I don't get no respect

After consulting with one of my committee members and with my advisor, we thought we had a more tractable approach to my problem (which I might have been able to begin pursuing on Monday if my advisor had read my prior emails, but whatever).

Oh, yesterday's kick-in-the-teeth Quote of the Day: "I promised four people that I would do four things, and I only got one done - and it wasn't editing your thesis. His project has a deadline." - The Advisor

Anyway. So, yes, a more tractable approach. So I virtuously haul my butt in to work, check my email, read my comics, and finally say, "I am here at work and I'd better start working, darn it."

The server, which runs the program I do my work on? Is down. Probably, my coworker (on whose machine the server is hosted) may have just turned his machine off before leaving on Friday. My office key opens his office - but they took my key away when they took away my office.

So. Well. I suppose I can try the computer labs at UMD, see if I can get any work done there.

I think I had this idea, once

Well, the code is all nicely edited and ready for saving to a thumb drive, then transported to UMD.

In the meanwhile, you may wish to ponder the Defense Against Celebrity Marriage Amendment.

The day is officially looking up

1) The preliminary data set is in, and it looks great!

2) My lab at UMD is next to an artificial drainage lake. And the firefighters are doing something where they bring out three fire trucks and hook up the hoses to the fire hydrants and spray the water uuuuuuup into the air and then it falls into the lake. Also, there is a truck blocking the road with its ladder up, although I do not know why.

...Like, fifty or more feet up. This is extremely cool.