This is an attempt to do a short continuation of my previous post. This week has been fairly busy for me so I have not had much free time to relax and let my mind wander. Now that I am back in my house in Peoria, I have a lot of free time to do whatever until Sunday night. So far, my free time has only been filled with playing a little bit of Half-Life 2. I should be doing other things with my time; I really shouldn't even make this post because it isn't that productive either. I have nothing going on right now so I am listening to some music and thinking a little bit.

Get a real life

This had started at the beginning of the semester. I was learning about the places around campus, I joined some student organizations, and I met a few people on campus. However, all that stopped about the end of week four and now I am back to my old routine of hanging out in my room anytime that I don't have class. A small reason for this is that I am nearly flat broke again so I can't go to places like Gryfalia's Aerie and hang out. I do go to UHACC group meetings but I don't really participate. I wish that I could just get some balls and change things but I am a little sissy.

Stop wasting so much time

There is so much time that I spend either doing absolutely nothing or sleeping. I should try to plan out a schedule in an attempt to get more things done with my day. That would probably only happen for a couple of weeks before I abandon the routine but I should try it anyway.

Start some exercise routine / Pump up

I won't go into detail on this one.

Get back into the anime scene

This problem sort of relates to me wasting my time doing nothing. I have tried to get into some anime series over the past few years and some were great. However, I always find other things, or lack of things, to take up my time. The latest series that I watched for a little bit was the 2006 remake of Kanon. I watched 8 episodes one January night but I haven't watched an episode since then. It is a great series and I want to watch more episodes but I never have the desire to do so.

There might be some other things that I want to do but I think that I have written enough.

Spring break is now over and I am chilling in my dorm with nothing to do. The break went by so fast and I feel like I got almost nothing accomplished during the break; I got some cleaning done during the last weekend of the break but that's about it. There are many things that I have wanted to do for months but I always find other things to occupy my time. As I am sitting here, I am thinking about some things that I would like to do within the next few months. I might as well post about some of these ideas even if it only for personal reference.

Make screencast for Pizza Py Party I have been wanting to make a screencast for Pizza Py Party since it was originally released because Pizza Party has a screencast. The main thing that has kept me from making the screencast is that there is no open-source video editor that I like. I would rather make the screencast on Ubuntu rather than boot into Windows and use something like Premiere to edit the video. Learning how to use Premiere again would be a pain as well since I have not used it in probably three years.

Document PC-DC server setup in Ubuntu / Screencast

I have made some short notes about the process but making something more in-depth might be helpful for some people. Although it might not be as most people want a Windows PC-DC server setup and there doesn't seem to be enough of a demand for documentation of a Linux PC-DC server setup. It is a shame since, based on my experience and what I have read on forums about other setups, setting up a PC-DC server in Linux is easier than it is under Windows. This one will most likely never happen. The best guide currently available is http://ragol.homeunix.net/. It is a guide mainly geared towards NetBSD but it does give almost all the information needed to get a PC-DC server running on Linux.

Support my software projects / Start application programming again Because of other things going on with my life, I have had to abandon practically every software project that I have started. Since the programming classes that I am currently taking are a real step backwards in my education, I sometimes fear that I will lose my limited knowledge of programming. The little programs that I wrote really helped me learn many things, such as GUI programming, and it was fun writing those programs most of the time. Also, having people use my programs gave me a real sense of accomplishment that programming in the classroom just can't give me.

Get a job

I have been unemployed since August 2004 when I quit my crappy Long John Silver's job; for random reference, the LJS building was torn down and the place is now a Starschmucks. I have tried off and on to get another job but things have never worked out. Being unemployed now makes things so much worse as I need money to pay for an apartment for the next school year. I have already signed a lease for an apartment and the lease begins in July. Making the July and August payments will be a pain without getting a job. I don't know if I can say much else. Being a bum stinks.

Study Japanese seriously

I haven't studied Japanese seriously in many years. I have taken Japanese classes during my schooling but I didn't study that seriously for the class; the classes were more about having fun than actually learning Japanese. I have recently declared a minor of East Asian Studies and I want to start taking Japanese Language Proficiency Tests so I better start studying Japanese seriously.

I think that is enough for now. This topic might deserve a part two.