April

No, I don't have the time to update now, but I am anyway. I'll try to keep it brief.

My left knee is better, but I now have a problem with my right knee. I hurt it while working last Saturday and it's still bothering me now (being on my feet a lot for lighting, commuting, and other random things hasn't helped). The other thing that really didn't help was what happened while walking home Monday night. Someone tripped me. On purpose. She was trying to cross the street by cutting across diagonally through traffic, and I guess I was in her way. She glared at me and then stuck her foot out. I noticed too late and tripped over it, causing me to fall flat on the ground, face first. Ouch. By the time I brushed myself off, she was long gone. Nasty woman.

Monday night and Tuesday morning was quiet on my street. A miracle!

Monday, while having one of our many breaks while doing lighting, I had an interesting conversation about religion, history, war, and politics with 3 guys (1 from Jamaica, 1 from Puerto Rico, and 1 from Poland). Wish the conversation could have lasted longer.

My living room heating/cooling unit is messed up again. Now it's turning on and off by itself and won't turn off when I turn it off.

But more of a problem is my computer. Not sure what's wrong with it, but I'm taking it somewhere on Tuesday (that's the first chance I have to do something about it).

Good timing: Mr. Power Trip had to leave to take care of some personal things Wednesday night, so rather than wait around for an indefinite amount of time to see if we would need to do anything else involving lighting, rather than stand around and watch other pre-production stuff going on, I decided to leave. On my way home, I ran into a former student at 63rd who was making a movie and wanted me to do a few scenes- that was a random thing to do.

Thursday the building shut off the heat and water in all the "D" and "E" apartments. Always something. Wish they gave us more than 12 hours notice.

Tomorrow I'm going to call Jeffrey's travel agent to book flights for my June trip. Figured it's better to book through an official travel agent with all the one-way trips (or it might be an around-the-world trip) so maybe I won't get harassed quite as much.

Tuesday, aside from seeing about my computer, I'm going to the library to finish up some stuff for the Aronson paper and then maybe will meet up with Marcell- I feel badly about not seeing her in ages (can't remember when the last time was).

Either Wednesday and/or Thursday, I'll watch the show and see how our lighting turned out (and will take notes, assuming we'll have to write a paper on it even though he hasn't told us anything about a paper yet- he hasn't told us much of anything yet- not even to see the show- he's been busy with personal stuff though).

Last night I had a late night meeting. At a bar. Not fun. I hopefully will never have more than 1 drink at a time again. Two glasses of wine (after plenty of food and having plenty of water after) made me really sick. At least I made it home before puking. I woke up this morning still feeling awful and am still not 100%. Like almost everything else (sleep, caffeine...), I can't figure out my alcohol pattern. I hardly ever drink these days, so it's hard to see any kind of pattern, but I know I had a few drinks one night in Hawaii and felt absolutely fine, had a few drinks at Brian and Rebecca's in December and was fine, but had a few drinks one night last year in Zurich and was not fine, and then last night.

Work is getting more and more impossible to deal with. More and more people are illogical and complaining and creating serious problems that make no sense. People see what they can get away with, and they're getting away with more and more. Incompetent performance, poorly made electronics... I often get really disgusted by things I hear/see people saying/doing.

I seem to be semi-keeping a private journal. I have a lot of notes on various topics (details about work and people, thoughts on politics that I haven't completely thought through so I don't want to put up in public...).

Time to get back to the overwhelming amount of school work.

A man who used to live in Paula and Harvey's house came to talk to them last weekend. He had interviewed the last Goodwin who lived there, so he had a video and a lot of information to tell them. Their house used to be the train station- it was moved in 1870 to the current location. They have a photo on their wall from the 1860s. The Goodwin coat of arms is carved at the top of their staircase. Love that there's so much history in that house.

I had on Whoopi Goldberg's Broadway performance on HBO while taking care of a bunch of little things Sunday night. Really enjoyed most of it. And I have to admit, I spent too much time just watching and not doing enough productive things, but oh well- a little procrastination once or twice a year is okay.

