CATHastrophic Mediocrity

My usual weekends begin at 8am, when I hurry my way to school to get things done with our thesis. Or maybe, meet up with the guys in the org (school paper, PSITS, COMELEC and stuff). Or maybe even luckier if it happened to be one of my guy’s free weekends that we can steal a few hours from our busy weekend routines. If i’m stuck with the thesis stuff, I’m just with my usual barkada.

I’m not a bit enthusiastic about the whole Valentine thing. I don’t even feel that my birthday is just a few days away. Not to mention the inevitable thesis defense, the coming elections, and the quiz bowl. Next week is a sure HELL for me. Why would I even care for a celebration?

And it simply took me out of balance when the whole barkada was so excited to celebrate my own birthday, that they wouldn’t mind coming at 10pm just to celebrate it at my place and celebrate it OVERNIGHT till my birthday. they don’t accept alibies. Hehehe.. My busy schedule is not anymore an issue to them. And they are putting much effort to celebrate it whether i like it or not.. I just love my guys, that they put much premium to me. maybe because I’m the only princess among a throng of ten guys.

They know I love small surprises and sentimental stuff. I wonder how they cope to understand this gurly side of me.. Hehehe

Of course, I still look forward to celebrating my birthday this Valentine night, not only with the barkada, but with my hubby. Missing him already..

I guess, this is it!!!

MY ELEVEN VALENTINE DATES!!

LOVE YOU………

It’s very futile for me to try squeezing my brains out for something to say. It feels like I’ve been losing my usual self just because of pressure. The thesis is on its way to completion (hopefully in a matter of a week) after exploring new and strange technologies. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise when all of my other extra-curricular activities are moved two weeks from now. It did help! I’m working on beating the deadlines for the school paper this week. I think I do need a clone to get all of these things done. But God had been so good that I am still able to keep my sanity at bay. He’s good that I can still joke around and smile my way through all the stress.

I didn’t wonder anymore when I learned that one of us was diagnosed with anxiety depression, or the other having problems with his head(!!!???). It was all because of the pressure. I didn’t wonder that my bestfriend(BFF) and I had countless arguments about his girlfriend and my guy. I didn’t wonder when I screamed at his face for being such a meddler in my life(as though he knows my hubby enough to accuse him of infidelity against me). This was the week when we had the most number of fights since last August when he nagged me almost everyday for dating my guy instead of having lunch with him and the rest of the gang. I do understand that he had been trying to be a brother and a protective bestfriend to me, but sometimes he goes overboard. But I thank the Lord that we can mend things easy in the end of the day, as though no fight happened between us.

My guy and I haven’t seen each other for a month already. He had financial problems, and still adjusting in his new job. I am also having a hard time trying to manage all things that need to be done. maybe I aam lucky enough tohave someone who understands that we both have priorities of our own thast we can’t set aside.

Am I sick of obsessive-compulsive disorder? That’s what my psychology major friend told me. Hmm.. Maybe i’ve been too workaholic these past days.. Xiao..

I haven’t had much problems with programming in college. As long as I am familiar with the paradigm and the syntax, the logic goes with it. But lately, I’ve been trying to learn a language I’m barely familiar with. I was on a hunt of someone who could possibly tutor me with this stuff, but I can’t find someone. I’m done with the basics. Duh! Someone out there! SOS!! Novice needs HELP!!

Questions:

• How can I attach and record an audio (mic) over a netstream object? Can I possibly do it without a Flash Media Server since extraction of data is on the client-side?
• After searching on forums, and attempts to do it on my own, I found out that SoundMixer.computeSpectrum() really does not work with Microphone.getMicrophone(). However, there were classes in AS3 that can extract and control the panning and amplitude of streamed audio. Is it possible to extract the same data from an audio input after being published and upon playing through a netstream object?
• I’m really done with accessing the microphone object and rerouting it to other sound devices, as well as extracting amplitude and sound properties of streamed audio, and visualization of this activity. However, I am apparently stucked on how to make both of this things work together?
• Flash CS4 to PHP : I am apparently trying to figure out how to pass values from Flash CS4 to server-side scripting language like PHP. Gone to a lot of tutorials really, and it doesn’t seem to work. Tried LoadVars() but it came with compatibility issues with AS3. Trying out another method (URLRequest.Method.POST|GET) doesn’t seem to work too…

Starting off with 2008 was a hard stuff - trying to fix broken relationships, trying to appreciate myself even more, trying to survive financial setbacks and a whole lot more. And I didn’t quite notice that 2008 will soon be just a part of history - my history (I wouldn’t go as far as Greggo saying "During my Spanish Period…" Cheers to you ya!!). A few hours from now, the clock will be ticking a new start for all of us - the YEAR 2009 - Year of the Ox. And i think it wouldn’t be of any harm to make a list of my blessings in 2008.