Well, so much for updating every single day of Christmas. I was so busy playing Final Fantasy VII. I finished the whole game - except killing off Ruby because I didn't want to do any cheap tactics. I'll kill him eventually. The break seemed pretty short now that I look back on it, but it was good while it lasted. I didn't go out much, but I did get to see my two best friends which was pretty awesome!

Anyways, this semester has been pretty slack so far, I went to class for the first two weeks and my whole schedule changes one day because I'm now on Probationary status at Ryerson. Basically, the first two weeks of class were a waste of time since I now have to retake my last semester courses.

I have Geography of Danger (which I love), Discrete Math (which I will hate later), and Calculus (which should be okay if I keep up with the work). It should all be review, but towards the end of the semester I know I'll be learning new things since that's when I stopped paying attention. All I'm hoping for is to clear my Probationary Status so that I can switch out to something else - and not get kicked out. I was referred to ITM, so maybe that's what I'll be taking next year. I'm not sure yet, but Computer Science / Engineering doesn't seem like it's for me.

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This is what I have learned in History of Science and Technology class so far.

"Zeno argues that to reach a point, you much first cover half the distance to a point. However, to get to that halfway point, you would first need to cover half the distance (i.e., one-quarter of the full distance), and therefore one-eighth, one-sixteenth, and so on. Since there are an infinite number of halfway points between any two end points, it would take an infinite time to cover the whole distance, making it impossible to move."

Great, I can't wait to write an essay on this.

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It's September 7th and Summer is now over. In 12 hours, I'll be in my Physics class, learning and reviewing old stuff. Unfortunately, it won't be "review" for me. I have to go into my nerd mode again, kind of like last year. There's nothing much left to say, but there's school tomorrow and I'm definitely not excited. Ryerson here I come.

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So, yesterday I finally got most of my schedule for University. It's actually much more empty than I thought it would be, but that's because I still have to choose two electives. One of them will be Physics and I still don't know what the other one will be. It's kind of tough for me to choose, but that's only because none of them interest me all that much. Thankfully, I have until August 18 to decide. I'll post my schedule on here when it's all done after August 19th or something like that. I'm kind of excited for University, but not entirely. School's about a month away, where did Summer go? I should probably mention that this is probably one of the worst Summer's weather-wise in a while. It hasn't hit 30 degrees since June 28th or something; it just sucks because I like it when it's 32 degrees.

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Before you go and question the title, keep in mind that this is about University and nothing else. I have a day-off today and I figured that I might as well write some of my thoughts down because I rarely have time to update this. First of all, Physics is starting to make sense, but we'll just have to see after my next test on Tuesday.

Second of all, I'm having doubts about what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. What do I want my career to be? As of right now, my dream job would be to work for Dell, Blizzard or Google as a Software / Computer Engineer. Yes, that is shooting for the stars a bit, but it is a dream. Anyways, I talked a little bit about my future yesterday with Nikki and Adrian. It really got me thinking about what I want to do in the future. Do I even want to be a Computer Engineer? Every University student questions themselves about this same topic, "Do I really want to be doing this job for the rest of my life?" I don't really know if I want to be a Computer Engineer anymore because I'm kinda sorta leaning towards Software Engineering. I know being an Engineer will be extremely tough for me, but I'm willing to put myself to the test. A couple of my friends have struggled in Engineering-based courses so I am having my doubts, but I'm just going to have to test it out for myself. I am sure about one thing though, I will not be an Electrical Engineer, LOL. I might even go into Computer Science to see where that leads me. We'll just have to see what offers I get - if I get any - from Ryerson; I'm praying to get accepted into Computer Engineering for, at least, first year.

I'm anxious to see how I do, even though my main focus should be this school year.

I almost forgot. Last night me and my girlfriend were talking and I brought up the fact about how I love Astronomy and Liquid Nitrogen. The whole knowing about life and stars out there and Super Conductivity (video below) really fascinate me. Maybe I'll even major in something around those lines. Keep in mind that the video below does have quite a lengthy intro, so you might want to skip forward a little bit (approx 0:50 mark).

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