HOW FAIR IS IT TO HAVE GRADUATE STUDENTS WALK THROUGH A BOOK STORE TO GET TO CLASS???  DON'T YOU KNOW YOU ARE TAUNTING US???  DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THESE BOOKS LOOK APPEALING?  AAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Monday - A basic coding class, nothing that I think will challenge me much.  There is a group project, so that's a nice slice of heaven.

Tuesday - Lectures ( Read more... )

The best show of 2007 finally comes back after the Strike.

Srsly, this show rocked my world.  I know that everyone went crazy for Mad Men (as did I), but Damages simple told the better story.

Catch up with the first season summary below.

Part 1:



Part 2:

And:
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Apparently, Eleven (DW) is being announced tomorrow evening in the UK.  They're trying to keep it a surprise until it's broadcast.

This means that I really need to watch where I surf until it's been downloaded.  Not that it would be the end of the world if it were spoiled, but I'd love to be completely surprised.

I wonder if they'll announce the ( Read more... )

...went down to the car.  The hood popped like *that*.

Joy.  I'm not dealing with it until tomorrow or later.

Came back today, since the Parental Units were off to Arizona to watch the Bowl Game and my brother was in Hawaii, and I'm glad to be home.  Haven't quite unpacked everything, but I figured that I needed some time to unwind after the 12-hour ordeal.

I love the drive from Chicago to Kansas.  It's so calming, except for the traffic on the Eisenhower ( Read more... )

From XKCD:


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Gifts almost wrapped. Choir stuff will be sorted out.  Rental car ferried myself to Kansas safely, with wonderful Sirius keeping me company.

Spent the day working on computer stuff for the Parental Units, and made much progress towards the KUSA project.

Will be spending Xmas in an internet dead zone, which means that no Doctor Who and ( Read more... )

My car battery has problem with cold weather.  I'm used to jumping it, and it certainly leaps to attention when I do that.  I was expecting to talk to the Parental Units over the holiday to get ideas on what to do, but I expected everything to be fine before that point.

Today I went down to my car to run an errand and just let the engine warm up ( Read more... )