internet at home...sort of

yay! internet at home! it's amazing how much easier, more productive and smoother life is when there is internet at home. we were supposed to have internet yesterday, but the company goofed...but our downstairs neighbors were kind enough to let us borrow their internet password for a day or two until ours starts working. yay!

and since no one uses books anymore, and most of my readings (ok, about 50%) are either websites, pdfs, or scanned books...the computer is becoming more important. it's interesting that these readings are all done online to safe time and paper, but most students end of printing them out anyway...which seems way less efficient for the 'saving time' argument...especially since the school printer and copy machine jam all the time...and the printer is packed with students all the time. oh well. nothing's perfect. i just ordered the rest of my books & software. yes, software! it's some sort of nutrition software for investigating what we eat...i think we have to food diary for a few days and then enter everything into this program...this i am very, very geekily excited about.

hmmm, la la la, what else...?! for a school of nutrition that has a program focusing on agriculture (mostly of the local/sustainable/progressive variety) i was surprised that we had the regular old spread of bagels and cream cheese (on styrofoam plates!!!!) for breakfast, and that there were fat free lays potato chips and diet sodas served with lunch...and that none of the food seemed to be local. hmm, maybe that's a good project to work on. but really, the soda thing really threw me for a loop. and everyone's lunch was pre-packaged in a paper bag...and it all just went into the overflowing trashcan when we were done. interesting.

biking in boston is an interesting challenge. i think i have figured out how to get to and from school most efficiently and have it down to about a 25 minute ride, at least home. i've decided that streets are so much more efficient than 'bikeways', especially when the bikeways involve waiting with pedestrians to cross ped x-ing (xing!) at intersections and when most of the bikepaths are pot-holed or bumpy from tree roots growing under the path. plus, riding with cars is just must faster. there are about a million community gardens between my home and school (by bike) and one day i will just stop to look at all of them on my way home! i also cross over darcyface's street each day by bike...and i get excited that we live in the same city! one day i will figure out which way to turn and i will visit her (except that she'll be at work...hmmm).

it's borderline chilly tonight! i had to close my window, it was that chillly. but soon the leaves will start changing colors and then it doesn't matter what temperature it is, because life is automatically awesome.

we have become a four person, three dog household as jessica moved in yesterday with her adorable dog rhubard. i think fierce is excited to live with another adult dog (as opposed to a puppy). so far fierce and rhubarb have been performing funny territorial antics in the house and generally grant each other wide berth...but i think they will be bff's in no time.

i have class a whopping 12 hours a week. but i think i will spend at least 24 reading and another 12 doing homework. none of which are things to complain about, i am always so happy to have a reason to curl up at home with a book (or e-book or computer).

back to the books! (and i apologize that this post isn't letting me spell-check)