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[crschmidt]

I love being right.

It doesn't really matter what I'm right about. This came to mind because of a specific instance earlier tonight, but basically, I just love being right. I love telling someone something, having them disagree, and then proving them wrong (or even just finding out they were wrong). I love saying to someone that "I'm sure of this" and actually meaning it. it's just a great feeling.

I love college too. I haven't really mentioned that lately, but I thought about it when I walked home tonight. I was like... where else in life can I be walking aorund at 1am, and not only not have people not care, but also see other people out and about. Where else in the world can I see people playing football in a parking lot past midnight, where else can I walk by a couple of people just sitting out in a field talking at 2 in the morning - and not even be considered weird?

Where else can I sit up late at night webcamming with my friends, commenting at brad (he dropped me a line in this thread) and etc. Playing with S2 just so I can make things prettier?

I'm going to miss college this summer, but hopefully I can take a little bit of the attitude and lifestyle with me. I've got a bunch of friends who are going to be at home who are used to this life too - maybe I really will be able to wander around St. Charles without feeling out of place.

It's just so... different here. It's so many things you wouldn't even think about, but you do anyway. I ran down, ate dinner, and came back in 7 minutes today. I ate quite a bit of food, but I wanted to get done quick so I could get some work done before I left for D&D. and I could. and that's neat.

I also love being first. I love being the leader of the pack, the first to do something. That's why I feel so nifty when I do things like http://www.livejournal.com/users/crschmidt/172011.html?s2id=6 . You can't really tell right now (mostly becasue comment stuff is in CVS, but not live yet) but that's an actual journal entry. See the content at http://www.livejournal.com/users/crschmidt/172011.html for the same page with comments. That's right, my entry pages are themed now (well, can be. They aren't quite yet). I'm probably one of the first people (besides brad himself) to implement this kind of thing. That makes me feel nifty and neat.

I've also got a calendar view on my lastn (http://crschmidt.livejournal.com/) which is nifty beyond belief. I've changed the format of both my recent entries and lastn pages around a bit, moving the userpics into the actual entry body section rather than seperate. This means that I can have the userpics display on my lastn page when the cvs change to do that goes live, which is neat. I might actually start using relevant userpics when that happens ;)

I'm a nerd wannabe, and I love it. I love working on code, I love debugging, I love running through things finding out what's wrong with them and fixing them. I love making things work.

I love power. I love having the ability to change things at my fingertips, and being able to change them as I want to. I love being the first to think to do something, I love being piotned to as an example.

I love a lot of things. And goddamn am I in a good mood. I should really do some work, or get some sleep, but I've done neither. I've watched public access TV porn via karl's webcam, i've been on the webcam for several hours myself, and I've played with different things. and now I'm writing a post, and I have class in 4 hours. and here i sit, typing and playing with aspi and all kinds of stuff that isn't anything to do with school :)

Lala. There was probably more of a poitn to this, but I don't give a rat's ass, to be honest ;)

Bedtime? maybe, maybe.

Comments

[pthalo]

you're awesome, chris. :) just thought i'd let you know.

[pie-is-good.livejournal.com]

*hug* yay for good mood. :) :)

[janinedog]

I've watched public access TV porn via karl's webcam, i've been on the webcam for several hours myself, and I've played with different things.

That sounds so wrong. ;)

But yay for S2! I wish I had your S2 skills. I really want to make cool pretty stuff. I don't know Perl though, so it might be harder. I know C++/Java, so I'm thinking I can learn...but yeah. I wanna learn! :)

[kamara.livejournal.com]

Ooo, college lover. Mind taking my college as well? I have no love for it, so you're welcome to take my portion of "college pride" or what have you.

I've watched public access TV porn via karl's webcam
I miss ALL the good things. Stupid college.

And some girl's phone keeps on vibrating across the workbench. FFS - turn it OFF! </random rant>

[neviachiel.livejournal.com]

Whatever you're on, you should regulate it. :P

[hell-raven.livejournal.com]

"I love being right."
You better stop arguing with me than ; )

"I love power. I love having the ability to change things at my fingertips, and being able to change them as I want to. I love being the first to think to do something, I love being piotned to as an example."

