Nicole Jeanette, 18 years old, My birthday is November 8th, Sophomore at UPRB, Computer Science Major, Lives in Puerto Rico, Speaks Spanish, English and a little bit of French. Very outgoing with people and loves to make friends, loves to help whenever she can and wants to be remembered as someone important, who contributed something useful to the world, even by just helping. Movie lover, Music is life, more?.
I’ve been involved with fanlistings for years now (joining and building them) so I applied to be a volunteer trouble checker months ago (probably more than a year). This weekend I received an email saying that I am the new trouble checker for the Movies category at TheFanlistings.org. I was really excited because I always wanted to help out and Movies is my favorite category so I’m happy.
For those of you who don’t know what a trouble check is, what we do is check all the fanlistings under an assigned subcategory and see if they have any errors or problems (Dead Links, Script not Working, Haven’t Updated in 2+ months, etc). I was assigned this month to check the M-O subcategories and I found quite a few fanlistings that weren’t updated, had navigation errors or were dead links. I’m using a script called Ohno that was made specifically for Trouble Checking at TFL, it made the process a lot easier.
I just wanted to let you all know, that’s why I didn’t update much because I was working on that this weekend.
Are you involved with fanlistings (joining or building)?
My dad gave me a new cellphone a few days ago. It’s Cingular’s (now AT&T) Pocket PC 8125. It’s used but it’s in really good condition. I always said that I wanted a cellphone where I could text easily, since I love texting, so this one is a gift from heaven. I unlocked it so it can work with Suncom.
The cellphone has Windows Mobile 5 software (it includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MSN, Windows Media Player and others), wireless internet access, instant messaging capabilities, Bluetooth technology, built in 1.3 M camera and a full integrated QWERTY keyboard. I’m loving all the features, texting has never been easier and the photo quality is actually really good. I still need to buy a memory card so I can store all my ringtones, wallpapers and such.
If you want to be texting buddies with me, let me know!
I finally upgraded Wordpress to version 2.6.1. I meant to do that ages ago but always forgot about it. It was such a quick upgrade, it took me about three minutes.
So, on Tuesday I began my sophomore year at UPRB. I had class at 8:30am, so I left my house around 6:00am. School is approximately a 30-40 minute drive so I wanted to be early so I could get a good parking spot and avoid traffic. When I got there, it was almost full! I was able to find a decent parking spot though. When I walked to the buildings it was overwhelming how full it was that early. Lots of freshmen around, I felt bad for them, most of them were really scared, trying to find their way around, some of them even pretended to talk on the phone when they weren’t just so they wouldn’t stand out as much. As usual, the seniors always plan the “initiation” of freshmen, they usually write a huge ‘P’ on their hands. P stands for “Prepa”, a word we use to identify freshmen. We also make them dance and take pictures/videos of them. I just followed the seniors around with a few friends of mine, it was fun.
I like all my classes so far, I will mention each one and what I think of them:
COBOL Programming: The class seems interesting and fun. The professor is really nice, everybody in our Computer Science department loves him. He really goes all the way for his students and he likes to give dynamic classes, I think this will be my favorite class. It’s funny how I’m the only girl in that class.
Mini/Micro Operating Systems: This class will be based mostly on math, so that’s something I don’t like very much. The professor is really funny though, so I think that will make up for my hate for math, hehe.
Occidental Culture I: I love history so I know I’ll love this class. The professor is a little bit old and is kind of a slow talker, which will bore a lot of people. Four people fell asleep on our first class!
Logic I: I was really excited to start this class. I’ve always wanted to learn what truly is Logic and how I can properly apply it to my life and future career. The professor seems cool.
Technical Inform Redaction in Spanish: This class seems like a piece of cake, I’m pretty good with writing so I think I’ll do well. Not to mention, I took a class with that professor already so I already know the ropes to the class, if you know what I mean.
I think it will be a pretty good year, I really hope I do well. Well, I have to go, I’ve been having terrible allergies today so I will lay down for a bit.
Stumble Upon is one of the best sites out there. I had the Firefox extension for a while but never used it much until recently. I always heard how many great sites people found and I decided to give it a try and start ’stumbling’.
For those of you who don’t know what StumbleUpon is, It helps you discover and share websites. As you click the Stumble! button, you are delivered to high quality websites that are matched with your personal preferences. You also get to rate the sites, if you like the site you’ve stumbled, then you click on the thumbs up button, and the site is saved to your profile, which is very useful when you forgot to bookmark it and want to visit the site again.
I’ve found many amazing sites, everything from games, photographs, mythology, music, just about anything. You realize how big the World Wide Web really is, how many great sites there are out there that you didn’t even knew could exist. I’m becoming addicted, I’ve been almost all weekend stumbling away.
Do you use StumbleUpon? What is your favorite site that you’ve stumbled upon?
*By the way, go visit The Lounge, it’s a new 18+ forum, it’s really nice!
