First Day....

Today was my first day of classes. Had "Introduction to Game and Simulation Development," which will prove to be interesting to say the least if this first class was any indication. The books for the course seem interesting enough to read by themselves even if I didn't have to do so for class, so that's a plus. I already have to do a paper due in two weeks about any game company of my choosing. I intend to use Valve (makers of Half-Life and Half-Life 2 for those of you not in the know) as the company in question. I sent them an email after class to see if I could get some information from them. Provided I get that, I'll start my paper tomorrow. If not, I might do id (makers of Doom and Quake) since I've actually had correspondence with John Carmack in the past and id has generally been fast to reply, though I really want to do Valve since they're right here in WA up in Bellevue.

Tomorrow I've got economics and some class called "Critical Thinking and Problem Solving" which is something everyone apparently has to take. From what I've gleaned about the class from my roommate, the class is a total pushover and kind of lame. Yay. I also have some introductory computer course that seems to be a requirement for any sort of degree that directly involves computers, so I get to learn all about MS Office again. On the up side, I've been told I can test out of that class the first day which I'll probably do. It'll free up three hours during the week that I can find something else to do, like homework for other classes.

I dropped my application for employment off at the student services office too. Hopefully I'll be able to get one of the positions they have open in the morning. I so need a damn job it hurts. Too bad the help desk position they had was in the afternoon, which is when all my classes are. That would have been perfect, and the help desk supervisor even told me that he really liked my resumé, so i would have had the job no problem. Oh well, maybe next semester the morning shift will open up.

On a side note, I'm sick of Soul Calibur 3. I haven't actually played the game yet and probably never will, but Rob has been playing that game almost non-stop. Honestly, I'm about sick of all video games. The only thing that looks remotely interesting the the new Fire Emblem game for the Gamecube and Quake 4. Only one of which I will be able to actually play since I only have enough store credit at Gamestop to get one or the other (I don't have the money to shell out actual cash for video games). I'll probably get Fire Emblem since I don't think Erik's comp will be able to handle Quake 4 (though I could be wrong, in which case I might go with Quake since I'll be able to mod it and use it for a school project or something in the future).

Aside from that stuff, I don't really have anything else. So, until next time, l8rz.