And I feel like I’m getting into the swing of things. I’ve kept up with my homework, made insightful comments in all my classes, all of my professors but one have demonstrated that they know me by name (of course, it helps that I knew two of them to begin with :P), and I’m starting to feel like I can do this. One of my Monday classes has been canceled because Dr. Muhlestein’s grandmother died, so I don’t have much homework this weekend, thank goodness. That means I can watch the BYU/Stanford game without nagging guilt about such-and-such assignment. 
Last night was a blast. Kate, Kristin and I (although I admit it was Kristin who did most of the work, since I was working until 6:15) threw a How to Host a Murder party. My character, a swotty Oxford grad named Anne T. Ickwitee came under suspicion early because of an overwhelming desire to get the recognition she deserved in the male-dominated field of archeology, which lead to faking a logbook entry and stealing an important fossil. It was certainly her intention to kill the leader of the expedition, Mr. Art E. Faxe, but Mr. Faxe’s daughter got to him first, thus saving my character from being a murderer. So. Much. Fun.
In sad news, it appears that all broadband internet alternatives for our area are unavailable. Qwest DSL, Comcast cable modem, Earthlink DSL, everything we could think of has been checked, and they all say “sorry.” Bah. Am still piggy-backing on someone else’s connection, but I feel incredibly guilty about doing so, so I’ll only do it infrequently. Must. Get. Broadband. *cries*
Sometime in the last couple of weeks I passed my third anniversary in the fandom. I lurked for a few months before that, but my first posts came in the weeks before Sept. 11. I can’t verify the exact dates any more, because the boards at the Harry Potter Movie site aka the Harry Potter Connection aka Harry James Potter aka The Super Secret Harry Potter Forum have been deleted, but I remember posting for the first time just before the attacks on September 11 threw us all into a panic over our friends living in New York. So my fandom anniversary has always been bittersweet.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s families today.