cheeseflavoured

I only returned back to twitter mainly because I like it as a flow of info from factual sources. I'm not too crazy about sharing up-to-date things about myself, or seeing what other people are doing. I just like the news aspect of it, so forget updating on twitter. I also absolutely don't like writing less than 140 characters. No offense to those who use it, but I see no point to it for myself

I have lost touch with livejournal for a long while since I've been caught up with my job at the restaurant and school. I made a pivotal change this school year after delving deeply into how I want to shape my future intellectually. I no longer want to pursue my career in anthropology after realizing how difficult finding a well paid career would be and after anthropology began to bore the hell out of me. What ever feelings of enthusiasm I used to have about the subject disintegrated away. I also dreaded the thought of having to do field research later in my career, in the middle of nowhere with no laptop, no cell phone service, no wi-fi, and no electrical outlets. I don't think I'd like that any bit at all. Plus, digging up antique things is the last thing I want to do. I find myself not wanting to look back, but forward. I want to create the future, not examine the past. I also don't want to be stuck in career which will only make me miserable in the long run. So, what have I switched to? *gasp* I'm jumping into the world of computer engineering. I'm not sure what I really want to specialize in just yet, but I definitely want a masters so I could work on intricate designs.

Anyway, I'm more keen toward science and mathematics. I've always loved science. I used to fear mathematics thanks to the way the Harlingen school district "enlightens" it's students. What can you expect after being shoved stiff TAAS/TAKS material for nearly 11 years? Exploring and extracting my own creativity is what really helped me realize that I had no reason to be so freaked out over math. Of course, I blame this fault on the "enlightening" and "bright" concepts of the Harlingen school district. I can only name two teachers that really made an impact on my education. My intellectual repression actually began in elementary school. I was being *cough* a bit too unorthodox in my learning and expression and the teachers and my classmates probably thought I was strange. What was kinda sad was that I felt like I was viewed as a stupid kid because I had my own system at grasping things. I was taught math in a boring and unstructured manner that I just pushed it away. It wasn't until I got into a university that I finally let my intellectual and creative expression flow out. It got accepted by those I look up to and I finally wasn't received as strange child like the bright teachers at HCISD viewed me as. I can be unforgivingly critical about HCISD since they tried to oust my father unfairly, but that's a whole different story. He had an attorney by his side, they burned HCISD and my dad won his case. HCISD is merely based on hypocrisy, a lack of structure, favoritism, corniness, and a few administrators that have embarrassingly bad grammar skills. Ah well, that was my two cents on my disapproval of HCISD...


Anyway, I've spent portions of my summer working on learning bits and pieces of different programming languages, opening and dissecting old, small electronics to study what's inside and I've also been re-teaching myself algebra as a refresher. It's unbelievable how I couldn't grasp algebra back then. I also taught myself how to do binary and decipher ASCII into binary like a nerd. I'm also going to purchase a few goodies that'll help me get on some good footing before my fall school year begins. I'm going to purchase a new TI-84 calculator so I could learn a basic computer language and I'm going to buy a beginner's electronic project kit so I can get a taste of electrical engineering.

This sudden change of majors also has to do a lot with bringing out my inner child. I was exposed around gadgets, science (esp. astronomy and quantum physics), and computers as a child because of my father. I was first exposed to a computer back in '89 when they were still soooooo old skool and had 512kb of RAM. ew. I want a career that will let me bring out that little child.

I hardly ever update my livejournal anymore. I reinvigorated my twitter account.