I was exhausted on Sunday night, so I went to bed early and was still tired when the alarm went off Monday morning. I went back to sleep for a little bit and had a dream. I was at a place sort of like Camp Debut but more resort-like. There were hundreds of people there. Andy and I were sitting at the bar near the pool, but at one point I got up, and then I couldn't cross over back to my seat because the water was too high (like high tide at the swimming pool). By the time the water went back down, it was time for the workshop. It was some kind of new age workshop that I wasn't interested in and couldn't believe Andy was interested in. We wound up in different groups. It came time to participate in something I didn't want to do, so I got up to look for Andy. Couldn't find him. I found tons of other people though. People from my past. Susan Shapiro from camp, who became an orthodox Jew. Jackie from Sudbrook, who became a bitter smoker. Jennifer from PATH, who was friends with Pam (as in Bob and Pam), who told me that because of Paula she was getting married, just like with Pam. Then I saw some tech guys from various shows I worked on, hanging out at the bar. I asked all of them if they'd seen Andy, but no one had. Then it was my birthday, and all these people were there to celebrate (obviously a dream). I blew out the candles and then went back to looking for Andy. I finally found him walking from the bar, just before I woke up. Fortunately I didn't oversleep too much, but the morning was pretty rushed.

Things are getting planned slowly for my June trip. There are some rushed parts (like the fact that the only flight from Phnom Penh to Hong Kong gets me into Hong Kong at midnight of the first day I have to work there- no other options with convenient flights), but there are some quieter parts too (like all the evenings after work in Lugano). Hopefully most of it will go smoothly. Right now, I'm waiting to hear back from the travel agent about the flights. Then I'll finish booking hotels and seeing about activities in the various places.

Our legal system continues to be a serious source of anger and misery.

Tuesday morning, I took my computer to the store where I bought it in hopes that their repair department would fix it. No such luck. They told me they wouldn't fix it, but I could send it to IBM. No clue how long they'll have it before sending it back. But Harvey just bought a desktop and doesn't need his laptop right now, so he said he would send me the laptop to use until I get my computer back. Hopefully he'll send it in the next 2 weeks.

I'm so tired of being told, "you can't". "You can't have your laptop fixed here- you have to ship it somewhere else even though we have a repair department that is able to fix it." "You can't leave your laptop at the security/bag check at the library- you have to take it out of the case and carry it with you everywhere in the library." "You can't take your purse in the library even though you've always done that in the past- you have to take out all your valuables and leave your purse here". So I had to carry a notebook, several books, a computer, a camera, a cell phone, and a wallet all over the library. That was almost impossible. I'm assuming the next time I go, leaving all my valuables at home, the person at the bag check will tell me I can carry my purse with me. "You can't send your work report the way you've been sending it in the past- you now have 3 more complicated steps to go through before we'll pay you for your work." And then there's the wonderful, "we don't have that". "We don't have the book you need anymore- it's lost." "We no longer carry X product." "We don't have your step 4 of the 7 step report process- you'll have to go back to step 1 and go through all steps before we'll pay you." Hearing this stuff every day, several times a day, makes everything so frustrating and not worth it.

And then there's the lovely experience at the Hunter library reserve desk. For world theatre, we have 2-4 readings (plays, theory, critique) a week on reserve. One copy for all of us. Recently, everytime I go, the thing I need is checked out (you can have each item for 2 hours). I never could get the reading for last Monday- I went 5 different times, up to a week and a half in advance. I wasn't the only one who had trouble, so she cancelled the test on that one. With my limited amount of time, it's beyond frustrating to go to the library several different times with a plan to be there for 2 hours, only to find out what I need isn't available. So I've had a bunch of 2 hour blocks of time to find other things to do. Fortunately, with my broken computer, I can justify spending most of the 2 hour periods using the computer lab. I just have to spend a large part of the 2 hour period waiting for a free computer.

On the way to the library on Tuesday, I decided to take a taxi, since I was carrying a lot of stuff. That taxi got in an accident- he hit the truck in front of us (that's the 3rd time I've been in an accident in a cab). So on the way from the library, I decided to walk the 2.5 miles. Not the smartest idea, with all the stuff I was carrying, but I decided it was safer and easier. At least my knee's now back to its usual self.

And because Tuesday wasn't going badly enough, a cop attacked me on my walk home. I stopped to take a picture of some construction, and when I was getting out my camera, a cop physically stopped me and asked what I was doing. I told him I was going to take a picture, but he wouldn't leave me alone. He then looked at my camera for a while, looked at me for a while, and then gave me my camera back, didn't say anything else, and walked away. That was partly scary and partly infuriating.

There's scaffolding on my block again. No idea what they're doing, but it was rather dangerous walking under the other day while they were finishing putting it up. I don't understand why they have to have horizontal or diagonal bars going across the whole structure. That means you hve to cross the street at one little opening. It's already too crowded with pedestrians and cars- this makes it worse. And they had just taken the scaffolding on my block down. Why is it back up again so soon?

