college kinda stinks when it burns a hole in your wallet or bank account resembling a volcano.

so it occurred to me that i almost never wright a blog, so probably the few people who do pay attention to me on DA probably don't get to know much about me. it also occurred to me that i do have something to write about. well, here is:

seems as tho things are getting more and more expensive. college is no exception. even with 5000 worth of financial aid and 5k more in fed loans is still not enough with this place. if there's one thing i know to tell my kids someday, it's try not to be out of state when it comes to your choice in universities. it's bad enough that my grandmother even suggested that i quit here and finish my studies back home in Illinois. that certainly would be much less expensive, but then i wouldn't be able to see or hang out with my friends here in Columbia. And Mizzou has grown on me here.

One thing i could do tho is see my adviser for more possible financial aid choices, like a scholarship in computer science or something. i've already taken off my meal plans to shop on my own more, cause i'm convinced that i can shop for food that costs half the cost of what they think you should on campus. it'd be cheaper to eat at Macdonald's everyday.

suppose that's my rant for the day this time.

and more or less everyone else have a nice day after reading this

i got tagged by

1.Post these rules
2.Each tagged person must post 8 things about theirself on their journal
3.At the end,you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal
4.Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them
5.No tag-backs

1. i like to play saxophone, and be in a big band or jazz band
2. I go to a Universtiy called Mizzou in Columbia, Missouri US
3. My personal OC which i've used for RP's and my own imagination is Fighter, and my Screen name in most online places is Fighterj5
4. i listen to many types of music, but because i've listened to them since young teenhood, almost half my music is Dave Mathews Band
5. My newest video game frenzy is Fallout 3, for the pc
6. i'm a computer Science major!
7. i'm not that bad a gamer, when i know the game i'm playing, and i've done well enough on Halo that people have accused me of botting... damn whiners
8. perhaps my greatest putoff is when i send a message to people i know and they never answer me. more so when they're people i'm somewhat close to

Dan's personal bonus: i like watching Scrubs (comedy)

meh.. i can't tag that many people:

hah... it's been a while since any deviation.. or a journal for that matter. so for my next two deviations, if you haven't seen them, you may be in for a treat. you'll be able to see a side of me perhaps that you rarely do see.

the first is called "Day in the life of a Dan 1: Breakfast" the second is called "Day in the life of a Dan 2: Zen"

hoping that your days are good ones and that you enjoy the pics

Just so you know sophie, the thing i'm supposed to be working on for you hasn't left my mind. i actually did some work in finding out some techniques to actually make it worthy to actually make.

so anyway, i got computer science stuff going on right now, test tomorrow that i need to study for and all. i need to get more accustomed to Avid as well. i think that this is finally the major that i want to be good at, and it's just a matter of overcoming overcoming myself's limitations.

Gimp skills improving slightly, i just don't think it's up to speed yet to actually make a complex scene like a lake side view (like lake Hylia). i also have a scanner now, so if i ever made something (and i made something during summer) to scan and put on here there's something i can do by hand now. also have some photography pics i may want to put up
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good day to everyone here

yep, it's hot now. so anyways, the senior prom is over now, and I played quite nicely. i'm glad i was able to help some seniors and veterans have a nice time. not to mention i played with jane hartman and the rest of the professionals. too bad it was the last senior prom.

so anyways, i've started to play mario cart on the DS. it is fun. i can see why sophie likes it so much. and now we just rented Mario cart for the wii now. but we only have it for 2 more days so i'll have to play it so i can get a feel for it. i think i might want to do some art maybe, so if anyone wants any requests or something, just say so.

in the mean time, i'm going to start studying computers and start a new chapter this fall in school

ah, and i have access to ssbb and a wii now. so if anyone wants to play me or anything, let me know
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