| Bargains imprisoning me |
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Such awesomeness...I found an acrylic snare on Musician's Friend for 200 dollars. It only had one color left (amber), but I was pretty interested in it. Then I went on zZounds and found it for 119 dollars, with only one left in clear and three left in coke bottle green. I spazzed out and bought it (after making sure it was the cheapest I could get). I got the last clear one. This morning, I checked again to make sure, and they put the price up to 140 after I bought it, but already charged my credit card for the lower price. :D Feels goooood.
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[12 Dec 2009|12:36am] |
Sigh, I was just browing Zzounds (my preferred online music store) for drumsets, and I came across a Tama Superstar set for 600 dollars. They're usually at least 200 dollars more than that. Hell, I paid 670 or something for my Imperialstar, which is an entry set compared to the Superstar, which is intermediate.
Anyway, finals are next week. ._. I didn't do my last homework assignment for experimental design/simulation, but finished all my work for data structures. I'd have an A if I did that homework assignment, and I figured it would get brought down to a B if I didn't...C at worst. My group project for software engineering went horribly, but our prof is probably the easiest grader I've ever seen. She has yet to grade anything I've touched in that class under a 90%.
I'm kinda glad the semester's almost over. Although midway through break, I'll be bored and wish school started again...what a cycle.
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| Mmmmm |
[05 Dec 2009|01:32pm] |
Well...I realized I read other people's LJ posts but I never post, so here goes.
Not too much has happened. The end.
Okay, I lied. Thanksgiving was okayish. I went over to Philson's with Alex for a potluck the day before Thanksgiving. After we finished eating, we then got turkey (which was initially undercooked). Once we finished that, we were all sitting there when someone decided to play beer pong. Now, I don't know about you, but when I'm completely stuffed with food and drinking beer, I don't feel any of the alcohol...just bloatedness. BADBADBAD. Then to top it off, I decided I needed more alcohol since I wasn't feeling the beer, so I had Captain Morgan. Then later some girl (I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME AS USUAL) poured me a double shot of Smirnoff. I can't really handle vodka that well, so...bad stuff. Eww.
Then for Thanksgiving, I just went down with my family to San Jose for dinner with our extended family and drinking with the cousins. Not too much excitingness.
For Black Friday, I slept a lot. It was raining.
And since then, it's been kind of a blur. I'm so busy with school stuff right now. I have one more week until my finals, and I still have to debug one program, start on another program, and then do this simulation for another class. On top of that, I need to study, too. All of this stresses me out. >_> Luckily for me, though, after I decided to take a break last night after doing a bunch of work most of the day, I went over to Alex's where he for some reason made a pitcher of sangrias. I just chilled there for the rest of the night. He has the cutest cats ever.
In unrelated news, I posted a couple new drumming videos, although one of them is horrible. ( Read more... )
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[20 Oct 2009|12:55am] |
An update upon request:
School is overwhelming.
Socially, not much has changed.
Uhh, I still play drums? D:
School is stressing me out. I barely even want to do what I originally intended, but I'm already on my 4th (out of 5) year. Some guest speaker was in one of my classes the other day talking about IT and how they hire CS majors for that. I'm thinking of that.
Uhh what else...summer was pretty chill. I turned 21 at the end (you know, like I always do) and went to Vegas on Labor Day weekend with the brother + assorted friends. Fun stuff.
*boring*
Bye. D:
Also hi Virley!
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[31 Jan 2009|12:00am] |
I think I'm in love.
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| I am just this bored. |
[13 Oct 2008|04:13pm] |
1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
"gram would probably display the byte as "41," which is the number's hexadecimal representation. If"
2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
The side of my dresser.
3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?
...good question.
4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:
4:13
5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
WHAT THE HELL. 4:13. *spaz*
6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Silence.
7: When did you last step outside?
A while ago when I went to pick up my brother and get the mail.
8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
I was on fark.com.
9: What are you wearing?
Black sweats, a white undershirt, and a grey hoodie.
10: Did you dream last night?
