purr changed the topic of #elliottcable to: this is CLEARLY a cult.YEP
<vil>
I get so frustrated trying to make music
<vil>
I have extremely high standards and negative skills
<vil>
…and terrible software
<glowcoil>
yeah it's really frustrating sometimes
<glowcoil>
i go through pendulum swings of like
<glowcoil>
being convinced i will never make any good music
<glowcoil>
and like feeling very disconnected from what i make
<glowcoil>
to sometimes being happy with it
<glowcoil>
i just pirated ableton
<vil>
haha
<glowcoil>
would recommend
<glowcoil>
like, seriously
<vil>
I don't attempt it frequently enough to know if I have a swing like that
<vil>
I made one thing ever that I was sort of happy with, listened to it a month later, and decided it was terrible
<vil>
I've got so much in my head though
<glowcoil>
haha
<glowcoil>
yeah you just have to put in tons of time
<glowcoil>
and
<glowcoil>
when you learn to love the process as well as the product
<glowcoil>
it's the greatest thing on earth
<glowcoil>
like, probably some of the happiest times in my life were
<glowcoil>
this one week making a project for my music theory class
<glowcoil>
and
<glowcoil>
christmas break
<vil>
I love the process in theory, just not as I currently experience it (GarageBand)
<glowcoil>
because i spent most of the day for a couple weeks just working on it steadily
<glowcoil>
yeah i would seriously say to pirate something
<glowcoil>
if you don't just have several hundred dollars flying around
<vil>
indeed I do not
<vil>
I just signed a lease
<glowcoil>
oh wow
<glowcoil>
that's exciting
<vil>
yeah :D
<glowcoil>
man i want to live on my own
<glowcoil>
dorms are great but
<glowcoil>
yeah
<vil>
I'll have roommates, but two years in the dorms is plenty
<glowcoil>
yeah
<glowcoil>
i want to get out of here after two maximum
<glowcoil>
:p
<vil>
I just wish I had time to make music
<vil>
or any sort of creative output
<vil>
this semester is fucking ridiculous
<vil>
I'm exhausted, and I never know what day it is
<glowcoil>
i never know what day it is but that's entirely my fault
<vil>
haha
<glowcoil>
my sleep schedule *was* circling around
<glowcoil>
until i took a five hour nap today and i have no idea where i stand
<vil>
I am unable to take naps
<glowcoil>
what kind of classes are you doing?
<vil>
I've got Composition, which is responsible for wasting most of my time, Computer Organization, Linear Algebra, History of Canada, and Team Software Project
<glowcoil>
wow, lots
<glowcoil>
well i guess just 5 classes but that is kinda heavy
<vil>
there's way more writing than I was bargaining for
<glowcoil>
yeah
<glowcoil>
i kind of got all that done in high school since i did a *shit* ton of ib and ap classes
<glowcoil>
just one upper division writing class and i'm done with writing credits
<vil>
that wasn't an option at my school
<vil>
not that I would have done it anyway, probably
* glowcoil
nods
<glowcoil>
yeah it was a shit ton of busy
<glowcoil>
so far college has been waaaay more relaxing
<glowcoil>
i just remember
<glowcoil>
two weeks in may
<glowcoil>
exam week
<glowcoil>
i went to like, one class
<glowcoil>
because all the other time i was literally in exams
<vil>
yikes
<glowcoil>
glad i did it
<glowcoil>
was rewarding and i'm in a good place re credits now :p
<glowcoil>
but yeah it was pretty crazy
<glowcoil>
i had fairly healthy habits that week so i didn't really get fried till the end of it
<glowcoil>
last couple exams i kind of phoned it in, watching the clock until they were over
<glowcoil>
only needed like, aight grades on them anyway
<glowcoil>
i had already taken the ones i cared more about
<vil>
I still have pretty horrible study habits
<glowcoil>
me too, arguably
<glowcoil>
i'm about to turn in this CS assignment for 70% credit, a day and a half late
<glowcoil>
haven't turned in a physics assignment yet
<glowcoil>
(physics is a lot looser with the grading so hopefully it won't be a problem)
<vil>
mm
<vil>
I dunno, one of my classes is going to have to start suffering if I'm going to stay sane
<vil>
I'm making sure that I'm not in a position of power in Team Software Project
<vil>
don't have time for that shit
<glowcoil>
that's good
<vil>
it sucks too, because I was really hoping for an easier semester to finally make some progress on Conduit
<vil>
but that's not going to happen
<glowcoil>
:/
<glowcoil>
i get what you mean
<glowcoil>
:,
<glowcoil>
:c
<vil>
BANGARANG
<vil>
so I'm currently writing a paper about a cancelled canadian interceptor jet from the 1950s, and this is not what college was supposed to be
<glowcoil>
haha
<glowcoil>
i'm waiting for my seam-carver program to shrink a really really big image
<vil>
ugh
<vil>
my partner in TSP finally committed some code, with two days left on the project
<vil>
most of the changes are just useless javadoc comments on methods that practically document themselves
<vil>
public SortedSet<Event> eventsOnDate(GregorianCalendar date)
<vil>
"Retrieves event listing from the eventsByDay map and returns it."
* vil
facedesks
<glowcoil>
ugh yeah
<glowcoil>
lots of dumb people in cs classes
<vil>
he's a nice guy and seems like an ok programmer, but damn
<vil>
we had three weeks to work on this
<vil>
and it's not something that I can get away with doing myself, we have to document the process and stuff
<vil>
(granted, we're going to make most of that up anyway)