Last night was a late one and this
morning I woke up several times but refused to get out of bed until I
had a decent number of hours of sleep. I still managed to read most
of an article before lunch and read a chapter this afternoon. So
that was semi-productive.
In general the day was a bit of a
fail on the productivity front. Other than the reading I watched a
video from my professor discussing the license review assignment,
which is due on Sunday. I was going to start working on that today
but I didn't get that far. It is on my agenda for tomorrow and it
would be nice to get the basics laid out.
I've been watching a lot of videos
and livestreams about Tom Clancy's The Division and
I wasn't into it when I saw early trailers and footage, but the more
that I watch, the more I realized it is just like a lot of RPGs,
where you run around to complete quests and pick up loot to upgrade
your gear. The only difference is that it is set in the modern
world, not a fantasy world. I watched a video today that argued it
wasn't an RPG because there wasn't any real role-playing but I don't
get into the role-playing thing in RPGs so as far as I can see, The
Division contains most of the
aspects I like in RPGs.
I told myself that if I get all my
schoolwork done by Friday I would buy the game and end my Spring
Break with an actual break from work and school. The only thing I
really need to finish is the license review assignment because I
finished the try new tech assignment for my other class at the
beginning of break. I have also been working on the idea for my
video tutorial and I thought it would be nice to actually record the
video this weekend so I had more time to edit it, even though I've
got a month before it is due. But there is a paper due next weekend
on universal design so I could start working on that. If I look at
upcoming assignments, there's a lot of stuff I could/should be
starting and I don't really need the distraction of another video
game. I also don't think I have that much to worry about in terms of
the video game because the odds of me buckling down and actually
finishing my license review assignment by Friday are slim. Partially
due to the self-sabotaging fact that I want to play the game but I
also don't want to buy it, so if I can't meet my deadline than I
don't have to buy it. My mind is an interesting place.
Other reasons for why I shouldn't
buy a new game. I need to figure out my school schedule for summer.
I have my capstone, which is one credit hour, the ALA conference,
which is two credit hours, and that leaves me with three credit
hours. I want that to be a practicum at the university library but
once again I find myself creeping up on the end of the semester and
still needing to do a lot of work to get that set up. I need to find
someone at the library who wants to be my supervisor, meet with them
and decide what I would be doing, and then do a write-up on it to
submit to my adviser. And probably some other stuff I'm forgetting
about. I have contacts at the library, so finding someone to be my
supervisor shouldn't be too much of a problem, I just need to grind
through all the steps to get everything ready. To add to the stress,
however, is the fact that enrollment has been open for over a week
now. The capstone and conference are a given but that final three
hours is up in the air. If the practicum falls through I run there
aren't that many three credit hour classes this summer and I run the
risk of them being full. That could mean I had to take two classes
that were two credit hours each. That does not sound appealing. So
really, instead of playing a game this weekend, I should start laying
the groundwork for the practicum. I don't know. Thinking too much
about school and trying to acknowledge all of my deadlines at once
quickly becomes overwhelming. I need to focus on baby steps, with an
occasional glance into the future so nothing sneaks up on me.
Speaking of which, I got the
adrenaline flowing when I checked the syllabus to see when the next
in-person class meeting was and saw that it was this weekend.
Forgetting that I had the syllabus for the other section of the class
because it was originally put online by mistake in our section. Me
forgetting it was the wrong syllabus and thinking I was almost
missing a class weekend has happened before this semester and I
probably should have learned. I made sure to delete that syllabus
and replace it with the correct one. My section doesn't go down
until the beginning of April. I have plenty of time to forget about
it.
Tonight was Chipotle night and my
burrito bowl was alright. I didn't really get the extra rice I asked
for but he made up for it with the beans. But I don't think the
beans were cooked as long as they should have been. Or maybe they
were cooked for two long. They were a little hard. Not like crunchy
hard, just more firm than usual. I'm also kind of over all the
onions in the salsa. I might go back to just rice, beans and cheese
for awhile. It has also been awhile since I've gotten sofritas.
We'll see how I'm feeling next week.
Tonight I played a bit more Blade
& Soul. I still think I
prefer Tera. I like
the aesthetics of Blade & Soul
but I like the feel of Tera
better, especially the combat. I think maybe I need to just try a
different class, one that I haven't played in Tera so
I won't have any real expectations for how it should play. But I
probably won't. There is a lot to learn and I don't really have the
time to put into it.
I'm going to go to bed now and my
goal is to get up at eight o'clock. Nine o'clock at the latest. I
would like to make significant progress on my license review
assignment before lunch, and before I volunteer at the public library
tomorrow afternoon. Sleeping until noon would not be a good way to
start things off. I think I'm going to wake up and read through the
license I picked out before getting out of bed so that when I sit
down at my desk it will be fresh in my mind and I'll be able to jump
right into the work. It sounds like a decent idea anyway.
No comments:
Post a Comment