A nerd like any other...

Long story short.

Mom, why are you suddenly dense and acting like I'm in grade school trying to play hooky?

So after getting ready for class, I had about 20 minutes to kill. I made the incredibly stupid decision of reading a book I had put down to kill time.

Reading a book is the only diversion that causes me to lose track of time completely. When doing anything else, I always remember to glance at the clock. Cue me running, late, to my mom's workplace so she can drive me, only to find her immature coworkers were taking the "closed for inventory" sign on the front door very seriously for shits and giggles. I could have been reasonable and walked in through the warehouse, but I was in a panic and didn't think to do that, instead repeating, "But I need to speak to my mom!" like an idiot. And then when I get there, not even late by some miracle, I find class was canceled anyway because the instructor's baby got sick.

Sheesh. Anyway, I got distracted yesterday, so you get two entries on the 30-Day Video Game Meme.

Day 16: Game With The Best Cutscenes.

...I don't even judge games by cutscenes. At all. I mean, I can call bullshit when they're bad, but... I dunno, I can't name one game with all the best cutscenes.

Day 17: Favorite Antagonist

Oh geez, do you know how hard this is to answer when you love things like classic Megaten? One person's antagonist is another's supporting character!

Okay, um...find a constant...

Oh, I know! YHWH is hilariously incompetent, yet still legitimately threatening. It's really hard to pull something like that off. (The incompetence may have been unintended, but still.)

( the entire meme )

The on-campus cafe's salad bar is more expensive than I thought.

Craving veggies, I figured I'd get a side salad to go with the lunch I'd brought with me. Turned out to be five bucks.

A five-dollar side salad. I'd expect to pay that for an entree salad!

I know I'm not doing that again. x_x I'll just eat veggies when I get home from now on.

EDIT: PFFFT, guys. XD Looks like Mastemoth was a success, hitosyura!

I barely got any sleep. Normally, this means I would crash after classes are over and take a nap, but I can't do that today because I have work after school.

Anyone have any tips aside from coffee or apples(already using the former, don't have the latter) to renewing energy during the day?

I just completed the worst assignment ever. It supposedly tests your skills in PowerPoint, but there was one problem where it asks you to download a template from Microsoft Office Online. Since it doesn't actually use the PowerPoint installed on the computer, but creates a simulation of a computer, naturally, for most of the "downloads" it will tell you it doesn't connect.

There is one link that will let you in, and it presents you with seven or so subcategories. It does not tell you until you click what templates are in which categories.

Here's the bullshit: Clicking on the wrong subcategory will count as an incorrect action and deduct from your attempts for the entire problem. How, pray tell, am I supposed to know whether the template called "Training seminar" is under "Office 2007 Training", "Training 2007 Office", or "Training"? (Yes, those were three seperate categories, picking the wrong one meant one less attempt.) Or maybe it's under "Business"? How about "Other"? You only get five attempts for one problem, and there are more links than that. Meaning you could fail the problem simply for not guessing right.

Utter. Bullshit. That is not a test of skill, that is a test of luck.

Screw this, I'm going to get breakfast.

So, uh. I did not know this. (Red-outlined box) I know it's a very minor thing, but I'm still kind of annoyed that even MS Word is accepting it. I know it saves space, but I guess it's a formatting preference of mine.

Anyway. Back to the activity designed to teach me things I already know. *sigh*

Edit: Now that I'm back on my laptop, Pokemon just because.

Have I mentioned how much I hate LJ's ads? You know, the ones that take up the whole screen and lock the content for half a minute? It has a close button, but then the content is locked indefinitely until you refresh.

Yeah. I hate posting from school. Because while this computer has Firefox, it won't keep an adblocker if I install it. So I have to sit through it if I want to read my flist or tag.

Yeah. *derps back to actually paying attention in class*

EDIT: I'm being more helpful with HTML tips than the teacher. Really, what?

Dear Government instructor:

I know "socialist" is a loaded word. But pausing uncertainly just before saying it doesn't help anything.

Thank you.

Posting in before the first day of the semester.

Blah. We've just had bad luck with electric stuff today. First a storm came through rather suddenly and fried the desktop. I don't use the desktop but my mom does, so my laptop will probably be hijacked briefly for her to check her email or whatever. And then when I went to get dressed, I found the light in my closet had stopped working, too. Everything else is fine, though.

On the upside, I found out that my PSP does work for...more than an hour at least, I don't know exactly how long, if I take out the battery and leave it out for several hours before playing. Sure, I need to set the clock every time, but...it's fine. So long as it works.

On top of that, I scheduled an hour for lunch in...and promptly forgot to buy things to actually eat during that time. I guess I'm at the mercy of the vending machines for the week. Here's hoping my pocket change holds out.

I'll probably do tags during my lunch hour and maybe jump into chat/MSN. Maybe during class, too, if I can afford to risk suddenly laughing my ass off at you crazies. <3

Anyway, I'll do what tags I can now before we leave.