Here Comes Summer
Finals ended Friday. The students living in their dorms had to have their asses out by 5 that day. The mass exodus of people out of Denton is complete, and only the off-campus students and normal Dentonites remain. Work will be nicer, with ample parking and few deadlines for departments to freak out about.
UNT got another new president today, and his first order of business was commencement. I can only imagine what his first words were:
“Good afternoon! Welcome to…to…um…GRADUATION! Here at…oh…um…YOUR SPLENDID UNIVERSITY! I will now turn the podium over to uh…ummm…this nice gentleman to give the commencement address.”
He then moves around the stage awkwardly looking for his chair.
I can’t think of a more terrifying thing to do on your first day at work. Speaking to and dealing with people you have worked with for probably no more than two hours. But he seems like a nice guy, so I think he’ll do well in the one year he is slated to serve while we look for a long-term replacement.
Over the summer, I hope to finally get a podcast going with my friends. All we lack are more microphones and some content. I also would like to try writing a little more, since it is something I’d like to end up doing. Oh yeah, and relaxing, too. I’ve really needed more of that.
Obamacare Day
Here it is. Decision time. The day has come where healthcare as we know it today may change forever. I didn’t think I’d be this scared about it.
Don’t get we wrong, I really want changes made to America’s healthcare system, but I just feel that this bill was rushed and bullied through Congress so quickly that it’s going to end up being a horrible half-baked nightmare. It just seems like the President is foolishly using every drop of his political capital on this one issue. If it fails, it’s curtains for him. Which is sad, since he seemed pretty promising in the beginning.
Politics aside, my Spring break was pretty good. I worked 99% of it, but that just adds up to a nice extra cushion for my Austin trip. On the one afternoon I actually had off I just putted around Frisco and ate Swedish meatballs at Ikea. Boy, I sure know how to party.
A quick update on the Podcast situation. I do have a podcast in the works with a few friends of mine. We’re trying to think of a name, and I also need to buy a mixer board and some other equipment. We would like to get it started by next month.
ZOMG IPHONE 3GS UNLOCKED!!!!111ONE!!!!
I’ll let Gizmodo explain this:
On Friday, George Hotz (aka the guy who unlocked the original iPhone 2G) released his purplera1n iPhone 3GS jailbreak tool.
So go on kids, jailbreak and unlock those puppies. I don’t own an iPhone myself, but I’m excited the jailbreak program is named after a Prince song.
via Gizmodo – iPhone 3GS Unlocked with Purplera1n + UltraSn0w – Iphone 3gs unlock.
Damn! How’s that for crazy?!
Wow. Pretty much destroyed my last blog. So, I’ve just cancelled my web hosting plan and started this new blog, so I don’t have to look after all of the behind-the scenes shit. I’ll tell you a little bit about myself before I get started.
My name is Zach, and I’ve had somewhere around eleventy-hundred blogs in my 18-year life. The last one I had was doing pretty swell, until I hosed the WordPress database. I’ve finally crawled back to ready-made blogs, so I can express myself without fear of fucking up SQL databases. My failure to properly manage a website is sort of humiliating, since I work in computer support at the University of North Texas.
I’m also a student at UNT, studying Radio, Television, & Film. I’ve only just started taking RTVF classes last semester, but so far I love ‘em. Hopefully next semester will be just as enjoyable.
Now for what you will expect on this blog. I plan to make it almost exactly like my last blog, except to update it a lot more often. Since I don’t have to fiddle with self-management of WordPress, I have more to time to write. Hopefully within the next week my domain transfer from my old site will be complete and I can finally redirect my URL, zachpeterson.net, to this here page.
Until next time, stay tuned.
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