ChapterZero

I finished this semester last Thursday, so school’s out! Like an idiot, I missed Oscar’s graduation yesterday, a once in a life time opportunity, and he’s leaving on Sunday too, so I won’t be seeing him for a long while. I can’t imagine what he must think of me right now; although, he might understand, considering that he does know about my social problems.

Now that shool is out, and I have a short lull before going to TAMU for my summer program, I actually have time to pursue other interests; so little time, so much I want to/ can do: ranging from reading several books (right now, one on extracting signals from noise, several calculus books, and a really good advanced basic EM book), to completing several of the online projects and programming projects I’ve committed myself to, working out, watching lots of movies using my sister’s month-long pass to Blockbuster’s. Of course, there is much more, as always.

But, I discovered a new interest worth mentioning: HAM radio. I’ve been seeing some books on it everytime I visit the half price book stores, so on my last trip (Thursday night), I picked up a couple of books. It seems interesting, but not as technical as I had feared (hoped for?) at first. I would like to get involved, just because it seems like fun– sort of like IRCing– and you also have access to a wide range of broadcasts. I bought three books published by the ARRL (http://www.arrl.org): a ham operating manual, an antenna manual, and a handbook for radio amateurs. They all look pretty interesting: at the least, from the antenna manual and the handbook I’ll learn some practical EM and circuit theory. And I’ll be learning a little about that interesting niche society.