Bwahehehe I can control your power by cutting the electricity... pwn

But life is good, and it is nice to see something not emo from you for once. But I have news for you... you can go home and do all of this as well!

[littledownpour.livejournal.com]

yay for good moods. and yay for sleep - which you probably need =p

smile. be happy.

bounce or sing or something =)

[pie-is-good.livejournal.com]

there's no probably about it, christy. ;) he always needs sleep because he never does. *shakes head* ;)

[madmadammim.livejournal.com]

Hey Chris: 1+1=3!!!

Re:

[crschmidt.livejournal.com]

start->run
calc

1+1

enter

ctrl-c

ctrl-v

2

I think you're wrong. Which makes me right ;)

[hell-raven.livejournal.com]

But the arguement was sent to a strlen function... it's 3

[ratkrycek.livejournal.com]

1. Chris, you rock. And AFAIC, you're a geek already, and I love that I can come to you with some question or other, and like as not, you can give me the answer, or write a patch in 5 minutes, or whatever. That is so cool.

2. Being right is often its own reward, for me as it is for you. It is a terrific feeling, to be sure.

3. Answer: There aren't many places in life where you're as free to be yourself as on a college campus. Enjoy it.

4. I saw you pointed to as an example in lj_dev just now, and you must be thrilled to the gills.

5. I think it's pretty neat you're doing this new stuff, too. :)

[crschmidt.livejournal.com]

Awww, I'm a geek! Yay! :)

Yeah, being right is its own reward in most cases. It makes me feel entirely better about myself.

I love college. I love wandering around, especially after dark. I really wish I could see stars here, because I would just... lay in the grass and stare. Stupid big city ;)

I can't believe brad pointed to that style! It's such a hack :P A bunch of my links are just relative links, which probably won't work half the time :/ Ah well. That's still friggin nifty. He's apparently been reading my journal lately too, which I'm not sure if I like or not ;) It's nifty that he's here, but it's like... I don't know. I publish this stuff, with bad things about him, and he comes and reads them. THat's not supposed to happen ;) I've done this before - I'll be open until someone comes in that I've been talking shit about and then I just freak. Not that he doesn't have every right to do it - he's allowed, and I dont' mind, it's just spooky ;) Just like i used to be afraid to talk to rah - she was too much of a high figure. Maybe brad will eventually be like that. I still hold him, even as brad as an administrator of a million dollar company, not... a guy like me. I suppose inside he is, but I've never seen that side of him. Usually comments I get from him are bitching me out for being wrong about something ;)

Thanks! I enjoy it. It's fun. And my grades are for shit this semester. Hmm. Maybe I should fix that.

[ratkrycek.livejournal.com]

Well, I think brad is finally giving you the respect you rightly deserve, now that your talents have come to light! And I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that, at core, he is a guy like you. After all, isn't the Story of LJ that he was just a "simple" college student who wanted to put his journal online, to, at first, make it easier for him? And now look at him. :) (No, I don't care if he does see this comment - why should he care?) Point is, he's not all that different from you, when you get down to it. He's human, too.

I can understand somewhat the way you feel, though, about him and Rah - I used to be intimidated by Rah. Perhaps I still should be - she does have a lot of respect from me. As she should - she's earned it, after all. But she's also human, a very nice human (although sometimes the thought she might read my journal makes me a little... awed... I can usually talk myself out of that tree pretty quick.)

Having said all that, brad is a busy man, and I guess were he to stumble into my journal one day (don't get any ideas, folks) I'd consider it a high honor, too.

I also want to stress the point again that it is not an undeserved honor, in your case. Feel good; be happy - you deserve it! And if, in some entries, Brad finds himself regarded in a not-so-flattering light, well... five'lll get you ten he'll understand, at least somewhat.

Grades, schmades. In my view they're just letters on a piece of paper. I know not everyone shares that view, though, so... hmm, yeah, if you can do something about them, it might not be such a bad idea, at that. ;)