In some ways, I miss watching/hearing about Troy... in others, I don't. White Wolf, whilst having all the drama and much more (in and out of game) politics than Troy, is lacking in the cool boffer weapons and forts in the woods.
And Chad is the only one of y'all that has any clue what I'm talking about.
This is why I have very few female friends. And yet, my sister, who is more of a Trekkie than me, has female friends (in real life, no less)... Eh. I must just be hopeless.
Eh. Another early morning spent in Butler Hall. Waiting for class to start. It's five minutes till, and no one else has bothered to show up... I wonder if I missed an e-mail from the instructor? Something along the lines of, "I don't feel like getting up this morning, so we're not having class."
On a happier note, I finished my take-home test last night, so it's ready to turn in today. And, yesterday, a teacher changed a due date for a paper so that instead of being due next week, it was due last week... but because I had done the paper early, I turned it in right when she changed the due date, and didn't get any points counted off. Yay for me.
Great. The last thing I need while driving is a mechanical version of my mom sitting in the seat next to me. I wonder if they equip the thing to grab on to the door and gasp if it thinks you're going around a curve to fast...
ok... so I have a problem with this. While I will admit that having sex behind the wheel of a car is not a safe driving practice... the driver of the other car most likely *fell asleep* at the wheel. And veered out of his/her lane. Thus, the accident is not the fault of the couple (one of whom, the man, died during the accident), but of the other driver. Possibly, the accident could have been avoided if the couple were like, paying attention to the road instead of each other... nevertheless, fault lies with the other driver.
The coke machine in Butler is sold out of Mello Yello again. And Coke. And the juice machine is out of everything. Why today?
I have a headcold, I think... which would be ok, except I can't take anything with Sudafed in it... and they (the FDA) banned the only decongestant that I could take. Medical politics sucks.
Anyway... If my head doesn't explode, I might post again later.
And just for kicks (and because I really don't want to write my next paper):
Five Questions for Bloggers:
1) Why did you start a blog?
It looked like and interesting way to keep in touch with all the people I don't get to interact with in person... like the ones in Huntsville and Memphis.
2) Do you have a blogmother/blogfather?
Hmmm... possibly Chad? He had one before me... but I think it was a combined effort from Chad, Amanda, and possibly Krys. To tell you the truth, I really don't remember.
3. Has it helped/hurt/had no effect on your professional life?
No effect on my professional life... but then, I guess for now I'm a professional student.
4. Do your 'real world' friends know that you blog?
All but the ones I talk bad about on here... (and it's not like they can't find me in google...)
5. Do you have a blog crush?
Um.... I'm married to a fellow blogger... Does that count?
I Left My Wallet In El Segundo, in addition to being a real song, with real lyrics (that, strangly enough, are about a guy who left his wallet in el segundo), and a real polyphonic ringtone... is also a blog. Who'd have thought? Not only is it a blog... but it's a political blog. Conservativish politics, too. Wonders will never cease.
So... Today I have added two pages to my (supposed to be) 10 page paper, thus bringing me up to 5 pages total... I have written another 2 page paper... I have written 2 typed pages of information (including the references page) for a take home test... and I have done random bioinformatics research to find enough information to fill said 2 pages of take home test... and attended all three of my classes.
ok... So I feel compelled to share this, as it is frustrating me. These are the CS department formatting rules for page numbers on papers and other such assignments:
Use page numbers as required for theses, dissertations, and directed project reports. Specifically:
Do not put a page number on the cover pages.
Number the first page of an abstract or summary page number 1. Place the page number in the center at the bottom of the page. Set the bottom margin for the text at 1.25 inches and set the bottom margin for the footer at 1.0 inch so that there will be a margin of 1.0 inch below the page number.
On each subsequent page of text, place the page number in the right top corner of the page, one inch from the top of the page. This can be accomplished by defining a header in which the page number is right justified, the margin for the header is 1.0 inch, and the margin for the text is 1.25 inches.
