Archive for October, 2006

Hello everyone!

In about an hour or so I am going to a Halloween Costume party.  Not a big one, just a few of my close friends.

This is just the beginnings of what I am going as tonight.  Can you guess what it is?  I don't think so.  hehehe.

BTW, this is only the second time I died my hair black (It's temporary though, don't worry).  Don't worry though, Snowball will be back to his white self soon enough.

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I am so excited for this, I cant' wait until tomorrow when Vox is released.

Of course I will lose 12 cool points when Vox goes public, but hey, if you haven't figured it out already, I LOVE VOX!

That is all.

Carry on.

Steve Saylor “Snowball”

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Ok, I know it's kind of pointless to actually post something before I post Audio-VOX Episode 006 (which is coming later tonight), and more than likely this post is going to go below the fold(that's the part where the website is cut at the bottom of the screen so you have to scroll to see the rest of the page), but I don't care.  I'm at work and I'm bored.  Plus, I need to get a few things off my chest before I finish up work and go home.

“80 percent of the material…..continued”

Ok, so first off, I'm sorry about the tubes outburst this week.  Honestly, I am still upset.  Even more now because a friend of mine had a competition going to see who got the higher mark.  Sadly I lost by like six marks.  However, I did find something very interesting about that 80 percent.  Apparently, according to our Online college accounts where our marks are inputed, the class average for that midterm exam was 60 percent!  That's a big drop.  So not only am I crushing the class average, I am apparently still near the top of the class!!!

Isn't that odd?

To make it even weirder, I got back another mark for another midterm exam.  This time for the Current Events course I'm taking (Which by the way, the teacher for that course is really cool, and I've had her before in the past, and she definitely makes class fun, and she is more personable than any of my other teachers).  According to our lovely Online accounts again I got a 72 percent on the exam.  Still not my best, and I am upset about that one, however the class average this time is 50 percent!!

So again, not only am I crushing the class average, I'm still near the top of the class!

Add +10 to the oddness!

Anyway, that does make me feel a bit better than I was earlier in the week, but still I'm a bit upset at the marks I did get.

“Robin's Helpful Homework Hint”

I told my friend Robin I would blog about this, so here I am.  Somebody try to stop me!!!

Anyway, I was recounting my midterm story to her today (She is my ride to and from school most days throughout the week which is cool), and she gave me some good advice, which I will share in a minute.

I first need to say I have only recently realized a revelation about myself, more along the lines of my study habits.  I am a Social Studier (Patent pending)

Wait, first before I move on, I just talked to a customer in the states by the name of Adin Ofuk Abung.   Let's just say I got a few stares saying that name.   Hehehehe.  Anyway, moving on….

So yes, I am a social studier.  I love to study with other people.  Because I am an auditory learner I need the social aspect to help me learn and retain information.  So by being with a group of people either quizing me or going through lecture notes out loud really helps me when studying.

When I study alone, it's harder for me to retain the information later.  I go through everything from reading over text books to downloading the power point files of lectures and writing/typing notes from the presentations.

However, when I study alone, I usually put the studying off and other things get in the way.  Also, I will skim other places and read thoroughly in other places.  Which usually for me the times I skim over items I really need are the ones are I need for the test.

Unfortunately with being a social studier, I live in an area outside of the school vicinity so being able to study with people from my class is very limited.

Now, normally for me my studying usually happens, during the week, because I like to keep weekends free for friends.  Now, since I work and go to school during the week, my studying time alone is also very limited.

So you see my dilema, but the beauty of this is, that's where Super Happy, Helpful, Honorable, Holder of Hints that Robin is, I now present to you Robin's Helpful Homework Hint!!!!!

She relayed to me this advice to get my studying done in a social setting.  I study with my friends on the weekends!  Sounds kind of simple and so “duh, why didn't I think about that”, but to be honest I said that exact same thing when she said it.  Because, you see, my friends and I usually get together on Sunday to write.  We love to write stories and poems and such that we like to get together one day out of the week to keep our creative writing juices going.  So Robin suggested to do my studying then.  Which completely makes sense!!!

So that is what I am going to do and it still keeps me happy by a) still spending time with friends b) studying for school c) study in a social setting and d) keep me from getting more 70's on a Current Events exam.

So as I leave you to ponder that helpful hint and the plethora of H's that followed, I bid you adieu until we meet again(which is in like a few hours, so stay tuned)

Toodles!

Steve Saylor “Snowball”

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I am so pissed off at myself/school/professors/every freakin' thing!!

Wait, I need to calm down….think happy thoughts….Christmas time…..hanging out with friends……..getting better…….working at a TV studio……even better………getting a Mac……ok I'm ok now.

