I can see clearly now...
Jul. 24th, 2001 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ocelot...But it doesn't have anything to do with the rain being gone. In fact, it hasn't rained in weeks, and that was just a piddly drizzle.
Today is my first day wearing my new contacts, and its shocking how much difference a slight change in prescription makes. When I first put them in this morning, the increase in contrast and detail was so great that it was almost disorienting at first. There were so many more things to see!
I rode my bike to campus, which was absolutely lovely. It's the same road I take home from class all the time, but it's the first time I've seen it during the day, and with my new, improved eyes. Not that it isn't nice at night - it's lovely in its own way, with the stars bright in the sky and the toads croaking. The smell of the fields after a warm day always reminds me of summer camp.
The road runs along the edge of town, with houses on one side and farmland on the other. According to Mapquest, the trip from my apartment to campus is about 3.5 miles, but that's going by the freeway, which is quite a bit more direct. I'd guess that it's somewhere between 4 and 5 miles on bike. Quite a nice ride.
I'm thinking I need more happy music. Looking through the case of CDs that I take to work with me, I realized that this one is the most upbeat of the lot - it's only borderline angsty. The lyrics are generally depressing, but some of the songs sound upbeat, which is good enough, I guess. BNL would probably fit into the same category.
The server I migrated on Friday is having weird authentication issues. Guess that's what I get to work on this afternoon. Gotta get it to ignore any username the client may happen to send, and just allow anyone who provides the right IP address. The previous server did that, why isn't this one?
Meeting time. Whee!
Today is my first day wearing my new contacts, and its shocking how much difference a slight change in prescription makes. When I first put them in this morning, the increase in contrast and detail was so great that it was almost disorienting at first. There were so many more things to see!
I rode my bike to campus, which was absolutely lovely. It's the same road I take home from class all the time, but it's the first time I've seen it during the day, and with my new, improved eyes. Not that it isn't nice at night - it's lovely in its own way, with the stars bright in the sky and the toads croaking. The smell of the fields after a warm day always reminds me of summer camp.
The road runs along the edge of town, with houses on one side and farmland on the other. According to Mapquest, the trip from my apartment to campus is about 3.5 miles, but that's going by the freeway, which is quite a bit more direct. I'd guess that it's somewhere between 4 and 5 miles on bike. Quite a nice ride.
I'm thinking I need more happy music. Looking through the case of CDs that I take to work with me, I realized that this one is the most upbeat of the lot - it's only borderline angsty. The lyrics are generally depressing, but some of the songs sound upbeat, which is good enough, I guess. BNL would probably fit into the same category.
The server I migrated on Friday is having weird authentication issues. Guess that's what I get to work on this afternoon. Gotta get it to ignore any username the client may happen to send, and just allow anyone who provides the right IP address. The previous server did that, why isn't this one?
Meeting time. Whee!