Wednesday night, Mr. Power trip finally gave us the next assignment (watch the show and discuss the lighting). He also informed us that we'll need to be there on Sunday for strike from 5:00 PM - 1:00 AM. That messes up my schedule. I really wish he would let us know about these things a little more ahead of time. I had a lot planned for Sunday and now have no clue how to reorganise. I need to figure that out as soon as I finish this.

Saw "Dream Play" Thursday night. It was okay- nothing really memorable but better than anything else they've done. I still have no clue what I'm going to write about the lighting though. I'll see it again on Sunday and hopefully talk to some other people in the class about it.

I think the neighbours (against my living room wall) moved out yesterday. Either that or they were doing some kind of work on the apartment. It was a source of noisy interruption all day.

A big part of what I don't understand about religion is responsibility of individuals. Everyone I know who is religious says that when bad things happen to them, "it was God's will". But when something goes well, they'll say, "I worked hard and was rewarded for it". How does that work, that good things happen because of the individual but bad things happen because it was God's plan?

April 22 9:00 PM
Listening to: Gentle Giant- "King Biscuit Flower Hour"
Site of the Day: Peerflix
Interesting News Story of the Day: Yale Divinity Consultants Warned Air Force
Get Tom DeLay to the Church on Time
Districts and Teachers' Union Sue Over Bush Law
'Infomania' worse than marijuana
Acela out of service until summer
Three Trucks Collide Near George Washington Bridge
Is the Papacy Obsolete?
House votes to ban gay foster parents
There's Nothing Deep About Depression
Anti-Wal-Mart billboard at ferry rejected
Workers' Wages Down, Corporate Profits Up
Time Warner, Comcast to Buy Adelphia
Bike Messenger Pinned In East Side Crash
N.J. Transit to Vote on Fare Hike
Furor Over China Imports Makes Future Supply Uncertain
Why Google Is Like Wal-Mart
Dow, S&P 500 Hit 6-Month Lows
Fifth School Sex Scandal In A Month
On Broadway, Ads Now Get to Play Cameo Roles (so this is how "Spamalot" got such a big advertising budget)
Bloomberg Promotes Morning After Pills
"Today Sponge" Returning to U.S. Store Shelves
Three Dead after Three Tractor Trailers Collide
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About that last article: I hope this isn't a case of "bad things happening in threes". Two different accidents involving 3 trucks in the same week? That seems fairly unusual.

Paula saw a car on the road with a "Baby on Board" sticker. As they were passing her, the woman driving was talking on her cell phone (not even hands-free). Shouldn't safety start within your own car?

The show was better on Sunday. I have a little more to say about the lighting but no clue how to turn it into a paper (started working on it today and barely got anywhere- I'll try again tomorrow). Strike was long and not organised.

Once again, I went to do the reading on reserve at the library, and once again, it wasn't there. Then on Monday, I went to the theatre library. They actually had the book I needed. Twenty minutes into reading, I got an ocular migraine and cound't finish reading. Went back on Thursday to finish, and the book was stolen. I give up.

Woke up Monday morning with really bad allergies. I took Claritin which did absolutely nothing. In fact, the allergies got worse throughout the day. I keep waiting for something to go smoothly.

Monday was the first day I wore sandals. I got initiated into sandal season with 2 people flicking their cigarettes onto my foot. Watch where you're flicking! But I won't be wearing sandals again for a little while- it's freezing again.

I slept on and off for 11 hours Monday night. I guess I got all the sleep out of my system since Tuesday night I slept from 2:00-5:00 AM. At least I had a full day on Wednesday to make up for the all the time I spent sleeping Monday night/Tuesday morning.

In hopefully good news (I'm actually scared to write about it in case the option goes away, but I can't help writing about it- I want to write about something good), I might actually be able to take 20th century avant-garde theatre next semester. A class I've wanted to take ever since I went back to school. A class they've never offered in my lifetime. A class where I'll actually study something I'm interested in. There's always the chance they'll drop the class or change the time to a time I'm not available or by the time I can register for the class it could be closed or maybe I'll get in it but the person teaching will be horrible, but maybe this will actually work. I'm not letting myself be hopeful. I'm not keeping my fingers crossed. I'm hoping to forget about it until the 10th of May at 8:00 AM (my registration time). The other class I need is Acting II. Not worried about that one (other than about who's teaching it- hopefully it'll be someone tolerable).

