Sleeping early...

Tomorrow I have to go to process my Mexican passport early in the morning, so today I had to prepare everything I need for that and pack it in my backpack. Though, it didn't went easy, I thought I would only be out like 3 or 4 hours at most since I had to get my paycheck at CAPSIC, but no, in the s.r.e. (secretaria de relaciones exteriores) website said that I could get a form, to pay the fee for it at the bank, at the SAT offices.

I got there and the person that attended me was clueless, she asked another guy there and he said that I could pay it right at the bank without the form, that I didn't longer needed it, so I got to the nearest bank and waited several minutes to be attended... or not, I was told that I had to get the form at the s.r.e. luckily there was one near the bank where I was.

So I went there to get it (in Galerias Tec) and then to another bank that was in the same plaza, I spent again so much time there waiting to be attended but I at least got my receipt that I paid it, and then I went to CAPSIC only in time to get my paycheck (if I didn't get it today I would have to tomorrow or Friday in the morning and I only have a patient until Friday at 5:00 pm and banks close at 4:00), I didn't have problems there, got to the bank just in time to collect my money before they closed. Long day out almost all day and now I am going to sleep :P

Sick...

Well, Chuy already wrote about this, and it seems I am in the same boat, I feel like I am getting sick too, I have been coughing all day, and after I came back from my work today I have had a headache that is killing me.

Preparation...

This last month I have been studying more and more to give some courses at hitosoft, this is a great way to learn for myself since I have to understand it more than if I just learned it for myself, my friends are doing the same and I must admit that this is much better than school, and quicker. And I am not talking only about programming, since this is a company we need to learn more than just the product that we offer, so I decided to learn some marketing, not something I am good with, but I need to learn it too since i'll be an entrepreneur rather than a programmer (though, I love programming and I wont stop doing it).

Another day dies...

Seriously, days go way to fast now days, I woke up at 7:00 and I spent most of my morning reading and studying and by the time I realized it was already late (like 2:00 pm) and I had to go to CAPSIC, I got there in time and then I had to go to the Hitosoft "office" to a course after that, I had my patient at 5:00 pm and I had to be at the "office" at 7:00 pm, I got there in time (just barely) and suddenly it is already 9:00 (we finished early), I got home before 10:00 and I just talked with my dad for a few minutes while I ate something, got to my house, watched a few videos, read some things, was falling sleep a few times, and now it is already 12:00, what happened with my day? It went way to fast, but I must admit that I do feel that it was a productive day.

Oh, yeah, and I leave you with this song from redemption that I just love.

Broken...

Yesterday I broke my xampp while trying to install a new web framework (Django) in my computer since I want to try it, but I had to modify some of the files of the xampp system and I broke it, I didn't knew what I did wrong, I tried for hours until I gave up (for that day), I even re installed it and it was still having an error, so today I decided to follow the steps the same way I did before I broke it and it was only a word in which I changed 2 letters (damn my dyslexia :P) and I got everything running again, it sucks when just one letter can screw you so much, I have learned to take a little more care in how I write since I started programming, lol.

Complications...

So, today was my first time working with a couple at therapy, it is my first patient and her mom, it was a little harder to maintain them under control and keep myself from siding with one of them, and some other things, it isn't easy but at least it seems they will be working fine. And I must add that it was way more exhausting than working with just one person.

Finally...

...I finished watching Criminal Minds, at least the episodes that are on netflix, I have been a little obsessed with that series the last months and today I watched the last episode of the sixth season, thought, I think I will watch it again since I don't remember half of it, I think I fell sleep wile watching it, lol, but at least I know that I can get addicted to something else now.

Temptation...

A few days ago I received an invitation from Blizzard Entertainment to get Diablo III for free, I only had to sign up for an annual pass for World of Warcraft, I have to admit that for a second I did consider it. I love that game, and I have been waiting for so long for Diablo III that last year I might have done it without thinking, but not anymore, I do love the game, but I don't like the way it is taking.

I haven't been liking them for some time now, I still read about some updates from time to time to see how is it going, and I don't like it, and I am not sure if I want to get Diablo III, I do like most things I know about the game, but there are some others that I do not, I'll have to wait a little more to decide that.

