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Hmmm....you know when you start something and you realize that it was perhaps more work than you originally anticipated? Hahaha- well, welcome to my world.  This thing just keeps on growing and growing- either I'm going to run out of time, run out of space, or run out of patience- or possibly a combination of all three.

The good news- the History section, aka the most boringest section EVER (tm) is complete, so everything else is going to  be smooth sailing.  The question is- can I possibly finish both this website (and have time to get feedback from others), AND the paper I have due on Wednesday?  Hmm.....this is going to be interesting.  I say that if I cut down my sleeping time to roughly 3 hours a night, I can possibly do it. Where's Ron Schneider when you need him?

Okay, my words are getting all swirly...I better kick the cats off the bed and get some shut-eye. YAWN.ZZZZZZZZZZZz..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......zzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Ok- I have just discovered the most annoying sound in the ENTIRE world.  Although 'cat in heat' and 'collic-ey baby' rank pretty high up there, DRILLING ON THE ROOF OF YOUR BUILDING AT 7AM is the definite front runner.  Do you know how hard it is to concentrate on anything when your apartment is shaking, and all you can hear is what sounds like a dentist drill magnified by 1 million percent coming from your ceiling?  And during exam period too....gee, thanks.

For that reason, I have resorted to using the computer in the grad lounge to work on this project- the computer's name is Morton. And I do believe he's a shitbag.  I don't like him very much, and I'm sure he doesn't like me- but it's going to work damnit, because at this point my options are pretty limited.

Speaking of this website, I think it's safe to say that the outbreak of nice weather the Ottawa region has received over the past few days has severely limited the time I spent teathered to my computer.  It's really hard to justify staying in and staring at a computer screen for an entire day when it's 20 degrees and sunny out... especially when the various pubs already have their patios open

So, in order to make up for my slacking off, this is the plan for the next few days; eat, sleep, and breathe this project until it gets done, which hopefully will be by Saturday morning (since I have 55 exams to mark by Monday).

*sigh*... at least the weather is going to be shitty.

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OK- so here is the rundown of my last 24 hours.

After I got back from campus yesterday (after staring at the computer in the Criminology Graduate Lounge for about 6 hours), I fired up my laptop and proceeded to stare at a DIFFERENT computer screen for a few more hours.  Wow, don't I live an exciting and eventful life?

After making an MSN plea to my friends for help on this project of death, a few people came out of the woodwork to offer assistance.  First Darren, aka Bible Boy, aka computer genius, aka GOD came forth with webspace and an FTP protocol (WTF mate?)- which means that he can hook me up with some space for this site minus the adds! (Sidebar- I still have NO FRIGGIN CLUE how it works, and if it's even possible to upload what I have been working on so far to another site. This should be an interesting experience). Then Kera, aka owlgal, aka Remus Lupin's sex slave, aka GODDESS sent me a copy of Dreamweaver, which is a supersweet friggin' tool to build a website with. Hahaha- unfortunately, I have realize that is it SO friggin' sweet that my feeble mind cannot figure out how to make it work.  Ah, the irony. I now have add-free webspace, and a tool by which I can create a decent product.....but am completely CLUELESS as to how!

So, on to plan B. Today I have moved this site from Tripod to Bravenet, where there are more add-ins, such as message boards, guestbook, etc. It also fixes the pesky problem of having the huge gaping hole on the righthand side.  As a trade off however, apparently Bravenet expect you to have SOME sort of knowledge when it comes to this matter....so it's been REAL fun figuring out where to paste what code and why.

Hahaha....every moment that option of writing a paper is getting more and more appealing!

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