Whining About School? On a Blog?

I was planning to write a something pretty lengthy today, but, once again, school put a swift end to that notion. Actually, my own stupidity is to blame. Last weekend I spent around 10-12 hours writing a basic game engine (a game engine is exactly what it sounds like - it makes a game run). My assignment this weekend was to expand it. I tried to open the project, only to discover that I somehow managed to delete the whole thing. In fact, it turns out that I sent my teacher the wrong files. I didn't turn the assignment in at all! After searching for two or three hours, I managed to find old, buggy copies of my files, so now I'm struggling to fix them.

Other homework for the weekend:
- Begin an essay for my Mythology class
- Write the story, dialogue, hint system, and more for a game I'm making (More on this later)
- Work on a Battleship-style game I started last week

Busy, busy, busy!

Update: Woo hoo! About five hours after sitting down to work, I've finished fixing my old files! I'm exactly where I was a week ago!

It Begins

In the immortal words of my programming teacher, "Alright, well, let's get it on, get it over with." It's time for some obligatory blog-posting. In case you missed it, I've signed up to be a part of the “Everyone Wins a Hamburger at the End” Blog Challenge. Do I feel like a cheater for blogging the same thing two days in a row? Yes. Does this bother me? Not a chance.

I will promise this much - never again will I use this space to announce that I am a part of the "Everyone Wins a Hamburger at the End" Blog Challenge, or to remind you that I've already stated as much.

So far, JakeyPen has been a place for long, photo-riddled ramble-fests and quick music or video link - very little in-between. I'm hoping the need for daily updates will shake the formula a bit and give me a chance to write about some of the subjects I've meant to cover since starting this thing. I'll welcome the encouragement to vent, to share my thoughts and experiences regularly. I created this blog as a means of keeping in touch with the friends and family I left behind, to take the sting off of the sacrifice I made for the sake of my education career. I love and miss you all, and I hope this blogging challenge helps to bring us closer.

Mostly, though, I want that hamburger.


(Fun Fact: A quick survey of the other challengers' blogs shows that most wriggled through the first day with a cheap "I joined a blogging challenge" post, but I'm the only one who made a lame hamburger "joke.")

Big Mistake

I guess I've joined some sort of blogging challenge.

Do I have what it takes to blog every day for four months? We'll see.

This interview is kind of amazing.

Thanks, Ben Popik!

From Outer Space!

Hey, kids. I'm planning a full-scale update within the week, but I've been planning a return to proper blogging form for a while now and that clearly hasn't happened. I'm hoping that if I post a promise to blog again, I'll have the motivation to follow through. Please look forward to it!

While I'm here, I should ask - have you guys heard Jeff's bands? I'm pretty obsessed with this stuff lately.

Jeff's old band: And the Greatest of These Things
Jeff's current band: House of Orange

Thanks to Mr. Woods for pointing these out to me!

We've Got the Feet

Okay, so the composition of this photo paints a pretty exaggerated picture...

Walkin' Into Spiderwebs

Sorry I'm not bloggin' now. I keep saying that I'll write about school, but I don't have the time because of school work. Irony!

I'd tell you that I'm going to try to get something up this week, but we all know that's not gonna happen.