Start of school and Youtube

Not much of an update here. School started, and textbooks are a pain as always. If I didn't know that it was an effective business strategy, I'd almost think that they took a perverse pleasure in charging students ridiculous prices for books, and paying back just a fraction of it later on.

But enough of my griping.

On a more positive note, I've decided to post the link to my Youtube channel. Feel free to drop by and check out what I've got up. I hope to do more in the future, but I'm still somewhat of a novice when it comes to video editing.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AnimeFanatic5602?feature=mhum

Update and end-of-summer blues

Well, it's that time of the year again. Unfortunately, I didn't accomplish anything near what I had hoped for this summer. The economy sucked for yet another year, and the only work that I could actually find was yard work. I had to retake a math course, which ate up a considerable amount of my time and resources, and now that I'm finally done it's almost time to go back to school.

D'oh.

But enough of my whining. At least the weather is nice. More or less.

Update and random product plug

Well, I finally finished the class that I was taking this summer (with about 3 weeks until I go back to school >.<) and managed to pull off an A.

On another note, I got a really cool flipcam for my birthday last week. It's a Kodak Zi8 HD, and it works really well. I'll post a more thorough review after I have a chance to use it a bit more.

Iraq: the end of an era

I know that it's been plastered all over the news but it bears repeating. The planned withdrawal of all U.S. troops will be completed by the end of the month. Though a transitional force of 50,000 will remain to make sure that things go smoothly, this marks the end of the 7 year conflict.

I, for one am happy to see this end, but I remain skeptical about how things will go from this point. Iraq is still very unstable, and they may just end up worse than they were under Saddam. However, the sad fact of the matter is that we couldn't stay there forever. It now falls to the Iraqis to build their own future from this point on.

Greetings

Hello, my name is Tyler. I am a 21 year old college student and this is my first real blog. It's late and I have class tomorrow, so I think that I'll leave it at that for now.