Fall 2010 Quarter Finished

As it turns out, under my Fall quarter schedule, finding the time to update was next to impossible.  I wasn’t particularly used to juggling 40 hours of work plus school plus moving plus helping Mike move, I didn’t have time to do much of anything.   On top of that, I lost my phone last month, so I’ve been psychotic about nearly everything.

I’m rather happy to say that I’ve finished fall quarter, though, and ended up with a 3.73 GPA.  Not good enough for the President’s List, but I’m fairly sure that at least qualifies me for faculty honors.   It’s nice to see what happens when I finally decide to apply myself.  Even under all the stress of moving and working at the same time, I’m more than pleased with a 3.73, even if I did spend the first hour after seeing that going over what I could have done to better it in my head.  C’est la vie, I suppose.

Work is still going well.  My work quality improved notably with my stress level decrease, according to ze people that keep track of such things, and I’m raging a lot less than I used to.  I’m finding the urge to be more social, and god forbid, I might have the time and willpower to start on other projects after the holidays are over and done with.   For now, though, maybe I’ll focus on this a bit more.  I wish I had something a bit more interesting to say other than a general life update, since a lot of people don’t particularly care about the doldrums of my life.  Once I start getting more involved with my chosen major, though, maybe things will be a bit more interesting.  But, until then. 

Just another way to say hello…

I’ve decided to give this another shot, except I’ve found a focus for my writing with regards to this domain name.  Though it’s gone unused for a long time, the Rageslave domain was originally created as a play on words.  I came up with it back at GoDaddy, when we were tossing the phrase ‘wage slave’ around, and after a particularly bad call, I changed the W to an R, and there it was.  Nowadays, though, I’m happy with my job, and less angry than I used to be.  When I thought about it, though, this is still fitting for what I do now, and what I want to do.

I suppose I should start with a bit of a personal introduction, just in case.  Hi!
…..  alright, seriously.  I’m Dave, 29 and an undergraduate at Cascadia CC, aspiring to transfer to the University of Washington.  I’m pursuing a bachelor’s in cultural anthropology.  Right now, I’m working in the gaming industry, in what’s probably the best job I’ve had in my decade or so of work experience.  Ideally, I’d like to remain in the industry after I finish school, which leads to what I want to do.   I’d like to engage the gaming community somehow once I’m done.  The gaming culture itself is still actively growing and forming, and I want to be part of that as more than just an observer.

The name is a bit of a stretch, but it seems to me that more than a fair share of gamers do nothing but get angry at video games, to the point that they play every game just to rage.  But, at the same time, they keep playing.  Playing all the time, they end up being a bit of a slave to their rage.  Thus, Rageslave.

I’ll do what I can to keep this updated, both with just general information relating to shit that’s going on with me, and if I can help it, some sort of general information relevant to the subject at hand.  But, until that point, pleasure to meet whoever may wander across this.