A bowl of chicken. A BIG bowl of chicken.

High-tech, low-budget. I think it's great how it's often cheaper to purchase bare-bones capability devices and combine 'em instead of dropping a bundle on something that's capable doing it all. My laptop is a lot like that. I can do almost anything that a high-end laptop can do, except that my machine has a bunch of bits and pieces to it, rather than being incorporated into a seamless whole. I'm not going to say that I can do everything better (because I'm sure that's not true), but I will say that there's a certain amount of appeal to having a "modular" unit to work off of. Being able to "pick and choose" also gives a nice feeling of individuality (although, to be fair, it's a totally false sense).


I think I just like building things and taking them apart and learning what they can and can't do in different forms.

Like Transformers! Hoo-ray!

Class as usual today. I have a class in the middle of the day tomorrow, but on Wednesday I hope I'll have an open block of free time in which I can try to find the Quaker meeting that's supposed to be around here somewhere. I'm a little surprised-but-not-surprised that there's only one in this area, and I hope it's not hard to find, 'cause I don't know the bus and tube routes very well, and I don't want to get lost!

I also hope I'll be able to go back to Camden. I hate it, hate it, hate it, but my primary pair of shoes is starting to get torn up. The fabric rings that make up the eyes for the shoelaces are starting to pull out...and a shoe isn't much good without it's laces! In Camden I saw a shoe store...Aldo or something like that....that was having a pretty nice sale, so if they're still doing that, I can get some reasonable stylish shoes for a pretty good price. Twenty pounds is a little expensive for street shoes of you convert it back into dollars, but it's a pretty darn good proce for here. I still think I might

Peace, love, understanding and respect, my friends.