January 4, 2012

  • Respawn to New Haven

    Today was one of those strange days where everything is sad and contented at the same time. It is one of those things a poet might call "bittersweet", back in the days when people could still take such words seriously.

    I woke up at 4:30 and dragged myself out of bed. Discord was already awake. He was very sweet and got up at that impossible hour to send me to the airport. The Queen Discord was awake as well to see us off with a Bible verse. I felt it was quite sweet of her, even though I couldn't help snickering about the Bible passage once I got into the car.

    This time, it was I who vanished into the Internets, but it was still the saddest thing ever.

    The flights were uneventful, as was the shuttle back to campus. I spent much of it playing Terraria or Set, and then I looked up to see us passing by the Zoo (computer lab). I am happy to be back.

    But there isn't anything close enough to look forward to anymore. As the year started, it was the next Friday class, then the Singularity Summit, then Thanksgiving break, then winter break, but now it's all past and the next nearest anything looks like not until spring break, and even that will be busy. I don't know when to find Discord anymore. I've become too used to having a definite next time, but I'm not certain to have time for epic quests until this next semester ends. This feels strange. I'm not so fond of being a non-real-life internet creature.