BubblesSOC

Hi I'm Bubs, welcome to my home on the web!

Thanks for stopping by! You have stumbled upon the personal website of Sidney Collins (aka Bubs). I'm a 24-year old student at the University of Alabama studying Computer Science and Mathematics. When I'm not busy programming you'll probably find me writing, drawing, reading, shopping, eating, or playing Monopoly.

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Sep 11

TV of Yester Year

What were your favorite shows when you were a kid? I was bored the other night and decided to compile a list of mine :) Most of them are from Nickelodeon since I was obsessed with that channel.

Hey Dude
Guts
Salute Your Shorts
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Noozles
Wild and Crazy Kids
Littl’ Bits
David the Gnome
Super Mario Bros Super Show
Super Mario World
Super Mario 3
Clarissa Explains It All
Eureeka’s Castle
Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics
Heathcliff
Inspector Gadget
Mapletown
Mister Wizard
Sharon, Lois, and Bram’s Elephant Show
Muppet Babies
Beetlejuice
Pound Puppies
Double Dare
It’s Punky Brewster (the animated one)
Nick Arcade

There are a lot more, but I don’t feel like listing them :lol: William just got digital cable and there is a Nickelodeon Games channel where we watch the old game shows like Guts ;)

Jul 27

Nintendo DS Lite

Nintendo DS

Someone blogged about a new game starring Princess Peach for Nintendo DS. I thought it looked like a fun game, so I bought a Nintendo DS Lite tonight. I haven’t wanted one, but I’m just the most impulsive person you’ll ever meet. I mean, it wasn’t as expensive as I thought it would be and I just got paid, so why not? It’s totally logical :spin: I’m glad I got it, though. It’s a lot of fun! If you want to race me in Mario Kart, let me know and we’ll play online as soon as I figure it out.

My next impulsive purchase will be this:

Hello Kitty FM Transmitter

I found this one on eBay, but the price seems a bit high. Does anyone know a store that carries it? The eBay auction says that its super rare, and I think I believe them.

Jul 16

New Pets

The parrot in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 inspired me to buy a bird. I went to Petsmart with the intention of getting a Cockatoo or Cockatiel, but decided to purchase 2 Parakeets instead (due to lack of funds hehe). Now the animal count is up to 10 — dog, guinea pig, 2 birds, and 6 fish :fish:

Any name suggestions for the new birds? They are both female ;)

Jun 20

Return to Writing

I’ve taken to writing again… I know, I’m all over the place when it comes to my hobbies. This time, though, I’m determined to finish my story. I’ve been working with this idea for too long to let it go to waste. I think I developed the story and most of the characters 10 years ago and it’s been evolving ever since. I may post a couple of excerpts from it on my livejournal so that I can make the entry friends only ;) I don’t want to release it to the public until its finished!

If you are a country music fan, check out I Loved Her First by Heartland. My friend Rachael’s dad wrote it about her… it’s really sweet :heart:

May 29

Summer Reading

I spent last week with my family (and painfully slow DSL). Rather than updating my website, which is usually to what I devote my freetime, I began my summer reading. I’ve only recently realized how much fun reading can be! I guess I always attributed reading to something you were forced to do during the summer for school :P

The books I’ve finished reading:

The Rosetta Codex
Anthem

Books I’m currently reading:

Dies the Fire
Brave New World (Finished)
Memoirs of a Geisha
State of Fear

Books I want to read before the end of the summer:

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
Atlas Shrugged
Screwtape Letters
Night
Adolf Hitler
The rest of the original Dune series

If you have any book suggestions, let me know. But keep in mind, I’d fall asleep reading a romantic comedy or something along those lines ;)

May 18

Professional Website Design

Here are the sites that I have designed so far:

University of Alabama Philosophy Department
McNair Scholars Program
Bruce Kim
Studio by the Tracks (temporary address)

I’m very happy with the way the Studio design turned out :)

May 14

Personal Updates

School is finally out! This semester wasn’t as much tough as it was annoying. I was doing really well in Calculus 2 until the very end. I had another class (Discrete Mathematics) that was just stupid (and the teacher wasn’t very good, either!) I’m excited though because I mapped out the remainder of my CS degree and realized that I will graduate next December (as opposed to next May). My friends told me that there would be flying cars when I graduated… I guess I proved them wrong :rofl: Although I’ll be finished with undergrad, I recently decided that I want to go to law school AND get my masters in CS. So, by the time I get out of school, cars just might be flying.

I’m taking ECE 383: Assembly Language and an LSAT prep course this summer, so that will take up a lot of my time. I will also be working on a couple of web projects and some research for one of my ECE professors. In terms of my personal web projects, I hope to release a new version of MyQuilt Admin and re-open my old clique, Perfection. Phew! Looks like I’m going to be quite busy. Maybe staying busy will help me lose the pounds I packed on this semester :P

Apr 3

I’m Alive

School is getting hectic, so I won’t be around much until after finals. I know a lot of pictures in my blog are broken… I’ll take care of them soon. I’m also extending the deadline for the Caption Challenge because I’m low on cash :sweatdrop:

My 22nd birthday was last Wednesday… I’m getting so old. My friends threw me a birthday party last Friday… it was alot of fun, but quite crazy :lol: I have a lot of photos to share, but I want to finish my gallery script before uploading them.

I have to finish studying for my Cal 2 test now :study: Have a great night.

Mar 15

Spring Break 2006

I’m so excited because we’re leaving Friday night for Destin, Florida (Spring Break!) I’ve been looking forward to this vacation for 2 months now :roll:

In other random news, I bought a new aquarium for my bedroom:

2 Gallon Aquairum

I also cleaned my 10-gallon aquarium:

Clean Aquarium

Aren’t they both just gorgeous?? I have 7 tetras in the 10-gallon and 2 goldfish in the 2-gallon. I love animals. I think I’m going to raise animals instead of kids…

And one last bit of info… I got laser hair removal over the weekend! It hurt and I cried like a baby (I’m not good with pain :hehe:) but it was worth it. I have 4 follow up visits, then the hair is gone forever! Just email me if you’d like more details ;)

Mar 2

Loss of Voice

I started feeling under the weather this past Saturday. I was scared it was the flu because I had body aches, congestion, and a sore throat. Sunday, however, I felt a lot better. Monday was ok, but that night, it hit me again like a ton of bricks. This morning, I woke up with no voice! I’ve never lost my voice before, so it’s the weirdest thing ever. I cannot talk louder than a whisper. x_x

The Mac is back. While in target disk mode, I burned the contents of my hard drive to CDs. Afterwards, I tried an Archive and Install. It didn’t work, so I had to erase my hard drive and start from scratch. I still don’t know what caused the malfunction. I see it happening again, though, because I’m still having some problems. I guess it may be a hardware issue after all.

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