I had an interesting day, schoolwise. I found out that I had totally misunderstood my schedule, when I showed up for the second cogsci class, and got another syllabus. It turns out that CMU and OSU use different notations in their course catalogs, and so what I thought was another mandatory part of a class was really another section. So, I've reworked my schedule yet again (having figured out which section I really want to be in), and it's not nearly as bad. I'm keeping the monday push, but tweaking the other days so that I get thursday and friday off earlier than I ever did before. Sweet.

I also feel compelled to again mention that university jobs rock. I'm asked again and again by everyone I know when I'll be switching into being a fulltime grad student, and recruiters bother me. All I can say is that I really am happy with CMU, and with where I work, and who I work for. The pay's decent, the benefits rock, the coworkers are nice, the environment is relaxed, and people arn't thinking about money all the time. People actually are interested in helping other people learn things. People can pursue their interests. It's by no means a quiet environment, and there certainly are debates and occasional bits of brain-damage, but Universities, from my experience at OSU and CMU, are about as close to utopia as humanity has, in my knowledge, attained.

Well, I'm off to go to the coffeeshop. I was going to go to philosophy tonight, but I ended up chatting with a friend on AIM instead. Srees had yummy tofu today. I wonder how he cooks it -- he was a doctor in india, and claims that his food is pretty healthy.. I might ask when I stop by his Sq Hill restaurant in a few minutes. Also, I've been thinking about cooking pasta at my place. Easy, tasty, not too expensive... Once payday comes, I'll probably make a trip to giant eagle, and stock up like there's no tomorrow. As for right now, I'm so near being dead broke that it's really kind of sad. I have rebates, and reimbursements, and payday all in the pipeline, but for now, unless I touch what remains of my savings, which isn't much, I can muster about $60 at best. Once the pipeline is emptied, chances are good that I'll be slightly better off than being at a zero point, and apart from living in comfort again, it'll be a big priority for me to recharge my financial batteries as quickly as possible.