Yup, yup.  Still no computer, but my dad and I struck a deal that it was time for a new one because I'll be starting graduate school in the summer.  That, and a Pentium 3 processor and a 20 GB harddrive just wasn't doing it any more.

In other news I'm plugging away at school.  A pretty light load, and my Political Science 101 is more like my high school U.S. Government class.  As in, probably just as lame but without the Monty Python jokes.

Yes, my government teacher made Monty Python jokes in class.  Most of the MP loyal know from the Holy Grail the lines:

Sir Bedevere: "What makes you think that she's a witch?"
Pesant 3: "Well . . .She turned me into a newt!"
Sir Bedevere: "A newt?"
Pesant 3: [long, uncomfortable pause] "...I got better."

Well, of course we were talking about the former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich (do I even care if I spell his name correctly? not really).  This is what my teacher said"

"If you look at that picture in your book, you'll see that it's Newt Gingrich.  He used to be the speaker of the house, but as we like to say, 'Newt got better.'"

Now, in four periods of government with about 25 students each (so that's roughly 100 students total, give or take), I was the ONLY student who laughed.

Yup, I'm a dork.