But in slightly more negative school news, Mr. Power Trip decided to give us a final (at least he told us more in advance than a week before, like last time). It's the Wednesday night before Thursday's impossible world theatre final, which is also the Thursday evening I leave for Zurich. So it'll be a ridiculously exhausting week/month.

I'm pretty overwhelemed with my life in general right now. I don't know how else to try to make any of it better. So many of the problems are completely out of my control.

April 23 6:00 PM
Listening to: Jethro Tull- "Broadsword and the Beast"
Site of the Day: The Big Apple
Interesting News Story of the Day: In Cambodia, Sleepy Kampot Slowly Reawakens
In Singapore, Having Fun Is Now O.K.
In Oak Park, Ill.
Deliver Us from Wal-Mart?
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The Times always seems to run travel articles on places I'm about to go to or places from where I've recently returned. Right before I went to Louisville, they did an article on Louisville. Soon after I got back from Hilo, they did an article on Hilo. I'm about to go to Cambodia, they did an article on Cambodia (though the article was not on a town I was planning to go to). We seem to have the same taste in towns though not the same taste in how to travel, so the articles seldom help me.

Speaking of travel, here's an update on my upcoming travel plans:
- booked 5 of the 8 hotels
- got a Tull ticket
- got a Eurail pass
Still trying to get the flights and Cambodian visa worked out with the travel agent- he's a little bit of a mess- always spelled my first name differently on each of the fares he quoted, doesn't answer my questions the first time (I always have to ask several times before he'll acknowledge things), but it's getting there slowly. Also need to compile a list of phrases for the various countries, check out how/where to do a few things, finish finding/booking hotels, look into a few things for work, and figure out the best way to pack for this complex trip.

And there's more construction in my neighbourhood. Don't remember what was there before (it might have been a movie theatre), but there will soon be an Urban Outfitters. Right across from Home Depot. Definitely becoming more of a shopping neighbourhood. Shopping and banks.

April 24 7:30 PM
Listening to: Legendary Pink Dots- "Malachai"
Site of the Day: American Prospect Online
Interesting News Story of the Day: `House' mate: Leonard finds success as medical sidekick
`Bleep' doesn't censor either side in editing debate
Acela, Built to Be Rail's Savior, Bedevils Amtrak at Every Turn
Uncle Dick and Papa
Many Say End of Firearm Ban Changed Little
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Another hotel booked, 2 more to go. This trip planning is not as easy as it should be. The boat trip in which I was interested in Cambodia no longer exists. Every hotel I try to book in Copenhagen is sold out. Still haven't heard back from the travel agent. There are issues for Hong Kong that I still need to sort out with Jeffrey (I need to find out how to get a hold of him- I'll do that this coming week). And I've barely looked into any of the fun stuff yet, but I can wait on that- I'd rather first do the stuff that needs confirming soon.

Still not getting anywhere on the "Dream Play" paper. I'm giving up for today. Instead, I'll try to figure out what I can do for my non-canonical play research paper. I'm leaning toward Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal" since I'm already familiar with it, but I have no clue how to organise a paper. Maybe I can get somewhere with it tonight.

I'm completely unaware of time today. I don't know if it's morning or night.

About that last article: maybe having such a big accident in Times Square will make the city more likely to really do something about drivers here. Sure, pedestrians get hit in Queens or on the Upper West Side or in my intersection, but now it's happening in Times Square. Tourists visit Times Square. We can't have it too unsafe for the tourists.

Today Wal-Mart Watch had a great ad in USA Today, of all places- really surprised they ran it. Maybe if poor treatment of employees or getting rid of small businesses or homogenising the world doesn't bother people, maybe this will get people to take notice of what this company is really all about. As a consumer, I have the same problem with Target as I do with Wal-Mart. But in terms of ethical practices, Wal-Mart is much more of a problem than Target.

I'm so tired of not having a computer- only being able to use whatever computer I happen to be near each day. It just makes getting everything accomplished all the more difficult. Hopefully I'll be able to use Harvey's computer soon. If he's ever home for a minute to ship it to me (he's been everywhere-but-home recently). No clue when IBM will send back my computer.

I'm all for kids having planned activities, either at home or in some kind of group, but some things are just too much. Paula saw Kim today, when she learned that Kim's 15 month old daughter is in a music class. What do they do? Sing songs and bang on things. I'm sorry, but at 15 months old, it seems they'll be better off banging on pots at home. Why waste the money for a class, unless you just want some time to yourself for an hour or so?

