I am a female CS major at Purdue who goes by the name Wuukiee. I have been programming *all night*, and I am *hungry*. And the pizza delivery service refuses to serve me right now because they think that my dormitory is on fire.

Some phenomenon of the atmosphere makes it appear from a distance that the dorm is completely engulfed in flames. Apparently this is not at all out of the ordinary in West Lafayette, Indiana, so there is really *no excuse* for this. I angrily slam the phone down and get back on my computer, my haven (along with SCA) from the cruel world of non-geeks.

I now create a computer program to simulate the previous experience. The program is an animated sequence portraying a burning dorm room that is empty except for an angry computer monitor. And then the world hazily transforms itself into the nonsensical void of REM sleep.