Thursday, March 8, 2012

Musings ramblings and been a long time since I've updated..so here it is :)

So in the last month or so I've gotten kinda overboard on spending (mostly audio related) and realized... I kinda suck at money management :S. Oh well, the IBasso DX100 is coming sometime in the next week and I'm crazy excited for it to show up. The DAC is top notch and from initial reports, it sounds like this DAP will be an endgame solution for me. Also, on the way is a crystal piccolino (99% silver 1% liquid gold injected into the "cracks" in the silver bonds). I'll review both of these products when they come in but for now I'm super excited is all I can say really. :) (I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on my audio spending ;) ) Basically after this spree i'm planning on quitting until I graduate and I'm almost certain I won't be unhappy with the combo (Hi-rez music ->IBasso DX100 -> LCD-2 w/ 5 ft. SE crystal piccolino as the cable.)
In regards to school...Spring Break is coming and the weather is really nice outside right now. With balancing work and school, life has been kind of difficult but it's been quite the experience and I'm enjoying every moment of it. Recently, I've decided I want to work harder on getting better at the musical instruments I already know and learn violin (basically based on hearing the emotion a youtube artist was able to get out of the instrument) I've even found some in great condition for decently cheap so it seems viable actually. :) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=aHjpOzsQ9YI

There is the video if any of you care. :P

Considering everything I've learned this year I still think computer science is the right path for me but everything is getting really tough. Not much else is going on right now really...just school and work. I did get braces though and they ARE quite the pain. I'm hoping I can get them off in about a year. The results WILL be worth it. Also I've been really lazy recently and just need to get back on track. Starting the 18th of March I plan on really starting to run hard and bulk up as well (I am planning on running the SLC marathon; hopefully will be able to this year and if not this year then next year for sure) The motivation has always been there but as I've said I have been lazy. A motto, "Work hard now, play hard later. Play hard now, pay hard later"that my friend lives by has really inspired me & pushed me to work towards the above goals more than ever. I'm hoping 9 weeks from now I can look back on this post and be proud of what I will have achieved in 9 weeks. In 9 weeks time, everything I've done, every meal, every sacrifice will hopefully be worth it. On a tangent I found out Utah has quite a good selection of food challenges. I plan to best all of them as a goal by the end of this year. I'd been eyeing this particular challenge for a while and have sat through plenty a painful bowl (yet delicious) of curry in hopes of besting this challenge
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51379418-78/sooksri-diner-challenge-curry.html.csp
^^ It's going down Spring Break '12.