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Weekend Events

The weekend has been a blast so far. Not even a dead car and missed date can keep me down.

Friday was, of course, the NSA meeting with James Carter (no, not that James Carter, though this one also has micromanagement down pat).

Our James Carter works on SELinux.

These kinds of lectures are always a bit embarassing to go to. For one, the lecture had no real content, just the overview fluff that you can read on the above-linked FAQ. Secondly, there were some really stupid questions asked by the audience. Oh, wait, did I say that? There's no such as a stupid question. But there is such a thing as retarded people that talk too much.

Anyway, after the SeLinux thing, I disassembled the front end of my car and determined that the inner CV Joint is rotted. This is really weird, as it's usually the outers that go first. It's going to be hard to find, NAPA doesn't even carry the outers, it turns out. I'm a bit bummed...I might have to take it someplace after all.

Since that was bad news, I decided to hit up the Symphony, sans Lauie. The car being broken turned out to not be a problem here, as the Civic Center is a 10-minute walk from my apartment!

There is something electrical about the moment that the concertmaster comes on stage and things wind up. No recording could quite grab that light-dimming string-singing horn-blowing moment.

After the concert it was more party-going with the Megan, Kate, and Beth gang. We dressed up, again, and went clubbing.

Saturday was schoolwork all morning. Yeah, that sucks. An afternoon bike ride, followed by a meeting with James to collect some CDs and a good cup of chai, followed by a film project...

Actually, Megan rented out a hotel suite to shoot the movie in. We were assigned to be extras in the "party scene." We were all having to act quite drunk; a feat seeing as how I'm still on the mend from all last week's partying.

So far so good. The rest of the week will be bad, though...many many projects due again. On the sort of plus side, I won't have time to fix my car this week, so I won't be burning any more fossil fuels...

Posted by reid at November 2, 2003 03:58 AM | TrackBack