To start off, skating didn't happen. :-( The rink was closed due to a technical problem with their new refrigeration system. That was kind of dissappointing, but hopefully they will open so and we will be able to reschedule. I hope everyone who was planning on coming this week will be able to come when we really go. It was really sounding like it was going to be a lot of fun, with all the people I got to go. It really surprised me how many friends I have, and how many of them are girls. I never realized that before, and it really drives home the point that I need to find myself a girlfriend. Obviously there can't be anything that wrong with me, because it isn't like I'm some total social outcast, but still I have been single all my life. Speaking of which, I saw this magazine article about nerds actually being mildly autistic in a friend's IM profile. Scary.

Speaking of IM profiles, and the real title of this entry, I wrote a little web application this week that allows you to include a link in your IM profile that will show a personalized message, in the profile, to different people on your buddy list. It also tracks who clicks the link. It was Sabrina's suggestion, but I can't believe I really did it. If you want to use it, it is designed to be not just for me so check it out. Yeah, that's what life has been like for me the past week. I have been working on these silly little projects instead of the work I have to do. Besides AIM Personal Away Messages, I did the website and bbGallery updates I mentioned last week, and I have 2 more things that I might end up doing soon. The first is a TODO list program to go along with my schedule program. The other is a database of DVD's that people in my house own. It is going to be integrated with the info from IMDB. It will be called UberDB DVDDb. Try to say that 10 times fast.

All the while I'm doing this (and writing this journal entry) I should be working. I have 2 major assignments with due dates upcoming, not to mention applying to grad schoool and the other time-sensitive personal errands I have to do. I have a test tomorrow I haven't studied for yet. And if you think studying is only the confirmation and repetition of stuff you have already learned, then I'm not sure it would even be quite considered studying since I don't go to class and I haven't read the chapters yet. I had a test today in Computer Engineering. I was a bit worried about this one after how well I did on the first one, but I think it actually went pretty great. I don't know if I'll get a 101 like last time, but I seriously think there is a chance that I could have gotten full credit. We'll see.

One final note I must include. An obituary. My alarm clock died yesterday. It still sort of worked but the time would flash even after being set. It was a very sad day for me. I don't really like change and I got that alarm clock, my first, in first grade. It has served me for 15 years. Although I will miss it, some good came out of it. There has been some serious progress in alarm clock technology in the last 15 years. The new one has 2 different alarms, I can choose radio or alarm for either without affecting the radio volume, and the alarm starts of quite and gets louder if I don't attend to it. The best part is that I think I became desensitized to my old alarm clock. I could turn it off in my sleep without even remembering it. This new one actually wakes me up. That will come in really handy tomorrow. I have a bit of studying to do now. Later