Well, main point, I was tempted to play WoW again, but I wont do it, I don't want to get addicted to that thing like I did some time ago, I have better things to do right now other than feeling the need of having to log on at a certain hour just to do some thing that I didn't even enjoy to not feel like I wasn't doing enough, games are meant to enjoy, not to feel like a job.

Excited...

Today I watched a video-conference of web development organized by various websites of Latin America, it was transmitted from Santiago de Chile and it was pretty awesome, and not only did I like it, I was all excited for the things I learned from it, I made a list of the things that I want to learn for my next projects and some that I want to implement to the ones I am right now.

Also, I learned about this little software by the name of Prey, an anti-theft software that I didn't know about, it is free and looks awesome, I would recommend downloading it. One of the topics was from the creator of this software and all the things that happened since he started to involve in the world of programming (he studied journalism) till now, it was pretty interesting.

Not only did they speak of web development, but business and project management too. I wasn't expecting that much, it was pretty damn good, the only turn down was that my internet connection started to fail in one of the presentations and I watched only like half of it :(

Diablo...

...swing Orchestra.

A few weeks ago my brother told me about this band, the Diablo Swing Orchestra, a Swedish experimental metal band that combines jazz, swing, progressive and symphonic metal. At first I didn't listen to them, I forgot about it in a matter of days, but this week I finally heard one of the albums my brother has of them and it was awesome.

I really liked their style, pretty interesting music, not what I am accustomed to, I'll leave you with this songs:

Awful...

...videos.

A friend and I have this little game of posting the worst videos we can find and we have to watch them from start to finish, so far we have only shared 2 each, so if you guys know of a video that would embarrass if people knew you were watching it can you share the link? :P

So far the ones I have posted are:
Friday by Rebecca Black
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

and a music video from Peru, it really sucks, click under your own risk XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuSSlFZ8cfA

I seriously...

... hate steam.

I haven't been able to buy new games in a long time (I think my last one was Portal 2), but I like to check steam for its deals to see if they have a game I might like to buy. This week they had The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for 6.25 (down from 25) and I couldn't resist, in the last 2 months I bought this game, Borderlands, Bioshock 1 & 2, Cthulhu Saves the World, The Binding of Isaac and Bastion, all awesome games that I really want to play.

I must admit that I have been playing regularly The Binding of Isaac (21 hours :P), Borderlands is awesome and I have played it a few hours, same with Bioshock 1, but the rest are just there installed waiting for the play button to be pressed. Oh well, hopefully now that I'll have some free time I will play some of them :P

Paperwork...

My "assistant" finally finished her professional practices, so now I have to evaluate her performance throughout the semester, sign some papers and send a letter to the school stating that she finished, I have never done this, it feels weird, I never thought I would have people at my charge. I have to admit that it worked fine, not as good as I would have wanted too, but it was because of external factors that were out of my control.

After this I will have some free time (at least from CAPSIC) until I pick another project, if I pick one, so I can dedicate a little more time to other things.

Retro...

There is this youtuber (Total Biscuit) that I like to watch regularly who makes first impressions of video games (not reviews) and comments about different topics about video games and the video game industry. Today I watched a video of a RPG that looked pretty good, I had seen it before but I wasn't interested in it until today, I had read that it was a great game, but never cared to see how it was or what it was about. When I watched the video I decided to buy it, it was only 3 bucks (for this and Breath of Death VII) .

I haven't played it yet, but I will do it soon enough, I loved this kind of RPG's and the game dialog in this one looks hilarious, specially when Cthulhu breaks the fourth wall. The retro style of SNES RPG's, the music, everything looks just like the games I used to play when I was little :P, I think it'll be lots of fun if the game continues as it is shown in the video.

WTF just happened?...

This afternoon I went to a local store like 2 blocks away from my home to buy some tostadas, usually this store has its doors closed as a security measure, but not today, when I opened the door it felt weird since I always have to ring the bell or knock at the door, well, I didn't care about it, but as soon as I picked other things I had to buy, a guy got in gun in hand. I saw it before he began to threaten us but I didn't saw his face, just the gun... I didn't understand what he was saying (maybe because he was stoned and was talking weird) but I got on the floor and lay there with the owners son and another customer.

