Rome
So I'll apologize for yet again being slow in posting. I have some good excuses, and a lot to talk about, so that should make up for it.
My family was out of town on vacation the past week. We were up in the Poconos mountains having fun. We got cheap lodging on an Army depot because my dad's retired Army (Ah, the fiscal benefits of US Army membership...) The depot was eerily empty, which was nice for a vacation but would have driven me insane if I'd been forced to live there. I might have killed myself for fear of isolation.
Oh that's right, there was no internet connection so I couldn't post. That's my excuse for that week.
We had fun though. We went hiking in SOME state park whose name I can't for the life of me remember. The map said that if we went the long way it would take several hours for anyone but experienced hikers. We made it in two hours with two kids as young as 7 and 10 with no real problem. It would have taken longer if we took my mother. She's terrified of heights and turned back at the first hill. She waited in the car while we walked. She didn't seem to mind, though; a book to read can make time fly sometimes.
We also went boating. Rented a canoe and paddled around a small lake. It was a far cry from the white water rafting we had planned, but it was cheaper and the little one's complained less.
And then we went home. We stopped by the Christendom campus on the way back to see if I could find a few things that I lost the year before. It turns out that they empty the lost and found out every year. Oh well, it was just my backpack, scientific calculator, cd player, headphones, three cds, air-soft gun, memory stick, and the semester's entire collection of notes, nothing big.
The last several days I've been really busy. Like many of my friends I'm going to Rome tomorrow and shan't be back until December. I've been packing and cleaning out my room. I had to disassemble two of my computers and put them on a shelf, monitors, keyboards, routers and all. My little one (The new one) I'm taking with me I've put in my backpack and have been avoiding taking it out. The only reason I'm able to post now is because this is my last day of work and I'm waiting for a SQL command to finish executing. (I thought Oracle was supposed to be fast, four hours for one command, yikes.)
So that's my excuse for this week.
I did make it to the Chorus premiere Sunday night. I arrived late (not that late) and left without being able to say many significant hellos but I did make the movie. It was pretty good. I liked it. I think the repeated flashbacks were annoying and confusing but otherwise Mike and Colin did a really good job. I'm glad to have helped out in what little way could.
The 27th was also my little brother's birthday. He turned eight. My sister and went out and bought him a little handheld Tetris game for his birthday. He liked it more than I thought he would.
I found out that 27th was also my boss's birthday (actually my boss's boss's birthday but let's not get technical.) I wished him happy birthday and he informed me that if I ever wanted to work here again there would be a desk waiting. Am
I smart or what? Actually, I get the impression that in spite of all my worrying, I've actually impressed people. I'm a lowly intern actually working on the main project and I worry I can't pull my weight as well as people paid five times as much as I. Or maybe they're just being nice because I'm from Christendom. Half of the people here are from Christendom. Either way, it turned out well. Life seems to treat me better than I deserve. Ah well.
And, In conclusion, I'm off to Rome. As I've already said, I'll be there for three months. Most likely I'll be able to post when I'm there because my hotel room will have a dedicated (complementary) connection. I'll sure have enough to post about while I'm there. In addition to the sights and sounds of the city and the rest of Europe, I have some new thoughts on copyleftism that I'd like to publish. We'll see what happens. I should be pretty busy while I'm there. Classes, travels, exploring, all should take up a lot of my time, so I can't promise anything. Life is looking good though.
God Bless.
My family was out of town on vacation the past week. We were up in the Poconos mountains having fun. We got cheap lodging on an Army depot because my dad's retired Army (Ah, the fiscal benefits of US Army membership...) The depot was eerily empty, which was nice for a vacation but would have driven me insane if I'd been forced to live there. I might have killed myself for fear of isolation.
Oh that's right, there was no internet connection so I couldn't post. That's my excuse for that week.
We had fun though. We went hiking in SOME state park whose name I can't for the life of me remember. The map said that if we went the long way it would take several hours for anyone but experienced hikers. We made it in two hours with two kids as young as 7 and 10 with no real problem. It would have taken longer if we took my mother. She's terrified of heights and turned back at the first hill. She waited in the car while we walked. She didn't seem to mind, though; a book to read can make time fly sometimes.
We also went boating. Rented a canoe and paddled around a small lake. It was a far cry from the white water rafting we had planned, but it was cheaper and the little one's complained less.
And then we went home. We stopped by the Christendom campus on the way back to see if I could find a few things that I lost the year before. It turns out that they empty the lost and found out every year. Oh well, it was just my backpack, scientific calculator, cd player, headphones, three cds, air-soft gun, memory stick, and the semester's entire collection of notes, nothing big.
The last several days I've been really busy. Like many of my friends I'm going to Rome tomorrow and shan't be back until December. I've been packing and cleaning out my room. I had to disassemble two of my computers and put them on a shelf, monitors, keyboards, routers and all. My little one (The new one) I'm taking with me I've put in my backpack and have been avoiding taking it out. The only reason I'm able to post now is because this is my last day of work and I'm waiting for a SQL command to finish executing. (I thought Oracle was supposed to be fast, four hours for one command, yikes.)
So that's my excuse for this week.
I did make it to the Chorus premiere Sunday night. I arrived late (not that late) and left without being able to say many significant hellos but I did make the movie. It was pretty good. I liked it. I think the repeated flashbacks were annoying and confusing but otherwise Mike and Colin did a really good job. I'm glad to have helped out in what little way could.
The 27th was also my little brother's birthday. He turned eight. My sister and went out and bought him a little handheld Tetris game for his birthday. He liked it more than I thought he would.
I found out that 27th was also my boss's birthday (actually my boss's boss's birthday but let's not get technical.) I wished him happy birthday and he informed me that if I ever wanted to work here again there would be a desk waiting. Am
I smart or what? Actually, I get the impression that in spite of all my worrying, I've actually impressed people. I'm a lowly intern actually working on the main project and I worry I can't pull my weight as well as people paid five times as much as I. Or maybe they're just being nice because I'm from Christendom. Half of the people here are from Christendom. Either way, it turned out well. Life seems to treat me better than I deserve. Ah well.
And, In conclusion, I'm off to Rome. As I've already said, I'll be there for three months. Most likely I'll be able to post when I'm there because my hotel room will have a dedicated (complementary) connection. I'll sure have enough to post about while I'm there. In addition to the sights and sounds of the city and the rest of Europe, I have some new thoughts on copyleftism that I'd like to publish. We'll see what happens. I should be pretty busy while I'm there. Classes, travels, exploring, all should take up a lot of my time, so I can't promise anything. Life is looking good though.
God Bless.
posted by Andrew Stine at 9:33 AM
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