s haha.
Well. I should work. And do some Stream U while I work. My goal for today is to get my AHT (average handle time… the time it takes me to fix a customer’s problem) down since its at like 3 times what it should be.
Farewell.

Ooo. Pee ess. I started emailing Pastor Steve again. He’s really smart and I’m hoping he’ll be available for discussions at some points. I’d like to learn as much as I can from him in addition to what I’ll learn from Pastor Kevin. Should be good

I seriously wish I didn’t have to work. I would sooo much happier not being dependent on a job for my finances. It takes up too much time that I could find better uses for. And I wouldn’t be lazy and just go on vacation or sit around either. I think I would work harder. I want to be able to learn as much as I can. I want to be an expert in the sciences (especially physics), mathematics, computers (everything about them), cars (and making mine run more powerfully, more efficiently), Theology, philosophy, history, politics. I want to know everything! If God hadn’t already said that no man would know as much as Solomon, I’d say I want to be smarter than that. But I can’t do that if I have to work to support myself. I kind of want to find a sponsor. Or a few sponsors. Maybe make it into some sort of psychology experiment. Anything as long as I can live and learn. I could go sit in on Queen’s University classes for free (you can do that, I’ve already asked some teachers haha) and jot down notes to go mull over later. I wouldn’t settle for just learning the stuff, I would think about it (there’s a huge difference). I’d improve on concepts based on my knowledge in other subjects that could help in the immediately studied one. I would be a professional scholar. I would work longer hours with more work and I’d be a lot happier. Anyone out there some rich philanthropist and want to lend me enough money to live? I wouldn’t need much. Enough for my own apartment with high speed and food and a fairly extensive budget for books. I want to be able to learn so much.