3-6-00 (7:48 p.m.) I was keeping a log of future topics I'd eventually discuss here, but I think I put them on my C-drive, which means I'll likely never see them again. My C-drive has decided to eat itself. Peng thinks he might be able to do something about it, but I hold little hope for that particular item. That means I'm without a computer, until I can get some money that I can spend on such things. It should only be a month or 2, but that's a long time when you're symbiotically attached to your computer. That's an exaggeration, but I am kind of attached to my computer...which means I'm back to working in the AURICS lab for all things. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but we'll see. This leads right into one of the topics I wanted to discuss. The AURICS room. As I think I mentioned before, it used to be the only place I got work done (much like Jeremy Slatton's room junior year). Now it has become a center of parties and gaming (much like Joe Kinnarney's room junior year). The culprit? The one element that was present in Joe's room, and not in Jeremy's room: computer games. Funny how there's twin computers here, just like in Joe's old room. And the secondary culprits are the residents of Joe's old room: Joe and Colin. I'm glad to see them, and they're fun to hang out with, but the primary reason they come over here, is to play Quake. This is not conducive to a studying environment, which is not conducive to me doing well in my classes, which is not conducive to all sorts of other things that go on in my life. Peng and I deleted the games, but they keep downloading them again. There is a window in the AURICS room...I could just start not letting them in, but I don't want to do that. I do, however, want to turn the AURICS room back into a place where I can get some work done. I remember thinking that August's decision to remove StarCraft from his computer was a little extreme, but I'm now seeing exactly where he was coming from. The sad thing is, it's only partially my addiction. I can resist the games when they're not here. So, if things don't change soon...they're going to start finding themselves not here a lot more often. One of the topics that I think went on my now lost list of things to bring up, is NCSSM graduation. I'm not sure I'll be able to attend this year. As many of you probably know, I signed up to be an Orientation Counselor for the first half of the summer. A job that should be fun, and I kind of need the money. June 3rd is labelled on our little timeline as "OC Training (8:00-6:00 p.m.)." I'm hoping (looks a lot like hopping) that I can weasel my way out of some of that, or get briefed on it at another time, or something. June 1st is also OC Training...I'm taking a 2 hour a week class that's also all about being trained as an OC. Graduation's bound to fall close to lunch time...so that gives me a little more leeway. Just this week, we had an OC drop out because one of the sessions conflicted with her Brother's graduation. The only reason I have a slight chance, are the things I mentioned earlier (It's training, and they have to give us a lunch break). Working against me, is the fact that no one here has a car. This is a minor detail when compared to Roger and Roxanna's unyielding adherence to the rules they set out. Their policy is basically, "If you have a conflict, don't be an OC." They don't make exceptions. I'm still going to try to get out of it, but I have some serious doubts about their willingness to cooperate. Well, I'm going to go and try to get some work done, and maybe even do some of the things I've been procrastinating about all these months. Hopefully at least one or two of them.