Runaway Future

I don’t have too much to say, but then again I feel obligated to post.

The talk at the NSCC went very well. If nothing else, I tried to focus on one thing: If you want to be a _________, there’s a lot more you can do then just go to class. It’s such a simple lesson and it fits pretty much any profession. Like I want to be a journalist, so I write about everything, I keep a blog to develop my writing style, keep track of world events, yadda yadda yadda. It just always bugs me (especially in our class, especially at the beginning), when there were like all these students (most of them who didn’t successfully complete the program), saying they wanted to make video games, but thought that just by learning C++ and COBOL, EA would hire them. No! Look into vectors, DirectX, graphics, artificial intelligence, collision detection. There’s so much more you can do. Class is like six hours a day, where does the other 18 go?

Meanwhile, my week from hell at work, ended with just a murmur. I figured out how to solve an issue that someone came to me with in June. And as a result, I will be programming again. Programming! First time since the RCMP work term, I’ll be writing code. I’m actually excited. I’ll be rusty, but I’m excited.

Also looking forward to the Cape Breton trip more and more. Four days in Cape Breton, should be interesting. I miss the CSI season premiere, the Mooseheads home opener and my dad’s birthday. But I make up for all that with my dad’s kick ass birthday present. Also, the hotel’s will be having wireless internet, so I’ll be in semi-touch from there I hope. I think it would be neat to have a “Sport Fair” blog on the website, but I know no one else would understand the appeal or support it, so I won’t waste time trying to sell it to the higher-ups, at least not for now.

I’ve signed up to comment over at Matt Good’s blog, which could be interesting. Like debating with Chris (sadly stopped now that Chris no longer uses MSN…seriously dude, wtf?). Oh and In a Coma comes out on Tuesday, soon enough to grab it before Sport Fair.
Oh and I’ll come home from Sport Fair in enough time for Word on the Street on Sunday.
Oh and October 5th, Alexander Keith’s birthday might rock the cashbah with a free concert, Trews and Joel Plaskett Emergency, followed by drinking celebrations. It’s a Wednesday. Oh.