Jeremy Huddleston

Well, I finally got a break... a short one atleast... so I figured I'd come and provide a "What's up" LJ entry...

Life has been hectic these past few weeks. I've pretty much averaged 3-4 hours of sleep per night since the 11th. It seems everything happened at once: I've become the head of both the sound and peer-2-peer networking groups at Gentoo. I took on 2 new tech support clients. I've been contracted to build a new linux server for a web-hosting company (IBM Netfinity... pretty nice). I had to rewrite the online quiz code and autograder suite for CS61c, deal with students, and somehow find time to prep for class (I wish TAs actually got paid for how much time gets put into a class.) And on top of that, I still had to find time to do stuff for my own classes... which has been quite the challenge...

good night :/

Look everyone, I'm famous.

How have my day's been going??? Pretty much like this...
Maya, maya, maya, gentoo, gentoo, gentoo, maya, maya, maya...

Oh the things we do to satisfy neurotic behavior traits...

So the spring semester is finally underway. This is looking to be my most "different" semester. I'm taking 2 art classes, a PE class, 4 RSF classes, and one self paced CS class to get above the unit requirement... I hope there are actually tutors available for 9b...

I was originally going to take an international studies class, CS 160, and the 2 art classes (on top of the RSF/PE stuff) for a total of 14.5 units, but the teacher for the intl. studies class was... well... psycho... so I'm not going back there again... and I was able to petition to use one of my Art classes to fulfill my CS requirements, so that clears up a bunch of time for me... but I'm now working 30+ hours a week between teaching 61c and Gentoo related stuff.

So I went salsa dancing tonight for the first time... it was quite fun. Mable invited me to it yesterday, so I went with her, Steve, and some of Mable's friends. One of them, Jimmy, was a real character... kinda reminds me of Charlie in a way... I told him about the hip-hop class, so now there might be another guy in there...

I felt like such a fool out on the dance floor, but it was definitely tons of fun. It started out at 8pm with a intro class that lasted about 2 hours... we started with simple steps then partnered up to do more advanced steps (I think I prefer dancing without a partner though...

So I'm now back in Berkeley... well kinda... I came back to pickup a UPS package today, but it never came... I'm spending the night here tonight, but I'm going home again tomorrow... I'm planning to be back for good Monday or Tuesday (whatever day my parents get home from their trip). I've been doing a lot of studying for the GRE. I probably know about 100 more words than I did 3 weeks ago... but that's still far from where I want to be...

Yesterday evening, I went to a hip-hop danca class at the RSF. I was the only guy there, so it was a bit awkward, but it was loads of fun. There were a few cute girls in the class, but I never got around to talking to any of them because I was too worried about messing up...

Ok, so it's no secret that women around the world shake their heads saying, "Men are so stupid." I've always tried sticking up for my gender, and quite frankly, I've been offended by such blanket statements. But now I must finally concede to just being in a small minority of brained males.

So for a little back story...

Tonight I went clubbing with Charlie, JoJo, and one of Charlie's friends from SLO (Chelsea). We got to F&A's around 10:30. Chelsea went to Bar tending school this past week, so I let her pick out something for me to drink, then we started dancing. It was pretty fun. We stayed until around 1:00, and just as we were about to leave, some really sleazy-creepy guy comes up VERY freakily close behind JoJo.

The rain and wind had subsided. It was almost 7pm; I had eaten dinner; and my "1 hour" of video game playing had gone on for around 2 hours too long. It was the perfect opportunity to head out to Au Coucolait (sp?) to get in some studying. The weather cooperated for the duration of my walk there: a light mist and mild chill were the worst of it.
The place seemed more crowded than the last time I had been there, just 3 days past, but I spotted a place to sit as I got in line.

Wow, it's been quite a while since I've taken the time to sit down and write a LJ entry... and it's been quite a while since I've read any for that matter. Things are going pretty well. Yesterday, I received my return envelope in the mail from my English teacher. It contained my final essay. I got an A on the essay and an A in the class. I know it's 'just a Vista class', but I'm still pleased with it.

Sunday was awesome. I went snowboarding at Sugar Bowl with Lauren, Miriam, Trevor, and Mirial (sp? - Miriam's best friend from high school). Right now, I'm bidding on a snowboard on e-bay, and it's closing tomorrow night, so hopefully I'll be able to avoid rental fees in the near future. I was a little nervous when I first got there because it was only my 4th time, but it all started coming back to me, and I had a blast. I think Lauren didn't like it too much though. =(

first job: Taco Bell
first screen name: 588984 ICQ before AIM
first self-purchased album: It was some country album... I think that Achy Breaky Heart guy...
first funeral: My Uncle Al's son
first pets: Chaucer ... a lil white dog... I don't remember him
first piercing: none...
first true love: Amy
first big trip: 6 years old across country on the train with my great grandma
last cigarette: Never smoked... well first hand anyways...
last kiss: Ester
last cry: It's been a while... guess I'm due for one...
last library book checked out: Something on photon mapping
last movie seen in a theatre: Revolutions
last book read: The Power of Myth (don't bother)
last cuss word uttered: Fuck, fuckity fuck fuck fuck
last beverage drank: H20
last food consumed: Cereal & Sausages (vegi)
last phone call: Mable called while I was still half asleep... I kinda remember it...
last time showered: about 5 hours ago
last shoes worn: slippers... damn Russian no-shoes rules
last cd played: See...Dee? I'm playing Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out album now... ogg of course
last item bought: FF X-2, Sonic Mega Collection
last thing written: My English 1A response
last key used: Apartment
last word spoken: "Four"
last sleep: woke up about 5 hours ago
last sexual fantasy: a very good one
last ice cream eaten: chocolate fudge brownie
last time wanting to die: about 2 years ago
last lipstick: don't wear it
last dancing: if you call swaying to music while writing livejournal... then... now...
last show attended: Orinda Shakespeare

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