Happy Chinese New Year!! 2004 is the year of the monkey based on the Chinese lunar calendar. This may be a good time to reevaluate those new years resolutions you made 22 days ago, especially the ones you broke by January 3rd. Or it may just be another reason to get drunk all over again.
Things have settled down slightly in this chaotic mess.
Justic was served yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Court of Austin. My noise violation citation was dismissed with no effort on my part. I had to sit through a trial for a speeding ticket which was a bit like watching a crossover of “Night Court” and “Law & Order”. It’s true; the judge bore an uncanny likeness in both character and physical appearance to that of Judge Stone. The state’s attorney, however, was over the top, agressive, but very rarely made any sense at all. Soon after the speeding ticket was dismissed, a woman in a bad pants suit came in with a yellow sheet of paper and told me my case had been dismissed as well.
Thanks for encouraging me to fight the system. You were right: it was worth it.
In other news, I’ve been having trouble keeping track of my new “busy” lifestyle, so i’ve started using my icalendar again. At the moment all I’ve got going on is my current course schedule. I’m really happy about my classes. As this will be my final semester, I’m taking courses that should hopefully prove both “fun” and useful:
Advanced Systematics (computational biology stuff)
Computational Phylogenetics (a catered seminar)
Algorithms (theory stuff)
Algorithms and Data Structures (programming, finally I will learn java … I’m taking this one credit/no credit)
The algorithms classes are undergrad computer science courses. It’s a little underwhelming to be in classes of 100 again, surrounded by greasy gangly geeks. It also made me feel old.
Kung Hei Fat Choy!
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