He then made the owners son open the cash register and he got all the money he could and ran away, lucky for me and another customer he didn't robbed us and we didn't got hit or anything... well, he did aim the gun at me when I was standing, , but dammit I was so pissed, and I didn't get a chance to see him, I only saw the gun and I wasn't going to risk myself for a few pesos. And besides, the owner he has a safe-deposit box where they put part of the earnings for this kind of situation, so it wasn't a total loss.

Foul-mouthed

Today I was scolded again, but this time it was from a 4 year old boy... this sucks.

I was scolded because I was saying something to my sister and I said the word "wey", I don't even remember what was I talking about, but he said to me that I shouldn't use that word because "it is a bad word", my sister asked him why it was a bad word but he didn't know what to answer, she asked him if it was because "god" would get angry for using that word and he said no, then she asked if it was bad because of her mother and said yes, this made us laugh but I couldn't resist asking why he knew that it was a bad word and the kid said that because his mom would get angry and scold him, lol.

On the edge...

So, here I am, 3:50 and I woke up with my laptop on the edge of the bed, I fell sleep with it before writing anything and woke up because I was cold, this week was something busy, I had a presentation yesterday of "Maquetación" (don't know if it is translated to Laying out or something like that) in css and it went pretty well. Except from that, the rest of the week was pretty normal, busy, but pretty normal, and now I will move this thing to another place before I brake it >.<

Compromise...

Next week I will be finished with my "assistant", she finishes practices next week and I won't have to go to CAPSIC except for my patients, meetings and when I am needed there. But I feel that I am don't have the compromise there anymore, since I left the other project I feel that I have been distant from CAPSIC and its events (I didn't go to the two last events, but that was because I didn't sleep the day before in the two events).

Unfortunately the project I left was to obtain resources so CAPSIC would be able to continue working, but it was too much pressure for me alone and I declined continuing with it alone when I was given the choice, when I wanted to help with that I was supposed to only do the written part, which I did, but since no one else wanted to help I was in charge to do the rest, go to institutions and with people that might donate to CAPSIC, this I didn't wanted to do, I didn't have the time.

This Monday another co-worker announced that she was working with this project and asked the rest of us to aid in it, or to form a team for this project, or do something :P, I decided to help, but not the way I was working with it, I will be helping them with the logistics and organization, and this time I will stick with what I say I will do. 

16-FP

So, I found a laptop that was in my house that can read floppy disks, it was in my dad's man cave :P and since he isn't using it I grabbed it and took it to CAPSIC to check the floppy I was talking about the other day, it worked, and it gave a pretty good review of the test, the only turn down is that it is limited to only 25 uses, after that I don't know if we have to buy a new license or just renew it, that sucks.

BTW, this test is called 16-FP (16 factores de personalidad), and is used to measure, as the names says, the personality, it gives a pretty accurate result (most of the times), I prefer the other one I talked about the other day because the other one gives more insight, but this one is pretty good to (and not as long, it can be from 160 to 200 questions).

Museum Item :P

Part of the Personalty Factors that the test evaluates.

Chill out...

So, yesterday and today I have been scolded by some co-workers and my mom because I don't carry my jacket, with this weather I don't feel like using it, I feel comfortable with just my shirt, and I actually enjoy being a little cold, the other reason is because I am lazy too :P I don't like to carry my jacket everywhere, I know that I'll have to take it off in most places and it is a nuisance. But the main reason is because I don't care about the cold weather, I can tolerate lower temperatures than this :P

Typical...

Typical Monday, working all day, I had a meeting at CAPSIC, the only difference, today I went to eat to Plaza Sendero, I went to Subway but they didn't have a terminal for my debit card so I had to go elsewhere, I ended eating a hamburger at an unknown local, I don't remember its name, I just know that it wasn't big kahuna, but it was a pretty tasty burger nonetheless XD. After that I came back to CAPSIC and waited for the meeting, nothing interesting here for the moment, it was just a typical Monday at work.

XNA...

So, I started to work with C# today with the XNA framework (focused in game development), this is a whole new level to me, so different from what I have been doing until now. I feel excited, but at the same time overwhelmed because I have to learn a lot of new things, so far I have only done a tutorial and was only following what it told me to do (most of the times I watch/read and adjust to what I am doing), I felt the difference between the Object Oriented Programming and what I was doing, hopefully it won't be that hard, but I feel that it will be, and if not, at least it will be a lot of work.

