I have my first test of graduate school today: I500. I’ll have to recite all my knowledge about topics such as the history of computing, computer architecture, how computers do math, Boolean operations, the Perl programming language, UNIX, and a bunch of other stuff. I think I’m ready…I’ve studied by building a pretty good cheat sheet, if I do say so myself.

I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 last night with the HCI crew. It wasn’t the first time I’ve seen it, but it was much better than the first time. The point that was really driven home this time was that the poorest people in our country are the ones who actually defend the system that manages to screw them. That just seems strange to me. Sometimes I think that maybe I should join the military. I’m sure my formal academic training could apply in some way. I just don’t know if I have the pride to do such a thing, however. I’m ashamed of a lot of the things we’ve done recently as a country, and would not want to be viewed as a piece of the system that implements such embarrassing actions. But that’s just me…much love to those who are serving, you have more conviction than I.

On a completely different note, I’m listening to Radiohead’s “Amnesiac” album for the first time. Actually, it’s the first time I’ve ever listened to a Radiohead album at all. I like it, it’s not really something you can dance or sing to, more something to just bob my head to. There’s a time and a place for that kind of music.

I think I’m having a string of boring blogs…I’ll try to get out of this funk over the weekend, but no promises. I don’t think anyone is reading anyway!