Learning and Video

So, I've never had a time in my life when watching videos were so productive. But with the introduction of video casts, it now is. I have hours to watch.



Here is a list of things I need to watch:

- The cocoa casts up to where I am in the textbook. http://ping.fm/Sx9aA (About 2 more hours before the next homework)

- The javascript videos http://ping.fm/wdZtg

(about 2 hours)



And for fun, I am going through the Macgyver series, but that's not considered productive.



I just finished watching Omnifocus's videocasts. When I get the iphone, I will be buying the Omnifocus GTD app. it's only $20. I don't really like thier desktop interface, but the iphone one looks rocking! I'm excited.

World of Warcraft

So I have been under some light pressure to join World of Warcraft (as mentioned in my last post). Well a thought just occurred to me about it. My main reason for not joining is the large amounts of time I will spend not being productive because of this game. I will spend quite a bit of time on it, I'm sure as the game does sound fun. I have a to-do list that is really long. Those things normally don't mix.

But the truth is, I spend most of my time being unproductive anyway doing things like monitoring twitter and plurk, tweaking the blog, watching MacGyver, surfing Facebook, surfing the web and more! There are days when I do very little productive work. So maybe things won't really change if I join WoW. It would probably just replace some surfing.

It could even be good if I make playing it dependent on getting the task of the day done. That may even be enough to combat the surfing tendency... so hey, it may actually be good for me.

So a couple points in favor of WoW. I'm not completely convinced yet. I'm scared to start it and find this analysis to be wrong.

Another day as Me

So today was interesting. Odd. Fun at time. Sucky at times. But that is what life is, right?

I'm not sure I mentioned it before in my last post, but I love my summer job. I work with really kool and friendly people and our lunch conversations are nothing but laughs. It's great! Nothing is better for your day then laughing for an hour.

One topic of discussion was addiction. I have a very addictive personality... I get addicted to things really easily. Be it a certain food, an activity, a book, a game... once I start i can't seem to stop myself. This is to the detriment of everything else in my life. This topic arose in one of the many times I was told about World of Warcraft and how great it is. The thing is... I believe them. It sounds awesome and right up my alley, but that, my friends, is my downfall. I don't need something that is up my alley right now. I need to get the things that I need to do done. Those would be my 9 main goals. Once again, I did nothing on any of them today. :-( Actually, I have a run kitty run post that needs to be finished for tomorrow... guess what I'm doing next. ;-)

According to my schedule, tomorrow's main task for the day is suppose to be my ebook. The topic's a secret, so don't ask me to tell you. But yeah, that's tomorrow. Research and writing for that. Kool. I will prolly go to Te after work... oh that's right, no lap top so I can't write. Oh I can't wait to get that Neo! It's going to kick ass! It's suppose to show up thursday... I hope its early thursday.

I'm going to have to divide up the 8 files that it comes with. OK...

1 My Novel
2 My Ebook
3 ML Biz Plan
4 My Computer Program notes
5 ML Website Notes
6 Run Kitty Run
7 Ideas List
8 Journal

Well that sounds pretty good. Oh course, it will change once I use it.

So, I just decided to start posting these at my old blog again as well as in LJ. The old blog was about changing my life one day at a time, and I guess that is what I'm still doing. One day at a time. Just not numbered. I may pick that meme up again, but not today. Today you just get a post. A little piece of my mind. Glad to be back.

I'm tired and have a post to finish. G'night all!

Blog Redone

Hi Everyone!

I have completely redone this blog and added it to my personal website. (Link Removed)
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Happy Reading!
Hailey

UPDATE: As of now, I am back posting on this blog. The re-do was on a platform that I was less then happy with. Enjoy!

Day 5: Just a Day

I worked at Taft in the morning and got nothing done. My plan was to read filemaker, but it is too busy to read something like that there. So I didn't really do anything.

After Taft, I worked on my wikis. My home wiki is lovefaithswing.atwiki.com. I managed to create a Saija and Marion's Ledge Wiki too for me to work in. I filled in the Saija one, but didn't do the one for Marion's Ledge.

I wasn't feeling too snazy and so i skipped my Jung center class and ate something and watched a re-run of House. It was one of my favorite episodes. Here is a quote:

House: Are you going to base your whole life on who you go stuck in a room with?
Girl: No, I'm going to base this moment on who I got stuck in a room with.
That's what life is, it's a series of rooms. And who we get stuck in those rooms with add up to what our lives are.

I like that. :-) I am not sure it is inspirational, but it is very philosophical and I like it.

I did go to Tango and FAME, both I was a little out of it for. I was having a really bad dancing day at FAME. I just couldn't dance well with anyone. But the music was good and I still like that place.

I went to bed late last night and had a series of nightmares, but I was so tired that I had to go back to sleep. I am not sure what was going on there.

Day 4: Wikimania!

I succeeded in getting up at 5:50 this morning without going back to sleep! yay! I meditated for that earth thing, and I had something of a panic attack. I couldn't breathe and my muscles got all tight. I don't know why.

I basically followed my day plan, although my evening routine was rushed and I just realized that I forgot to put out my clothes for tomorrow.

I spent most of the day working on my wiki. I added a faq page about myself, and put my goals on there too. let me know if there are any questions that you want me to answer. :-)

I also spent some time trying to figure out scripting in filemaker. But I did find a bunch of calendar filemaker examples, so it can be done. I may have to pay a bit for them though.

Tomorrow, I have taft in the morning. I'm going to take my computer, but not the filemaker book, so I'll probably work mainly on my wiki. But i'm also going to try to set up a marion's ledge/clover wiki too for Hank and I. That will help us see what comes next.

oh! and one final note: My clean sink was so pretty that it made me want to clean that toilet and floor next to it. :-)

Tomorrow is clean the vanity day. That should be easy. And I want to get boxes that fit on my shelves to hold stuff like purfume and meds. Another thing to add to wiki!

Day 3: Habits and Saija

I spent last night starting my control journal. I have decided to do it in atwiki, which is the easiest and phone friendliest wiki I could find. So far on the flylady habits, I am picking out my clothes before bed, shining my sink, and getting dressed when I first get up. My next habit to build is to clean my bedroom floor first thing in the morning. I am going to do that tomorrow.

I really like the habit of shining my sink. It doesn't take long and fits right in with brushing my teeth and washing my face. I have a really pretty sink. And now the toilet is bugging me. It used to never bug me!

Most of my day was spent on Saija. I'll repeat that. I STARTED SAIJA!!!!!!!

I have spent so much time reading about programing and filemaker, but, except for that little menu version in c, I haven't spent any time on Saija. I ran into a lot of problems, but that is the fun part. It was a growing experience as I figure them out. I will post screen shots later. By the end of the day (after going over my problems with Hank), my design morphed into something I will actually succeed at using. (hopefully)

So my day tomorrow:
- get up, eat, get dressed
- clean bedroom floor
- program Saija!
- spend some time with my new wiki, putting in data.
- Cardio swing! (The highlight of my week)
- Brush teeth and shine sink
- Pick out clothes for next day.

2 Announcements
- Tomorrow morning at 6:11, there is a worldwide meditation on bettering the state of the earth. I'm gonna do it!
- This friday at Mixers and Elixirs, I am performing a swing routine to King Porter's Stomp with the newbie Hepcats. :-) Come watch!!