Oh, and Paula learned that Dana had a baby girl in January. So nice that our family is close enough to keep one another informed of important events in a timely fashion.

I don't understand American Express. First, they don't send me a card I'd requested over and over. Then, they send the card, over a year after my first request. That card was due to expire in June 2006. This past July, they sent me a new card, due to expire in August 2008. Today, Gina sent me an email saying that they got my new American Express card and she'll be mailing it to me. I wonder when this one will expire? It beats Visa though. With them, I can't get them to send me a new card when the current card is about to expire. I had this problem 2 years ago (they sent the card 2 months after it expired- I was on a road trip and couldn't use the card for the trip), and I'm having the problem as I type this. The current card expires at the end of May, but I'll be in Zurich then. So I'll be without the Visa for my trip, once again. This is a big reason I have more than one credit card.

Tomorrow will be busy. Work in the morning, research for "Machinal" in the afternoon (wish me luck at the library, everyone), dinner with Marcell in the evening (we finally found a time to get together- a little inconvenient for me, but I didn't want to keep going through the ritual of finding a time which worked for both of us), and more work at night. Then Wednesday I'll get back to my "Dream Play" paper.

Tuesday started off as a nice day. My dry cleaners closed, but I found another one down the street from the closed one (more expensive, but everything's more expensive these days [and yet salaries haven't gone up]). It was a gorgeous day (until the afternoon when it got freezing and windy). But in the morning, I got hit by a car at 57th & 2nd. He hit me from behind and then took off, so I didn't see what kind of car it was, let alone the license plate, and the person who stopped to make sure I was okay didn't see the car either other than "it was a black car" (that narrows it down). It hurt. But at least I didn't hit my head and I was extremely lucky not to get more hurt than I did (today everything just aches and my right knee is a mess, for a change). I had the walk signal, looked right, left, in front and behind me before crossing (since I'm often used to cars almost hitting me from behind), but this car came out of nowhere. I clearly had the right-of-way but, once again, drivers don't think pedestrians have any right to walk on the streets of Manhattan. But even though I was hurt, I got back to my day since I had so much to do. I went down to the Village (a typically quiet area in terms of vehicle traffic), looked all directions before crossing 12th St (at 7th Av) with the walk signal in my favour, and once again, a car was turning and hit me from behind before speeding off. I saw the car but couldn't get a license plate. No one else was around. That one didn't hurt as much, but it made me more upset than I already was since I had just been hit an hour before. WHAT IS WITH PEOPLE?!?!?!? WHY DON'T PEDESTRIANS HAVE A CHANCE TO CROSS THE STREET SAFELY ANYMORE?!?!?!? I talked to Rebecca in the afternoon and told her about it, and she suggested the city should fine drivers for not yielding to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, like they do in Boston. I told her, we don't even fine people for laws we already have in place ($350 honking penalty- not enforced, fine + 2 points for "blocking the box"- not enforced), so even if we did decide to have a fine for not yielding to pedestrians, I'm sure it wouldn't be enforced. I'm calling 311 tomorrow and having a little chat with the customer service person who answers my call. I've already written to local news media- that clearly didn't do anything. Drivers are worse than ever. I hope, after the recent Times Square incident, they'll take my call more seriously. I was really shaken up the rest of the day while walking across streets. I even waited a few times to make sure someone was next to me while crossing. Then I went to the library to do some research- that went okay (I was even able to take my purse with me into the library)- still have a lot of research to do and then get to struggle with the organisation. Then I met Marcell for dinner- that was actually nice (though I was still too shaken up to eat anything)- she didn't yell at me about anything or tell me what to do about situations she doesn't know anything about, and we had some nice conversation. Then after dinner, I worked until into the wee hours of the morning, slept a few hours, and then got up to write my "Dream Play" paper (right now it's a finished skeleton, I'll flesh it out this weekend, but the hardest part is done). The rest of the day was spent working. Maybe I can sleep in tomorrow.

Rebecca also told me that she talked to Naomi recently and learned that Daniel got a job out in Yuma, AZ- they're moving this summer. Hope Naomi has success finding a job out there in the middle of nowhere.

Harvey got home last night. He's sending me his computer tomorrow.

Even with this recent humidity, parts of my skin are still so dry it hurts.

Got an email from Hunter that they're reopening Poses Park:
"Beginning Monday, May 2, the park will be open from Monday to Friday, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm. We hope you enjoy the use of this outdoor space."
It's strange to have a park only open in the warmer months and only for a few hours on weekdays. Granted, Central Park is only a few blocks away, but if this open space exists, shouldn't it be available for use more often?

