So, I just downloaded OpenOffice 2.2 Rc3. I opened up a few papers I had written for my classes this quarter…and they were all about one page shorter! Really. Ok, so what happened is that OpenOffice apparently made the text look more clean in this version… I guess it is. As a result, my double spacing doesn’t take up as much room. End result: same text, fewer pages. Now, if I were a bum of a college student (which is tempting), I’d stay with 2....
I just noticed that it has been over one month since I wrote last. Terrible. Take it as a testament to the difficulty that is the University of Chicago… What can I tell you about my exsistence since last time? I’ve gotten two “A” papers back and have only one more paper to write for the quarter. Biology exam approaching and a calculus exam just days away. If I do things right, I’ll have 3 assured 4....
Another Saturday. Another week gone by. More grades, more learning, more ideas, less time… why, hello. Despite my rants last week wasn’t that bad. The slushy snow has been mildly frustrating, but everything else has just been. I got a new toothbrush, switched back to Firefox from Opera, got news of an “A” paper I wrote, and had a stock double in value. I even got to write a new poem or two (two not yet being published)....
There is something about writing that I used to really enjoy. It wasn’t so much the argument, or the use of exorbitant amounts of paper. It wasn’t about deadlines or imposed restrictions… after all, there weren’t any of either. It was something about the process. Something about manipulating words to convey ideas – the feelings I was trying to understand. Sadly, college writing is not concerned with any of those. Its much more dry, painfully procedural, and a lot less fun....
Today was good (though not as good as Monday when I found $20 in the snow). It started at 8am. I had an omelet shortly thereafter. Then the exam. Bio exam, which I felt good about going into… but you know how those exams mess with your mind. 8 Minutes after time was called, I was done. I felt pretty good about it. I’m really liking microbes. Then math. Nothing too spectacular....
Well, so maybe you don’t get how all of those software packages are related… because they aren’t really. They are today however, because I am writing about my experience with them. The are all new to me and therefore they are all related. 😉  Where to begin… with Vista? Sure. It’s alright. I like it because it is better looking than the previous versions and because it is new. It feel just as responsive as XP did, but I turned off the Aero interface anyway....
“Only a new president can renew the promise of America — the idea that if you work hard you can count on the health care, education, and retirement security that you need to raise your family. These are the basic values of America that are under attack from this administration every day,” [Hillary Clinton] said. here Alright, frankly, I am not a huge fan of politics. I don’t involve myself too often because it makes me sick....
A new year. 2007. I will be twenty years old this year. I should be retiring any time now. Hmmm… twenty. Four more iterations of similar time lapses and I’ll be all done. 2006 was a good year. I started attending one of the best colleges in the world. I even managed to perform satisfactorily at said college for the first quarter. Overall, I learned very much in many areas of life....
Well, I got my HP DV9000t laptop today. Decked out with everything important… 2GB RAM, 2Ghz Core 2 Duo, Webcam, 7200RPM HD, etc. It arrived about 5 days early… and I’m failry caught up with all of my work – so I decided I would write a review of this very sleek looking machine. I’ve decided this partly because I was looking for reviews when I was going to purchase it, and party because I like to type on the new keyboard… 😉...
For the past two weeks I have been writing papers. This appears as though it will be the case until the end of the quarter. The writing is intense, and I am tired. As for other news, I should have a new laptop in a few days. I am sending my sister my old one, and will be coaxing money out of my mother and step father over the next few months to cover the cost of the laptop....