CMSC2: So far & what I'm expecting

I have long been looking forward to CMSC2, especially the part where we get to create our own websites. See, I was really, really into coding when Friendster wasn't lame and blogging wasn't a platform for profit. Back in high school, it was our mini-thesis to create our own website. I was grouped with a bunch of clueless people who milked me for my small coding experiences, so eventually I parted from them and did my own website. I did well, I think, but I haven't done any serious coding since then. In fact, I had to Google what the HTML code for adjusting the width and height of an image is (surprise: it's width="#" height "#"). 

And also because my organization left me in charge of building a website a few years back and I haven't owned up to the task since.

However, as I've been looking forward to getting my hands dirty with HTML and CSS, I have to be honest that sitting down in lecture for nearly two hours isn't a fun experience for me. Long story short, I need to get my attention span in place.

I hope that when time comes we need to get coding for real, I still have the energy I had back in 2013. 

(Photo by: Gelo Lopez) 

Hello!

My name is Cidee Despi. I am many different things, including: a senior BACA student, a writer, a contributor for a magazine, a former student radio jock, a UPLB Jock, a resident member at an academic organization, a binge-watcher, eater of chocolates, geek, and a feminist. 

As a writing major, I am academically required to read and write a lot. When I get time to do leisure reading, I like opting for books that give you an existential crisis like Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of Being. As a human being, I feel strongly for design and storytelling, and I feel even more strongly for investing your skills and passion for things that matter. I strongly identify with Daria of the sadistic cartoon TV show Daria, April Ludgate of Parks & Recreation, and Alex Dunphy of Modern Family. 

This is where I chronicle my CMSC2 midyear experience aka a month when I am academically required to dig deep and remember all the codes I learned when I customized Friendster and cheap blogs back in 2013 and earlier.