First snow

Today it snowed for the first time this school year. Being mid-October, this is pretty early for first snow. If I remember correctly from the 10 years I lived in the Rochester area and the 3 years that I've been in Ithaca, it usually starts snowing in early November.

In other news, the "short stack" does not exist anymore. It is now just a generic "stack of 3 pancakes." Somehow I finished 3 pancakes yesterday. I used to have trouble finishing the 2 pancakes that the short stack consisted of.

Senior year

Why is this semester crazy-busy for everyone I know? For me, it might be because I've overcommited myself with various activities/classes/etc. I also need to take 5 classes next semester in order to graduate in May...joy.

Also, I think that some people are natural-born leaders, and I'm not one of them. That's usually been fine with me so far, but when the occassion comes to take matters into my own hands to make things happen, my attitude needs to change.

Epic story

We were sitting at a table in a bar, and Nick decides to tell a story from freshman year involving "Big Rob." Literally just as he mentioned Big Rob in his story, the real-life Big Rob walked down the stairs by our table and introduced himself in front of us. Nick's facial expression and reaction was beyond hilarious after he saw Big Rob suddenly appear out of nowhere right after he mentioned him during his story. This is like something that you wouldn't believe unless you were actually there when it happened.

Back to school thoughts

During our drive to Ithaca, we encountered several toll booths. When the toll amount required change, we would pay part of the change in pennies. We observed that female toll collectors would always count the pennies before letting us move along, whereas male toll collectors would look at the handful of pennies and let us proceed without counting them.

When buying textbooks from an online source like Amazon, it probably doesn't matter much if a seller is "just launched" or a veteran seller. If the new seller plans to continue selling from their account for years to come, then they would probably want to ensure their first few ratings are good in order to build a solid reputation as a seller. This applies only if the seller plans on selling more items in the future.

Wrapping things up

Today is my last day of work. Some statistics:

• Helpdesk tickets 3 weeks ago: 16
• Helpdesk tickets 2 weeks ago: 18
• Helpdesk tickets last week: 19
• Helpdesk tickets this week: 40

Yes, this last week was pretty busy. I'd like to thank everyone who helped me learn stuff and made me feel welcome during the summer. It means a lot to me.

Also, saying farewell is one thing that I don't like to do at all. I suppose most things in life aren't static.