But man, I am still so frustrated. Today I got back my first midterm test mark back from school.

I got an 80%. An 80 freakin' percent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To some people 80 is great, and under normal circumstances I would be perfectly fine with an 80. Heck 80 is great for me at times. I'm not saying I'm a poor student. I am pretty decent. Mostly my average is anything in the 80's margin. Sometimes I graduate courses in early 90's. So why the hell am I complaining?!!?!!

It was for Computer Applications. Computer freakin' Applications!!!!!!!!!!!

The most Gosh darn easy course I could ever have in the history of courses for me. I mean come on, I'm supposed to be a whiz kid in computers. I thought I was too. Until today. Apparantly I only know 80 percent of Computers.

Now, I'm not saying that I know everything about computers. I do know a lot, but not everything. Even Massive Computer experts can admit to not knowing everything. But 80?!!!!?!!!!

And I was confident, boy was I confident. Not arrogant to not study. I did study, I honestly did. I had to study about Computer History (which was fun, not happy fun, but fun) and the basics of computers, like RAM, Operating Systems, stuff like that. And we even freakin' use Macs for crying out loud!!! Freakin' Macs!!!!!

So I went into the exam confident, and I even left confident. I was so convinced that I smoked that test, I was afraid the cops would show up wondering what the heck I was smokin' If you know what I mean. I was so convinced!!! So damn freakin' convinced!!!!!

Now my confidence is so freakin' shot that I don't even think I can go into to class today to do another midterm exam. I already took 2 more, confident leaving the test, so who knows what I got now. And this is supposed to be for my future career! I'm supposed to graduate with a really high mark in Broadcasting. I want a really high mark in Broadcasting, and if I can't even get that, what hope is there for me now to even finish with an average grade let alone a good one.

A friend tells me all the time to pray about things if I'm troubled about something, and she's right.

I guess this is where faith comes in huh?

Oh well, it's worth a try.

God, I really need your help right now. You know how I want to excel in this program. You know I want to graduate with a high mark so I could stand out above the crowd, and succeed in Broadcasting. I know there are some study habits that I could change, and I'm sorry if there was anything that I did do wrong, or thought wrong, or be so arrogant enough to believe that I could go in with the knowledge I had and do well in the test. Maybe I was too arrogant to think that the information I was studying was just confirming what I already knew, but when it mattered by actually answering it on a test, I failed. So I'm sorry, and please help me with the rest of my course. I could sure use the help. In Jesus name, Amen.

80 freakin' percent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, sorry, still a bit emotional.

Hope your week is better than mine.

Steve Saylor “Snowball”

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Sometimes there are things in life that can't be explained.  String theory, Intelligent Life in Outer Space, Galactic Space travel, How the Caramel actually gets in a Caramilk bar, where Snowball has been for the past 3 weeks.  Those are just to name a few.  Now I could go into technical explanations as to how “busy” or how “pre-occupied” I was over the past three weeks, but let's chalk it up to the unexplained, unsolved mysteries.

Suffice it to say, I am still here and kicking.  Although there was that time I was holed up in a Cave in Afghanistan for a while.  There was this weird bearded guy there who really creeped me out.  How did I escape?  Well, let's just say I got away using Ask a Ninja moves, combined with Twit-tenacity.  Oh yes, I used Ted Steven's tubes to get me home.

Anyway, in all seriousness, I wanted to let everyone know that I have just finished recording Audio-Vox Episode #006 and it will be realesed on Friday night as usual.  So your net-catchers should receive the netcast by about Saturday morning.

As far as to why I decided to post a blog today is because I just finished my first mid term exam today, and it was for Computer Applications.  Which I think I may know a thing or two about.  All I have to say was it was a bit harder than I thought it would be, however I feel really good about it and I think I totally aced it.  So I am happy.  I have 2 more midterms tomorrow, and I think 2 more on Thursday, so I have to get back to studying, but I just wanted to poke my head through the tubes to let people know that I am still here, and will be posting regularly soon.

Toodles!

Steve Saylor “Snowball”

P.S.  Is it weird to have an itching desire to wear a turbin all of a sudden?

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Flickr Photos of Inside the Net Meetup

This was taken at the Inside the Net Meetup at No Regrets Tonight in Toronto Ontario, which was a major blast!  More on that on the next episode of audio-vox.

I'm the happiest geek in the world to have been working with such great people such as these two who have been declared “the two sexiest women in podcasting”  I wouldn't say the only two, but hey I'm not the one who came up with the phrase.

Me with Cali Lewis and Amber Macarthur

P.S.  Just a side note, it felt soooo cool to be the only geek in the room sporting the TWiT hoodie.  Like I said I'm a happy geek.

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