So, today I went to my university to pay my tuition and receive my official class schedule. I went with a friend who goes there too, we went pretty early because I know it was going to be very crowded. There was a very long line when we got there but it moved fast, thank God. We were there for about three hours so it wasn’t that bad. I saw a couple of my friends, I didn’t get to see them all summer so it was so nice to see them and talk to them for a while.
I will try to rest as much as I can this weekend before I start, the first few days are always a little bit hectic, but it will be fun. Unlike my first year, I know my way around, I have that place memorized, hehe.
My little sister has been getting on my nerves. She has this moments when she acts totally crazy and doesn’t respect me, it really pisses me off. I try to be really patient with her but she drives me crazy, I hope that now that she starts school again she calms down, I really hope so.
Sorry for that little rant, I’ve been a little frustrated lately but it was good to let it out. I have to go now, I don’t feel so good. I did make a promise that I would blog more regularly and compared to a few months ago, I’ve been doing a good job, but I will try to blog more often, it’s just hard to think about good material to write, I have so many constant writer blocks.
So, the electricity problem isn’t completely fixed but I can be in my room now and use my desktop computer. I’m really glad because I had to sleep at my sister’s room and I wasn’t really comfortable. And now I can be more active because I don’t have any graphic programs and such on my laptop because we recently downgraded it to XP.
Last Friday I went with a friend to see The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. It was okay, it wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t terrible. The first two movies were better, definitely. I didn’t like how Rachel Weisz didn’t play Evie. Rachel was did such an awesome job on the first two that I was a little disappointed to know that she wasn’t going to be on the third. Maria Bello was okay, but she didn’t have the “essence” that Rachel Weisz portrayed. The movie had its funny parts and good action sequences so I enjoyed it.
There’s only one week left until I start my sophomore year at university, I’m excited but bummed at the same time, summer went by so fast and I still want some rest! But I can manage.
When do you start school/college? Are you excited?
Hey guys, just letting you know that I won’t be online for the next day or two. We’ve been having a problem with the electricity at our house so someone will come tomorrow and try to fix it. Until it is fixed I won’t be able to get online and my laptop battery will run out in any minute so I’ll update very soon.
I went to a private screening of The Dark Knight last Tuesday. The movie was great. Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker was phenomenal, he was absolutely disturbing, dark and humorous, which is how The Joker should be. I went to see this movie just for Heath but all of the actors did a great job on this movie. I recommend it to everyone. It’s also amazing all the records the movie has achieved in less than two weeks. I was so shocked when the movie almost made their budget ($180 million) the opening weekend.
On Thursday I went to the beach with a couple of my friends. We went really early so the beach wasn’t full and we had a lot of fun. The fun came to an end when it started raining so we left, we went to get something to eat and then we went to my house to hang out. We had a great time because it was a long time since I last saw them. The bad thing is that I got really sun burnt, it was awful. I had to wear tube tops all weekend because it hurt like hell.
I finally finished the Resources site. I still have to add a couple of things here and there but I really wanted to open it so here it is:
I hope you enjoy the site.
Sorry for not blogging in a week. Things have been hectic and I think I’m going a little crazy. This past week things have been overwhelming me a lot without reason, so I’ve been trying to relax and not let things get to me. I really hate when this happens because I feel like I’m in no control of my life. Today, for example, I misplaced my cellphone and I got really irritated looking for it and when I find it I realized why I made such a huge deal over it. I think I need to go to a spa or something so I can really relax.
My Classes Notice came in the mail today, I have to go on August 7 to pay my tuition. It’s bittersweet, to be honest. I would really like more time to relax, rest and have fun. But at the same time I want to start already, as much as I complain about university, I have something to do and see my friends.
My car has been my enemy for the past couple of weeks. The A/C on the car doesn’t work, and I melt everytime I go out so I try not to go out as much.
Tomorrow I have to clean my room and bathroom. It’s a giant mess right now, I will also throw out old clothes and stuff, I haven’t done that in a lot time and since I’m going clothes shopping with my grandma on Wednesday I need more room in my closet. I will call it My Super Summer Cleaning, hehe.
I go a few days without blogging and Wordpress releases a new version. It wasn’t that long ago when I upgraded to the new version and now I have to do it again. I’ll get around to do it tonight, maybe.
So, this past Sunday I went with my parents to Applebees for the first time. We didn’t have that restaurant here and they opened one that’s near where we live so we decided to try it out. It was delicious, we all ordered something different and tried everything we had on the table and it was really delicious. I’m looking forward to going there again.
I’m going to get a haircut and probably dye my hair this Thursday, I’m still not sure what color but I’m thinking of a reddish brown, nothing too drastic. Speaking of style, I’m in serious need to go shopping, I really need shoes and clothes but I’m a little broke right now. My grandma is taking me shopping at the end of the month so I’m excited, I really need new clothes for university and shopping always entertains me so it’ll be fun!
By the way, go join Exquisite MB, there’s an Add Effects Blend Challenge going on, go participate!