This week has been a bit hectic. I had a presentation due on Wednesday and my first real paper due on Thursday. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but I also had a "business" trip to DC planned for Thursday. The presentation went off without a hitch, and things were looking pretty good for my paper, but then my procrastination side kicked in. Since my professor said we should email him our papers, I planned on using my NJ->DC amtrak time on Thursday to polish. In anticipation of such work, I tried linking my bluetooth cell phone to my bluetooth laptop.
That's when disaster struck. I followed the directions carefully, but hit what I thought was a fixable snag. I googled and several people had had my problem, but none of them posted their solutions--it just seemed to magically fix itself. Well, after a couple of reboots, there was no automagical fixing on my end. By now, I was in complete ASD mode. And to complicate matters,I misread a Microsoft Knowledge Base article and screwed up my computer's settings. The final straw was that when I left Princeton in the morning, I forgot to transfer my files from the network to my laptop, thus destroying any hope of being productive on the train.
To make a long story short (too late!), I found Internet access once I was in DC and transferred my files. The paper turned out decently, and now that I'm not stressed, I quickly figured out how to fix both my dial up networking problems and am now blogging on my laptop via my Treo. Thus,wherever I now have cell reception, I also have Internet access for my laptop. Pretty cool, eh?
The trip to DC was not all "business," though. I met up with Nick at the National Press Club's Cartoons and Cocktails event! There were excellent cartoons on display, and I helped check in some famous cartoonists. My schedule did not permit me to stay long (unfortunate, as Tom Toles had not yet arrived); I was off to dinner with the Arlington West Wing crew at CPK. Maya and Carrie were nice enough to let me crash on their air mattress, and the following morning I paid a visit to my former colleagues at The Mellman Group.
Last night included more swing dancing lessons (I'm getting a bit better...) and today my absentee ballot came: add one to Tim Kaine's total!
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