Not much sleep.. The bending, exhausting experience of adjustment, don't think It will last much longer though, and it's not like I'm wishing it were otherwise. A little
recap? Ok.
June 21: Leave home for
Boston around 6:30
pm, travel to just past NJ. Stop at 12:00 in motel. Decent, but nothing worth filling brain cells in remembering.
June 22: Arrive in Boston, more specifically
Cambridge. Activities don't start until Saturday,
June 24, 2000. Do fun stuff around City.
Be Happy.
June 23: Move to hotel on Harvard square. Much better location, right on the corner of
Eliot Street and
Brattle Street. Friday night in
Harvard Square kicks ass. Open the window to the hotel room, and I now have
live music in my room. go down and mill about for a bit.
Feed your local street musicians.
June 24:
Opening weekend. Navigate the seas of
people and
bureaucracy. Quire the following items.
Student ID Card,
Informational literature,
room key,
Linen,
Co-op Membership,
Crimson Cash,
Text books,
Supplies. Lock to suite is jammed and no keys work, it's been propped open with tissue paper. I have choosen to accept the mission of summoning someone ho can fix this situation. I am rebounded from one side of
campus to the other like a
ping-pong ball, being told "Oh, you need to go talk to..." Eventually, I summon a maintance person from the basement of
Weld hall. He cleans out lock, works fine now. One small snafu. Activate computer account, and aquire materials needed to hook into netowork. One short trip to
CompUSA on
Mass Ave to get
CAT 5 cable I forogt before. Setup computer, install
NIC, and request connection authorization. I Receive a connection about 10 pm that night. Whoo hoo!
Roomates are nice people. Around 1 am or so go to bed. Drastic change in
ambient lighting and noise make sleep difficult. Not to worry, as i've done this before, since I've got little sleep, well next night. I will adjust quickly.
June 25:
Yawn. Get up around 7 am. Check morning
email,
cartoons,
news, ect. Then head for starbucks to get a
grande mocha. Sweet glorious caffeine. Dorms are surprisingly nice, sporting good natural lighting and
spiffy hardwood floors. Keep your eyes peeled for a
postcard node sometime soon.