Short Interlude: Nonpayment

  2007-03-21


To take a brief respite of the state of the world as seen by myself, I'd like to do a quick status update. As March winds on, I had become somewhat convinced that I managed to put one over on the old U as I withheld my tuition payment. Not really so much out of malice, but due to my typically cash-strapped nature. No campus thugs showed up to remove me from my classes, and as yet the nastiest thing I have gotten were a few letters reminded me of my overdue status. However, as one must do when they are missing a few required credits, I logged on tonight to register for a few fall course, only to find that I had been completely blocked out of the registration system due to a hold on my account. “Et tu, Brute?—Then fall Caesar”. Ah yes, they vanquished me. I caved and with a 0% intro APR on a credit card I had snagged for just such a purpose, I cleared my balance. Of course, itś not all roses and honey, I still have to pay that back, but luckily, I have about half of it ready to go when I get my tax refund. The rest, well... Perhaps I'll put up a donation button on this site. Our wayward hero is continuing on with the rest of the semester with a vengeance. I have 6 chem lab reports all in various stages of completion to be submitted by this Friday, a full lab writeup for another class, a term paper for yet another class, and a midterm all within little more than a week. Thankfully, I have little need for sleep or nourishment in the 21st century, or as least my professors believe that I do not. I defy them, sleeping 5 or so hours a night. Quelle rébellion...