Insects have emerged
From their long hibernation
Forlorn food beware

Whirring and howling
The computer behind me
I tear my hair out

Sometimes I hate really hate this place. Everyone in my classes today seemed like they were all about as slow as... slow. Every time the weather suddenly changes it just seems to jar everyone. They become listless and unconcerned with what's going on around them. I hate it.

The incessant buzzing of the 4th fan in my amd64 is driving me completely apeshit. I've already tried opening it and blowing on it, but I've decided it must be something slightly more mechanical than dust getting in the way. There's probably a buildup on a ball bearing, if I'm lucky enough for it to be a ball bearing fan. I'll try to take it apart ( Read more... )

I went to the Linux World Conference today. A bizarre collection of people from all sectors of the "open source" community. Everything from completely clueless corporate zombies who just think of open source as another buzzword to hardcore techie geeks with beards long enough to make ZZ Top look like pre-pubescent boys. Every moment was a barrage ( Read more... )

Today is one of those days I used to look forward to. Dark and overcast, the sky hangs low, and mists obscure the street. It's cold, but not so cold that it could snow, just cold enough that you need to wear a sweater, or a lose hooded sweatshirt. Walking along the road to class you can see the cars spew out exhaust, and you can actually see it, so ( Read more... )

I shake and shudder
All hyped on maple syrup
Making people stare

Today was my first day at school. I first went to my English 2 class ( Read more... )

Life is a whirlwind.
It all started with a new computer.
Since Christmas I've desperately been trying to build a new computer. My want to escape from installing Windows lead to an obsession with trying to understand all of the *nix's in their many terrible forms. I ended up going with Gentoo. This project gave me strange control over my wakefulness ( Read more... )

Last night I was at the game club working on homework. There was this new girl there, and she was working on something chemistry related as well, so I sat next to her and we both did work. During the course of our work, we would take small breaks and chat. This pissed everyone else in the room off, since they were running a Werewolf game and we ( Read more... )