The auction for Orionoir's old camera has ended, and I lost. Less than four hours to the end I was in the lead with $61.01, but then, after I went to bed, there were sixteen more bids which almost doubled the price to $117.50. If I hadn't gone to bed early that night, I might have been able to fight my way into the lead. I certainly hope that dflinker appreciates what he's getting. I was going to ask Orionoir to autograph it in permanent ink, so I could display it with pride on my bookshelf.
Today was a big day for me. The U of O Housing Department has an annual "Better Rooms" contest in which students in the residence halls can compete for the best-looking room. I first learned of this contest last year. Back then my room was in no condition to compete, but I've had a year to plan, and, while I haven't had time to implement all of my decorating plans, I've accomplished quite a bit. The judges who visited me today expressed genuine admiration for certain aspects of my room. I doubt I won, though. There are about 40 contestants competing in three categories, and, like I said, I haven't had time to do everything I wanted to in terms of decorating. Still, it was nice to have guests to whom I could go on and on bragging about every tiny aesthetic nuance of my room. The results will be released tomorrow. When I have more time, I'll post photos of my beautiful room.
It's Friday once again. In just a few minutes, I get to lie down for four hours of spectacular scifi action (about which I will no doubt complain tomorrow). Highlights:
- After all these years, tonight we will finally learn how and why the klingons lost their ridges. Actually, they went a good way to explaining this last week, but tonight we get the full story. (If you're not a hardcore Trekkie, the issue is this: Why in Kirk's time did all the klingons look so ludicrously human and act so deviously rather than warriorishly, but then in the movies they started having ridges as they continued to do in Picard's time, yet on Enterprise, which precedes the old series, they have ridges, and, yes, I know this isn't actually a sentence?)
- Boomer (the one in space) realizes she is a Cylon. This should be good.