This Is Faux

First semester of college: check.
With finals week done, I have officially finished off my first semester of college. I must say, it was everything I imagined it would be, yet completely different. I absolutely love the freedom it affords and I even liked my classes for the most part, but I was completely unprepared for the actual academic part in all honesty. I assumed I would be able to float through just like I did in high school, but it wasn’t really the case. I mean, to an extent I was able to, but that gets me Cs, where as in high school it would get me As and Bs. I can’t get Cs and expect to keep Hope. Luckily, I believe I managed to get out of my first semester with only one C and hopefully Bs and an A. Certainly not what I was hoping for, but it will have to do. Read the rest of this entry »

David blogging. I guess I’m on here now. Woot.

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So somehow, Jimmy convinced us that it would be funny to film our first reactions to a video of a guy castrating himself. While we’re watching this monstrosity, he’s sitting in the corner watching us because he “can’t watch it again.” I’m scarred, but the reaction to the video itself is pretty hilarious. Funniest part of all is at the very end when the video changes to a guy that catches himself on fire, at which point Luke’s facial expression changes from abject terror to this goofy look of enjoyment. Granted, I would rather see a guy lose a face than his manhood any day of the week.

If you’re stupid enough to actually want to watch the video, you can see it here.

After nearly 3 months of not coming home, I’ve finally made the trip. It had been so long, the drive almost didn’t seem familiar to me, especially since I was doing it at night. Now that I’m here though, it really hasn’t taken long for me to get back into the swing of things here. I woke up this morning to my nephew whaling on a drum well before my first class on Wednesday would normally start, so surprise, but no sleeping in for me. A few of the old time friends have already called asking if I wanted to go do nothing, which has really made things feel just like they used to. 

In real news, I am always following recent developments on the iPhone. Recently, Vodafone won a court order against T-Mobile forcing them to stop selling iPhones in Germany. Today, T-Mobile has begun selling unlocked iPhones and offering a free unlocking service to those that already own the iPhone. The unlocked phones are not going cheap though, and will cost them about $1500 USD. T-Mobile is still appealing the original decision, and is not happy with the current situation. 

The iPhone firmware update version 1.1.2 was released today as expected. It has, also as expected, blocked the jailbreaks and unlocks that were previously in place, but does not brick an unlocked phone that does update.  There have been reports of people that have been able to downgrade from 1.1.2 using the recovery mode. The only question that remains is, how long will it take for this firmware to be unlocked?