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I’ve been eyeball deep in creative component work all this week. I met with my major professor on Wednesday, and the meeting went pretty much exactly as I expected: I told him what I’d done since we met last, and when I finished, he waited expectantly for the rest of it. When nothing else came, he politely suggested that perhaps I should pick up the pace a bit. And if you knew my major professor, you would know that to be a polite rephrasing of his actual statements. :) That’s part of why I picked the guy, though: he’ll give me the straight stuff, kick my ass into gear, and offer no apologies for doing so. Sometimes, that’s what I need.

So that also pretty much summarizes my week. I’ve read a lot. I’ve taken a lot of notes. I’ve also designed some, and probably coded more than I should. In fact, the fruits of one of those coding exercises will be described in my next blog post, to arrive sometime later tonight, probably.

I slept in this morning, which felt fantastic. I got to bed shortly after 2am, and woke up around 11:30am. I needed it. For the past six days, I’d consistently gotten less than six hours sleep every night. That’s okay for a night or two, sure, but when I’m trying to be intelligent and productive, there’s a point at which increased time awake sees diminishing returns on productivity. I have no idea why I always fall back on economics to understand my sleep habits. :)

Last night was a hell of a lot of fun, though. I let myself quit working around 7pm and headed to Dana’s, from whence we headed to Steph’s for a small get-together involving a tiny bit of drinking, a moderate amount of snacking, and a whole lot of game playing. Dana and I played Cranium and Taboo with Steph (whom Dana knows really well and I just think is cool), Chris, Luke (both of whom I’d met once before and also think are cool), Lee, and Chelsea (whom I’d never met, but… yeah. Cool). I hadn’t laughed that hard in a really, really long time. Afterwards, Dana and I curled up on the couch and watched Evolution (which I’d never seen)… or rather, I watched Evolution while she slept. :) It’s been our pattern of late when we watch movies. I’m just much more of a night owl than Dana.

And today I’m back to work. Or at least I will be soon. You’ll hear from me again shortly, I think, but the post will be technical in nature. Basically, I figured out a cool, useful, and nice-looking navigation system that I wanna share with the web world. Adieu, all-you!