Yes.
11: When did you last laugh?
In the garage as I was walking in and talking to my brother.
12: What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Paint, a whiteboard, and some badminton rackets.
13: Seen anything weird lately?
There was somebody that was really bad at parallel parking earlier.
14: What do you think of this quiz?
It's okay.
15: What is the last film you saw?
The Dark Knight.
16: If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
Whoa. I think a new house, first. Then I can fill it with crap, otherwise I don't have enough space.
17: Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I have glasses now.
18: If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Hmm...I'd probably ditch the electoral college system in the US, since I can't think of anything better. :P
19: Do you like to dance?
Eh, maybe.
20: George Bush: is he a power-crazy nut case or some one who is finally doing something that has needed to be done for years?
Neither. He's just not very smart.
21: Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
I don't know yet.
22: Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
I don't know yet.
23: Would you ever consider living abroad?
It's always possible, but I may die.
24: Will you pass on this survey?
I'm just posting it on LJ.
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| Jury duty |
[16 Jun 2008|08:20pm] |
I had to go to the courthouse today for jury duty at 8 AM. x_x
Luckily I just sat there, ate food, drank a smoothie, and watched 1.5 movies. They never called me then let my group go. :P Woohoo.
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[29 May 2008|10:29am] |
Well, I passed all my classes.
B in discrete structures
A in macroecon
A in microecon
B in physics
This would be my first semester without a C. :P
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[20 May 2008|07:17pm] |
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Woohoo, three finals done, one to go. I'm feeling semi-good about this semester, haha.
On Monday I took my physics (E&M) final. I'm not feeling too great about that one. Without the final, my grade in that class is probably around a low B. The final is worth 24% of my grade, so chances are I passed, even if I think I bombed the final. It'll probably get curved to hell if everybody else does badly, so I'll hope. Even if I did, a 50% on the final means i get a 72% (assuming I currently stand at 80%). So as long as I pass, woohoo.
Discrete structures I was actually fairly confident about. The final was 12 questions. There was one problem that I didn't know how to do, which was worth 5/65 points, and half of another problem I didn't know how to do, which is probably another 5 points. But besides that, I knew everything else. However, I don't know if he curves grades in the end, so my actual grade at this point is unknown.
Macroeconomics was a joke. Prior to the final, I had a 99% in the class. I just came in and winged it. I also gave away a pencil to some guy since I didn't want to be mean or lie.
Microeconomics is tomorrow. I currently stand at around 95%, and the final is worth (40/3)% (haha improper fraction) of my total grade, meaning I have to get higher than roughly a 63%, which is almost definitely happening, considering I'm allowed a notecard on the final and it isn't cumulative.
So things are looking fairly bright for me.
In other news, drums have been good for me in general. I actually feel myself improving and not stuck in a rut, which is a good sign. Right now, I'm learning how to play Beast and the Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold, which is my aspiration right now. Needless to say, it's fairly insane. I'm also itching to purchase a double-bass pedal soon especially since I'm selling my textbooks back tomorrow.
I think I'll do it. I can learn how to play double-bass this summer.
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[12 May 2008|05:16pm] |
Videos Watched: 4,206
I think I need to get away from youtube a little. o_o
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| Road trip? |
[19 Apr 2008|12:03am] |
Well, I've been in a "band" for a while. A rock band. Of the non-video-game sort. But anyways, I put band in quotes because we're like a semi-functional band. I haven't met the bassist and I don't know the singer at all (in fact, I've seen him once and have no clue who he is or what he looks like). But I know the two guitarists, they're my buddies from fall 06. :P
Anyways, we had our first official practice on thursday accompanied with a bbq. Seeing as how they live in folsom and I don't, I have to move my drums there. That was quite a feat with just a Honda Accord, considering the size of the drums. So here's my ingenuity at work.
( Pics & text. )
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[07 Apr 2008|09:28pm] |
So uhh...
Hello. How have you been? Anything exciting happen to you? Let Francis know. D: He is bored.
