03-09-09

Warmer weather is starting to pop up all over the south east area! Trees are in bloom, flowers are springing up, and baby goats have been born at a farm near my school. But is this all happening too soon? For all of those who were alive in the 90's you'll know that a last minute blizzard hit in the month of March, catching many of us off guard. And so I really hope, as many of us probably hope, there won't be any unexpected weather over us for the rest of the winter. Everyone is looking forward to spring and I'd hate to have all of my irises, cannas, and blueberry bushes killed back because of some bitter cold temperatures.

Now because this blog is suppost to be partially on my experiences through my major here at Northwestern I'm going to mention what I've been learning so far. My XHTML class has been a lot of fun, if I'm allowed to call it that... And everytime I learn something new I add the coding into my blog so I can experiment with it. Although it takes a little bit more time to add other coding, and to make it work properly, I get a feeling of pride as I've obviously executed something I've learned! (Don't think I'm snobby, please). Operating Systems isn't the best class I've had, yet I know my teacher Mr. Reed really tries to make it interesting, it's been very very boring the whole quarter. I don't understand why we're taking it, my major is Internet and Web Design so I don't know when I'll actually be using this course's information.

Below is a list of what I hope to get from my time spent here at Northwestern:

• A job! Yes I know, it may happen to be part of the school's slogan, but it's why I'm spending my time here!


• A sense of myself. Since I was homeschooled I feel like I don't know who I am. I need to spend the time around other people (who I may not normally associate myself with) to see how I react, what things I may like, who I am.


• A better relationship with my Dad. Since I've been going to school everyday, I'm not around him as much as I used to. Even though I live at home we're both busy with our own stuff. I've never had a good relationship with him but I've noticed we spend time together better than ever before.


• An understanding of web design. I've been interested in web design since I first signed up for Neopets. I was able to edit pretty much anything anyone else could see, but I had to learn html first. I've known html coding since I was 11 years old!

And since I've mentioned it I may as well introduce those who don't know what it is, to Neopets. It's an online gaming community where you create (or adopt) your own virtual pets. And while there are many virtual pet sites out there, Neopets was one of the first developed. Any fellow Neopians out there can find me under the username pigeonfancy so feel free to add me as your neofriend!. I am also looking around for a new guild, as I'm no longer happy with my own guild. If there is anyone who'd like to work together to develop something new and exciting related within the guild please contact me!