Friday
As any long-time reader would know, I go home on Fridays to the dark, dark land of Lack of Internet. This semester will be no different--I'm going home.
But alas, the land is no longer terrifying and filled with creatures unknown even to the great Ceiling Cat. No, it has now become brighter than ever--perhaps even more so than the time here. Why? Because my parents (best parents in the world, IMHO) were awesome enough to get their daughter a laptop over the summer.
I had been mentioning for a while my wish for one: mostly just to work on stories while in the library or outside when the ideas may come (as I'm not writing a freakin' novella in hand before transcribing it to the computer). I only asked for something basic, and that's what they got me: the cheapest thing they could find that wasn't crap quality. Relatively very little memory (not quite sure how much, but almost unheard of these days), but connection to the internet and Word.
So now I'm in the library with the only computer I currently have on campus. The only problem is that it freezes Firefox whenever I try to get into the one website required for ALL my classes, but it's not fatal--there are computer labs scattered around (UPDATE: I also just tried it in Internet Explorer, and it works there, too).
Nevertheless, even though the world of Home is now good and friendly, there won't be a post until Sunday--and that will be an I'd Hit It. Never fear, though, for there is something wonderful scheduled for next week, after just about nothing this week (17 hours of 6 classes hits differently than 16 of 4).
But alas, the land is no longer terrifying and filled with creatures unknown even to the great Ceiling Cat. No, it has now become brighter than ever--perhaps even more so than the time here. Why? Because my parents (best parents in the world, IMHO) were awesome enough to get their daughter a laptop over the summer.
I had been mentioning for a while my wish for one: mostly just to work on stories while in the library or outside when the ideas may come (as I'm not writing a freakin' novella in hand before transcribing it to the computer). I only asked for something basic, and that's what they got me: the cheapest thing they could find that wasn't crap quality. Relatively very little memory (not quite sure how much, but almost unheard of these days), but connection to the internet and Word.
So now I'm in the library with the only computer I currently have on campus. The only problem is that it freezes Firefox whenever I try to get into the one website required for ALL my classes, but it's not fatal--there are computer labs scattered around (UPDATE: I also just tried it in Internet Explorer, and it works there, too).
Nevertheless, even though the world of Home is now good and friendly, there won't be a post until Sunday--and that will be an I'd Hit It. Never fear, though, for there is something wonderful scheduled for next week, after just about nothing this week (17 hours of 6 classes hits differently than 16 of 4).