Updates...

So, today I spent some time updating my computer, I haven't updated Windows for a long time and it took me some hours to update Windows and Ubuntu too, I haven't used it in a few months mainly because I had no reason too, but I would like to start using it again. I had to uninstall some programs that I no longer use that were using space that I might need for other things, a lot of games had to go (but I can download them again from steam if I want to play), backed up some things to get some more space and cleaned many folders from things that I no longer use and won't be using any more.

Now I just need to scan for viruses, back up some things, defragment my hard disk, and do a few more things. but I'll finish tomorrow, I'll leave it this night defragmenting.

Obsolete...

Have you ever seen something so obsolete that you can only facepalm?

Well, I have had this problem for a test here in CAPSIC, the 16-fp (16 personality factors), the test isn't obsolete, but to evaluate this test I have to use a program that was included in the package that included the test manual of application, the answer sheets, and other things. This is a 2007 version of the test, and the only way to evaluate it is with a software... included in a floppy disk.

Can you believe it? A floppy disk... in 2011 from a software from 2007, seriously, how can this be? I haven't used floppy's since 2001 (I used rw-cd's), they are unreliable and easy to break, we tried copying the content from the floppy to a usb, but unfortunately the floppy serves as a security measure, so we can't use it. I looked for a floppy in my house, and I couldn't find any, I have like 10 or more computers in my house (most of them no longer work I think) and none of it had a floppy drive and now I need to find a computer that has one or forget about this test.

The Binding of Isaac...

...and they say that he grew up to become an engineer...

So, I still can't play games like I did some time ago, still I sometimes take a break and enjoy a few minutes of gameplay, this week I have been playing The Binding of Isaac. A game with the dungeon style of the original Legend of Zelda, the difference is that it is more like a shooter. You control Isaac, a kid who is running from his mother who wants to kill him because "god" asked her to sacrifice him as proof of her fate.

When Isaac learned about this he tried to run from his room, but there was no escape, except the basement, he got into the basement to run from his mom... it doesn't have a long story, but the little they show is pretty good and religious driven (showing the crazy part of religion :P). 

I have really enjoyed this game, not too hard, not too easy, can get pretty hardcore sometimes, but very enjoyable :P

Passport...

Since I received my check this week (I get paid monthly -.-) from CAPSIC I decided to get my Visa, first I need my passport though. So I got to the "Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores" website to see what I need and well, they didn't ask for much :P, the problem though was when I wanted to schedule a date to begin the process.

Ok, first I must admit that I screwed for not checking where it was, I only wrote my postal code and assumed that it selected Juarez, but I was wrong, it selected Chihuahua, Chihuahua :P, I didn't notice at first, I was a little more worried that the dates were for 2012. After reading a document they sent me to check if my data was right I saw that it said Chihuahua Chihuahua >.<

I went to the website again and got a new date, but now I selected Juarez, and oh joy, I scheduled a new date for December, still a long time for it, but at least it wont be next year :P

Feeling...

Have you ever felt that some one is looking at you?

Today, while I was on my way home I was walking in the street and saw a group 3 of guys with cholo aspect, I felt a chill on my spine and my heart beat went up a little. When I walk alone I try to look like I am not watching the people, or like I am a little distracted, but in reality I am always watching everything I can to the point that I sometimes feel paranoiac, I have always watched my back because I know this city isn't secure, and ever since I was robbed I can't seem to relax while I am walking alone, I look every few seconds to my back to be sure no one is near me.

I always try to walk at full speed and I am ready to start running if I have to. When I saw this guys I was talking about I felt uncomfortable, I didn't heard a thing they were saying, but right when I passed them two of them started walking near me, I went to the other side of the street and they went too, I removed my headphones to hear if they got near me and I could hear that they were near me, but they weren't getting closer.

I don't really know if they were following me or not, but I would rather not take a chance to confirm that, I prefer to be a little paranoiac than to be robbed again, the last time I was lucky I didn't get hurt, but next time I can't be sure how it will end.