Kristin's Blog
I'm almost done with my web project. I went to my last Computers in Humanities class on Thursday. I'm getting more used to working with HTML and plus I can get my dad to help me with it. I'm thankful my classes are over. Now it's crunch time for finals! I like to reflect on the classes that I've took in the past semester. My least favorite had to be history because it's SO boring!! But the past 2 weeks were kinda interesting. I'm so glad to be done with American history. Now I get to take political science which should be okay. I'm still wondering if I should be a psychology or English major. Hard decision.
I keep encountering bugs while creating my web project. For some reason, I cannot get the background to save to the disk. It is extremely frustrating and I hope I can get that problem solved today in Comupters in Humanities. My project would be considered done except I need to tweak it a little. I really hope I make an A; it has been more difficult than I thought it would be.
I've been working hard on my web project for the Computers in Humanities class. I'm actually really excited about doing this. I love being creative and this gives me a chance to express it. But sometimes it is really frustrating. Like just now, I tried to save my index page which has embedded files. So I forgot to save the embedded files and now it's not coming up on my page. ARGH!! Oh well, I'll figure it out. Creating this web project was easier than I thought, which I'm happy about.
I usually don't commute to Houston daily. I live in the dorms here at U of H. However, I will travel on Sunday afternoon to Friendswood to visit my family for a little bit, then head back to the dorms. I LOVE living on campus. Aside from the fact that my boyfriend also lives on campus, I love not commuting and fighting traffic every day. I can handle traffic occasionally, but not daily. One time, I spent a weeknight at my house and left an hour early for an 11 o'clock class I had. I figured at 10, there would be no major accidents or traffic to worry about. Hoo boy, was I wrong. There was a serious accident near FM 2351 and I was stuck in that same area for 30 minutes. Of course, I ended up late for class and then vowed to NEVER commute on a weekday again. When I "commute" on Sunday, I usually encounter very little traffic on I-45. From leaving my dorm, I take the back way through Spur 5, then hang a right to get on I-45 south. Upon entering the freeway, I am forced to get over a lane since the merging ramp is also an exit for Telephone Road. This isn't really too big of a problem. I drive a little bit down the freeway, then eventually have to get over one more lane. I drive a good 70-75 mph speed range. I can get to Friendswood in 20-25 minutes. The little traffic I always encounter is this one little stretch after the Beltway, where there are two merging lanes very close to each other. One lane ends, forcing the cars to get over in the next lane, and there is also a merging ramp, not very far from the end of the lane. However, the traffic always seems to thin out smoothly and I don't worry too much about it. Also, at times, the area after the 610 loop can get a little congested. But that is usually on weekday afternoons, of which I try very hard not to go home unless there is an absolute necessity to do so. I take the NASA Rd 1/528 exit and make a right to drive into Friendswood. From there, it's a piece of cake. I live off of FM 528 so all I have to do is drive straight for about 4 miles, then make a left into a subdivision, then another immediate left, drive about 100 feet, and arrive at my house. I think I drive a pretty easy route, just have to be careful and pay attention to traffic since it's very easy to let your mind wander because you're just going straight.
I had my band concert last night at the Moore Opera House and I must say we performed very well. I enjoyed the entire concert and thought the students were wonderful. I especially loved David Ashley White's version of "Amazing Grace."
Now I must reeallly concentrate on school. I will be missing a chemistry test on Friday, April 23rd and am debating right now whether that it is a really smart thing to do. It will be excused, but I need tests to help my average, especially after the shitty grades I got on my research paper which I worked really hard on, and the last test. Dude, I am so frustrated with school right now. I just want it to be over with already.
I'm glad I got an A on my idea for Houston. I thought my introduction and ideas were pretty good. I really wasn't nervous when i was presenting. I am sooo much better at presentations in college than I was in high school. I guess cause I don't know everyone in college so no one can really judge me.
I decided to solve a problem in Houston. I am working on the flood management problems in Houston. In tomorrow's computers in humanities class, I will talk to the class about how I would solve that problem. I really like my introduction and "gateway" to the problem. I think my solutions sound a little bit obvious but those solutions are still not really implemented effectively in Houston. I chose flooding because I am heartbroken every time I hear about a family who is forced to abandon their home and watch their treasured items disintegrate in the water. A flood is truly worse than a fire. You can put out fire with water, but you can't put out water with water.
I thought the virtual world thing that we did for humanities class today was pretty cool. I didn't even have to leave the comfort of my dorm this morning. I thought we touched on some meaty subjects and carried a lively conversation. The only real problem I could complain about would be that conversations can be mixed up. It's easy to type fast than to speak fast so that could be the cause of the problem. I got a little confused with some responses but was able to quickly piece it together. Virtual world was a success for me and I hope we can do more with it in the future.
