I mean seriously — the S2 source code is a good way to learn but it would be much better facilitated by properly documenting your code like you’re supposed to!

Still trying to get my new LiveJournal layout coded. I know I could have just re-styled an existing layout using CSS, but I wanted to use my full design — not LiveJournal’s. Besides, none of my attempts really resulted in anything usable.

So, I’m actually coding my layout using S2. Trust me, it’s way more complicated than Wordpress or any of the other blog systems I’ve used. Couldn’t they have used a template system?? Oh well, I guess. I am pretty thankful for my experience in C++, Visual Basic, and Java.

Yes, if you know my schedule — I’m playing hooky tonight. We had heavy rain today, which changed over to heavy snow by the time we had to set out for work at 10pm.

Visibility was down to maybe 5 - 10 feet and mom could barely keep control of the car at 15mph. It was really scary when we had to pass the swamp and then the lake; both have steep ravines down to the water. By the time we reached the firehouse (a truck pulled out just before we got there with full lights and sirens) we decided that retreat was the better part of valor. So anyway, still at home. Second week in a row we didn’t make it for the Friday shift.

Oh well, I guess. Gives me a chance to catch up on havocmangawip’s yummy Havoc/Sciezka fic and code my LJ layout until I pass out. (Of course, the paper I have to write for WEB411 hasn’t found it’s way in front of me.)

I’m working on a new layout and I just rediscovered that I still dislike Internet Explorer’s CSS support. In fact; IE sucks a big one.

Peace, Love, & Bubble Wrap

That is all.

I’m at one of those points in my life where I’m surrounded by different dilemmas. Some are major ones and some seem almost petty. (And probably are.)

I feel like I’m wasting my time right now with my degree, even though I know I’m making progress. That 2009 completion date simply seems very far away right now. Couple that with my intership search, which appears to have stalled for the moment. West Michigan just doesn’t seem to have much of a market for technology jobs. However, that could mainly be because I don’t know where to look. Since I’ve changed my major so many times, I simply don’t have the contacts.

I’m still unemployed, which is always difficult. I dislike feeling powerless, but I know with my lack of experience I’m not going to do well in competition.

I’m wondering if it’s time to pack it up and move it out. There are lots of internship opportunities as close as Chicago and New York. Using either of those cities as launching points, I could end up anywhere.

Then there’s the archive. I really need to do more work on it, but I’m stuck until I get my scripting class. There’s things I want to do

Well, Lunaescence.com has been renewed. My browser hiccuped and I ended up renewing my domain twice — for $36 a pop. ^^; Would have preferred to have just done that only once, but at least it’s done and I don’t have to remember it until 2009.

I offered to call Network Solution’s billing department and beg them to knock the extra charge off, but Mom told me it was fine and that she’d consider it a gift to me. *hugs* I love my mom! ~♥

And now, back to my math homework.

What is it with me and fandoms? First RW terminally pisses me off, now Naruto is edging that way for me.

There’s a few guys on the Official Naruto thread on Gaia Online who are so damned dogmatic it’s impossible to have a conversation or a debate about something or a character they don’t like. It’s the whole homogeneous opinion bullshit all over again. Wasting energy despising a fictional character too. If you disagree, it’s cause for personal insults and mocking in chat speak.

I really hate to pull back because it’s one of the only Gaia Online threads I’ve actually enjoyed for the most part. I know everywhere is going to have trolls, but it doesn’t mean I have to put up with it.

Anyway, no news on the job I applied for yet. That’s either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on my mood. The listing is still up, so it’s probably going to be a while. In other news, I got a whopping $600 of student refund money, so I think I’m going to buy Adobe Photoshop and maybe Illustrator. (Depends on if I can buy the student versions.) It might help me if I get to interview and say, “In anticipation for this position and to provide the best services possible, I began training in Photoshop and Illustrator.”