Algorithms

for the third time, sorry i've been away from my blogging.

but, today was somewhat interesting day. i was awakened by my father to be brought to his office. upon arriving, i programmed a program in c++ that gives the minimum amount of coins and bills that are worth the entered price. programming anything in c++ is a major victory for me, so that was fun.

also while i was at the office, a three-book set was delivered: "the Art of Computer Programming" by donald knuth. no typo. knuth.

while i'm excited to read the book, i've been working on some stuff with my dad. math stuff. over two large, delicious camerone burritos. father-son time; it was the best time i've had in days.

i really enjoy reading my new books. i've only read a few pages of the first one, and i''ve already learned a lot about algorithms.

I've also discovered a secret dislike of the word "actress." if you preogram, your a programmer. if you teach, you're a teacher. so, if you act, shouldn't you be an actor.

keep reading, my friends.

downstairs

sorry about not blogging yesterday; it was pretty uneventful. i went to kung fu and that was it.

oh! besides a few friends of mom coming over and taking her to ashland for a week. that was it.

and, i got to stay up really late and sleep downstairs. that was it!

and today, i'm spending the day with my sister. i did have an accomplishment that brightened my concience for the day dramatically; i completed a game called "battle balls." it is, actually, very addictive. and, it was bery hard to program, involving trigonometry and very many loops and scrolls through memory allocation. if you see the game, you would probably not be as proud as i am of it, but i'm the only one who knows how difficult and mind-numbing it was to code.

i hope my dad will congradulate me for my efforts as much as i am now.

yeah. boring day. no insights, no near-death experiences, and only one major accomplishment. sorry guys.

well, hopefully tomorrow will be more exciting. maybe i can get together with jack rabbit to make another skit.

keep reading, my friends

yesterday's blog

sorry guys; i didn't get to my blogging yesterday. but, that's ok. I just got sidetracked. i am a teenager. and really, isn't that just what teenager means? human that gets sidetracked=teenager? right?

anyway, yesterday was a good day. i went with my sister to see the new movie, "karate kid." it was pretty cool. of course, it was a karate/kung fu movie, so i had to show her a couple of fun moves i learned in class.

I still haven't been on my programming. yesterday i managed to write a few lines of a game, but the lines were basically variable declaration and auxilery screen management. in other words, i made the frame, and now i have to paint the picture. not a great accomplishment. maybe i'll get to some dos routines later.

new favorite word: later.

my biggest accomplishment yesterday was the song i wrote. yes, i wrote a song.

keep reading, my friends.

living 1337

Today was another boring day.

Ha! I really had you fooled, didn't I? Today wasn't boring. After my morning run, I got to go to Big Bruno's house! It's a great day for swimming and Big Bruno has a pool, so I didn't even bother taking a shower after my run.

Of course, I left at the last minute, making myself a little late. I was too busy playing piano. There's something strange between me and the ivory keys; I feel like I can never get tired of playing. Some days, including today, I just grab my laptop, load up some digital sheet music, and let my fingers lazily roll across the keys like tiny rolling pins. Sometimes I just sit on the bench and expell musical tones from fluxuating accuracy.

I still feel guilty about not programming. I've been off the DOS lately, and I feel bad about it. While my dad and I still have mathematical rows, I feel as if it's my obligation as a smart teenager to program computers.

Keep reading, my friends.