{"id":313,"date":"2009-03-17T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2023-12-20T16:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:25:21","slug":"what-my-brain-is-chewing-on-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/2009\/03\/17\/what-my-brain-is-chewing-on-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What my Brain is Chewing On Right Now&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been neglecting my blog.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s just a taste of what&#8217;s on my mind right now:<\/p>\n<h2>School<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I was recently accepted to Graduate School at the University of Toronto, in the Department of Computer Sciences.<\/li>\n<li>I went on an <a href=\"https:\/\/stanley.cdf.toronto.edu\/drproject\/csc49x\/olm_rails\">OLM<\/a> refactoring sprint this past weekend.\u00a0 Parts of the code were driving me nuts, and I feel much better about it now.\u00a0 I think with this past weekend, plus the code spring over reading week, I&#8217;ve made some nice headway with this project.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/2009\/02\/21\/ucdp-showcase-the-directors-shows\/\">UCDP Directors&#8217; Shows<\/a> are underway!\u00a0 Lots of tech work to do around here, and nobody sleeps when the shows are up.<\/li>\n<li>My CSC301 midterm is coming up.\u00a0 I need to beef up on Design Patterns, Intellectual Property \/ Copyright Law, and a crapload of Javascript\/<a href=\"http:\/\/glimr.rubyforge.org\/cake\/canvas.html\">CAKE<\/a>\/Canvas stuff<\/li>\n<li>I have a &#8220;site specific&#8221; movement piece that I need to write\/choreograph with a group.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got a good group, but the assignment looks hard.\u00a0 This is my final project in Movement class.<\/li>\n<li>I need to memorize and present a personal letter \/ journal entry from an explorer \/ conqueror for Voice class.\u00a0 This is my final project for Voice.<\/li>\n<li>I need to memorize and rehearse my scene for Twelfth Night for Performance class.\u00a0 I also have to write at least two pieces of short music for it.<\/li>\n<li>I have to write a 12 page paper, weighing the evidence supporting the notion of CIA involvement with the assassination of John F. Kennedy for my INI304 class.<\/li>\n<li>My CSC301 team and I need to beef up our Family Tree Viewer for the final presentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Personal \/ Career<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been offered the opportunity to work on OLM this summer<\/li>\n<li>I might be doing GSoC this summer.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been offered the opportunity to work for several impressive startups in Toronto<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been offered the opportunity to work for a large school board<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been offered the opportunity to work as a stage technician for the Toronto Fringe Festival this summer.\u00a0 This would make two summers in a row, if I do it.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m heading to Poland in late June with a bunch of my UCDP classmates, to see some overseas theatre.<\/li>\n<li>I want a vacation.\u00a0 I miss family, home, Grimsby.<\/li>\n<li>There are several theatre companies using the UCDP facilities over the summer, and I&#8217;ve been offered the opportunity to stage tech for them, and otherwise get involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m busy.\u00a0 But I&#8217;m enjoying it.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m up to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been neglecting my blog. 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