The problem with commuting...

...is that you have to leave plenty of time to arrive at your destination, in case of traffic and whatnot. So, now I'm here at school with an hour of time to kill.

I took my first exam in like, years. I have to admit, I was fairly nervous. My pacing was a little off. Normally I work at a very deliberate speed, going somewhat slowly, but making very few mistakes. This time I went faster than normal because I needed to make sure that I completed the exam. I finished with 30 minutes to spare, so I did some double checking, and found tons of mistakes. Anyways, I probably still did well on it, it just feels a little weird.

Digital logic. That's the name of the class. For some reason, it doesn't come out of my mouth easily, like say, Math or English. The class exists only in an alternate universe or something. I'd like to say it's easy, and it is in a sense. It's basically another math class in disguise. I eat math class for breakfast. I doesn't matter that the teacher has this awful accent, and is very inexperienced. It doesn't matter that the class is practically on tranquilizers - I mean there is virtually no class participation by anybody. I scored a 99% on my first homework like it was nothing, and some other guy scored an 18%!? Not that I'm bragging or anything, it's just that this class isn't really testing me very well. I have mediocre notetaking skills, and nonexistent study habits, but it doesn't even matter. My main problem is trying to stay motivated. (Stop daydreaming!) One time I was so bored taking I started drawing clouds, birds, and three dimensional cubes all over my notes (basically the only objects I can draw). Oh well, school is going to be a mental endurance test for me more than anything.

I've been thinking about getting a cell phone. When I'm at school, I'm basically uncontactable - not that it matters much, I'm not Mr. popular or anything. For whatever reason, despite being pretty good at using technology, I've inherited a sort of weird pseudo-technophobia in that I'm always way behind the technological curve. First computer: Commodore 64 back when IBMs were all the rage. Email? Probably one of the last people on earth to start using it. In fact, I still use it so little, you can hardly call it 'using'. It's a good thing I learn fast - cause I always seem to start at an experience disadvantage to everybody else.

What else is there? Oh yeah, I have been fortunate enough to have inherited some Arena Football League season tickets for the Gladiators. Go Gladiators! I've already seen a couple of games. The good news: The Gladiators seem like the might actually be good. The bad news: The star QB is out for the season already, broken finger. The pacing of an AFL game seems a little different for the NFL - It's kinda paces more like basketball, more one-on-one matchups, freakish turnovers, quicker action. The defense seems heavily restricted. I can't find a very good explanation of the rules anywhere, either. I'm going to reserve judgement on the arena football for a little bit, though.

Still half an hour left? How come time seems to go so fast when I'm at home, but slowly when I'm at school. Let's see... There's a guy sitting way in front of me playing some online game, maybe a mmorg, or is it a mmorph, I forget. With graphics and stuff... maybe it's not online. There's a girl sitting across and to the right of me, and she's distracting. I sort of have a heightened awareness of my surrounding. Trust me, that's not a good thing, I wish I could tune these people out sometimes. As an open admission of my lack of ability of tuning out my surroundings, I go straight for those desks that are surrounded by 3 'walls'.

Well, it's time to go to lab... bye