Sargent Center

Sargent Center Field Trip Photos

So much fun... check it out.

Lol.

And of course, everything is resolved rather quickly. Dah!

What the crap

New laptop!!

So, Vista is... well... really, really, really pretty. I had to fix a few things and it took me a while to figure out how to move files so it wasn't a ludicrously complicated action, but I overshot the "Vista learning curve," I think. Totally worth it. Wonderous interface. Just make sure you disable the "User Account Control" so it doesn't beep at you and make you "allow" control panel to open. Tarded, I know.
The hardware itself is damn cool, too. The keyboard is insanely quiet, mouse responsive, image quality amazing. Right-clicking is somewhat of a challenge... it thinks that I'm regular clicking still sometimes, I'm sure I just have to get used to it.
I <3 Google Gadgets.
Installing Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 by virtually mounting the drive and messing around with different serial numbers proved a quick, but intense, battle. I triumphed in the end (of course).
Outlook presented me with a problem. How do I move the emails in my old Outlook to my new Outlook? I Googled away and poked through the settings and Help Desk... until I tried to take advantage of Window's relatively simple, user-friendly style (in relation to Mac OS X, e.g.) and just dragged them from my Inbox pane into a flash drive folder. Ou la! All the info transferred with it, so the times and attachments were all still there.
Number One Victory of the Day: VPN client works. I get wireless!!

Essentially, really glad I did this... now I can bring my laptop without breaking my spine, in addition to all the little pros that I've mentioned above and more.
Still keeping my old one around, though, at least until I install the drivers for the television tuner. Monday Night Football, here I come!

Classes

It's been about a week. The first night I had homework I was up til 2am. Not a good sign. Since on Tuesdays and Thursdays I only have two classes but they are both taught by the same professor, it is extremely confusing as to which handouts go where (something I have to be VERY careful about to not lose/misplace any). Do I rrrrrrrreallly have to buy the 3rd edition when I already have the 2nd??
Mammalian Ecology - graduate level, challenging, fun, good professor, field trip to new hampshire!!
German Cinema - friends with professor, get to watch movies, in english
Romanticism - friends with professor, semi-interesting material so far... (jedoch, auf deutsch)
German Civilization and Culture - totally insane professor (still cool), interesting material, got to listen to 25 minutes of bach last time (auf deutsch, wieder)
Directed Study - labbies as crazy as usual!! all my free time gone :(... publish articles?? :D