About companies (like Family Flix and Clean Films) censorsing movies:
- Why don't those people want to censor books or news or other things that aren't, in their opinion, wholesome?
- Are we only censoring these movies so children can watch them? Many movies depicting a lot of violence aren't kids movies to begin with. Rather than sanatise the movie, how about letting the parents tell their children they aren't old enough to watch them? Are we not allowed to have movies made only for adults anymore?
- What happened to copywright? I know directors/producers give permission to sanitise movies for TV, airplanes, Wal-Mart, and Blockbuster, but they're not giving these sanitising companies permission. Aren't those companies violating copywright laws?
- The excuse that these sanitising companies use, saying they are just catering to the market? Well there's a market for heroin but they're not legally allowed to sell that.

Heard from Kristin. She's going to Italy in May/June, so we've been trying to arrange to meet up while I'm in Lugano. She'll be getting to Lugano on the 2nd, so we'll be able to hang out that night and some of the 3rd before we both head off to other destinations (her, back to Rome to fly home, me, off to Luzern to begin the non-work part of my trip).

Marcell talked to Jay last night and happened to tell him about my car incidents, so he actually called me today to see how I was doing. That was really nice (by the way, I'm stiff and sore but otherwise, okay- I really got lucky I didn't hit my head or break anything or worse). Found out he and Sherry are getting ready to move next month. In the last year, 90% of the people I know have moved or are about to move- Paula & Harvey, Rebecca (3 times), Kristin, Rachel (twice), Josh, Brian & Rebecca (twice), Daniel & Naomi, Jon & Michelle, Eytan, Robyn (4 times)...

There's something wrong with my left eye. It doesn't feel like it does when it was scratched in January, fortunately. Maybe I just badly irritated it- it hurt a lot this morning but started feeling a little better after a couple hours. If it still hurts tomorrow, I'll go somewhere to do something about it (maybe I should research where to go now, just in case). Until last year, I'd only been to the emergency room twice (once when I was about 6, to get a splinter out from under my fingernail and once when I was in a car accident in '96 and they took me to the emergency room). Since last year, I've been 3 times (4, if I go tomorrow). I've also been to my general doctor 3 times (besides the anual exam, a neurologist twice, a doctor for my foot (not a podiatrist- not sure what she was) twice, and a cardiologist once. Fortunately, so far nothing has been extreme (although the fainting/dizzy thing still isn't solved).

I expect to have Harvey's computer waiting for me when I get home.

I noticed that Travelocity uses a little gnome in their current marketing. I wonder who at the ad agency they use watched "Amelie" and decided to use their quirky idea for bland Travelocity?

April 30 11:00 PM
Listening to: Lowen & Navarro- "Pendulum"
Site of the Day: WalmartWatch.com
Interesting News Story of the Day: Officers Improvise to Round Up a Herd of Hairy Escapees
A Coast Less Traveled
Medical Marijuana - State Or Federal Issue?
Marijuana ingredient slows heart disease progression in mice
Houston Bans Offensive Odor in Libraries
Couple Sells Candles That Smell Like Jesus
Repair Teams Try to Calm 'Computer Rage'
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My eye is feeling about 90% better. So thankful I don't have to go and see someone about it. Still wearing my glasses (I really need to get a new pair with my updated prescription- it makes me ill trying to see with these current ones), but I'll probably be able to put in my contacts tomorrow.

I have a semi-working computer. Harvey's computer arrived, and other than the broken CD ROM and no sound card and the fact that it crashes a lot, it's nice to be able to work at home.

Today's been a stop-and-start day with work because of schedule coordinating issues, mainly people not being where they said they would be at certain times. But things got (mostly) accomplished eventually.

Talked to Eytan last night, and he told me about Google Whack. Tried it for a few minutes and came up with xylophone lackadaisicalness (which will now no longer be a whack). Some people really have a lot of time on their hands.

And anothing it's-always-something moment: my freezer's broken- the only time someone can come fix it is Tuesday- hopefully they'll show up.

Classes start back Monday. I don't think I mentioned it was the school's spring break this past week, which, for students, means more work than normal. So with classes back breaking up my schedule and a not-humanly-possible amount of work to do before I leave for Zurich, I probably won't be updating this much in the next few weeks (or really, 2 months, since then I'll be overseas and probably not writing at all). But I'll write when I can.

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