If it's not already obvious, I haven't been putting any effort into updating my blog. Is it a huge deal? Not really, however, I'm really disappointed in the lack of updates. Yeah, I had a busy summer, typical. But even then, I should have been updating over the last few weeks. The main reason is that I haven't had much to talk about, health wise. Well, nothing good at least. But let's move on.
Currently, I'm back in Corvegas, and I just had my first day of classes today. So far, all I've had is Ecology, which seems like an okay class, nothing too special, but better than a lot of other classes I've taken, and then Vertebrate Biology, which seems like a really fun class. I like the course material, and it's my kind of area when it comes to Zoology - I enjoyed Invertebrate Biology last year quite a bit, so this looks promising. Plus the professors seem really good/friendly/humorous, so that's good in my book. Tomorrow, I'm looking forward to Insect Physiology, which sounds really interesting. I'm excited for that. I also have a Geography class and choir. It should be an easy enough schedule, but I've had so much trouble last year to get motivation to go to class and do the work, that I can't be risking a super difficult course load. I have to get my head back in the game.
But I'm here with my two roommates, Ryan and Nick, and it'll be a good year. We're all 21 now, which enables things to be a bit more enjoyable - no more age restrictions. Hell, we bought a 24 pack of Rogue Dead Guy Ales for $25, and that's considering that a 6 pack goes for about $11. Moving on, I ended up buying a 40" LED Samsung HDTV for the apartment, for $500 at the end of summer, so we've got a good television to play games and watch tv on. And now we have the Xbox, PS3, and Wii for the apartment, plus a SNES and NES for the nostalgia. It's a great set up. We ended up getting cable on top of our internet, at least for the 6 months (while it's cheaper), since the price split three ways isn't that much more than what Ryan and I paid last year, split two ways.
On the topic of big purchases, about two months ago, I decided to start buying computer components to build my own desktop computer. So ~$1500 later, I ended up successfully building a great computer, with a very fast processor and terrific graphics card (yes, for video games mainly), with a 24" LED monitor and wonderful THX certified Logitech speakers that I got for $115 (which was on sale). The subwoofer on it is MASSIVE. The motto of my summer was go big or go home, so that's what I did. I went big on my computer and tv. Spent a lot of money, but it was worth it in my opinion.
Basically my summer consisted of just Zoo Camp, my exhausting Wednesdays (run + ultimate frisbee after work), and building a computer. Well, and then on Labor Day weekend, I went to PAX Prime, which is basically a video game convention. It was so amazing. Went with my friend Jake, and his friend Alex, and it was up in Seattle. One of the best things I've ever done to be honest. Played and watched demos, and got to see exclusive content, plus got a lot of free stuff and met a lot of really cool people. Met some people that run big Youtube channels, such as FPS Russia, who has a big channel dedicated to showing off guns. Best free stuff I got was for completing a challenge (was easy to me) on Modern Warfare 3 and got $45 worth of free desktop RAM. Coincidently, it was the same exact RAM that was in my computer that I built, so I ended up adding it to go from 8 Gb to 16 Gb. Not a huge difference in performance, but I wanted it, rather than selling it.
Last thing I will touch on is my injuries. During the summer, I sprained my left ankle twice, in two different spots (a lower sprain and then a higher sprain, the latter was worse, and the day before my last day of camp). It hasn't affected me much, but it ocasionally bugged me at camp (in which case a simple ankle wrap fixed that), but it has meant that it's been difficult to go out running, especially during a tiring week of camp. And then after camp ended, I realized that my knee, which had bugged me last year, seems to have gotten worse. Basically, at this point, every time I put stress on my knee by running, leg exercises, or strenuous biking, it gets uncomfortable and can really bug me sometimes. The first time I ran back in Corvegas, it was bugging me the next day, still. So I'm icing it every day, whether I'm active or not, and I refuse to exercise two days in a row, just to be safe. I'll be cautious like this for a couple weeks and see how things go. If it gets worse, I'll see someone about it right away, otherwise, I'll be waiting until Winter break to see my doctor. But at least for now, since I'm back in Corvegas, it's easier to manage my eating. So even if I'm not exercising quite as much as last year, I'm still eating less. And I'll be commuting via walking or biking to and from campus, which means I'm not completely stationary throughout the day.
That should be it for now, I'll make sure to put more effort into updating this blog. I want to continue it, as it really helps me, and people have really enjoyed reading it. I can't let you guys down! So on that note, stay fancy.
