dreiundzwanzig

I'm not 22 anymore.

birthday summary

My birthday went OK. It was gray and rainy for most of the day - bleh. I went over to my mom's work to set up Riemann around lunchtime, then I sat around playing SimCity. I did a little bit of research on Oregon apartments. I also sprayed the Half-Life lambda logo on my external hard drive.

For my birthday I got an FM transmitter for my iPod and a fancy cordless phone for my apartment in Oregon. I would post pictures but they came out bad, I'm going to try again tomorrow when I get some sunlight. I'm also going to get some luggage, butI need to pick it out.

Now that my birthday's over I need to really start gearing up for Oregon. I'm going to take care of some of that, but I have a ton of plans this week. I'm having lunch with my old physics teacher on Wednesday, lunch with physics crew + Gobeski in Lansing on Thursday, and lunch with another friend on Saturday. It's becoming critical to get the air conditioning in my car fixed. I also need a haircut, and I might have it lightened while I'm at it. So I'm going to be busy this week.

double deuce

It's my birthday! I'm 22.

performance tests

I spent most of the day at my cousin's high school graduation open house. She is going to MSU, and I wish her well with that. I got to talk with the extended family about Oregon. Most of them have at least a general idea about my program, but me getting a summer TA position is new. I did attempt to explain my program once but only did a halfassed job of it. I always have to explain my program because it is so unique. I wish I had a brochure or something I could hand out. Another cousin was warning my parents that I would come back from Oregon with a goatee and a ponytail, but I told her that I am not the 'do as the Romans do' type. I got to ride back in the Solstice, which was fun. I watched All The President's Men with my family, I liked it.

I reinstalled Generals on Freeman and it runs about as well as it did on my old computer. I had some fun playing with that but now I am moving on to the final performance test, Half-Life 2. I didn't get around to installing it until now because it spans 5 CDs. We'll see how it runs. Freeman is certainly holding up as a replacement for Riemann Mk. II. The laptop is pretty anchored to my desk right now though - I've got my own mouse, better speakers and now the external hard drive. It's basically a docking station.

Only about 3 weeks until I leave for Oregon - time to start getting things together. I'm pretty nervous about everything but it will all be worth it.

Monday is my birthday!

two more days

Two more days until my birthday! I have a feeling that 22 is going to go much better than 21.

Dougal found out I'm awake, so he made noises at the door until I let him in and now he's being very happy wandering around my room. I think I'm going to call it a night soon though.