Strange Things Afoot in Blacksburg

Hi, folks. Sorry for the lack of updates, my life is quite busy right now. But I've come back to tell you about the curious happenstances in Blacksburg and other places.

I went to a party last week hosted by VTSFFC (Virginia Tech Science Fiction and Fantasy Club). It was pretty good. We had a game room in the basement of the building we had it in -- which turned out to be a good thing, since nobody danced upstairs except for myself and a few others. While the others dancing were actually quite skilled at it, I was not, and thus I feel that my dancing looked akin to a guy having a seizure or something. All I can say is this: that's what happens when complete geeks dance.

Not long after that, my computer crashed died. I managed to get it working again, despite my computer manufacturer's crappy excuse for a recovery CD. It working now, but it has random problems, and it reboots at odd intervals. So, I'm going to reformat and reinstall Windows. I have a friend who's willing to lend me an extra HD for backing up my files. But he hasn't contacted me. What's worse, the C++ class I'm in has another project due sometime soon, and I'm expected to use Visual Studio .NET (which I couldn't use for the first part of the course due to the TA's PhD project). So this is time-critical. *sigh*

One thing that has surprised the bejeebers out of me in the past few days is the weather. First it was really nice - not a cloud in the sky, and warm enough for a light jacket (or sometimes no jacket at all). Recently, it's turned bitter cold and really windy. It's a bad thing when the wind chill drops the temperature 9 degrees. The whole of Blacksburg seems to be a giant wind tunnel. Yesterday, I had to wear two jackets just to keep warm. In mid-autumn!! I miss Charlottesville already...

Another odd thing...Anime Club has been cancelled for two weeks in a row. Apparently, we lost our room with the video projector, and Becca (the "president") is having trouble coming up with a projector. But why did we lose the room in the first place, I wonder? No discussion as of yet. Hopefully, she'll get it straightened out soon...I miss my Fruits Basket...

Anyway, that's my spiel. I have a few things coming up, so I might post some more in a week or two. Until then...