Place the page number in the center of the bottom of the page for the first page of the reference list. Leave a margin of 1.0 inch below the page number. If the reference list requires more than one page, place the page number for subsequent pages in the top right corner of each page with a margin of 1.0 inch above it.
I'm sorry... that's just too confusing.
Now I have to go figure out how to make MS Word (or open office, I'm not picky) actually *do* that... Or I could go to bed. Tempting...
Today is a bad day. Capital BAD. Capital DAY. Everyone from the Coast is stressed out about Ivan. The brochure that I am (was) supposed to do for the church isn't going so well (the printer says it got messed up between the Macs on campus and her Mac... go figure). On the way to get my paycheck, my car stopped working (as I was in the ERC parking lot, this wasn't as catastophic as it could have been). And they don't have my paycheck, even though I've worked for a month and they haven't paid me yet... somehow, they lost my paperwork or something. So... I'm now at school (not at work, where I should be)... sans working car, sans paycheck (aka, money to fix car). Hopefully, Chad and I can get it working tonight... (I think it's the starter).
And Dr. Bridges said she's going ot take points off of my paper because I didn't follow all the formatting rules (i.e., I single spaced where she took off points for double spaceing last time).
The vending machines in Butler Hall (the CS building) are out. I mean. Out. The snack machine has literally nothing in it except chewing gum. Like, it doesn't even have that one awfully stale bag of pork rinds on the tops row that most of the vending machines on campus has... no pop tarts... no candy bars... no chips. Nothing. The coke machine is out of Dr. Pepper, Mello Yellow, and Diet Coke, and one of the CocaCola buttons is out. This leaves only CocaCola available, and in limited quanitities. The juice machine is out of orange juice, apple juice, cranberry juice, and green powerade. This leaves only bottled water and blue powerade. It's been this way since Monday.
So the CS majors are like, shrivelling up without their normal sources of sugar and caffine. Reduced to drinking relatively low caffine CocaCola... we are driven from our building to seek other sources of food... To the Union. A scary place with *gasp* other people... who *horrified look* aren't geeks.
I think it's an evil plot to socialize us, and to prove to other majors that we really can exist outside our building. But... I'm hungry. So I'll go.
At least the Union has wireless (unlike the other food places on campus).
Update: The coke machine is now out of CocaCola. And the juice machine is out of blue powerade. But they refilled the snack machine. So we might not revolt. Maybe.
So I have an 8am class Tuesdays and Thursdays... which is not so good for my sleep schedule, but I can deal with it, you know? But, now that I am a day commuter student, I have to find a place to park (preferably without walking from say, the Wesley). So... I have to get here before 7:30. Because there are only 6 day commuter student parking places near my building. If I arrive at 7:30 exactly, I have to park on the other side of Chad's old dorm, and walk here, meaning I get to my classroom at about 7:45. If I get here at 7:45, there are no parking space there, and I have to park behind my old dorm (which is now condemned). And I get to class at 7:55 (if I walk fast).
There should be married student dorms. Or apartments like, right in the middle of campus.
But I guess they'll have to solve the current housing problem first (we're down three dorms this semester... and the next new one isn't slated to be finished until August or December 2005).
Chad makes good fried chicken. Just in case you wondered.
Also. Learned an important lesson today. Never do any homework before it's actually due. I did homework like, four or five days before it was due, and the prof changed the assignment. So now I have to redo it. According to the new assignment. We love professors.
Thought of the day: Do football coaches really wear $28 underwear?
p.s. posting from class during lecture is eVil. but fun. :-)
So. In recent Deedee news. We won our football game against Tulane (yay!), a victory made even more sweet by the fact that Memphis beat that other school :-) Also, encountered my first ever truely defective DVD. Like, nothing on the second layer will play. Weird. As usual, homework is keeping me busy... And Chad and I are doing laundry today. Yay for clean clothes.
Anyway... more forthcoming. Maybe. if I feel like blogging later.
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