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[24 Mar 2008|10:30am] |
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So...I got a 10 on my writing proficiency exam. 8 is passing, 12 is perfect. I guess it was worth my dying hand that day I guess. And the 25 dollars. Go me.
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[15 Mar 2008|10:05am] |
Wow, that phone call worked? That's a first.
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| Summary of my drums as of right now. |
[13 Mar 2008|07:43pm] |
me: hi, what's the status on my order #___________ for the tama imperialstar.
them: did you not get the right tracking order?
me: err, no. it came in two boxes. the first box was fine, but the second box was incorrect, so i sent it back for an exchange a month and a half ago. it's been on backorder since and i saw that it's in stock now so i wanted to see what's happening with it.
them: ...please hold.
*hold*
them: whoever handled the exchange did it incorrectly. you were supposed to return both boxes
me: (wtf) uhh, that's not possible, it's already been unpacked since it's the correct box.
them: so it's already used?
me: yes, it's been partially used.
them: ...please hold.
*hold*
them: my coworker said you have to return both boxes.
me: (wtf i already said this) I _can't_ return the other box, the box is gone, i don't have the packing material, whoever handled my exchange a month and a half ago said to only return the second incorrect box
them: ...please hold...again.
*hold*
them: sorry for whoever handling your exchange for doing it incorrectly, i sent an email to the warehouse to look for your returned box and to get your drums sent out as soon as possible. check back in a week.
me: k...o_obye.
^That took 26 minutes.
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[07 Mar 2008|08:05pm] |
Francis Nguyen, is registered for the WPE on Mar 08, 2008.
Reporting time is 12:00PM.
Room: Alpine Hall 138
I get to take the writing proficiency exam at sac state tomorrow. Woohoo for 2-3 hours of writing.
In other news, earlier out of boredom (because my yellow pad on my Rock Band drum set broke) I started using the higher frets on the guitar to play solos. It's like DDR for fingers, it was fun. I can get around 90% of the solo on Enter Sandman with just fret tapping.
This isn't me, but so you get the idea:
Go to 2:45.
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[29 Feb 2008|05:05pm] |
I think I've said this before, but I mostly use LJ to whine, bitch, and rant.
Anyways, I fucking hate living in Elk Grove. There is absolute shit to do around here, unless you like going out to eat a lot or enjoy overpriced movies (which applies to everywhere). I have about one friend, Cindy, that I keep in contact with here and hang out with, except she's always busy or whatever and manages to always have a reason to not hang out. The only other people I regularly hang out with, even if we're doing nothing at all, are in Natomas, which is a good half hour away or more, however traffic dictates. However, driving that far is such a toll on my gas, so I usually only hang out with them outside of school like once a week. Then I asked them to go to my house and they're kinda iffy on it saying it's so far away (well, just Chantel and Micky while Jessica and Brady were off in their own conversation) when I drive up to Natomas an assload of times. And they carpool. >_>
And now I'm at home, with absolutely nothing to do. I texted Cindy and she hasn't responded. And I'm about to bash my head in from boredom. This feels like a depressing Friday.
Edit: Oh, and continuing my rant, I STILL DON'T HAVE MY FUCKING DRUMS MENTIONED FROM FOUR ENTRIES BACK. Godammit. Backorder until March 21st, blow me.
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[12 Feb 2008|10:10pm] |
Happy early Valentine's day.
No LJ-cut.
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[31 Jan 2008|08:55am] |
arghklfjdklajfdas CSC 35 got cancelled because of only 5 registered students, which royally fucks me over for this and next semester.
Meh, so I got a hold from the financial aid department because I was then only enrolled for 10 units (I wanted an easier semester due to CSC 35 and Phys 11c), so I was going to add govt 150 (American Governments). I found a good section and everything with a really good professor, but it required instructor approval, meaning I couldn't add it right then. There was only one slot left, so yeah, I'm not taking that class. Instead I added econ 1a, which means I'm taking micro and macro in one semester.
I was also going to take macroeconomics with a friend next semester. Great.
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