I recently started bringing my computer with me to class again. Why? Because some of my classes require very small amounts of my attention to get the gist of it, and the rest of the time I sit there trying not to fall asleep. Participation means staying awake kids. It doesn't mean you have to pay attention 100% of the time.
I think that's also part of the reason I rebooted this blog. Because I tend to write it during class. Go figure.
Since I have my computer, I found that I've started taking better notes again, because you can easily just type sentences out incredibly quick, and my hand doesn't cramp. Also, my handwriting is illegible, so I should have been doing this all along.
What's surprising, though, is that I am no longer plagued by my giggling fits. Why? Because instead of Googling funny pictures of puppies (shit, I'm thinking about it now, and I'm about to start laughing...), I actually do other work that I could be doing if I wasn't wasting my time in a boring class. I organize my computer. I research things for my weekly segment on BrickTV(I work for the school newspaper now). And I take good notes. I've gotten so much better at multi-tasking, because I actually have things to do now (as opposed to last semester when I was uninvolved and didn't care).
My point is this. While professors hate it when you bring your laptop to class (for obvious reasons), it's not a bad idea if you actually do the right thing. Because you don't need to give them your full attention the entire time (for most classes, know your enemy though). Professors and teachers in general don't like that they don't have your undivided attention, but students have to much to do most of the time, and being able to get some of it done during time you might otherwise be wasting is never a bad thing for your sanity (or your sleep schedule).
This does not mean I don't dick around on my computer too. I'm currently in the middle of a nice winning streak on Shoddy Battle (which is a Pokémon battling game), and I do not intend to give that up.
COMPLETE TOPIC CHANGE:
I went to check out Kinect this weekend. It was incredibly cool. Yes, there are still some glitches. And I do not want this to become the only way I play video games. But I think this is where motion control gaming should be going. Kinect is the fucking future, kids, so stop hating on it before you try it out. Motion controls are a new genre of gaming entirely, and they will never replace controllers (just like controllers still haven't replaced mouse and keyboard gaming). This is a new field, and damn, Microsoft definitely called it right on this one.
Also, don't compare Kinect to the PSMove or the Wii. Apples and oranges.
List!
Crazy Shit That Happend To Me This Weekend:
W)Pushed a drunk girl off a stage
E) Filmed a Syrian popstar in concert
E) Started a ghetto brawl onstage
E) Received a personal apology from Raekwon's manager for said brawl
E) Said manager also requested my footage of the concert
E) He also said he's got my back
E) Played with Kinect
E) Kidnapped one of my friends whom I hadn't seen in a year and brought her back to Purchase
Yeah, I had fun.
The title song:
"Burned Out in A Jar" by Polar Bear Club
Polar Bear Club is amazing. Just saying.
Holy crap I'm hungry, and I have no idea what's going on in class... Oops.
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