Archive for September 22nd, 2007

Library!!

Since I moved into my current domicile 1.5 years ago, I’ve been to my local library 3 times — all to vote. Basically, just in and out before normal library hours in their community meeting room area.

Today, I decided to go check out the library and try to get some homework done. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my headphones so I wasn’t able to listen to lectures and block out the guy learning Arabic across the table, but otherwise, it worked out splendidly! There are about 20 or so double study cubicles (2 desk/cubes facing each other with a divider in between) lining the exterior of the non-fiction, periodicals, and reference sections. There were about a half dozen or so chairs dispersed around with those too. There’s a word processing area, computers with internet access, large tables for groups to work together, and a “teen sanctuary.”

Oh! And free Wi-Fi! :)

It looks like I’ll have to get there much earlier next time to get a primo studying spot at one of the cubbies. Those areas were super-quiet though, so I think it’ll be worth the [minimal] effort. I also got a library card and checked out a couple books that have been sitting on my amazon list that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to buy.

Best thing about the library: Quiet

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Next consideration: getting a bike. I don’t walk around or do outdoorsy stuff like bike much, but I’m thinking that my apartment is close enough to certain places, that I feel wasteful driving there. I could walk, but I always think I’m in too much of a hurry. But a bike would totally make up the difference. Save gas, don’t have to look for parking, and for the places I have in mind, I don’t think it would make a significant difference in time. Metro (1 mile), library (1.5 miles), Giant (0.75 miles), CVS (0.5 miles), Edgardo’s (0.5 miles)… Hm, this sounds like something I should look on Craigslist for. I think I will!

 

New Contest!

Who wants to name my car? I was discussing car names with a couple coworkers during lunch the other day and it was decided that I would like my car better and feel more attached to it if it had a name. They suggested a bunch of names, but they were so fitting for my car that I can’t remember any of the suggestions.

Having said that, I have a green 2002 Mazda 626. I like puns and nerdy names. But you already know that.

Also, all our plants have names, so that’ll give an example of the kinds of names I’m able to come up with (if Dellilah wasn’t a good enough example).

Harry Palm – palm plant, named after a former coworker who I never actually worked with or met. He just got paged a lot.
Violet – violet.
Gimli – dwarf tree, a present from my cousin.
Basil (short a sound) – basil (long a).
Charlie – the sad looking evergreen type plant that Ian’s mom gave us last Christmas. It’s going to grow up to be a perfect Charlie Brown tree in about 2-3 years.
Slagathore – the miracle amaryllis plant download Babylon 5: The Lost Tales – Voices in the Dark movie , named after a throw-away joke on Scrubs.

I thought naming plants was weird until I started doing it. It makes perfect sense and now all the plants are still alive. The one plant that never got named died about 6 terribly slow, drawn out deaths. It was bad.

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