oh dear

As it turns out, I didn't go to bed after posting last night. Instead, when I got up to my floor, it turned out that my floormates had appropriated all the leftover wine & were carrying on in our kitchen. Before I knew it, a glass of red was in my hand, we were talking ... & suddenly it was 2.00 am.

Morning came early & unfriendly today. And now I'm supposed to be learning UNIX.

a little about the Geography Department

Well, actually, here's a lot about the buildings we occupy.

today was hard

How anybody gets any work done when they drink like this - all the time! - is beyond my comprehension. Unfortunately, many things were beyond my comprehension this morning. Unfortunate because today was the start of learning UNIX, one of several new computer programming languages I'm going to have to master this year. Thank God I'd seen some of it before & I was able to keep up. Thank God also for strong coffee in the department's break room. I did almost crack up when we learned the command "whoami" (it lets you know what name you're logged in as, but it struck a deep existential chord with me today).

Took a long nap this afternoon & I'm finally feeling better. My floormates are renting a DVD player tonight so we're going to watch a couple movies & call it a night.

Also - I finally got my POS laptop working. Now all I need to do is buy one converter (doggle for a USB) & I'll be able to do email (& other online tasks, like homework) from my dorm room. Progress. My floormate Brian has proved very helpful, & he also told me that he's an experienced programmer in several of the languages I'll be using. Ehhhxcellent. Between him & the Hive, I'll have strong geek backup for this adventure. I have a feeling I'm going to need it.