OK, I have my Math midterm tomorrow. Why the fuck am I still awake? Oy. Just finished reading the magnificent Carolyn's week of web. Now I realize why I loved writing to her so much; she's probably the most eloquent and interesting person I know. When she has her first book signing I'll be in line.
Yeah, last night was rough. Let me just zap you out of the present over to last Saturday. After Jenn's birthday bash, I chose not to play bridge in favor of going home to work on CS. While working, my computer randomly rebooted, and lo and behold, decided that it shouldn't start up. Some Win2k "stop error", this ugly blue screen telling me that one of my device drivers is bad. I don't know what caused it, except that even after uninstalling a whole bunch of great programs, it wouldn't work. I tried to reinstall Win2k, but the CD was somehow corrupt, and didn't install correctly. It told me I should run setup again, which I would gladly do, except there are more problems. I tell it to boot from the CD ROM drive, which is fine until it tells me to press f2 to run setup. I press f2, and I go into the BIOS. Exiting reboots and gets me to the same screen. Booting from HD gives me the blue screen error, trying safe mode tells me to run setup again. Suffice to say it was atrocious. The magnanimous Toland hooked me up with XP, and I was able to install that and actually salvage everything, which was pretty fortunate. But my plan to work on CS homework on Saturday was smashed by these computer problems.
The next day was designated for Math, at least in the afternoon, with Effie. She seems pretty cool, but a little difficult to get a handle on. I'm not quite sure where she's coming from, but what I do know is that she's quite violent and appears to hate my guts. I think (hope) it's an act, which is good, because when people hate my guts I start to wonder what I can do with my guts to make them more appealing. Anyway, after Math I returned to work on CS and pretty much did that until 8 AM, at which point I helped other people with CS. Aren't I great? Well, great as I am, I didn't get any sleep and I'm pretty tired right now.
I ate breakfast at the DC, which is an awe inspiring experience. Their tater tots are exquisite. Plus, it was good to get a hit of caffeine, which I almost never use (so it will pack more punch later). I was kind of hyper and giddy, but I think in a good way. Lately I've been trying to have a good attitude about everything - that's one thing that really seems different about me being at college, just my attitude towards things in general. I think it's more positive and upbeat, and even when things are bad I try to joke about it and deal rather than going crazy or getting hung up about it. It's not perfect, but it's better than it was.
Radio was wonderful today. It's really, really fun to hang out with people with similar interests to your own. I found out that Pamelyn likes MK Ultra, which is really fuckin' rad, since most people don't even know who they are. Anyway, the point of radio today was that Mona Meatball wanted to learn "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" by the Smiths. I can play it pretty well, and she seemed very impressed; she wanted to hear it again and again. I dunno...I'm not good at playing guitar in front of people. I get all nervous and whatnot...add to that the fact that I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and it was just kind of crazy. But it was fun. People actually appreciate the fact that I can play that kind of stuff on the guitar, Lauren told me I should be in a band. I think that can be summed up pretty well by ;-).
Steven Chan. Man. God damn Steven Chan. Lemme tell you about this mutherfucker - he's doing what I want to be doing with respect to school (especially CS), and he's Dan's pet, which just makes me mad with jealousy. Of course, every time I see him, he's by himself with his head stuck in a book...I think he's pretty lonely. I feel fucking guilty, man. I hate this kid, and he doesn't really have any friends or anything. So I can't escape the anguish that he causes. Maybe after he kicks my ass again this semester I'll get over it and be friends with him or something. I have no idea.
I guess that about wraps it up for now. Time for sweet, sweet slumber.
It seems like if you can keep a good attitude, you can go through even the crappiest times. That's why I'm happy! Because I get to go eat donuts, and bagels and have CAFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEINE!
woo.
Dead Can Dance - Mephisto
Tori Amos - Cloud on My Tongue
American Analog Set - Dr. Pepper
Counting Crows - Amy Hit the Atmosphere
Death Cab For Cutie - We Laugh Indoors
