A new semester brings a new set of trials for me. Fall was amazing and gave me the opportunity to work with some amazing software like Geomagic and Aurasma (AR). My first time working in Geomagic, I plugged in my headphones to my Daft Punk station on Pandora, and proceeded to lose 10 hours of my life. It was utterly fantastic. I just need to remember that my mouse does not owe me money. I do not need to strangle it. 

This semester, however, I am learning a whole new set of software programs: ArcGIS and a bunch of programs from Autodesk. While I do indeed recognize that GIS is a necessary skill to have for finding employment, I must confess it makes me feel... dim every minute of the day. I am positive that I am not the only individual out there who feels this way, but it gets horribly intimidating sitting in the office surrounded by mental giants of the computer world. They are wonderful people who are always willing to help me. There is that ever-nagging feeling of being that cute puppy at the ASPCA that is a little slow, but everyone likes it because it's so cute. (I read far too much Calvin & Hobbes and Far Side as a young child,  so I think in "Far Side" now) 

P.S. If anyone would like to donate $1500 so I can snag a pair of Google Glass so I can begin Exploring from the view point of a graduate student focusing on History and Visualization, that'd be great. Right now $1500 is almost four months of rent - and I just can't go back to living with my parents... yet.