I could burn down the school...

I was recently called in to my advisor's office to "discuss an issue with my credits." I was then informed that I was 9 credits short of graduating due to a glitch in the way credits toward graduating are counted. My transcript says that I am eligible to graduate on time in May. BUT because I changed majors my sophomore year, not all of my participation credits (credits earned through XC and Track) count toward the overall.

Needless to say I was not a happy student.

I would need to pick up three more credits in the last half of the semester as an independent study, then take two online classes over the summer. One professor suggested I take his class "Films Of Spike Lee" over the summer. Oh fucking joy, I get to take a class about a racist african-american director that I hate, taught by a racist african-american professor that I don't particularly like.

The fact that this whole mess was brought to my attention a mere two months before I was supposed to graduate is completely ridiculous.

I'm not going to let this stand. I'm going right to the top. Emailed the president of the college a long ranting message about how this school is lying to its students to swindle their money away from them. That'll show 'em.

New Jimi

I'm back to health, and I'll try to do a better job of keeping this thing updated.

For now I'll share the news that for the first time in a looong time there is new Jimi Hendrix. Jimi's estate, Experience Hendrix LLC has gotten the rights to a massive library of previously unreleased material, and they plan on putting out several albums over the next couple of years. Hendrix spent a lot of time in the studio before he died, when his studio, Electric Ladyland Studios in New York was built, he practically lived there. From what I understand there is a whole lot of stuff that never got put on a record, so there should be a steady flow of it coming out. The first new record, Valleys of Neptune, was released today. I'm listening to it right now and it is great.